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September 2020
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You Look So Much Better in Person: True Stories of Absurdity and Success
by Al Roker

What it's about: the life lessons beloved Today co-host Al Roker has learned throughout his four-decade career in TV.

Read it for: a heartwarming and conversational blend of memoir and self-help.  

Want a taste? "It doesn't matter that you're not the star; it matters that you're part of the constellation." 
George Harrison on George Harrison : Interviews and Encounters
by Ashley Kahn

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The beginning or the end : how Hollywood-and America-learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
by Greg Mitchell

Chronicles the first efforts of American media and culture to process the Atomic Age and how the White House and Pentagon scuttled an epic Hollywood production for reasons of propaganda, politics and petty human vanity. 10,000 first printing.
Ripped from the headlines! : the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes
by Harold Schechter

"In this collection of revelatory essays, true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes a fascinating trip down the crossroads of fact and fiction to reveal the sensational real-life stories that are more shocking, taboo, and fantastic than even the most imaginative screenwriter can dream up."
Hustle harder, hustle smarter
by Curtis Jackson

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive—in a unique self-help guide. By the New York Times best-selling author of The 50th Law. 200,000 first printing.
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