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Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up
Alex Speier · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core - the culmination of nearly a decade of reporting from one of the most respected baseball writers in the country."Alex Speier spins a compelling... |
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One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels
Jonathan Vaughters · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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The new memoir tracing story of cycling since the 1980s, throught he eyes of Jonathan Vaughters, founder of team Education First and one of the sport's most towering figures.Jonathan Vaughters' story is the story of modern cycling. From his early years as a keen cyclist in his hometown... |
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All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything
Sasha Chapin · Doubleday
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"A smart, funny, and slyly profound book about the dark ecstasies of obsessive love. Sasha Chapin is a gentlemanly Gonzo, a dirty Bond, and he writes like a dream."--Claudia Dey, author of HeartbreakerSasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert... |
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Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion
Katrin Davidsdottir · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This is a memoir by two-time CrossFit Games champion, Katrin Davidsdottir.Dottir is two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir's inspiring and poignant memoir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of "Fittest Woman on Earth" twice,... |
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Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
Alan Paul · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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An instant New York Times bestseller!The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine... |
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The Men on Magic Carpets: Searching for the superhuman sports star
Ed Hawkins · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The bizarre true story about the cosmic side of sports.In the 1970s the US military believed they could create a '"super soldier"--one who could use psychic powers to walk through walls, disarm the enemy through telepathy, or kill a goat by staring at it. The brain behind... |
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Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul
Marty Smith · Twelve
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The amazing and blessed life of popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for College GameDay, Marty Smith, whose mission in this thoughtful and funny memoir is to return fans to the true soul of sports in this country. You know Marty right? The guy during College GameDay hanging off the back... |
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League
Joe Horrigan · Crown
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season. "I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle the National... |
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Amazing Racers: The Story of America's Greatest Running Team and its Revolutionary Coach
Marc Bloom · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring, untold story about a group of remarkable athletes and their groundbreaking coach who live and train in startling ways -- and are redefining running excellence in the United States.What would one call taking teens with no evident running talent and challenging them with boundless... |
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