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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
H JON BENJAMIN · Dutton
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind... |
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The First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks
TRACEY GOESSEL · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
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Douglas Fairbanks was the greatest leading man of his generation - the first and the best of the swashbucklers. He made some of the greatest films of the silent era, including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. With Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith, and his wife, film... |
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Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You
ANDY BOYLE · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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A smart, funny, and essential survival guide that you didn't know you needed. But you do. As any current or former 20-something knows, adult life can get a bit weird because no one tells you what to expect. Many of us spend a decade or more figuring out how the world works, hoping that... |
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Calypso
David Sedaris · Little
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast,... |
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Congratulations, Who Are You Again?: A Memoir
Harrison Scott Key · Harper Perennial
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
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This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who's ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.Little-known author Mark Twain once said that the two most... |
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Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front
Mara Altman · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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An honest, funny, neurotic, and totally gross love child of Mindy Kaling and Mary Roach.Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty?... |
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The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness
Paula Poundstone · Algonquin Books
Pages: 290
Format: Hardcover
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"A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat." - Lily Tomlin "Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known." - Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice "Is there a secret to happiness?"... |
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The Château: A Novel
PAUL GOLDBERG · Picador
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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"We have proverb in Florida...You know why it's good to be on beach?"Bill smiles, but says nothing. He wants the guy to keep talking."Because on beach you are surrounded by idiots on only three sides.""And on the remaining side you have what?" asks Bill."Sharks..."Paul... |
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Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and
Melissa Francis · Weinstein Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie.Now in Lessons from the Prairie, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned... |
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When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments
Kelly Oxford · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford's head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets... |
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
AMY KAUFMAN · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's... |
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STAGE to STAGE: My Journey to Broadway
JOSH GROBAN · WEA
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Stage to Stage, My Journey To Broadway, is a 192 page hard cover coffee table book featuring energetic and intimate behind the scenes images. Stage to Stage captures Josh's perspective on the notable events that illuminated his extraordinary journey to Broadway. Starting with his Stages... |
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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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