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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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The Life I've Picked: A Banjo Player's Nitty Gritty Journey
John McEuen · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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John McEuen is one of the founding members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, NGDB. Now 50-years strong, the band is best known for its evergreen bestselling album Will the Circle Be Unbroken and for its gorgeous version of the song "Mr. Bojangles." McEuen is one of the seminal figures... |
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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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Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis
Violet Ramis Stiel · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From the daughter of Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis (and featuring a Foreword by Seth Rogen) comes a hilarious and heartwarming account of his life, work, and legacy.
Most of us know Harold Ramis as the filmmaker and actor who brought warmth and humor to the big screen... |
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I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
Tim Kreider · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his virtuoso writing and singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.
Psychologists have told him he's a psychologist. Philosophers have told him he's... |
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In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs
Andrew Blauner · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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For readers who loved Tune In and Nick Hornby's Songbook, an anthology of essays from a chorus of twenty-nine luminaries singing the praises of their favorite Beatles songs. The Beatles' influence - on their contemporaries, on our cultural consciousness, and on the music industry... |
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First Time Ever: A Memoir
Peggy Seeger · Faber & Faber Social
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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"A quirky, unique, and fabulously memorable memoir." - STARRED Kirkus Reviews
Peggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics - they remain... |
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Olivia de Havilland and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Ellis Amburn · Lyons Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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This is classic Hollywood history as told through the life and career of one of its most iconic actresses. The book benefits tremendously from the author's meeting with Olivia de Havilland after he was assigned to handle her projected memoir at the Delacorte Press in 1973. Amburn also... |
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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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Buseyisms: Gary Busey's Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Gary Busey · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Words of wisdom and incredible life stories, told through Gary Busey's unique Buseyisms."What is a Buseyism? I take the letters that spell a word to create a definition for the word in the truth of its deeper, dimensional meaning. I weave in my personal anecdotes along with my musings... |
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Eat Cake. Be Brave.
MELISSA RADKE · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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My name is Melissa Radke, and there is a very real chance you have no idea who I am or why I wrote a book. But admit it, you're curious! Even though millions of people seem to like watching my videos bemoaning the trials of parenting, marriage, French braiding, faith, and living life... |
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Rich Man, Poor Man: A Memoir
Nick Nolte · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"I had become an actor because real life was hard for me. Sometimes it was really rough. Acting was different from real life, yet it gave me the chance to search for complex stories that helped me understand and cope with what I encountered away from the stage lights." Legendary... |
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Improvising Out Loud: My Life Teaching Hollywood How to Act
Jeff Corey · University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
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Jeff Corey (1914-2002) made a name for himself in the 1940s as a character actor in films like Superman and the Mole Men (1951) , Joan of Arc (1948) , and The Killers (1946) . Everything changed in 1951, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Corey... |
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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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