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I Remember Me

Carl Reiner · 303 pages

The author shares ninety years of reminiscences from his private life as a son, husband and father, and from his public life as a comedian, actor, director, TV writer and author.

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My Booky Wook

Russell Brand · 352 pages

"From his troubled childhood in Essex and his addictions to drink, drugs and sex, to his giddy rise through the world of entertainment, this is not simply a story of fame but of redemption, achingly and hilariously honest throughout"--Cover.

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Mack the Life: The Autobiography

Lee Mack · 377 pages

Lee Mack is not just another comedian with a book. He is one of the UK's most recognisable and celebrated stand-ups. His energy, finely crafted one-liners, and lightning quick ad-libs are second to none, and his solo tours sell out wherever he plays.

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Lady Parts

Andrea Martin · 352 pages

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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography

Neil Patrick Harris, David Javerbaum · 294 pages

The Emmy Award-winning star of How I Met Your Mother shares his experiences as a child star, Broadway performer and father in an over-the-top, humorous account creatively designed in the style of the popular interactive adventure series.

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Uganda Be Kidding Me

Chelsea Handler · 257 pages

In this uproarious collection, the author answers the most frequently asked traveler's questions, hot travel trips, and travel etiquette, none of which should be believed. Wherever she travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stori

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Not Taco Bell Material

Adam Carolla · 330 pages

"In his second book, Adam Carolla--author of New York Times bestseller In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks and chart-topping podcaster--reveals all the stories behind how he came to be the angry middle-aged man he is today. Funnyman Adam Carolla is known for two things: hilarious rants about things that drive him crazy and personal stories about everything from his hardscrabble childhood to his sl

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I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

Nora Ephron · 153 pages

A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box.

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How Not To Be a Boy

Robert Webb · 328 pages

"Rules For Being A Man: Don't Cry Love Sport Play Rough Drink Beer Don't Talk About Feelings But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules actually any use? To anyone? Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell), and from losing his beloved mother to

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Him & Me

Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall · 320 pages

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Thanks for Nothing

Jack Dee · 288 pages

Jack Dee reveals how he became quite such a miserable git and a stand up comedian, sharing his many frustrations and deep-rooted disappointments with life along the way. For the first time, comedian Jack Dee reveals the highs and lows of his early life and disastrous day jobs.You don't just wake up jaundiced and bitter; it's taken Jack years of dedication and commitment to brew his unique cocktail

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Joyful Recollections of Trauma

Paul Scheer · 256 pages

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Attempting Normal

Marc Maron · 210 pages

The stand-up comedian and popular podcaster tells the story of his winding, potholed road from madness and obsession and failure to something like normal, while still trying hard to do better without making a bigger mess.

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Is It Just Me?

Miranda Hart · 337 pages

In 'Is it Just Me?', Britain's best loved comedienne, Miranda Hart, laments on the horrors of growing up and offers her younger self some essential advice on grappling with life's unexpected perils and blunders.

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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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Small Man in a Book

Rob Brydon · 343 pages

"Confined to the Welsh airwaves, cable TV, bit parts and an endless xuccession of voiceovers, for many years it looked like all we'd hear of award-winning actor, writer, comedian and presenter Rob Brydon was his remarkable, gifted voice. [Here], he tells his story of how a young(ish) man not quite from the Valleys escaped these humble beginnings and very, very slowly became an overnight success"--

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A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

Chris Jericho, Peter T. Fornatale · 432 pages

Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. Now retired, he is writing his memoir, telling the story of his journey from wrestling school in Canada to his time in leagues in Mexico and Japan to his big break in the WCW. He'll dish the dirt on how he worked his way through the ranks alongside maj

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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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Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index

Kathy Griffin · 298 pages

An A-Z compendium of the celebrities comedian and TV personality Kathy Griffin has met over the years and the anecdotes only she can tell about them.

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