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Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply
Three Rivers Press
September 2007
On Sale: August 21, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 0307353168
EAN: 9780307353160
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Non-Fiction
Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream,
and a r?sum? to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very
patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once
again “between jobs.†Kyle wanted to be able to provide for
himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He wanted to own his
own home. He wanted something bigger than a paperclip. So he
put an ad on Craigslist, the popular classifieds website,
with the intention of trading that paperclip for something
better. A girl in Vancouver offered him a fish pen in
exchange for his paperclip. He traded the fish pen for a
doorknob and the doorknob for a camping stove. Before long
he had traded the camping stove for a generator for a neon
sign. Not long after that, avid snow-globe collector and
television star Corbin Bernsen and the small Canadian town
of Kipling were involved, and Kyle was on to bigger and
better things. In One Red Paperclip, Kyle takes you on a journey around the
globe as he moves from paperclip holder to homeowner in just
fourteen trades. With plenty of irreverent and insightful
anecdotes and practical tips on how you can find your own
paperclip and realize your dreams, he proves it’s possible
to succeed in life and achieve your dreams on your own
terms. Quirky and inspirational, this story of a regular guy
and a small, red, now-legendary paperclip will have you
looking at your office supplies-and your life-in a whole new
way.
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