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Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar

Walter Aaron Clark · University of Illinois Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Spanish émigré guitarist Celedonio Romero gave his American debut performance on a June evening in 1958. In the sixty years since, the Romero Family -- Celedonio, his wife Angelita, sons Celín, Pepe, and Angel, as well as grandsons Celino and Lito -- have become preeminent in the world...
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Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food

Trey Radel · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

How the Washington sausage really gets made: a brutally honest, outrageous memoir by former GOP congressman Trey Radel."DEMOCRAZY is the most puckish political memoir in recent memory ... enough to make you wish he were still in the House's GOP caucus under the Trump administration."...
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Pretty Mess

ERIKA JAYNE · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she'd just be "another rich bitch with a plane" - so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne.Erika Jayne didn't...
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Days of Twilight, Nights of Frenzy: A Memoir

Werner Schroeter · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 289
Format: Hardcover

Werner Schroeter was a leading figure of New German Cinema. In more than forty films made between 1967 and 2008, including features, documentaries, and shorts, he ignored conventional narrative, creating instead dense, evocative collages of image and sound. For years, his work was eclipsed...
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How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life

Lilly Singh · Ballantine
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From actress, comedian, and YouTube sensation Lilly Singh (aka ||Superwoman||) comes the definitive guide to being a bawse - a person who exudes confidence, reaches goals, gets hurt efficiently, and smiles genuinely because they've fought through it all and made it out the other side....
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We Cast a Shadow: A Novel

Maurice Carlos Ruffin · One World
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A bold, provocative debut for fans of Get Out and Paul Beatty's The Sellout, about a father's obsessive quest to protect his son - even if it means turning him white"An incisive and necessary work of brilliant satire." - Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist"You can be beautiful,...
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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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Fire and Furry: Pets Get Political

Michael Woof · Imprint
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

We need border collies, not borders.Need a pick-me-up in these challenging times? Take a break with these political (or pawlitical) animals! Cats and dogs reach across the aisle in full-color photos paired with hilarious catchphrases that speak to our current national landscape. From...
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My Adventures with God

Stephen Tobolowsky · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky - who currently appears on The Goldbergs, HBO's Silicon Valley, and Norman Lear's new One Day at a Time, author of The Dangerous Animals Club and The Tobolowsky Files podcast - My Adventures with God is a funny, introspective collection...
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Who Is Rich?: A Novel

Matthew Klam · Random House
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and hilarious satire of love, sex, money, and politics in our new gilded age - the long-awaited first novel from the the acclaimed author of Sam the CatEvery summer, a once-sort-of-famous forty-two-year-old cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids behind...
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Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded

Michael Lummis · Prima Games; Pap/Psc Re edition
Format: Print book

Build, Discover, Survive! Mastering Minecraft, Revised and Expanded strategy guide includes... Revised and Expanded - This expanded edition features updated content and all-new chapters, including an art gallery, a history of Minecraft, and bigger & better projects.Complete Coverage...
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Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art

SAM WASSON · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

From the best-selling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate - and often hilarious - history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular. At the height of the McCarthy era, an experimental theater troupe set up shop in a bar near the University of Chicago. Via word-of-mouth,...
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Sams Teach Yourself Mod Development for Minecraft in 24 Hours

Jimmy Koene · Sams Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book

In Full Color! In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Minecraft® Mod Development in 24 Hours will help you transform Minecraft® into anything you can imagine--and share your vision with millions of players worldwide! You’ll learn all the mod development...
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The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World

JOY BEHAR · Harper
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts - and makes us laugh and cheer - in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that's wrong with the "Orange One," Donald...
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