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The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
Patricia Bosworth · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed biographer Patricia Bosworth recalls her emotional coming of age in 1950s New York in this profound and powerful memoir, a story of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from the period.From Bosworth - acclaimed... |
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The Château: A Novel
PAUL GOLDBERG · Picador
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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"We have proverb in Florida...You know why it's good to be on beach?"Bill smiles, but says nothing. He wants the guy to keep talking."Because on beach you are surrounded by idiots on only three sides.""And on the remaining side you have what?" asks Bill."Sharks..."Paul... |
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First Time Ever: A Memoir
Peggy Seeger · Faber & Faber Social
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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"A quirky, unique, and fabulously memorable memoir." - STARRED Kirkus ReviewsPeggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics - they remain her lifeblood.... |
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Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
SAM WASSON · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate - and often hilarious - history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular. At the height of the McCarthy era, an experimental theater troupe set up shop in a bar near the University of Chicago. Via word-of-mouth,... |
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Who Is Rich?: A Novel
Matthew Klam · Random House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative and hilarious satire of love, sex, money, and politics in our new gilded age - the long-awaited first novel from the the acclaimed author of Sam the CatEvery summer, a once-sort-of-famous forty-two-year-old cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind... |
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Lou Reed: A Life
Anthony DeCurtis · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou ReedAs lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions... |
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You'll Grow Out of It
Jessi Klein · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer, comedian Jessi Klein... |
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The Reason You're Alive: A Novel
MATTHEW QUICK · Harper
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war.After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical... |
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Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast
MARC MARON · Flatiron Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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"I'm British, so I'm medically dead inside, but even I can't help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honesty like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he's talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same. " -- John Oliver Each week over a million... |
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Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies
Hadley Freeman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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From Vogue contributor and Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, a personalized guide to eighties movies that describes why they changed movie-making forever - featuring exclusive interviews with the producers, directors, writers and stars of the best cult classics.For Hadley Freeman, movies... |
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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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Amanda Wakes Up
ALISYN CAMEROTA · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The Devil Wears Prada meets Primary Colors in this breezy summer read, as seen in The New York Times, People, and O MagazineWhen Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News - the coveted morning anchor slot - she's finally made it: a six-figure... |
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Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way
Ryan White · Touchstone
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed music critic and author of Springsteen: Album by Album comes the real story behind the legendary beach bum, rock star, and billionaire musician Jimmy Buffett - who has enchanted audiences of Parrotheads for over four decades with his tropical fantasy world of Margaritaville.Jimmy... |
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