Review: Life & Laughing: My Story by Michael McIntyre

Title: Life & Laughing: My Story
Author: Michael McIntyre

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 14, 2010
Publisher: Penguin
ASIN: B005WTAHN4

Michael McIntyre has become Britain's biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time, only to be eclipsed by his second, Hello Wembley, that sold over 1.4 million copies and was the 2009 Christmas number one. He hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up in 2009 following his record breaking fifty-four date Arena tour.

But how did he get there?

Michael reveals all in his remarkably honest and hilarious autobiography Life & Laughing. His showbiz roots, his appalling attempts to attract the opposite sex, his fish-out-of-water move from public to state school and his astonishing journey from selling just one ticket at the Edinburgh Festival to selling half a million tickets on his last tour. Michael's story is riveting, poignant, romantic and above all very, very funny.

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Review: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

Title: Fear: Trump in the White House
Author: Bob Woodward

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: September 11, 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ASIN: B075RV48W3

THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.

Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president’s first years in office.

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Review: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Title: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: May 2, 2017
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ASIN: B01MAWT2MO

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.

But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.

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Review: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff

Title: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Author: Michael Wolff

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Published: January 5, 2018
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ASIN: B078GSYDZ2

With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time

The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous—and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself.

In this explosive book, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations:

— What President Trump's staff really thinks of him
— What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama
— Why FBI director James Comey was really fired
— Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn't be in the same room
— Who is really directing the Trump administration's strategy in the wake of Bannon's firing
— What the secret to communicating with Trump is
— What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers

Never before has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.

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Review: Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally

Title: Schindler's List
Author: Thomas Keneally

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Published: August 6, 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
ASIN: B00C4GJ8WY


A stunning novel based on the true story of how German war profiteer and factory director Oskar Schindler came to save more Jews from the gas chambers than any other single person during World War II. In this milestone of Holocaust literature, Thomas Keneally, author of Daughter of Mars, uses the actual testimony of the Schindlerjuden—Schindler’s Jews—to brilliantly portray the courage and cunning of a good man in the midst of unspeakable evil.

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Review: Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks

Title: Three Weeks With My Brother
Author: Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks

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Published: April 18, 2013
Publisher: Sphere
ASIN: B00HG5V7WM


In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world.

An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds.

Just before Nicholas' marriage he and Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas' triumphant debut as a novelist with The Notebook, the brothers lost their father to a car crash, and just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy and maintain their determination to live life to its fullest.

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Review: The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History by Chris Smith

Title: The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
Author: Chris Smith

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Published: November 22, 2016
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ASIN: B01BU1ITZU

For sixteen years (1999-2015), The Daily Show was a game-changer in television, blurring the line between opinionated news reportage and comedy. It launched careers, lampooned legions of public figures and garnered 18 Emmy's. Now the fascinating behind-the-scenes antics, controversies and relationships will be chronicled by legendary host Jon Stewart and the players themselves. Starting with the inception of the show and Craig Kilborn's turn as host, this history will cover the groundbreaking election coverage, Jon's famous monologue in the wake of 9/11, confrontations with John McCain and Hillary Clinton, The O'Reilly Factor, the war with CNN and every satirical moment in between, including legendary cast members Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Lewis Black, Jon Hodgman, Steve Carell, Larry Wilmore, John Oliver and a foreword from Jon Stewart.

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Review: Outlaw Lovers Dossier by Jan Springer

Title: Outlaw Lovers Dossier
Author: Jan Springer

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Published: October 26, 2009
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
ISBN: 1102071331
ISBN-13: 9781102071334

Dossier is a scorching peek into a future world where most of the female population has been killed by the X-virus. Where women struggle with searing sexual arousal, submissiveness or naughty fantasies as well as coping with the Claiming Law, where females have no rights and are sexually claimable by groups of men.

Immerse yourself in exclusive intimate interviews with four of the sexy Outlaw brothers. Learn about the women they crave, about their books, an informative glossary, a succulent chocolate cake recipe and much more in this handbook on the popular series.

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Review: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne, Dave King

Title: Self-Editing for Fiction Wirters
Author: Renni Browne, Dave King

Read copy: Mass Market Paperback
Published: April 13, 2004
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 0060545690
ISBN-13: 9780060545697

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