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Description not available.When the owner of the worst pro basketball team in the world decides to sign Dee Gerard, the first woman ever to play in the NBA, chaos ensues as Dee tries to play the best game there is while spoiled young millionaires, personal and professional relationships, and the press wreak havoc on her life, in a rollicking and hilarious new novel by the author of Bump and Run. 125,000 first printing.
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Sculpture in the Age of Doubt by Thomas McEvilley
Framed in a lucid discussion of the intellectual issues surrounding the postmodern movement, the essays in this book re-examine the course of twentieth-century sculpture through the work of twenty-five major sculptors. From his penetrating insight into the mysteries of Marcel Duchamp to the deconstructivism of the 1960s to the spiritualism and conceptualism in the 1980s and 1990s, McEvilley masterfully explains how the shift from modernism to postmodernism in twentieth-century art created a new age, one in which doubt reigned supreme, becoming a powerful undercurrent and defining force in the sculpture of the last generation. AUTHOR: Thomas McEvilley
PUBLISHER: Allworth Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Never Turn Back by Ron Watters
This fascinating & masterfully written book is considered one of the outdoor world's finest works. The LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS awarded NEVER TURN BACK their highest rating for a book: It's the best thing to come across this reviewer's desk in recent memory, wrote Brett Pauly of the NEWS. Bully for Watters! said the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE about author Ron Watters' wonderfully told story. William Bushnell of the Library Research Associates called it: Magnificent...told with sparkling clarity...truly inspirational. NEVER TURN BACK is the unforgettable biography of whitewater sport's most famous personality Dr. Walt Blackadar. Blackadar stunned the outdoor world when he ran the treacherous rapids of Turnback Canyon on the remote & wild Alsek River in Canada & Alaska. What made his solo journey through Turnback Canyon even more remarkable was the fact that he was 49 years old, an age when most athletes are long retired. Blackadar's story is powerful & uplifting. It is the story of the human spirit facing & overcoming great odds. Joining book reviewers in praise for the book are outdoor authorities such as World Whitewater Champion Barb Wright: A work of art! Other reviews: A triumph! I couldn't put it down. Uncommonly well-written & well-edited. An inspiring book. AUTHOR: Ron Watters
PUBLISHER: Great Rift Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In Pursuit of Angels by Benjamin Woolley
Description not available.The fascinating and often overlooked life of John Dee, a scientist and trusted advisor to Queen Elizabeth I resurrects one of the most colorful and interesting Renaissance men. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Benjamin Woolley
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Arrogance of Power
255 characters or less!This biography of Richard M. Nixon focuses on the darker side of his character and argues against the revisionist view of Nixon as an elder statesman of merit. Summers's book contains disturbing revelations about Nixon's conduct, asserting that there is information that Nixon was a wife beater and that he misused prescription drugs while in the White House. Summers has written biographies of Marilyn Monroe and J. Edgar Hoover--both of which made headlines upon their publication because of shocking revelations.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt
The brother of the celebrated Frank McCourt (author of ANGELA'S ASHES) recounts the story of his life from his arrival in New York to his present career as actor and storyteller. AUTHOR: Malachy McCourt
PUBLISHER: Disney Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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