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SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

This inspiring, honest, uproarious collection of essays traces Sebastian Maniscalco's career from playing boxing rings and bowling alleys to reaching the pinnacles of comedy success.At twenty-four, Sebastian Maniscalco arrived in LA with a suitcase and saved up minimum wages. He knew no...
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And So This is Christmas: 51 Seasonally Adjusted Poems

Brian Bilston - Picador
Format: Hardcover

It's that time of year again . . .. With his signature wit, Brian Bilston returns with And So This is Christmas, fifty-one poems in celebration of the festive season: from bizarre family traditions to the office Christmas party; from voting day for turkeys to the impossible art of gift-giving.....
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Pretty Mess

ERIKA JAYNE - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

Without her alter-ego Erika Jayne, Erika Girardi says she'd just be "another rich bitch with a plane" - so get ready for the dishy, tell-all memoir from show-stopping performer, model, singer, and beloved star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne.Erika Jayne...
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Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS

Maria Sherman - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Paperback

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri} This nostalgic, fully-illustrated history of boy bands -- written by culture critic and boy band stan Maria Sherman -- is a must-have for diehard fans of the genre and beyond.The music, the fans, the choreography, the clothes,...
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Opening Wednesday at a Theater Or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s

Charles Taylor - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

"Movie criticism's Dostoyevsky . . . Taylor reveals a national identity forged from the innocence we claim to have lost but never had in the first place." --Steve Erickson, author of ZerovilleWhen we think of '70s cinema, we think of classics like The Godfather,...
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Yes, I Can Say That: When They Come for the Comedians We Are All in Trouble

Judy Gold - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

"No one makes me laugh harder than Judy Gold. If I had to pick one comedian to write a book about free speech, it would be Judy." - Amy SchumerFrom award-winning comedian Judy Gold, an equal parts thoughtful and hilarious polemic on the current efforts to censor comedians, arguing...
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The Captain and the Glory: An Entertainment

Dave Eggers - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A savage satire of the United States in the throes of insanity, this blisteringly funny novel tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster.When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank...
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Dua Lipa

Dua Lipa - Hal Leonard
Format: Paperback

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) . 17 songs from the self-titled album by the 2019 GRAMMY Award winner for Best New Artist, Dua Lipa. Includes: Bad Together * Be the One * Begging * Blow Your Mind (Mwah) * Dreams * Garden * Genesis * Homesick * Hotter Than Hell * IDGAF * Last Dance...
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Americanaland: Where Country & Western Met Rock 'n' Roll

John Milward - University of Illinois Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

With a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward's Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base a hybrid of rock and country,...
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Punk Avenue: Inside the New York City Underground, 1972-1982

Phil Marcade - Three Rooms Press
Format: Paperback

Punk Avenue: The New York City Underground 1972-1982 is an intimate look at author Paris-born Phil Marcade's first ten years in the United States where drifted from Boston to the West Coast and back, before winding up in New York City and becoming immersed in the early punk rock scene....
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