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George lucas : a life
Brian Jay Jones · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George LucasOn May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George... |
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The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture
Dan Goldberg · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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FEATURING: IAN BOGOST - LEIGH ALEXANDER - ZOE QUINN - ANITA SARKEESIAN & KATHERINE CROSS - IAN SHANAHAN - ANNA ANTHROPY - EVAN NARCISSE - HUSSEIN IBRAHIM - CARA ELLISON & BRENDAN KEOGH - DAN GOLDING - DAVID JOHNSTON - WILLIAM KNOBLAUCH - MERRITT KOPAS - OLA WIKANDERThe State of Play... |
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It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays
Shane Dawson · Keywords Press/Atria
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Shane Dawson returns with another highly entertaining and uproariously funny essay collection, chronicling a mix of real life moments both extraordinary and mortifying, yet always full of heart.Shane Dawson shared some of his best and worst experiences... |
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I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
KEVIN HART · 37 INK
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival,... |
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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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I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
Brian Wilson · Da Capo Press
Pages: 312
Format: Print book
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They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing.As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever... |
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I am Haunted: Living Life Through the Dead
Zak Bagans · Victory Belt Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans has traveled all over the world, seeking answers to life's deepest and most terrifying mysteries. What happens when we die? Why do some spirits move on while others remain stuck in some sort of in-between place? What do the spirits really want from... |
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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
Gabourey Sidibe · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir - wise, complex, smart, funny - a version of the American experience different from anything we've read Gabourey Sidibe - "Gabby" to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international fame in 2009... |
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Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi Hedren · Harpercollins
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie - tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time.For decades, Tippi Hedren's... |
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967
Brian Southall · Imagine
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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A carefully crafted and collectible volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of a legendary and groundbreaking Beatles album. Expert Brian Southall's unique edition recounts the story behind the music and the cultural climate of 1967 when Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band debuted.The... |
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Meddling Kids: A Novel
Edgar Cantero · Doubleday
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of John Dies at the End and Welcome to Night Vale comes a tour de force of horror, humor, and H.P. Lovecraft. The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all ... and sent... |
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Canada
Mike Myers · Doubleday Canada
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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In this instant national bestseller, comedy superstar Mike Myers writes from the (true patriot) heart about his 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada. Mike Myers is a world-renowned actor, director and writer, and the man behind some of the most memorable comic characters of our time.... |
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In Real Life: My Journey to a Pixelated World
Joey Graceffa · Atria/Keywords Press
Format: Print book
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A confessional, uplifting memoir from the beloved YouTube personality.It's not where you begin that matters. It's where you end up. Twenty-three year old Joey Graceffa has captured the hearts of millions of teens and young adults through his playful, sweet, and inspirational YouTube... |
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FRANCESCO PACIFICO · Melville House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The breakout novel by Francesco Pacifico, one of Italy's most acclaimed writers, hailed by Dana Spiotta as "brilliantly funny and weirdly subversive"Ludovica and Lorenzo live in Rome. She works in her family's bookstore, and he's a filmmaker - or, rather, a "filmmaker":... |
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Seriously...I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres · Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Ive experienced a lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that youll take a moment to sit back, relax and enjoy the words Ive put together for you in this book. I think youll find Ive left no stone unturned, no door unopened, no window unbroken, no rug unvacuumed, no ivories... |
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