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THE X FACTOR

Slowly, the metal door cranked upward. Like a moth to a flame, I approached the opening. I walked inside. As I deeply breathed the musty air – aaaah – a used book store!

I discovered one shelf of baseball books. On that shelf, one book was remarkable because it was a book about horseshoes! I’ll get back to that… It was a very thin hardback book (88 pages). The text was frequently interrupted by full-page ads for Federal Express, leaving only 70 pages. With wide margins and photos, you might think it not worth reading – but you would be wrong.