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Metropolitan Stories: A Novel

Christine Coulson - Other Press
Format: Paperback

"Only someone who deeply loves and understands the Metropolitan Museum could deliver such madcap, funny, magical, tender, intimate fables and stories." - Maira Kalman, artist and bestselling author of The Principles of Uncertainty From a writer who worked at the Metropolitan...
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But Enough About Me: A Memoir

Burt Reynolds - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

Scandalous, sentimental, frank, and sincere - the ultimate inside account of a television and film icon.Burt Reynolds has been a Hollywood leading man for six decades, known for his legendary performances, sex-symbol status, and storied Hollywood romances. In his long career of stardom,...
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David Copperfield's History of Magic

David Copperfield - Simon & Schuster Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

In this personal journey through a unique and remarkable performing art, David Copperfield profiles twenty-eight of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the 16th-century magistrate who wrote the first book on conjuring to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini,...
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How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

LANE MOORE - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.Lane Moore is best known as an award-winning sex and relationships editor, a comic,...
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Hark

SAM LIPSYTE - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant send-up of our contemporary culture from Sam Lipsyte, the critically acclaimed author of Home Land, centered around an unwitting mindfulness guru and the phenomenon he initiates.In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental collapse, and spiritual...
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Radiant Shimmering Light

SARAH SELECKY - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A nuanced satire--both hilarious and disconcerting--that probes the blurred lines between empowerment, spirituality, and consumerism in our online lives.Lilian Quick is 40, single, and childless, working as a pet portrait artist. She paints the colored light only she can see, but animal...
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Who Is Alex Trebek?: A Biography

Lisa Rogak - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

After a contestant wrote "We love you, Alex!" as his Final Jeopardy! answer, fans around the world quickly chimed in to proclaim their own love and support for beloved Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. In the wake of his devastating cancer diagnosis, the moment provided the perfect...
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Happy People Are Annoying

Josh Peck
Format: Hardcover

A wonderfully candid memoir from one of the most recognizable faces of a generation, actor, writer, Youtuber, and television superstar, Josh Peck. In his warm and inspiring book, Josh reflects on the many stumbles and silver linings of his life and traces a zigzagging path to redemption....
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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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Talk to Me

John Kenney - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

From New Yorker contributor and the Thurber Prize-winning author of Truth in Advertising comes a wry yet tenderhearted look at how one man's public fall from grace leads him back to his family, and back to the man he used to be.It's a story that Ted Grayson has reported time...
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