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David Wild (born December 16, 1961) is an American writer and critic in the music and television industries and a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. His published books include Friends: The Official Companion (1995), Seinfeld: The Totally Unauthorized Tribute (1998), Friends 'til the end (2004), and others. Wild hosted the television series Musicians, which aired on Bravo! in 2001. His writing credits for television include over two dozen series and specials. In 2001, he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on America: A Tribute to Heroes. Wild has written for the Grammy Awards since 2001, and became a producer for the show in 2016. Wild is an alumnus of Cornell University. Wild was a frequent guest on The Adam Carolla Show, usually bringing a musical guest or a musical selection to feature on the show. In early 2022, the Naked Lunch podcast was announced, featuring Phil Rosenthal and Wild. Brad Paisley, a longtime friend of Wild's, recorded the theme song for the show, which debuted officially on May 12, 2022 with Paisley as the first guest. To date, Rosenthal and Wild have welcomed a wide range of guests, including Graham Nash, Susanna Hoffs, Keanu Reeves with his band Dogstar, Peter Frampton, Jimmy Kimmel and others. Books David Wild. (1996). Friends: the Book. New York: Boxtree. ISBN 0-75220-18-4-0. David Wild. (1998). Seinfeld: The Totally Unauthorized Tribute (Not That There's Anything Wrong with That). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-60980-31-1-5. David Wild. (2000). The Showrunners: A Season Inside the Billion-Dollar, Death-Defying, Madcap World of Television's Real Stars. New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-06093-20-2-3. David Wild. (2004). Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years. New York: Time Inc. ISBN 1-93227-31-9-0. David Wild. (2007). And the Grammy Goes To...: The Official Story of Music's Most Coveted Award. New York: State Street Press. ISBN 978-0-68149-73-9-9. David Wild. (2009). He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-30681-83-5-6. Brad Paisley and David Wild. (2012). Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me. Brentwood, Tennessee: Howard Books. ISBN 978-1-45167-43-5-4. References External links David Wild on Huffington Post . Discover the David Wild popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Wild books.

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  • The Major Works synopsis, comments

    The Major Works

    C. Patrides & Thomas Brown

    Sir Thomas Browne (160582) was a writer of breathtaking range and learning, whose works demonstrate a warm and humorous view of human nature. Religio Medici is a fascinating, witty...

  • Another synopsis, comments

    Another

    Christian Robinson

    An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019 An NYPL Best Book of 2019 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Picture Boo...

  • On the Wild Edge synopsis, comments

    On the Wild Edge

    David Petersen

    "Opinionated and iconoclastic, Petersen writes with humor and a wellhoned craft that will delight fans of Edward Abbey." Library Journal (starred review) Twentyfive years ago Da...

  • The Tangled Tree synopsis, comments

    The Tangled Tree

    David Quammen

    In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explai...

  • To Build a Fire synopsis, comments

    To Build a Fire

    Christophe Chabouté

    A 2019 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUMFrom the “master of black and white” artwork (Paste Magazine) and the bestselling illustratorstoryteller of Park ...

  • The Ash Family synopsis, comments

    The Ash Family

    Molly Dektar

    When a young woman leaves her family to join a secret offthegrid community headed by an enigmatic leader, she discovers that belonging comes with a deadly cost, in this “stunning d...

  • A Weird and Wild Beauty synopsis, comments

    A Weird and Wild Beauty

    Erin Peabody

    The summer of 1871, a team of thirtytwo men set out on the first scientific expedition across Yellowstone. Through uncharted territory, some of the day’s most renowned scientists a...

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    The Pancatantra

    Visnu Sarma & Chandra Rajan

    First recorded 1500 years ago, but taking its origins from a far earlier oral tradition, the Pancatantra is ascribed by legend to the celebrated, halfmythical teacher Visnu Sarma. ...

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    Rising from the Plains

    John McPhee

    Pulitzer Prizewinning author John McPhee continues his Annals of the Former World series about the geology of North America along the fortieth parallel with Rising from the Plains....

  • Room to Dream synopsis, comments

    Room to Dream

    David Lynch & Kristine McKenna

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  An unprecedented look into the personal and creative life of the visionary auteur David Lynch, through his own words and those of his closest collea...

  • Be More Human synopsis, comments

    Be More Human

    Tony Riddle

    'Tony Riddle's mission is to present ways of living that are more in sync with our human biology, to help us thrive in this modern world' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'This book is brillian...

  • I Should Be Dead By Now synopsis, comments

    I Should Be Dead By Now

    Dennis Rodman & Jack Isenhour

    Whether it was helping Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win three consecutive NBA titles in the 1990s, or showing up to a book signing in a dress and full makeup, Dennis Rodman...

  • The Life and Passion of William of Norwich synopsis, comments

    The Life and Passion of William of Norwich

    Thomas of Monmouth & Miri Rubin

    A fascinating surviving chronicle from 12thcentury England which holds a unique and terrible place in the history of antiSemitismThe Life and Passion of William of Norwich gives a ...

  • The Cycling Anthology synopsis, comments

    The Cycling Anthology

    Lionel Birnie & Ellis Bacon

    THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO CYCLING IN FIVE VOLUMESVolume One of The Cycling Anthology, a collection of the best writing on cycling by some of the sport's leading writers. Between them, ...

  • Alaska Range synopsis, comments

    Alaska Range

    David W. Shaw

    Outdoor and nature photography is fraught with challenges. In “Alaska Range”, professional outdoor photographer, writer, and workshop leader David W. Shaw shares images, stories, p...

  • Leave It As It Is synopsis, comments

    Leave It As It Is

    David Gessner

    Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert...

  • Sociolinguistics synopsis, comments

    Sociolinguistics

    Peter Trudgill

    This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These ran...

  • Breathless synopsis, comments

    Breathless

    David Quammen

    National Book Award finalist Breathless tells the story of the worldwide scientific race to decipher the coronavirus SARSCoV2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to f...

  • Zen Gardening synopsis, comments

    Zen Gardening

    A. K. Davidson

    The Zen gardens of Japan are places in which to meditate. They can be anything from a landscaped garden, complete with waterfalls, to a bed of raked pebbles. This ancient way of ga...

  • Agent 110 synopsis, comments

    Agent 110

    Scott Jeffrey Miller

    The “lively and engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) story of how OSS spymaster Allen Dulles built an underground network determined to take down Hitler and destroy the Third Reic...

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    Wild Isles

    Patrick Barkham & Alastair Fothergill

    This beautifully illustrated overview of the wildlife of the British Isles showcases the diversity of our plant and animal life.Wild Isles is a celebration of the wildlife found on...

  • Lourdes synopsis, comments

    Lourdes

    Ruth Harris

    Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shapin...

  • The Collected Works of Henry David Thoreau synopsis, comments

    The Collected Works of Henry David Thoreau

    Henry David Thoreau

    The Collected Works of Henry David Thoreau is a collection of classic works by one of the greatest writers in history. The included works of Henry David Thoreau are Walden, Civil D...

  • Wild Tales synopsis, comments

    Wild Tales

    Graham Nash

    This ebook includes 4 videos, 34 audio clips, and 11 additional photos from Graham Nash’s personal collection. Audio and video content does not play on all reading devices. Check y...

  • Captive synopsis, comments

    Captive

    Catherine Oxenberg

    Including a new afterword, Captive is an emotional, rippedfromtheheadlines exposé that lays bare the inner workings of the secretive NXIVM cult that shocked the world.I am a mother...

  • Faster Than A Cannonball synopsis, comments

    Faster Than A Cannonball

    Dylan Jones

    Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tracey Emin's tent), peak New Lad (when Nick Hornby published H...

  • From the River to the Sea synopsis, comments

    From the River to the Sea

    John Sedgwick

    “Riveting...A great read, full of colorful characters and outrageous confrontations back when the west was still wild.” George R.R. MartinA propulsive and panoramic history of one ...

  • Stagecoach synopsis, comments

    Stagecoach

    Max Brand

    Unlikely hero Sammy Gregg has never met a challenge he won’t face head on, but he hasn’t met outlaw Chester Furness!Born in Brooklyn, Sammy Gregg is small in stature and naive to t...

  • The Bed and Breakfast Star synopsis, comments

    The Bed and Breakfast Star

    Jacqueline Wilson

    Meet Elsa The Bed and Breakfast star!'Hey, when is a door not a door? When it's ajar!'Elsa loves to tell jokes. She KNOWS she's going to be a big star one day doing what she does...

  • Sleeping Beauties synopsis, comments

    Sleeping Beauties

    Andreas Wagner

    Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch. A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMESMany animals and pl...

  • Our Wild Calling synopsis, comments

    Our Wild Calling

    Richard Louv

    “A book that offers hope.”  The New York Times Book Review “Richard Louv has done it again. A remarkable book that will help everyone break away from their fixed gaze at ...

  • The New Rulebook synopsis, comments

    The New Rulebook

    Dr Chris Cheers

    The bestselling, practical and inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chris Cheers.Shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards Best Designed Non...

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young synopsis, comments

    Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

    David Browne

    The first and most complete narrative biography of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, by acclaimed music journalist and Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne"Riveting." People Maga...

  • Journeys in the Wild synopsis, comments

    Journeys in the Wild

    Gavin Thurston & Sir David Attenborough

    'Modest, down to earth and full of humour, this is one of the best books about filming I've ever read.' MICHAEL PALIN'Extraordinary: Gavin's easy prose and gaspmaking encounters ma...

  • Badger Boy and The Way of the Coyote synopsis, comments

    Badger Boy and The Way of the Coyote

    Elmer Kelton

    Two books in one from the Texas Rangers series by the beloved Western writer Elmer Kelton: Badger Boy and The Way of the Coyote Elmer Kelton, most honored of all Western writers, w...

  • Operation Valuable Fiend synopsis, comments

    Operation Valuable Fiend

    Albert Lulushi

    In 1949, a newly minted branch of the CIA (the precursor of today’s National Clandestine Service), flush with money and burning with determination to roll back the Iron Curtain, em...

  • Badger Boy synopsis, comments

    Badger Boy

    Elmer Kelton

    The Texas Frontier, 1865The Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David "R...