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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens

Eddie Izzard · 40 pages

"Critically acclaimed, award-winning British comedian and actor Eddie Izzard details his childhood, his first performances on the streets of London, his ascent to worldwide success on stage and screen, and his comedy shows which have won over audiences around the world"--

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The Secrets of My Life

Caitlyn Jenner · 354 pages

"Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired

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Happy, Happy, Happy

Phil Robertson · 240 pages

"This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business"--

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The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl: Adventures in Life and Love in the Heart of Dixie

Jaime Primak Sullivan · 289 pages

"Jaime Primak Sullivan, outspoken star of Bravo TV's Jersey Belle, offers no-nonsense Southern-spun advice for navigating life and love with her signature charismatic Jersey charm in this winning fish-out-of-water tale. Jamie Primak Sullivan, a Jersey-bred, tough-as-nails PR maven--and unlikely transplant in an upscale suburb of Birmingham, Alabama--has spent her entire life crossing the line: whe

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S/He

Minnie Bruce Pratt · 189 pages

This brave memoir chronicles Pratt’s struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg.

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I'm Just a Person

Tig Notaro · 240 pages

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 she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Days after her diagnosis, Tig took her grief onstage, opening an unvarnished set with, "Good evening. Hello. I have cancer." The set went viral instantly and was later relea

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The Fry Chronicles

Stephen Fry · 448 pages

The popular actor, comedian, and writer traces his unlikely Cambridge education, his relationships with such contemporaries as Hugh Laurie and Emma Thompson, and his hedonistic rise to stardom.

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The Last Time I Wore a Dress

Daphne Scholinski, Jane Meredith Adams · 211 pages

Placed in a mental hospital at age fifteen after being diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder, an author shares her harrowing ordeal in the hopes that other teenagers will not suffer as she did due to a lack of understanding of sexual orientation.

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A Work in Progress

Connor Franta · 212 pages

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So Me

Graham Norton · 352 pages

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Anything Goes

John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman · 256 pages

From his Glaswegian childhood and American adolescence to his starring role in the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, this memoir traces the life and career of actor John Barrowman. John made a name for himself with remarkable West End achievements, including an Olivier Award nomination and success in the movies The Producers and De-Lovely. Television success was also assured when Torchwood won a Best

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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

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Look who it is!: My Story

Alan Carr

The brilliantly funny and inimitable Alan Carr tells his life story in his own words, from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise to become one of Britain's best-loved comedians.'Puberty had been unkind. Whereas it had come in the night and left the other boys with chiselled, stubbly chins and deep masculine voices, I'd been left with a huge pair of knockers and the voice o

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Stuck in the Middle With You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders

Jennifer Finney Boylan · 302 pages

A father for six years, a mother for ten, and for a time in between, neither, or both, Jennifer Finney Boylan has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, Boylan came out as transgender, and as Jenny transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this thoughtful, tear-jerking, hil

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An Unsuitable Boy

Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages

xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

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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.

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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Carrie Brownstein · 244 pages

From the guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney. With Sleater-Kinney, Brownstein and her bandmates rose to prominence in the burgeoning underground feminist punk-rock movement that would define music and pop culture in the 1990s.

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Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business

Dolly Parton · 338 pages

A humanitarian as well as a savvy businesswoman, Dolly Parton is a multitalented dynamo who tops the list of America's favorite superstars. In this inspiring autobiography Dolly reveals how she got to where she is today, her no-nonsense attitude, and the down-home philosophy that has helped her from the start. This is the rags-to-riches story that millions have been waiting for, told as only Dolly

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Elvis and Me

Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon

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Coal to Diamonds: A Memoir

Beth Ditto, Michelle Tea · 164 pages

The lead singer of the band Gossip reveals her colorful life, from her humble beginnings as an overweight girl in rural Arkansas to her transformation into a glam lesbian diva with aspirations to save rock and roll.

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Waylon: An Autobiography

Waylon Jennings, Lenny Kaye · 432 pages

Born dirt-poor (his family had the dirt floor to prove it), Waylon Jennings took all the grit of his hometown of Littlefield, Texas, into his soul and his sound. From childhood, this son of a farm laborer considered nothing else but playing music. Stubborn enough never to lose sight of his goal, dumb enough not to realize how long and hard the road, he started as a country disc jockey in Lubbock,

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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More

Janet Mock · 288 pages

With unflinching honesty and moving prose, Janet Mock relays her experiences of growing up young, multiracial, poor, and trans in America, offering readers accessible language while imparting vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of a marginalized and misunderstood population. Though undoubtedly an account of one woman’s quest for self at all costs, Redefining Realness is a

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Memoirs

Tennessee Williams · 268 pages

Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed.

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