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Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together

James Blake · Amistad
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Arthur Ashe's bestselling memoir Days of Grace, a collection of positive, uplifting stories of seemingly small acts of grace from across the sports world that have helped to bridge cultural and racial divides.Like many people of color, James Blake has experienced the effects...
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Runnin' with the Devil: A Backstage Pass to the Wild Times, Loud Rock, and the Down and Dirty Truth Behind the Making of Van Halen

Noel Monk · Dey Street Books
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and the legendary band that changed rock music.Van Halen's rise in the 1980s was one of the most thrilling the music world...
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Shark Drunk: The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean

Morten Andreas Strøksnes · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Norwegian Brage Prize 2015Winner of the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Literature 2015Winner of the Norwegian Reine Ord Prize at Lofoten International Literature Festival 2016A salty story of friendship, adventure, and the explosive life that teems beneath the ocean, for readers...
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Motor City Barn Finds: Detroit's Lost Collector Cars

Tom Cotter · Motorbooks
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Ride along on the search for forgotten automotive gems in the Motor City.Detroit has been America's Motor City for decades. It's home to Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, as well as numerous auto industry companies and specialty and speed shops. At the same time, it's the poster...
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Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years: An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football

WAYNE STEWART · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The 1950s and 60s was a golden age for professional football. It was perhaps the toughest and roughest era for the sport, before rules were created to better protect the players, but it was also a time when legends were born. To many football fans this era remains the Glory Years of the NFL,...
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets The Art of the Film

MARK SALISBURY · Titan Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The official art book of the blockbuster movie, written and directed by visionary Luc Besson (Lucy, The Fifth Element) .Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives for the government of the human territories charged with maintaining order throughout the universe....
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