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Mariner Books’s favorite books

The Best American Essays 1988 by Annie Dillard

Six Memos for the Next Millennium by Italo Calvino

A Guide for Grown-Ups by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden

Revenge of the Lawn / The Abortion / So the Wind Won't Blow i... by Richard Brautigan

The Collected Stories Of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006 by Brian Greene

The Best American Short Stories 2005 by Michael Chabon

The Best American Sports Writing 2006 by Michael Lewis

The Best American Short Stories 2006 by Ann Patchett

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“Whenever a soldier needed an escape, the antidote to anxiety, relief from boredom, a bit of laughter, inspiration, or hope, he cracked open a book and drank in the words that would transport him elsewhere.”
― Molly Guptill Manning

tags: armed-services-editions, banned-books, betty-smith, book-burning, franklin-delano-roosevelt, gi-bill, gis, guadalcanal, iwo-jima, normandy, okinawa, operation-torch, pearl-harbor, saipan, the-great-gatsby, victory-books-campaign, world-war-ii

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“Racing is an escape from society. From symbols of status, and self-perception. A chance to just be. For everyone to just be, with each other.”
― Erin Beresini, Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing

tags: inspirational-quotes, obstacle-course-racing, racing, running, sports

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“I have to race because racing is a part of me. But I had to learn to race from a place of joy. Not pain. Not sorrow. Not anger. Not to fix things I can’t control. But for a connection with other people. With the wilderness. With myself.”
― Erin Beresini, Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing

tags: inspirational-quotes, obstacle-course-racing, running, sports

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“When you’re as small as I am, people don’t expect you to be much of an athlete. You either wilt under the weight of low expectations, or you rise above them.”
― Daniel Rodriguez, Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept

tags: afghanistan, army, football, inspirational, iraq, military, sports

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“Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.”
― Daniel Rodriguez, Rise: A Soldier, a Dream, and a Promise Kept

tags: army, celebrity-culture, football, inspirational, military, sports, war

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