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Almost Interesting: The Memoir
David Spade · Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers
Pages: 226
Format: Print book
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A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.David Spade is best known for his harsh "Hollywood" Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series... |
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Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne: A Life in Several Acts
Robert Hofler · The University of Wisconsin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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Dominick Dunne seemed to live his entire adult life in the public eye, but in this biography Robert Hofler reveals a conflicted, enigmatic man who reinvented himself again and again. As a television and film producer in the 1950s-1970s, hobnobbing with Humphrey Bogart and Natalie Wood,... |
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Man of the Year: A Memoir
LOU COVE · FLATIRON Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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For one 1970's family, the center may not hold, but it certainly does fold.In 1978 Jimmy Carter mediates the Camp David Accords, Fleetwood Mac tops charts with Rumours, Starsky fights crime with Hutch, and twelve-year-old Lou Cove is uprooted from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Salem,... |
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Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
Kunal Nayyar · Atria Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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In the spirit of Mindy Kaling's bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS's #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from... |
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Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B-Movie Actor
BRUCE CAMPBELL · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Introduction by New York Times bestselling author and famous minor television personality John HodgmanIt's been 15 years since his first memoir but Bruce is still living the dream as a "B" movie king in an "A" movie world.Bruce Campbell makes his triumphant return from... |
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Brick Shakespeare: Four Tragedies & Four Comedies
John McCann · Skyhorse Publishing; Box Har/Ps edition
Format: Hardcover
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Never before have Shakespeare’s plays been depicted in LEGO bricks, and now Brick Shakespeare: The Tragedies—Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar and Brick Shakespeare: The Comedies—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Taming... |
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
Lauren Graham · Ballantine Books
Pages: 209
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood - along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking... |
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The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
Patricia Bosworth · Harpercollins
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed biographer Patricia Bosworth recalls her emotional coming of age in 1950s New York in this profound and powerful memoir, a story of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from the period.From Bosworth - acclaimed... |
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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
W KAMAU BELL · DUTTON
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in The New York Times, which called him, "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years." Or maybe in The New Yorker,... |
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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
Mike Love · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 436
Format: Print book
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The New York Times BestsellerMike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations." As a founding... |
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Natalie Wood
Manoah Bowman · Running Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In the 1950s and '60s, there was no star that shone brighter than Natalie Wood. As a child actor who smoothly transitioned to adult roles, Natalie made an unforgettable impact on the world with her sensitive performances and her spectacular beauty. In a span of less than twenty years, her talent... |
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