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Big Boy Rules
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Steve Fainaru
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AMERICA'S MERCENARIES FIGHTING IN IRAQ
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter comes a harrowing journey into Iraq's parallel war. Part Mad Max, part Fight Club, it is a world filled with "private security contractors" - the U.S. government's sanitized name for tens of thousands of modern mercenaries, or mercs, who roam Iraq with impunity, doing jobs that the overstretched and understaffed military can't or won't do.
They are part of America's "other" army - some patriotic, some desperate, some just out for cash or adventure. And some who disappear into the void that is Iraq and are never seen again. Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru traveled with a group of private security contractors to find out what motivates them to put their lives in danger every day.
Just days after Fainaru left to go home, five mercenaries were kidnapped in broad daylight. And the response reveals the dark truths behind the largest private force in the history of American warfare ...
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I Am Potential
Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams
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Patrick John Hughes, Patrick Henry Hughes
As seen on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the powerful story of young musician Patrick Henry Hughes and his courageous lessons for living with faith
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Mona Lisa in Camelot
How Jackie Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation
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Margaret Leslie Davis
The fascinating, untold story of an 88-day visit that forever changed America, and the unofficial ambassador behind it
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He Is...I Say
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond
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David Wild
One fan’s witty, loving, and deeply personal biographical portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter of such enduring anthems as “Cherry, Cherry,” “Sweet Caroline,” and “America”
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Top of the World
The Inside Story of the Boston Celtics' Amazing One-Year Turnaround to Become NBA Champions
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Peter May
Peter May, who has covered the Boston Celtics for nearly 25 years chronicles the remarkable 2008 championship run of the NBA's most storied franchise as they won their 17th championship and completed the greatest single-season turnaround in NBA history
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Between the Covers
The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures
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Ellen Heltzel, Margo Hammond
Two veteran critics-The Book Babes-offer a reading guide with attitude, tailored to every mood and stage of a woman’s life
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Best Food Writing 2008
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Holly Hughes
The ninth annual edition of this classic food writing anthology-an “excellent collection” that evokes “respect for and fascination with eating” (Publishers Weekly)
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