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Head of Drama: The Memoir of Sydney Newman

Sydney Newman - ECW Press
Format: Paperback

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About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir

Peggy Rowe - Rowe, Peggy
Format: Hardcover

A Message from Mike Rowe, the Dirty Jobs Guy: Just to be clear, About My Mother is a book about my grandmother, written by my mother. That's not to say it's not about my mother - it is. In fact, About My Mother is as much about my mother as it is about my grandmother....
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I Hate Everyone, Except You

Clinton Kelly - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover

Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate Everyone, Except You, he reveals some heretofore unknown secrets about himself, like that hes a finicky connoisseur of 1980s pornography, a disillusioned critic of New Jerseys premier...
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir

Tan France - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France...
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My Adventures with God

Stephen Tobolowsky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky - who currently appears on The Goldbergs, HBO's Silicon Valley, and Norman Lear's new One Day at a Time, author of The Dangerous Animals Club and The Tobolowsky Files podcast - My Adventures with God...
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My Squirrel Days

ELLIE KEMPER - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.There comes a time in every...
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Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing

Ben Blatt - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve is a playful and informative look at what the numbers have to say about our favorite authors and their classic books. It's How Fiction Works or Eats, Shoots & Leaves meets Nate Silver.There's a famous piece of writing advice - offered...
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Buseyisms: Gary Busey's Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

Gary Busey - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Words of wisdom and incredible life stories, told through Gary Busey's unique Buseyisms."What is a Buseyism? I take the letters that spell a word to create a definition for the word in the truth of its deeper, dimensional meaning. I weave in my personal anecdotes along with my musings...
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Extraordinary Adventures

Daniel Wallace - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times bestselling Daniel Wallace.Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free...
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I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

Emily Nussbaum - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. From her creation of the first "Approval Matrix" in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer...
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Antoni in the Kitchen

Antoni Porowski - Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

Antoni Porowski, the food and wine guru on Netflix's sensation Queer Eye, meets people where they live - literally. With appealing vulnerability, he shows cooks of all levels how to become more confident and casual in the kitchen. The verve and naturalness of his approach earned...
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Vintage 1954

Antoine Laurain - Gallic Books
Format: Paperback

'The very quintessence of French romance...' The TimesWhen Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties.The following morning, Hubert finds himself waking up in 1950s...
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Lucky You: A Novel

Erika Carter - Counterpoint LLC
Format: Print book

An official Book of the Month Club selection. Three women, early twenties, find themselves aimlessly adrift in Erika Carter s fierce and darkly funny debut novel, Lucky You. Ellie, Chloe and Rachel are friends (sort of) ; waitresses at the same tired bar in the Arkansas college town they...
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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool: A True Love Story

PETER TURNER - Picador USA
Format: Paperback

Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, and Vanessa RedgraveThe Golden Age of Hollywood, a young British actor, a love affair, and a tragedy, Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool is Peter Turner's touching memoir of the last days of Hollywood icon Gloria...
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Night of Camp David

Fletcher Knebel - Vintage
Format: Paperback

"What would happen if the president of the U.S.A. went stark-raving mad?" Back by popular demand, The New York Times calls the 1965 bestselling political thriller by the author of Seven Days in May, "A little too plausible for comfort." How can one man convince the highest...
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Talk to Me

John Kenney - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

From New Yorker contributor and the Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth in Advertising comes a wry yet tenderhearted look at how one man's public fall from grace leads him back to his family, and back to the man he used to be.It's a story that Ted Grayson has reported time...
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Roar

Cecelia Ahern - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that blends fables with magical realism--perfect for fans of Roxane Gay.In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with...
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Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy without Drinking Herself to Death

ERIN GIBSON - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A collection of hilarious personal essays and political commentary from the charming, feminist and wickedly funny creator and host of the "Throwing Shade" podcast and TV Land show. "Am I allowed to do this?Most of my decisions in life have been preceded by this question.Some...
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Broken River: A Novel

J. Robert Lennon - Graywolf Press
Format: Paperback

The most inventive and entertaining novel to date from "a master of the dark arts" (Kelly Link) A modest house in upstate New York. One in the morning. Three people -- a couple and their child -- hurry out the door, but its too late for them. As the virtuosic and terrifying opening...
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Mobituaries

Mo Rocca - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched audiobook that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights,...
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Radio Free Vermont: A Fable of Resistance

Bill McKibben - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

"I hope no one secedes, but I also hope that Americans figure out creative ways to resist injustice and create communities where everybody counts. We've got a long history of resistance in Vermont and this book is testimony to that fact." -Bernie SandersA book that's also the beginning...
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She the People: A Graphic History of Uprisings, Breakdowns, Setbacks, Revolts, and Enduring Hope on the Unfinished Road to Women's Equality

Jen Deaderick - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

A sweeping, smart, and smart-ass graphic history of women's ongoing quest for equalityIn March 2017, Nevada surprised the rest of America by suddenly ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment--thirty-five years after the deadline had passed. Hey, better late than never, right? Then, lo and behold,...
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Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers

Tea Krulos - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

Everyone always seems to be talking about the end of the world - Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse, blood moon prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days....
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The Scarred Woman

JUSSI ADLER-OLSEN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet - perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Mrck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets...
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Stranger Things: Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Official Behind-the-Scenes Companion

BALLANTINE. - Del Rey
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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The Reason Youre Alive: A Novel

M Quick - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook

The New York Times best-selling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war. After 68-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests...
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Hark

SAM LIPSYTE - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant send-up of our contemporary culture from Sam Lipsyte, the critically acclaimed author of Home Land, centered around an unwitting mindfulness guru and the phenomenon he initiates.In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual...
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel

Oyinkan Braithwaite - Anchor
Format: Paperback

NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR MYSTERY/THRILLERFINALIST FOR THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZEKorede's sister Ayoola is many things: the favorite child, the beautiful one, possibly sociopathic. And now Ayoola's third boyfriend in a row is dead, stabbed through...
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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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How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

LANE MOORE - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.Lane Moore is best known as an award-winning sex and relationships editor, a comic,...
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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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Exactly as You Are: The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers

Shea Tuttle - Eerdmans
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the spiritual neighborhood of Fred Rogers"I like you as you are Exactly and precisely I think you turned out nicely And I like you as you are."Fred Rogers fiercely believed that all people deserve love. This conviction wasn't simply sentimental: it came directly from...
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Dunbar

Edward St. Aubyn - Hogarth Press
Format: Hardcover

A reimagining of one of Shakespeare's most well-read tragedies, by the contemporary, critcally acclaimed master of domestic drama Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest...
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The Girl in Green

Derek B Miller - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

From the author of Norwegian by Night, a novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before 1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports...
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Dark Side of the Moon

Les Wood - Freight Books
Format: Paperback

Boddice, a crime lord looking over his shoulder for good reason, has assembled an unlikely band of misfit crooks. Their job is to steal a famous diamond worth millions, known as The Dark Side of the Moon. Despite the odds, the crew's self-serving squabbles and their natural incompetence,...
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks

Patrick McGilligan - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane and Alfred...
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Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World: A Cookbook

Chris Shepherd - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

Chris Shepherd, James Beard Award-winning chef of Houston's Underbelly Hospitality, is a champion of that city's incredibly diverse immigrant cuisines. In his restaurant, he calls out the names of the cooks--Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and others - who have inspired him, and in his book,...
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Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever

Gavin Edwards - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

A pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our troubled times. Won't you be my neighbor?For more than thirty years, Fred Rogers was a beloved fixture in American...
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American by Day

Derek B Miller - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A gripping and timely novel that follows Sigrid - the dry-witted detective from Derek B. Miller's best-selling debut Norwegian by Night - from Oslo to the United States on a quest to find her missing brother Chief Inspector Sigrid degrd could be basking in the success of her recent...
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Virtually Perfect

PAIGE ROBERTS - Kensington
Format: Paperback

Not so long ago, Lizzie Glass had a successful TV show, a cookbook deal, and a social diary crammed with parties and events. But fame doesn't stay fresh for long. Her show fizzles, her magazine column is canceled, and Lizzie's only option is a summer job as personal chef to the Silvesters,...
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Anthony Bourdain Remembered

CNN - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than...
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Burn the Place: A Memoir

Iliana Regan - Agate Midway
Format: Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA singular, powerfully expressive debut memoir that traces one chef's struggle to find her place and what happens once she does.Burn the Place is a galvanizing memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm...
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Power Rangers: The Ultimate Visual History

Ramin Zahed - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

Explore the history of Saban's Power Rangers with this exclusive collection of artwork, behind-the-scenes photos, interviews and more.After the hit series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 1993, Saban's Power Rangers quickly became the most-watched children's television...
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George Orwell: A Life

Bernard Crick - Sutherland House
Format: Hardcover

A sublime essayist and author of the masterful political novels 1984 and Animal Farm, George Orwell is at least as relevant in the age of Trump and Brexit as he was in his own short lifetime (1903-1950) . Both of his classic novels have been hot sellers over the past two years and his name...
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The Book of Barb: A Celebration of Stranger Things' Iconic Wing Woman

Nadia Bailey - Smith Street Books
Format: Hardcover

For the Barb in all of us - a guidebook for the kind and tragically uncool. While few people were surprised that the Netflix series Stranger Things was a smash hit, no one expected that one of the show's minor characters, the nerdy, faithful underdog Barb, would break the internet....
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Mad

Chloé Esposito - Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardcover

Seven days of sin. Seven days of secrets. Seven days to steal her sisters life. Beth has always been the golden girl, leaving her identical twin, Alvie, in her shadow. She has everything Alvie ever wanted - the money, the hot husband, the cute baby, the fast car. So when she invites Alvie...
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Startup: A Novel

DOREE SHAFRIR - LITTLE
Format: Print book

One of the most anticipated books of 2017--Vulture, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, and Book Riot's "All the Books" PodcastFrom veteran online journalist and BuzzFeed writer Doree Shafrir comes a hilarious debut novel that proves there are some dilemmas that no app can solve.Mack...
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The Shakespeare Requirement

Julie Schumacher
Format: Paperback


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Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

Benjamin Dreyer - Random House
Format: Hardcover

A witty, informative guide to writing from Random House's longtime copy chief and one of Twitter's leading language gurus - in the tradition of The Elements of Style "Utterly delightful . . . will stand among the classics on how to use the English language properly." - Elizabeth...
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Touch

Courtney Maum - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

From the author of the acclaimed I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, a satirical and moving novel in the spirit of Maria Semple and Jess Walter about a New York City trend forecaster who finds herself wanting to overturn her own predictions, move away from technology, and reclaim...
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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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Now That You Mention It

Kristan Higgins - HQN Books
Format: Hardcover

One step forward. Two steps back. The Tufts scholarship that put Nora Stuart on the path to becoming a Boston medical specialist was a step forward. Being hit by a car and then overhearing her boyfriend hit on another doctor when she thought she was dying Two major steps back. Injured...
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My Italian Bulldozer: A Novel

Alexander Mccall Smith - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

From one of our most beloved and best-selling authors: a hilarious new stand-alone novel about one man's misadventures in travel and romance in the Italian countryside.When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already overdue cookbook, he expects...
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America's Test Kitchen Twentieth Anniversary TV Show Cookbook: Best-Ever Recipes from the Most Successful Cooking Show on TV

America's Test Kitchen - America's Test Kitchen
Format: Hardcover

A giftable and gorgeous book featuring the very best recipes from the America's Test Kitchen TV show in celebration of its 20th anniversary and its renowned celebrity cast. More than 500 recipes from the show's 500-plus episodes are included here along with all the recipes from the 20th...
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Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days

Janice Dean - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces.Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know...
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Radiant Shimmering Light

SARAH SELECKY - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A nuanced satire--both hilarious and disconcerting--that probes the blurred lines between empowerment, spirituality, and consumerism in our online lives.Lilian Quick is 40, single, and childless, working as a pet portrait artist. She paints the colored light only she can see, but animal...
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Hilarious Jokes For Teens: The Ultimate Joke Book for Teenagers

Witty Productions - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Witty Productions introduce... HILARIOUS JOKES FOR TEENS! Get access to hilarious jokes now! These exciting jokes will have you rolling on the floor. Note that some jokes may be inappropriate for young children.
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Thick: And Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

One of Book Riot's "The Best Books We Read in October 2018""To say this collection is transgressive, provocative, and brilliant is simply to tell you the truth." - Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad FeministSmart, humorous, and strikingly original essays by one of "America's...
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Coen - Faber & Faber Social
Format: Paperback

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is an American western anthology film written, directed, and produced by the Coen brothers. It stars Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, and Tom Waits. It premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2018,...
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How to Be Safe: A Novel

TOM MCALLISTER - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

We Need to Talk about Kevin meets Dept. of Speculation in a novel about one woman's furious grappling with the repercussions of small-town tragedy.FORMER TEACHER HAD MOTIVE. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher Anna Crawford is stewing over the injustice...
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I'll Eat When I'm Dead

Barbara Bourland - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Refinery29's Best Books of 2017 People Magazine May Pick Recommended Reading from the New York PostEvery weekday morning, as the sun rose above Sixth Avenue, a peerless crop of women-frames poised, behavior polished, networks connected, and bodies generally buffed to a high...
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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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