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Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B-Movie Actor

BRUCE CAMPBELL · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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...
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Post Sound Design: The Art and Craft of Audio Post Production for the Moving Image

John Avarese · Bloomsbury Academic
Pages: 129
Format: Paperback

Post Sound Design provides a practical introduction to the fascinating craft of editing and replacing dialog, creating Foley and sound effects, editing music, and balancing these elements to a final mix. Based on years of experience and teaching this material to students at Drexel University,...
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Not Quite a Genius

NATE DERN · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the senior writer at Funny or Die and former artistic director at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, a collection of absurdist, hilarious stories and essays on relationships, technology, and contemporary society.This collection of essays and stories spans a wide variety of topics....
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FRANCESCO PACIFICO · Melville House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The breakout novel by Francesco Pacifico, one of Italy's most acclaimed writers, hailed by Dana Spiotta as "brilliantly funny and weirdly subversive"Ludovica and Lorenzo live in Rome. She works in her family's bookstore, and he's a filmmaker - or, rather, a "filmmaker":...
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Moorman: The Inside Story of the Most Successful Online Poker Player of All Time

Chris Moorman · D & B Publishing
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback

Chris Moorman is known as the most successful online poker player of all time. His focused determination and ferocious will to win have led him to achieve record-breaking accomplishments in the poker world including: * $17 million in online and live tournament winnings* 27 World Series...
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In a Daze Work: A Pick-Your-Path Journey Through the Daily Grind

SIOBHAN GALLAGHER · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

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 Girl in the Show: Three Generations of Comedy, Culture, and Feminism

Anna Fields · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Amy Schumer -- and every other "funny woman" -- comes a candid feminist comedy manifesto exploring the sisterhood between women's comedy and women's liberation. "I'm not funny at all. What I am is brave." - Lucille Ball...
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So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister

ANNA AKANA · BALLANTINE
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

From YouTube Star Anna Akana comes a collection of personal essays about everything from self-esteem and friendship to sex and career decisions. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide. In the years that followed, Anna realized that the one thing that helped her process...
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The Art of Splatoon

Ayushi Amano · Dark Horse Comics
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover

The Art of Splatoon contains 320 inkredible pages of artwork, including 2D and 3D illustrations of your favorite characters, maps, concept art, weapon and gear design, storyboards, sketches, hand-drawn comics . . . and that's only an inkling of what's inside. We're not squidding...
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Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em: Strategies to Consistently Beat Small Stakes Tournaments and Cash Games

Jonathan Little · D & B Publishing
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

There is a lot of money to be made at small stakes no-limit hold'em because... surprise, surprise... most of the players aren't very good. However, few players understand exactly how to exploit these games. Competent players who generally play larger stakes will, of course, beat...
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