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Go Ask Ali: Half-Baked Advice

Ali Wentworth · Harper
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers her hilarious and unique advice on surviving the absurdity of modern life in her third collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Ali Wentworth's first two books, Ali in Wonderland and Happily Ali After, were lauded by readers, critics,...
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Undeniably Indiana: Hoosiers Tell the Story of Their Wacky and Wonderful State

Indiana University. Press · Quarry Books
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

In this first crowdsourced book about Indiana, ordinary Hoosiers from all corners of the state share the eclectic, wonderful, and sometimes wacky stories that are undeniably Indiana. These true tales highlight the variety of Hoosier life -- fond recollections of hometowns, legendary anecdotes...
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Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions

LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Forgive him, Father, for Stephen Colbert has sinned. He knew it was wrong at the time. But he went ahead and did it anyway. Now he's begging for forgiveness. Based on his popular segment from The Late Show, Stephen Colbert and his team of writers now reveal his most shameful secrets to millions...
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The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World

JOY BEHAR · Harper
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts - and makes us laugh and cheer - in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that's wrong with the "Orange One," Donald...
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Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger

CURTIS JOHNATHAN ARMSTRONG · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common?Curtis Armstrong.A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented in the public...
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Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life

Jonathan Gould · Crown Archetype
Pages: 533
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as "(Sittin'...
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

Todd S. Purdum · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound...
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure

AMY KAUFMAN · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's...
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The Clothes Make the Girl

Brittany Gibbons · Dey Street Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

A sartorial follow-up to her hilarious memoir in stories, Fat Girl Walking, internet personality Brittany Gibbons once again deep dives into the world of the plus size woman, this time chronicling her love/hate (but mostly hate) relationship with what fashion.From Pinterest boards and Instagram...
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear

CARL HIAASEN · Knopf
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

This is Oh, the Places You'll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduate's future. And what he or she can or can't do about it."This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement...
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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

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

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The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

Jennifer McCartney · Countryman Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Learn to be messy and everything else in your life will fall into place.The anti-clutter movement is having a moment. You may have heard about a book -- an entire book -- written on the topic of tidiness and how "magical" and "life-changing" it is to neaten up and THROW...
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I Hate Everyone, Except You

Clinton Kelly · Gallery Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

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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Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff

Michael Nesmith · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The long, strange journey of Michael Nesmith is as fascinating as it as was fraught--from fleeing Dallas as a young man with his pregnant girlfriend, to gaining international fame as a member of the Monkees, to falling deep into the grips of what he calls Celebrity Psychosis, to finally...
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Black privilege : opportunity comes to those who create it

Charlamagne Tha God · Touchstone
Pages: 291

The radio and television personality shares his unlikely success story as a troubled youth-turned-influential radio personality, outlining unstinting views about how embracing one's truths is an essential part of achieving success and happiness.
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