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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories (Paperback)
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780679722311Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage, 06/01/1989
A co-worker was stunned at my confession that I had never read any Raymond Carver. She immediately stopped whatever it was that she was doing and went on a hunt for this short story I absolutely had to read. That weekend I got all cozy in my chair and opened up this book to the story she bookmarked for me. 3/4ths of the way through the story I was so terrified I almost closed the book—a page after that I was weeping tears of joy. After I finished the story I sat there in a daze. I was clearly shaken—shaken the way Dostoevsky shakes you—to the bone.
p.s. The story was "A Small, Good Thing"
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Hardcover)
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307266309Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 05/01/2009
This book is awesome! While reading it a strange thing happened to me... I began to think that marathons are rather short. Born to Run is full of whacko ultra-marathon characters, one of which is the elusive Caballo Blanco (AKA Gypsy Cowboy, his ultimate fighting nickname.) Caballo Blanco, an American free spirit, bailed on everything and relocated to Mexico where he could live like a hermit and run. He befriends the Tarahumara, a gentle reclusive tribe of Indians who literally run 100 mile races through Mexico's deadly Cooper Canyons! If you love to run and you haven't read this, then you're in for a treat.
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780861715350Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Wisdom Publications, 05/01/2009
At 18 Jaimal Yogis gets the sense that something's just not right. So he bails on it all—his high school, his parents, and his friends. He buys a one-way ticket to Maui and gets into surfing ... and that is just the first four pages of this brave, bad-ass, soul surfers journey!
Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening (Paperback)
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781906155681Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Black Dog Publishing, 04/01/2009
Did you know you can grow your own Mojito? Or ever try growing your own chamomile tea? This book is straight-forward and practical, full of fun little adventures in growing land. It might inspire you to grow some big yellow sunflowers or a mini window garden.
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781416549444Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Fireside, 05/01/2009
If you used to run but burned out, or if you leisurely run once a week around Green Lake, or even if you're a serious runner—i.e. marathons and triathalons—then you should take a peek at this book. It transformed running for me. Now when I run I'm far more relaxed and conscious of how my body is moving. The running technique taught in this book is form-based from the natural, relaxed way that children run around on the playground. Highly recommended for the good life!
Breath (Paperback)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780312428396Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Picador, 05/01/2009
On the coast of Australia two daredevil 12 year olds raise hell. They discover surfing, scrounge some boards and start sneaking out to the coast on their bikes—they're instantly addicted.
Sando, a mysterious lone wolf big-wave surfer takes an interest in the boys and shows them how to push their limits. They begin surfing shark infested waters, and waves that could easily kill them. This book is inspiring and scary! And some of the best surfing stories I have ever read.
