Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
By: Sam Wasson
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate—and often hilarious—history of a uni…
Want to Read $ 11.99"Improvisors connect for the same basic reason you and your friends connect. Say you meet someone. You like something about them and they like something about you. Your mutual interest begets mutual play. Play begets cooperation and mutual understanding, which, trampolined by fun, becomes love. Love is the highest form of play."-Sam Wasson, Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
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1. Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations
By: Simon Rich
3.86
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places… read more
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- humor
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"I still remember the day I got my first calculator Teacher: All right, children, welcome to fourth grade math. Everyone take a calculator out of the bin. Me: What are these? Teacher: From now on we'l…"-Simon Rich, Ant Farm and Other Desperate Situations
2. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
By: Martin Short
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this engaging memoir, written with heart, wisdom, and a huge helping of hilarity, Martin Short s… read more
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- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them."-Martin Short, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
3. Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live
By: James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales
3.77
Format: 52 pages,
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- pop culture
- humor
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- comedy
4. Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway
By: Michael Riedel
3.95
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
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- history
- pop culture
- theatre
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5. Paul McCartney: The Life
By: Philip Norman
4.14
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip… read more
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- art
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- pop culture
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6. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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7. The Leaving
By: Tara Altebrando
3.88
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Six were taken. Eleven years later, five come back--with no idea of where they've been. Eleven year… read more
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8. Grant Moves South
By: Bruce Catton
3.87
Format: 272 pages,
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's acclaimed Civil War history of the complex man and controversi… read more
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9. Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports
By: Guy Lawson
3.96
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
The inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greate… read more
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- history
10. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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- art
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- pop culture
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. Harold
By: Steven Wright
3.48
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A uniquely humorous and deeply profound novel from a legendary stand-up comedian that follows the t… read more
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- humor
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- audiobook
"Looking at the wingless angel Harold firmly believed her shadow should be in color."-Steven Wright, Harold
"She smelled too. Like a 22 year old girl. He tried to place that smell but he couldn't. It seemed like a mixture of skin lotion and confidence."-Steven Wright, Harold
"In Ms Yuka's class he once wrote a poem about it called: 'Listen' The last lines were - I know you know you do it, it doesn't matter to you at all you just want to keep on talking a verbal waterfall"-Steven Wright, Harold
"Harold thought how weird and strange it must be to be a girl. He was glad he wasn’t one because he didn’t think he would be able to do that. Or he wouldn’t want to do that. It’s probably good that yo…"-Steven Wright, Harold
12. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
By: Sarah Thornton
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more
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- history
- audiobook
13. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Mart… read more
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- comedy
- audiobook
"Sometimes you gotta say "What the fuck". If you can't say it, you can't do it."-Nick de Semlyen, Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
14. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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- audiobook
15. Dying of Politeness: A Memoir
By: Geena Davis
4.04
Format: None pages, Audio CD
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16. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- pop culture
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- comedy
- audiobook
17. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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18. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
By: Emmanuel Acho
4.53
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking in… read more
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- history
- audiobook
20. When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
By: Kenan Thompson
3.83
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older a… read more
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- pop culture
- humor
- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
21. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir
By: Michael McDonald
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more
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- audiobook
22. If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
By: Alan Alda
3.86
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
From iconic actor and bestselling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better—… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The trouble with a lecture is that it answers questions that haven't been asked."-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"You're going to learn if something's bad. It's not like you're going to say, 'Well, that lion was really unpleasant. I think maybe I'll come back here and see if I like it the next time."-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"I came to the conclusion that, even in life, unless I’m responding with my whole self—unless, in fact, I’m willing to be changed by you—I’m probably not really listening. But if I do listen—openly, n…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
"I would come in armed with only curiosity, and my own natural ignorance. I was learning the value of bringing my ignorance to the surface... Ignorance was my ally, as long as it was backed up by curi…"-Alan Alda, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
23. Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
By: Mike Reiss
3.91
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In celebration of The Simpsons thirtieth anniversary, the show’s longest-serving writer and produce… read more
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- pop culture
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- nonfiction
- comedy
- audiobook
"There were three great comedians in my formative years—Bill Cosby, Bill Murray, and Richard Pryor—and they wrecked comedy for a generation. How? By never saying anything funny. You can quote a Steve …"-Mike Reiss, Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons
24. Never a Lovely So Real: The Life and Work of Nelson Algren
By: Colin Asher
4.51
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
This definitive biography reclaims Nelson Algren as a towering literary figure and finally unravels… read more
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25. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
By: Isaac Butler
4.26
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE N… read more
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26. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV
By: Emily Nussbaum
4.02
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
Who invented reality TV, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre, and why can’t we look away f… read more
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27. Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
By: Sam Wasson
3.96
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of Fosse, a sweeping yet intimate—and often hilarious—history of a uni… read more
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- pop culture
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- comedy
- audiobook
"Improvisors connect for the same basic reason you and your friends connect. Say you meet someone. You like something about them and they like something about you. Your mutual interest begets mutual p…"-Sam Wasson, Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art
28. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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29. Democracy or Else: How to Save America in 10 Easy Steps
By: Jon Favreau
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From your friends at Pod Save America and Crooked Media comes a useful and illustrated guide to sa… read more
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30. Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History
By: Andrew Moskos
3.93
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
An exciting history of the improv group you've never heard of that changed comedy in America—this i… read more
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31. The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
By: Nancy Pelosi
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from ho… read more
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