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Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm

Roseanne Barr · Gallery Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND TELEVISION STAR ROSEANNE BARR IS BACK—WITH A VENGEANCE—AND THE RESULT IS ROSEANNEARCHY. Roseanne Barr is a force of nature. Whether taking the sitcom world by storm, challenging accepted social norms, or battling the wild pigs inhabiting her nut farm in Hawaii,...
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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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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

Gabourey Sidibe · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

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...
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Antoni in the Kitchen

Antoni Porowski · Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix's sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live - literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned...
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I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

Luvvie Ajayi · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

New York Times Bestseller
#1 Washington Post Bestseller

"A truth-riot of a book!" -- Shonda Rhimes

Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves up necessary advice for the masses in this hilarious...

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The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal

Laurie Notaro · Villard; 1 edition
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Laurie Notaro has an uncanny ability to attract insanity–and leave readers doubled over with laughter. Need proof? Check out The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death and try not to bust a gut.Join Notaro as she experiences the popular phenomenon of laser hair removal (because...
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Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

Mark Titus · Doubleday; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national...
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The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts

Charity Tillemann-Dick · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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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Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words

Michael Ausiello · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In this evocative and gorgeously wrought memoir reminiscent of Rob Sheffield's Love Is a Mixtape and George Hodgman's Bettyville, Michael Ausiello - a respected TV columnist and founder and editor-in-chief of TVLine.com - remembers his late husband, and the lessons,...
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Wild Thing: A Novel

Josh Bazell · Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books
Pages: 388
Format: eBook

Beat the Reaper left critics applauding, readers gasping, and Dr. Pietro Brnwa on the run from the mob. WILD THING finds him adrift: at sea, literally, as a cruise ship doctor under an assumed name. So when a reclusive billionaire offers him a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive...
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Dangerous Minds: A Knight and Moon Novel

Janet Evanovich · Bantam
Pages: 301
Format: Mass Market Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Buddhist monk Wayan Bagus lost his island of solitude and wants to get it back. The island was about...
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Every Day is an Atheist Holiday!: More Magical Tales from the Author of God, No!

Penn Jillette · Blue Rider Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Let’s be honest—nobody has more fun than atheists. Don’t believe it? Well, consider this: For nonbelievers, every day you’re alive is a day to celebrate! And no one celebrates life to the fullest like Penn Jillette—the larger, louder half of legendary magic...
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Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You

Kunal Nayyar · Atria Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling's bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS's #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from...
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About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir

Peggy Rowe · Rowe, Peggy
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

A Message from Mike Rowe, the Dirty Jobs Guy: Just to be clear, About My Mother is a book about my grandmother, written by my mother. That's not to say it's not about my mother - it is. In fact, About My Mother is as much about my mother as it is about my grandmother....
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The Making of Markova: Diaghilev's Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon

Tina Sutton · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Print book

As improbable as it is inspiring, the story of one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century, her fortitude and reinvention, and her journey from the Ballets Russes, Balanchine and Matisse to international stardom. In pre-World War I England, a frail Jewish girl – so shy she barely...
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