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  Enter Laughing - A Bio-Novel

  Carl Reiner

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  In this semi-autobiographical, laugh-out-loud novel, Carl Reiner details a young man's frustrations as he works as a machinist's helper and tries to break into show business. Along the bumpy path, the aspiring young actor tries to extricate himself from his overly protective parents— and his two girlfriends— and eventually lands an acting gig with a small theater troupe. Human, funny, and relatable, Enter Laughing is a warm tale of a young man with love in his heart and greasepaint on his face that guarantees to have everyone exit laughing.

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  My Love Was Blind

  La Wanda Marrero

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  Food for Thought! 
  Because you the reader, traveling on this journey with this exploration of My perspective in its rawness. Prayerfully, you may gain perspective to the dual role and emotional reactions in in relationships participated in from honest eyes of self and make a positive change for your next situation. Generally, we tend to forget our roles, behaviors, and direct action exercised in relationships, only seeing the faults of others, and placing blame. I am here to tell you it takes at least two to tango. A pointed finger has three fingers flipped back toward the pointer. The older I get I have learned to give myself permission to look at my roles in relationship, and how I present in general. It was difficult. Who would ever want to see themselves as a fallen mess? I engaged in looking for love in all the wrong places and trusted in circumstances I should have not over my lifespan, and I am still a mess!

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  Ten Bridges I've Burnt - A...

  Brontez Purnell

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  In Ten Bridges I've Burnt, Brontez Purnell—the bard of the underloved and overlooked—turns his gaze inward. A storyteller with a musical eye for the absurdity of his own existence, he is peerless in his ability to find the levity within the stormiest of crises. Here, in his first collection of genre-defying verse, Purnell reflects on his peripatetic life, whose ups and downs have nothing on the turmoil within. "The most high-risk homosexual behavior I engage in," Purnell writes, "is simply existing." 
   
   
   
  The thirty-eight autobiographical pieces pulsing in Ten Bridges I've Burnt find Purnell at his no-holds-barred best. He remembers a vicious brawl he participated in at a poetry conference and reckons with packaging his trauma for TV writers' rooms; wrestles with the curses, and gifts, passed down from generations of family members; and chronicles, with breathless verve, a list of hell-raising misadventures and sexcapades. Through it all, he muses on everything from love and loneliness to capitalism and Blackness to jogging and the ethics of art, always with unpredictable clarity and movement. 
   
   
   
  With the same balance of wit and wisdom that made 100 Boyfriends a sensation, Purnell unleashes another collection of boundary-pushing writing with Ten Bridges I've Burnt, a book as original and thrilling as the author himself.

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  This Was Toscanini - The Maestro...

  Samuel Antek, Lucy Antek Johnson

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  This audio edition includes excerpts from NBC Symphony performances conducted by Maestro Toscanini!  
  “Music lovers will find this book irresistible ... the writing is gorgeous, the characters are well-sculpted, the scenes are focused, and the author brings to life moments that music aficionados will savor for a long time. The book itself is a symphony that arrests the edges of the hearts of readers.” —The Book Commentary 
  Explore with renewed wonder the thorough, touching, and inspiring firsthand account of performing with and learning from Arturo Toscanini. In this expanded second edition of This Was Toscanini, original author Samuel Antek's reflections on The Maestro gain new insights as his daughter Lucy Antek Johnson enlightens readers of what her father himself was like, and shares her fond and intimate reflections on a musical partnership. 
  Arturo Toscanini is widely considered the greatest conductor of the modern age and remains a towering figure in the world of classical music. His explosive passions, dynamic music making, and legendary leadership continue to inspire and influence today's musicians while still captivating new generations of enthusiastic fans as well. This Was Toscanini is an intimate, firsthand, behind-the-scenes musical portrait of the Maestro, told from the unique perspective of first violinist Samuel Antek, who was fortunate to play under Toscanini's baton for seventeen years in the famed NBC Symphony Orchestra. In this expanded second edition of This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me, Samuel Antek's reflections on playing with the Maestro gain sparkling new facets of insight from his daughter, Lucy Antek Johnson, as she enlightens readers with vivid recollections about her father and his most memorable musical partnership. With a foreword from acclaimed author and music historian Harvey Sachs. This audio edition features over 20 minutes of music.

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  Life on Ice

  Madeleine Deese

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  Ever wonder what life is like on a touring ice-skating show? How many people travel with the show, how do you pack two fifty-pound suitcases with a year’s worth of clothes, shoes, and supplies? Do you pay your own hotel and transportation? Speaking of pay, what do they pay? How do you cook in a hotel room? And who is hooking up with whom? This semi autobiography is a humorous look into the world of a traveling show about how to live this type of life on the road. It is a coming-of-age story where quirky characters become family, fall into and out of bed—I mean love—go on adventures, and grow up.

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  Bad Blood: Book Summary &...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by John Carreyrou. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  A gripping true story of ambition, deception, and corporate fraud, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup unravels the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of Theranos, a multibillion-dollar biotech company founded on empty promises. At its helm was Elizabeth Holmes, a charismatic entrepreneur who convinced investors, patients, and the media that her revolutionary blood-testing technology would change healthcare forever. But behind the scenes, the company was built on lies, intimidation, and scientific fraud. This investigative thriller exposes the dark side of Silicon Valley’s startup culture and the dangers of unchecked ambition.

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