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The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book
Neil Gaiman - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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Neil Gaiman's complete original scripts for the highly anticipated six-episode original series, adapted from the classic novel he wrote with Terry Pratchett.First published nearly thirty years ago, the novel Good Omens has sold more than five million copies worldwide and is beloved by Gaiman... |
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Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon
GREG LAURIE - American Icon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Join Greg Laurie as he takes a cross-country drive in his 1968 Highland Green Ford Mustang 390 GT through the canyons of Malibu, the alleys of Hollywood, the wide and open roads of the Midwest, the streets of New York, as he traces the wooly geography of actor Steve McQueen's life,... |
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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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Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days
Janice Dean - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces.Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know... |
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Cook Like a Local: Flavors That Can Change How You Cook and See the World: A Cookbook
Chris Shepherd - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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Chris Shepherd, James Beard Award-winning chef of Houston's Underbelly Hospitality, is a champion of that city's incredibly diverse immigrant cuisines. In his restaurant, he calls out the names of the cooks--Vietnamese, Korean, Indian, and others - who have inspired him, and in his book,... |
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30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s, and You Can Too
MARINA SHIFRIN - Wednesday Books
Format: Paperback
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A charming, relatable and hilarious collection of essays documenting a young woman's attempt to accomplish thirty life goals before turning thirty.Something was nagging Marina Shifrin. As a freshly minted adult with student loan payments, a barely hospitable New York apartment, a "real"... |
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I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir
Pat O'Brien - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best seller!Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would... |
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Sharon Tate: A Life
Ed Sanders - Da Capo Pr
Format: Print book
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Ed Sanders gave readers their clearest insight yet into the disturbing world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate,... |
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Good luck with that : a novel
Kristan Higgins - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook
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Emerson, Georgia, and Marley have been best friends ever since they met at a weight-loss camp as teens. When Emerson tragically passes away, she leaves one final wish for her best friends: to conquer the fears they still carry as adults. For each of them, that means something different.... |
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One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
Ben Carson - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover
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Dear Reader, In February 2013 I gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Standing a few feet from President Obama, I warned my fellow citizens of the dangers facing our country and called for a return to the principles that made America great.Many Americans heard and responded, but our nation's... |
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Sophia Loren: Movie Star Italian Style
Cindy De La Hoz - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the humblest of beginnings in her native Italy, Sophia Loren would flourish on the world stage as one of the most beautiful and talented actresses the screen has ever known. A prize in a beauty contest at age 16 led to a career that has lasted more than sixty years and performances... |
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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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Then and Now: A Memoir
Barbara Cook - Harpercollins
Format: Print book
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One of the greatest American singers and actresses of her generation looks back on a magical and turbulent life spanning a half century of theatrical history from the golden age of the Broadway musical to the present day.A legend of the American theater, Barbara Cook burst upon the scene... |
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The Clincher: A Horseshoer Mystery (Horseshoer Mystery Series)
Lisa Preston - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover
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The first book in the Horseshoer Mystery series by bestselling novelist Lisa Preston featuring farrier and amateur detective Rainy Dale, for fans of William Kent Kruger and Craig Johnson.. Rainy Dale is The Clincher, a twenty-something high school-dropout turned farrier (horseshoer) who is haunted... |
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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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Chapter and Verse: New Order, Joy Division and Me
Bernard Sumner - Thomas Dunne Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Founding member and guitarist of Joy Division and the lead singer of New Order, Bernard Sumner has been famous over the years for his reticence. Until now . . .An integral part of the Manchester, UK, music scene since the late 1970s, his is the definitive version of the events that created... |
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Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick - Touchstone
Format: Print book
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An "honest, effortlessly funny, and alternatively relatable" (Harper's Bazaar) collection of autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect, and Trolls,... |
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Sorry Not Sorry: Dreams, Mistakes, and Growing Up
Naya Rivera - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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Funny and deeply personal, Sorry Not Sorry recounts Glee star Naya Rivera's successes and missteps, urging young women to pursue their dreams and to refuse to let past mistakes define them.Navigating through youth and young adulthood isn't easy, and in Sorry Not Sorry,... |
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I Said Yes: My Story of Heartbreak, Redemption, and True Love
Emily Maynard - Thomas Nelson, 2016.
Format: Print book
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When her high-profile search for romance led Emily Maynard to dead end after dead end, real love finally found her. Millions know Emily Maynard Johnson from her unprecedented double appearances on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Millions also know that neither of the relationships from... |
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Art Therapy: Aztecs and Mayas: 100 Designs Colouring in and Relaxation
Michel Solliec - Jacqui Small, 2015.
Format: Print book
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The great ancient Aztec and Mayan city-states dominated Central and Southern America before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores in 1519. Today the unique artistry discovered throughout the relics of both these majestic cultures continues to influence and delight many of us.With 100 stunningly... |
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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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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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Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks
Dick Cavett - Henry Holt and Co.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Dick Cavett is back, sharing his reflections and reminiscences about Hollywood legends, American cultural icons, and the absurdities of everyday lifeIn Brief Encounters, the legendary talk show host Dick Cavett introduces us to the fascinating characters who have crossed his path, from... |
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A Girl's Got To Breathe: The Life of Teresa Wright
Donald Spoto - University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The actress Teresa Wright (1918-2005) lived a rich, complex, magnificent life against the backdrop of golden age Hollywood, Broadway and television. There was no indication, from her astonishingly difficult--indeed, horrifying--childhood, of the success that would follow, nor of the universal... |
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Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life
Peter Ackroyd - Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
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A brief yet definitive new biography of one of film's greatest legends: perfect for readers who want to know more about the iconic star but who don't want to commit to a lengthy work.He was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognizable of Hollywood faces,... |
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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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I Am Haunted
Zak Bagans - Victory Belt Publishing
Format: Paperback
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He has bought a demon house in Indiana that has been described as a "portal to hell," summoned the devil at the Hellfire Club in Ireland, and been attacked by a possessed doll in Mexico. But sometimes its his interactions with the living that rattle him the most, from innocent... |
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She Made Me Laugh: My Friend Nora Ephron
Richard Cohen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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Nora Ephron, one of the most famous writers, film makers, and personalities of her time is captured by her long-time and dear friend in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.Nora Ephron (1941-2012) was a phenomenal personality, journalist,... |
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Funny Man: Mel Brooks
Patrick McGilligan - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches life and triumphant career in television, films, and theater, from Patrick McGilligan, the acclaimed author of Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane and Alfred... |
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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hidden Treasures
Adrian Besley - Harry N Abrams
Format: Print book
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This is the story of Monty Python, one the most popular and influential forces in modern comedy - and of their TV show - told in words and images. This celebratory book includes 22 removable facsimiles of rare memorabilia from their official archives, including hand-scribbled scripts, cue sheets,... |
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Calypso
David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company
Format: eBook
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David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina... |
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The Art of Being Bill: Bill Murray and the Many Faces of Awesome
EZRA RAISER JENNIFER CROFT - Race Point Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The Art of Being Bill is the first illustrated collection of Bill Murray, highlighting the star like you've never seen him before: Bill Murray at The Last Supper, Bill Murray as an Indian god, Bill Murray as a knight, Bill Murray as Superman, and nearly 150 other fitting tributes... |
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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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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
Fred Rogers Productions - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover
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A visual celebration of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, America's most beloved children's television show, including a foreword by Tom Hanks and a peek at the making of the feature film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, in theaters Thanksgiving weekend. Go behind the scenes... |
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A Carlin Home Companion: Growing Up with George
Kelly Carlin - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Truly the voice of a generation, George Carlin gave the world some of the most hysterical and iconic comedy routines of the last fifty years. From the "Seven Dirty Words" to "A Place for My Stuff," to "Religion is Bullshit," he perfected the art of making audiences... |
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
Mo Rocca - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From popular TV correspondent and writer Mo Rocca, a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators... |
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I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me To America's #1 Daytime Drama
Eric Braeden - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past... |
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Stand Up Straight and Sing!
Jessye Norman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format: Print book
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One of America's most admired and decorated artists tells her amazing story, from her childhood in the South to the world's greatest stages.Jessye Norman is not only one of the world's most admired and beloved singers, she is an American icon whose life story is as moving and dramatic... |
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Tango Lessons: A Memoir
MEGHAN FLAHERTY - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut memoir about a young woman learning to dance tango, becoming comfortable in her own skin and in the arms of others Tango was an unlikely choice for Meghan Flaherty. A young woman living with the scars of past trauma, she was terrified of being... |
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101 Magic Tricks: Any Time. Any Place. - Step by step instructions to engage, challenge, and entertain At Home, In the Street, At School, In the Office, At a Party
Bryan Miles - Quarry Books
Format: Print book
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Learn 101 simple magic tricks to astonish and amaze!Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Step right up and try not one, not two, not three, but 101 Magic Tricks! Astonish and amaze everyone you know with easy-to-master tricks and illusions. Learn classic sleight of hand techniques that... |
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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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Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories: Foreword by Alice Waters
Fanny Singer - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A cookbook and culinary memoir about growing up as the daughter of revered chef/restaurateur Alice Waters: a story of food, family, and the need for beauty in all aspects of life.In this extraordinarily intimate portrait of her mother--and herself--Fanny Singer, daughter of food icon and activist... |
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Frank & Ava: In Love and War
John Brady - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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"If I had to go back in Hollywood history and name two people who were most desperately and passionately in love with each other, I would say Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were It." -- Liz Smith.It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell... |
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Cosby: His Life and Times
Mark Whitaker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy.. Far from the gentle... |
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Ava Gardner: A Life in Movies
Kendra Bean - Running Press
Format: Hardcover
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Still renowned for her sultry screen performances, down-to- earth personality, and famed lifelong love affair with Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner left an indelible mark on Hollywood history and led a life as adventurous as any film script.Ava is an illustrated tribute to a legendary life. Authors... |
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I'm Just a Person
Tig Notaro - Ecco
Format: Print book
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One of America's most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother... |
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The DIY Filmmaker: Life Lessons for Surviving Outside Hollywood
Paul Peditto - Self-Counsel Press
Format: Paperback
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The world has opened up for anyone to produce a video that can be seen anywhere and anytime. But how do you make an excellent production on an affordable budget? Two experienced filmmakers guide you through the process of planning, creating and distributing your video to the widest audience... |
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Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Marina Abramovic - Crown
Format: Print book
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"I had experienced absolute freedom - I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn't matter, that nothing mattered at all - and it intoxicated me."In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramovi's MoMA retrospective for the chance... |
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The Art of Tattoo: A Tattoo Artist's Inspirations, Designs, and Hard-Won Advice
Megan Massacre - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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Tattoo artist Megan Massacre presents a beautiful collection of her best work, with instructive how-to and inspiration for both professional tattoo artists as well as tattoo aficionados. With a personal behind-the-scenes peek into the making of a tattoo, from concept to execution, plus... |
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Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir
George Clinton - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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The long-awaited memoir from one of the greatest bandleaders, hit makers, and most influential pop artists of our time—known for over forty R&B hit singles—George Clinton of Parliament-Funkadelic.George Clinton began his musical career in New Jersey, where his obsession with... |
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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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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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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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Daily show - the book : an oral history
Chris Smith - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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The complete, uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host. For almost seventeen years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political... |
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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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I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
Robert Wagner - Viking
Format: Book
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Film and television actor and New York Times bestselling author Robert Wagner's memoir of the great women movie stars he has known.
In a career that has spanned more than sixty years Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise... |
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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 Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty
J Randy Taraborrelli - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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THE HILTONS is a sweeping saga of the success-and excess-of an iconic American family. Demanding and enigmatic, patriarch Conrad Hilton's visionary ideas and unyielding will established the model for the modern luxury hotel industry. But outside the boardroom, Conrad struggled with... |
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Where's Ringo?: Find Him in 20 Pieces of Beatles-Inspired Art
Andrew Grant Jackson - Thunder Bay Press
Format: Print book
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Eccentric and easily recognizable, Ringo Starr is often the least-credited of the four Beatles. Now he gets his due as an entire book devotes time to picking him out. Twenty Beatle-themed illustrations by artist David Ryan Robinson show the Beatles and their comrades in iconic scenes from... |
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Alfred Hitchcock : the man who knew too much
Michael Wood - New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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Widely regarded as the greatest filmmaker of the twentieth century, Alfred Hitchcock had a gift for creating suspense and a shrewd knowledge of human psychology. His film career, spanning more than half a century, is studded with classics from The 39 Steps to Psycho, North by Northwest... |
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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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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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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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Florence Foster Jenkins: The Life of the World's Worst Opera Singer
Darryl W. Bullock - Overlook Press
Format: Print book
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Finally, a biography of Florence Foster Jenkins, considered the world's worst opera singer, soon to be portrayed by Meryl Streep in the forthcoming film."Probably the most complete and absolute lack of talent ever publicly displayed." -- Life MagazineMadame Jenkins couldn't carry... |
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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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Daft Punk: A Trip Inside the Pyramid
Dina Santorelli - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Daft Punk, the legendary electronic music duo from France, is currently the hottest band in the world. In May 2013, Random Access Memories debuted at #1 on the charts in over 97 countries--including the U.S., Mexico, France, the UK, Japan, Australia, and many more. But Daft Punk's fame... |
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Bret Easton Ellis - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at once an example, definition, and defense of what "freedom of speech" truly means.Bret... |
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Set the Boy Free: The Autobiography
Johnny Marr - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The Smiths.An artist who helped define a period in popular culture, Johnny Marr tells his story in a memoir as vivid and arresting as his music. The Smiths, the band with the signature sound he cofounded,... |
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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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Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child
Bert Kreischer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A collection of outrageous stories by the standup comic, TV host, and inspiration for the movie National Lampoons Van WilderBert Kreischer doesnt know how to say no. If he did, he wouldnt have gotten himself mixed up with a group of Russian mobsters on a class trip to Moscow, earning him his nickname... |
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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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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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Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir
Terry Gilliam - HarperDesign,
Format: Print book
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The screenwriter, innovative animator, highly acclaimed visionary film director, and only non-British member of Monty Python offers an intimate glimpse into his world in this fascinating memoir illustrated with hand-drawn sketches, notes, and memorabilia from his personal archive.From his no-frills... |
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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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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
Amy Kaufman - Dutton
Format: Paperback
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*A New York Times Bestseller*The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasure.For sixteen years and thirty-six seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since... |
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A Fine Romance
Candice Bergen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In the follow-up to Knock Wood - her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography" (The New York Times) - Candice Bergen shares the big events: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, falling... |
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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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Elvis Style: From Zoot Suits to Jumpsuits
Zoey Goto - Libri Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Elvis Style: From Zoot Suits to Jumpsuits celebrates the innovative style-world of Elvis Presley - the man who singlehandedly changed the way that America, and much of the world beyond, dressed. The comprehensive, full colour book highlights not only the impact that Elvis made during his lifetime,... |
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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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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 Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success
Al Roker - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Dick Van Dyke's Keep Moving and Dan Rather's Rather Outspoken, Today co-anchor Al Roker presents a humorous collection of essays based on lessons for living a happy life and achieving success through the power of saying "yes!"From America's favorite... |
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Wilde's Women: How Oscar Wilde Was Shaped by the Women of His Life
Eleanor Fitzsimons - Overlook Duckworth
Format: Print book
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A fresh, revealing, and entertaining account of the most notorious figure of his age and the women who inspired him.Oscar Wilde famously insisted that "there should be no law for anybody," and his devotion to personal liberty made him a staunch defender of gender equality. Women... |
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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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Natalie Wood
Manoah Bowman - Running Press
Format: Print book
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In the 1950s and '60s, there was no star that shone brighter than Natalie Wood. As a child actor who smoothly transitioned to adult roles, Natalie made an unforgettable impact on the world with her sensitive performances and her spectacular beauty. In a span of less than twenty years, her talent... |
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William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come
James Curtis - Pantheon Books, 2015.
Format: Print book
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He was the consummate designer of film architecture on a grand scale, influenced by German expressionism and the work of the great European directors. He was known for his visual flair and timeless innovation, a man who meticulously preplanned the color and design of each film through a series... |
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Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies
Owen Gleiberman - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Entertainment Weeklys controversial critic of more than two decades looks back at a life told through the films he loved and loathed. Owen Gleiberman has spent his life watching movies-first at the drive-in, where his parents took him to see wildly inappropriate adult fare like Rosemarys... |
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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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Gunner Stahl: Portraits
Gunner Stahl - Abrams Image
Format: Hardcover
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Intimate pictures of the top artists in rap music from one of the most influential and culturally relevant photographers of his generation Despite only being 26 years old, photographer Gunner Stahl has captured shots of some of the world's most famous rappers including Drake, Migos,... |
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Naturally Tan: A Memoir
Tan France - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation Queer Eye, Tan France's memoir Naturally Tan has his signature wit, style, and tells the origin story of the one of the few openly gay, South Asian men on television. In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France... |
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Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: A Cookbook
Rachael Ray - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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America's favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring 125 all-new recipes. "No matter the recipe, each of us changes a dish by our own preparation of it. It's the same with stories - once you put them... |
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Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived
Simon Callow - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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Simon Callow, the celebrated author of Orson Welles, delivers a dazzling, swift, and accessible biography of the musical titan Richard Wagner and his profoundly problematic legacy--a fresh take for seasoned acolytes and the perfect introduction for new fans.Richard Wagner's music... |
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Dancing with Myself
Billy Idol - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, Ive put it all down, every bit from the heart.Im going out on a limb here, so watch my back. Billy Idol An early... |
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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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Stand by Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life!
Rickey Smiley - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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"I'm very passionate about everything that I do and I don't play any games. I just keep it honest. I don't put on airs. That's the only way you can be. If you tell one lie, you've got to tell another lie. I'm cool with who I am. What you see is what you get."Stand-up... |
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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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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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American Princess: The Love Story of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
LESLIE CARROLL - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Paperback
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A behind-the-scenes look into the life of Meghan Markle and her romance with Prince Harry - a dishy, delightful must-read filled with exclusive insights for anyone obsessed with the Royal Family.Leslie Carroll's books on royalty are "an irresistible combination of People Magazine... |
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Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame
Mara Wilson - Penguin 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 us all together."... |
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Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker
Stephen Galloway - Harmony Books
Format: Book
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The definitive biography of movie executive and philanthropist Sherry Lansing traces her groundbreaking journey to become the first female head of a major motion picture studio, shares behind-the-scenes tales from movie sets and Hollywood boardrooms, and explains what inspired her to walk... |
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Horror Stories: A Memoir
Liz Phair - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter behind the groundbreaking album Exile in Guyville comes a haunting memoir in stories in the tradition of Patti Smith's M Train It's hard to tell the truth about ourselves. It opens us up to being judged and rejected.... |
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I Am Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson - Atria / 37 Ink
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited memoir of seven-time Grammy-nominated artist Charlie Wilson, the iconic R&B and Funk singer-songwriter-producer - interwoven with his recollections of collaborating with fellow artists such as Stevie Wonder, the Rolling Stones, and Snoop Dogg.Recognized the world over... |
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Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again
Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book
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Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country music artist, Brad Paisley. But behind the scenes, Kim was dealing with a tragic secret:... |
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I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People
Jenny Mollen - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Best Seller!By the actress, writer, and one of the funniest women on Twitter, an outrageous, hysterical memoir of acting on impulse, plotting elaborate hoaxes, and refusing to acknowledge boundaries in any formJenny Mollen is an actress and writer living in Los Angeles.... |
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Falling into the Mob
Steve Zousmer - The Permanent Press
Format: Print book
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At fifty-nine, facing a dull and lonely future, Phillip Vail yearns for a way to put vigor and purpose into his remaining years. Then he finds the Mafia.While riding a commuter train, enjoying a chat with a younger woman sitting next to him, he encounters three violent drunks. Phil is powerless... |
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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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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
Gabourey Sidibe - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir - wise, complex, smart, funny - a version of the American experience different from anything we've read Gabourey Sidibe - "Gabby" to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international... |
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Outlaws, Rebels, & Vixens: Motion Picture Censorship in Milwaukee, 1914-1971
Matthew J Prigge - Conway Street Press
Format: Print book
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For nearly 60 years, the Milwaukee Motion Picture Commission (MMPC) had the last word on what was suitable for exhibition at local movie theaters. Born of the high ideals of the Progressive Era, the MMPC evolved into one of the nation's strictest censor boards, and kept hundreds of scenes... |
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Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living
Paul Collins - New Harvest; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Looming large in the popular imagination as a serious poet and lively drunk who died in penury, Edgar Allan Poe was also the most celebrated and notorious writer of his day. He died broke and alone at the age of forty, but not before he had written some of the greatest works in the English... |
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My Voice: A Memoir
Angie Martinez - Celebra
Format: Print book
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Radio icon Angie Martinez is "The Voice of New York." Now that voice speaks out about her experiences at the helm of the #1 radio show in the country and her unlikely path to the heart of hip-hop music. In her twenty years behind the mic at New York City's two biggest hip-hop... |
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Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me)
GARY JANETTI - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Instant New York Times Bestseller"From "Family Guy" to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generations greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception." -- The New York TimesFans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey ... meet... |
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It Gets Worse: A Collection of Essays
Shane Dawson - Atria/Keywords Press
Format: Paperback
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THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author, director, actor, and YouTube superstar Shane Dawson returns with another highly entertaining and uproariously funny essay collection, chronicling a mix of real life moments both extraordinary and mortifying, yet always... |
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Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd: Dark Globe
Julian Palacios - Plexus Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Syd Barrett was an art-school student when he founded Pink Floyd, with whom he served as vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter in the original line-up. Famous before his twentieth birthday, Barrett led the charge of psychedelia onstage at London's famed UFO club and his acid-inspired... |
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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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I've Got This Round: More Tales of Debauchery
Mamrie Hart - Plume
Format: Hardcover
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Hilarious, candid, and full of shenanigans, YouTube sensation Mamrie Hart is back with more adventures. When Mamrie simultaneously enters her 30s and finds herself single for the first time since college, the world is suddenly full of possibilities. Emboldened by the cool confidence... |
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Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture
KEN JENNINGS - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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From the brilliantly witty and exuberant New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings, a history of humor - from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets all the way up to the latest Twitter gags and Facebook memes - that tells the story of how comedy came to rule the modern world.For... |
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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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I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution
Emily Nussbaum - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. From her creation of the first "Approval Matrix" in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer... |
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Beastie Boys Book
Adam Horovitz - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST... |
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Sleeping with Strangers: How the Movies Shaped Desire
David Thomson - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the celebrated film critic and author of The Biographical Dictionary of Film, an original, seductive account of sexuality in the movies and of how actors and actresses on screen have fed our desire.Film can make us want things we can not have. But, while sometimes rapturous,... |
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Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales
Ali Wentworth - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The actress, comedian, media darling, and New York Times bestselling author picks up where she left off in Ali in Wonderland, dissecting modern life - and this time, on a mission of self-improvement - in a series of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.Moved by a particularly inspirational tweet... |
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