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Cecelia Ahern · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that blends fables with magical realism--perfect for fans of Roxane Gay.In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with...
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Bruce Lee: A Life

Matthew Polly · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 672
Format: Hardcover

The first authoritative biography - featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs - of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans.Forty-five years...
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Bret Easton Ellis · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at once an example, definition, and defense of what "freedom of speech" truly means.Bret...
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A Woman First: First Woman: The Deeply Personal Memoir by the Former President

David Mandel · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In this brave, beautiful, revealing, and deeply personal memoir, Selina Meyer, one of our most beloved former presidents, tells her own extraordinary story.Born and raised deep in the American heartland of God-fearing suburban Maryland, young Selina Eaton learned to love her country and her fellow...
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks

Patrick McGilligan · Harper
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane and Alfred...
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The Art of Tattoo: A Tattoo Artist's Inspirations, Designs, and Hard-Won Advice

Megan Massacre · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Tattoo artist Megan Massacre presents a beautiful collection of her best work, with instructive how-to and inspiration for both professional tattoo artists as well as tattoo aficionados. With a personal behind-the-scenes peek into the making of a tattoo, from concept to execution, plus...
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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends

Kelsey Miller · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This definitive retrospective of Friends incorporates interviews, history and behind-the-scenes anecdotes to offer a critical analysis of how a sitcom about six twentysomethings changed television foreverWhen Friends debuted in 1994, no one expected it to become a mainstay of NBC's "Must...
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

JONATHAN HAIDT · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A timely investigation into the new "safety culture" on campus and the dangers it poses to free speech, mental health, education, and ultimately democracyThe generation now coming of age has been taught three Great Untruths: their feelings are always right; they should avoid pain...
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Hollywood's Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles

Laura B Rosenzweig · NYU Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Tells the remarkable story of the Jewish moguls in Hollywood who established the first anti-Nazi Jewish resistance organization in the country in the 1930s
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Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen

Bill Bentley · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

In December 2015, the Smithsonian called on rock and roll lovers around the world to collect photos and stories of their favorite moments in music. Fans dug through attics, basements, closets, shoeboxes, digital cameras, and photo albums to post great rock shots to rockandroll.si.edu....
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Imagine

JOHN LENNON · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"A lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren't there, so I'm very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of the participants have kindly given their time to "gimme some truth"...
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Hit So Hard: A Memoir

Patty Schemel · Da Capo Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A stunningly candid and inspiring memoir of recovery from addiction and the '90s, by Hole drummer Patty SchemelPatty Schemel was a drummer at the epicenter of the Seattle grunge scene in the early '90s, best known for her work with the alternative rock band Hole.Hit So Hard begins with...
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The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Josh Kushins · ABRAMS
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

This book is a visual chronicle of the Lucasfilm art department's creation of new worlds, unforgettable characters, and newly imagined droids, vehicles, and weapons for the first movie in the Star Wars Story series - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In the same format and style as Abrams'...
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I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

Emily Nussbaum · Random House
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. From her creation of the first "Approval Matrix" in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom

LEONARD MALTIN · Paladin Communications
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

Leonard Maltin is America's best-known film historian, film reviewer, and author of books that have sold more than 7 million copies. He remains a thought leader on past and present Hollywood through his website www.leonardmaltin.com, and a social media presence that includes an active...
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