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Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500
Art Garner · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 342 Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2014 Dean Batchelor Award, Motor Press Guild "Book of the Year"Short-listed for 2015 PEN / ESPN Literary Award for Sports WritingBefore noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 was stopped for the first time in history by an accident. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery... |
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Ballplayer
Chipper Jones · Dutton Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones - one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history - shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy... |
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Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart
DION LEONARD · Thomas Nelson Pages: 272 Format: Paperback
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A man, a dog, and the lengths to which love will go to sacrifice for its companion. Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup,... |
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Your Putting Solution: A Tour-Proven Approach to Mastering the Greens
James Sieckmann · Avery Publishing Group Pages: 176 Format: Print book
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The author of Your Short Game Solution presents his Tour-proven putting-improvement system that can work with any stroke. In a follow-up to the industry-acclaimed Your Short Game Solution (2015) , James Sieckmann presents a no-nonsense plan to making more putts. Most putting manuals... |
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Duel for the Crown: Affirmed, Alydar, and Racing's Greatest Rivalry
Linda Carroll · Gallery Books Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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From the moment they first galloped head-to-head in Saratoga Springs, the two chestnut colts showed they were the stuff of racing legend. Alydar, all muscle with a fearsome closing kick, was already the popular favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. Affirmed, deceptively laid-back streamlined... |
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The Mannings: The Fall and Rise of a Football Family
Lars Anderson · Ballantine Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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From New York Times bestselling author Lars Anderson comes the first full biography of the top family in American sports. Two generations of Mannings have produced three star quarterbacks: Archie, the folk hero at Ole Miss and a star with the Saints; Peyton, considered one of the best of all time;... |
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Fields of Battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the Boys Who Went to War
Brian Curtis · Flatiron Books Pages: 308 Format: Print book
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In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. It remains the only Rose Bowl game to ever be played outside of Pasadena. Duke University, led by legendary coach Wallace... |
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The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Thing in Sports
Jeff Passan · Harpercollins Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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Yahoo's lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports - the pitching arm - and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers... |
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Lift: Fitness Culture, From Naked Greeks and Acrobats to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors
Daniel Kunitz · Harper Wave Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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A riveting cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the "big-box gym" and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise and physical ideals have changed over time - and what we can learn from our past. How did treadmills and weight machines become the gold... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt · W.W. Norton & Company Pages: 516 Format: Print book
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The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games -- by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic"... |
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Camp Sunset: A Modern Camper's Guide to the Great Outdoors
Editors of Sunset Magazine · Oxmoor House Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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Plan your next adventure with this complete guide to exploring nature, campfire cooking, and sleeping under the stars.The experts at Sunset draw on more than a century of outdoor experience to create a guide that leaves no stone unturned. Easy to navigate and chock full of clear how-to's,... |
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Football Now!: Today's Gridiron Greats
Mike Ryan · Firefly Books Pages: 160 Format: Paperback
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Fast-paced, updated for 2015 and packed with more than 140 full-color action photos, Football Now! celebrates more than 65 of the best current NFL players, and illustrates how each is a bona fide star in the world's greatest sports league. Author Mike Ryan has selected the best... |
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