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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, Krakauer searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled 24-year-old Chris McCandless to leave civilization behind and head into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Four months later, McCandless'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick Publisher Comments Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between military ideals and military practice. In this deeply thoughtful account of what it's like to fight on today's front... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison Publisher Comments Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits — an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell Publisher Comments Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was to document the activity of an al Qaeda leader rumored to be very close to Bin Laden with a small... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is one of isolation and fear. Although others had rescued this boy from his abusive alcoholic mother... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Ludwig Wittgenstein : the Duty of Genius (90 Edition) by Ray Monk Publisher Comments "Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."—The Christian Science Monitor.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer Publisher Comments Raised together in a small German circus town, Modoc, the elephant, and Bram, his faithful boyhood companion and later trainer, formed a bond that lasted their entire lives. It was an extraordinary friendship that was tested time and again until, in the... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer Publisher Comments This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Goodbye Darkness: A Memoire of the Pacific War by William Manchester Publisher Comments The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms. To find... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto Publisher Comments In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine — and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Autobiography of Mark Twain: The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 (Mark Twain Papers) by Mark Twain Staff Pick At last, the wait is over! Exactly 100 years after his death, Mark Twain's autobiography is finally available. In this first of three volumes, the great Samuel Clemens tells his most epic tale of all: the frank and fascinating story of his remarkable... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan Publisher Comments "I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else." So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hoop Dreams: True Story of Hardship and Triumph, the by Ben Joravsky Publisher Comments For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and --... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier Publisher Comments "I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questing. In other words, I wanted to find out... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $0.98 Used - Trade Paper
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American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur (08 Edition) by William Manchester Synopsis Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man.Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Autobiography of William Carlos Williams (67 Edition) by William Carlos Williams About the Author William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) was born in Rutherford, New Jersey. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he met and befriended Ezra Pound and H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). At the same time as maintaining a popular medical... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master by Ming Dao Deng Publisher Comments A guide to freeing ourselves from the inappropriate and crippling behaviors that sabotage our success.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus Publisher Comments Muhammad Yunus is that rare thing: a bona fide visionary. His dream is the total eradication of poverty from the world. In 1983, against the advice of banking and government officials, Yunus established Grameen, a bank devoted to providing the poorest of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Kurt Cobain Journals by Kurt Cobain Publisher Comments Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson Publisher Comments A young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills comes to New York City and influences troubled teenagers with his inspirational message.... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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