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The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts
Charity Tillemann-Dick · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable true story of acclaimed opera singer Charity Tillemann-Dick, who received not one but two double lung transplants and went from struggling to draw a single breath to singing at the most prestigious venues in the world.Charity Tillemann-Dick was a vivacious young American... |
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel
Oyinkan Braithwaite · Anchor
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE
Korede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead,... |
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Talk to Me
John Kenney · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From New Yorker contributor and the Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth in Advertising comes a wry yet tenderhearted look at how one man's public fall from grace leads him back to his family, and back to the man he used to be.
It's a story that Ted Grayson has reported... |
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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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The Last Black Unicorn
TIFFANY HADDISH · Gallery Books
Pages: 288
Format: eBook
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From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.
Growing up in one of the poorest... |
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Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion
BALLANTINE. · Del Rey
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A journey deep into the story of Stranger Things, this definitive behind-the-scenes companion reveals every aspect of the Emmy-winning series that rekindled everyone's nostalgia for the 80s. Brought to life with exclusive color photos and gorgeous concept art, this volume is essential... |
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Radiant Shimmering Light
SARAH SELECKY · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A nuanced satire--both hilarious and disconcerting--that probes the blurred lines between empowerment, spirituality, and consumerism in our online lives.Lilian Quick is 40, single, and childless, working as a pet portrait artist. She paints the colored light only she can see, but animal... |
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Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
Judd Apatow · Random House
Pages: 530
Format: eBook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the writer and director of Knocked Up and the producer of Freaks and Geeks comes a collection of intimate, hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy from the past thirty years - including Mel Brooks, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart, Roseanne Barr,... |
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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
W KAMAU BELL · DUTTON
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in The New York Times, which called him, "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."... |
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There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story
Pamela Druckerman · Penguin Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The best-selling author of BRINGING UP BÉBÉ investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face.
When Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her "Madame," and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes:... |
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Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
Laurie Notaro · Ballantine Books
Pages: 270
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess - unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team... |
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Ernest Hemingway and Gary Cooper in Idaho: An Enduring Friendship
Larry E. Morris. · The History Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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In the autumn of 1940, two icons of American culture met in Sun Valley, Idaho--writer Ernest Hemingway and actor Gary Cooper. Although "Hem" was known as brash, larger-than-life and hard-drinking and "Coop" as courteous, non-confrontational and taciturn, the two became... |
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 240
Format: eBook
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A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry... |
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