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Survive Like a Spy: Real CIA Operatives Reveal How They Stay Safe in a Dangerous World and How You Can Too

JASON HANSON · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life--revealing high-stakes techniques and survival secrets from real intelligence officers in life-or-death situations around the world

Everyone loves a good spy story, but most of the ones we hear...
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Hero and Friend My Days With Pistol Pete Maravich

Darrel Campbell · Percussion Films
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback

"Darrel Campbell got the scoop of a lifetime" - Marshall Terrill, co-author- MARAVICHThirty years have passed since Pete Maravich's sudden death. The writer who co-authored Pete's only personal biography, HEIR TO A DREAM, has transposed rare tape recordings, compiled personal...
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League

Joe Horrigan · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season.

"I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle...
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Backpacking 101: Choose the Right Gear, Plan Your Ultimate Trip, Cook Hearty and Energizing Trail Meals, Be Prepared for Emergencies, Conquer Your Backpacking Adventures

Heather Balogh Rochfort · Adams Media
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From the creator of the Just a Colorado Gal blog comes a guide to help you plan for a fun backpacking experience.

It's time to take a hike!

In Backpacking 101, outdoor expert Heather Balogh Rochfort goes step-by-step through the preparation process of hiking...
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The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand

Matt Gutman · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles...
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Running for Women: Ditch the Excuses and Start Loving Your Run

Danica Newon · Rockridge Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Down-to-Earth Tips to Embrace Running -- at Your Own Pace After losing her mother to cancer, Danica Newon reignited her relationship with running and rediscovered how running provided balance in all areas of her life. Now a high school track coach, Newon shows why running is worth every...
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Paddling the Ozarks: A Guide to the Area's Greatest Paddling Adventures

MIKE BEZEMEK · Falcon Guides
Pages: 237
Format: Paperback

With gushing springs, clear-water streams, lush hardwood forests, and limestone bluffs rising hundreds of feet, the Ozarks offer enough paddling to fill a lifetime, including seven streams in the National Wild & Scenic Rivers system and three rivers protected by national parks. Paddling...
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory

Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance...
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Best Tent Camping: Missouri and the Ozarks: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Steve Henry · Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Best Tent Camping: Missouri and the Ozarks leads readers to 50 quiet and beautiful camping hideaways in Missouri and northwest Arkansas. In addition to scenic beauty and relaxing atmosphere, campground profiles also include tips for outdoor activities and points of interest. Especially...
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No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon

Erik Weihenmayer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

No Barriers is about my journey since coming down from Mt. Everest in 2001, and the path to where I am today. It is the story of my own life, the personal and professional struggles in the pursuit of growth, learning, and family, as well as a dream to kayak one of the world's great...
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Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns

Terry Wieland · Gun Digest Bks
Format: Paperback

From one of the country's foremost experts on shotgunning comes the all new Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns. Rich in history and filled with information useful for every shotgun owner from beginner to expert, this book explores the makers, the uses and the trends in shotguns...
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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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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

Sam Anderson · Crown
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson's long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City--a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny.

Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889,...
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Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Philip H Knight · Scribner
Pages: 386
Format: Print book

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

Young,...
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