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A Field Guide to Awkward Silences
Alexandra Petri · NAL
Format: Hardcover
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Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri turns her satirical eye on her own life in this hilarious new memoir...Most twentysomethings spend a lot of time avoiding awkwardness.Not Alexandra Petri.Afraid of rejection? Alexandra Petri has auditioned for Americas Next Top Model. Afraid of looking... |
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George lucas : a life
Brian Jay Jones · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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The essential biography of the influential and beloved filmmaker George LucasOn May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George... |
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Ipad and Iphone Video Film, Edit, and Share the Apple Way.
Jeff Carlson · Peachpit Pr
Pages: 193
Format: Print book
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"In the iPad and iPhone Video guide, bestselling author Jeff Carlson shows you how to harness the powers of these remarkable devices. He explores all the steps of shooting great video, including techniques for controlling focus and exposure, using Slo-Mo mode on the iPhone 5S, creating... |
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Confessions of a Domestic Failure
Bunmi Laditan · MIRA
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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From the creator of The Honest Toddler comes a fiction debut sure to be a must-read for moms everywhere There are good moms and bad moms - and then there are hot-mess moms. Introducing Ashley Keller, career girl turned stay-at-home mom who's trying to navigate the world of Pinterest-perfect,... |
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Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud
Shaun Considine · Graymalkin Media
Pages: 503
Format: Paperback
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They were two of the most talented beauties Hollywood ever produced: the elegant Joan Crawford, a former chorus girl who shot through the ranks at MGM, and the brash, tempestuous Bette Davis, a Broadway star notorious for refusing to bow to the studio bosses. Their work together in the hit film... |
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Theft by Finding: Diaries
DAVID SEDARIS · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover
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One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiotDavid Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the makingIt's no coincidence that the world's best writers tend to keep diaries.... |
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I'm Just a Person
Tig Notaro · Ecco
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother... |
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The Last Black Unicorn
TIFFANY HADDISH · Gallery Books
Pages: 288
Format: eBook
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From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods... |
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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 to offer encouragement... |
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Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick · Touchstone
Pages: 275
Format: Print book
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An "honest, effortlessly funny, and alternatively relatable" (Harper's Bazaar) collection of autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect, and Trolls, "Scrappy Little Nobody... |
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Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power
Neal Gabler · Yale University Press 2016.
Pages: 296
Format: Print book
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Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her generation" by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is "one of the natural wonders of the age." Streisand scaled the heights of entertainment - from a popular vocalist... |
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How to Make White People Laugh
Negin Farsad · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Negin Farsad is an Iranian-American-Muslim female stand-up comedian who believes she can change the world, one joke at a time. In HOW TO MAKE WHITE PEOPLE LAUGH, Farsad shares her personal experiences growing up as the "Other" in an American culture that has no time for nuance. |
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