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You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity

McPherson, Don · Edge of Sports
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

"McPherson wants readers to begin to understand that traditional masculinity is a burden to boys and men, and to help change the narrative handed down to them...This is a valuable contribution to the new choir of traditionally masculine men reevaluating themselves on their own terms."--Publishers...
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Run Like a Girl 365 Days a Year: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes

Samuels, Mina · Skyhorse
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

No matter how hard it is to get out the door, it's on the road that we meet our strengths and weaknesses, have the space to contemplate our hopes and dreams and ultimately find what makes us happy. Not every workout is an epiphany. Instead, each time out on the road - no matter how much...
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Horses in Translation: Essential Lessons in Horse Speak: Learn to "Listen" and "Talk" in Their Language

Wilsie, Sharon · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

With her landmark first book Horse Speak: The Equine-Human Translation Guide, trainer Sharon Wilsie upended conventional methods of human-equine communication (using words and ropes, for example) with her clear classification of the language horses use with each other...
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EPHPHATHA: GROWING UP PROFOUNDLY DEAF AND NOT DUMB IN THE HEARING WORLD: A BASKETBALL PLAYER'S TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY TO THE IVY LEAGUE

Dr. Thomas M Caulfield · Ephphatha
Pages: 115
Format: Paperback

THE TRUE STORY OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEYFor two decades a father kept a secret journal documenting the life of his only son, Christopher, who was born profoundly Deaf. He had a simple dream of someday presenting that journal to Christopher as a special gift from father to son. But as each...
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State: A Team, a Triumph, a Transformation

Isaacson, Melissa · Agate Midway
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Set against a backdrop of social change during the 1970s, State is a compelling first-person account of what it was like to live through both traditional gender discrimination in sports and the joy of the very first days of equality - or at least the closest that one high school girls'...
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Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life

Messineo, Janet · Pantheon
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A moving, inspiring portrait of making a dream come true--the (unsentimental) education of a champion surfcaster (catching fish by casting a line from the shoreline) .The...
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The Sixth Man: A Memoir

Iguodala, Andre · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors.Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger....
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A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston

Holmes, Melanie · University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback

Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team that conducted scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when...
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Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul

Marty Smith · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The amazing and blessed life of popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for College GameDay, Marty Smith, whose mission in this thoughtful and funny memoir is to return fans to the true soul of sports in this country. You know Marty right? The guy during College GameDay hanging off the back...
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Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West

Wolman, David · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever. In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world's greatest rodeo. They...
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