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CAROL BURNETT has been an actor on Broadway, on television, and in the movies. She has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The Mark Twain Prize for Humor and the Kennedy Center Honors, among other singular achievements of a woman comedian who was nothing less than a pioneer and a role model for today's stars.-About the Author, In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox

Carol Burnett

Yes Please

This Time Together

What's So Funny?

In Such Good Company

Arts & Entertainment

Kevin Hart

I Can't Make This Up

Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History

Marcus Makes a Movie

Marcus Makes It Big

Audio Performances & Dramatizations

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Drama & Plays

Sir Patrick Stewart, OBE is an English film, television, stage and voice actor, who has had a distinguished career on stage and screen. He is most widely known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its successor films, and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series.Known for his strong and authoritative voice, Stewart has lent his voice to a number of projects, including audio books, animated films and series and video games.

Patrick Stewart

The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection

The Last Battle

A Christmas Carol (Simon & Schuster Edition)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Kathleen Turner

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Aces Abroad

Children's Audiobooks

Seth Meyers

I'm Not Scared, You're Scared

Women

Animals & Nature

Amy Meredith Poehler is an American actress, comedian, voice artist, producer and writer. Raised in Burlington, Massachusetts, she graduated from Boston College in 1993 and moved to Chicago, Illinois, to study improv at The Second City and ImprovOlympic. In 1996, she moved to New York City after becoming part of the improvisational comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade, which later developed into an eponymous television show that aired on Comedy Central for three seasons. Poehler was also one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 1999.Poehler was a cast member on the NBC television show Saturday Night Live from 2001 to 2008. In 2004, she became the co-anchor of the Weekend Update sketch along with h

Amy Poehler

Eileen Poehler

William Poehler

Mike Schur

Will Smith

Will

Essays

Art & Literature

Anthologies & Short Stories

LGBTQ+

Memoirs, Diaries & Correspondence

David Sedaris is a Grammy Award-nominated American humorist and radio contributor.Sedaris came to prominence in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "SantaLand Diaries." He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. Each of his four subsequent essay collections, Naked (1997), Holidays on Ice (1997), Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000), Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004), and When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008) have become New York Times Best Sellers.As of 2008, his books have collectively sold seven million copies. Much of Sedaris' humor is autobiographical and self-deprecating, and it often concerns his family life, his middle class upbringing in the suburbs of Raleigh, North

David Sedaris

Calypso

Me Talk Pretty One Day

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Lincoln in the Bardo

Genre Fiction

Tiffany Haddish

The Last Black Unicorn

Tiffany Haddish: She Ready!

Layla, the Last Black Unicorn

Chip Gaines

The Magnolia Story

Capital Gaines

No Pain, No Gaines

Joanna Gaines

We Are the Gardeners

The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be

Gabrielle Union

We're Going to Need More Wine

You Got Anything Stronger?

Welcome to the Party

Not That Bad

Holidays & Celebrations

In this poignant, hilarious, and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood’s most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder reveals how saying YES changed her life—and how it can change yours too.She’s the creator and producer of some of the most groundbreaking and audacious shows on television today: Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder. Her iconic characters—Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Olivia Pope, Annalise Keating—live boldly and speak their minds. So who would suspect that Shonda Rhimes, the mega talent who owns Thursday night television (#TGIT), is an introvert? That she hired a publicist so she could avoid public appearances

Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

Leah Remini

Troublemaker

Amy Schumer

The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Arrival Stories

Amy Schumer: Cutting

Home & Garden

Architecture

Gardening & Horticulture

Addiction & Recovery

Fitness, Diet & Nutrition

Health & Wellness

Food & Wine

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism.Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Michael Pollan

Caffeine

How to Change Your Mind

This Is Your Mind on Plants

Cooked

Second Nature

Anna Kendrick is an American actress and singer, born and raised in Portland, Maine. She is widely known for her roles in The Twilight Saga, Up in the Air, and Pitch Perfect. Throughout her acting career, Kendrick has received various awards and nominations. Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Anna Kendrick

Scrappy Little Nobody

Viola Davis

Finding Me

Just as I Am

Corduroy

Blind Faith

Paul Giamatti

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered

Skeleton Crew

A Scanner Darkly

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

The Rivalry

True Crime

Karen Kilgariff is an American writer, comedian, singer, author, actress, television producer, and podcast host. Since 2016 she has co-hosted the true crime comedy podcast My Favorite Murder along with Georgia Hardstark. In 2018 she and Hardstark co-founded the podcast network Exactly Right.Known for her biting wit and musical prowess, Karen Kilgariff has been a staple in the comedy world for decades. As a performer, she has appeared on Mr. Show, The Book Group and Conan. She was the head writer for the first five years of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, then transitioned to scripted, writing for shows like Other Space, Portlandia, and Baskets. Her musical comedy album Live At The Bootleg was included in Vulture's Top 9 of 2014 and in

Karen Kilgariff

Chase Darkness with Me

Stay Sexy and Don't Get Murdered

Georgia Hardstark

Women in Business

Mindy Kaling

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Why Not Me?

The A.I. Who Loved Me

One More Thing

Kind of Hindu

Romance

Demi Moore

Inside Out

Laura Clery

Idiot

Idiots

Chelsea Handler

Life Will Be the Death of Me

Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea

Uganda Be Kidding Me

Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang

Note to Self

Relationships, Parenting & Personal Development

Personal Development

Dave Grohl

The Storyteller

From Cradle to Stage

Music

B.J.Novak

The Book with No Pictures

American television comedy writer, producer, and director.He is the co-creator of the television series "King of the hill" and "The Office [us]"

Greg Daniels

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter

Lauren Graham is an actor, writer, and producer best known for her roles on the critically acclaimed series Gilmore Girls and Parenthood. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of Someday, Someday, Maybe, and Talking as Fast as I Can. Graham has performed on Broadway and appeared in such films as Bad Santa, Because I Said So, and Max. She holds a BA in English from Barnard College and an MFA in acting from Southern Methodist University. She lives in New York and Los Angeles.There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Lauren Graham

Talking as Fast as I Can

Someday, Someday, Maybe

One Italian Summer

In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

Carrie Fisher

The Princess Diarist

Wishful Drinking

Shockaholic

Postcards from the Edge

The Best Awful

Classics

Alan Cumming, OBE, is a Scottish-American stage, television and film actor. His roles have included Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he wrote, directed and starred; and Ali Selim's Sweet Land for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, Madman in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist for which he received an an Olivier award, the lead in Martin Sherman's Bent and as Dionysus in The National Theatre of Scotland's The Bacchae. On Broadway he has appeared as Mac the Knife in The Threepenny Opera and the Emcee in Cabaret for which he won the Tony in

Alan Cumming

Dracula [Audible Edition]

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

Macbeth: A Novel

Leviathan

Behemoth

Teen & Young Adult

Mariah Carey

The Meaning of Mariah Carey

Holly Madison

Down the Rabbit Hole

The Vegas Diaries

Management & Leadership

Gabe Wicks

How to Lead When You're Not in Charge

Racing to the Finish

Walk to Beautiful

The Good, the Bad, and the Grace of God

Business & Careers

Religion & Spirituality

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Molly Burke

It's Not What It Looks Like

Professionals & Academics

Jim Gaffigan was born in Elgin, Illinois, and raised in Chesterton, Indiana. He attended La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana. He is the youngest of six children and often jokes about growing up in a large family. He attended Purdue University for one year, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 1988. After graduating, Gaffigan moved to NYC to work in advertising, taking improv classes at night. His comedy career began when a friend bet him to do stand-up.He is married to actress Jeannie Noth, with whom he has two daughters, Marre and Katie Louise, and three sons, Jack, Michael, and Patrick. The family of seven live in a two-bedroom apa