Born Standing Up av Steve Martin

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<B>The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by <i>Time</i> and <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>.</B><BR><BR>In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of “why I did stand-up and why I walked away.”<BR><BR> Emmy and Grammy Award–winner, author of the acclaimed <I>New York Times</I> bestsellers <I>Shopgirl</I> and <I>The Pleasure of My Compan</I>y, and a regular contributor to <I>The New Yorker</I>, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.<BR><BR> At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the