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This Might Get a Little Heavy: A Memoir
RALPHIE MAY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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There was a time when Ralphie May was one of the biggest standup comedians in the country, both by ticket sales and by tonnage. While some things changed -- Ralphie losthalf his body weight -- others did not: he will be remembered as one of the most successful comics of his time. Completed... |
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Rudy's Rules for Travel: Life Lessons from Around the Globe
Mary K. Jensen · She Writes Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Most honeymoons, Mary knows, do not start this way. Lying outside on the sloping attic roof in Edinburgh, listening to the soft snores of her groom, she realizes that Rudy's number one rule, "adapt," once again reigns. Rudy's Rules for Travel takes you across the twentieth-century... |
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
AMY KAUFMAN · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's... |
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Conversations with McCartney
Paul Du Noyer · The Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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The intimate portrayal of one of the most famous men in music, more than half of which is in McCartney's own words.In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London. They asked him to interview the star; McCartney and Du Noyer had met once before and enjoyed... |
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Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon
Marc Eliot · Dey Street Books
Pages: 576
Format: Print book
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This is the definitive biography of one of the most iconic, complex and enduring legends of Hollywood's golden age, whose major presence in American film, radio, television, stage and theater lasted beyond the second half of the 20th Century, and whose classic films are known throughout... |
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When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments
Kelly Oxford · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford's head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets... |
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The Science of Game of Thrones
Helen Keen · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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A myth-busting, jaw-dropping, fun-filled tour through the science of your favorite fantastical world. Award-winning comedian and popular-science writer Helen Keen uncovers the astounding science behind the mystical, blood-soaked world of Game of Thrones, answering questions like: Is it possible... |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman: The Life and Work
Peter Shelley · McFarland & Company
Pages: 218
Format: Print book
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Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) was an American film, television and stage actor, film producer, and film and stage director, best known for his memorable supporting roles in independent films. Considered one of the best actors of his generation, he died of a drug overdose at age 46 after... |
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Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions
LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Forgive him, Father, for Stephen Colbert has sinned. He knew it was wrong at the time. But he went ahead and did it anyway. Now he's begging for forgiveness. Based on his popular segment from The Late Show, Stephen Colbert and his team of writers now reveal his most shameful secrets to millions... |
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The Lies They Tell
Tuvia Tenenbom · Gefen Publishing House
Pages: 370
Format: Print book
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Welcome to the real America,a place you call home but don't yet know! The USA is the world's empire and its actions will influence us all for generations to come. But who are the Americans, the people who make up America? Tuvia Tenenbom travels through America to find out. His wanderings... |
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All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life
Matt Pinfield · Scribner
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"The most trusted opinion in rock music" (Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins) , Matt Pinfield offers the ultimate music fan's memoir, a chronicle of the songs and artists that inspired his improbable career alongside some of the all-time greats, from The Beatles to KISS to U2 to The Killers.Matt... |
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In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox
Carol Burnett · Crown Archetype
Pages: 320
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 for eleven... |
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Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films
Molly Haskell · Yale University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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A film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular culture is unprecedented "Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker,... |
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She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
Richard Cohen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist,... |
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