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Bossypants
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
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Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she... (read more)

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Bossypants
Bossypants
by Tina Fey
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Readers sometimes lower the bar when it comes to the quality of celebrity memoirs, but, in this case, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Tina Fey is a legitimately talented writer, and the stories from her personal life are just as zany and... (read more)

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My Horizontal Life: a Collection of One-night Stands
My Horizontal Life: a Collection of One-night Stands
by Chelsea Handler
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In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Chelsea Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one-night stand. You've either done it or know... (read more)

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Then Again
Then Again
by Diane Keaton
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Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. For example, the word THINK. I found THINK thumbtacked on a bulletin board in her darkroom. I saw it Scotch-taped on a pencil box she'd collaged. I even... (read more)

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Exit Interview
Exit Interview
by David Westin
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When David Westin became president of ABC News in March 1997, the division was treading water. It looked like all the really important news was behind us, he writes. Hardly. For the next thirteen years, Westin would preside over ABC News during some of... (read more)

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Exit Interview
Exit Interview
by David Westin
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When David Westin became president of ABC News in March 1997, the division was treading water. “It looked like all the really important news was behind us,” he writes. Hardly. For the next thirteen years, Westin would preside over ABC News... (read more)

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Rubber Balls and Liquor
Rubber Balls and Liquor
by Gilbert Gottfried
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Gilbert Gottfried on Rubber Balls and Liquor: Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that its actually called jacket copy. It says in my contract that I have to write something over here in this... (read more)

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The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
by Billy Bob Thornton
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Raised in small-town Arkansas, Billy Bob Thornton grew up amid a rich storytelling tradition. See, the South is just different than other places. . . . You can feel the ghosts there. As a kid, he would sit on the porch listening to his family or some old... (read more)

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Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son
Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son
by Martin Sheen
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In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters—and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different—they tell... (read more)

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Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
by Susan Orlean
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He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean's sweeping, powerfully moving story of Rin Tin Tin's journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on... (read more)

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Tasteful Nudes: And Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validatio N
Tasteful Nudes: And Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validatio N
by Dave Hill
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From the Book Jacket: Dear ridiculously attractive person who just so happens to be holding Tasteful Nudes in his or her soft and supple yet commanding hands, Hi. My name is Dave, and this is my very first collection of essays. As you can probably... (read more)

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Tasteful Nudes: ...And Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation
Tasteful Nudes: ...And Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation
by Dave Hill
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From the Book Jacket: Dear ridiculously attractive person who just so happens to be holding Tasteful Nudes in his or her soft and supple yet commanding hands, Hi. My name is Dave, and this is my very first collection of essays. As you can probably... (read more)

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There's Mel, There's Woody, and There's You: My Life in the Slow Lane
There's Mel, There's Woody, and There's You: My Life in the Slow Lane
by Bruce Kimmel
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Bruce Kimmel has managed to eke out a career in one form of show business or another for over forty years. A successful Grammy-nominated record producer, Kimmel began his show business journey as an actor, in a time when being a young up-and-coming... (read more)

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Robert Redford: The Biography (Vintage)
Robert Redford: The Biography (Vintage)
by Michael Feeney Callan
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Robert Redford is among the most widely admired Hollywood stars of his generation, renowned for his iconic roles as the Sundance Kid, Bob Woodward and Jay Gatsby, and celebrated for his fierce commitment to environmental causes, independent filmmaking... (read more)

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The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
by Billy Bob Thornton
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Raised in small-town Arkansas, Billy Bob Thornton grew up amid a rich storytelling tradition. See, the South is just different than other places. . . . You can feel the ghosts there. As a kid, he would sit on the porch listening to his family or some old... (read more)

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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them
Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them
by Frank Langella
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Rita Hayworth dancing by candlelight in a small Mexican village; Elizabeth Taylor devouring homemade pasta and tenderly wrapping him in her pashmina scarf; streaking for Sir Laurence Olivier in a drafty English castle; terrifying a dozing Jackie Onassis;... (read more)

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My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business: A Memoir
My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business: A Memoir
by Dick Van Dyke
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Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his physical dexterity, his impeccable comic timing, his ridiculous stunts, and his unforgettable... (read more)

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Harpo Speaks! (04 Edition)
Harpo Speaks! (04 Edition)
by Harpo Marx
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The Marx Brother who never spoke--Harpo Marx--expounds upon his life and times in Hollywood and on the vaudeville stage in this funny, affectionate, and poignant autobiography as told to journalist Rowland Barber.... (read more)

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Ferber: Endna Ferber and Her Circle
Ferber: Endna Ferber and Her Circle
by Julie Gilbert
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This enduring biography of the popular writer begins with Ferber's last years in New York City, exploring the setting in which she did all of her great writing. Diaries, copious correspondence, and the cooperation of distinguished living friends have... (read more)

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Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son
Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son
by Martin Sheen
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A remarkable memoir of family, faith, and friendship chronicling the lives and creative work of Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.... (read more)

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