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All This Could Be Yours

Attenberg, Jami · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a sharp, funny, and emotionally powerful novel about a family reuniting at the deathbed of its patriarch. In reckoning with his secret past, can they rebuild and begin anew? "If I know why he is the way he is then maybe I can learn...
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All Cats Are Introverts

Francesco Marciuliano · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Could Pee on This, Francesco Marciuliano presents this humorous and all too relatable book written from the perspective of some pensive, sometimes intense, but nonetheless insightful pets.Have you ever been labeled as "antisocial,"...
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The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

Posnanski, Joe · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski enters the world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans in an immersive, entertaining, and magical work on the illusionist's impact on American culture - and why his legacy endures to this day.Harry...
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The Way I Heard It

Rowe, Mike · Gallery Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's #1 short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a delightful...
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That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug

Emily Flake · Viking
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A Lit Hub "Most Anticipated Books of 2019"From New Yorker humorist Emily Flake, a hilarious, oddly enlightening book of illustrations, observations, and advice that embraces the inescapable awkwardness of two human beings attempting to make physical contact with each otherWe've...
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Dragula

Ma'am Stoker
Format: Hardcover

In a land where the wolves howl 'yassss kween' and Bloody Marys are the only cocktail on offer, Jonathan Harker (a most basic b*tch) makes a series of horrifying discoveries at the House of Dragula. A battle between old queens draws fresh blood as the VAMPageant grudge...
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The Hollywood Book Club:

Steven Rea · Chronicle Books
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe - the brightest stars of the silver screen couldn't resist curling up with a good book. This unique collection of rare photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style. The Hollywood Book Club...
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Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America

Poniewozik, James · Liveright
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A generational work that, using television, reframes America's identity through the rattled mind of a septuagenarian, insomniac, cable-news-junkie president.In the tradition of great cultural figures like Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, New York Times chief television critic James...
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Friday Black

Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame · Mariner Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice." - Tommy Orange, New York Times Book Review"An excitement and a wonder: strange, crazed, urgent and funny." - George Saunders"Dark and captivating and essential...
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VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2019: The Complete Guide to Movies on VHS, DVD, and Hi-Def Formats

Tyrkus, Michael J. · Gale Research Inc
Pages: 2000
Format: Paperback

Containing the most extensive listing of movies available on home video and DVD - more than 29,000 in all - and a multitude of cross-referencing within its seven primary indexes and two guides, each new edition includes 1,000 new movies, expanded indexing, a fresh new introduction and more...
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