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Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don't Want to Forget to Remember

Lauren Graham - ?Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and the New York Times bestselling author of Talking as Fast as I Can comes a candid, insightful, and wildly entertaining essay collection about her years in show business, featuring stories that range from the sublime to the ridiculous. Lauren Graham...
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The Château: A Novel

Paul Goldberg - Picador
Format: Hardcover

"We have proverb in Florida...You know why its 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.....
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Are You There God? Its Me, Margarita: More Cocktails with a Literary Twist (A Tequila Mockingbird Book)

Tim Federle - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

Literature, puns, and alcohol collide in this clever follow-up to Tequila Mockingbird, the worlds bestselling cocktail recipes book.. Tim Federles Tequila Mockingbird has become one of the worlds bestselling cocktail books and resonated with bartenders and book clubs everywhere. . Now in this...
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The Golden Girls: A Cultural History (The Cultural History of Television)

Bernadette Giacomazzo - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Over the course of seven years and 180 episodes, The Golden Girls altered the television landscape. For the first time in history, Americans (and, later, the rest of the world) were watching sexagenarians - and one octogenarian - leading active, vital lives. These were older women who had careers,...
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Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography

Lisa Rogak - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

After a contestant wrote "We love you, Alex!" as his Final Jeopardy! answer, fans around the world quickly chimed in to proclaim their own love and support for beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. In the wake of his devastating cancer diagnosis, the moment provided the perfect...
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When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know today.It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching...
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Where's Elvis?

Andrew Grant Jackson - Thunder Bay Press
Format: Print book

You can't help falling in love with these 20 challenging visual puzzles! Look for the King and others in the drawings while reading interesting anecdotes about his life. Each art spread offers a list of things to find, followed by narrative about Presley's life in the depicted time...
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Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton

Lydia R. Hamessley
Format: Hardcover(1st Edition)

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have become...
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The Mutations: A Novel

Jorge Comensal - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

"Jorge Comensal's The Mutations oscillates masterfully between comedy and tragedy, gathering up in its pages a stupendous panoply of characters before whom the reader is never sure whether to smile in sympathy or pity." -- Fernando Aramburu, author of HomelandRamn...
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Sophia Loren: Movie Star Italian Style

Cindy De La Hoz - Running Press
Format: Hardcover

From the humblest of beginnings in her native Italy, Sophia Loren would flourish on the world stage as one of the most beautiful and talented actresses the screen has ever known. A prize in a beauty contest at age 16 led to a career that has lasted more than sixty years and performances...
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