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America, We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation

Joel Berg · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback

How did we get here, America? How did our relationship get so broken? And where do we go now? Starting with the premise that Americans' most important relationship is with their nation, Joel Berg's second book, America We Need to Talk: A Self-Help Book for the Nation, makes a case...
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Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio

MR DAVID THOMSON · Yale University Press
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasy

Warner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century...
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Game of Thrones: The Storyboards

Michael Kogge · Insight Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Go behind the scenes of HBO's global television phenomenon with Game of Thrones: The Storyboards - an official collection featuring striking storyboard art.

In this exceptional art collection, Game of Thrones storyboard artist William Simpson shares the brilliant work...
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Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas

Jenny Allen · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"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...

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Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: A Cookbook

Rachael Ray · Ballantine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

America's favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring 125 all-new recipes.

"No matter the recipe, each of us changes a dish by our own preparation of it. It's the same with stories - once...
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The Seagull

ANTON CHEKHOV · Theatre Communications Group
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English." - New YorkerThe Seagull as you've never read it before, this brand new edition includes passages that were omitted from the widely-known version of the play originally performed at the Moscow...
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Vintage 1954

Antoine Laurain · Gallic Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

'The very quintessence of French romance...' The Times

When Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties.

The following morning, Hubert finds...

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Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide

Eric San Juan · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

The career of acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa spanned more than five decades, during which he directed more than thirty movies, many of them indisputable classics: Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo, among others. During the height of his creative...
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ASAP Trumpet Method: A Beginner's Comprehensive Approach to the Trumpet and Musical Literacy

Gerald F. Knipfel · Centerstream Publications
Pages: 56
Format: Paperback

(Instructional) . Foreword by Charles Conrad The first trumpet method to introduce jazz! The goal of this method book is to infuse all the elements of a good trumpet foundation at the initial stage so nothing is left to chance. Exercises in developing progress have been introduced at strategic...
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Stories I'd Tell in Bars

Jen Lancaster · Independently published
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback

Unfiltered. Unapologetic. Older - but arguably not wiser - Lancaster gets back to basics in this hilarious essay collection about everything from taking community policing classes to accidentally getting stoned with her waiter after a fancy dinner. These are the tales she'd tell...
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Doctor Who:The Women Who Lived True Tales of: Brilliant Women from across Time & Space

Christel Dee · BBC Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Meet the women who run the Whoniverse. From Sarah Jane Smith to Bill Potts, from Susan Foreman to the Thirteenth Doctor, women are the beating heart of Doctor Who. Whether they're facing down Daleks or thwarting a Nestene invasion, these women don't hang around waiting to be rescued...
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Forever Stardust: David Bowie Across the Universe

Will Brooker · I. B. Tauris & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The majority of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic "changes" chronologically throughout his career. This book, uniquely, examines Bowie's "sameness": his recurring themes, images, motifs and concepts as an artist, across all his creative work, from...
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Tel Aviv: Food. People. Stories. A Culinary Journey With NENI

Haya Molcho · Acc Art Books
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

Tel Aviv is colorful, cosmopolitan and modern; a city full of contrasts, fragrances, stories and flavors. It is a vibrant melting pot of cultures, religions and delicious culinary traditions. Successful restaurateurs Haya Molcho and her four sons take us on a journey to meet Tel Aviv's...
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I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything.

Orli Auslander · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Roz Chast meets Allie Brosh in this hilarious, unfiltered, and beautifully illustrated look at the infinite number of reasons the author experiences guilt, shame, regret and self-reproach in her daily life, and that maybe - just maybe - some of us can relate to as well.

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American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

LESLIE CARROLL · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harry - a dishy, delightful must-read filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family.Leslie Carroll's books on royalty are "an irresistible combination of People Magazine...
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