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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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How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People
D L HUGHLEY - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST"Hilarious yet soul-shaking." - Black Enterprise, a "Must Read Book for 2019"200 years ago, white people told black folks, "'I suggest you pick the cotton if you don't like getting whipped." Today,... |
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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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Buseyisms: Gary Busey's Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
Gary Busey - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Words of wisdom and incredible life stories, told through Gary Busey's unique Buseyisms."What is a Buseyism? I take the letters that spell a word to create a definition for the word in the truth of its deeper, dimensional meaning. I weave in my personal anecdotes along with my musings... |
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Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon
Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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This is the definitive biography of one of the most iconic, complex and enduring legends of Hollywood's golden age, whose major presence in American film, radio, television, stage and theater lasted beyond the second half of the 20th Century, and whose classic films are known throughout... |
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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
PHOEBE ROBINSON - Plume
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens, Phoebe Robinson, comes a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and a world that seems to always be a self-starting Dumpster fire.Wouldn't it be great if life came with instructions?... |
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David Bowie: A Life
DYLAN JONES - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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Dylan Jones's engrossing, magisterial biography of David Bowie is unlike any Bowie story ever written. Drawn from over 180 interviews with friends, rivals, lovers, and collaborators, some of whom have never before spoken about their relationship with Bowie, this oral history weaves a hypnotic... |
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But Enough About Me: A Memoir
Burt Reynolds - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book
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Scandalous, sentimental, frank, and sincere - the ultimate inside account of a television and film icon.Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom,... |
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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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Donald Trump! Activity Book
Adam G. Goodwin - Pavilion
Format: Hardcover
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It would be fair to say that 2018 was quite a year for the Donald, and what better way to commemorate his rise to glory than with The Unofficial Donald Trump Annual 2019. Features include: "Don Loves Vlad" photo story; Lil' Kim's Don't Be a Dotard Game; Despot DataFax;... |
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Talk to Me
John Kenney - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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From New Yorker contributor and the Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth in Advertising comes a wry yet tenderhearted look at how one man's public fall from grace leads him back to his family, and back to the man he used to be.It's a story that Ted Grayson has reported time... |
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I'm Fine...And Other Lies
WHITNEY CUMMINGS - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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Well, well, well. Look at you, ogling my book page. . . . I presume if you're reading this it means you either need more encouragement to buy it, you're very bored in an airport, or we used to date and you're trying to figure out if you should sue me or not. Here are all the stories... |
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Rudy's Rules for Travel: Life Lessons from Around the Globe
Mary K. Jensen - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Most honeymoons, Mary knows, do not start this way. Lying outside on the sloping attic roof in Edinburgh, listening to the soft snores of her groom, she realizes that Rudy's number one rule, "adapt," once again reigns. Rudy's Rules for Travel takes you across the twentieth-century... |
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Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy
Elizabeth Winder - Flatiron Books
Format: Print book
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A city, a movie star, and one magical year.In November of 1954 a young woman dressed plainly in a white oxford, dark sunglasses and a black pageboy wig boards a midnight flight from Los Angeles to New York. As the plane's engines rev she breathes a sigh of relief, lights a cigarette... |
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Roar
Cecelia Ahern - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that blends fables with magical realism--perfect for fans of Roxane Gay.In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with... |
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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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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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Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement: A Year Inside the Optimization Movement
Carl Cederstrom - OR Books
Format: Paperback
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In these pages, the authors of the widely-acclaimed Wellness Syndrome throw themselves headlong into the techniques of self-optimization, a burgeoning movement that seeks to transcend the limits placed on us as mere humans, whether the feebleness of our bodies or our mental incapacities.... |
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Like Brothers
Mark Duplass - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (as seen on The League, Transparent, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique memoir. Whether producing, writing, directing, or acting, the Duplass Brothers... |
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Standing Strong
NOT AVAILABLE. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Real Housewives of New Jersey star and New York Times bestselling author Teresa Giudice opens up about her tumultuous past year in her emotional new memoir Standing Strong.In her second memoir, Teresa chronicles her life since her release from prison and what it's... |
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Tinder Nopes
Holly Dalton - Summersdale
Format: Paperback
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Online dating was invented to make finding a potential match a breeze - you can do it from the comfort of your own home! In your pajamas! But for some people, the instant, no-effort-required nature of online dating (and the fact that you can't get punched in the face for a dodgy chat-up... |
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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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The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
Tessa Fontaine - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Tessa Fontaine's astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery-- through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother.... |
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Supreme Villainy: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Most
King Oblivion - Talos
Format: Paperback
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For eons, King Oblivion, Ph.D., was one of the most ruthless supervillains the world has ever known. As the CEO of the ISS (International Society of Supervillains) for half a century, he was personally responsible for numerous nefarious acts, including Nixon's presidential election,... |
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Unsuccessful Thug
MIKE EPPS - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From Naptown to Tinseltown - legendary stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps finally tells all in this outrageous, hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir.Before starring in Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at the Apollo - before the sold-out comedy shows, Uncle Buck, and becoming his hero Richard... |
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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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Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir
Adam Cayton-Holland - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Inspiring, tragic, and at times heart-rendingly funny." - People Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love letter to every family that has ever felt messy, complicated, or (even momentarily) magnificent.Meet the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands,... |
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Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast
MARC MARON - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"I'm British, so I'm medically dead inside, but even I can't help but open up whenever I talk to Marc. He uses his honesty like a scalpel, cutting himself open in front of anyone he's talking to, and in doing so, invites you to do the same. " -- John Oliver Each week over a million... |
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The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH. - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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As seen on The Daily Show, an illustrated portrait of the Donald J. Trump Twitter account, with analysis and "scholarly" commentary from the writers of The Daily Show and an introduction by Trevor Noah In June 2017, just steps from Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan,... |
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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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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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There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story
Pamela Druckerman - Penguin Press
Format: Book
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The best-selling author of BRINGING UP BB investigates life in her forties, and wonders whether her mind will ever catch up with her face.When Pamela Druckerman turns 40, waiters start calling her "Madame," and she detects a disturbing new message in mens' gazes: I would... |
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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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The Mother of All Questions: Further Reports from the Feminist Revolutions
Rebecca Solnit - Haymarket Books
Format: Print book
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Praise for Men Explain Things to Me:"It's a fraught time to be female in America (or should I say fraught-er) , and Rebecca Solnit's Men Explain Things to Me is the most clarifying, soothing, and socially aware document I've read on the topic this year." - Lena Dunham,... |
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Adjustment Day: A Novel
Chuck Palahniuk - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The author of Fight Club takes America beyond our darkest dreams in this timely satire.People pass the word only to those they trust most: Adjustment Day is coming. They've been reading a mysterious book and memorizing its directives. They are ready for the reckoning.Adjustment Day, the author's... |
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Sick Puppy
Carl Hiaasen - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"From start to finish, SICK PUPPY is a howl." - New York PostAn eco-terrorist with a trust fund, Twilly Spree is tailing a litterbug in a purple Range Rover with plates that read COJONES. Before he knows it, Spree is up to his cojones in corrupt Florida... |
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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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Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
MR DAVID THOMSON - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through... |
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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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McGlue: A Novella
Ottessa Moshfegh - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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The debut novella from one of contemporary fiction's most exciting young voices, now in a new edition.Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of name or situation or orientation--he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. Intolerable... |
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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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Soul Survivor: A Biography of Al Green
Jimmy McDonough - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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With songs like "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You," and "Tired of Being Alone," Al Green is considered by many to be the greatest soul singer of all time. He has sold more than 20 million records, been sampled by countless hip-hop artists, and even... |
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First Time Ever: A Memoir
Peggy Seeger - Faber & Faber Social
Format: Hardcover
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"A quirky, unique, and fabulously memorable memoir." - STARRED Kirkus ReviewsPeggy Seeger is one of folk music's most influential artists and songwriters. Born in New York City in 1935, she enjoyed a childhood steeped in music and left-wing politics - they remain her lifeblood.... |
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Native Tongue
Carl Hiaasen - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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"Rips, zips, hurtles, keeping us turning the pages at breakfinger pace." - New York Times Book ReviewWho let the voles out? The precious, blue-tongued mango voles have been stolen from the Amazing Kingdom theme park on North Key Largo by ruthless thugs who have much bigger-and... |
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Joni: The Anthology
BARNEY HOSKYNS - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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Nine Grammys. More than ten million albums sold. Named one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time by Rolling Stone. Here, for the first time, an essential collection of writings on Joni Mitchell that charts every major moment of the famed troubadour's extraordinary career,... |
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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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Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story
Cara Mentzel - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Voice Lessons is the story of one younger sister growing up in the shadow of a larger-than-life older sister -- looking up to her, wondering how they were alike and how they were different and, ultimately, learning how to live her own life and speak in her own voice on her own terms. As Cara... |
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The Girl on the Balcony: Olivia Hussey Finds Life after Romeo and Juliet
OLIVIA HUSSEY - Kensington
Format: Hardcover
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In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career . . . At only sixteen-years-old,... |
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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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100 Greatest Cult Films
Christopher J Olson - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The term "cult film" is difficult to define, but one thing is certain: A cult film is any movie that has developed a rabid following for one reason or another. From highly influential works of pop art like Eraserhead and Faster,Pussycat! Kill! Kill! to trash masterpieces such... |
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Pretty Mess
ERIKA JAYNE - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she'd just be "another rich bitch with a plane" - so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne.Erika Jayne... |
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Eat Cake. Be Brave.
MELISSA RADKE - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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My name is Melissa Radke, and there is a very real chance you have no idea who I am or why I wrote a book. But admit it, you're curious! Even though millions of people seem to like watching my videos bemoaning the trials of parenting, marriage, French braiding, faith, and living life... |
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Theft by Finding: Diaries
David Sedaris - Back Bay Books
Format: Paperback
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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, BookRiotAn NPR Best Book of 2017An AV Club Favorite Book of 2017A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A Goodreads Choice Awards nomineeDavid Sedaris... |
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101 Things That Piss Me Off
RACHEL BALLINGER - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
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"My old assisstent wrote a book. Preorder it cuz I fired her so now shes poor & I like doing charity 4 peple cuz I a good person" -Miranda SingsMost people might not get angry at someone for going the speed limit. Or for liking coleslaw or cantaloupe. Or for someone not responding... |
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Where's the Dude?: The Great Movie Spotting Challenge
Sharm Murugiah - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, bi-monthly print magazine Little White Lies is the leading indie film magazine. It has been described as being 'at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.'Sharm Murugiah arrived at commercial art in the "best... |
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True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age
CHRISTINE LAHTI - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and director Christine Lahti.For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience... |
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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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Being Professional: A Master Guide to the Do's and Don'ts of Screenwriting
Adam Coplan - Michael Wiese Productions
Format: Paperback
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Being Professional teaches the ABCs of screenwriting from a practical perspective, rather than theoretical or academic. The author highlights the many traps, mistakes, and pitfalls that frequently plague writers of all experience levels and shows them the difference between simply completing... |
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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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Why We Don't Suck: And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches
Denis Leary - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, skewering liberals and conservatives alike with a signature dose of sarcasm and common sense. Denis Leary refutes the current highly partisan Right Wing Nutjob versus Left Wing Snowflake... |
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The Tunnel at the End of the Light: Essays on Movies and Politics
Jim Shepard - Tin House Books
Format: Paperback
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The first book of nonfiction from one of our great fiction writers. A Publishers Weekly Best Essay Collection of FallGiven that most Americans proudly consider themselves non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering... |
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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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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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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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Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front
Mara Altman - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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An honest, funny, neurotic, and totally gross love child of Mindy Kaling and Mary Roach.Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty?... |
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Notes from the Upside Down: An Unofficial Guide to Stranger Things
Guy Adams - Touchstone
Format: Paperback
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Jump inside the world of Stranger Things and discover everything you need to know about the hit TV show.Grab your Eggo waffles and get ready for a visit to Hawkins, Indiana - just don't forget the fairy lights! If you devoured Stranger Things on Netflix and you're looking to fill... |
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Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy
Siva Vaidhyanathan - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would... |
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She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy
Jill Soloway - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series Transparent, a poignant memoir of personal transformation set against the profound cultural upheaval and shifting power dynamics that continue to shape our society.In She Wants It, Jill Soloway takes us on a patriarchy-toppling... |
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The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever
JAMIE WRIGHT - Convergent Books
Format: Paperback
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"The reason you love Jamie (or are about to) is because she says exactly what the rest of us are thinking, but we're too afraid to upset the apple cart. She is a voice for the outlier, and we're famished for what she has to say." --Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling... |
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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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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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Read Between the Lines: From the Diary of a Teenage Mom
JENELLE EVANS - Post Hill Press
Format: Hardcover
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Jenelle Evans shares the raw emotional stories of her youth that helped shape the woman she has become, all drawn from her childhood diary. From her appearances on 16 and Pregnant and then Teen Mom 2, Jenelle Evans's life was put on display for all to see, and all to judge. Everyone... |
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Talking Pictures: How to Watch Movies
Ann Hornaday - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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Whether we are trying to impress a date after an art-house film screening or discussing Oscar nominations with friends, we all need ways to watch and talk about movies. But with so much variety between an Alfred Hitchcock thriller and a Nora Ephron romantic comedy, how can everyday viewers... |
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The Wit & Wisdom of Beer
Emotional Rescue - Studio Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the first swig to the last drop, beer is jolly yummy, and this sozzled collection of retro photos and frightfully funny captions capture everything to love about a pint of giggle water. |
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Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger
CURTIS JOHNATHAN ARMSTRONG - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Risky Business. Revenge of the Nerds. Better Off Dead. Moonlighting. Supernatural. American Dad. New Girl. What do all of these movies and television shows have in common?Curtis Armstrong.A legendary comedic second banana to a litany of major stars, Curtis is forever cemented... |
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The Clothes Make the Girl
Brittany Gibbons - Dey Street Books
Format: Paperback
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A sartorial follow-up to her hilarious memoir in stories, Fat Girl Walking, internet personality Brittany Gibbons once again deep dives into the world of the plus size woman, this time chronicling her love/hate (but mostly hate) relationship with what fashion.From Pinterest boards and Instagram... |
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Now That's Funny!: The Art and Craft of Writing Comedy
Peter Desberg - Square One
Format: Paperback
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There is a feeling of pure delight that comes from laughing out loud while watching a hilarious movie or a TV show. Yet as funny as these lines may be, they are the work of people you will never see. The magic behind any comedy hit begins when an idea is hatched in the mind of a comedy... |
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Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure
Shirley Maclaine - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved and bestselling actress, a book about her experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands - which brings forth memories of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis. This is a terrific companion to the movie, telling the behind-the-scenes, over-the-top story of how the film... |
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In Pieces
Sally Field - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this intimate, haunting literary memoir, an American icon tells her story for the first time, and in her own gorgeous words--about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and a mother.... |
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He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly
CYNTHIA BRIDESON - UNIV PR OF KENTUCKY
Format: Print book
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He sang and danced in the rain, proclaimed New York to be a wonderful town, and convinced a group of Parisian children that they had rhythm. One of the most influential and respected entertainers of Hollywood's golden age, Gene Kelly revolutionized film musicals with his innovative... |
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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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Dark Side of the Moon
Les Wood - Freight Books
Format: Paperback
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Boddice, a crime lord looking over his shoulder for good reason, has assembled an unlikely band of misfit crooks. Their job is to steal a famous diamond worth millions, known as The Dark Side of the Moon. Despite the odds, the crew's self-serving squabbles and their natural incompetence,... |
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Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions
LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Forgive him, Father, for Stephen Colbert has sinned. He knew it was wrong at the time. But he went ahead and did it anyway. Now he's begging for forgiveness. Based on his popular segment from The Late Show, Stephen Colbert and his team of writers now reveal his most shameful... |
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Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures
JOELY FISHER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers backstage, into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero,... |
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
AMY KAUFMAN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's... |
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The Actual One: How I Tried, and Failed, to Avoid Adulthood Forever
Isy Suttie - HarperPerennial
Format: Print book
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A hilarious, razor-sharp debut memoir about the moment when you realize that your friends have all grown up and left you behind, for readers of Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman, Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened, and Kelly Williams Brown's Adulting. Isy Suttie... |
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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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Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy
MICHAEL PERRY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he's learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne."The journey began on a gurney," writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone... |
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Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life
Jonathan Gould - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited, definitive biography of The King of Soul, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Redding's iconic performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as "(Sittin'... |
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Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Franchesca Ramsey - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this sharp, funny, and timely collection of personal essays, veteran video blogger and star of MTV's Decoded Franchesca Ramsey explores race, identity, online activism, and the downfall of real communication in the age of social media rants, trolls, and call-out wars. Franchesca... |
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My Adventures with God
Stephen Tobolowsky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky - who currently appears on The Goldbergs, HBO's Silicon Valley, and Norman Lear's new One Day at a Time, author of The Dangerous Animals Club and The Tobolowsky Files podcast - My Adventures with God... |
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Meddling Kids: A Novel
Edgar Cantero - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Freaky pleasure...it scratches a nostalgic itch for those who grew up on Saturday morning Scooby-Doo cartoons and sugar-bombed breakfast cereal"--USA Today"Deliriously wild, funny and imaginative. Cantero is an original voice."--Charles... |
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The Château: A Novel
Paul Goldberg - Picador
Format: Hardcover
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"We have proverb in Florida...You know why its good to be on beach?". Bill smiles, but says nothing. He wants the guy to keep talking.. "Because on beach you are surrounded by idiots on only three sides.". "And on the remaining side you have what?" asks Bill..... |
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Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing
Jennifer Weiner - Atria Books
Format: Book
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"I'm mad Jennifer Weiner's first book of essays is as wonderful as her fiction. You will love this book and wish she was your friend." - Mindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? "A fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave book. I was spellbound from the first... |
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Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence
AMY ALKON - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
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Amy Alkon presents Unf*ckology, a "science-help" book that knocks the self-help genre on its unscientific ass. You can finally stop fear from being your boss and put an end to your lifelong social suckage. Have you spent your life shrinking from opportunities you were dying to seize... |
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Professor at Large: The Cornell Years
John Cleese - Cornell University Press
Format: Hardcover
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And now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of ivy league professor at Cornell University. His almost twenty years as professor-at-large has led to many talks, essays, and lectures on campus. This... |
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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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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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Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World
Mackenzi Lee - Audible Studios
Format: Hardcover
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Based on Mackenzi Lees popular weekly Twitter series of the same name, Bygone Badass Broads features 52 remarkable and forgotten trailblazing women from all over the world. With tales of heroism and cunning, in-depth bios and witty storytelling, Bygone Badass Broads gives new life to these... |
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know
Retta - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches... |
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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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Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours
Ben Falcone - Dey Street Books
Format: Book
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A funny and intimate look at fatherhood from the actor and writer/director of The Boss and Tammy that combines stories about his own larger-than-life dad and how his experiences raising two daughters with his wife, Melissa McCarthy, who also penned the Foreword, are shaped... |
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You're On an Airplane: A Self-mythologizing Memoir
Parker Posey - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with Parker as your seat companion, perhaps? Parker's irreverent, hilarious, and enchanting memoir gives you the incredible opportunity. Full of personal stories, whimsical how-tos, recipes, and beautiful... |
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You Know You're A Teacher When...
Ms. Lemuela Christina Duskis M.Ed. - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Every teacher knows that teaching is a very unique profession with special and unexpected things that happen on a daily basis. Why not have some fun with it? Open to any page and you have an instant support system. You Know You're A Teacher When... ... nothing aggravates you more than... |
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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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Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life
Chelsea Martin - Soft Skull Press
Format: Paperback
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"For anyone who has ever felt weird or poor or misunderstood or just . . . weird, well, this is the book for you. Martin chronicles her own bizarre upbringing in such a way that the strangeness of it all manages to still feel universal. She recounts everything from her attempt to manifest... |
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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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Sinatra 100
Charles Pignone - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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From his family's vast archives -- a revelatory new pictorial life of the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century On the centennial of his birth, Sinatra 100 -- with the participation of his three children -- is an intimate and dramatic visual portrait of Frank Sinatra, revealing... |
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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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The Book of Barb: A Celebration of Stranger Things' Iconic Wing Woman
Nadia Bailey - Smith Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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For the Barb in all of us - a guidebook for the kind and tragically uncool. While few people were surprised that the Netflix series Stranger Things was a smash hit, no one expected that one of the show's minor characters, the nerdy, faithful underdog Barb, would break the internet.... |
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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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Excuse Me While I Slip into Someone More Comfortable
ERIC POOLE - RosettaBooks
Format: Hardcover
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In the great tradition of David Sedaris, David Rakoff, and Augusten Burroughs, memoirist Eric Poole recounts his quirky childhood years in utterly hilarious and painful detail. In 1977, Eric Poole is a talented high school trumpet player with one working ear, the height-to-weight ratio... |
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So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister
ANNA AKANA - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback
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From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide. In the months that followed, she realized that the one thing helping her process her grief and begin... |
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Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films
Molly Haskell - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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A film-centric portrait of the extraordinarily gifted movie director whose decades-long influence on American popular culture is unprecedented "Everything about me is in my films," Steven Spielberg has said. Taking this as a key to understanding the hugely successful moviemaker,... |
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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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Adulthood for Beginners: All the Life Secrets Nobody Bothered to Tell You
ANDY BOYLE - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback
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"A hilarious guide to help young workers not be idiots....a guide to being an adult in the modern age." --Chicago TribuneStop saying "adulting" -- and other life advice you didn't know you needed. But you do.It's no secret that being a grown-up can be hard. Most... |
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You're Not That Great:
Elan Gale - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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I am addicted to positivity. I am addicted to positivity. I am addicted to positivity.I care more about feeling great than being great.I am NOT THAT GREAT.The self-help industry tells you that if you're positive, if you put your best foot forward and if you just believe in yourself... |
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There Is No F*cking Secret: Letters From a Badass Bitch
KELLY OSBOURNE - PUTNAM
Format: Print book
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People ask Kelly Osbourne all the time: "What's your secret?" Kelly Osbourne may not always have been a typical role model, but no one can say that her perspective isn't hard won after spending three decades in the spotlight: from growing up completely exposed to the heavy... |
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Bucky F*cking Dent: A Novel
David Duchovny - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times bestselling author David Duchovny is backTed Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, is not like other Ivy League grads. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads penned with what he hopes will be the next... |
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