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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Grand Central Pub.
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for DramaLin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B,... |
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Iron, Fire, and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones
Ed West - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father's death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety.... |
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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
Kelsey Miller - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover
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This definitive retrospective of Friends incorporates interviews, history and behind-the-scenes anecdotes to offer a critical analysis of how a sitcom about six twentysomethings changed television foreverWhen Friends debuted in 1994, no one expected it to become a mainstay of NBC's "Must... |
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In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox
Carol Burnett - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book
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Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history... |
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From Scratch: Inside the Food Network
Allen Salkin - Putnam Adult
Format: Hardcover
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An Entertainment Weekly Best Tell-All of 2013! “Allen Salkin shows how the sausage really gets made at the Food Network in From Scratch, a behind-the-scenes history liberally spiced with gossip and unsavory tidbits.”—Entertainment Weekly “A detailed look at the network... |
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American Idol: The Untold Story
Richard Rushfield - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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The currency is fame, and it's bigger than money, more desired than power.Each season American Idol delivers on a promise whose epic scope is unparalleled in the annals of competition: to take an unknown dreamer from the middle of America and turn him or her into a genuine star. It has become... |
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Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television
Joy Press - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From a leading cultural journalist, a definitive look at the rise of the female showrunner - and a new golden era of television.Female writers, directors, and producers have radically transformed the television industry in recent years. Shonda Rhimes, Lena Dunham, Tina Fey, Amy Schumer,... |
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Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
Tom Shales - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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ESPN began as an outrageous gamble with a lineup that included Australian Rules Football, rodeo, and a rinky-dinky clip show called Sports Center. Today the empire stretches far beyond television into radio, magazines, mobile phones,the internet, video games and more, while ESPN's personalities... |
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The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches
Zack Hample - Anchor
Format: Print book
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The holy grail, the fountain of youth, the golden fleece, and the baseball: rarely do objects inspire such madness. The Baseball is a salute to the ball, filled with insider trivia, anecdotes, and generations of ball-induced insanity. Which Hall of Famer once caught a ball... |
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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record
John Eisenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea... |
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Basketball: A Love Story
DAN KLORES - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with the greatest players, coaches, executives, and journalists in the history of the game.In an effort to tell the complete story of basketball in all its fascinating dimensions, celebrated journalists... |
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Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story
William Doyle - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The most complete history of the U.S. Navy SEALs - from their roots in World War II to their celebrated efforts in the War on Terror - written with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community. The book will tie-in with a fall 2014 PBS series.Over the last fifty... |
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Soldier Dogs
Maria Goodavage - Dutton Adult; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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A leading reporter offers a tour of military working dogs' extraordinary training, heroic accomplishments, and the lasting impacts they have on those who work with them. People all over the world have been riveted by the story of Cairo, the Belgian Malinois who was a part of the Navy... |
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From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon
MATTIAS BOSTRM - Mysterious Press
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting... |
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Printer's Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
Rebecca Romney - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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A funny and entertaining history of printed books as told through absurd moments in the lives of authors and printers, collected by television's favorite rare-book expert from HISTORY's hit series Pawn Stars.Since the Gutenberg Bible first went on sale in 1455, printing has been... |
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Mouse Under Glass: Secrets of Disney Animation and Theme Parks
David Koenig
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So you think you know classic Disney animation? Well, did you know ... ... Belle, Aladdin and Pocahontas nearly ended up living with their mothers? ... 100+ songs were composed for and then cut from Disney's classic animated features, including 20 alone from Mary Poppins and |
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Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
Claire Lisa Evans - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers. But the little-known fact is that female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation--they've just been erased from the story. Until now.Women... |
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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Francesca Cartier Brickell - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale... |
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A Symphony Of Soloists : The Story Of Wakefern And ShopRite
Rodengen, Jeffrey L. - Write Stuff Enterprises
Format: Book
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Today, Wakefern is the largest retailer-owned co-op in the United States, posting $11.7 billion in retail sales in the United States in 2009. Its 47 members own and operate supermarkets independently under the ShopRite banner throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Wakefern and its member... |
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