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The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
Sarah Silverman - Harper; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir - her first book - that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah's television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such... |
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Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
SCOTT EYMAN - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman tells the story of the remarkable friendship of two Hollywood legends who, though different in many ways, maintained a close friendship that endured all of life's twists and turns.Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest... |
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Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government
Glenn Beck - Threshold Editions; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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1 New York Times bestselling author and radio and tv host Glenn Becks ultimate handbook for tackling and winning lifes most important arguments. FUNNY. FRIGHTENING. TRUE. It happens to all of us Youre minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius... |
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A Fine Romance
Candice Bergen - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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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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Will Work for Smiles
Roman Atwood - Gallery Books Format: Print book
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Celebrated content creator Roman Atwood tells his rags-to-riches story in a memoir overflowing with his irresistible comedic style, genuine warmth, and reflections on jumpstarting his career as an entertainer and prankster, perfect for fans of the good-natured antics of Jimmy Kimmel.It... |
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Almost Interesting
David Spade - Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow Publishers Format: Print book
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A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.David Spade is best known for his harsh "Hollywood" Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the series... |
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The Dark Side of Liberace
Spero Pastos - Xlibris Format: Print book
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During Liberace's trial in the late fifties, Lee, as he was familiarly called, was critically reviewed by Cassandra (a former Colonel in the British Army) in his daily column in London's Daily Mirror. Cassandra wrote, ""He is the summit of sex--the pinnacle of masculine,... |
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Julia Child Rules: Lessons On Savoring Life
Karen Karbo - Skirt! Format: Hardcover
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Many of us have dog-eared copies of Mastering the Art of French Cooking in our kitchens or fondly remember watching episodes of The French Chef, but what was behind the enormous appeal of this ungainly, unlikely woman, who became a superstar in midlife and changed our approach to food and cooking... |
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They Eat Puppies, Don't They?: A Novel
Christopher Buckley - Twelve; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic reason to slander the nation,... |
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Maureen O'Hara: The Biography
Aubrey Malone - The University Press of Kentucky; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From her first appearances on the stage and screen, Maureen O'Hara (b. 1920) commanded attention with her striking beauty, radiant red hair, and impassioned portrayals of spirited heroines. Whether she was being rescued from the gallows by Charles Laughton ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame,... |
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Gun Guys: A Road Trip
Dan Baum - Knopf; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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Here is armed America—a land of machine-gun gatherings in the desert, lederhosened German shooting societies, feral-hog hunts in Texas, and Hollywood gun armories. Whether they’re collecting antique weapons, practicing concealed carry, or firing an AR-15 or a Glock at their... |
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Make 'Em Laugh: Short-Term Memories of Longtime Friends
Debbie Reynolds - HarperCollins Publishers Inc , 2015 Format: Print book
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The beloved Hollywood star and New York Times bestselling author of Unsinkable continues her intimate chat with fans in this entertaining collection of anecdotes, stories, jokes, and random musings from a woman who has seen it all - and done most of it.From her acclaimed performances to her headline-making... |
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Unsinkable: A Memoir
Debbie Reynolds - William Morrow; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Unsinkable is the definitive memoir by film legend and Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds.Actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer Debbie Reynolds shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywoods Golden Age, anecdotes about her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her experiences... |
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Surviving Cissy
KATHY GARVER - Lyons Press Format: Paperback
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Kathy Garver, the heartthrob from the hit series Family Affair, was a journeywoman actress who appeared in such classic films as The Ten Commandments long before her television notoriety. This memoir is a recollection of a working actresss life, from the many films, television shows, and stage... |
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Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel
Shalom Auslander - Riverhead Hardcover; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable Book The rural town of Stockton, New York, is famous for nothing no one was born there, no one died there, nothing of any historical import at all has ever happened there, which is why Solomon Kugel, like other urbanites fleeing their pasts and histories,... |
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Si-cology 1: Tales and Wisdom from Duck Dynasty's Favorite Uncle
Si Robertson - Howard Books Format: Hardcover
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As you read this book, there are a few things you have to understand 95 percent of my stories are truthful. Every member of the Robertson family has the God- given gift of storytelling. Hey, when youve sat in a duck blind for more than half of your life, you have to figure out some way to pass... |
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Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film
Kenneth Turan - PublicAffairs Format: Hardcover
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The images and memories that matter most are those that are unshakeable, unforgettable. Kenneth Turan's fifty-four favorite films embrace a century of the world's most satisfying romances and funniest comedies, the most heart-stopping dramas and chilling thrillers.Turan discovered... |
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Conquering Chaos
Catelynn Lowell - Post Hill Press Format: Hardcover
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Since Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra shared their story of teen pregnancy and adoption on the MTV's 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, they've been known for their inspiring commitment to growing up right. Between their experience placing their first daughter for adoption, and their... |
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Madcap May: Mistress of Myth, Men, and Hope
Richard Kurin - Smithsonian Books Format: Hardcover
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May Yohe was a popular entertainer from humble American origins who married and then abandoned a wealthy English Lord who owned the fabled Hope diamond--one of the most valuable objects in the world and now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. May was a romantic... |
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Elvis and Ginger: Elvis Presley's Fiancée and Last Love Finally Tells Her Story
Ginger Alden - Berkley Format: Hardcover
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ELVIS PRESLEY'S FIANCE AND LAST LOVE FINALLY TELLS HER STORY "Elvis, you and I know the truth and unfortunately you're not here to set the record straight. With this book, I will try to..." Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in the life of Ginger Alden, having been... |
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The Girl with the Sturgeon Tattoo: A Parody
Lars Arffssen - St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition Format: Book
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Arguably the funniest novel to emerge from Northern Europe since the Black DeathA reindeer strangler has struck again; the world’s leading authority on Baltic sturgeon has been filleted, and the head of Sweden’s only unpublished thriller writer has been discovered some meters... |
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The New Republic: A Novel
Lionel Shriver - Harper; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Acclaimed author Lionel Shriver - author of the National Book Award finalist So Much for That, The Post-Birthday World, and the vivid psychological novel We Need to Talk About Kevin, now a major motion picture - probes the mystery of charisma in a razor-sharp new novel that teases out the intimate... |
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Insane City
Dave Barry - G.P. Putnam's Sons Format: Hardcover
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A dark comic masterpiece - the first solo adult novel in more than a decade from the Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author.Seth Weinstein knew Tina was way out of his league in pretty much any way you could imagine, which is why it continued to astonish him that he was on the plane... |
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Bonita Avenue: A Novel
Peter Buwalda - Hogarth Format: Hardcover
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"Dazzling...Critics hailed Buwalda as 'The Dutch answer to Jonathan Franzen', but his brilliance is entirely unique."--The Times (UK) Siem Sigerius is a beloved, brilliant professor of mathematics with a promising future in politics. His family - including a loving... |
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How to Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading too Much
Samantha Ellis - Vintage Format: Paperback
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While debating literature's greatest heroines with her best friend, thirtysomething playwright Samantha Ellis has a revelation - her whole life, she's been trying to be Cathy Earnshaw of Wuthering Heights when she should have been trying to be Jane Eyre. With this discovery, she embarks... |
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Yes, My Accent Is Real: And Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
Kunal Nayyar - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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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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Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin - Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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A Conversation with Kathy Griffin:Q: State your name and profession.KG: My name is Kathy Griffin, and I am a teller of d**k jokes. And a plumber.Q: This is your first book. Had you ever considered writing anything before? A novel? Or a work of historical scholarship? Or a children's... |
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The Most of Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron - Knopf; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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A whopping big celebration of the work of the late, great Nora Ephron, Americas funniestand most acutewriter, famous for her brilliant takes on life as weve been living it these last forty years. Everything you could possibly want from Nora Ephron is herefrom her writings on journalism,... |
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The Republic of Wine: A Novel
Mo Yan - Arcade Publishing; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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WINNER OF THE 2012 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREIn this hypnotic epic novel, Mo Yan, the most critically acclaimed Chinese writer of this generation, takes us on a journey to a conjured province of contemporary China known as the Republic of Wine—a corrupt and hallucinatory world filled... |
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Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works
Atina Diffley - Univ Of Minnesota Press; First Edition edition Format: Print book
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When the hail starts to fall, Atina Diffley doesn’t compare it to golf balls. She’s a farmer. It’s “as big as a B-size potato.” As her bombarded land turns white, she and her husband Martin huddle under a blanket and reminisce: the one-hundred-mile-per-hour... |
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The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies
David Thomson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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The Big Screen tells the enthralling story of the movies their rise and spread, their remarkable influence over us, and the technology that made the screensmaller now, but ever more ubiquitousas important as the images it carries.The Big Screen is not another history of the movies. Rather,... |
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Back to Blood: A Novel
Tom Wolfe - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay-with officer Nestor Camacho on board-Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban... |
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Nightlight: A Parody
The Harvard Lampoon - Vintage; a edition Format: Paperback
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About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously,... |
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Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered Truth
David Alan Grier - Touchstone; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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FROM GROWING UP IN DETROIT, where he marched as a ten-year-old with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to attending the inauguration of President Barack Obama, where he narrowly avoided the Purple Tunnel of Doom but still saw nothing, David Alan Grier examines how he -- and America -- have changed... |
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Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian
Bob Saget Format: Hardcover
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He is the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House . . .The charming, wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos . . .The scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up comic from Entourage and The Aristocrats . . .He is Bob Saget, and in Dirty Daddy he delivers uproarious,... |
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Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book
Bobby Bones - Dey Street Books Format: Print book
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A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning radio shows in the nation.Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell... |
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I Am Haunted
Zak Bagans - Victory Belt Publishing Format: Paperback
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He has bought a demon house in Indiana that has been described as a "portal to hell," summoned the devil at the Hellfire Club in Ireland, and been attacked by a possessed doll in Mexico. But sometimes its his interactions with the living that rattle him the most, from innocent... |
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Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian
Bob Saget - It Books Format: Hardcover
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Millions of viewers know and love Bob Saget from his role as the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House, and as the charming wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos. And then there are the legions of fans who can't get enough of his scatological, out-of-his-mind... |
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Robert Redford: The Biography
Michael Feeney Callan - Knopf; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Draws on the actor, director, and producer's personal documents to offer insight into his complex life behind his famous roles, discussing the death of his son, his relationship with Sydney Pollack, and his establishment of the Sundance Film Festival. |
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Billy Joel
Fred Schruers - Crown Archetype Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited, all-access biography of a music legendIn Billy Joel, acclaimed music journalist Fred Schruers draws upon more than one hundred hours of exclusive interviews with Joel to present an unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of the pint-sized kid from Long Island... |
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Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Ben H Winters - Quirk Books Format: Paperback
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From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi,... |
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Wildflower
Drew Barrymore - Dutton Format: Print book
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Award-winning actress Drew Barrymore shares funny, insightful, and profound stories from her past and present told from the place of happiness she's achieved today. Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible... |
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An Improvised Life: A Memoir
Alan Arkin - Da Capo Press Format: Paperback
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Alan Arkin knew he was going to be an actor from the age of five Every film I saw every play every piece of music fed an unquenchable need to turn myself into something other than what I was An Improvised Life is the Oscar winners wise and unpretentious recollection of the process--artistic... |
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Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon
Peter Ames Carlin - Henry Holt Format: Print book
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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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Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Mark Harris - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood,... |
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth
Jon Stewart - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The eagerly awaited new book from the Emmy-winning, Oscar-hosting, Daily Show-anchoring Jon Stewart--the man behind the megaseller America (The Book). Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent... |
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Bennington Girls Are Easy: A Novel
Charlotte Silver - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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Chosen as one of "Summer's Best Books" by PEOPLE MAGAZINE: "Suprisingly insightful and seriously fun."One of O MAGAZINE's "Season's Best"A COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE "July Reads" Pick Named one of REFINERY 29's "21 New Authors to Watch"... |
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Hell
Robert Olen Butler - Grove Press Format: Print book
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Hatcher McCord is an evening news presenter who has found himself in Hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune. He's not the only one to suffer this fate - in fact, he's surrounded by an outrageous cast of characters, including Humphrey Bogart, William Shakespeare, and almost... |
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Every little step : my story
Bobby Brown - Dey Street Books Format: Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic... |
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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep
Michael Schulman - Harper Format: Hardcover
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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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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
James Grauerholz - Grove Press Format: Paperback
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Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the work of authors like Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, and William Gibson, on the relationship of art and obscenity, and on the shape of music, film, and media generally, it is one of the books... |
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Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny
Marlo Thomas - Hyperion; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Growing Up Laughing: My Story and the Story of Funny is a book that only Marlo Thomas could write—a smart and gracious, witty and confident autobiographical journey.For as long as Marlo Thomas can remember, she’s lived with laughter. Born to comedy royalty—TV and nightclub... |
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The Seventh Day: A Novel
Yu Hua - Pantheon; Reissue edition Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Brothers and To Live: a major new novel that limns the joys and sorrows of life in contemporary China. Yang Fei was born on a moving train. Lost by his mother, adopted by a young switchman, raised with simplicity and love, he is utterly unprepared for the tempestuous... |
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)
Mindy Kaling - Crown Archetype Format: Hardcover
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Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck-impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fights with her friends and coworkers... |
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater: A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut - Dial Press Trade Paperback Format: Paperback
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Eliot Rosewaterdrunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundationis about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt Vonneguts funniest satire, an etched-in-acid... |
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Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Michael Lewis - W.W. Norton Format: Hardcover
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A book that explores the difference between the idea of fatherhood and a man's actual experience of it. When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made... |
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Suck On This Year: LYFAO @ 140 Characters or Less
Dr. Denis Leary - Viking Adult; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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One of America's most original and biting comic satirists, Denis Leary turns his irreverent eye and scathing humor on everything you love and cherish-and now he does it with a hilarious, illustrated collection of Tweets! Like a quiver full of arrows, Suck On This Year's barbs will... |
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Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
Jasper Fforde - Viking Adult Format: Hardcover
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Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Ffordes wildly popular series Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday... |
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Kill Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
James McBride - Random House Audio Format: Audiobook
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"You wont leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling." - The Boston GlobeFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul, Kill... |
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I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend
Martin Short - Harpercollins Format: Print book
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In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."Martin Short takes you on a rich, hilarious,... |
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Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking
Eric Lax - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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A cinephile's dream: the chance to follow legendary director Woody Allen throughout the creation of a film--from inception to premiere--and to enjoy his reflections on some of the finest artists in the history of cinema. Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way. He chronicled... |
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Alice in Tumblr-land: And Other Fairy Tales for a New Generation
Tim Manley - Penguin Books Format: Book
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Disney meets Lena Dunham in this illustrated humor book featuring your favorite fairy-tale characters dating and finding their way in 21st-century America The Ugly Duckling still feels gross compared to everyone else, but now she’s got Instagram, and there’s this... |
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(Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions
Steve Almond - Random House; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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How does Steve Almond get himself into so much trouble? Could it be his incessant moralizing? His generally poor posture? The fact that he was raised by a pack of wolves? Frankly, we haven’t got a clue. What we do know is that Almond has a knack for converting his dustups into essays... |
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Don't Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards
P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press ; Format: Print book
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Put the country's big, fat political ass on a diet. Lose that drooping deficit. Slim those spreading entitlement programs. Firm up that flabby pair of butt cheeks which are the Senate and the House.Having had a lot of fun with what politicians do, P.J. O'Rourke now has a lot of fun with... |
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Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality
Jacob Tomsky - Doubleday; First Ed 1st Printing edition Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant, a rollicking, eye-opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) in the hotel industry. Jacob Tomsky never intended to go into the hotel business. As a new college graduate, armed only with a philosophy... |
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This Is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage Through Hollywood, Faith & Life
Gavin MacLeod - Thomas Nelson; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of the star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For 16 years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night. This veteran of stage and screen transformed himself from a seasoned character... |
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Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
Laurie Notaro - Ballantine Books Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurie Notaro isn't exactly a domestic goddess - unless that means she fully embraces her genetic hoarding predisposition, sneaks peeks at her husband's daily journal, or has made a list of the people she wants on her Apocalypse Survival team... |
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Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss
Peter Criss - Scribner; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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Founding drummer Peter “Catman” Criss’s New York Times bestselling memoir, “the best—and most honest—account of KISS craziness during the band’s heyday in the 1970s” (Publishers Weekly), now in paperback—“KISS fans will love every... |
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Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
Hannah Hart - Dey Street Books Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Hannah Hart's new book is a roaring, beautiful, and profoundly human account of an extraordinary life." - John Green "Hannah shares her truth with an honesty that is inspiring - one that makes me believe her when... |
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Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
Billy Collins - Random House; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmericas favorite poet.The Wall Street JournalFrom the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first volume of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines fifty new poems with generous selections from his four most recent... |
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Rubber Balls and Liquor
Gilbert Gottfried - St. Martin's Press; 1ST edition Format: Hardcover
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The bawdy, clarion-voiced comedian traces his rise from an awkward Jewish youth in New York City to a famous stand-up performance artist, sharing everything from the stories behind his signature routines to his haphazard encounters with fellow celebrities. |
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life
Sophia Loren - Atria Books Format: Hardcover
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In her first memoir, the Academy Awardwinning actress Sophia Loren tells her incredible life story from the struggles of her childhood in war-torn Naples to her life as a screen legend, icon of elegance, and devoted mother. In her acting career spanning more than six decades, Sophia Loren... |
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Room to Dream
DAVID LYNCH - Random House Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary, highly anticipated memoir from visionary filmmaker David Lynch In this memoir, David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, opens... |
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The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty
J Randy Taraborrelli - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with... |
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Out of Warranty
Haywood Smith - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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If you've ever struggled with a health insurance claim, you'll love Haywood Smith's witty send-up of the health insurance industry, the drug companies, the medical profession, and falling apart ten years before Medicare. From the beloved author of The Red Hat Club and Wife-in-Law,... |
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The Pecan Orchard: Journey of a Sharecropper's Daughter
Peggy Vonsherie Allen - University Alabama Press; 1st Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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This is a true story of the struggle, survival, and ultimate success of a large black family in south Alabama who, in the middle decades of the 20th century, lifted themselves out of poverty to achieve the American dream of property ownership. Descended from slaves and sharecroppers in the Black... |
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A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
Neal Thompson - Crown Archetype; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Barnes Noble Booksellers Pick An NPR pick for 2013 A Vanity Fair Hot Type pick A Publishers Lunch Buzz Book 2013 An iTunesiBookstore Best Book of the Month A Parade magazine 2013 Summer Read A Curious Man is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert... |
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Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
Dick Cavett - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday lifeIn Brief Encounters, the legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from... |
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Truck: A Love Story (P.S.)
Michael Perry - Harper Perennial; Reprint edition Format: Paperback
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The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and . . . gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track."All I wanted to do was fix my old pickup truck," says Michael... |
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Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
SAM WASSON - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate - and often hilarious - history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular. At the height of the McCarthy era, an experimental theater troupe set up shop in a bar near the University of Chicago.... |
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
William Shatner - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Print book
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Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television... |
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Hollywood
Larry McMurtry - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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One thing I’ve always liked about Hollywood is its zip, or speed. The whole industry depends to some extent on talent spotting. The hundreds of agents, studio executives, and producers who roam the streets of the city of Los Angeles let very little in the way of talent slip by. In this... |
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My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir
Dick Van Dyke - Crown Archetype; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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Dick Van Dyke indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile his physical dexterity his impeccable comic timing his ridiculous stunts and his unforgettable screen roles nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp... |
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This Is a Book
Demetri Martin - Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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From the renowned comedian creator star and executive producermultiple title-holder of Comedy Centrals Important Things with Demetri Martin comes a bold original and rectangular kind of humor bookDemetris first literary foray features longer-form essays and conceptual pieces such as Protagonists... |
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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne
Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books Format: Print book
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From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, “the Duke,” John Wayne.As he did in his bestselling biographies of Jimmy Stewart and Clint Eastwood, acclaimed Hollywood biographer Marc... |
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Gardener's Son
Cormac McCarthy - HarperCollins Publishers Format: Print book
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's acclaimed first screenplay, the basis for an Emmy-nominated film - a taut, riveting intergenerational drama of fathers and sons, power, inequality, rage, and violence set in post-Civil War South Carolina.Set in Graniteville, South Carolina,... |
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The Believers: A Novel
Zoe Heller - Harper Format: Hardcover
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"[Zoe Heller] is an extraordinarily entertaining writer, and this novel showcases her copious gifts, including a scathing, Waugh-like wit." - New York Times Best-selling author Zoe Heller has followed up the critical... |
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Sag Harbor: A Novel
Colson Whitehead - Doubleday Format: Print book
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The warm, funny, and supremely original new novel from one of the most acclaimed writers in America The year is 1985. Benji Cooper is one of the only black students at an elite prep school in Manhattan. He spends his falls and winters going to roller-disco bar mitzvahs, playing too much... |
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American on purpose : the improbable adventures of an unlikely patriot
Craig Ferguson - Harper Format: Hardcover
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In "American on Purpose," Craig Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way he stumbles through several attempts to make his mark--as... |
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House of Cards: Love, Faith, and Other Social Expressions
David Ellis Dickerson - Riverhead Hardcover Format: Book
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A hilarious and honest memoir by an ex-greeting card writer, ex- virgin fundamentalist, and current This American Life contributor. When David Dickerson landed his dream job-at Hallmark writing greeting cards-he discovered his limited life experience as a fundamentalist- raised, 26-year-old... |
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The Richard Burton Diaries
Richard Burton - Yale University Press; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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Irresistibly magnetic on stage, mesmerizing in movies, seven times an Academy Award nominee, Richard Burton rose from humble beginnings in Wales to become Hollywood's most highly paid actor and one of England's most admired Shakespearean performers. His epic romance with Elizabeth... |
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Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
Holly Madison - Dey St., an imprint of WilliamMorrowPublishers Format: Print book
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The shocking, never-before-told story of the bizarre world inside the legendary Playboy Mansion - and, finally, the secret truth about the man who holds the key - from one of the few people who truly knows: Hef's former #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next DoorA spontaneous decision... |
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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
Christian Lander - Random House Trade Paperbacks Format: Paperback
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They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time) . Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. They believe they're... |
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Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger
Christopher Andersen - Gallery Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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“He’s a smart little mother******,I’ll give him that.” —KEITH RICHARDS on MICK JAGGER IS he Jumpin’ Jack Flash? A Street Fighting Man? A Man of Wealth and Taste? All this, it turns out, and far more. By any definition, Mick Jagger is a force of nature,... |
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Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
Gary Shteyngart - Random House Format: Print book
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The author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan, Gary Shteyngart has risen to the top of the fiction world. Now, in his hilarious and heartfelt new novel, he envisions a deliciously dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years - and the timeless... |
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Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
Carol Burnett - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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More than anything, we are remembered for our smiles the ones we share with our closest and dearest, and the one we bestow on a total stranger who needs it right then, and God has put us there to deliver. Carrie Hamilton You are about to meet an extraordinary young woman, Carrie Hamilton.... |
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Minecraft: A Beginner's Guide (Volume 1)
David Oconner - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Format: Paperback
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Minecraft is a block-infested sandbox building/exploring game developed by Mark Persson, aka 'Notch', and his company, Mojang AB. The 'full version' or Minecraft has been available on PC since November 18th, 2011, but the game has been popular since Beta testing opened to players... |
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Amanda Wakes Up
ALISYN CAMEROTA - Viking Format: Hardcover
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The Devil Wears Prada meets Primary Colors in this breezy summer read, as seen in The New York Times, People, and O MagazineWhen Amanda Gallo, fresh from the backwater of local TV, lands the job of her dreams at FAIR News - the coveted morning anchor slot - she's... |
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Blonde roots
Bernardine Evaristo - Riverhead Books Format: Print book
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In an alternate world in which Africans enslaved Europeans, Doris, an Englishwoman, is captured and taken to the New World, where the hardships she endures as a slave are offset by dreams of escape and home. |
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The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World
JOY BEHAR - Harper Format: Hardcover
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One of our most beloved comedians, the brilliantly witty and outspoken star of The View, hits the most unpopular President ever elected where it hurts - and makes us laugh and cheer - in this hilarious alphabetical guide to everything that's wrong with the "Orange One," Donald... |
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The 50 Funniest American Writers*: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion
Andy Borowitz - Library of America; First edition Format: Hardcover
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Ever wondered who makes a very funny person laugh Wonder no more. Brought together in this Library of America collection are Americas fifty funniest writersaccording to acclaimed writer and comedian Andy Borowitz. Reaching back to Mark Twain and forward to contemporary masters such as David... |
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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
Glenn Frankel - Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery... |
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The World of Cezanne 1839-1906
Richard W Murphy - Time-Life Books Format: Paperback
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From bestselling author David Sedaris, for the first time in print: selections from the diaries that are the source of his remarkable autobiographical essays.For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny... |
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Long Time Leaving: Dispatches from Up South
Roy Blount Jr. - Knopf; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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"I left the South in search of the Enlightenment. I'm pro-choice, in favor of gay marriage, and against creationism and the war in Iraq. But both my parents' people are deep Southern from many generations, and I spent a little over a third of my life, including the presumably most... |
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Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
Joe Hagan - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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The first and only biography of Jann Wenner, the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine, and a romp through the hothouses of rock and roll, politics, media, and Hollywood, from the Summer of Love to the Internet age.Lennon. Dylan. Jagger. Belushi. Leibovitz. The story of Jann Wenner,... |
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Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father
Tracey Davis - Running Press Format: Hardcover
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Nicknamed Mr. Show Business, Sammy Davis Jr. was a consummate performer who sang, danced, and acted on film, television, radio, and the stage for over six decades. In this uniquely intimate volume, the entertainment legend's story comes to life through rare family photos and a compelling... |
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
Lena Dunham - Random House; 1st edition Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMESNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND LIBRARY JOURNALFor readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely... |
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An Idiot Girl's Christmas: True Tales from the Top of the Naughty List
Laurie Notaro - Villard; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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IT’S LAURIE NOTARO’S HOLIDAY HANDBOOK. PREPARE TO LAUGH YOUR TINSEL OFF.It’s the most wonderful–and most dreadful–season of the year, when boxes of truffles attack your thighs, drunken holiday revelers stay long past their welcome, and your grandmother... |
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I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons
KEVIN HART - Atria / 37 INK Format: Hardcover
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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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I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-Star
Judy Greer - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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You know Judy Greer, right? Maybe from The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, Carrie, Arrested Development, or The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, you already feel like she’s your friend. In her first book of essays, I Don’t Know What You Know... |
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I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
Sloane Crosley - Riverhead Books Format: Paperback
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From the author of 2018's much buzzed about Look Alive Out There...Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, Sloane Crosley's debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. The New York Times bestseller that both captured... |
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Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir
Christopher Buckley - Twelve Format: Print book
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In twelve months between 2007 and 2008, Christopher Buckley coped with the passing of his father, William F. Buckley, the father of the modern conservative movement, and his mother, Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New York's most glamorous and colorful socialites. He was their only child... |
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Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days
Tavis Smiley - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's deathMichael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially... |
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Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting
Michael Perry - Harper Format: Print book
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From the acclaimed author of Population: 485 and Truck: A Love Story comes a humorous, heartfelt memoir of a new life in the country. Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse -- faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and informed by his pregnant wife... |
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My Extraordinary Ordinary Life
Sissy Spacek - Hyperion; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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In her delightful and moving memoir, Sissy Spacek writes about her idyllic, barefoot childhood in a small East Texas town, with the clarity and wisdom that comes from never losing sight of her roots. Descended from industrious Czech immigrants and threadbare southern gentility, she grew... |
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Sinatra : the chairman
James Kaplan - Doubleday, 2015. Format: Print book
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Presents a behind-the-scenes examination of the life and career of the legendary performer that offers insight into his prolific accomplishments, multidimensional character, and complex relationships.In 2010's Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan told the story of Frank Sinatra's meteoric... |
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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris - Crown Pub Format: Hardcover
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Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened? Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the "u" back in "aUtobiography"? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography!... |
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How Did You Get This Number
Sloane Crosley - Riverhead Hardcover; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the sensational bestseller I Was Told There'd Be Cake comes a new book of personal essays brimming with all the charm and wit that have earned Sloane Crosley widespread acclaim, award nominations, and an ever-growing cadre of loyal fans. In Cake readers were introduced... |
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The Four Fingers of Death: A Novel
Rick Moody - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition Format: Print book
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Montese Crandall is a downtrodden writer whose rare collection of baseball cards won't sustain him, financially or emotionally, through the grave illness of his wife. Luckily, he swindles himself a job churning out a novelization of the 2025 remake of a 1963 horror classic, "The... |
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The Book of
Neil Pasricha - Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam Format: Book
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There's nothing like the holidays. They bring out the best, and sometimes the worst, in everyone. Luckily, Neil Pasricha is here to remind us that not only are the holidays great but there's actually even more to celebrate than we realize. From Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa... |
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Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
Stefan Kanfer - Knopf; 1ST edition Format: Hardcover
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Humphrey Bogart its hard to think of anyone whos had the same lasting impact on the culture of movies. Though he died at the young age of fifty-seven more than half a century ago, his influence among actors and filmmakers, and his enduring appeal for film lovers around the world, remains... |
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Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations
Peter Evans - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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“I EITHER WRITE THE BOOK OR SELL THE JEWELS,” Ava Gardner told her coauthor, Peter Evans, “and I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.” So began the collaboration that led to this remarkably candid, wickedly sardonic memoir. Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood’s... |
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Just When I Thought I'd Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamities
Kathie Lee Gifford - Ballantine Books; English Language edition Format: Hardcover
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As one of Americas most recognized faces, Kathie Lee Gifford has been a part of our morning routine for more years than she cares to count. And thats why it may come as a surprise to hear that there are still sides of this fiftysomething ! devoted mother and dedicated television personality... |
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Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
Kristen Johnston - Gallery Books; First Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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“It felt like I was speeding on the Autobahn toward hell, trapped inside a DeLorean with no brakes. And even if I could somehow stop, I’d still be screwed, because there’s no way I’d ever be able to figure out how to open those insane, cocaine-designed doors.”... |
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