Feet on the Street: Rambles Around New Orleans

by Blount, Roy, Jr.

New Orleans - it was there that Roy first saw a naked woman whom he didn't know, and also where he realized that a man whom he'd thought of as his first literary friend wanted to have sex with him. All that history--multicultural and personal -- is palpably, visibly...

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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Winchester, Simon

The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the "Oxford English Dictionary"--and literary history...

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About Three Bricks Shy... and the Load Filled Up: The Story of the Greatest Football Team Ever

by Blount, Roy, Jr.

The 30th-Anniversary Edition of Roy Blount Jr.'s portrait of a team poised to dominate the NFL for more than a decade. In 1973, the Pittsburgh Steelers were super, but missed the bowl...

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Last of the Donkey Pilgrims

by O'Hara, Kevin

A heartwarming story of a man who journeys to the land of his people to discover what kind of man he is . . . and, more to the point, what kind of man he could become...

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

by Winchester, Simon

Simon Winchester's Krakatoa examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people...

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The Complete Boston Red Sox: The Total Encyclopedia of the Team

by Gentile, Derek

The most definitive and up-to-date encyclopedia ever compiled on The Boston Red Sox including life-time statistics for every player to ever wear a Red Sox uniform, even for just one inning...

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