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Quick view Dove by Robin L Graham  In 1965, 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham began a solo around-the-world voyage from San Pedro, California, in his 24-foot sloop, Dove. Five years and 33,000 miles later, he had accomplished what few would dare attempt, returning to port with a wife and... View Details
Quick view Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson It is a story that many of us think we know but don t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake... View Details
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Quick view A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey along the Appalachian Trail in this "New York Times"... View Details
Quick view Funni in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranina in America by Firoozeh Dumas In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed,... View Details
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