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Florence Foster Jenkins: The Life of the World's Worst Opera Singer
Darryl W. Bullock · Overlook Press Pages: 198 Format: Print book
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Finally, a biography of Florence Foster Jenkins, considered the world's worst opera singer, soon to be portrayed by Meryl Streep in the forthcoming film."Probably the most complete and absolute lack of talent ever publicly displayed." -- Life MagazineMadame Jenkins couldn't carry... |
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30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s, and You Can Too
MARINA SHIFRIN · Wednesday Books Pages: 336 Format: Paperback
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A charming, relatable and hilarious collection of essays documenting a young woman's attempt to accomplish thirty life goals before turning thirty.Something was nagging Marina Shifrin. As a freshly minted adult with student loan payments, a barely hospitable New York apartment, a "real"... |
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Monsters in the Movies
John Landis · DK Pub. Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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Which 1932 film is considered the first feature-length zombie movie?Learn everything there is to know about special effects in films and what it goes into designing iconic monsters that still show up in nightmares in Monsters in the Movies, newly released in paperback. From B-movie bogeymen... |
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Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
MR DAVID THOMSON · Yale University Press Pages: 232 Format: Hardcover
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Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through... |
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Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Perilous Quest for Pizza and Redemption
Ed Levine · Portfolio Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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"A hilarious and moving story of unconventional entrepreneurialism, passion, and guts." --Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group; Founder of Shake Shack; Author of Setting the TableOriginal recipes by J. Kenji López-Alt of The Food Lab and Stella Parks of BraveTartJames... |
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I Hate Everyone, Except You
Clinton Kelly · Gallery Books Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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Bestselling author and television host Clinton Kelly pens a hilariously candid, deliciously snarky collection of essays about his journey from awkward kid to slightly-less-awkward adult.Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate... |
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Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd · Nan A. Talese Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A brief yet definitive new biography of one of film's greatest legends: perfect for readers who want to know more about the iconic star but who don't want to commit to a lengthy work.He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognizable of Hollywood faces,... |
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Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson
Patrick McGilligan · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 592 Format: Print book
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"Jack's Life feels true. . . . Fascinating." -- Entertainment Weekly Jack Nicholson has lived large on and off the screen. Patrick McGilligan, one of America's outstanding film biographers, has plumbed research and interviews to expand his definitive biography since its publication... |
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin · Henry Holt Pages: 432 Format: Print book
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A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames CarlinTo have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months... |
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It Takes Two: Our Story
JONATHAN SCOTT · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller! Jonathan and Drew Scott, known for their wildly popular HGTV shows including Property Brothers and Brother vs Brother, follow up their New York Times bestseller, Dream Home, with a highly anticipated memoir. It Takes Two: Our Story shares never-before-revealed... |
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The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher · Penguin Publishing Group Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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The Princess Diarist is Carrie Fisher's intimate, hilarious and revealing recollection of what happened behind the scenes on one of the most famous film sets of all time, the first Star Wars movie. * Named a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2016 *A New York Times Bestseller * "Bright... |
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The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
Colson Whitehead · Doubleday; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The Noble Hustle is Pulitzer finalist Colson Whiteheads hilarious memoir of his search for meaning at high stakes poker tables, which the author describes as Eat, Pray, Love for depressed shut-ins. On one level, The Noble Hustle is a familiar species of participatory journalism--a longtime... |
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True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age
CHRISTINE LAHTI · Harper Wave Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and director Christine Lahti.For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience... |
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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
Jason Zinoman · Harper Pages: 345 Format: Hardcover
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New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined... |
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