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Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments
Stephen Wong · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments is a richly illustrated exploration and first-of-its-kind compendium study of the world's most coveted and precious baseball uniforms worn by Major League ballplayers during the twentieth century. This coffee-table... |
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Andrew Forsthoefel · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing down, way down,... |
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My Cubs: A Love Story
Scott Simon · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured - and now triumphant - franchise.No metaphor is necessary;... |
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Michael Finkel · Knopf
Pages: 203
Format: Hardcover
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Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality - not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York... |
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White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas
ROBERT TWIGGER · Pegasus Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping biography of the Himalayas by the acclaimed author of Angry White Pyjamas.Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus,... |
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Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling
JIM ROSS · Sports Publishing
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who have made it as long as he has (half a century to be exact) probably made enemies or burned bridges. But that's just not JR.Slobberknocker is the story of how an Oklahoman farm kid, with... |
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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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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's
Jason Turbow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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How the Oakland A's of the 1970s-a revolutionary band of brawling winners led by Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, and Rollie Fingers-won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern ageThe Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative... |
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Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father
Murray Howe · Viking
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Part Tuesdays with Morrie, part Mr. Hockey, Nine Lessons I Learned from My Father is a son's intimate account of all that lies behind the towering legacy of the beloved Gordie Howe.When Gordie Howe passed away, the world paused to acknowledge the legacy of the game's greatest player. For twelve... |
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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 Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record
John Eisenberg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea... |
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The Pride of the Yankees: The Movie that Defined the Legacy of Lou Gehrig
Richard Sandomir · Hachette Books
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover
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"I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH."On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" at Yankee Stadium and gave a speech that included the phrase that would become legendary. He died two years... |
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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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The Secrets of My Life
KATHERINE SUE NEWPORT · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
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In this remarkable memoir-written during her pivotal first years of becoming her authentic self-Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. |
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A Life Well Played: My Stories
Arnold Palmer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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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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