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Go Ask Ali: Half-Baked Advice
Ali Wentworth · Harper
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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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,... |
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Radiant Shimmering Light
SARAH SELECKY · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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A nuanced satire--both hilarious and disconcerting--that probes the blurred lines between empowerment, spirituality, and consumerism in our online lives.Lilian Quick is 40, single, and childless, working as a pet portrait artist. She paints the colored light only she can see, but animal... |
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir
Tan France · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television.
In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir,... |
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
CARL HIAASEN · Knopf
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover
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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... |
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The Skin Above My Knee
Marcia Butler · Little
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline... |
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Pretty Mess
ERIKA JAYNE · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she'd just be "another rich bitch with a plane" - so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne.
Erika... |
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Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
MAEVE HIGGINS · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A timely essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins
"Maeve Higgins is hilarious, poignant, conversational, and my favorite Irish import since U2. You're in for a treat." - Phoebe Robinson, New York... |
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Dear Dudley: Life and Laughter: A Celebration of the Much-Loved Comedy Legend
Barbra Paskin · John Blake
Pages: 390
Format: Hardcover
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Barbra Paskin was the late Dudley Moore's official biographer, having known him well for many years. In this latest book, she provides an affectionate celebration of this extraordinary comic and musical talent. Although the book examines his extraordinary life and career from the ground-breaking... |
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Stay Hungry
SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO · Gallery Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring, honest, uproarious collection of essays traces Sebastian Maniscalco's career from playing boxing rings and bowling alleys to reaching the pinnacles of comedy success.
At twenty-four, Sebastian Maniscalco arrived in LA with a suitcase and saved up minimum wages. He knew... |
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Supreme Glamour
Mary Wilson · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Sumptuously illustrated, engaging, and insightful, Mary Wilson's book charts the glittering story of The Supremes, as it showcases their glamorous and iconic ensembles. As Motown's leading act in the 1960s, The Supremes became synonymous with glamorous, elegant, coordinated ensembles.... |
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Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh
Kristin Casey · Rare Bird Books, A Barnacle Book
Pages: 364
Format: Hardcover
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Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman's life-changing experience in a relationship with rock legend Joe Walsh. At once envious, glamorous, debauched and disturbing, it's her long and winding journey from life in the fast lane to sobriety... |
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Adjustment Day: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire. People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning. Adjustment... |
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The Improv: An Oral History of the Comedy Club that Revolutionized Stand-Up
Budd Friedman · BenBella Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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Featured in the New York Times 2017 "Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans" Get an insider's oral history of the World's most iconic comedy club, featuring exclusive interviews with today's most hilarious stars recalling their time on stage (and off) at the Improv.... |
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Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film
Alan K Rode · University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
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Academy Award-winning director Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) -- whose best-known films include Casablanca (1942) , Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) , Mildred Pierce (1945) and White Christmas (1954) -- was in many ways the anti-auteur. During his unprecedented twenty-seven year tenure at Warner... |
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Burn the Place: A Memoir
Iliana Regan · Agate Midway
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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A singular, powerfully expressive debut memoir that traces one chef's struggle to find her place and what happens once she does.
Burn the Place is a galvanizing culinary memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm to opening her Michelin-starred... |
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