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Anthony Bourdain Remembered
CNN · Ecco
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than... |
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Why I Am Not A Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto
Jessa Crispin · Melville House
Pages: 176
Format: Print book
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Outspoken critic Jessa Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism . . . and a bracing manifesto for revolution.Are you a feminist? Do you believe women are human beings and that they deserve to be treated as such? That women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed... |
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My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through
GUY BRANUM · Atria Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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In the vein of New York Times bestsellers Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby, a collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV's Talk Show... |
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Hit So Hard: A Memoir
Patty Schemel · Da Capo Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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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 Making of Jane Austen
Devoney Looser · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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Just how did Jane Austen become the celebrity author and the inspiration for generations of loyal fans she is today? Devoney Looser's The Making of Jane Austen turns to the people, performances, activism, and images that fostered Austen's early fame, laying the groundwork for the beloved... |
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Movie Nights with the Reagans: A Memoir
Mark Weinberg · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Former special advisor and press secretary to President Ronald Reagan shares an intimate, behind-the-scenes look inside the Reagan presidency - told through the movies they watched together every week at Camp David.What did President Ronald Reagan think of Rocky IV? How did the Matthew... |
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A-Z Great Film Directors
Andy Tuohy · Cassell
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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A striking, design-led reference book. A-Z Great Film Directors features Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 directors significant for their contribution to cinema including kings of world cinema Wong Kar-Wai and Akira Kurosawa, arthouse pioneers Fritz Lang and David Lynch as well as the often... |
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My Squirrel Days
ELLIE KEMPER · Scribner
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naïf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.There comes a time in every sitcom... |
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Romantic Comedies: These Films Can Save Your Love Life!
Pamela Jaye Smith · Michael Wiese Productions
Pages: 252
Format: Print book
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Unlike film guides that list films alphabetically, give production facts, and offer rather dry descriptions, this book is designed to help people better understand themselves, their loved ones, and their romantic situations ... or lack thereof. Scientific studies show that couples who watch... |
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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night
Jason Zinoman · Harper
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined... |
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Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi Hedren · Harpercollins
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie - tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time.For decades, Tippi Hedren's... |
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The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Josh Kushins · ABRAMS
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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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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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life
Ray Connolly · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero?... |
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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep
Michael Schulman · Harper
Pages: 293
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep - the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three - that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling... |
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I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
Kelsey Miller · Hanover Square Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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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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