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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Thomas Morris · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of a bygone era in all its grisly weirdness. A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered... |
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Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
Taraji P Henson · 37 Ink
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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From Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner, Taraji P. Henson, comes an inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth.With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including... |
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The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America
John F. Kasson · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
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How the smile and fortitude of a child actress revived a nation. Her image appeared in periodicals and advertisements roughly twenty times daily; she rivaled FDR and Edward VIII as the most photographed person in the world. Her portrait brightened the homes of countless admirers: from a black... |
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How to Date Men When You Hate Men
Blythe Roberson · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within the trappings of modern society. Blythe Roberson's sharp observational humor is met by her open-hearted willingness... |
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Then and Now: A Memoir
Barbara Cook · Harpercollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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One of the greatest American singers and actresses of her generation looks back on a magical and turbulent life spanning a half century of theatrical history from the golden age of the Broadway musical to the present day.A legend of the American theater, Barbara Cook burst upon the scene... |
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Brunette Ambition
Lea Michele · Crown Archetype
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover
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The star of the hit show Glee shares her experiences and insider tips on beauty, fashion, inner strength, and more in an illustrated book that's part memoir, part how-to, and part style guide. Lea Michele is one of the hardest working performers in show business. Whether she's... |
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Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived
Simon Callow · Vintage
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Simon Callow, the celebrated author of Orson Welles, delivers a dazzling, swift, and accessible biography of the musical titan Richard Wagner and his profoundly problematic legacy--a fresh take for seasoned acolytes and the perfect introduction for new fans.Richard Wagner's music dramas... |
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The Partnership: Brecht, Weill, Three Women, and Germany on the Brink
Pamela Katz · Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
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Among the most creative and outsized personalities of the Weimar Republic, that sizzling yet decadent epoch between the Great War and the Nazis' rise to power, were the renegade poet Bertolt Brecht and the rebellious avant-garde composer Kurt Weill. These two young geniuses and the three... |
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The Encore: A Memoir in Three Acts
Charity Tillemann-Dick · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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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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Born with Teeth: A Memoir
Kate Mulgrew · Little, Brown and Company,
Pages: 306
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences... |
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Double Whammy
Carl Hiaasen · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 419
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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"Twists and turns with breathtaking speed...You're gonna like this ride." - Washington Post Book WorldR.J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike,... |
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Working for the Man, Playing in the Band: My Years with James Brown
DAMON WOOD · ECW Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A young, long-haired rock guitarist finds the funk on stage with the Godfather of SoulIn this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music's most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his six years spent playing guitar for James Brown's Soul Generals.In a memoir certain... |
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Calypso
David Sedaris · Little
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast,... |
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Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty
Diane Keaton · Random House Inc
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself - no matter what anyone else thinks. Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring... |
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