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Racing The White Silence

By: Adam Killick

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Penguin: 2002

Seller ID: 0123759

ISBN: 0143013521

Condition: Good

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Kick the Balls

By: Alan Black

Price: $9.25

Publisher: Plume: 2009

Seller ID: 0121791

ISBN: 0452295394

Condition: Good

A "hilarious and utterly irreverent tale" (Irvine Welsh) of a year in the life of an abrasive pee-wee soccer coach Growing up in Scotland, Alan Black learned that soccer was no mere game; it was a matter of life or death. In this harshly hilarious tale, Black, a Glasglow transplant living in suburban California, coaches the Dragons, a peewee team that proves an embarrassment to his beloved sport. They're pampered. They're soft. They've been told by their overprotective parents that (gasp ) "winning isn't everything." Using drills and bombast, Black attempts to whip the team into shape. View more info

King Of The Road: True Tales From A Legendary Ice Road Trucker

By: Alex Debogorski

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Penguin: 2010

Seller ID: 0121357

ISBN: 0143177478

Condition: Good

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Lucky

By: Alice Sebold

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Back Bay: 2002

Seller ID: 0049968

ISBN: 0316096199

Condition: Fair

In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit-as she struggles for understanding ("After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes"); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secur... View more info

A House In The Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Scribner: 2013

Seller ID: 0139076

ISBN: 1451645600

Condition: Very good

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A House In The Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Scribner: 2013

Seller ID: 0118974

ISBN: 1451651694

Condition: Very good

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A House In The Sky

By: Amanda Lindhout

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Scribner: 2014

Seller ID: 0109883

ISBN: 1451651481

Condition: Good

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Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother

By: Amy Chua

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Penguin: 2011

Seller ID: 0108926

ISBN: 1594202842

Condition: Very good

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The Opposite Of Fate

By: Amy Tan

Price: $7.99

Publisher: Putnam: 2003

Seller ID: 0046369

ISBN: 0399150749

Condition: Very good

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An Embarrassment Of Mangoes

By: Ann Vanderhoof

Price: $10.50

Publisher: Doubleday Canada: 2004

Seller ID: 0138034

ISBN: 0385659555

Condition: Fair

Under the Tuscan Sun meets the wide-open sea . . . An Embarrassment of Mangoes is a delicious chronicle of leaving the type-A lifestyle behind -- and discovering the seductive secrets of life in the Caribbean. Who hasn't fantasized about chucking the job, saying goodbye to the rat race, and escaping to some exotic destination in search of sun, sand, and a different way of life? Canadians Ann Vanderhoof and her husband, Steve did just that. In the mid 1990s, they were driven, forty-something professionals who were desperate for a break from their deadline-dominated, career-defined lives... View more info

Abandoned

By: Anya Peters

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Harper: 2007

Seller ID: 0133863

ISBN: 0008287678

Condition: Good

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place

By: Aron Ralston

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Atria: 2004

Seller ID: 0067860

ISBN: 074349282X

Condition: Good

One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told -- Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home. It started out as a simple hike in the Utah canyonlands on a warm Saturday afternoon. For Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven-year-old mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Blue John Canyon was a chance to get a break from a winter of solo climbing Colorado's highest and toughest peaks. He'd earned this weekend vacation, and though he met two charming women along the way, ... View more info