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Larry Ellison had poured more than $200 million into his latest America’s Cup campaign, but Oracle Team USA was down 1-8. New Zealand needed just one more win. Oracle ultimately beat back the odds. But how? No one knew until G. Bruce Knecht wrote The Comeback, his pulse-pounding, revelation-filled account of the team’s desperate stop-at-nothing campaign.

Paperback:

9781532709388, titled "The Comeback: How Larry Ellison's Team Won the America's Cup" | 2 edition (Createspace Independent Pub, April 11, 2016), cover price $8.95
9781530069279, titled "The Comeback: How Larry Ellison’s Team Won the America’s Cup" | Createspace Independent Pub, February 19, 2016, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Larry Ellison had poured more than $200 million into his latest America’s Cup campaign, but Oracle Team USA was down 1-8.

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Product Description: G. Bruce Knecht, former reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of The Proving Ground and Hooked, describes the creation of an outsized yacht in a sweeping narrative centered on the men and women who made it happen. DOUG VON ALLMEN, a self-made man who grew up in a landlocked state dreaming of the ocean, was poised to build a 187-foot yacht that would cost $40 million...read more

Hardcover:

9781416576006 | Simon & Schuster, March 5, 2013, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: G.

Paperback:

9781416576013 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, June 30, 2015), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: G.

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A history of the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish, otherwise known as the Chilean Sea Bass, documents how the fish came into global popularity while tracing the illegal activities of the fishing vessel Viarsa, in an account that discusses the environmental, courtroom, and culinary battles being fought over related fishing practices. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9781594861109 | Rodale Pr, May 2, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A history of the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish, otherwise known as the Chilean sea bass, documents how the fish came into global popularity and traces the illegal activities of the fishing vessel Viarsa.

Paperback:

9781594866944 | Reprint edition (Rodale Pr, May 1, 2007), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A history of the poaching of the Patagonian toothfish, otherwise known as the Chilean Sea Bass, documents how the fish came into global popularity while tracing the illegal activities of the fishing vessel Viarsa, in an account that discusses the environmental, courtroom, and culinary battles being fought over related fishing practices.

A rip-roaring tale of modern day piracy on the high seas and one of the longest and most dangerous pursuits in maritime history: the 21 day hunt for the Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching Patagonian Toothfish (aka Chilean Sea Bass) in Australian waters.

Paperback:

9781741143881 | Gardners Books, June 1, 2006, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: A rip-roaring tale of modern day piracy on the high seas and one of the longest and most dangerous pursuits in maritime history: the 21 day hunt for the Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching Patagonian Toothfish (aka Chilean Sea Bass) in Australian waters.

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Product Description: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.Bruce Knecht tells the harrowing story of a world-renowned sailing race gone fatally bad. On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats crossed the starting line of the famous Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race...read more

Hardcover:

9780786236435 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, November 1, 2001), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: On December 26, 1998, 115 sailboats set out on the annual race from Sydney to Hobart; only 43 would make it to the Tasmanian city, and six sailors would be dead, the race having turned in the worst modern sailing disaster since the 1979 Fastnet Race.

Paperback:

9781612181431 | Amazon Pub, December 6, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In this 10th Anniversary edition, with a new afterword from the author, G.
9780446611855 | Grand Central Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.

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An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.
By G. Bruce Knecht and Stanley Tucci (narrator)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781586211714 | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, June 1, 2001), cover price $24.98 | About this edition: An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.

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A gripping account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed and profiles the special individuals who risk their lives at sea, including Oracle founder Larry Ellison. 75,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780316499552 | Little Brown & Co, June 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: An account of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race describes how the annual sailing competition became one of the worst modern sailing disasters that left six sailors dead and a number of yachts destroyed.

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