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Seabiscuit: An American Legendby: Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit s fortunes:<br><br>Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the western United States and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains. Smith urged Howard to buy Seabiscuit for a bargain-basement price, then hired as his jockey Red Pollard, a failed boxer who was blind in one eye, half-crippled, and prone to quoting passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Over four years, these unlikely partners survived a phenomenal run of bad fortune, conspiracy, and severe injury to transform Seabiscuit from a neurotic, pathologically indolent also-ran into an American sports icon. <br><br>Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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January 29, 2010 Owner: avidreader (77) South - Eilat Available for
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The Ordeal of Mark Twainby: Van Wyck Brooks
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August 17, 2009 Owner: nbryna (27) Jerusalem - Katamonim (Gonen) Available for
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The World of Jo Davidson by: Lois Harris Kuhn
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August 15, 2009 Owner: nbryna (27) Jerusalem - Katamonim (Gonen) Available for
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Death du Jourby: Kathy Reichs
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August 15, 2009 Owner: penina (82) Jerusalem - Katamonim (Gonen) Available for
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A Place Called Freedom by: Ken Follett
In a brutal world, charismatic rebel miner Mack McAsh - a slave by birth - is a man with the courage to stand up for what is right, and the strength to stick by his beliefs. Independent, rebellious Lizzie Hallim, meanwhile, is engaged to Jay Jamisson, the ruthless landlord's son and heir to an exploitative business empire. Born into separate worlds, Mack and Lizzie are thrown together when Mack becomes an enemy of the state and is forced to flee his homeland. Lizzie aids his escape, and it is not long before passions rage in the old world as well as the new ...Set in an era of turbulent social changes, "A Place Called Freedom" is a magnificent novel from the undisputed master of suspense and drama, Ken Follett. "A compulsive, sweeping adventure" - "Today". "Gripping historical narrative" - "San Francisco Chronicle".
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August 15, 2009 Owner: laureene (13) Center - Petah Tikva Available for
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Murder at the Kennedy Center, Murder on the Potomac, Murder at the Pentagon, Murder in the White House by: Margaret Truman
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August 13, 2009 Owner: ChanaJ (75) Haifa - Qiryat Tiv'on Available for
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Judy: The Films and Career of Judy Garland by: Joe & Edward Epstein; Introduction By Judith Crist Morella
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August 13, 2009 Owner: ChanaJ (75) Haifa - Qiryat Tiv'on Available for
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The Tsars by: Ronald Hingley
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August 13, 2009 Owner: ChanaJ (75) Haifa - Qiryat Tiv'on Available for
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A History of the Israeli Army (1870-1974) by: Zeev Schiff
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August 13, 2009 Owner: ChanaJ (75) Haifa - Qiryat Tiv'on Available for
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Summoned to Jerusalem - The Life of Henrietta Szold by: Joan Dash
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August 12, 2009 Owner: ChanaJ (75) Haifa - Qiryat Tiv'on Available for
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