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Falling into the Mob
Steve Zousmer · The Permanent Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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At fifty-nine, facing a dull and lonely future, Phillip Vail yearns for a way to put vigor and purpose into his remaining years. Then he finds the Mafia.While riding a commuter train, enjoying a chat with a younger woman sitting next to him, he encounters three violent drunks. Phil is powerless... |
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The Skin Above My Knee
Marcia Butler · Little
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline... |
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Sam Shepard: A Life
JOHN WINTERS · Counterpoint
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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With more than 55 plays to his credit, including the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child, Sam Shepard's impact on American theater ranks with the greatest playwrights of the past half-century. Critics have enthused that he "forged a whole new kind of American play," while... |
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Read Between the Lines: From the Diary of a Teenage Mom
JENELLE EVANS · Post Hill Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Jenelle Evans shares the raw emotional stories of her youth that helped shape the woman she has become, all drawn from her childhood diary. From her appearances on 16 and Pregnant and then Teen Mom 2, Jenelle Evans's life was put on display for all to see, and all to judge. Everyone... |
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I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World
KYLE CEASE · North Star Way
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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If Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey had a baby, that baby would be Kyle Cease. Transformational comedian Kyle Cease brings his irreverently touching, insightful, and one-of-a-kind self-help wisdom to sold-out audiences in his Evolving Out Loud live stage show.In I Hope I Screw This Up he disarms... |
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016
P. J. O'Rourke · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692.... |
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Always a Bridesmaid
Jen Glantz · Atria Books
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Sloane Crosley, Mindy Kaling, and Katie Heaney, a hilarious and insightful memoir about one New York City Millennial's journey to find herself, her dream career, and true love, all while juggling a truly unique job as the world's only professional bridesmaid.After moving... |
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Monsters of the Ivy League
ELLIS WEINER · LITTLE
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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If, like most Americans, you think an Ivy League diploma paves the way to Nobel Prizes, Wall Street riches, and a life of prosperity and happiness, think again. Consider these "distinguished" alumni:John Fairbanks (Dartmouth AB, 1946) , embezzlerAmy Bishop (Harvard Ph.D., 1993)... |
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I Hate Everyone, Except You
Clinton Kelly · Gallery Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Bestselling author and television host Clinton Kelly pens a hilariously candid, deliciously snarky collection of essays about his journey from awkward kid to slightly-less-awkward adult.Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate... |
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In a Daze Work: A Pick-Your-Path Journey Through the Daily Grind
SIOBHAN GALLAGHER · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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Choose your way to a perfect day with this adventurous book full of personality, tongue-in-cheek wordplay, and gorgeous illustrations. From small-talk to dating to death, In A Daze Work is an exciting, playful new spin on the minute and mundane decisions that make up your daily life. Each... |
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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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Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas
Jenny Allen · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the funniest writers in America." That's what The New Yorker's Andy Borowitz calls Jenny Allen -- and with good reason. In her debut essay collection, the longtime humorist and performer declares no subject too sacred, no boundary impassable.With her eagle eye for the absurd... |
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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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Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy
Jay Chandrasekhar · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Director, writer, and actor Jay Chandrasekhar tells the hilarious history of his comedy group, Broken Lizard, and the making of the cult film Super Troopers, as well as the currently filming Super Troopers 2.Jay Chandrasekhar has spent the past two decades writing, directing, and acting... |
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Anne Bancroft: A Life
Douglass K Daniel · University Press of Kentucky
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
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"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" These famous lines from The Graduate (1967) would forever link Anne Bancroft (1931-2005) to the groundbreaking film and confirm her status as a movie icon. Along with her portrayal of Annie Sullivan in the stage... |
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