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Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front

Mara Altman - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

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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Adjustment Day: A Novel

Chuck Palahniuk - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

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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Sharon Tate: A Life

Ed Sanders - Da Capo Pr
Format: Print book

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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Grace Notes: My Recollections

Katey Sagal - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

Gripping, singular, and gorgeously reflective, Grace Notes is a memoir told in essays by beloved actress, Hollywood veteran, and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal - perfect for fans of Mary Louise Parker's Dear Mr. You and Patti Smith's M Train.Popular and award-winning...
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Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers

Leslie Bennetts - Little
Format: Print book

The definitive book about Joan Rivers' tumultuous, victorious, tragic, hilarious, and fascinating life.Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life...
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Go Ask Ali: Half-Baked Advice

Ali Wentworth - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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 Golden House

Salman Rushdie - Random House Publishing Group
Format: NOOK Book(eBook)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A modern American epic set against the panorama of contemporary politics and culture - a hurtling, page-turning mystery that is equal parts The Great Gatsby and The Bonfire of the Vanities On the day of Barack Obama's inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from...
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You'll Grow Out of It

Jessi Klein - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

PEOPLE'S BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR! ONE OF NEW YORK TIMES' NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2016!INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!YOU'LL GROW OUT OF IT hilariously, and candidly, explores the journey of the twenty-first century woman. As both a tomboy and a late bloomer,...
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My Broken Pieces: Mending the Wounds From Sexual Abuse Through Faith, Family and Love

Rosie Rivera - New American Library, 2015.
Format: Print book

The sister of "La Diva de la Banda" - legendary Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera - opens up for the first time about Jenni's untimely death and her own triumph over abuse and addiction.Growing up as the youngest Rivera, Rosie was surrounded by unconditional love, support,...
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Stephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions

LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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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In Pieces

Sally Field - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

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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Antiques Roadshow: 40 Years of Great Finds

Paul Atterbury - Harper360
Format: Hardcover

A collection of the timeless, the priceless and the unforgettable, this beautiful compendium accompanies the beloved BBC One TV series. Antiques Roadshow has graced our screens for forty years and has become one of the nation's most beloved television programmes and a national institution....
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Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson's Last Days

Tavis Smiley - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's deathMichael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially...
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Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure

Shirley Maclaine - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Being a Dad Is Weird: Lessons in Fatherhood from My Family to Yours

Ben Falcone - Dey Street Books
Format: Book

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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Elizabeth and Michael: The Queen of Hollywood and the King of PopA Love Story

Donald Bogle - Atria Books
Format: Print book

One of the country's leading authorities on popular entertainment presents an eye-opening and unique biography of two larger-than-life legends - Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson - and their unlikely yet enduring friendship.From the moment Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson met, they...
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Paul Simon: The Life

Robert Hilburn - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A publishing event from music legend Paul Simon: an intimate, candid, and definitive biography written with Simon's participation - but without editorial control - by acclaimed biographer and music writer Robert Hilburn.Through such hits as "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge...
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Lose Well

Chris Gethard - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

A laugh-out-loud, kick-in-the-pants self-help narrative for anyone who ever felt like they didn't fit in or couldn't catch a break - comedian and cult hero Chris Gethard shows us how to get over our fear of failure and start living life on our own terms.Let's face it: we all want a seat...
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Roar

Cecelia Ahern - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of P.S., I Love You, a fiercely feminist story collection that blends fables with magical realism--perfect for fans of Roxane Gay.In this singular and imaginative story collection, Cecelia Ahern illuminates the myriad ways in which women overcome adversity with...
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When You Find Out the World Is Against You: And Other Funny Memories About Awful Moments

Kelly Oxford - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

The author of the New York Times bestseller Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar returns with a deeper and even funnier new collection of essays about the pleasures and perils of living in Kelly Oxford's head. Kelly Oxford likes to blow up the internet. Whether it is with the kind of Tweets...
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Standing Strong

NOT AVAILABLE. - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure

AMY KAUFMAN - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

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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Who Wants to Be Me?

Regis Philbin - Hyperion; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Regis Philbin seems to have it all. He's the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the most popular game show in television history. He already has a large fan base from his daytime talk show, Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee. Thanks to these successes, he now has his own fashion line....
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Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy

Mike Love - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book

The New York Times BestsellerMike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations."...
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Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep

Michael Schulman - Harper
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep - the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for nineteen Oscars and winner of three - that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling...
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Sinatra 100

Charles Pignone - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

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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Malagash

JOEY COMEAU - ECW Press
Format: Paperback

A precisely crafted, darkly humorous portrait of a family in mourning Sunday's father is dying of cancer. They've come home to Malagash, on the north shore of Nova Scotia, so he can die where he grew up. Her mother and her brother are both devastated. But devastated isn't good enough. Devastated...
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Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films

Molly Haskell - Yale University Press
Format: Print book

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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Mustache Shenanigans: Making Super Troopers and Other Adventures in Comedy

Jay Chandrasekhar - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

Director, writer, and actor Jay Chandrasekhar tells the hilarious history of his comedy group, Broken Lizard, and the making of the cult film Super Troopers, as well as the currently filming Super Troopers 2.Jay Chandrasekhar has spent the past two decades writing, directing,...
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True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age

CHRISTINE LAHTI - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

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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Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures

JOELY FISHER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

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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The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All Over the Place: The Art of Being Messy

Jennifer McCartney - Countryman Press
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller that's "LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY" (Elle Dcor) and "SPOT-ON ... with a healthy amount of cursing" (POPSUGAR) The anti-clutter...
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Single State of Mind

Andi Dorfman - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Be

Mchale Joel. - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

From actor and comedian Joel McHale comes the most important celebrity-penned book of this, or any, generation. Part shocking tell-all memoir, part aspirational how-to guide, and mostly all book, this one-of-a-kind tome is required reading for anyone who enjoys Hollywood gossip, get-rich-gradually...
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Al Franken, giant of the Senate

Al Franken - Twelve

The Harvard-educated comedian, talk-show host, and U.S. Senator chronicles the story of his unlikely senatorial campaign, detailing the ensuing months-long recount and what his service has taught him about America's deeply polarized political culture."From the #1 bestselling author--a...
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If You Left

Ashley Prentice Norton - Mariner Books
Format: Print book

A seductive novel about a privileged but damaged Manhattan wife whose main source of stability - her marriage - comes under threat, from forces both without and within. For most of their marriage, Althea has fluctuated between extreme depressive and manic states - what she calls "the...
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Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days

Janice Dean - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Fox & Friends meteorologist Janice Dean explains how she purposefully finds the silver lining in every cloud, no matter what challenge she faces.Janice is well-known for the infectious joy she brings to segments on Fox & Friends, no matter the weather. Yet many of her fans know...
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

Todd S. Purdum - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific,...
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Cheech Is Not My Real Name: ...But Don't Call Me Chong

Cheech Marin - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir from a counterculture legend.
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Ian McKellen: A Biography

Garry O'Connor - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of Sir Ian McKellen from an acclaimed biographer In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new audience,...
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I Know What I'm Doing -- and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction

Jen Kirkman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman delivers a hilarious, candid memoir about marriage, divorce, sex, turning forty, and still not quite having life figured out.Jen Kirkman wants to be the voice in your head that says, Hey, you're okay. Even if you sometimes...
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe: A Novel

Heather Webber - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover

"Listeners will be transported to the small Southern town of Wicklow by the drawls and laid-back pacing of the narrators.... This is a beautiful story of family, love, and forgiveness." (AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner) Heather Webbers Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe...
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Once a Crooked Man: A Novel

David McCallum - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

"Darkly comedic." -- New York Post. Crime pays. And pays well.. Sal, Max, and Enzo Bruschetti have proved this over a lifetime of nefarious activity that they have kept hidden from law enforcement. Now, however, Max has a problem. His doctor has told him to take it easy, and so Max has decided...
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A Life in Parts

Bryan Cranston - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook

A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven,...
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Little (Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction)

Edward Carey - Thorndike Press Large Print
Format: Library Binding

The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents,...

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Marilyn Monroe: The Private Life of a Public Icon

Charles Casillo - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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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The Kardashians: An American Drama

JERRY OPPENHEIMER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich comes a blockbuster unauthorized biography of one of the most famous and ubiquitous family dynasties in contemporary culture: The Kardashians. Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have...
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Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution

Tucker Carlson - Free Press
Format: Hardcover

The popular FOX News star of Tucker Carlson Tonight offers his signature fearless and funny political commentary on how America's ruling class has failed everyday Americans."You look on in horror, helpless and desperate. You have nowhere to go. You're trapped on a ship of fools."...
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Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night

Jason Zinoman - Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman delivers the definitive story of the life and artistic legacy of David Letterman, the greatest television talk show host of all time and the signature comedic voice of a generation.In a career spanning more than thirty years, David Letterman redefined...
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You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump

ALEC BALDWIN - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Political satire as deeper truth: Donald Trump's presidential memoir, as recorded by two world-renowned Trump scholars, and experts on greatness generally "I have the best words, beautiful words, as everybody has been talking and talking about for a long time. Also? The best sentences...
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I Hate Everyone, Except You

Clinton Kelly - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover

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

Paul Morley - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

Author and industry insider Paul Morley explores the musical and cultural legacies left behind by "The Man Who Fell to Earth."Respected arts commentator and author Paul Morley, an artistic advisor to the curators of the highly successful retrospective exhibition David Bowie...
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My Girls

TODD FISHER - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

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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NBA 2K17 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4

- Take 2 Interactive
Format: Video Game

Following the record-breaking launch of NBA 2K16, the NBA 2K franchise continues to stake its claim as the most authentic sports video game with NBA 2K17. As the franchise that "all sports video games should aspire to be" (GamesRadar), NBA 2K17 will take the game to new heights...
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man

William Shatner - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book

Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television...
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A Little Thing Called Life : From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn and Songs in Between.

Linda Thompson - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with two of the most celebrated, yet enigmatic, modern American superstars - Elvis Presley and Bruce Jenner.For the last forty years, award-winning songwriter...
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The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing

Gavin Edwards - Random House
Format: Print book

"Reading The Tao of Bill Murray is like spending time with Bill, but probably safer." - Danny Rubin, screenwriter of Groundhog DayThis collection of the most epic, hilarious, and strange Bill Murray stories, many of which have never before been reported, spotlights...
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How the Hell Did This Happen?: The Election of 2016

P. J. O'Rourke - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover

This election cycle was so absurd that celebrated political satirist, journalist, and die-hard Republican P. J. O'Rourke endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. As P.J. put it, "America is experiencing the most severe outbreak of mass psychosis since the Salem witch trials of 1692....
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Do You Mind If I Cancel?: (Things That Still Annoy Me)

GARY JANETTI - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Undeniably Indiana: Hoosiers Tell the Story of Their Wacky and Wonderful State

Indiana University. Press - Quarry Books
Format: Print book

In this first crowdsourced book about Indiana, ordinary Hoosiers from all corners of the state share the eclectic, wonderful, and sometimes wacky stories that are undeniably Indiana. These true tales highlight the variety of Hoosier life -- fond recollections of hometowns, legendary anecdotes...
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Disney's Land: Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World

Richard Snow - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A propulsive history chronicling the conception and creation of Disneyland, the masterpiece California theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow.One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, California, and imagined...
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The Book Charmer: A Novel

Karen Hawkins - Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audiobook

The New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular MacLean Curse series crafts a charming and evocative story about a picturesque Southern town, two fiercely independent women, and a magical friendship that will change their lives forever.The residents of Dove Pond, North Carolina,...
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Always a Bridesmaid (for Hire)

Jen Glantz - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Sloane Crosley, Mindy Kaling, and Katie Heaney, a hilarious and insightful memoir about one New York City millennials journey to find herself, her dream career, and true love, all while juggling a truly unique job as the worlds only professional bridesmaid. After moving...
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Si-renity: How I Stay Calm and Keep the Faith

Si Robertson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

America's favorite uncle and bestselling author of Si-cology 1, Duck Dynasty's Si Robertson, opens up about how his faith has brought him peace and serenity throughout his many not-so-peaceful adventures.Si Robertson has gone from chief duck call maker to beloved star of A&E's...
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Ian Haydn Smith - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history.This...
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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

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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My Squirrel Days

ELLIE KEMPER - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious and uplifting collection of essays about one pale woman's journey from Midwestern naf to Hollywood semi-celebrity to outrageously reasonable New Yorker.There comes a time in every...
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Calypso

David Sedaris - Little, Brown and Company
Format: eBook

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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Why We Don't Suck: And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches

Denis Leary - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

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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Spooked: How the CIA Manipulates the Media and Hoodwinks Hollywood

Nicholas Schou - Hot Books
Format: Print book

The American people depend on a free press to keep a close and impartial watch on the national security operations that are carried out in our name. But in many cases, this trust is sadly misplaced, as leading journalists are seduced and manipulated by the secretive agencies they cover.While...
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Barbra Streisand: Redefining Beauty, Femininity, and Power

Neal Gabler - Yale University Press 2016.
Format: Print book

Barbra Streisand has been called the "most successful...talented performer of her generation" by Vanity Fair, and her voice, said pianist Glenn Gould, is "one of the natural wonders of the age." Streisand scaled the heights of entertainment - from a popular vocalist...
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Based on a true story

Norm Macdonald - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book

Wild, dangerous, and flat-out unbelievable, here is the incredible memoir of the actor, gambler, raconteur, SNL veteran, and one of the best stand-up comedians of all time. As this book's title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life - more or less - from his origins on a farm...
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Room to Dream

DAVID LYNCH - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary, highly anticipated memoir from visionary filmmaker David Lynch In this memoir, David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and writer and director of groundbreaking films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, opens...
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The Eternal Party: Understanding My Dad, Larry Hagman, the TV Star America Loved to Hate

Kristina Hagman - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book

When you have a very famous father, like mine, everyone thinks they know him. My dad, Larry Hagman, portrayed the storied, ruthless oilman J.R. on the TV series Dallas. He was the man everyone loved to hate, but he had a personal reputation for being a nice guy who fully subscribed...
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Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon

Marc Eliot - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

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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Sprinkle Glitter on My Grave: Observations, Rants, and Other Uplifting Thoughts About Life

Jill Kargman - Ballantine
Format: Book

The star of Bravo's breakout scripted comedy Odd Mom Out shares her razor-sharp wit and backhanded wisdom in a deeply observed and outrageously funny collection of musings, lists, essays, and outrages. From her unique lingo (things don't simply frighten her, they "M....

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