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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan  
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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Healing With Whole Foods 3RD Edition
by Paul Pitchford
Powells.com Staff Pick Natural food and healing are the hipnewjiggytight thing. From TBN (The Bible Network) to CNN, "you are what you eat" is becoming more and more accepted as the Truth by the mainstream media. Healing With Whole Foods is the definitive resource...
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What to Eat
by Marion Nestle
Powells.com Staff Pick I thought I knew quite a bit about food — I take flaxseed oil supplements because I'm a vegetarian, try to buy local organic produce, and buy my dairy antibiotic-free. But this information-packed book taught me that there's plenty I didn't realize &#...
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Stretching 20TH Anniversary Rev Edition
by Bob Anderson
Powells.com Staff Pick "It doesn't require equipment, it's not fancy or exotic, and it feels so good; learn what your cat already knows. This book is the easiest, most accessible guide to stretching I've found. Even sitting at a desk all day can put all sorts of kinks and...
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Winterdance : the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (94 Edition)
by Gary Paulsen
Powells.com Staff Pick I read Winterdance while camping in the mountains of eastern Oregon when it was cold, very cold (though I was snug and warm in my sleeping bag), but I was glad to not be experiencing the Arctic climes in the book. Gary Paulsen describes cold and snow the...
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Swimming To Antarctica : Tales of a Long-distance Swimmer (04 Edition)
by Lynne Cox
Powells.com Staff Pick The first to swim the Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, and the Cape of Good Hope, Lynne Cox, from the age of fourteen, began forcing the world's best long-distance swimmers to reconsider what might be possible in the water. Dive in and brace...
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Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza
by Brad Graham
Powells.com Staff Pick Are you a bike enthusiast? Are you a fan of the local "Chunk 666" bike club? Do you enjoy tinkering, building and welding? If so, get your hands on a copy of Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza right now. This book will teach you how to create...
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What to Eat
by Marion Nestle
Powells.com Staff Pick I thought I knew quite a bit about food — I take flaxseed oil supplements because I'm a vegetarian, try to buy local organic produce, and buy my dairy antibiotic-free. But this information-packed book taught me that there's plenty I didn't realize &#...
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The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi
Powells.com Staff Pick There are several translations of this classic, written in 1643 by exceptional swordsman and Japanese cultural hero Miyamoto Musashi. Each one has a "flavor", but the overall messages in the text remain timeless. This is required reading for any martial...
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
by Michael Lewis
Powells.com Staff Pick The reclusive son of a drug-addled single mom suddenly becomes one of the most valued football prospects in America. How? A year before the scouts came calling, Michael Oher had virtually no formal education, no social skills, and no athletic experience....
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Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
by James McManus
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil of high stakes poker. Author James McManus used his Harper's advance money to immerse himself into tournament poker. The result is an engrossing and bizarre account of Las Vegas gambling. Go ahead...
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Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers: Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs
by Michael J Schell
Powells.com Staff Pick A fun and lively examination of baseball statistics. Recommended by Ryan, Powell's Technical Books...
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The Principles of Aikido
by Mitsugi Saotome
Powells.com Staff Pick O Sensei taught the art he began developing in the 1920s, growing and refining it until his death in 1969. He had many Uchi Deshi (senior students) throughout that time, and many of them left to teach aikido on their own. Mitsugi Saotome was one of O...
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Best Bike Rides in the PNW 2ND Edition
by Todd Litman
Powells.com Staff Pick A good book for the beginner or the experienced rider. If you're just starting out you'll find information about basic riding skills, pacing, attire, bike clubs and useful publications. If you're a seasoned rider you'll go straight to the courses...
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Ball Four 20TH Anniversary Edition
by Jim Bouton
Powells.com Staff Pick Baseball Season is upon us. I-CHI-RO! I-CHI-RO! Youngsters, you really need to read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. A season in the bigs with the expansion Seattle Pilots (Milwaukee Brewers for those that don't know.) Joe Schultz, Sal "The Barber" Maglie and...
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Game Time: A Baseball Companion
by Roger Angell and Steve Kettmann and Richard Ford
Powells.com Staff Pick In the spring of 1962, New Yorker editor William Shawn sent Roger Angell to Florida to write about spring training. Forty-one years later, Angell still covers baseball for the magazine. No one writes as well about the sport. (Few people write...
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The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feel Full on Fewer Calories
by Barbara Rolls
Powells.com Staff Pick In order to lose weight you need to learn how to eat right. Overeating is an addiction like alcoholism and smoking, but the overeater can't just give up food cold turkey like an alcoholic can give up booze or a smoker can give up cigarettes. We...
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I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography
by Jackie Robinson
Powells.com Staff Pick In terms of baseball bios, my favorite The Way It Is by Curt Flood is out of print (note to any publishers who are reading this.) However, I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson is an amazing bio of one of the most heroic figures in the...
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The Devil and Sonny Liston
by Nick Tosches
Powells.com Staff Pick He beat up Floyd Patterson, the man White America considered a credit to their race. He took two dives against Ali, the man Black America considered a symbol to their race. He appeared before two separate congressional committees and was run out of...
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Barefoot Zen : Shaolin Roots of Kung Fu and Karate (00 Edition)
by Nathan J. Johnson
Powells.com Staff Pick This book is on my table right now, and though I'm only halfway through it, for any karate-ka or kung fu student it's definitely worth reading. Like in his previous book, Zen Shaolin Karate, Johnson uses his knowledge of martial arts history and Chan/Zen...
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