 | Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive ScrabblePlayers by Stefan Fatsis
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $1.76 Observe the world of competitive Scrabble players
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 | Cookoff: 5Recipe Fever in America by Amy Sutherland
Buy used from: $0.01 Read about the competitors of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, the chili and BBQ contests, the professionals who make a living out of the cook-off circuits and the newbies who dream of winning the big prizes!
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 | Braving Home: Dispatches from the Underwater Town, the Lava-Side Inn, and Other Extreme Locales by Jake Halpern
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $0.01 Its about people who live in dangerous places like on the slope of an active volcano!
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 | You Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $1.37 A unique Japanese spin on America's favorite pastime: baseball
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 | Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania by Warren St. John
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $2.03 Follow the obsessed fans in their RVs --- of the Alabama Crimson Tide
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 | Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.12 Drop in on "hardcore" Civil War re-enactors on the proper Confederate hair-do: Use the dullest scissors & comb your beard w/ your fingers! Read about the mystique of Shiloh, the rebel flag ......
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 | The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley by Po Bronson
Buy used from: $0.01 Stories about the people who search for that Pot of Gold in Silicon Valley: brainiacs, salespeople,headhunters, plutocrats, utopians & innovators
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 | The Working Poor: Invisible in America by David K. Shipler
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.79 A must-read about the tragic cycle of poverty in America. Particularly the plight of migrant workers and workers in the garment industry
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 | Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust, and Lunacy by Eric Hansen
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $1.69 Peek into the world of orchid lovers, collectors and even orchid ice cream!
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 | Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study by Ed Regis
Buy new: $16.20 / Used from: $0.73 Wander into a world where astro-pysicists make obscure astronomy jokes, where Einsten spent his last days, where the brightest eccentrics of science lived!
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 | The Perfect Store: Inside eBay by Adam Cohen
Buy new: $10.87 / Used from: $0.97 Read about what makes eBay tick: the people who run it and the captivating sellers of bubble wrap and kidneys
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 | Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $3.49 Read about the colorful lives, gross-out habits, brilliant mind-games of the absent-minded genius programmers of MIT and Stanford and Silicon Valley.
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 | Dog Eat Dog: A Very Human Book About Dogs and Dog Shows by Jane Stern
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $1.18 Into the funny, heartbreaking, acerbic life of dog and their owners on the showdog circuit. What Westminster doesn't show on cable
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 | Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class by Ross Gregory Douthat
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $1.86 Read about what that Harvard grad is really taught about the rest of us yahoos!
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 | The Blue-eyed Salaryman by Niall Murtagh
Buy used from: $14.91 Read about the Japanese working culture in Mitsubishi corporation from an Irishman's point-of-view
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 | Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons by Steven Gaines
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $0.01 Let's feel warm & fuzzy over the obscenely wealthy, over-priveleged citizens of the Hamptons. Hee!
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 | Untouchable (Penguin Classics) by Mulk Raj Anand
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $5.90 Walk with one of the outcast "Untouchables" of India. You will never forget it.
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 | Tigers of the Snow: How One Fateful Climb Made The Sherpas Mountaineering Legends by Jonathan Neale
Buy used from: $4.07 Read about the unsung heroes of the Himalayas: the Sherpas, humble porters who lived and died in mountain climbers' quests at the top of the world
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 | An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order by Nancy Maguire
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $0.37 Peek into the secret cloisters of the Carthusian Monks. They have a crude but effective solution to . . . er . . . self-abuse. Completely fascinating!
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 | Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream by Jason Fagone
Buy used from: $0.39 The book follows a year of eating "athletes" (think buffalo wings, pies, & hotdogs) culminating in the Olympics of eating events: the contest in Coney Island's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Stand
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 | Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus by Bruce Feiler
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.74 Run away with the circus! What really goes on before they send in the clowns . . .
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 | Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $6.85 Live in the disturbing and dangerous world of British soccer hooligans!
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 | Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child by Alissa Quart
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $0.49 Take a walk in the world of child prodigies . . .
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 | Blacktop Cowboys: Riders on the Run for Rodeo Gold by Ty Phillips
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.40 Follow a season on the rodeo circuit. More than just beer, bruises and 'buckle bunnies.' (That's groupies to me and you.)
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 | American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds by James Maguire
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $0.74 Read about the world of the American Spelling Bee and those amazing kids who are groomed to spell words nobody can read!
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 | Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers by Amy Stewart
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $0.01 Read about what really goes on in the cut flower industry. Then you can grill your florist about why he's charging you $50 for a dozen dead roses.
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