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May Sarton: Excerpts from a Life
Author: May Sarton
May Sarton has sought Truth in every avenue of her brilliant, long life - which she has kept careful record of as a poet, novelist, journalist, and memoirist. ...more
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The Log of a Cowboy
Author: Andy Adams
At the young age of 16, Andy Adams left his San Antonio home to follow his dream of becoming a cowboy. Going on long drives with some of the 19th century's hard...more
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Flight of Passage
Author: Rinker Buck
In the summer of 1966, Rinker and Kernahan Buck - 2 teenaged schoolboys from New Jersey - bought a dilapidated Piper Club airplane for $300, rebuild it, and pil...more
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Ted Williams: The Biography of an American He
Author: Leigh Montville
He was one of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend, and a lightnin...more
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Ten Points (Unabridged)
Author: Bill Strickland
Bill Strickland believed he was cursed. No matter how secure his life outwardly seemed, the happiness he had attained with his wife and daughter hung by a threa...more
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Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Deliciou
Author: L. Jon Wertheim
From a popular senior writer for Sports Illustrated comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about the most unlikely of phenoms: a heavyset, bipola...more
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A Day No Pigs Would Die (Unabridged)
Author: Robert Newton Peck
Robert Newton Peck's most touching and famous book is a story so filled with light that once you hear it, you'll never forget it. It is the true story of a youn...more
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The Summing Up (Unabridged)
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874?1965) was born at the height of British imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory. In Maugham's lifet...more
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Black Like Me (Unabridged)
Author: John Howard Griffin
Writer John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citi...more
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Every Second Counts (Unabridged)
Author: Lance Armstrong with Sally
Since the release of his best seller, It's Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong has enjoyed a new series of thrilling rides, from the birth of his twin da...more
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The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
Author: Leigh Montville
Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For 85 years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century...more...more
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No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's
Author: Ed Viesturs and David Rober
This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.Fo...more
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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Author: Bill Bryson
Like many of his generation, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe in the early '70s - in search of enlightenment, beer, and women. Over 20 years later, the accl...more
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Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Betwee
Author: Michael Newton
Journey beyond past-life experiences to discover the more meaningful soul experiences. Dr. Michael Newton has developed his own age-regression technique to do t...more
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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs,
Author: James McManus
In the spring of 2000, Harper's magazine sent James McManus to Las Vegas to cover the World Series of Poker.But when McManus sets foot in town, the lu...more
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Black Elk Speaks
Author: Black Elk with John G. Neih
Explore the origins of Native American culture and humankind's sacred role in nature through this poignant autobiography of Black Elk, medicine man and Oglala v...more
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Cajas de Carton (Unabridged)
Author: Francisco Jimenez
In Spanish. Francisco Jiménez writes of his childhood growing up in an immigrant Mexican family. His narrative is simple, as from a child's point of view...more
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Below Another Sky
Author: Rick Ridgeway
It is 1980. In the wake of a churning, terrifying avalanche on a remote Tibetan mountain face, Rick Ridgeway cradles his dying friend, Jonathan, in his arms and...more
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The Twelve Caesars (Unabridged)
Author: Suetonius
From the dignified grace of Augustus to the cruel debauchery of Nero, this history chronicles all the vices and virtues of the first twelve rulers of Imperial R...more
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Charlemagne (Unabridged)
Author: Richard Winston
Charlemagne was easily one of the most fascinating figures in Western civilization, as well as the most heroic and romantic. The 47 years of his reign marked so...more
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