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Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening

Liz Clark - Patagonia
Format: Hardcover

Chasing a dream is never easy, but if you go far enough, it will set you free. Captain Liz Clark spent her youth dreaming of traveling the world by sailboat and surfing remote waves. When she was 22, she met a mentor who helped turn her desire into reality. Embarking on an adventure that...
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I Me Mine: The Extended Edition

George Harrison - Genesis Publications
Format: Hardcover

Cherished by fans and collectors, I Me Mine is the closest we will ever come to George Harrison's autobiography. This new edition has been significantly developed since the 1980 original; now printed in color, and with previously unseen archive material, the book covers the full...
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First We Surf, Then We Eat: Recipes From a Lifetime of Surf Travel

Jim Kempton - Prospect Park Books
Format: Hardcover

Jim Kempton has spent his life traveling and surfing the world, along the way learning to cook the world's best beach-loving dishes. Now he's sharing his vividly colorful, richly flavorful, and vibrantly healthful collection of more than 90 recipes, along with stories of the best...
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Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea

Jaimal Yogis - Wisdom Publications
Format: Paperback

Fed up with teenage life in the suburbs, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries, from the warm Pacific to the icy New York...
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My Life on the Road

Gloria Steinem - Random House
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | ONE OF O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE'S TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR | NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Harper's Bazaar * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Publishers Weekly Gloria Steinem - writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader - now tells a story...
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

Sy Montgomery - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD New York Times Bestseller "Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." (New Statesman, UK) Starred BOOKLIST and Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick One of the Best...
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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life

Ray Connolly - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero?...
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The John Lennon Letters

John Lennon - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry...
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Adrift

Tami Oldham Ashcraft - Dey Street Books
Format: Paperback

The heart-stopping memoir, soon to be a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, and directed by Baltasar Kormkur (Everest) .Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fianc Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with...
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

Mary Roach - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

From Barnes & NobleMary Roach has been described as "America's funniest science writer," not a superlative that one would expect that an author on a book about human cadavers would receive. In her latest effort, the author of Stiff and Packing for Mars takes us on an incredible...
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Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams

Allred, Michael - INSIGHT ED

Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock and roll deity in history, BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing...
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