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  • Two Clicks Above Mediocre

    An Athlete's Story

    by Jon Berit ...
    This book chronicles my career in track and field, spanning fifty years and counting. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Denali's Howl

    The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

    by Andy Hall ...
    In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-alifetime blizzard, only five made it back down.Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Chasing Space

    An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances

    by Leland Melvin ...
    In this revelatory and moving memoir of perseverance, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success.Leland Melvin is the only person in human history to catch a pass in the National Football League and in space. Though ... Read more

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  • Guns of the American West

    by Dennis Adler ...
    Dennis Adler, award-winning author and photographer, and contributing editor to Guns of the Old West magazine, has woven together enthralling tales of the guns and gunmen who made the Wild West wild. Beginning with the early western expansion and the California Gold Rush, Guns of the American West takes you through the development of America's most legendary handguns, rifles, and shotguns and the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Storm Warning

    The Story of a Killer Tornado

    by Nancy Mathis ...
    A nail-biting, captivating look at tornados, from personal stories of those impacted by the natural disasters to the history of the struggle to understand this bewildering force of Mother Nature.May 3, 1999, is a day that Oklahomans will never forget. By the time the sun set over a ravaged plain, some 71 tornadoes had claimed around 11,000 homes and businesses and caused $1 billion in damage. One ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Bush Pilots

    A Pictorial History of a North American Phenomena

    by Tony Foster ...
    North America's vast land mass, sparse population, and deserted north were perfectly suited for aircraft operations on skis and pontoons. The bush pilots opened the North, exploring to its farthest reaches, establishing communication between isolated settlements, delivering supplies, medicines, medical assistance and the mail. They were superb pilots and mechanics, dare devils, barnstormers, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Life of a Pilot: Bush Planes and Water Bombers

    “That wasn’t a close call, that was a miracle!” These are the adventures of retired pilot Glen Goobie, who flew countless missions in Newfoundland and Labrador and across Canada and the United States. For more than forty years, he flew with compassion and courage, sometimes performing mercy missions in the face of danger. In 1960, when Glen was fifteen, his father’s untimely passing precipitated ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Bush and Arctic Pilot

    A Pilot's Story

    As I laid out my maps on the hotel floor that night I certainly had some doubts about my rusty abilities. "I'm just a Saskatchewan farm boy", I thought to myself, "what am I doing here, preparing to navigate into the Arctic?" I pondered that question for some time.Bush and Arctic Pilot tells the story of Al Williams' life in aviation. Winging through the Canadian bush and into the North, Williams ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Southern Nevada

    by Shawn Hall ...
    Series series Images of America
    "[A] photo-packed look at Southern Nevada's boom-and-bust civic casualties" ( Las Vegas Review-Journal).Ghost towns and mining camps are the last remaining vestiges of the Old West; there is a mystique surrounding these places that has made exploring them a pastime for many in the western United States. Nevada has more than a thousand of these boom-and-bust towns. Some are completely abandoned, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chasing Space Young Readers' Edition

    by Leland Melvin ...
    "In Chasing Space, Leland Melvin tackles stupendous obstacles with dogged determination, showing you what is indeed possible in life—if you belive." —Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and Welcome to the Universe.Winner of the 2019 Grand Canyon Reader Award for Tween Non-FictionMeet Leland Melvin—football star, NASA astronaut, and professional dream chaser.In this ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Southern Storm

    The Tragedy of Flight 242

    by Samme Chittum ...
    Series Book 2 - Air Disasters
    The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.On the afternoon of April 4, 1977, Georgia housewife Sadie Burkhalter Hurst looked out her front door to see a frantic stranger running toward her, his clothes ablaze, and behind him the mangled fuselage of a passenger plane that had just crashed in her ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Worst Year in Racing

    by J Louis Frey ...
    Auto racing is one of the most popular sports in America. By live attendance, television, radio, or internet it is viewed by thousands across the nation. Whether contested locally or on the big tracks, it has also been a bloody proposition. From its earliest endeavors it has left many broken bodies and lives.However, one year appears to stand out for its spectacular brutality. Killing both young ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus