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Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story

Steven Curtis Chapman · Flemming H Revell
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

For decades, Steven Curtis Chapman's music and message have brought hope and inspiration to millions around the world. Now, for the first time, Steven openly shares the experiences that have shaped him, his faith, and his music in a life that has included incredible highs and faith-shaking...
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Rich Man, Poor Man: A Memoir

Nick Nolte · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"I had become an actor because real life was hard for me. Sometimes it was really rough. Acting was different from real life, yet it gave me the chance to search for complex stories that helped me understand and cope with what I encountered away from the stage lights."Legendary...
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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

Phaedra Patrick · Mira Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

In this poignant and curiously charming debut, a lovable widower embarks on a life-changing adventure Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard...
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Chasing the Last Laugh: Mark Twain's Raucous and Redemptive Round-the-World Comedy Tour

Richard Zacks · Doubleday
Pages: 450
Format: Print book

From Richard Zacks, bestselling author of Island of Vice and The Pirate Hunter, a rich and lively account of how Mark Twain's late-life adventures abroad helped him recover from financial disaster and family tragedy - and revived his world-class sense of humorMark Twain, the highest-paid...
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Literally Me

JULIE HOUTS · Simon & Schuster Ltd
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

LIVE. LAUGH. LOVE. or EXIST. SMURK. LURKJulie Houts has cultivated a devoted following as `Instagram's favourite illustrator' (Vogue) by lampooning the conflicting messages and images women consume and share with the world every day. A collection of darkly comic illustrated essays,...
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The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage

Greg Gutfeld · Crown Forum
Format: Kindle Edition

From the irreverent star of Fox News's "Red Eye "and "The Five," hilarious observations on the manufactured outrage of an oversensitive, wussified culture of artificial tolerance.
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Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

SCOTT EYMAN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 367
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured all of life's twists and turns.Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood...
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Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff

Calvin Trillin · Random House; 15th edition
Format: Hardcover

For at least forty years, Calvin Trillin has committed blatant acts of funniness all over the place—in The New Yorker, in one-man off-Broadway shows, in his deadline poetry for The Nation, in comic novels like Tepper Isnt Going Out, in books chronicling his adventures as a happy eater,...
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Broke: The Plan to Restore Our Trust, Truth and Treasure

Glenn Beck · Threshold Editions
Format: Hardcover

Beck makes the case that when you're traveling in the wrong direction, slight course corrections won't cut it. He exposes the idea of "transformation" for the progressive smokescreen that it is, while maintaining that a return to individual rights, an uncompromising adherence...
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Wishful Drinking

Carrie Fisher · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 163
Format: Print book

In WISHFUL DRINKING, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitable wit. Born to celebrity parents, she was picked to play a princess in a little movie called Star Wars when only 19 years old. "But it isn't all sweetness and light sabres."...
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