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Daily show - the book : an oral history

Chris Smith - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

The complete, uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host. For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political...
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Himself: A Novel

Jess Kidd - Atria Books
Format: Print book

"A highly unusual tale set in a highly unusual Irish village full of dark secrets ... Lushly imagined, delightfully original, and very, very funny, it hurtles along from the very first page" (M.L. Stedman, author of The Light Between Oceans) .Having been abandoned on the steps...
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Death and the Language of Happiness

John Straley - Soho Crime
Format: Paperback

In the Alaskan town of Sitka, the living is tough and the crimes are aplenty . . . and plenty personal.When 97-year-old William Flynn is accused of killing his neighbor, Angela Ramirez, he turns to private investigator Cecil Younger with an odd - and, frankly, rather incriminating - request....
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Every Day I'm Hustling

VIVICA A FOX - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Vivica A. Fox is a dynamo who has created a lasting career on her own, through sheer, roll-up-your-sleeves DIY hustle. Every Day I'm Hustling is a personal book with a message Fox passionately believes in: that you make your own luck, that you never ever wake up in the morning thinking...
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How the Finch Stole Christmas!: A Meg Langslow Mystery

Donna Andrews - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

As in her previous Christmas mysteries, Six Geese a-Slaying, Duck the Halls, and The Nightingale Before Christmas, Andrews continues to write "firmly in the grand tradition of Agatha Christie's Christmas books" (Toronto Globe and Mail) .New York...
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Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah

Kathy Iandoli - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

By twenty-two years old, Aaliyah had already accomplished a staggering amount: hit records, acclaimed acting roles, and fame that was just about to cross over into superstardom. Like her song, she was already "more than a woman" but her shocking death in a plane crash prevented...
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Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life

Ray Richmond - becker&mayer! Books
Format: Hardcover

Chronicling that have defined an entertainment career like no other, this stunning tribute includes: , who was part of The Mary Tyler Moore Show cast with Betty WhiteOver 100 photographs from her decades in comedy as well as a contestant on game shows including What's My Line?, Password,...
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Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index

Kathy Griffin - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

From #1 NYT bestselling author Kathy Griffin, an A-Z compendium of the celebrities she's met over the years and the outrageous, charming, and sometimes bizarre anecdotes only she can tell about them. Last year, while watching Straight Outta Compton, Kathy Griffin realized that she knew...
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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir

H JON BENJAMIN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

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...
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Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era

Saul Austerlitz - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at Friends, published for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the show's premiere. Howyoudoin'? In September 1994, six friends sat down in their favorite coffee shop and began bantering about sex, relationships, jobs, and just about everything...
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