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  Miles to Go

  by Miley Cyrus

  This book is about Miley Cyrus telling us about her life and how normal it can be at one stage and then at the next it can be really complicated. This is Miley's first auto-biography.
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  Once a Runner

  by John L. Parker

  This is the inspirational cult classic that Runner's World (and many others) have called "the best novel ever written about running". The Reno Gazette-Journal has also called it "a book so good, people will steal it." How often do you hear about someone borrowing a friend's book, then later buying their own copy because they liked it so much? Or a book so treasured that it gets passed from friend to friend... (more)
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  The Olympian

  by Brian Glanville

  This critically acclaimed novel, first published in 1969, has for years been regarded as one of the true classics not only in the literature of footracing, but in general interest literature as well. Glanville's beautifully portrayed relationship between runner Ike Low and the eccentric and charismatic coach Sam Dee has become a set piece in the tales of athletes: Rocky, Chariots of Fire, even Long Road to... (more)
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  The Quest to Break the 4 Minute Mile

  by John Bryant

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  As If Running on Air: The Journals of Jack Lovelock

  by John Edward Lovelock

  In the 1930s the New Zealander Jack Lovelock was one of the world's best-known athletes. In 1933 he broke the world record for the mile. At the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games he won a gold medal and broke the world record for the 1500 metres. When he retired, a leading sports writer lamented the end of a golden age of mile racing. Throughout his running career Lovelock kept journals and diaries. Other athletes have... (more)
• THE GOLDEN MILE. The Herb Elliott Story as told to Alan Trengove. With a foreword by Percy Cerutty.Herb Elliott

  

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  THE GOLDEN MILE. The Herb Elliott Story as told to Alan Trengove. With a foreword by Percy Cerutty.

  by Herb Elliott

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  The Green Mile

  The Two Dead Girls / The Mouse on the Mile / Coffey's Hands / The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix / Night Journey / Coffey on the Mile

  by Stephen King, Frank Darabont

  Read this history-making serial novel -- from cliffhanger to cliffhanger -- in its entirety. When it first appeared, one volume per month, Stephen King's The Green Mile was an unprecedented publishing triumph: all six volumes ended up on the New York Times bestseller list -- simultaneously -- and delighted millions of fans the world over. Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the... (more)