Jim Carrey

Dana Vachon

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

California

A Novel

"None of this is real and all of it is true." --Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege--but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even . . . getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the sage advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector Nicolas Cage, isn't enough to pull Carrey out of his slump. But then Jim meets Georgie: ruthless ingénue, love of his life. And with the help of auteur screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, he has a role to play in a boundary-pushing new picture that may help him uncover a whole new side to himself--finally, his Oscar vehicle! Things are looking up! But the universe has other plans. Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world--apocalypses within and without.

Memoirs and Misinformation

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Harry Turtledove

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Otto of Schlepsig is risking his neck as an acrobat in a third-rate circus in the middle of nowhere when news arrives that the land of Shqiperi has invited Prince Halim Eddin to become its new king. Otto doesn’t know the prince from Adam, but he does happen to look just like him–a coincidence that inspires Otto with a mad plan to assume Halim’s identity and rule in his stead. True, Shqiperi is an uncivilized backwater, but even in uncivilized backwaters kings live better than acrobats. Plus, kingship in Shqiperi comes with a harem. Rank, as they say, has its privileges.

With his friend Max, a sword-swallowing giant whose chronic cough makes every performance a potential tonsillectomy, Otto embarks on a rollicking journey filled with feats of derring-do, wondrous magic, and beautiful maidens–well, beautiful women. And that’s before he enters a royal world that is truly fantastical.

Every Inch a King

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Shelby Mahurin

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

An Amazon Best Book of 2019 * New York Times Bestseller * B&N's YA Book Club Pick * Indiebound Bestseller * #6 on the 2019 Kids' Indie Next List "A brilliant debut, full of everything I love: a sparkling and fully realized heroine, an intricate and deadly system of magic, and a searing romance that kept me reading long into the night. Serpent & Dove is an absolute gem of a book." --Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Court of Thorns and Roses series Bound as one, to love, honor, or burn. Book one of a stunning fantasy duology, this tale of witchcraft and forbidden love is perfect for fans of Kendare Blake and Sara Holland. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. As a huntsman of the Church, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. But when Lou pulls a wicked stunt, the two are forced into an impossible situation--marriage. Lou, unable to ignore her growing feelings, yet powerless to change what she is, must make a choice. And love makes fools of us all. Set in a world of powerful women, dark magic, and off-the-charts romance, book one of this stunning fantasy duology will leave readers burning for more.

Serpent and Dove

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Robertson Davies

In which David Staunton continues his psychoanalysis in Zurich and falls in love with his analyst, Doctor Helena Von Haller.

The Manticore

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Dave Eggers

Hired to work for the world's most powerful Internet company, Mae Holland questions her luck as life beyond her job grows distant, an encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, and her role at the company becomes increasingly public.

The Circle

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Lisa Yaszek

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Library of America Special Publication

Go back to the Future Is Female in this all new collection of wildly entertaining stories by the trailblazing feminist writers who transformed American science fiction in the 1970s

In the 1970s, feminist authors created a new mode of science fiction in defiance of the "baboon patriarchy"-Ursula Le Guin's words-that had long dominated the genre, imagining futures that are still visionary. In this sequel to her groundbreaking 2018 anthology The Future is Female!- 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin, SF-expert Lisa Yaszek offers a time machine back to the decade when far-sighted rebels changed science fiction forever with stories that made female community, agency, and sexuality central to the American future.

Here are twenty-three wild, witty, and wonderful classics that dramatize the liberating energies of the 1970s-

Sonya Dorman, "Bitching It" (1971) Kate Wilhelm, "The Funeral" (1972)Joanna Russ, "When It Changed" (1972) NEBULA AWARD Miriam Allen deFord, "A Way Out"(1973)Vonda N. McIntyre, "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" (1973) NEBULA James Tiptree, Jr., "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" (1973) HUGO AWARD Kathleen Sky, "Lament of the Keeku Bird" (1973)Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Day Before the Revolution" (1974) NEBULA & LOCUS AWARD Eleanor Arnason, "The Warlord of Saturn's Moons" (1974)Kathleen M. Sidney, "The Anthropologist" (1975)Marta Randall, "A Scarab in the City of Time" (1975) Elinor Busby, "A Time to Kill" (1977)Raccoona Sheldon, "The Screwfly Solution" (1977) NEBULA AWARD Pamela Sargent, "If Ever I Should Leave You" (1974)Joan D. Vinge, "View from a Height" (1978)M. Lucie Chin, "The Best Is Yet to Be" (1978)Lisa Tuttle, "Wives" (1979) Connie Willis, "Daisy, In the Sun" (1979)

The Future Is Female! Volume Two, the 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Storie S by Women

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William M. Akers

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Art, Music, Drama/Theater

100 Ways to Make It Great

A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.

Your Screenplay Sucks!

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Heather Hale

How to Pitch Film and TV Projects

Pitching is an art form that brings together content and communication channels. Regardless of What you're pitching . . . Where, When and to Whom . . . the principles are universal. It's How you pitch that matters -- and there are countless strategies that combine elements in different combinations.This book details all of them, their construction and applications, in a fun and interactive way that inspires readers to create memorable and saleable pitches in order to get their projects made.

Story$elling

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Pamela Douglas

How to Succeed As a Professional Writer in TV

"Guide to writing drama series for TV, both in the US and in other countries" --

Writing the TV Drama Series

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Michael Tierno

Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization

An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide.

Long considered the bible for storytellers, Aristotle's Poetics is a fixture of college courses on everything from fiction writing to dramatic theory. Now Michael Tierno shows how this great work can be an invaluable resource to screenwriters or anyone interested in studying plot structure. In carefully organized chapters, Tierno breaks down the fundamentals of screenwriting, highlighting particular aspects of Aristotle's work. Then, using examples from some of the best movies ever made, he demonstrates how to apply these ancient insights to modern-day screenwriting. This user-friendly guide covers a multitude of topics, from plotting and subplotting to dialogue and dramatic unity. Writing in a highly readable, informal tone, Tierno makes Aristotle's monumental work accessible to beginners and pros alike in areas such as screenwriting, film theory, fiction, and playwriting.

Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters

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Patsy Rodenburg

Judi Dench

Voice and the Performer

In The Actor Speaks, Patsy Rodenburg takes actors and actresses, both professional and beginners, through a complete voice workshop. She touches on every aspect of performance work that involves the voice and sorts through the kinds of vexing problems every performer faces onstage: breath and relaxation; vocal range and power; communication with other actors; singing and acting simultaneously; working on different sized stages and in both large and small auditoriums; approaching the vocal demands of different kinds of scripts. This is the final word on the actor's voice and it's destined to become the classic work on the subject for some time to come.

The Actor Speaks

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Stephen R. Covey

Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity—principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Karen M. McManus

The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying

"A year after the Bayview four were cleared of Simon Kelleher's death, a new mystery has cropped up--a game with dangerous consequences that's targeting students at Bayview again. And if the creator isn't found soon, dangerous could prove deadly"--

One of Us Is Next

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Casey McQuiston

* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller *
* GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 *
* BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! *

What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?

When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius--his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.

Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston's Red, White & Royal Blue proves: true love isn't always diplomatic.

"I took this with me wherever I went and stole every second I had to read! Absorbing, hilarious, tender, sexy--this book had everything I crave. I'm jealous of all the readers out there who still get to experience Red, White & Royal Blue for the first time!" - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners

"Red, White & Royal Blue is outrageously fun. It is romantic, sexy, witty, and thrilling. I loved every second." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six

Red, White and Royal Blue

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Tom Robbins

When an Arab and a Jew open a restaurant across the street from the U.N., a host of tragic and triumphant characters descend on the strange establishment

Skinny Legs and All

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Mel Brooks

My Remarkable Life in Show Business

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in "a wonderful addition to a seminal career" (San Francisco Chronicle), "infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity" (Parade).

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK POST * "Laugh-out-loud hilarious and always fascinating, from the great Mel Brooks. What else do you expect from the man who knew Jesus and dated Joan of Arc?"--Billy Crystal

For anyone who loves American comedy, the long wait is over. Here are the never-before-told, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and remembrances from a master storyteller, filmmaker, and creator of all things funny.

All About Me! charts Mel Brooks's meteoric rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to the recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Whether serving in the United States Army in World War II, or during his burgeoning career as a teenage comedian in the Catskills, Mel was always mining his experiences for material, always looking for the perfect joke. His iconic career began with Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, where he was part of the greatest writers' room in history, which included Carl Reiner, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. After co-creating both the mega-hit 2000 Year Old Man comedy albums and the classic television series Get Smart, Brooks's stellar film career took off. He would go on to write, direct, and star in The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs, as well as produce groundbreaking and eclectic films, including The Elephant Man, The Fly, and My Favorite Year. Brooks then went on to conquer Broadway with his record-breaking, Tony-winning musical, The Producers.
 
All About Me! offers fans insight into the inspiration behind the ideas for his outstanding collection of boundary-breaking work, and offers details about the many close friendships and collaborations Brooks had, including those with Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Gene Wilder, Madeleine Kahn, Alfred Hitchcock, and the great love of his life, Anne Bancroft.
 
Filled with tales of struggle, achievement, and camaraderie (and dozens of photographs), readers will gain a more personal and deeper understanding of the incredible body of work behind one of the most accomplished and beloved entertainers in history.

All about Me!

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Linda Seger

A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels and Short Stories

In this book, Linda Seger shows how to create strong, multidimensional characters in fiction, covering everything from research to character block. Interviews with today's top writers complete this essential volume.

Creating Unforgettable Characters

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E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

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"A brilliant, twisty thriller--I loved it!" --KAREN M. MCMANUS, bestselling author of One of Us is Lying From the author of We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes a mind-bending, New York Times bestselling thriller told in reverse. "Compulsively readable." --Entertainment Weekly "An addictive and shocking feminist thriller." --Lena Dunham Imogen lives at the Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She spends her days working out in the hotel gym and telling other guests how she was forced out of Stanford. But Imogen isn't really Imogen. She's Jule. And she's on the run from something. Or someone. Which means . . . where is the real Imogen? Rewind: Jule and Imogen are the closest of friends. Obsessed with each other, even. Imogen is an orphan, an heiress; she and Jule spend a summer together in a house on Martha's Vineyard, sharing secrets they'd never reveal to another soul. But that was months ago. Where is Immie now? And why is Jule using her name? "You will devour it." --Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I Stay "Fans of E. Lockhart's We Were Liars will love this . . . and definitely won't see the ending coming." --HelloGiggles.com "Tangled secrets, diabolical lies and, ultimately, a mind-blowing outcome are crafted with the plotted precision we expect (and love!) from E. Lockhart." --Justine Magazine "Moves at a breakneck speed." --Marie Claire "As with E. Lockhart's previous novel, the best-selling "We Were Liars," [readers] will likely finish the last page and flip right back to the beginning to search for clues they missed." --Chicago Tribune

Genuine Fraud

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BradyGames Staff

Art, music, drama/theater

Presents a selection of codes and shortcuts for popular video games, including PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Game Cube.

Secret Codes 2005

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Hillary Stamm

Peter Nowalk

86 Rules for Aspiring Power Players

Written by two very sharp and successful assistants to Hollywood power players, this book contains 99 lessons packed with a combination of blunt truth, insider humor, and juicy secrets that explain the unwritten rules of how to get a foot in the door and make all the right moves.

The Hollywood Assistants Handbook

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Mark Haddon

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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A Baroque Fable

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Jeffrey Hopkins

Widening the Circle of Loving Relationships

A seven-step guidebook for developing love for others and transforming relationships draws on Tibetan techniques to encourage positive attitudes, engage in kindness-based interactions with others, and become dedicated to a love-based way of life.

How to Expand Love

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Memoirs and Misinformation

Harry Turtledove

Every Inch a King

Shelby Mahurin

Serpent and Dove

Robertson Davies

The Manticore

Dave Eggers

The Circle

Lisa Yaszek

The Future Is Female! Volume Two, the 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Storie S by Women

William M. Akers

Your Screenplay Sucks!

Heather Hale

Story$elling

Pamela Douglas

Writing the TV Drama Series

Michael Tierno

Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters

Patsy Rodenburg; Judi Dench

The Actor Speaks

Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Karen M. McManus

One of Us Is Next

Casey McQuiston

Red, White and Royal Blue

Tom Robbins

Skinny Legs and All

Mel Brooks

All about Me!

Linda Seger

Creating Unforgettable Characters

E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

E. Lockhart

Genuine Fraud

BradyGames Staff

Secret Codes 2005

Hillary Stamm; Peter Nowalk

The Hollywood Assistants Handbook

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Chelsea Quinn Yarbo

A Baroque Fable

Dalai Lama; Jeffrey Hopkins

How to Expand Love

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