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Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee

Daryl J Maeda - NYU Press
Format: Hardcover

Highlights Bruce Lee's influence beyond martial arts and filmAn Asian and Asian American icon of unimaginable stature and influence, Bruce Lee revolutionized the martial arts by combining influences drawn from around the world. Uncommonly determined, physically gifted, and artistically...
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She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

Sarah Smarsh - Scribner
Format: Paperback

Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities - and strengths - of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard...
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Stories I Might Regret Telling You: A Memoir

Martha Wainwright - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

A singer-songwriter's heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, the music industry, and more. Born into music royalty, the daughter of folk legends Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III and sister to the highly-acclaimed...
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Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom

Stassi Schroeder - ?Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Next Level Basic and fan-favorite alumna of Bravo's Vanderpump Rules returns with the definitive Basic Bitch handbook for surviving your rock-bottom moments. The year 2020 was going to be the best year of Stassi's life. Besides getting engaged...
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Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs

Willie Nelson - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera.From his earliest work in the 1950s to today,...
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Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider's Guide to Jeopardy!

Claire McNear - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

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In On the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy

Shawn Levy
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Shawn Levy, a hilarious and moving account of the trailblazing women who broke down walls so they could stand before the mic.Today, women are ascendant in stand-up comedy, even preeminent. They make headlines, fill arenas, spawn blockbuster movies. But before Amy Schumer...
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Rock on Film: The Movies That Rocked the Big Screen

FRED GOODMAN - ?Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover

For rock music and film buffs alike, this is the ultimate guide exploring the electrifying, entertaining, and often daring marriage of rock & roll and cinema.When the use of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" turned 1955's Blackboard Jungle into a teen sensation and a box-office...
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The Life of Mark Twain: The Final Years, 18911910

Gary Scharnhorst
Format: Hardcover

In the final volume of his three-volume biography, Gary Scharnhorst chronicles the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens from his family's extended trip to Europe in 1891 to his death in 1910. During this period, Clemens was one of the most famous people in the world. He also grapples with...
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