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...And Then You Die of Dysentery: Lessons in Adulting from the Oregon Trail
Lauren Reeves · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
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A quirky, nostalgic send-up to the Oregon Trail computer game, featuring snarky and hard-earned life lessons from the trail. Pack your wagons, find your ride-or-(literally) die friends, and roll up to Matt's General Store with a sack of cash - it's time to hit the Oregon Trail, twenty-first-century... |
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Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks
Stephen Davis · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At 68, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock 'n' roller.Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers" (The... |
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Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film
Don Graham · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology.Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism,... |
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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." Or maybe in The New Yorker,... |
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016
P. J. O'Rourke · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692.... |
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The Greenfather: A Novel
JOHN S MARSHALL · Three Rooms Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Simon, New York's top organic grocery store owner has a secret: his dad is the head of one of New York's biggest mob families. When his dad dies, Simon agrees to head the Family, provided that instead of murder, numbers and other rackets, the mob uses its muscle to enforce green... |
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Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days
Janice Dean · Harper
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces.Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know... |
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The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
CHAPO TRAP HOUSE. · Touchstone
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The creators of the cult-hit podcast Chapo Trap House deliver a manifesto for everyone who feels orphaned and alienated - politically, culturally, and economically - by the bloodless Wall Street centrism of the Democrats and the lizard-brained atavism of the right: there is a better way,... |
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know
Retta · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches to riches (well, rich enough that... |
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Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
Nancy Schoenberger · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined - the Western - and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team,... |
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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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Anyone Who's Anyone: The Astonishing Celebrity Interviews, 1987-2017
George Wayne · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From former Vanity Fair magazine's celebrity interviewer George Wayne comes a collection of piquant, poignant, and nostalgic interviews with some of the iconic personalities of our time, curated from his legendary magazine career.The man behind some of the most notorious celebrity interviews,... |
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The Great Movies IV
Roger Ebert · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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No film critic has ever been as influential - or as beloved - as Roger Ebert. Over more than four decades, he built a reputation writing reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times and, later, arguing onscreen with rival Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel and later Richard Roeper about the movies... |
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Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and
Melissa Francis · Weinstein Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie.Now in Lessons from the Prairie, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned... |
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