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Jean Driscoll: Dream Big, Work Hard [Secure Adobe Reader 7]
by Michael Sandler
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 In Jean Driscoll: Dream Big, Work Hard!, readers will meet an amazing athlete who overcame spina bifida and a shattering hip injury to rise victorious eight times in the Boston Marathon. Refusing to give up after a bicycle accident left her in a wheelchair, Driscoll plunged into competitive wheelchair sports, proving that physical challenges are meant to be conquered. Full-color photographs, timeline, and a compelling biographical narrative will enthrall readers as they learn how Driscoll steere... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Bethany Hamilton [Secure Adobe Reader 7]
by Michael Sandler
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Since she was a young girl in Hawaii, Bethany Hamilton dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. Yet those dreams nearly vanished when a shark tore off her left arm. In Bethany Hamilton: Follow Your Dreams!, young readers will follow Bethany's recovery from the devastating shark attack as she retakes the surf and waves. Full-color photographs, timeline, and a compelling biographical narrative will engage readers as they learn how Bethany overcame the greatest challenges of her young life. Betha... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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I, California: The Occasional History of a Child Actress/Tap Dancer/Record Store Clerk/Thai Waitress/Playboy Reject/Nightclub Booker/Daily Show Corres [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Stacey Grenrock Woods
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 Hilarious. Smart. Bitter. Sweet. Self-deprecating. Stacey Grenrock Woods. Experience with her the stirring joys of receiving a Peter Frampton poster for Hanukkah, sitting for a head-shot photo session as a child actress, waitressing Pan-Asian fusion cuisine, having musicians for boyfriends, humiliating people on The Daily Show, and waiting for prescription drugs. Oh, the waiting. From the idyllic sprout-and-yogurt San Fernando seventies; to the idyllic painter's-cap-and-bandanna eighties; to the... more info>>
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Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Tony Dungy
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Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach--especially a football coach--to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family? In this inspiring and... more info>>
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American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by C. David Heymann
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In American Legacy, #1 New York Times bestselling author C. David Heymann draws upon a voluminous archive of personal interviews to present a telling portrait of John and Caroline Kennedy. A longtime biographer of various members of the Kennedy clan, including Jackie and Robert Kennedy, Heymann covers John's and Caroline's childhood in the White House, the dark aftermath of their father's assassination, their uneasy adolescence, and the many challenges they faced as adults, all under the glaring... more info>>
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The People's Princess:Cherished Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, From Those Who Knew Her Best [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Larry King
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In the ten years since Princess Diana's shocking and tragic death in 1997, her hold on the world's imagination has only increased. For The People's Princess, Larry King asked many people who knew Diana, some officially and some more personally, for their favorite memories. Sir Richard Branson recalls Diana sitting in the cockpit of one of his private planes with baby Prince William on her lap; as they flew past Windsor Castle she announced, "On our right you have Grandma's house!" Heather Mills,... more info>>
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Cheney: The Untold Story of America's Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Stephen F. Hayes
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During a forty-year career in politics, Vice President Dick Cheney has been involved in some of the most consequential decisions in recent American history. He was one of a few select advisers in the room when President Gerald Ford decided to declare an end to the Vietnam War. Nearly thirty years later, from the presidential bunker below the White House in the moments immediately following the attacks of September 11, 2001, he helped shape the response: America's global war on terror. Yet for al... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Love, Lust, and Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Andrew Solomon & Cindy Chupack & Ayelet Waldman
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A celebration of the most important relationship in a straight girl's life--her gay best friend. Thanks to iconic duos such as Sex and the City's Carrie and Stanford and the title characters of Will & Grace, the love affair between straight women and gay men has moved into the mainstream. Never before, though, has a book looked at these friendships in the real world. The editors, themselves best friends, have put together this collection of hilarious and poignant never-before-published essays th... more info>>
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Here If You Need Me [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Kate Braestrup
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When the oldest of Kate Braestrup's four children was ten years old, her husband, a Maine state trooper, was killed in a car accident. Stunned and grieving, she decided to pursue her husband's dream of becoming a Unitarian minister, and eventually began working with the Maine Game Warden Service, which conducts the state's search and rescue operations when people go missing in the wilderness. Whether she is with parents whose 6-year-old daughter has wandered into the woods, or wardens as they se... more info>>
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Truck: A Love Story [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Michael Perry
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The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and ... gardening tips.... Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track. "All I wanted to do was fix my old pickup truck," says Michael Perry. "That, and plant my garden. Then I met this woman...." Truck: A Love Story recounts a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food ("Seed catalogs are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than Enron an... more info>>
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Femme Fatale: Love, Lies, and the Unknown Life of Mata Hari [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Pat Shipman
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In 1917, the notorious Oriental dancer Mata Hari was arrested on the charge of espionage; less than one year later she was tried and executed--charged with the deaths of at least 50,000 gallant French soldiers. The mistress of many senior Allied officers and government officials, even the French minister of war, she had a sharp intellect and a golden tongue fluent in several languages; she also traveled widely throughout wartorn Europe, with seeming disregard for the political and strategic alli... more info>>
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Elvis Presley: A Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Bobbi Ann Mason
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A vibrant, sympathetic portrait of the once and future king of rock 'n' roll by the award-winning author of Shiloh and In Country. To this clear-eyed portrait of the first rock 'n' roll superstar, Bobbie Ann Mason brings a novelist's insight and the empathy of a fellow Southerner who, from the first time she heard his voice on the family radio, knew that Elvis was "one of us." Elvis Presley deftly braids the mythic and human aspects of his story, capturing both the charismatic, boundary-breaking... more info>>
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Babylon by Bus [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Ray LeMoine
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This all-access, inside-out view of what the American occupation of Iraq really looks like on the ground is the story of two young Americans who went to Baghdad without any real plan and discovered they weren't the only ones. Underqualified but ingenious, Ray and Jeff found work with the Coalition Provisional Authority providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people amid an appalling atmosphere of corruption, incompetence, and horror. Gritty and irreverent, this is a wild ride inside the Red Zone... more info>>
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Silent Partner: A Memoir of My Marriage [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Dina Matos McGreevey
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Dina Matos McGreevey speaks out for the first time in her New York Times bestselling memoir. In August 2004, New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey resigned from office, announcing that he was a "gay American." His wife, Dina Matos McGreevey, the picture of grace and loyalty, perfectly composed in her pale blue suit, gave no sign of the tangled emotions she felt that day, no hint of the devastation that was to come. Since then she has been asked repeatedly about the nature of her marriage, about what... more info>>
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Posh & Becks [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Andrew Morton
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 She is a fashion icon with a lust for fame. He is possibly the most famous athlete on the planet. Together they are one of the most loved--and hated--pairs on Earth. This sensational, highly addictive biography delves beneath the Beckhams' glossy, glamorous facade to expose the real Posh and Becks behind the headlines and the hype. Celebrity biographer Andrew Morton, hailed for his insightful, in-depth coverage of luminaries such as Princess Diana and Madonna, explores in detail how David and Vi... more info>>
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Game Over: The Rise and Transformation of a Harlem Hustler [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Azie Faison
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Faison was a ninth grade dropout who earned more than $100,000 a week selling cocaine in Harlem, New York, during the peak of America's "War on Drugs" between 1983 and 1990. Faison, along with two partners, was an urban prince with cars, jewels, and people--in awe of this million-dollar phenomenon--at his feet. His legacy has been praised by hip-hop's top names in their lyrics, and his life was the basis for the urban cult classic film Paid in Full starring Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, and rapper ... more info>>
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Hood: An Urban Erotic Tale [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Noire
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Lamont be my government, but Hood be my name. I earned my stripes chilling up in Fat Daddy's joint, a Brownsville barbershop in the belly of Brooklyn. Some called me a street savior ... others said I was just another Brownsville boy gone bad. Whatever. I brung it and I took it too. But when it was all said and done, I walked away with a lesson learned in street loyalty: ain't no need in looking over your shoulder in this game. Because your real enemies ain't aiming at your back. They lunging str... more info>>
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Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town, and the Search for What Matters Most [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Gwendolyn Bounds
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Forced from her downtown Manhattan apartment by the terrorist attack of September 11, journalist Wendy Bounds was delivered to Guinan's doorstep--a legendary Irish drinking hole and country store nestled along the banks of the Hudson River in the small town of Garrison, New York--by a friend. Captivated by the bar's charismatic but ailing owner and his charming, motley clientele, Bounds uprooted herself permanently and moved to tiny Garrison, the picturesque river town they all call home. There ... more info>>
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Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Larry Platt
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Part sports star, part antihero, part hip-hop icon, Allen Iverson has managed to cross over into the mainstream of American culture--without compromise. Defiantly tattooed, with his hair in cornrows, the six-foot Philadelphia 76ers point guard is one of the most recognizable and controversial stars of the sports world. His meteoric rise from a troubled childhood in the ghetto to NBA superstardom has been marked by five straight playoff appearances, including a finals berth in 2001 and an MVP awa... more info>>
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Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Bruce Feiler
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An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge--the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics. From rowing in an exclusive regatta to learning lessons in love from a Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Feiler's enlightening, eye-popping adventure will forever change your view of the British upper class, a world ro... more info>>
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Walking Broad: Looking for the Heart of Brotherly Love [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Bruce Buschel
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Wedged between the hustle of New York and the grandeur of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia is America's smallest big city, America's biggest small city, and America's most American city. It is also a city in flux. Bruce Buschel is a native Philadelphian who revisits his hometown and, in doing so, revisits his personal history and the city's complex identity. Buschel was born on Broad Street, his father died on Broad Street; he flunked out of college, sold cameras, and purchased drugs on Broad Stre... more info>>
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Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by James Blake
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In 2004, James Blake's life was getting more perfect by the day. A rising tennis star, with each passing year his game seemed to improve. In 2002, he was named Sexiest Male Athlete by People, and along the way he continued to gain in the rankings and earn respect on the court. Each day seemed to offer a new milestone, a new achievement; he was leading a charmed life and loving every minute of the ride. But that life came to an abrupt halt in May 2004 when Blake broke his back in a freak accident... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Lyndall Gordon
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The founder of modern feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) was the most famous woman of her era. A brilliant, unconventional rebel vilified for her strikingly modern notions of education, family, work, and personal relationships, she nevertheless strongly influenced political philosophy in Europe and a newborn America. Now acclaimed biographer Lyndall Gordon mounts a spirited defense of this courageous woman whose reputation has suffered over the years by painting a full and vibrant portra... more info>>
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Martha: On Trial, in Jail, and on a Comeback [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Slater
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Martha Stewart is the most famous and wealthy woman on earth--a person whose name is a brand and whose influence touches virtually every home in North America. This is the Martha Stewart story you have never heard.... It is the behind-the-scenes story of arrogance and miscalculation that led Martha to a trial that should never have happened ... her life in a federal prison cell, told by those who were there ... her personal transformation ... and finally, her carefully plotted comeback ... all t... more info>>
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Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader/Adobe Reader 7]
by Irene Spencer
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Irene Spencer did as she felt God commanded in marrying her brother-in-law Verlan LeBaron, becoming his second wife. When the government raided the fundamentalist, polygamous Mormon village of Short Creek, Arizona, Irene and her family fled to Verlan's brothers' Mexican ranch.
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