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Glenn Ford: A Life
Peter Ford - University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Glenn Ford—star of such now-classic films as Gilda, Blackboard Jungle, The Big Heat, 3:10 to Yuma, and The Rounders—had rugged good looks, a long and successful career, and a glamorous Hollywood life. Yet the man who could be accessible and charming on screen retreated to a deeply... |
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Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
Taraji P Henson - 37 Ink
Format: Print book
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From Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner, Taraji P. Henson, comes an inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth.With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including... |
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How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life
Lilly Singh - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the People's Choice Award winner for Favorite YouTube Star comes the definitive guide to being a bawse: a person who exudes confidence, hustles relentlessly, and smiles genuinely because he or she has fought through it all and made it out the other... |
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Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend
Michael Munn - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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Many stars of the silver screen in twentieth-century Hollywood became national icons, larger-than-life figures held up as paragons of American virtues. However, the private lives of actors such as John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and Errol Flynn rarely lived up to the idealistic roles they portrayed.... |
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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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Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times
John Perry Barlow - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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John Perry Barlow's wild ride with the Grateful Dead was just part of a Zelig-like life that took him from a childhood as ranching royalty in Wyoming to membership in the Internet Hall of Fame as a digital free speech advocate.Mother American Night is the wild, funny, heartbreaking,... |
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Weird in a World That's Not: A Career Guide for Misfits, F*ckups, and Failures
JENNIFER ROMOLINI - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover
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An honest, sharp-witted, practical guide to help you get and keep the job you want - from an outsider whose been there and done it, a woman who went from being a broke, divorced, college dropout to running some of the biggest websites in the world.Jennifer Romolini started her career as an awkward... |
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Sam Shepard: A Life
JOHN WINTERS - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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With more than 55 plays to his credit, including the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child, Sam Shepard's impact on American theater ranks with the greatest playwrights of the past half-century. Critics have enthused that he "forged a whole new kind of American play," while... |
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Knock Wood
Candice Bergen - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Candice Bergens bestselling 1984 memoir an engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography The New York Times. Candice Bergen was born into the heady Hollywood of the 1950s. Before she became a celebrity in her own right and wrote her memoir, A Fine Romance, she wrote... |
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Pattern Behavior: The Seamy Side of Fashion
Natalie Kossar - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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McCall's Pattern Behavior couples beloved vintage sewing patterns with captions that are droll, deadpan, and hysterically funny. Budding comedian Natalie Kossar began publishing her snarky cartoons on a Tumblr blog in 2015, and has since won the attention of Kate Harding at Jezebel,... |
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Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else
MAEVE HIGGINS - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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A timely essay collection about life, love, and becoming an American from breakout comedy star and podcaster Maeve Higgins "Maeve Higgins is hilarious, poignant, conversational, and my favorite Irish import since U2. You're in for a treat." - Phoebe Robinson, New York Times... |
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Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939
Mark A. Vieira - Running Press
Format: Print book
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1939 was a watershed year. The Great Depression was barely over; economics, politics, and culture braced for war. There was a lull before the storm and Hollywood, as if expecting to be judged by posterity, produced a portfolio of masterpieces. No year before or since has yielded so many... |
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Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film
Alexandra Zapruder - Twelve
Format: Print book
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The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he began filming President Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963 that his home movie would change not only his family's... |
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My Girls
TODD FISHER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory and touching tribute to the lives of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds written by the person who knew them best, Todd Fisher's poignant memoir is filled with moving stories of growing up among Hollywood royalty and illustrated with never-before-seen photos and memorabilia.In... |
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Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index
Kathy Griffin - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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From #1 NYT bestselling author Kathy Griffin, an A-Z compendium of the celebrities she's met over the years and the outrageous, charming, and sometimes bizarre anecdotes only she can tell about them.
Last year, while watching Straight Outta Compton, Kathy Griffin realized that she knew... |
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Trust Me: A Memoir
George Kennedy - Applause; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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(Applause Books). "These are memoirs of a kid born in New York City in 1925. His dad, George Senior, was a pianist, composer, and orchestra leader at Proctor's Vaudeville Theatre, and his mother, Helen, played in a classic dance troupe. Hanky-panky ensued. They married, and I soon... |
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Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
James McBride - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback
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National Book Award winner James McBride goes in search of the "real" James Brown after receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth. His surprising journey illuminates not only our understanding of this immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated soul... |
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Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon
Charles Casillo - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography reveals how Marilyn's childhood contributed to her struggle with bi-polar disorder, and impacted her career and personal life.Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still... |
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Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film
Don Graham - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of Hollywood celebrity, and the flowering of Texas culture as mythology.Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism,... |
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I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
Tim Kreider - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times essayist and author of We Learn Nothing, Tim Kreider trains his virtuoso writing and singular power of observation on his (often befuddling) relationships with women.Psychologists have told him he's a psychologist. Philosophers have told him he's a philosopher.... |
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Moments That Made the Movies
David Thomson - Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Lushly illustrated, compellingly written—David Thomson's choice of the key moments in movie history In his first fully illustrated work, David Thomson breaks new ground by focusing in on a series of moments—which his readers will also experience in beautifully reproduced... |
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VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2017: The Complete Guide to Movies on Vhs,dvd, and Hi-def Formats
Gale - Gale Research Inc
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Each entry includes title, alternate title, one- to four-bone rating, year released, MPAA rating, brief review, length, format, country of origin, cast, technical personnel, awards, and made-for-television/cable/video designations. |
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It's Not Okay: Turning Heartbreak into Happily Never After
Andi Dorfman - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Andi Dorfman, the beloved finalist of season eighteen of The Bachelor who infamously rejected Juan Pablo and went on to star on season ten of The Bachelorette, dishes about what it's like to live out a love story - and its collapse - in front of the cameras, offering hard-won... |
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Into the Dark
Mark A Vieira - Running Press
Format: Print book
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You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.Into the Dark is the first book to tell the story... |
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Ghostbuster's Daughter: Life with My Dad, Harold Ramis
Violet Ramis Stiel - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the daughter of Ghostbusters star Harold Ramis (and featuring a Foreword by Seth Rogen) comes a hilarious and heartwarming account of his life, work, and legacy.Most of us know Harold Ramis as the filmmaker and actor who brought warmth and humor to the big screen in classics... |
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The Authorized Roy Orbison
NOT AVAILABLE. - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016
P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692.... |
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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy
Mike Love - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book
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The New York Times BestsellerMike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."... |
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The Music of What Happens
John Straley - Soho Crime
Format: Paperback
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In the third entry to the series, Alaska P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab with a head wound, a child custody case from hell, and the clients to match.Confrontational and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her son from her, and thus,... |
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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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Crash and Burn
Artie Lange - Touchstone; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Veteran comedian Artie Lange turns an unflinching eye and his signature wit on his perilous descent into drug addiction, life-threatening depression, and ultimately, his recovery, in the follow-up to his hilariously raw debut, the #1 New York Times bestseller Too Fat to Fish.At a high point... |
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Jimmy Buffett: A Good Life All the Way
Ryan White - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed music critic and author of Springsteen: Album by Album comes the real story behind the legendary beach bum, rock star, and billionaire musician Jimmy Buffett - who has enchanted audiences of Parrotheads for over four decades with his tropical fantasy world of Margaritaville.Jimmy... |
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Hail to the Chin: Further Confessions of a B-Movie Actor
BRUCE CAMPBELL - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Introduction by New York Times bestselling author and famous minor television personality John HodgmanIt's been 15 years since his first memoir but Bruce is still living the dream as a "B" movie king in an "A" movie world.Bruce Campbell makes his triumphant... |
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Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi Hedren - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood - the star of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie - tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time.For decades, Tippi Hedren's... |
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Bond On Bond: Reflections On 50 Years Of James Bond Movies
Roger Sir Moore - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Bond movies remain the longest continually running film series in movie history, and 2012 marks its fiftieth anniversary. While there have been other actors that have taken on the coveted role of James Bond, one of the most renowned and beloved 007s, is the charming... |
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Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay, & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
Loudon Wainwright, III - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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Loudon Wainwright III, the son of esteemed Life magazine columnist Loudon Wainwright, Jr., is the patriarch of one of America's great musical families. He is the former husband of Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, and father of Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright... |
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Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks
Stephen Davis - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. At 68, she's one of the most glamorous creatures rock has known, and the rare woman who's a real rock 'n' roller.Gold Dust Woman gives "the gold standard of rock biographers"... |
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The Vegas Diaries: Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention
Jory John - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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The number-one New York Times best-selling author returns with this candid, humorous, and captivating memoir chronicling her journey toward reinvention and self-acceptance. When youve come out the other side of the bizarre, twisted world of the Playboy mansion, where do you land? If youre... |
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The Real James Dean: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best
Mr. Peter L. Winkler - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
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In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best--actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women) , photographers, and Hollywood columnists--shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies... |
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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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The Last Black Unicorn
TIFFANY HADDISH - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal... |
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Confessions of a Domestic Failure
Bunmi Laditan - MIRA
Format: Paperback
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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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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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Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Ackroyd - Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Format: Print book
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A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would... |
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Judy and I: My Life with Judy Garland
Sid Luft - Chicago Review Press
Format: Print book
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The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born... |
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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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Just Getting Started
Tony Bennett - Harper
Format: Print book
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At ninety, musician and singer Tony Bennett is as vibrant and productive as ever. In addition to his prodigious musical output, including albums, concerts, and personal appearances, this beloved and enduring artist has written his second book. In 2012's Life Is a Gift, Tony reflected on the lessons... |
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The Reason Youre Alive: A Novel
M Quick - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook
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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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Lou Reed: A Life
Anthony DeCurtis - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou ReedAs lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions... |
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The Angels Will Not Care
John Straley - Soho Crime
Format: Paperback
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Trapped on an Alaskan cruise line, PI Cecil Younger must expose a killer - and fast - or he may just find himself sleeping with the fishes.Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: running surveillance on a chicken coop that's being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly... |
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Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech Youll Never Hear
Carl Hiaasen - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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This is Oh, the Places Youll Never Go--the ultimate hilarious, cynical, but absolutely realistic view of a college graduates future. And what he or she can or cant do about it."This commencement address will never be given, because graduation speakers are supposed to offer encouragement... |
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More Fool Me: A Memoir
Stephen Fry - The Overlook Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me By his early thirties, Stephen Fry -- writer, comedian, star of stage and screen -- had, as they say, "made it." Much loved on British television, author of a critically acclaimed... |
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Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Charlamagne Tha God - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover
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Charlamagne Tha God - the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pissing People Off", cohost of Power 105.1s The Breakfast Club, and "hip-hops Howard Stern" - shares his unlikely success story as well as how embracing ones truths is a fundamental key to success and happiness. In his new book,... |
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Watch Me: A Memoir
Anjelica Huston - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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Following her extraordinary Vanity Fair, evocative The New York Times, magically beautiful The Boston Globe, gorgeously written O, The Oprah Magazine coming-of-age memoir, Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston writes about her relationship with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom,... |
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Candy at Last
Candy Spelling - Turner Pub Co; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The followup to the New York Times bestseller Stories from Candyland has even better stories to tell—about Candy Spelling’s notorious rift and reconciliation with her daughter, Tori, her misadventures in dating and sex, and her new life as a producer, writer, and businesswoman.... |
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Theft by Finding: Diaries
DAVID SEDARIS - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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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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Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
H JON BENJAMIN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure.Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like... |
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Would Everybody Please Stop?: Reflections on Life and Other Bad Ideas
Jenny Allen - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the funniest writers in America." That's what The New Yorker's Andy Borowitz calls Jenny Allen -- and with good reason. In her debut essay collection, the longtime humorist and performer declares no subject too sacred, no boundary impassable.With her eagle eye for the absurd... |
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Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff
Michael Nesmith - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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Michael Nesmiths eclectic, electric life spans his star-making role on The Monkees, his invention of the music video, and his critical contributions to movies, comedy, and the world of virtual reality. . Above all, his is a seekers story, a pilgrimage in search of a set of principles to live... |
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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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I Hate Everyone, Except You
Clinton Kelly - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover
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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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Worth Fighting For: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward
Lisa Niemi Swayze - Atria Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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When Lisa Niemi first exchanged vows with Patrick Swayze, she promised to be with her husband “till death do us part.” But how many couples stop and think about what that truly means? Worth Fighting For is both a candid tribute to a marriage and a celebration of the healing... |
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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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Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story
Steven Curtis Chapman - Flemming H Revell
Format: Print book
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For decades, Steven Curtis Chapman's music and message have brought hope and inspiration to millions around the world. Now, for the first time, Steven openly shares the experiences that have shaped him, his faith, and his music in a life that has included incredible highs and faith-shaking... |
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Himself: A Novel
Jess Kidd - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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"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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Single State of Mind
Andi Dorfman - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Andi Dorfman, breakout star of ABC's The Bachelorette and New York Times bestselling author of It's Not Okay, returns with this new collection of her adventures as a still-single gal surviving and thriving in New York City.Sharing moments like finding her first New York... |
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The Murder of My Aunt
Richard Hull - Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Paperback
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARTIN EDWARDSEdward Powell lives with his Aunt Mildred in the Welsh town of Llwll. His aunt thinks Llwll an idyllic place to live, but Edward loathes the countryside - and thinks the company even worse. In fact, Edward has decided to murder his aunt.A darkly humorous... |
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Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at London's National Theatre
NICHOLAS HYTNER - Knopf
Format: Book
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From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors.
The... |
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The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s
Joseph Egan - Diversion Publishing
Format: Print book
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One of Hollywood's first scandals was nearly its last. 1936 looked like it would be a great year for the movie industry. With the economy picking up after the Great Depression, Americans everywhere were sitting in the dark watching the stars -- and few stars shined as brightly as one of America's... |
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Rich Man, Poor Man: A Memoir
Nick Nolte - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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"I had become an actor because real life was hard for me. Sometimes it was really rough. Acting was different from real life, yet it gave me the chance to search for complex stories that helped me understand and cope with what I encountered away from the stage lights."Legendary... |
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Lightfoot
NICHOLAS JENNINGS - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of Canada's most beloved singer-songwriter, a legendary musician who helped define the folk-pop era.From the tender ballad of "Beautiful" to the historical lament of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" to the plaintive political plea of "Black... |
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Who Is Rich?: A Novel
Matthew Klam - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative and hilarious satire of love, sex, money, and politics in our new gilded age - the long-awaited first novel from the the acclaimed author of Sam the CatEvery summer, a once-sort-of-famous forty-two-year-old cartoonist named Rich Fischer leaves his wife and two kids... |
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You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want
Sarah Knight - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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You Do You is a down-to-earth, irreverent, and no-holds-barred guide to letting go of the weight of others' expectations and doubling down on your dreams to find real, lasting happiness.First, bestselling "anti-guru" Sarah Knight taught you to shed unwanted guilt and obligations... |
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Lacks Self-Control: True Stories I Waited Until My Parents Died to Tell
Roy Sekoff - Big a Books
Format: Hardcover
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If David Sedaris, Chelsea Handler, Larry David, and Caitlin Moran had the unlikeliest orgy in history, the resulting love child might one day write a book like this rollicking collection of true tales from Roy Sekoff, the founding editor of the Huffington Post. Whether he's describing... |
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Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III
Robert Greenfield - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book
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Augustus Owsley Stanley III, better known by his nickname, Bear, was one of the most iconic figures in the cultural revolution that changed both America and the world during the 1960s.Owsley's high octane rocket fuel enabled Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters to put on the Acid Tests. It also... |
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Forgiveness: A Memoir
Chiquis Rivera - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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"I wrote this book not to dismiss a rumor but to share something much more important: my journey to forgiveness." Chiquis Rivera is a singer and the daughter of the late music superstar Jenni Rivera. In Forgiveness, her memoir, Chiquis bravely reveals the abuse she suffered at the hands... |
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George Lucas: A Life
Brian Jay Jones - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of one of the most influential filmmakers ever - George Lucas. On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining, independent science-fiction film opened in a mere 32 American movie theatres. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named... |
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Love Life
Rob Lowe - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Actor, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Rob Lowe offers up a collection of personal stories in an honest and celebratory memoir about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and son, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.Rob Low is back with stories he only tells his best... |
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Todd S. Purdum - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific,... |
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Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3
ROBERT MATZEN - Paladin Communications
Format: Paperback
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This fresh look at Hollywood's "Queen of Screwball," Carole Lombard, presents a first-ever examination of the events that led to the shocking flight mishap that took her life on the side of a Nevada mountain in 1942. It also provides a day-by-day account of the struggles of Lombard's... |
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Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family
Daniel Bergner - Lee Boudreaux Books
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestsellerA New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year As seen on CBS This Morning, NPR's Fresh Air, and People MagazineA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA... |
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Where Am I Now? True Stories Of Girlhood And Accidental Fame
Mara Wilson - Turtleback Books
Format: Print book
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Growing up, I wanted to BE Mara Wilson. "Where Am I Now? " is a delight. Ilana Glazer, cocreator and star of "Broad City" Genuine and authentic, funny and heartbreaking, "Where Am I Now? " reminds you that no matter how unique your life is, some things bind... |
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Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap
Gerrick Kennedy - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the stunning rise, fall, and legacy of N.W.A, one of America's most revered and iconic enduring music groups, who put their stamp on pop culture, black culture, and who changed hip-hop music forever in this comprehensive and authoritative work of music journalism.In 1986, a rap group... |
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir
Patricia Lockwood - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Lessons from the Prairie: The Surprising Secrets to Happiness, Success, and
Melissa Francis - Weinstein Books
Format: Print book
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Melissa Francis was only eight years old when she won the role of a lifetime: playing Cassandra Cooper Ingalls on the world's most famous prime-time soap opera, Little House on the Prairie.Now in Lessons from the Prairie, she shares behind-the-scenes stories from the set, and lessons learned... |
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Behind the Curtain: An Insider's View of Jay Leno's Tonight Show
Dave Berg - Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Jay Leno's Tonight Show comes alive in this book by insider Dave Berg, who spent 18 years as Jay's co-producer. There were always two shows: the one on stage and the one behind the curtain. This narrative weaves both together, featuring the show's most legendary moments, including... |
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Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe
Robert Matzen - Paladin Communications
Format: Print book
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In March 1941, Jimmy Stewart, America's boy next door and recent Academy Award winner, left fame and fortune behind and joined the United States Army Air Corps to fulfill his family mission and serve his country. He rose from private to colonel and participated in 20 often-brutal World... |
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It Takes Two: Our Story
JONATHAN SCOTT - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller! Jonathan and Drew Scott, known for their wildly popular HGTV shows including Property Brothers and Brother vs Brother, follow up their New York Times bestseller, Dream Home, with a highly anticipated memoir. It Takes Two:... |
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Sensing the Rhythm: Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound
Mandy Harvey - Howard Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Mandy Harvey's journey is a reaffirmation of what I told reporters after I won my Academy Award, 'Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.' Mandy will never let deafness silence her, and she has aptly proven that deaf people can do ANYTHING." - Marlee Matlin,... |
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The Men in My Life: A Memoir of Love and Art in 1950s Manhattan
Patricia Bosworth - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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Acclaimed biographer Patricia Bosworth recalls her emotional coming of age in 1950s New York in this profound and powerful memoir, a story of family, marriage, tragedy, Broadway, and art, featuring a rich cast of well-known literary and theatrical figures from the period.From Bosworth - acclaimed... |
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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Annie Spence - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Gen-X librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life.Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. They remove the ones... |
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Go Ask Ali: Half-Baked Advice
Ali Wentworth - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers her hilarious and unique advice on surviving the absurdity of modern life in her third collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Ali Wentworth's first two books, Ali in Wonderland and Happily Ali After, were lauded by readers, critics,... |
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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens
Eddie Izzard - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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Critically acclaimed, award-winning British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard details his childhood, his first performances on the streets of London, his ascent to worldwide success on stage and screen, and his comedy shows which have won over audiences around the world. Over the course of a thirty-year... |
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The Magnolia Story
Chip Gaines - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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National Bestseller--New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's WeeklyAre you ready to see your fixer upper?These famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV's Fixer Upper. As this question fills the airwaves... |
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