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The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

By: N/A

Price: $1.99

Publisher: Scholastic Press: January 2016

Seller ID: 91715

ISBN: 0545940230

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Wanted: One Family

By: N/A

Price: $2.79

Publisher: Gentle Breeze Publishing Company: November 1998

Seller ID: 109136

ISBN: 0964996847

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

By: N/A

Price: $3.79

Publisher: Pocket: April 1988

Seller ID: 116282

ISBN: 0671656848

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

By: N/A

Price: $2.98

Publisher: Scholastic Press: January 2016

Seller ID: 117816

ISBN: 0545940230

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Letters To My Teacher: Tributes to the People Who Have Made a Difference

By: N/A

Price: $2.99

Publisher: Adams Media: March 2006

Seller ID: 116510

ISBN: 1593376030

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

- A great gift for teachers, aspiring teachers, and anyone who admires teachers
- The only series based on actual letters--from both children and adults
- Follows the hugely successful A Cup of Comfort for Teachers
Letters to My Teacher is a collection of inspiring letters to teachers from adults looking back, and kids looking up. In more than sixty letters, grateful students tell moving stories of lessons learned and lives transformed, including:
- Adrienne, who overcomes the emotional turmoil in her family life, thanks to the teacher who show her that life always gives you chang...
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Payne Stewart: The Authorized Biography

By: Abraham, Ken,Stewart, Tracey

Price: $4.89

Publisher: B&H Books: May 2001

Seller ID: 88295

ISBN: 0805424792

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

When his life came to a sudden and tragic end on October 25, 1999, Payne Stewart was at the top of his game on every level. In June of 1999, he enjoyed the signature triumph of his career and solidified himself as one of the exemplary personalities in his profession with a victory at the U.S. Open and a place on the coveted winning U.S. Ryder Cup team. However satisfying his professional accomplishments were, it was his personal triumphs that made him stand out. Those closest to Stewart said his family and faith were what mattered most to him. At his funeral, his wife Tracey described him as a...
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My Father and Myself (New York Review Books Classics)

By: Ackerley, J. R.

Price: $4.49

Publisher: NYRB Classics: September 1999

Seller ID: 99513

ISBN: 0940322129

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

When his father died, J. R. Ackerley was shocked to discover that he had led a secret life. And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own--this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him in life. But Ackerley's pursuit of his father is also an exploration of the self, making My Father and Myself a pioneering record, at once sexually explicit and emotionally charged, of life as a gay man. This witty, sorrowful, and beautiful book is a classic of twentieth-century memoir.
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Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man

By: Adler, David A.

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Gulliver Books: March 1997

Seller ID: 84865

ISBN: 0152005234

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

This biography traces Gehrig s life, from childhood through his illustrious career with the Yankees to his struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and his tragic death at age thirty-seven. Expressive illustrations capture the strength, modesty, and dignity for which this remarkable man will always be remembered. Readers will feel good after reading this biography--and maybe even inspired to start measuring themselves against Gehrig s standard. --"Kirkus Reviews"
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Open: An Autobiography

By: Agassi, Andre

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Vintage: August 2010

Seller ID: 66186

ISBN: 0307388409

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.

Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game's highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in ...
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Open: An Autobiography

By: Agassi, Andre

Price: $4.25

Publisher: Knopf: November 2009

Seller ID: 56645

ISBN: 0307268195

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-...
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Open: An Autobiography

By: Agassi, Andre

Price: $4.25

Publisher: Knopf: November 2009

Seller ID: 107490

ISBN: 0307268195

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

Sylvia Plath : Her Life and Work

By: Aird, Eileen

Price: $2.99

Publisher: HarperCollins (paper): June 1975

Seller ID: 99535

ISBN: 006080341X

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself

By: Alda, Alan

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Random House: September 2007

Seller ID: 55789

ISBN: 1400066174

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

On the heels of his acclaimed memoir, " Never Have Your Dog Stuffed," beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, " an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he's asked himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even mean?)
Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off-having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile-Alda finds himself not only glad to be alive but searching for a way to squeeze the most juice out of his ...
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

By: Alexander, Caroline

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Viking Adult: January 2003

Seller ID: 55040

ISBN: 067003133X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

- The Endurance was a New York Times bestseller for 18 weeks and has sold more than 750,000 hardcover copies
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The Valley of the Shadow of Death: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption

By: Alexander, Kermit,Gerould, Alex,Snipes, Jeff

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Atria Books: September 2015

Seller ID: 116684

ISBN: 1476765766

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"A must-read for anyone concerned with how drugs and gangs ravaged Los Angeles." --Los Angeles Times

"A deeply moving story of one man's pain and hard-won peace...This is a special book." --Booklist (starred review)

In this heart-wrenching memoir, former NFL star Kermit Alexander tells the devastating true story of the horrific massacre of his family and his subsequent years of despair, followed by a spiritual renewal that showed him a way to rebuild his family and reclaim his life.

On the morning of August 31, 1984, in the South Central section of Los A...
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I'm Not Really Here

By: Allen, Tim

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Hyperion: November 1996

Seller ID: 90678

ISBN: 0786862572

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The popular actor and comedian shares his observations on why things are the way they are while sharing his offbeat opinions about the meaning of life and his personal role in it. Reprint."
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Eisenhower: Soldier and President (The Renowned One-Volume Life)

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $5.75

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: October 1991

Seller ID: 58777

ISBN: 0671747584

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president.

He gives us a masterly account of the European war theater and Eisenhower's magnificent leadership as Allied Supreme Commander. Ambrose's recounting of Eisenhower's presidency, the first of the Cold War, brings to life a man and a country struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights, atomic weapons, communism, and a new global role.

Along the way, Amb...
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George and Laura: Portrait of an American Marriage

By: Andersen, Christopher

Price: $5.49

Publisher: William Morrow: November 2002

Seller ID: 97017

ISBN: 0066213703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

They would be called upon to lead a nation in one of its darkest hours -- but were they up to the task? He had been the wild, hard-drinking scion of one of America's premier political families. She was the school librarian with a warm smile and a tragic secret of her own. Yet after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, they rose to the challenge: He became the embodiment of America's fighting spirit and she assumed the role of "First Comforter" with effortless grace. Still, the true nature of their relationship has remained a mystery.

Until now. In the style of his #1 "New York Times...
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The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved

By: Andersen, Christopher

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Gallery Books: October 2014

Seller ID: 99730

ISBN: 1476775567

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers another dramatic installment in the lives of the Kennedys--including new details about JFK Jr., his relationship with his mother, his many girlfriends, and the night of his tragic death.

Critically acclaimed author Christopher Andersen is a master of celebrity biographies--boasting sixteen bestsellers, among them These Few Precious Days, Mick, and William and Kate. Now, in his latest thrilling book, new and untold details of the life and death of JFK Jr. come to light, released in time for the fifteenth year mark...
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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years

By: Andrews, Julie

Price: $4.49

Publisher: Hachette Books: April 2009

Seller ID: 96422

ISBN: 0786884754

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"A frank, intriguing memoir."
--People "Painfully shrewd, and written with real delicacy and pathos."
--The New York Times Book Review "Home reflects the very qualities that first made the working-class English singer a star 45 years ago: intelligence, gentle humor, and a clear, sweet, surprisingly powerful voice . . . In warmly nostalgic later chapters, the book begins to glow."
--Entertainment Weekly "A delightful remembrance of her own childhood, and an engrossing prelude to her cinematic career . . . Andrews is an accomplished writer who holds back not...
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Category: Biography