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August 07, 2010

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
by Bill Madden

No owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. From the moment he bought the team in 1973 for $10 million, Steinbrenner's monomaniacal pursuit was to restore the most fabled franchise in baseball history to its former glory. Today the New York Yankees are worth more than $1 billion and are once again world champions.

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl
by Shauna Reid

This true story is hysterically funny and heart-wrenchingly honest. Follow the twists and turns of Shauna's lard-busting adventure as she curbs the calories and learns to love the gym. There are travel tales from Red Square to Reykjavik, plus romance and intrigue as she meets the man of her dreams during a pub quiz in Glasgow.

Pearl Buck in China:
Journey to the Good Earth
by Hilary Spurling

As a phenomenally successful writer and civil-rights campaigner, Pearl Buck did more than anyone else in her lifetime to change Western perceptions of China. In a world with its eyes trained on China today, she has much to tell us about what lies behind its astonishing reawakening.