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Soccer FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About the Clubs, the Players, and the Rivalries
Soccer FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About the Clubs, the Players, and the Rivalries

Dave Thompson · Backbeat Books
Format: Print book

Soccer FAQ is a fast, furious, and opinionated guide to the worlds most popular game, an all-encompassing history that introduces readers to the biggest clubs, the greatest games, the finest players, and the fiercest rivalries. From Sunderland to Seattle, from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Soccer...
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The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them
The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them

Tim Howard · Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon  idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and professional challenges he has faced, and the enduring...
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Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.
Hound of the Sea: Wild Man. Wild Waves. Wild Wisdom.

Garrett Mcnamara · Harperwave
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In this thrilling and candid memoir, world record-holding and controversial Big Wave surfer Garrett McNamara chronicles his emotional quest to ride the most formidable waves on earth.Garrett McNamara - affectionately known as GMac - set the world record for the sport, surfing a seventy-eight-foot...
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Jacobs Field:: History and Tradition at The Jake
Jacobs Field:: History and Tradition at The Jake

Vince McKee · The History Press
Pages: 126
Format: Print book

The sports landscape changed in the spring of 1994 when the Cleveland Indians moved into their new stadium at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario. No longer the joke of the league, The Jake made them the jewel of baseball and helped revitalize a city and a fan base. For the first time ever,...
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Run Fast Eat Slow: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes
Run Fast Eat Slow: Nourishing Recipes for Athletes

Shalane Flanagan · Rodale
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From world-class marathoner and 4-time Olympian Shalane Flanagan and chef Elyse Kopecky comes a whole foods, flavor-forward cookbook that proves food can be indulgent and nourishing at the same time. Finally here's a cookbook for runners that shows fat is essential for flavor and performance...
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Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre

Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

From a New York Times best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give...
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Baseball For Dummies
Baseball For Dummies

Joe Morgan · For Dummies; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Play, watch, and understand Americas favorite pastime Baseball continues to be a popular game both as a spectator sport and as a pastime. Since the publication of Baseball For Dummies, 3rd Edition, baseball teams have changed, new MLB stadiums have been built, and rules have been updated....
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The Miracle of Richfield: The Story of the 1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers
The Miracle of Richfield: The Story of the 1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers

Roger Gordon · Kent State University
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Foreword by Nate ThurmondThree years before Brian Sipe began his magic with the Cleveland Browns, Bill Fitch and his band of Cavaliers brought a buzz to Northeast Ohio basketball that fans had never seen before. Despite a rough start to their 1975-76 season, the Cavaliers rode the shoulders...
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A Life Well Played: My Stories
A Life Well Played: My Stories

Arnold Palmer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The instant New York Times bestsellerThis book is Palmer's parting gift to the world -- a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers, golfers and non-golfers alike, will celebrate and cherish. No one has won more fans around the world and no player has had a bigger...
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The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Stronger, More Muscular You!
The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Stronger, More Muscular You!

Adam Campbell · Rodale
Pages: 560
Format: Print book

Revised edition includes 100 new exercises!The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises is the essential workout guide for anyone who wants a better body. As the most comprehensive collection of exercises ever created, this book is a body-shaping power tool for both beginners and long-time...
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NOLS River Rescue Guide
NOLS River Rescue Guide

Nate Ostis · Stackpole Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

A how-to guide of safety, rescue, and recovery techniques for all who work and play on the water. Practical advice for identifying and responding to risks on the waterCovers all the essential equipment you'll needOver 150 helpful photos and illustrationsTips for trip-planning
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Glory Days in Tribe Town: The Cleveland Indians and Jacobs Field 1994-1997
Glory Days in Tribe Town: The Cleveland Indians and Jacobs Field 1994-1997

Tom Hamilton · Gray & Company, Publishers
Format: Print book

Relive the most thrilling seasons of Cleveland Indians baseball in recent memory! Remember the excitement of those first years at Jacobs Field? When it seemed the Indians could find a way to win almost any game? When screaming fans rocked the jam-packed stands every night? When a brash...
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99: Stories of the Game
99: Stories of the Game

Wayne Gretzky · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

"The Great One" weaves memories of his legendary career with an inside look at the sport of professional hockey, and the heroes and stories that inspired him. From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming...
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Carry on.
Carry on.

Lisa Fenn · Harperwave
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer's unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds - blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family - would...
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