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Confessions of a Domestic Failure

Bunmi Laditan - MIRA
Format: Paperback

Instant Bestseller"Freaking hilarious. This is the novel moms have been waiting for." - Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened"Perfect for readers looking for a funny, realistic look at motherhood." - BOOKLIST...
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams: The Complete, Uncensored, and Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek

Edward Gross - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book

This is the true story behind the making of a television legend. There have been many books written about Star Trek, but never with the unprecedented access, insight and candor of authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross. Having covered the franchise for over three decades, they've...
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How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life

Lilly Singh - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the People's Choice Award winner for Favorite YouTube Star comes the definitive guide to being a bawse: a person who exudes confidence, hustles relentlessly, and smiles genuinely because he or she has fought through it all and made it out the other...
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When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments

Kelly Oxford - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford's head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets...
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter: Essays

Scaachi Koul - Picador
Format: Paperback

A DEBUT COLLECTION OF FIERCE, FUNNY ESSAYS ABOUT GROWING UP THE DAUGHTER OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN WESTERN CULTURE, ADDRESSING SEXISM, STEREOTYPES, AND THE UNIVERSAL MISERIES OF LIFEIn One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter, Scaachi Koul deploys her razor-sharp humor...
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between

Lauren Graham - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood - along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls,...
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George Lucas: A Life

Brian Jay Jones - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of one of the most influential filmmakers ever - George Lucas. On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining, independent science-fiction film opened in a mere 32 American movie theatres. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named...
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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'...
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Scrappy Little Nobody

Anna Kendrick - Touchstone
Format: Print book

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An "honest, effortlessly funny, and alternatively relatable" (Harper's Bazaar) collection of autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect, and Trolls,...
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Norbert's Little Lessons for a Big Life

JULIE STEINES - North Star Way
Format: Hardcover

Norbert, the Internet's cutest and most popular therapy dog, shares the lessons he's learned from being a three-pound hero and philanthropist, demonstrating that you don't need to be big to make a big difference in the world.Philosopher, intuitive healer, and fashion-forward snappy dresser,...
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In such good company : eleven years of laughter, mayhem, and fun in the sandbox

Carol Burnett - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book

Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history...
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It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays

Shane Dawson - Atria/Keywords Press
Format: Paperback

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author, director, actor, and YouTube superstar Shane Dawson returns with another highly entertaining and uproariously funny essay collection, chronicling a mix of real life moments both extraordinary and mortifying, yet always...
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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night

Jason Zinoman - Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined...
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Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of PopA Love Story

Donald Bogle - Atria Books
Format: Print book

One of the country's leading authorities on popular entertainment presents an eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends - Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson - and their unlikely yet enduring friendship.From the moment Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson met, they...
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Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon

Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

This is the definitive biography of one of the most iconic, complex and enduring legends of Hollywood's golden age, whose major presence in American film, radio, television, stage and theater lasted beyond the second half of the 20th Century, and whose classic films are known throughout...
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Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse

James Goss - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

With illustrations by Russell T Davies, original showrunner of the new-era Doctor Who, the first ever Doctor Who poetry collection - a charming, funny and whimsical illustrated collection of verse that celebrates the joys and pitfalls of getting older . . . Time-Lord older.Like many of us, the older...
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

Elvis Costello - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book

Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance-band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and before he was twenty-four took the popular...
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Navel gazing : true tales of bodies, mostly mine

Michael Ian Black - Gallery Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

"A frank and funny-because-it's-true memoir from New York Times bestselling author Michael Ian Black, about confronting his genetic legacy as he hits his 40s--the alt-comedy answer to Brad Garrett's WHEN THE BALLS DROP"--
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The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian

W KAMAU BELL - DUTTON
Format: Print book

You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in The New York Times, which called him, "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."...
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The Skin Above My Knee

Marcia Butler - Little
Format: Print book

The unflinching story of a professional oboist who finds order and beauty in music as her personal life threatens to destroy her.Music was everything for Marcia Butler. Growing up in an emotionally desolate home with an abusive father and a distant mother, she devoted herself to the discipline...
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Captain Fantastic: Elton Johns Stellar Trip Through the 70s

Tom Doyle - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Based on rare one-on-one interviews with the flamboyant rock n roll icon, this is the first book to trace Elton Johns meteoric rise from obscurity to worldwide celebrity in the wildest, weirdest decade of the twentieth century.. In August 1970, Elton John achieved overnight fame with a rousing...
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Around the Way Girl: A Memoir

Taraji P Henson - 37 Ink
Format: Print book

From Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner, Taraji P. Henson, comes an inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth.With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including...
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Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs

Dave Holmes - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book

From former MTV VJ Dave Holmes, the hilarious memoir of a perpetual outsider fumbling towards self-acceptance, with the music of the '80s, '90s, and today as his soundtrack Dave Holmes has spent his life on the periphery, nose pressed hopefully against the glass, wanting just one thing:...
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The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years

Edward Gross - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book

This is the unauthorized, uncensored and unbelievable true story behind the making of a pop culture phenomenon. The original Star Trek series debuted in 1966 and has spawned five TV series spin-offs and a dozen feature films, with an upcoming one from Paramount arriving in 2016....
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In Praise of Idleness: The Classic Essay with a New Introduction by Bradley Trevor Greive

BERTRAND RUSSELL - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

Bertrand Russell is considered "the Voltaire of his time," and Bradley Trevor Grieve is considered one of the funniest people of his. Russell was a Nobel Laureate, and Grieve is a New York Times bestselling author. Together, with Russell bringing the philosophy and Grieve bringing...
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The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me

Paul Joseph Fronczak - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover

The Foundling tells the incredible and inspiring true story of Paul Fronczak, a man who recently discovered via a DNA test that he was not who he thought he was - and set out to solve two fifty-year-old mysteries at once. Along the way he upturned the genealogy industry, unearthed...
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A Little Thing Called Life : From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn and Songs in Between.

Linda Thompson - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars - Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner.For the last forty years, award-winning songwriter...
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016

P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692....
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In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs

Andrew Blauner - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

For readers who loved Tune In and Nick Hornby's Songbook, an anthology of essays from a chorus of twenty-nine luminaries singing the praises of their favorite Beatles songs. The Beatles' influence - on their contemporaries, on our cultural consciousness, and on the music industry...
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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

Mike Love - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book

The New York Times BestsellerMike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."...
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Grace Notes: My Recollections

Katey Sagal - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

Gripping, singular, and gorgeously reflective, Grace Notes is a memoir told in essays by beloved actress, Hollywood veteran, and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal - perfect for fans of Mary Louise Parker's Dear Mr. You and Patti Smith's M Train.Popular and award-winning...
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I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction

Jen Kirkman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes...
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Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood

Kirk Douglas - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they...
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The Art of Halo 5: Guardians

Sparth - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

In Halo 5: Guardians, game developer 343 Industries continues to enthrall fans worldwide with the exploits of the legendary Spartan super soldier, the Master Chief, as well as new characters in the Halo universe, including Agent Jameson Locke and others. This deluxe art book chronicles...
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Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker

Stephen Galloway - Harmony Books
Format: Book

The definitive biography of movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing traces her groundbreaking journey to become the first female head of a major motion picture studio, shares behind-the-scenes tales from movie sets and Hollywood boardrooms, and explains what inspired her to walk...
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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

Gabourey Sidibe - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir - wise, complex, smart, funny - a version of the American experience different from anything we've read Gabourey Sidibe - "Gabby" to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international...
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Always a Bridesmaid (for Hire)

Jen Glantz - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Sloane Crosley, Mindy Kaling, and Katie Heaney, a hilarious and insightful memoir about one New York City millennials journey to find herself, her dream career, and true love, all while juggling a truly unique job as the worlds only professional bridesmaid. After moving...
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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...
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My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real

Eva Gutowski - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

From the popular YouTube tastemaker Eva Gutowski comes a unique lifestyle and advice book on the ups and downs of life in her hilarious and earnest voice.What's up guys? It's me, Eva! You may know me from my YouTube channel, MyLifeasEva. If that's the case, then you might also...
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Coreyography: A Memoir

Corey Feldman - St. Martin's Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Spares no details.Starred Publishers Weekly Review An incredible read. Richard Donner, Director People always ask me about life after childhood stardom. What would Isay to parents of children in the industry My only advice, honestly, is to get these kids out of Hollywood and let them lead...
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The Only Pirate at the Party

LINDSEY STIRLING - GALLERY BOOKS
Format: Print book

Dancing electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling shares her unconventional journey in an inspiring New York Times bestselling memoir filled with the energy, persistence, and humor that have helped her successfully pursue a passion outside the box.A classically trained musician gone rogue,...
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The Art of Southern Charm

Patricia Altschul - Diversion Publishing
Format: Print book

Fan-favorite Bravolebrity Patricia Altschul from the primetime show, Southern Charm, finally brings fans of the show her opus on etiquette and living a glamorous champagne Southern lifestyle (on a beer budget) . From how to throw the best party, to how to dress for an event, to how to handle...
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Doris Day: The Illustrated Biography

Michael Freedland
Format: Print book

Known as broadly for her incredible acting career as for her astounding voice and such songs as "Secret Love" and "Que Sera, Sera," Doris Daywas an international star and an American icon. She was the idyllic attractive blonde whose swishing skirts were envied by girls and women across...
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I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

KEVIN HART - Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together...
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Theft by Finding: Diaries

DAVID SEDARIS - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

One of the most anticipated books of 2017: Boston Globe, New York Times Book Review, New York's "Vulture", The Week, Bustle, BookRiotDavid Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the makingIt's no coincidence that the world's best writers...
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Man of the Year: A Memoir

LOU COVE - FLATIRON Books
Format: Print book

For one 1970's family, the center may not hold, but it certainly does fold.In 1978 Jimmy Carter mediates the Camp David Accords, Fleetwood Mac tops charts with Rumours, Starsky fights crime with Hutch, and twelve-year-old Lou Cove is uprooted from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Salem,...
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Keepers: The Greatest Films--and Personal Favorites--of a Moviegoing Lifetime

Richard Schickel - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

From a legendary film critic and movie fan extraordinaire, the highlights reel of a life spent at the movies Richard Schickel has seen, by his own estimate, more than twenty thousand films. He has been a reviewer since 1965 (long for Time magazine), has written almost forty books on the subject,...
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The Magnolia Story

Chip Gaines - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

National Bestseller--New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's WeeklyAre you ready to see your fixer upper?These famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV's Fixer Upper. As this question fills the airwaves...
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There Is No F*cking Secret: Letters From a Badass Bitch

KELLY OSBOURNE - PUTNAM
Format: Print book

People ask Kelly Osbourne all the time: "What's your secret?" Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective isn't hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight: from growing up completely exposed to the heavy...
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir

Patricia Lockwood - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From Patricia Lockwood - a writer acclaimed for her wildly original voice - a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about having a married Catholic priest for a father."Destined to be a classic. . .this year's must-read memoir." - Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club Father...
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Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green

Jimmy McDonough - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

With songs like "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You," and "Tired of Being Alone," Al Green is considered by many to be the greatest soul singer of all time. He has sold more than 20 million records, been sampled by countless hip-hop artists, and even...
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Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy

Elizabeth Winder - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book

A city, a movie star, and one magical year.In November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the plane's engines rev she breathes a sigh of relief, lights a cigarette...
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A Fine Romance

Candice Bergen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In the follow-up to Knock Wood - her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography" (The New York Times) - Candice Bergen shares the big events: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, falling...
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The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

Paula Poundstone - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

"A remarkable journey. I laughed. I cried. I got another cat." - Lily Tomlin "Paula Poundstone is the funniest human being I have ever known." - Peter Sagal, host of Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and author of The Book of Vice "Is there a secret to happiness?"...
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Are You Anybody: A Memoir

Jeffrey Tambor - Crown/Archetype
Format: Print book

It's rare that an actor embodies even one memorable character over the arc of a career. Jeffrey Tambor has managed to create three, beginning with Hank "Hey Now!" Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, the series created by Garry Shandling, Jeffrey's first mentor in television....
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Clint Eastwood: Master Filmmaker at Work

Lisa Fitzpatrick - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Four-time Academy Award recipient Clint Eastwood is one of the most renowned film directors in the world. This authorized volume offers a revealing in-depth exploration of his influential filmmaking methods, comprehensively illustrated with unit photography, key art, production design sketches,...
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Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane

Patrick McGilligan - Harper
Format: Hardcover

On the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years - from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kane.In the history of American popular culture, there...
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Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way

Ryan White - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed music critic and author of Springsteen: Album by Album comes the real story behind the legendary beach bum, rock star, and billionaire musician Jimmy Buffett - who has enchanted audiences of Parrotheads for over four decades with his tropical fantasy world of Margaritaville.Jimmy...
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The Greenfather: A Novel

JOHN S MARSHALL - Three Rooms Press
Format: Paperback

Simon, New York's top organic grocery store owner has a secret: his dad is the head of one of New York's biggest mob families. When his dad dies, Simon agrees to head the Family, provided that instead of murder, numbers and other rackets, the mob uses its muscle to enforce green...
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Tippi: A Memoir

Tippi Hedren - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie - tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time.For decades, Tippi Hedren's...
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Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours

Ben Falcone - Dey Street Books
Format: Book

A funny and intimate look at fatherhood from the actor and writer/director of The Boss and Tammy that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad and how his experiences raising two daughters with his wife, Melissa McCarthy, who also penned the Foreword, are shaped...

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Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You

Kunal Nayyar - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of Mindy Kaling's bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS's #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.Of all the charming misfits on television, there's no doubt Raj from...
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All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life

Matt Pinfield - Scribner
Format: Print book

"The most trusted opinion in rock music" (Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins) , Matt Pinfield offers the ultimate music fan's memoir, a chronicle of the songs and artists that inspired his improbable career alongside some of the all-time greats, from The Beatles to KISS to U2 to The Killers.Matt...
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You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump

ALEC BALDWIN - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump's presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally "I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences...
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Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff

Michael Nesmith - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

Michael Nesmiths eclectic, electric life spans his star-making role on The Monkees, his invention of the music video, and his critical contributions to movies, comedy, and the world of virtual reality. . Above all, his is a seekers story, a pilgrimage in search of a set of principles to live...
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Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg: One Comedian's Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World

Todd Barry - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From the veteran comedian and actor from The Wrestler and Louie comes a hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour through secondary markets in the US, Canada, and Israel.Hello. It's Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billions of fans...
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Age of bowie

Paul Morley - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

Author and industry insider Paul Morley explores the musical and cultural legacies left behind by "The Man Who Fell to Earth."Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley, an artistic advisor to the curators of the highly successful retrospective exhibition David Bowie...
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon

Peter Ames Carlin - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames CarlinTo have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months...
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Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It

Charlamagne Tha God - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

Charlamagne Tha God - the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pissing People Off", cohost of Power 105.1s The Breakfast Club, and "hip-hops Howard Stern" - shares his unlikely success story as well as how embracing ones truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness. In his new book,...
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So, Anyway...

John Cleese - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

John Cleese's huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy's DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway ... ,...
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Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and

Melissa Francis - Weinstein Books
Format: Print book

Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie.Now in Lessons from the Prairie, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned...
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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks

Annie Spence - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

A Gen-X librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life.Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. They remove the ones...
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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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Coreyography: A Memoir

Corey Feldman - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

"Spares no details." -- Starred Publishers Weekly Review"An incredible read." -- Richard Donner, Director"People always ask me about life after childhood stardom. What would I say to parents of children in the industry? My only advice, honestly, is to get these...
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We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywoods Most Beloved Movie

Noah Isenberg - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

For the 75th anniversary of its premiere -- the incredible story of how Casablanca was made and why it remains the most beloved of Hollywood films.Casablanca was first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city of Casablanca itself surrendered to American troops led by General Patton....
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MJ: The Genius of Michael Jackson

Steve Knopper - Scribner, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book

The ultimate critical biography of the King of Pop: a panoramic, vivid, and incisive portrait of Michael Jackson that explores and celebrates his influence in music, dance, and popular culture, drawing on 400 interviews.From the moment in 1965 when he first stepped on stage with his brothers...
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Ava Gardner: A Life in Movies

Kendra Bean - Running Press
Format: Hardcover

Still renowned for her sultry screen performances, down-to- earth personality, and famed lifelong love affair with Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner left an indelible mark on Hollywood history and led a life as adventurous as any film script.Ava is an illustrated tribute to a legendary life. Authors...
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Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures

JENNIFER ROMOLINI - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

An honest, sharp-witted, practical guide to help you get and keep the job you want - from an outsider whose been there and done it, a woman who went from being a broke, divorced, college dropout to running some of the biggest websites in the world.Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward...
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Just Getting Started

Tony Bennett - Harper
Format: Print book

At ninety, musician and singer Tony Bennett is as vibrant and productive as ever. In addition to his prodigious musical output, including albums, concerts, and personal appearances, this beloved and enduring artist has written his second book. In 2012's Life Is a Gift, Tony reflected on the lessons...
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Treasures

Adrian Besley - Harry N Abrams
Format: Print book

This is the story of Monty Python, one the most popular and influential forces in modern comedy - and of their TV show - told in words and images. This celebratory book includes 22 removable facsimiles of rare memorabilia from their official archives, including hand-scribbled scripts, cue sheets,...
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Nevertheless: A Memoir

Alec Baldwin - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies

Ann Hornaday - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Whether we are trying to impress a date after an art-house film screening or discussing Oscar nominations with friends, we all need ways to watch and talk about movies. But with so much variety between an Alfred Hitchcock thriller and a Nora Ephron romantic comedy, how can everyday viewers...
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I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses

Robert Wagner - Viking
Format: Book

Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner's memoir of the great women movie stars he has known.

In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise...

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Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy

Jay Chandrasekhar - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Director, writer, and actor Jay Chandrasekhar tells the hilarious history of his comedy group, Broken Lizard, and the making of the cult film Super Troopers, as well as the currently filming Super Troopers 2.Jay Chandrasekhar has spent the past two decades writing, directing,...
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I'm Just a Person

Tig Notaro - Ecco
Format: Print book

One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother...
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Alfred Hitchcock

Peter Ackroyd - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Format: Print book

A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would...
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Cheech Is Not My Real Name: ...But Don't Call Me Chong

Cheech Marin - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend.
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Girl Up: Kick Ass, Claim Your Woman Card, and Crush Everyday Sexism

LAURA BATES - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

Already an international bestseller, this empowering survival guide provides no-nonsense advice on sex, social media, mental health, and sexism that young women face in their everyday life - from one of the emerging leaders in the feminist movement.They told you that you need to be thin...
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Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling - Three Rivers Press (CA)
Format: Print book

From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and the creator and star of The Mindy Project comes a collection of essays that are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal. In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned

Michael J. Fox - Hachette Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In his new book, he inspires and motivates graduates to recognize opportunities,...
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Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film

Alexandra Zapruder - Twelve
Format: Print book

The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he began filming President Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963 that his home movie would change not only his family's...
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Democrazy: A True Story of Weird Politics, Money, Madness, and Finger Food

Trey Radel - Blue Rider Press
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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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Michael Schulman - Harper
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep - the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three - that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling...
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I Never Met a Story I Didn't Like: Mostly True Tall Tales

Todd Snider - Da Capo Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

For years, Todd Snider has been one of the most beloved country-folk singers in the United States, compared to Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, John Prine, and dozens of others. He's become not only a new-century Dylan but a modern-day Will Rogers, an everyman whose intelligence, self-deprecation,...
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Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family

Daniel Bergner - Lee Boudreaux Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestsellerA New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year As seen on CBS This Morning, NPR's Fresh Air, and People MagazineA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA...
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Bit by Bit: How Video Games Transformed Our World

Andrew Ervin - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four...
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Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers

Leslie Bennetts - Little
Format: Print book

The definitive book about Joan Rivers' tumultuous, victorious, tragic, hilarious, and fascinating life.Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life...
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