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Description not available.Pairs a literary first section with writings by Frances Mayes, William Weaver, and Jason Epstein on Italy's history, museums, food, and other attractions; with a second reference section containing practical information on currency, menu translations, and more. Original. AUTHOR: Barrie Kerper
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel 
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 | Ain't No Tomorrow by Elizabeth Kaye
An all-access look at the Lakers' championship season Elizabeth Kaye is a wonderful writer--as a reporter she's like a bulldog--she grabs onto you and doesn't let go until she figures out everything about you. Throughout Ain't No Tomorrow, she discovers and explains the game of basketball in a way that no one ever has. She takes the reader through the mental preparation, coaching strategies, and personal struggles of players--who are part Rocky and part Rambo. If you like to read, you'll love Ain't No Tomorrow.
--Sylvester Stallone At the start of the 2000 NBA playoffs, the famously underachieving Los Angeles Lakers found themselves the focus of national attention. The team that had limped along since the golden era of Magic Johnson was now endowed with basketball's two most gifted and dominant players, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and was led by none other than Phil Jackson, the most fabled coach in the NBA. By the time the Lakers beat Indiana in game six of the championship series, they showed themselves unstoppable, a team above and apart and blessed with a glamour and facility that made them the obvious franchise to lead pro basketball into the new millennium. Then everything began to fall apart. Jackson had warned his team that the truly challenging season is the one after an initial big win, and his words were quickly becoming reality as the great team slipped into profound disarray at the start of the new season. Ain't No Tomorrow is an intimate look at the astonishing eight-month roller-coaster ride that became the Lakers' 2000--2001 season: a time of tumult and drama when impulses toward brotherhood and unity dissolved into petty, ugly battles and bruised egos; when men who previously rose to a great challenge grew greedy and slack. Combining brilliant reporting and original perspective, Elizabeth Kaye----a journalist granted special access to Jackson, Shaq, Kobe, and ot AUTHOR: Elizabeth Kaye
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | Knife Throwing by Harry K. McEvoy
Description not available.The art and science of knife throwing are introduced in this discussion of selecting, throwing, and caring for knives and tomahawks AUTHOR: Harry K. McEvoy
PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Sports & Outdoors
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 | Literary Trips by Arthur C. Clarke, Christopher Ondaatje, Victoria Brooks
This literary anthology cum guidebook takes readers across Asia, the Americas, and Europe to glean the inspiration for writers such as Pablo Neruda and Graham Greene. The book includes literary excerpts as well as practical accommodation and contact information for each literary site. AUTHOR: Arthur C. Clarke, Christopher Ondaatje, Victoria Brooks
PUBLISHER: GreatestEscapes.com Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | The Vanished Library by Luciano Canfora, Martin Ryle
The Library of Alexandria . . . a Wonder of the Ancient World. What was it? Where was it? Did it exist at all? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory, but Luciano Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. AUTHOR: Luciano Canfora, Martin Ryle
PUBLISHER: University of California Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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 | Rivera at the Center of the World by Simon Winchester
It is the symbolic heart of China. Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, it pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Its path embraces every geographic feature and almost every ethnic group, and its banks are home to both scenic splendor and foul industrial pollution. Connecting China's heartland cities with that volatile coastal giant Shanghai, it has also historically connected China to the outside world through its nearly one thousand miles of navigable waters. And to travel up those waters is to travel back in history, to sense the soul of China. Long off-limits to foreigners, the far reaches of the Yangtze are still off-limits to most tourists and travelers simply by dint of the difficulty in traversing the terrain. But, for Simon Winchester, traveling the length of this mighty river was a lifelong dream and, together with a Chinese companion, he set out to do just that. The result is this unforgettable portrait of China. Endlessly curious, urbane, witty, and knowledgeable, Winchester introduces us to a world we might otherwise have missed. To follow him on his adventures up the Yangtze is to experience the essence of China - to absorb its flavors as well as learn its history and politics, to feel its geography and climate as well as engage in its culture, and to meet up en route with uncommon people in remote and almost inaccessible places. This is travel writing at its best: lively and informative, amusing and thoroughly engaging. AUTHOR: Simon Winchester
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Travel
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