Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $24.95
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration,
Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question:
Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance...
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The Vintage Caper
Written by Peter Mayle
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $24.95
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.
The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately...
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $26.00
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at Japanese culture from the underbelly up.
At nineteen, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime...
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A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 4, 1999
Price: $15.99
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill...
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Into the Wild
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 20, 1997
Price: $14.95
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...
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Into the Wild (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Written by Jon Krakauer
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2007
Price: $13.95
In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...
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National Geographic Guide to the National Parks of the United States, 6th Edition
Written by National Geographic
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $26.00
Featuring 375 color photos and 80 full-color detailed mapsmore than any other park guidebookthis is the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute book of its kind on the market today. A perennial favorite with more than a million copies sold in previous editions, it reflects National Geographic’s century-long association with America’s national parks system...
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Fodor's Costa Rica 2010
Written by Fodor's
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $19.99
Costa Rica has become one of the most popular destinations for travelers seeking natural beauty, outdoor adventure and sun. It’s no wonder. Little Costa Rica is endowed with a mosaic of natural landscapes that are packed with an amazing array of flora and fauna. This is also one of the easiest...
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In a Sunburned Country
Written by Bill Bryson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2001
Price: $14.95
Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller
A Walk in the Woods.
In A Sunburned Country is his report on what he found in an entirely different place: Australia, the...
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