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The Game of My Life
A True Story of Challenge, Triumph, and Growing Up Autistic
2008
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Now in paperback: ?An impressive achievement...Not likely to be forgotten anytime soon.?(Washington Times)Here is the riveting true story of Jason McElwain? better known as ?J-Mac??the autistic student who made headlines when he scored twenty points, including a school record six three-pointers, for his high school basketball team in 2006. Including the revealing perspectives of J-Mac?s family and coach, this is McElwain?s inspiring account of the challeng...
2022
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What happens when the life you are living is no longer the life you imagined? When you are well and truly stuck? A darkly comic tale of longing and legacy, Balloon Dog, the fourth novel from best-selling ghostwriter Daniel Paisner, prompts readers to consider what it means to leave a mark and what it takes to be swept up in the same currents that move almost everyone else.A brazen art heist pushes our protagonists to reflect on the choices they've made-and the ones that have been m...
Mourning Wood
a novel
2019
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A fading star, a staged death, and a search for legacy in a darkly comedic novel of Hollywood and small-town life.Terence Wood, a Hollywood icon past his prime, orchestrates his own demise, seeking anonymity in a Maine coastal town. But his plans unravel as his aspiring filmmaker son, his eccentric ex-wives, and a down-on-his-luck obituary writer descend, each chasing Wood's elusive legacy. Amidst the chaos, they grapple with love, loss, and the absurdity of existe...
2024
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I would never witness anything interesting. I would never write anything beyond memos and flap copy and travel itineraries. I would simply love my wife and my daughters and hold them close and continue to take in meaningless midweek doubleheaders and mismanage the selling strategies of our midlist titles and ride along whatever middling currents I could manage until I washed up on some predictable shore.It's the late Nineties on the Upper West Side and book publicist David...
The Power of Broke
How Empty Pockets, a Tight Budget, and a Hunger for Success Can Become Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
2016
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The instant New York Times bestseller from Shark Tank star and Fubu Founder Daymond John on why starting a business on a limited budget can be an entrepreneur's greatest competitive advantage.Daymond John has been practicing the power of broke ever since he started selling his home-sewn t-shirts on the streets of Queens. With a $40 budget, Daymond had to strategize out-of-the-box ways to promote his products. Luckily, desperation breeds innovation, and so ...
Horizontal Hold
The Making and Breaking of a Network Television Pilot
2016
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Absurdly funny, trenchant, and provocative, this outside-looking-in account of the stillbirth of one particular television series is a must read for every serious and not-so-serious television viewer.
2016
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Axel Pimletz writes obituaries for a Boston newspaper. He's been going nowhere for the past fifteen years and his failure has almost consumed his self-esteem. Axel needs action and excitement, like a front-page story. He never guesses he's about to get both—along with murder!
The Ball
Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream
2019
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Originally published in 1999, Daniel Paisner's THE BALL: Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball and the Marketing of the American Dream was hailed as "one of the great quirky masterpieces of baseball journalism" by the editors of Sportsjones.com, and named an Amazon.com "Top Ten Sports Book of the Year." THE BALL is a wistful parable about our national pastime. It chronicles the distinctly American path of Mark McGwire's record-setting seventieth home run ball—from the moment ...
Last Man Down
A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center
2003
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A first responder’s harrowing account of 9/11—the inspirational true story of an American hero who gave nearly everything for others during one of New York City’s darkest hours.On September 11, 2001, FDNY Battalion Chief Richard “Pitch” Picciotto answered the call heard around the world. In minutes, he was at Ground Zero of the worst terrorist attack on American soil, as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center began to burn**—**and then to buckle.A vetera...
Relentless Spirit
The Unconventional Raising of a Champion
2016
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What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family.The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy Franklin. In the pool, it reminds her to remain steady and persistent, unyie...
Scratching the Horizon
A Surfing Life
2012
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Scratching the Horizon presents a bitchin' love letter to sand and sea, and a spirited inside account of life with the "first family" of American surfing.In 1956, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz stepped away from a successful medical practice and began a lifelong surfing odyssey that grew to include his wife Juliette, and their nine children. Together, the Paskowitz clan lived a vagabonding bohemian existence, eschewing material possessions in favor of intangible r...
The Girl in the Green Sweater
A Life in Holocaust's Shadow
2008
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Based on the true story explored in the Academy Award–nominated film, In Darkness, this holocaust memoir is "a gripping account of survival and friendship" ( Booklist).In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing a...