{"title":"Books for Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrillers, sports, military history, true crime, adventure, stoicism, and the modern canon — a shelf built for the way men browse. Flat $7 shipping on every order.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-bourne-identity-paperback","title":"The Bourne Identity - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlat $7 shipping on every order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Ludlum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - Meet Jason Bourne. He has no past. And he may have no future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the critically acclaimed major motion picture starring Matt Damon!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis memory is a blank. He only knows that he was fished out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues. 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