Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
By: Leslie Odom Jr.
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Leslie Odom. Jr, burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway mus…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Who are you dreaming for today?"-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"Who are you dreaming for today?"-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part, with your spectacular failures."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part, with your spectacular failures."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
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1. The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2)
By: C.J. Redwine
3.92
Format: 432 pages, ebook
The world has turned upside down for Thad and Ari Glavan, the bastard twins of Súndraille’s king. T… read more
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"Instead of focusing on what she didn't have, she needed to look at what she did."-C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2)
"Thad: “But this is a boy, and you need to think of your reputation if you’re spending time alone with him—"-C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2)
"Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars."-C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2)
"The princess snorted. "If you haven't figured out by now that I don't care what you think of me, let this be the lesson that sticks."-C.J. Redwine, The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2)
2. Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part
By: Michael Shurtleff
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicagoand Becketand for films … read more
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3. Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good
By: Kevin Smith
4.36
Format: 184 pages,
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4. Hamilton: The Revolution
By: Lin-Manuel Miranda , Jeremy McCarter
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamiltonis as revolutionary as its subject, the poor ki… read more
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5. Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song
By: Sara Bareilles
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Hardcover
A candid and down-to-earth collection of essays by five-time, Grammy Award nominated singer-songwri… read more
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6. A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages
By: Joni Rodgers , Kristin Chenoweth
4.03
Format: 606 pages,
"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originat… read more
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7. Proof
By: David Auburn
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more
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8. Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories
By: Benedict Cumberbatch , John Taylor
3.94
Format: 322 pages, Audio CD
Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four mor… read more
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9. Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
By: Lin-Manuel Miranda
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From the creator and star of Hamilton, with beautiful illustrations by Jonny Sun, comes a book of a… read more
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"Do not get stuck in the comment section of life today."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"You are not defined by the speed of your surroundings, your mind is racing."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"Don’t wait on anyone to make your favorite thing. Make your own favorite thing."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
"You will have to say no to things to say yes to your work. It will be worth it."-Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
10. She Memes Well
By: Quinta Brunson
4.07
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy Award-winning writer Quinta Brunson (creator and star of Abbott Elementary ) comes a deep… read more
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11. Second Chances in New Port Stephen
By: T.J. Alexander
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A trans man returns to his Florida hometown for Christmas after his career goes up in flames, only … read more
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"Eli closed his eyes with a sigh. "Look, early aughts Elijah Wood was trans masc culture. When Lord of the rings -colon- The Fellowship of the Ring came out, it was the first time a short dude with gr…"-T.J. Alexander, Second Chances in New Port Stephen
12. Rebel Rising
By: Rebel Wilson
3.91
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
From the scene-stealing star of Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids comes a refreshingly candid, hilariou… read more
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"Would this performance feel internally like I was going to die? Yes. But my desire to win, my desire to be somebody, is so strong that it compels me to do the hardest thing possible: to perform in pu…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
"People would come up to me on the street and say, 'I just want to thank you for being so brave!' Why am I so fucking brave? I'm not going off to fight in a war! I'm not running into a burning buildin…"-Rebel Wilson, Rebel Rising
13. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
By: Pete Buttigieg
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once described by the Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,” Pete B… read more
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"As I raised the glass and said, "South Bend is back," the roar of the crowd at once reflected, certified, and caused it to be so."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"Yet even now he looked on his days as mayor -- not governor or lieutenant governor or baseball team owner or naval aviator -- as the best job he'd ever had."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"At one point I learned that when I'd told them my college coursework in Arabic might make me a good intelligence officer, they had recorded that my minor at Harvard had been in aerobics."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
"I had a professional background in economic development and was fluent in the language of business - even while having fought and bled politically for organized labor in the auto industry."-Pete Buttigieg, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
14. Too Much Is Not Enough
By: Andrew Rannells
4.14
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
From the star of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and HBO's Girls, the heartfelt and hilarious coming-… read more
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15. Memorization for Actors (Psychology for Actors Series)
By: Alexa Ispas
4.30
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
Imagine if you could learn your lines in half the time yet feel confident they will roll off your t… read more
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16. Uncle of the Year: And Other Debatable Triumphs
By: Andrew Rannells
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambi… read more
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17. American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures
By: America Ferrera
4.33
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipi… read more
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18. Note to Self: Inspiring Words From Inspiring People
By: Gayle King
3.90
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
In this New York Times bestseller, Gayle King collects her favorite inspiring letters from the popu… read more
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19. Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
By: Leslie Odom Jr.
4.11
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Leslie Odom. Jr, burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway mus… read more
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- memoir
- inspirational
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- adult
- audiobook
"Who are you dreaming for today?"-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The path to moments of greatness in your life will be paved, in part, with your spectacular failures."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The work you put in when no one is watching will matter far more than the work you do when the cameras are rolling."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
"The biggest break is the one you will give yourself by choosing to believe in your vision and what you love and the gifts you have to offer the waiting world."-Leslie Odom Jr., Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning
20. Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal
By: Giles Terera
4.50
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
‘One of the most joyous and clear-eyed approaches to playing a character that I have ever read… I a… read more
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"Who anyone is is only evidenced in whatever situation they are in at any given moment."-Giles Terera, Hamilton and Me: An Actor's Journal
21. Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant
By: Alan Cumming
4.10
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
2 hrs and 16 mins Legal Immigrant is Alan Cumming's collection of musings on his experiences as… read more
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