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Rob Polishook was immersed in Parcells via ebook while occasionally glimpsing the New York Marathon on Sunday, November 2, 2014. Based on this photo, Rob -- who was visiting the Big Apple from Miami -- fittingly nears the end of Chapter 16: a mini-biography on runner Curtis Martin that concludes with his brilliant rookie season in New England.

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Mari Pfeiffer, a talented writer and web designer, sent us this shot that she had taken in Vroman's, which bills itself as the oldest -- and largest -- independent bookstore in Southern California. Parcells stands next to actor Ron Perlman's memoir, Easy Street. Bill's first Lombardi trophy came from the 1987 Super Bowl  in Pasadena, California where the Giants trounced Denver, 39-20. Mari, who lives in Los Angeles, wrote in an email with the photo: "I found its juxtaposition to Perlman's book intriguing. And funny."

About a week before Parcells's October 28 release, Bill Nedoroscik claimed that he had pre-ordered five copies. I jokingly asked the Weston, Florida resident for proof. So when his books arrived at his doorstep, he sent me this photo. The pre-order via Amazon totaled $100.60. I was impressed enough to email the image to Bill Parcells.

Throughout the six-year project, Ned Vail -- my former Sunday school teacher at Park Avenue Methodist Church -- frequently emailed me for updates. So in late October, just before Parcells's release, I sent one of my advance copies to Ned in Kansas City, Missouri. A yellow sticky on the cover said, "Finally!." Ned, a gifted painter, enjoyed the message so much that he promptly emailed me an image, and insisted that he would leave it on while reading the book.

Seymour Polishook (right) had turned his son, Rob (left) onto the Giants by listening to radio broadcasts while the duo cleaned the garage or raked leaves back in the day. Fast forward to December, 2014: Rob purchased Parcells as a gift for his father who was turning 83. Rob, a mental training coach who works with athletes at all levels, wrote in an email with the photo: "He loved the book, and in fact it brought back memories of when my mother was alive, and they lived in Franklin Lakes. Bill Parcells lived a few blocks away. [When] Bill moved in, it  was like the biggest thing."

This photo snapped at Miami Airport shows Parcells in an eclectic arrangement of books: It sits below the latest work by superstar novelist, Jodi Picoult. And just to the left is a book on climate change by Naomi Klein, the prolific, award-winning journalist. Cementing the diverse display, Carine McCandless's memoir -- focusing on child abuse -- can be found under Parcells.

Zack Secilmis sent me this image when his pre-ordered copies arrived at his Queens, New York apartment. I decided to use the photo as the avatar for Parcells's new Twitter handle.

In this photo snapped by Erica Lancaster, I couldn't figure out the two books next to Parcells at Laguardia Airport in Queens, New York. 

We love that Parcells wasn't pigeonholed among sports books in the San Francisco Airport. Instead, this photo, snapped by a reader before he boarded his flight, showed that the book was under the "NEW & NOTEWORTHY" category. Bill sat in good company next to Bob Hope, and among a wide range of memoirs/biographies, including ones on Billy Joel and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 

Parcells took center stage at the sports section of a Barnes & Nobles in Manhattan: 82nd Street on Broadway. It would have been great for the book to be among the new releases on the main floor. But at least Parcellls received prominent placement in the sports section.

In this image courtesy of Melissa Glass, Parcells received premium placement at a Costco store in Brooklyn. The warehouse club is the world's second-largest retailer after Walmart.

Politics and Prose, in Washington D.C, remains one of the best-known independent bookstores in America. Barack Obama and J.K. Rowling have been among the many big names to make appearances at its author events. So it was cool for Parcells to earn this placement at the renowned bookstore. Les Carpenter -- a former colleague of mine at the Seattle Times and Washington Post -- spotted the book at Politics and Prose, and sent me this image.

I never even knew that Duane Reade sold books; but as you can see here, Parcells is among the bestselling paperbacks on display. Cool! This store location is just a couple blocks from Lincoln Center in Manhattan: between 62nd ST and 63rd ST on Broadway.

Rob Polishook spotted the paperback edition in the sports section of the Columbia University Bookstore (West 115th ST on Broadway).