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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
KOBE BRYANT · MCD Pages: 208 Format: Hardcover
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The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant -- a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most revered athletes of all timeIn the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant has decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding... |
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The Me, Without: A Year Exploring Habit, Healing, and Happiness
Jacqueline Raposo · Ixia Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A Book of the Month Club Main Selection! "Raposo's engaging report on stripping life down will inspire readers looking for manageable tweaks to hectic living." - Publishers Weekly "No cheesy self-help here, The Me, Without is sharply written and massively relatable.... |
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Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
Edith Hall · Penguin Press Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful livesAristotle was the first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, and he understood its essence... |
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A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson
Laura Thompson · Pegasus Books Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover
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A riveting account of the notorious "Ilford murder" by the New York Times bestselling author of The SixThe death penalty is never without its ethical conflicts or moral questions. Never more so than when the person being led to the gallows may very well be innocent of the actual... |
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Ian Fleming and Operation Golden Eye: Keeping Spain out of World War II
Mark Simmons · Casemate Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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This book tells the story of the various Allied operations and schemes instigated to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII, which included the widespread bribery of high ranking Spanish officials and the duplicity of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr.Ian Fleming and Alan Hillgarth... |
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
DAVID W BLIGHT · Simon & Schuster Pages: 896 Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)... |
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Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
Lucy Worsley · St. Martin's Press Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover
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The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era Perhaps one of the best known of the English monarchs, Queen Victoria forever shaped a chapter of English history, bequeathing her name to the Victorian age. In Queen Victoria, Lucy Worsley introduces this iconic woman in a new light.... |
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My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir
Tia Torres · William Morrow Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most respected figures in the dog rescue community come the harrowing, funny, and inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life.Tia Torres, beloved underdog advocate and star of Animal Planet's hit show Pit Bulls & Parolees, chronicles her roller-coaster... |
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Soldier, Priest, and God: A Life of Alexander the Great
F. S. Naiden · Oxford University Press Pages: 424 Format: Hardcover
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Whatever we may think of Alexander--whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath--most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt, he performed the ceremonies... |
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Help Me!
Marianne Power · Grove Press Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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I wanted to find out what would happen if I really did follow the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? Really felt The Power of Now? Could life be transformed? Could I get rich? Skinny? Find love? Be more productive and fulfilled? Because I really did want all the things these books promised.... |
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