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12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption

Casey Sherman · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The incredible story of Tom Brady and the Patriots' tumultuous 2016 season: from national disgrace to the greatest Super Bowl comeback of all time. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots--a team long suspected of abiding by the "if you ain't cheating...
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Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border

Porter Fox · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A quest to rediscover America's other border -- the fascinating but little-known northern one.America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries -- much of the early...
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Astroball: The New Way to Win It All

BEN REITER · Crown Archetype
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of the Houston Astros' unexpected rise to win the 2017 World Series, from the Sports Illustrated writer who predicted it three years earlierWhen Sports Illustrated writer Ben Reiter declared, on the cover of the magazine in 2014, that the Houston Astros would...
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South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land

Julia Reed · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In considering the pleasures and absurdities of her native culture, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, "It's the juxtapositions that get you down here." These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South, and in her warmhearted and funny...
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A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game

TOM COYNE · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From Tom Coyne - the author of the New York Times bestselling A Course Called Ireland, hailed as "a joy from start to finish" by The Wall Street Journal - comes the heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game...
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Happily Ever Esther: Two Men, a Wonder Pig, and Their Life-Changing Mission to Give Animals a Home

Steve Jenkins · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their pig-daughter Esther--the so-called micro pig who turned out to be a full-sized commercial pig growing to a whopping 600 pounds--as they describe in their bestselling memoir Esther the Wonder Pig....
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A Bite-Sized History of France: Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment

STEPHANE HENAUT · The New Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"A genial journey through history that will leave readers both satiated and ravenous." - Kirkus Reviews"Savor this book in bite-sized morsels, the better to enjoy every bit." - Dorie Greenspan, "On Dessert" columnist for The New York Times Magazine, New York...
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