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Shoe Dog

Available from today for purchase is the new memoir of Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight. The highly anticipated book Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike delves into the Swoosh’s past, and describes Knight´s modest beginnings and how he created with a $50 loan from his dad, a $30 billion-dollar global mega-brand. Over the course of the book’s 400 pages, the enigmatic Knight recounts his desire to find a career that would allow him to "play all the time, instead of working” and also talks about how the company paid a struggling graphic artist $35 for one of the world’s most famous brand logos: the Swoosh.

Available for purchase in Europe here




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PITMASTER

Pitmaster is the definitive guide to becoming a barbecue aficionado and top-shelf cook. The new book by the very talented, award-winning BBQ master Andy Husbands (of Smoke Shop BBQ) and BBQ champion, Chris Heart, is beautifully illustrated with some mouth-watering shots. The cookbook its filled with information that will help you make the most of your cooking sessions, and packed with recipes, insight from the experts, and instructions for everything from cooking a ...
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Steve Jobs in Exile

Most stories about Steve Jobs focus on the highs. The garage, the comeback, the products that changed everything. What usually gets skipped is the part in between, when things did not work. Steve Jobs in Exile focuses entirely on that gap. The years after Jobs was pushed out of Apple Inc. in 1985, when he started NeXT and spent over a decade trying to build something new. It was not a clean run. NeXT struggled, burned cash, and never became the success...
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THE GREAT OUTDOORS

"The Great Outdoors" is a collection of the best recipes for outdoor cooking that will add some spice to every outdoor meal. The beautifully illustrated book explains how to cook on an open fire and presents the best outdoor cooking equipment and the most delicious recipes for every meal of the day. From on-the-go sandwiches to self-made pesto, preserved delicacies, or power food - this cook book is an essential for your next road trip or camping vacation....
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