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The World's Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet

Mike Spencer Bown · Douglas & McIntyre
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"This is the account of twenty-three years of wilderness wandering, sea voyages and overland treks to survey the earth, with no home or possessions other than what fit in my trusty backpack. There was no specific destination in mind except to visit countries, not the airports and luxury...
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Tiger Woods

Jeff Benedict · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Based on three years of extensive research and reporting, two of today's most acclaimed investigative journalists, Jeff Benedict of Sports Illustrated and eleven-time Emmy Award winner Armen Keteyian, deliver the first major biography of Tiger Woods - sweeping in scope and packed with...
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Feast by Firelight: Simple Recipes for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors

Emma Frisch · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A transporting, lushly photographed book with easy-to-prepare recipes for gatherings at campgrounds and cabins alike. Feast by Firelight offers solution-oriented recipes that make cooking outdoors feel effortless and downright fun and it shows how to utilize clever cooking methods, prep...
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Why Is Soccer Played Eleven Against Eleven?: Everything You Need to Know About Soccer

LUCIANO WERNICKE · Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Why Is Soccer Played Eleven Against Eleven? reveals one hundred facts of soccer history and rules that are either unknown or little known, such as why soccer is played eleven against eleven, why soccer matches last 90 minutes, who the first coach was, how the referee appeared, and who invented...
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North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail

SCOTT JUREK · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about taking on -- and defeating -- the Appalachian Trail.Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Now, in NORTH, Jurek recounts his 2015 journey to discover something new about...
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Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine

THE EDITORS OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE. · Falcon Guides
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That's the common thread among the stories found in Out There - those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one's life is necessarily hanging in the balance,...
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Backpacker The Survival Hacker's Handbook: How to Survive with Just About Anything

Backpacker Magazine · Falcon Guides
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Backpacker The Survival Hacker's Handbook provides detailed instruction on how to use everyday items to survive in extraordinary circumstances. Sure, the quirk is here. For instance, learn how to make a fishhook out of a beer can, start a fire with hand sanitizer, or purify water with...
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race against Time

Ida Keeling · Zondervan
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest...
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Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening

Liz Clark · Patagonia
Pages: 320
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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The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete's Battle with Mental Illness

Mary Pilon · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists, the incredible story of Olympic sailor Kevin Hall, and the psychiatric syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.Meet Kevin Hall, brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic and America's Cup sailor....
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