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Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book |
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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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Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
Kostya Kennedy · Little Brown & Co
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover |
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"Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard FordPete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst... |
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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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Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
Lynne Cox · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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From inspired and inspiring open-water swimmer and supreme athlete, able to endure cold water temperatures that would kill others, author of Swimming to Antarctica ("Riveting" - Sports Illustrated) and Grayson ("Moving, mystical" - People) - a powerful book about... |
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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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Salt, Sweat, Tears: The Men Who Rowed the Oceans
Adam Rackley · Penguin Books |
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A riveting first-person account and history of rowers who have attempted to navigate across the AtlanticMore people have climbed Mount Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic. For more than seventy days, Adam Rackley and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven meters... |
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Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Maurice Isserman · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 436
Format: Print book |
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In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally seen as obstacles to civilization; over time they came to be viewed as places of redemption and renewal. The White... |
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