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Paperback:

9781250057259 | Flatiron Books, February 7, 2017, cover price $17.99 | also contains Master of Ceremonies: A Memoir

CD/Spoken Word:

9781427266828 | Unabridged edition (Macmillan Audio, February 16, 2016), cover price $39.99

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On the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years—from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kane.In the history of American popular culture, there is no more dramatic story—no swifter or loftier ascent to the pinnacle of success and no more tragic downfall—than that of Orson Welles. In this magisterial biography, Patrick McGilligan brings young Orson into focus as never before. He chronicles Welles’s early life growing up in Wisconsin and Illinois as the son of an alcoholic industrialist and a radical suffragist and classical musician, and the magical early years of his career, including his marriage and affairs, his influential friendships, and his artistic collaborations.The tales of his youthful achievements were so colorful and improbable that Welles, with his air of mischief, was often thought to have made them up. Now after years of intensive research, McGilligan sorts out fact from fiction and reveals untold, fully documented anecdotes of Welles’s first exploits and triumphs, from starring as a teenager on the Gate Theatre stage in Dublin and bullfighting in Sevilla, to his time in the New York theater and his fraught partnership with John Houseman in the Mercury Theatre, to his arrival in Hollywood and the making of Citizen Kane. Filled with intriguing new insights and startling revelations—including the surprising true origin and meaning of “Rosebud”—Young Orson is a fascinating look at the creative development and influences that shaped this legendary artistic genius.

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9780062112484 | Harpercollins, November 17, 2015, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: On the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years—from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kane.

Paperback:

9780062112491 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 15, 2016), cover price $18.99

CD/Spoken Word:

9781504660594 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, December 15, 2015), cover price $64.95 | About this edition: [Read by Keith Szarabajka] For the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years -- from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kane.
9781504660587 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, December 15, 2015), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: [Read by Keith Szarabajka] For the centennial of his birth, the defining wunderkind of modern entertainment gets his due in a groundbreaking new biography of his early years -- from his first forays in theater and radio to the inspiration and making of Citizen Kane.

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Hardcover:

9780062376978 | Dey Street Books, October 27, 2015, cover price $27.99

Paperback:

9780062376992 | Reprint edition (Dey Street Books, April 12, 2016), cover price $15.99

CD/Spoken Word:

9780062562715 | Unabridged edition (Harperaudio, October 4, 2016), cover price $14.99

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Hardcover:

9781468310856 | Overlook Pr, July 13, 2015, cover price $28.95
9780396048060, titled "White Fang and Other Stories" | Dodd Mead, June 1, 1960, cover price $5.50 | also contains White Fang and Other Stories

Paperback:

9781468313581 | Reprint edition (Overlook Pr, October 4, 2016), cover price $16.95

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Hardcover:

9780804138147 | Crown Pub, September 15, 2015, cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9780804138161 | Three Rivers Pr, September 27, 2016, cover price $16.00 | also contains Why Not Me?, Why Not Me?

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Product Description: Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand...read more
By George Stevens (foreword by)

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9781496806321 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 2016, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era.

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Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time--and one of the least understood. In private, she was as reserved and refined as her characters were bold and bawdy. Almost a Method actor in her approach, she took her work seriously. When crew members and audiences laughed, she asked why--as if they were laughing at her--and all her life she remained unsure of her gifts.William V. Madison examines Kahn's film career, including not only her triumphs with Mel Brooks and Peter Bogdanovich, but also her overlooked performances in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother and Judy Berlin, her final film. Her work in television--notably her sitcoms--also comes into focus. New York theater showered her with accolades, but also with remarkably bad luck, culminating in a disastrous outing in On the Twentieth Century that wrecked her reputation on Broadway. Only with her Tony-winning performance in The Sisters Rosensweig, fifteen years later, did Kahn regain her standing.Drawing on new interviews with family, friends, and such colleagues as Lily Tomlin, Carol Burnett, Gene Wilder, Harold Prince, and Eileen Brennan, as well as archival press and private writings, Madison uncovers Kahn's lonely childhood and her struggles as a single woman working to provide for her erratic mother. Above all, Madison reveals the paramount importance of music in Kahn's life. A talented singer, she entertained offers for operatic engagements long after she was an established Hollywood star, and she treated each script as a score. As Kahn told one friend, her ambition was "to be the music."

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9781617037610, titled "Madeline Kahn: Being the Music: A Life" | 1 edition (Univ Pr of Mississippi, April 29, 2015), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Best known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) was one of the most popular comedians of her time--and one of the least understood.

Paperback:

9781496809599 | Reprint edition (Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 1, 2016), cover price $25.00

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Product Description: Cindy Williams, half of the comedic duo of Laverne & Shirley, has had a wild and lively career in show business. This book is an engaging and heartfelt journey from Williams’s blue collar roots to unexpected stardom—from being pranked by Jim Morrison while waiting tables at Whisky a Go Go to starring in one of the most iconic shows on television...read more
By Begley (foreword by), Dave Smitherman (contributor) and Cindy Williams

Hardcover:

9780387909387, titled "Discourse Development: Progress in Cognitive Development Research" | Springer Verlag, March 1, 1984, cover price $99.00 | also contains Discourse Development: Progress in Cognitive Development Research

Paperback:

9781630762681 | Taylor Pub, September 1, 2016, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Cindy Williams, half of the comedic duo of Laverne & Shirley, has had a wild and lively career in show business.

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Product Description: Profiles the careers and lives of six celebrities who have used their fame to launch their own brands, including Jay Z, Jessica Simpson, and Taylor Swift.

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9781601529947 | Referencepoint Pr Inc, August 1, 2016, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Profiles the careers and lives of six celebrities who have used their fame to launch their own brands, including Jay Z, Jessica Simpson, and Taylor Swift.

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In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous, autobiographical essays from Kunal Nayyar, best known as Raj on CBS’s #1 hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.Of all the charming misfits on television, there’s no doubt Raj from The Big Bang Theory—the sincere yet incurably geeky Indian-American astrophysicist—ranks among the misfittingest. Now, we meet the actor who is every bit as loveable as the character he plays on TV. In this revealing collection of essays written in his irreverent, hilarious, and self-deprecating voice, Kunal Nayyar traces his journey from a little boy in New Delhi who mistakes an awkward first kiss for a sacred commitment, gets nosebleeds chugging Coca-Cola to impress other students, and excels in the sport of badminton, to the confident, successful actor on the set of TV’s most-watched sitcom since Friends. Going behind the scenes of The Big Bang Theory and into his personal experiences, Kunal introduces readers to the people who helped him grow, such as his James Bond-loving, mustachioed father who taught him the most important lessons in life: Treat a beggar as you would a king. There are two sides to every story. A smile goes a long way. And, when in doubt, use a spreadsheet. Kunal also walks us through his college years in Portland, where he takes his first sips of alcohol and learns to let loose with his French, 6’8” gentle-giant roommate, works his first-ever job for the university’s housekeeping department cleaning toilets for minimum wage, and begins a series of romantic exploits that go just about as well as they would for Raj. (That is, until he meets and marries a former Miss India in an elaborate seven-day event that we get to experience in a chapter titled “My Big Fat Indian Wedding.”) Full of heart, but never taking itself too seriously, this witty and often inspiring collection of underdog tales follows a young man as he traverses two continents in search of a dream, along the way transcending culture and language (and many, many embarrassing incidents) to somehow miraculously land the role of a lifetime.

Hardcover:

9781476761824 | Atria Books, September 15, 2015, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Paperback:

9781476761848 | Reprint edition (Atria Books, July 26, 2016), cover price $16.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781442371286 | Unabridged edition (Simon & Schuster, September 15, 2015), cover price $29.99 | About this edition: In the spirit of Mindy Kaling’s bestseller Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

Prebinding:

9780606389396 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, July 26, 2016), cover price $28.20 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Paperback:

9781501132841 | Keyword Pr / Atria, July 19, 2016, cover price $17.00

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Product Description: In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C. diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and then she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer...read more

Hardcover:

9780062266637 | Ecco Pr, June 14, 2016, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: One of America’s most original comedic voices delivers a darkly funny, wryly observed, and emotionally raw account of her year of death, cancer, and epiphany.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781504734516 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 14, 2016), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C.
9781504734523 | Mp3 una edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, June 14, 2016), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C.

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Hardcover:

9780385540698 | Doubleday, June 14, 2016, cover price $25.95

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A reprinting of the 1922 collection of thirty stories about the 'bunny rabbit gentleman' and his animal friends. Features the original illustrations.

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9780448090795, titled "Uncle Wiggily's Picture Book" | Grosset & Dunlap, April 1, 1989, cover price $11.95 | also contains Uncle Wiggily''s Picture Book | About this edition: A reprinting of the 1922 collection of thirty stories about the 'bunny rabbit gentleman' and his animal friends.

Paperback:

9781476747743 | Simon & Schuster, June 7, 2016, cover price $16.00

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By Rebecca Paley (contributor)

Hardcover:

9781410489319 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 4, 2016), cover price $33.99

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Hardcover:

9780062342843 | Harpercollins, April 26, 2016, cover price $26.99

Paperback:

9780062466778 | Harperluxe, April 26, 2016, cover price $26.99

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Hardcover:

9780753557075 | Gardners Books, October 29, 2015, cover price $28.25
9781101983799 | E P Dutton, October 27, 2015, cover price $28.00
9780444429148, titled "Teratogens: Chemicals Which Cause Birth Defects" | Elsevier Science Ltd, February 1, 1988, cover price $258.75 | also contains Teratogens: Chemicals Which Cause Birth Defects

Paperback:

9781101983812 | Reprint edition (E P Dutton, May 17, 2016), cover price $16.00
9780515073553, titled "Down and Dirty" | Jove Pubns, March 1, 1984, cover price $2.50 | also contains Down and Dirty

CD/Spoken Word:

9780147520692 | Unabridged edition (Penguin/Highbridge, October 27, 2015), cover price $35.00

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Product Description: From award-winning vlogger and entrepreneur Connor Franta comes this collectible hardcover edition—complete with a brand-new bonus chapter—of his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work in Progress, which was selected by Forbes as a Top 5 Breakthrough Book of 2015 and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir...read more

Hardcover:

9781501145933 | Keyword Pr / Atria, May 3, 2016, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: From award-winning vlogger and entrepreneur Connor Franta comes this collectible hardcover edition—complete with a brand-new bonus chapter—of his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work in Progress, which was selected by Forbes as a Top 5 Breakthrough Book of 2015 and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir.

Paperback:

9781476791616 | Keyword Pr / Atria, April 21, 2015, cover price $16.99

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By Joss Whedon (foreword by)

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9781476785660 | Reprint edition (Touchstone Books, April 19, 2016), cover price $16.00

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Product Description: From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval  Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation...read more

Hardcover:

9780553419931 | Crown Pub, April 19, 2016, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!

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