#chuckklosterman #popculture #deepthoughts #future #past #askquestions #humor #interviews #greatthinkers

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Minnesota

Thinking about the Present As If It Were the Past

But What If We're Wrong? visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction? Is it possible that the greatest artist of our era is currently unknown (or--weirder still--widely known, but entirely disrespected)? Is it possible that we "overrate" democracy? And perhaps most disturbing, is it possible that we've reached the end of knowledge? Kinetically slingshotting through a broad spectrum of objective and subjective problems, But What If We're Wrong? is built on interviews with a variety of creative thinkers--George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Nick Bostrom, Dan Carlin, and Richard Linklater, among others--interwoven with the type of high-wire humor and nontraditional analysis only Klosterman would dare to attempt. It's a seemingly impossible achievement: a book about the things we cannot know, explained as if we did. It's about how we live now, once "now" has become "then."

But What If We're Wrong?

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Utah

Short Stories-Second Nature / Lessons Learned

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Nora Roberts presents two classic stories of love that arrives like a storm and changes everything… Second Nature Lee Radcliffe got the scoops that no one else did, the interviews nobody could score. Like bestselling horror writer—and notorious recluse—Hunter Brown. But she never expected that when she met the rugged, intense author, she'd be the one getting all the hard questions…and revealing more of herself than she'd ever dared. Or that he would show her a different way to live, and ultimately, to love. Lessons Learned Carlo Franconi embodied everything that Juliet Trent avoided in a client—he was arrogant, seductive, passionate and entirely too charming. But Juliet prided herself on being the consummate professional. Surely she could resist the famous chef, even if they were going to be spending every waking minute together. Even if Carlo was looking at her like a fine dish he just couldn't wait to taste…

Sweet Rains

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#hardcover #nonfiction #howardstern #entertaining #memoir #interviews #shockjock #sternshow

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Massachusetts

Howard Stern's first book in over twenty years contains many interviews with his guests throughout the years.

Howard Stern Comes Again

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#hardcover #baseball #fatherhood #family #interviews #sports

Excellent condition - only flaws are a water glass mark in the front dust jacket (which you can't see except at an angle) and a red marker mark on the bottom edge of the pages. Otherwise no damage or wear or sign of having been read.

The results of interviews with baseball players concerning their relationships with their fathers.

Baseball Fathers, Baseball Sons

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

Meet the Beatles as you've never known them before - from their earliest days in Liverpool and Hamburg, through their unparalleled reign at the top of the pops, and later, the painful aftermath of their much-publicized breakup. In this extraordinary book, Geoffrey Giuliano, the world's foremost authority on the Fab Four, has assembled a rare collection of the wild and uninhibited interviews the Beatles dared to give to an astounded press as they created tidal waves of controversy and set the tenor of the amazing sixties. To this hefty history he adds intimate conversations with Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono, Donovan, Madonna, and many others who knew and worked with the Beatles. In addition, fabled sixties guru Timothy Leary has contributed a provocative Afterword. Here, for the first time, the Beatles speak on such previously taboo subjects as drugs, religion and mysticism, Beatlemania, the deep affection that bonded them and the fiery conflicts that eventually tore them apart, politics, family life, the death of Brian Epstein, the sixties revolution, fame, money, the Yoko Ono controversy, their energetic love lives, the tragic murder of John Lennon and, of course, their timeless, consciousness-expanding music. Along with thirty-two pages of never-before-seen photos, Giuliano brings a wealth of pulsingly vivid, heart-tugging memories of the group that helped define a wondrously turbulent era, the likes of which we have yet to see again. Start reading and relive the love, love, love.

The Lost Beatles Interviews

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

Conversations about Life and Comedy

The director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin presents a collection of uproarious and intimate conversations with some of today's most popular comedians, drawing on his teenage radio hosting days to include pieces from the early years, in a book that includes interviews with such names as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Sandra Bernhard. Illustrations.

Sick in the Head

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#paperback #Manhattan #LostDiary #1920s #teen #FlorenceWolfson #interviews #memoir #Gatsby #girlhood 

Iowa

Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal

"A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age, following your dreams and discovering (or rediscovering) who you are, were and want to be." -- Parade

Rescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous, forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman

Opening the tarnished brass lock of a red leather diary found in the basement of a New York City apartment building, New York Times writer Lily Koppel embarked on a journey into the past. Compelled by the hopes and heartaches captured in the pages, Koppel set out to find the diary's owner, a 90-year old woman named Florence. Eventually reunited with her diary, Florence ventured back to the girl she once was, rediscovering a lost self that burned with artistic fervor.

Joining intimate interviews with original diary entries, The Red Leather Diary is an evocative and entrancing work that recreates the romance and glitter, sophistication and promise, of 1930s New York, bringing to life the true story of a precocious young woman who dared to follow her dreams.

The Red Leather Diary

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#paperback #baseball #classic #sports #hittinginstruction #instruction #interviews

A reprint of a classic 1920's instructional manual on how to hit a baseball. Very old school - no mention of launch angle or exit velocity! Still full of fundamental truths for hitters learning the game. The book is small (6 3/4" x 5") and in very good condition.

A long loved but unavailable baseball classic, Batting features interviews with over 250 pioneering baseball figures who share their insights into the game from a hitter's perspective. Legendary baseball figures such as Ty Cobb, Casey Stengel, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Rogers Hornsby, and Babe Ruth reveal the secrets of such integral and interesting parts of the game as place hitting, bunting, hit and run, the sacrifice, batting stance, the batting order, and how to choose a bat. The pros cover the way to beat a slump, common baseball player superstitions, how to outguess the pitcher, and the best way to deal with unhappy fans and the press. Batting is also noteworthy for returning baseball to its roots, downplay-ing slugging and stressing instead a "scientific" and mental approach to offense-including place hitting, bunting, and base stealing.

This special edition features the original classic along with accompanying advertisements, a biographical introduction by Frederick Ivor-Campbell, and an expanded index by Leverett T. Smith Jr.F. C. Lane (1885-1984) was a longtime editor of and writer for Baseball Magazine, the sport's first monthly magazine. Frederick Ivor-Campbell is the vice president of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Batting

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Arkansas

The Paris Review Interviews

In interviews, such authors as Marianne Moore, Dorothy Parker, P.L. Travers, Simone de Beauvoir, Eudora Welty, Elizabeth Bishop, Maya Angelou, Anne Sexton, Toni Morrison, and Joyce Carol Oates discuss their writing

Women Writers at Work

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#paperback #audio #studsterkel #interviews



Illinois

The Original Live Interviews

From the 1950s through 1997, Louis "Studs" Terkel, bestselling author of Hard Times, Working, The Great War, Coming of Age, and eight other books, hosted a daily one-hour show on WFMT Radio in Chicago. This nationally syndicated, Peabody Award-winning program was an ideal showcase for his curmudgeonly wit, his maverick opinions, and his genius as an interviewer.

The 48 interviews in this collection, span Terkel's five decades on radio and encompass a wide range of entertainers, scientists, writers and thinkers, including Dorothy Parker, Pete Seeger, Bob Woodward, Simone de Beauvoir, and many more.

Voices of Our Time

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#hardcover #music #countrymusic #emery #interviews

West Virginia

In his three previous bestselling books, Ralph Emerynamed country radio's Greatest Personality of the Century by Radio and Records-regaled readers with fascinating tales of the business. Now, in 50 Years Down a Country Road, stellar figures, including Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Tom T Hall, Ronnie Milsap, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and many others, recount the good, bad, and great times of country music during the past five decades. Ralph Emery begins by delving deep into the roots of country through the reminiscences of such luminaries as Eddy Arnold, Tex Ritter, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. He enters the 1950s by examining how the life and death of Hank Williams forever changed Nashville. This decade also launched such stars as Hank Snow, Marty Robbins, Hank Thompson, Carl Smith, Jim Reeves, and Kitty Wells. Emery brings back the 1960s -when writerartists such as Willie Nelson, Don Gibson, Roger Miller, and Johnny Cash proved that Nashville was truly Music City USA. He examines the colorful and contradictory Patsy Cline, the most influential woman in country's history. He talks with Bobby Bare, who set the stage for the '70s outlaws by taking control of his recording in the '60s. In the 1970s, Kris Kristofferson came to Nashville and revolutionized songwriting. Tom T Hall's compositions became the standard to which all "three-minute movie" songs would be held. Mel Tillis, Charley Pride, and Ronnie Milsap succeeded despite incredible odds. America fell in love with George Jones and Tammy Wynette and were brokenhearted when they became yet another divorce statistic. In the 1980s, the pop-country sound rocketed stars such as Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, and Alabama to the top of the charts. Emery discusses three Of country's biggest female superstars, Dolly Parton, Barbara Mandrell, and Reba McEntire, as well as the traditionalist revival led by George Strait, Ricky Skaggs, and Randy Travis. Finally, he looks back at the past ten years, when phenomenal artists including Garth Brooks, Trisha Year-wood, Shania Twain, and Faith Hill helped sell more records than the country music industry ever dreamed possible. 50 Years Down a Country Road is a must for all country music fans.

50 Years down a Country Road

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#hardcover #stephenking #interviews #interview #nonfiction #horror #writer 

California

Conversations on Terror with Stephen King

In a series of interviews, the acknowledged master of horror fiction reveals the creative source behind his stories, discussing his life, his career, and his philosophy on writing, and what he believes makes horror stories so popular

Bare Bones

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#paperback #sports #baseball #characters #profiles #americana #biography #interviews

This book is in excellent condition, no wear to pages, spine, or binding. Some very light yellowing at the edge of the pages, otherwise like new. Copyright 1999.

One fan's search for the game's most interesting overlooked players

Focusing on such athletes as Art Pennington, Bruno Haas, and Bill Lange, Salin presents the stories of more than a dozen former players, many in his own words. 15 photos.

Baseball's Forgotten Heroes

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#nonfiction #humor #comedy #hardcover #conedians #interviews #juddapatow 

Conversations About Life and Comedy

#hardcover #health #hardback #Oprah #theoprahmagazine #inspiration #advice #interviews #wisdom #celebrity

Texas

The Best of O, the Oprah Magazine

A definitive handbook for living well on one's own terms brings together a collection of informative, empowering, and motivational articles from O, the Oprah Magazine that are filled with expert advice on how to promote one's physical and emotional well-being, from maintaining one's health to building confidence and discovering a sense of purpose. 125,000 first printing.

O's Guide to Life

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In this book, 35 directors champion their favorite overlooked or critically savaged gems. Among these guilty pleasures, almost-masterpieces, and undeniable classics in need of revival are unsung noirs (Murder by Contract), famous flops (Can’t Stop the Music, Joe Versus the Volcano), art films (L’ange), theatrical adaptations (The Iceman Cometh), B-movies (Killer Klowns from Outer Space), and even a few Oscar-winners (Some Came Running). #movies #film #interviews #paperback #Cinema #cult 

Ohio

35 Directors Champion the Forgotten or Critically Savaged Movies They Love

Thirty-five directors reveal which overlooked or critically savaged films they believe deserve a larger audience while offering advice on how to watch each film.

The Best Film You've Never Seen

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Michigan

Strength, Wisdom, Compassion

In this celebration of Jewish women and motherhood, stunning black and white duotones are paired with intimate profiles that evoke the lives of fifty Jewish mothers. Each extraordinary woman featured in this collection shares her powerful insights into the meaning of family, Judaism, love, and community with recollections and observations of Jewish life in America. From rabbis and scholars to activists and artists, these frank and powerful women discuss their views on how to raise a Jewish child in today's world and how they have come to understand their own mothers. A beautiful and inspiring commemoration of Jewish motherhood, Jewish Mothers is the perfect gift for any mother, grandmother, or mother-to-be.

Jewish Mothers

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A well-loved copy of Neil Strauss’s most famous and wild interviews!

#paperback #nonfiction #celebrity #interviews #autobiography #biography

New Jersey

Journeys into Fame and Madness

You can tell a lot about somebody in a minute. If you choose the right minute. Here are 228 of them. Join Neil Strauss, "The Mike Tyson of interviewers," (Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum), as he Makes Lady Gaga cry, tries to keep MÖtley CrÜe out of jail & gets kidnapped by Courtney Love Shoots guns with Ludacris, takes a ride with Neil Young & goes to church with Tom Cruise and his mother Spends the night with Trent Reznor, reads the mind of Britney Spears & finds religion with Stephen Colbert Gets picked on by Led Zeppelin, threatened by the mafia & serenaded by Leonard Cohen Picks up psychic clues with the CIA, diapers with Snoop Dog & prison survival tips from Rick James Goes drinking with Bruce Springsteen, dining with Gwen Stefani & hot tubbing with Marilyn Manson Talks glam with David Bowie, drugs with Madonna, death with Johnny Cash & sex with Chuck Berry Gets molested by the Strokes, in trouble with Prince & in bed with… you’ll find out who inside And many, many more awkward moments and accidental adventures with the world’s number one stars in Everyone Love You When You’re Dead.

Everyone Loves You When You're Dead

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Keeping the Faith in Troubled Times

America's most inspirational voices, in their own words: "If you're looking for a reason to act and dream again, you'll find it in the pages of this book" (Chicago Tribune).
 
Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist's most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we sustain it in the darkest of times? An alternative, more personal chronicle of the "American century," Hope Dies Last is a testament to the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.
 
A former death row inmate who served nearly twenty years for a crime he did not commit discusses his never-ending fight for justice. Tom Hayden, author of The Port Huron Statement, contemplates the legacy of 1960s student activism. Liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith reflects on the enduring problem of corporate malfeasance. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion to the retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who advocate for a better world. With grace and warmth, Terkel's subjects express their secret hopes and dreams. Taken together, this collection of interviews tells an inspiring story of optimism and persistence, told in voices that resonate with the eloquence of conviction.
 
"The value of Hope Dies Last lies not in what it teaches readers about its narrow subject, but in the fascinating stories it reveals, and the insight it allows into the vast range of human experience." --The A.V. Club
 
"Very Terkelesque--by now the man requires an adjective of his own." --Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Review of Books
 
"An American treasure." --Cornel West

Hope Dies Last

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Esquire October/November 2022

Artists Talk about Life and Work

(Book). Now in paperback! In this collection of interviews conducted between 1982 and 2004, music journalist, cultural commentator and Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis conjures themes of songwriting, spirituality, making music and filmmaking out of his subjects. They include such icons as Keith Richards, Bono, Johnny Cash, Iggy Pop, Woody Allen, Eminem, Trey Anastasio, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Spector, Martin Scorsese, and Al Pacino. "Few are as qualified as DeCurtis to take you along for the ride, be it in Harrison's black Ferrari or in his other revealing sit-downs with pop culture's most captivating figures." Rolling Stone

In Other Words

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A Guide to Successful Evaluations

For over a quarter of a century, this classic and time-proven guide has assisted managers in effectively appraising employee performance. The more than three thousand professionally written phrases clearly describe over sixty critical rating factors. Now in its eleventh edition, the guide has been continuously revised to meet changing employment conditions. Over one million copies have been sold. This widely acclaimed handbook is a practical and valuable aid to making the completion of performance appraisals fast, easy and accurate.

Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals

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#peace #activists #interviews #nonfiction #stories #photography #everyonehasastory #socialjustice #changemakers #paperback 

Exploring the Meaning of Peace One Story at a Time

In a world that often asks us to consider the things that can separate us...whether that is race, politics or ethnicity...A Peace of My Mind explores the common humanity that unites us. "A Peace of My Mind" is a 120-page book that features the b&w portraits and personal stories of 55 individuals who answer the simple question, "What does peace mean to you?" Since 2009, Noltner has photographed and interviewed Holocaust survivors, refugees, political leaders, artists, homeless individuals, and others, asking them to reveal what peace means to them, how they work towards it in their lives and what obstacles they encounter along the way. The result is a stunning and heart-felt collection that acknowledges the challenges we face as a society, yet builds hope through the inspiring stories of people committed to peaceful tomorrows.

A Peace of My MInd

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Founder of the Yippies, along with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, contributor to 'Mad' magazine, torch-bearer of counter-culture, Paul Krassner has been called the father of the underground'. In this collection of interviews spanning some 35 years, he talks to some of the most interesting and important figures of the late 20th century and delivers some of the most compelling encounters you will ever witness. Includes interviews with: Lenny Bruce, Dick Gregory, Norman Mailer, Jerry Garcia, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Terry Southern, plus many more.'

Chuck Klosterman

But What If We're Wrong?

Nora Roberts

Sweet Rains

Howard Stern

Howard Stern Comes Again

Richard Wimmer; Adrian Zackheim (Editor)

Baseball Fathers, Baseball Sons

Geoffrey Giuliano; Brenda Giuliano; Timothy Leary (Afterword by)

The Lost Beatles Interviews

Judd Apatow

Sick in the Head

Lily Koppel

The Red Leather Diary

F. C. Lane; Frederick Ivor-Campbell (Foreword by)

Batting

Paris Review

Women Writers at Work

Studs Terkel

Voices of Our Time

Ralph Emery; Patsi Bale Cox

50 Years down a Country Road

Stephen King; Tim Underwood (Editor); Chuck Miller (Editor)

Bare Bones

Tony Salin

Baseball's Forgotten Heroes

Judd Apatow

Sick in the Head

Oxmoor House Staff; Oprah Magazine Editors

O's Guide to Life

Robert K. Elder

The Best Film You've Never Seen

Paula Wolfson; Lloyd Wolf; Anne Roiphe (Foreword by)

Jewish Mothers

Neil Strauss

Everyone Loves You When You're Dead

Studs Terkel

Hope Dies Last

Various

Esquire October/November 2022

Anthony DeCurtis

In Other Words

James E. Neal

Effective Phrases for Performance Appraisals

John Noltner

A Peace of My MInd

Paul Krassner

Impolite Interviews