Back Entertainment | September Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Entertainment  
You'll Grow Out of It

Jessi Klein - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures

Alan Cumming - Rizzoli
Format: Print book

A beloved actor and famous man-on-the-scene, Alan Cumming takes the reader on a wild journey of pithy and cheeky fun, presenting his real-life stories of debauchery during late night Hollywood parties, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and hilarious yet poignant memories of his life, family,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
It Takes Two: Our Story

JONATHAN SCOTT - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller! Jonathan and Drew Scott, known for their wildly popular HGTV shows including Property Brothers and Brother vs Brother, follow up their New York Times bestseller, Dream Home, with a highly anticipated memoir. It Takes Two:...
Read More check catalog
 
 
A.K.A. Lucy: The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball

Sarah Royal - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

This stunning package offers a rich, intimate, and highly entertaining look at the remarkable life and work of the television pioneer, the First Lady of Comedy, the legend, Lucille Ball - AKA Lucy. Full of fresh perspective, gorgeously designed, and richly informative, this is a book...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years

David Litt - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

Remember when presidents spoke in complete sentences instead of in unhinged tweets? Former Obama speechwriter David Litt does. In his comic, coming-of-age memoir, he takes us back to the Obama years - and charts a path forward in the age of Trump. More than any other presidency, Barack...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts

Tessa Fontaine - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Tessa Fontaine's astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery-- through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother....
Read More check catalog
 
 
Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving

Mo Rocca - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From popular TV correspondent and writer Mo Rocca, a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life

Jonathan Gould - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as "(Sittin'...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring

Jon Burlingame - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date.. Music composed for television had, until recently, never been taken seriously by scholars or critics. Catchy TV themes, often for popular weekly series,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: The Album, the Beatles, and the World in 1967

Brian Southall - Imagine
Format: Hardcover

A carefully crafted and collectible volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of a legendary and groundbreaking Beatles album. Expert Brian Southall's unique edition recounts the story behind the music and the cultural climate of 1967 when Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band debuted.The...
Read More check catalog