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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

Jennifer Weiner - Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Book

"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? "A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from the first...
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Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion

BALLANTINE. - Del Rey
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A journey deep into the story of Stranger Things, this definitive behind-the-scenes companion reveals every aspect of the Emmy-winning series that rekindled everyone's nostalgia for the 80s. Brought to life with exclusive color photos and gorgeous concept art, this volume is essential...
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Theft by Finding: Diaries

DAVID SEDARIS - Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 528
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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Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song

Tyler Conroy - Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

This October will mark the ten-year anniversary of Taylor Swift's first record and the first decade of her career. To celebrate the occasion, Swift's fans, in collaboration with Simon & Schuster, are teaming up to produce and publish the first major book about the artist New York...
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Bavel: Modern Recipes Inspired by the Middle East

Ori Menashe
Format: Hardcover

When chef Ori Menashe and pastry chef Genevieve Gergis opened their first Los Angeles restaurant, Bestia, the city fell in love. By the time they launched their second restaurant, Bavel, the love affair had expanded to cooks and food lovers nationwide. Bavel, the cookbook, invites home...
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon

Peter Ames Carlin - Henry Holt
Pages: 432
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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Glop: Nontoxic, Expensive Ideas That Will Make You Look Ridiculous and Feel Pretentious

Gabrielle Moss - Dey Street Books
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover

A wickedly funny, full-color, illustrated sendup of the trendy lifestyle publication GOOP.What is Glop?Glop is a business and a website. But Glop is also a feeling. It's about picking the right expensive organic eye cream that will make you fit seamlessly into the top tiers of high...
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.: Essays

Samantha Irby - Vintage
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback

*A New York Times Bestseller*Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire. With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult...
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Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor

Travis M. Andrews - Plume
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When did you first encounter Jeff Goldblum? Maybe as a deranged killer in his 1974 screen debut in Death Wish? Maybe as a cynical journalist in 1983s The Big Chill? Or a brilliant if egotistical scientist-turned-fly in 1986s The Fly? Perhaps as the wise-cracking skeptical mathematician...
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Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur

Sheldon Pearce - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur's single "Changes" became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of George Floyd. The song became so popular, in fact, it was vaulted back onto the iTunes charts more than twenty years after its release - making it clear...
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