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Life Itself: A Memoir

Roger Ebert - Grand Central Pub.
Format: Print book

Roger Ebert is the best-known film critic of our time. He has been reviewing films for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and was the first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. He has appeared on television for four decades, including twenty-three years as cohost of Siskel & Ebert...
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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography

Neil Patrick Harris - Crown Pub
Format: Book

Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened? Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the "u" back in "aUtobiography"? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your...
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck-impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers...
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Steve Martin - Scribner
Format: Book

Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years. Here, for the first time, he looks back to the beginning of his career and charmingly evokes the young man he once was. Born in Texas but raised in California, Steve was seduced early by the comedy shows that played on the radio...
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened:

Jenny Lawson - Putnam Adult
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris - Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives - the ones we'd like to pretend never happened - are in fact the ones that define us. In the #1 New York...
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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews...
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Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

Alan Cumming - Dey ST.
Format: Paperback

In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shaped his life and career.A beloved star of stage, television, and film - "one of the most...
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