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by Tina Fey
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30 Rock, Mean Girls, and SNL (Sunday Telegraph).
Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin,"...
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to see how today’s best and brightest got it right, got it wrong, and came out on top.
What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? In this inspiration-packed book, Katie Couric reports...
by Tiffany Haddish
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An inspiring story that manages to be painful, honest, shocking, bawdy and hilarious.” —The New York Times Book Review
From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical,...
Ali in Wonderland
And Other Tall Tales
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Mix 1 oz. Chelsea Handler, 1.5 oz. Nora Ephron, finish with a twist of Tina Fey, and you get Ali in Wonderland, the uproarious, revealing, and heartfelt memoir from acclaimed actress and comedian Ali Wentworth. Whether spilling secrets about her quintessentially WASPy upbringing (and her delicious...
Remembering Whitney
My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
The definitive account of Whitney Houston’s astonishing life, ground-breaking career, and tragic death — complete with never-before-seen photographs — from the only one who truly knows the story behind the headlines: her mother, Cissy Houston.
Cissy has said little publicly about Whitney’s...
Booky Wook 2
This Time It's Personal
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Picking up where he left off in My Booky Wook, movie star and comedian Russell Brand details his rapid climb to fame and fortune in a shockingly candid, resolutely funny, and unbelievably electrifying tell-all: Booky Wook 2. Brand’s performances in Arthur, Get Him to the Greek, and Forgetting Sarah...
All By My Selves
Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
"The most popular standup comic in the U.S." --Time
Whether he's breathing life into Walter, an old curmudgeon; Peanut, an over-caffeinated purple maniac; or Achmed, a screaming, skeletal, dead terrorist, comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is the straight man to some of the wildest,...
by Barbara Eden, Wendy Leigh
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses, best known for her iconic role on I Dream of Jeannie
The landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of teenage crushes on its beautiful...
Ice
A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
My life’s been a great story / In the ultimate war / Should I ill or do right? / Make peace or go raw?—Ice-T, “Exodus”
He’s a hip-hop icon credited with single-handedly creating gangsta rap in the 1980s. Television viewers know him as Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the top-rated...
by Ellen Degeneres
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we’re so scared of the boogeyman–to fashion trends, celebrity, and her secret recipe for...
American on Purpose
The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
In his memoir American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show, traces his journey from working-class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood and American citizenship. Moving and achingly funny, American on Purpose moves from Ferguson’s early life as an alcoholic to his stint...
by Henry Bushkin
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York Times
“Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of The Tonight Show or...
As You Wish
Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright,...
by Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Outrageous, raw, and painfully funny true stories straight from the life of the actor, comedian, and much-loved cast member of The Howard Stern Show—with a foreword by Howard Stern.
When Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern Show in 2001, it was possibly the greatest thing...