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Tags: 10/23/12

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  Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War

  by Dakota Meyer, Bing West

  In September of 2009, several hundred Taliban ambushed a company of Afghan soldiers and their Marine advisors. The enemy had the company pinned down, with only one exposed road leading in and out of the village. Twenty-one-year-old Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed his commanding officer and took command. Without reinforcements or artillery support, he charged forward down the only road five times under... (more)
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  The Black Count

  Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo

  by Tom Reiss

  By the author of the internationally bestselling biography "The Orientalist," "The Black Count" brings to life one of history’s great forgotten heroes: a man almost unknown today yet with a personal story that is strikingly familiar.  His swashbuckling exploits appear in The Three Musketeers , and his triumphs and ultimate tragic fate inspired "The Count of Monte Cristo."  His name is Alex Dumas.  Father of the... (more)
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  Waging Heavy Peace

  by Neil Young

  An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture (inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Neil Young has written his eagerly awaited memoir: 'I felt that writing books fit me like a glove; I just started and I just kept going'. Young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical career, spanning his time in bands Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and... (more)
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  Joseph Anton: A Memoir

  by Salman Rushdie

  On February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist who told the author that he had been “sentenced to death” by the Ayatollah Khomeini. It was the first time Rushdie heard the word fatwa . His crime? To have written a novel called The Satanic Verses, which was accused of being “against Islam, the Prophet, and the Quran.”   So begins the extraordinary story of... (more)
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  One Last Strike

  Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season

  by Tony La Russa, Rick Hummel

  One Last Strike by legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa is a thrilling sports comeback story. La Russa, the winner of four Manager of the Year awards—who led his teams to six Pennant wins and three World Series crowns—chronicles one of the most exciting end-of-season runs in baseball history, revealing with fascinating behind-the-scenes details how, under his expert management, the St. Louis Cardinals emerged... (more)
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  Fool Me Twice: Obama's Shocking Plans for the Next Four Years Exposed

  by Aaron Klein, Brenda J. Elliott

  This is the game changing book reveals the blueprint for a second term that President Obama and his progressive backers don't want you to know. Months of painstaking research into thousands of documents have enabled investigative journalists and New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott to expose the secret template for Obama's next four years -- the one actually created by Obama's... (more)
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  The Secret Race

  Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

  by Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle

  The Secret Race is a definitive look at the world of professional cycling—and the doping issue surrounding this sport and its most iconic rider, Lance Armstrong—by former Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle.   Over the course of two years, Coyle conducted more than two hundred hours of interviews with Hamilton and spoke candidly with numerous teammates,... (more)