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Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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Based on three years of extensive research and reporting, two of today's most acclaimed investigative journalists, Jeff Benedict of Sports Illustrated and eleven-time Emmy Award winner Armen Keteyian, deliver the first major biography of Tiger Woods - sweeping in scope and packed with groundbreaking,... |
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Gironimo!: Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
Tim Moore · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The 1914 Giro d'Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eighty-one riders started and only eight finished after enduring cataclysmic storms, roads strewn with nails, and even the loss of an eye by one competitor. And now Tim Moore is going to ride it. And he's committed to total... |
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Unscripted: The Unpredictable Moments That Make Life Extraordinary
ERNIE JR JOHNSON · BAKER Book House
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Ernie Johnson Jr. has been in the game a long time. With one of the most recognized voices in sports broadcasting, he is a tireless perfectionist when it comes to preparing and delivering his commentary. Yet he knows that some of sports' greatest triumphs--and life's greatest rewards--come... |
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Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence
George H Morris · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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If there is one name in the American equestrian story that everyone knows, it is George Morris.A horse lover, rider, carouser, competitor, taskmaster, dreamer, teacher, and visionary, George Morris has been ever-present on the rarified stage of the international riding elite for most of the 70 years... |
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Louisiana Swamps and Marshes: Easy-Access Hikes and Drives
Anne Butler · Univ of Louisiana at Lafayette
Pages: 199
Format: Paperback
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Includes directions and information for thirty-seven of Louisiana's easily accessible natural parks and wetlands.Louisiana's wonderful wetlands, coastal marshes, and swamps have meant much to different visitors over the years--sustenance for fisherman and trappers, food supplies for hunters,... |
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Game of My Life LSU Tigers: Memorable Stories of Tigers Football
Marty Mul · Sports Publishing
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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A continuing and ongoing drama, LSU football has been marked by a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats. Game of My Life LSU Tigers is the chronicle of more than 35 of the greatest players as they tell the story of the game that meant it all. This book features the vivid... |
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Facing Mariano Rivera: Players Recall the Greatest Relief Pitcher Who Ever Lived
David Fischer · Perseus Distribution Services
Pages: 275
Format: Print book
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The all-time career leader in saves, with 652, Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest professional athletes in history. Since taking over the closer's role for the New York Yankees in 1997, until his retirement in 2013, Rivera saved 30 or more games in every season but one. In addition,... |
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far
Maria/ Cohen Rich Sharapova · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, the candid, captivating story of her rise to tennis stardomIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting... |
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Baseball For Dummies
Joe Morgan · For Dummies; 4 edition
Format: Paperback
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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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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance... |
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The Soccer Diaries: An American’s Thirty-Year Pursuit of the International Game
Michael J Agovino · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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Although soccer had long been the world’s game when Michael J. Agovino first encountered it in 1982, here it was just a poor cousin to American football, to be found on obscure UHF channels and in foreign magazines. But as Agovino himself passionately pursued soccer, Americans... |
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Crazy on the Bayou: Five Seasons of Louisiana Hunting, Fishing, and Feasting
Humberto Fontova · Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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This book follows the cast of a proposed TV reality show, "Humberto Fontova's Revenge," as they hunt, fish, and feast in Louisiana's bayou country. And what a wild ride it is! Each chapter of this rollicking account chronicles an outdoor adventure and includes a Cuban-Cajun... |
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The Legend of Zippy Chippy: Life Lessons from Horse Racing's Most Lovable Loser
William Thomas · Mcclelland & Stewart
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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From acclaimed humorist William Thomas comes the funny yet poignant story of a thoroughbred racehorse that lost 100 races in a row -- but, in everyone's eyes, became the ultimate winner.On April 20, 1991, at Capritaur Farms in Upstate New York, Zippy Chippy strolled into the world.... |
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Hummingbirds
Ronald I. Orenstein · Firefly Books
Pages: 256
Format: Book
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A comprehensive natural history of nature's smallest bird species. The tiny hummingbird has long been a source of fascination for birdwatchers and naturalists alike. They number 300 species and Ronald Orenstein has a passion for all of them. Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world.... |
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