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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

Brian Baumgartner - Custom House
Format: Hardcover

The official oral history book of "The Office," featuring exclusive interviews with every major player and never-before-seen photos, pulling back the curtain on the absurdity and genius that went in to creating this unstoppable force in American popular culture and why it continues...
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I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir

Debra Lee - Legacy Lit
Format: Hardcover

A riveting memoir by the former CEO of Black Entertainment Television (BET) , about the glamorous and ugly moments of being a high-powered Black woman executive in the entertainment industry. As an incredible glass-ceiling breaker and the woman who brought timeless television shows like...
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Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades

David Steinberg - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From David Steinberg, a rabbi's son from Winnipeg, Canada, who at age fifteen enrolled at Hebrew Theological College in Chicago (the rabbinate wasn't for him) and four years later, entered the master's program in English literature at the University of Chicago, until he saw Lenny...
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The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 2: Political Scandal, Personal Struggle, and the Years that Defined Elizabeth II

Robert Lacey - Crown
Format: Hardcover

Can't get enough of The Crown? In this must-have exploration of the history behind seasons 2 and 3 of Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning Netflix drama, the show's historical consultant answers all your questions alongside beautifully reproduced archival photographs. In this eye-opening...
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Filipinx: Heritage Recipes from the Diaspora

Angela Dimayuga - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Filipinx offers 100 deeply personal recipes - many of them dishes that define home for Angela Dimayuga and the more than four million people of Filipino descent in the United States. The book tells the story of how Dimayuga grew up in an immigrant family in northern California, trained...
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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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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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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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Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir

Bob Odenkirk - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Bob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a "Homeric" decades-long "Odyssey" from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominations and including a side-trip...
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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...
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