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White Eskimo: Knud Rasmussen's Fearless Journey into the Heart of the Arctic
Stephen R. Bown · Da Capo
Pages: 384
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Among the explorers made famous for revealing hitherto impenetrable cultures - T. E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger in the Middle East, Richard Burton in Africa - Knud Rasmussen stands out not only for his physical bravery but also for the beauty of his writing. Part Danish, part Inuit,... |
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On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1
Chris Gavaler · University of Iowa Press
Pages: 295
Format: Print book |
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Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman's appearance in Action Comics No. 1, but that Kryptonian rocket didn't just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman's creators were born, the superhero's most defining elements - secret identities, aliases, disguises, signature symbols,... |
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Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season
Charley Rosen · University of Nebraska Press
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During the 1972-1973 basketball season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three... |
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Neymar: The Making of the World's Greatest New Number 10
L Caioli · Icon, 2014.
Pages: 250
Format: Print book |
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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is the new global soccer superstar, already acclaimed as "the next Pelé." He is the player everyone wants to watch in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, his home country.Luca Caioli reconstructs Neymar's life and career through exclusive private... |
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18 in America: A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game
Dylan Dethier · Scribner
Pages: 258
Format: Print book |
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Shortly before his freshman year of college was set to begin, seventeen-year-old Dylan Dethier - hungry for an adventure beyond his small town - deferred his admission and, "like Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey before him, packed his used car and meager life savings and set off to see and write... |
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Alone on the wall
Alex Honnold · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover |
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The life and death-defying feats of Alex Honnold, a visionary climber of the sort that comes along only once in a generation.A thirty-year-old climbing phenomenon, Alex Honnold pushes the limits of free soloing beyond anything previously attempted, as he climbs without a rope, without a partner,... |
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Mr. Hockey: My Story
Gordie Howe , · G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The definitive autobiography from hockeys greatest living legend—Mr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe.  Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall... |
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