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In this young adult autobiography, Tony Hawk shares the stories from his life that have helped him become a skateboarding hero.
Hawk speaks of being a super-competitive 'demon' child who found peace while on a skateboard. Classmates teased him because of his interest in an 'uncool' sport. Instead of retaliating with violence, he practiced even more. With his story, he will inspire a younger generation of fans to stand up for what they believe in...
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Alan Bristow, founder of Bristow Helicopters, died on April 26, 2009, seven days after completing his autobiography. He was a truly remarkable man; his full-page obituary was published in The Times and The Daily Telegraph. As a merchant navy officer cadet during the war Bristow survived two sinkings, played a part in the evacuation of Rangoon and was credited with shooting down two Stukas in North Africa. He joined the Fleet Air Arm and trained as...
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During the Summer of Love in 1969, Alan Hodgkingson was drafted. After basic training, he was sent to serve his tour of duty in Viet-Nam. THE FOREST OF DARKNESS is a gut wrenching account of how a nineteen year old managed to cope with the horrors he witnessed in order to survive during his stay in that war-ravaged country. But besides being a first-hand account of a military conflict, it is also a question about a moral dilemma that an unwilling...
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A Gay professional recounts his life before and after HIV positive diagnosis.
Dr. Marty is a second generation chiropractor. He first wrote Living Beyond Rainbows in 2011. He worked in the HIV arena since the 1980's. A different perspective of growing up in America.
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A book anyone can read especially if they wonder how their dream may be fulfilled.
"Father Mike Ortiz is now retired from the Army Chaplaincy and the active Priesthood. After several attempts to become a military chaplain he finally was accepted and volunteered for the Green Berets and served with the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 10th Groups. He underwent SCUBA and HALO training and is a graduate of the Command & General Staff College as well...
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A book anyone can read especially if they wonder how their dream may be fulfilled.
"Father Mike Ortiz is now retired from the Army Chaplaincy and the active Priesthood. After several attempts to become a military chaplain he finally was accepted and volunteered for the Green Berets and served with the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and the 10th Groups. He underwent SCUBA and HALO training and is a graduate of the Command & General Staff College as well...
7) Barack Obama
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In the incredibly giftable little book Barack Obama, readers get an inside look at the remarkable 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama is the first African American U.S. president and the first politician to bring 21st-century technology to an election and the presidency. He brought change to a nation and changed history. From local community reformer to Oval Office tenant, Barack Obama has lived the American dream. This is his story...
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Rosie was born loving horses and has pursued many disciplines in the horse world-breeding, showing, teaching, endurance racing, driving, camping, and trail riding wherever she can. Any ride on a horse is an adventure, and most folks can only dream about the places she has seen from the back of her horse. As an ICU nurse, getting away on her horse is a great escape.
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The first book by distinguished novelist, journalist, and literary critic Rebecca West: a biography of Henry James. Setting the standard for a century's worth of criticism, Rebecca West diagnosed Henry James as an American who "could never feel at home until he was in exile" in this slim, readable biography, published just a few months after his death in 1916. West boldly assesses Roderick Hudson as "not a good book," and displays remarkable foresight...
10) Siege
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This is a true story that has it all: killer cops, and whores, and mafia connections. There is even a hanging. It's all about their relationship to a ten-year old boy. He lives, sometimes, with Jesus followers, and sometimes with hard-core atheist. You've probably seen this kid walking down the street by your house. he's a quiet loner, nothing to say, head down, eyes inspecting the sidewalk as he goes. You ask yourself how did he get this withdrawn...
11) The Great Flood!
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Based On a True Story of the Author as Seen Through His Eyes as a 6 year-Old Child Caught Up in a Scary Flood That Creeped Upon His family in the Middle of the Night! A Scary hair Raising Experience!
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Catching Up provides the reader with an amazing number and variety of the author's personal adventures in the outdoors. These include such experiences as encountering mountain lions in the wild, being treed by a moose in the Grand Tetons, encountering a fierce javelina boar in Big Bend, studying ferruginous pygmy-owls on the King Ranch, restoring Ridley sea turtles to Padre Island, being face-to-face with a number of wild bears, censusing birds on...
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A collection of new-in-print comics from legendary creator Leela Corman. Motherhood, music, trauma, and heritage whirl together in powerful and unexpected ways. Praise for You Are Not A Guest:"In You Are Not A Guest, Leela Corman is in a no holds barred wrestling match against Trauma set to the tune of an antifascist punk band. She leads us into the heart of her personal tragedies: the death of her daughter, and her family's history in the Holocaust,...
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Art Linson has had a hand in producing some of the most unforgettable films of the past half-century-Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Untouchables, Fight Club-and has worked with some of America's finest actors and directors. In what the Los Angeles Times calls "a breezy anatomy of ritual humiliation," his memoir gives us a brutally honest, funny, and comprehensive tour through the horrors of Hollywood.
Includes a new interview of Art Linson by...
15) Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America-and Found Unexpected Peace
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William Lobdell's journey of faith-and doubt-may be the most compelling spiritual memoir of our time. Lobdell became a born-again Christian in his late 20s when personal problems-including a failed marriage-drove him to his knees in prayer. As a newly minted evangelical, Lobdell-a veteran journalist-noticed that religion wasn't covered well in the mainstream media, and he prayed for the Lord to put him on the religion beat at a major newspaper. In...
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This Life of Grace is a biography and a history. It tells the story of Grace Jarrold, the youngest of eight children, who lived for almost ninety years in the village of Plympton in Devon. It also tells the story of the village over the last century, beginning with the Great War of 1914-1918, school life at that time as revealed in original documents, the building of 'homes fit for heroes' in the 1920s, and the General Strike of 1926. It describes...
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TODO NACE EN EL AMOR PROPIO En un mundo lleno de superficialidad y apariencias, Martín se encuentra atrapado en una búsqueda interminable de validación externa. A pesar de su éxito profesional, su vida amorosa es un reflejo de su fragilidad emocional y su constante necesidad de sentirse valorado. Sin embargo, un giro inesperado lo lleva a embarcarse en un viaje de autodescubrimiento que cambiará su perspectiva para siempre. En medio de sus luchas...
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"An engaging journey into the wild and wonderful world of drumming."-CLEM BURKE, Blondie
To have a great band you need a great drummer. For the first time, Tony Barrell shines a long-overdue spotlight on these musicians, offering an exciting look into their world, their art, and their personalities. In Born to Drum, he interviews some of the most famous, revered, and influential drummers of our time-including Chad Smith, Ginger Baker, Clem Burke,...
19) Pat Tillman
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Pat Tillman left his career with the Arizona Cardinals and enlisted in the United States Army in June 2002 in response to the September 11th attacks. His service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and subsequent death, were the subject of much controversy. Tillman joined the Army Rangers and served several tours in combat before he died in the mountains of Afghanistan. Initially, the Army reported that Tillman had gunned down by enemy forces. But the truth...
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Howdy and Arnold's friendship began with a rather ordinary encounter nearly 50 years ago when Howard Giles snapped a simple photograph of his hero passing in a parade; it has since grown into a remarkable friendship between an American legend and his most ardent fan. Since that time, Giles has conservatively snapped more than a quarter-million photographs of Palmer. Sharing never-before-seen images of Palmer on and off the golf course over the past...
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