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"Breathtaking tales of climbers and hunters, runners and racers, winners and losers by the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane features on ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first time, including classic pieces like "Snow Fall," about skiers caught in an avalanche...
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c1991
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In yet another collection of essays, investigative journalist Dave Barry is on the job, hard at work between lunch and naps researching and compiling out-of-the-ordinary news stories from his legion of loyal readers all across the country. Reported as only Dave's wit and wisdom can accomplish, Barry covers everything from exploding municipal toilets to spontaneous human combustion (over 200 cases) to humor impairment-citing Exhibit A, former President...
6) Hey Rube
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[2004]
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Presents a collection of writings from the author's column "Hey Rube" on ESPN.com, covering such topics as retaliation for September 11th, his suggestions for "fixing" baseball, and other thoughts on politics, sports, and gossip.
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2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 21
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Features columns by the author published in the New York Times. Presented chronologically, they span from December 15, 2000 to July 3, 2002. Also contains a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his travels from Afghanistan to Israel to Europe to Indonesia to Saudi Arabia during his post-September 11 reporting.
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2022.
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"John Cole's classic In Maine is a sometimes moving, sometimes lyrical, but always personal book that reveals a man examining the progress of life and a man reveling in a natural world that not only unfolds around him, but a world in which he is an active participant. In Maine features selected essays that first appeared in "John's Column" in the Maine Times--the influential newspaper he co-founded in 1968 and guided during its glory days in the 1970s"--...
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[2017]
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"From the archives of The New York Times, 165 years of the most notorious real-life crimes. For 166 years, The New York Times has been a rich source of information about crime, its reporters racing alongside tabloids to track the shocking incidents that disrupt daily life. This fascinating compilation, edited by seasoned Times crime-beat veteran Kevin Flynn, captures the full sweep of the newspapers coverage of the subject-from the assassinations...
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[2003]
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A collection of writings from his column, "Touchstone," between 1992 and 2000 in the Madrid daily newspaper El pais and in a number of affiliated publications. These pieces cover a broad range of topics, politics alternating with culture, social issues, travel, literature, painting, music, and current events.
