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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
CARL HIAASEN · Knopf
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it.
"This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed... |
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
Mo Rocca · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.
Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood... |
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She the People: A Graphic History of Uprisings, Breakdowns, Setbacks, Revolts, and Enduring Hope on the Unfinished Road to Women's Equality
Jen Deaderick · Seal Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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A sweeping, smart, and smart-ass graphic history of women's ongoing quest for equality
In March 2017, Nevada surprised the rest of America by suddenly ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment--thirty-five years after the deadline had passed. Hey, better late than never, right? Then, lo and behold,... |
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
William Shatner · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television... |
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Lake Success: A Novel
Gary Shteyngart · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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When his dream of the perfect marriage, the perfect son, and the perfect life implodes, a Wall Street millionaire takes a cross-country bus trip in search of his college sweetheart and ideals of youth in the long-awaited novel, his first in seven years, from the acclaimed, bestselling author... |
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A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George
Kelly Carlin · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the "Seven Dirty Words" to "A Place for My Stuff," to "Religion is Bullshit," he perfected the art of making audiences... |
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Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days
Tavis Smiley · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death
Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made... |
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I'm Just a Person
Tig Notaro · Ecco
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany. In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother... |
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Untitled Holly Madison
Jory John · Dey Street
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When you've come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If you're... |
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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... |
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Sinatra: The Chairman
James Kaplan · Doubleday
Pages: 979
Format: Print book
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Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's bestselling Frank: The Voice - which completes the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed the "Entertainer of the Century," deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick... |
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How to Be Safe: A Novel
TOM MCALLISTER · Liveright
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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We Need to Talk about Kevin meets Dept. of Speculation in a novel about one woman's furious grappling with the repercussions of small-town tragedy. FORMER TEACHER HAD MOTIVE. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice... |
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
Jennifer Weiner · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Book
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"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me?
"A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from... |
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Calypso
David Sedaris · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 273
Format: eBook
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.
If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house... |
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Adjustment Day: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire. People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning. Adjustment... |
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