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Stories I Only Tell My Friends

Rob Lowe · 344 pages

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

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Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated

Alison Arngrim · 311 pages

The actress who played the villain Nellie Oleson on the television show "Little House on the Prairie" shares her experiences on the show and discusses her life, from her bohemian childhood in West Hollywood to her recent charity work involving abused children and HIV awareness.

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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Spectacles

Sue Perkins

"Spectacles is the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins"--Publisher's website.

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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Bonkers: My Life in Laughs

Jennifer Saunders · 320 pages

A young Dawn French, bluffing her way to each BBC series, shooting Lulu, trading wild faxes with Joanna Lumley, touring India with Ruby Wax and Goldie Hawn. There's cancer, too, when she becomes 'Brave Jen'. But her biggest battle is with the bane of her life: the Laws of Procrastination.

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Bossypants

Tina Fey · 277 pages

Tina Fey’s new book *Bossypants* is short, messy, and impossibly funny (an apt description of the comedian herself). From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-deprecation. Some of the funnie

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I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend

Martin Short · 320 pages

The Emmy-Award and Tony Award-winning actor and comic shares stories from his life that recount his early years with Saturday Night Live, the development of his numerous characters, his family life, and his celebrity friendships.

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy

Rainn Wilson · 301 pages

A comedic memoir by the actor best known for his portrayal of Dwight on The Office traces his experiences as a young misfit, his early career struggles and his post-success reconnection with the artistic and creative values of his Baha'i faith.

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling · 240 pages

Hollywood starlet Mindy Kaling shares her ongoing, laugh-out-loud journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life.

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Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You

Kunal Nayyar · 245 pages

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 j

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"

Lena Dunham · 287 pages

"If I could take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expens

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Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

Michael Palin · 672 pages

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirFilm MakingAutobiography
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Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin

Kathy Griffin · 357 pages

Writing with her trademark wit, the feisty comic settles a few old scores, celebrates the friends and mentors who helped her claw her way to the top, and shares insider gossip about celebrity behavior--the good, the bad, and the very ugly.

Celebrity MemoirTelevision Behind the ScenesAutobiographySelf-Deprecating Humor
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You're Never Weird on the Internet

Felicia Day · 272 pages

The Internet isn't all cat videos. There's also Felicia Day -- violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer, hoagie specialist, and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world... or at least semi-influential in the world of Internet Geeks and Goodreads book clubs. After growing up in the south where she was "homeschooled f

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Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Chelsea Handler · 247 pages

In this new collection of original essays, the #1 bestselling author of "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" delivers one laugh-out-loud moment after another as she sets her sights on the ridiculous side of childhood, adulthood, and daughterhood.

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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person 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, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol

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Nerd Do Well

Simon Pegg · 368 pages

Simon Pegg's autobiography concerning his childhood and early life in Gloucestershire and early career.

Celebrity MemoirAutobiographySelf-Deprecating HumorFilm Making
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Here We Go Again

Betty White · 390 pages

Presents the life and career of television actress, Betty White.

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Superficial: More Adventures from The Andy Cohen Diaries

Andy Cohen · 357 pages

"The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen Diaries The megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at night. Since the publication of his last book, Andy has toured the country with his sidekick Anderson Cooper, hit the radio waves with his ow

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographyFunny
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Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life

Melissa Joan Hart · 290 pages

"The frank and witty memoir from Melissa Joan Hart, the star of Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch--a cultural icon for a generation Thousands of young people consider Melissa Joan Hart an integral part of their childhoods. She played the title roles in the trailblazing Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All and the wildly popular Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, but she never

Television Behind the ScenesCelebrity MemoirAutobiographyNonfiction
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Yes Please

Amy Poehler · 329 pages

Part memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer and comedian Amy Poehler.

Celebrity MemoirTelevision Behind the ScenesSelf-Deprecating HumorAutobiography

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