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25%OFFKyle Macdonald - One Red Paperclip - 9780091914530 - V9780091914530
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One Red Paperclip

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Description for One Red Paperclip Paperback. The author wanted his own house. The problem was he didn't have a job and he didn't have any money. Thinking back to his childhood he remembered the game he loved to play - Bigger and Better. It was a way of trading your old stuff to get bigger and better stuff. This got him thinking. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.

Kyle MacDonald wanted his own house. The problem was he didn't have a job and he didn't have any money. Thinking back to his childhood he remembered the game he loved to play - Bigger and Better. It was a way of trading your old stuff to get bigger and better new stuff. Legend had it, some people managed to trade an old biro for a brand new car! This got Kyle thinking. If that kind of entrepreneurial spirit could turn tiny objects into big ones, then why not try trading up to a house?
And then he saw ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Ebury Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091914530
SKU
V9780091914530
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-6

About Kyle Macdonald
My name is Kyle MacDonald. I'm from Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada. I like to do things. Doing things is the best. I've planted more than one hundred thousand trees, delivered more than one thousand pizzas, but eaten only one scorpion. I've also traded one red paperclip for a house only once.

Reviews for One Red Paperclip
An amazing true adventure!
OK!
Perfectly suited to the anti-commercial zeal of the moment
Sunday Times
A bizarre and brilliant idea
Daily Telegraph
So, is oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com the new eBay? "Sure." Kyle says, "Why not?"
The Guardian

Goodreads reviews for One Red Paperclip


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