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The Encyclopedia of Misinformation: A Compendium of Imitations, Spoofs, Delusions, Simulations, Counterfeits, Impostors, Illusions, Confabulations, ... Conspiracies & Miscellaneous Fakery
Rex Sorgatz · Abrams Image
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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How have the media, government, technology, and history deceived us? Have fake and real become indistinguishable? Were we ever unburdened of disinformation, or is deception bound to the human experience? Are we being manipulated right now, or worse yet, are we deceiving ourselves? These... |
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Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream
Bill Reynolds · St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic and African-American,... |
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Baseball America 2014 Almanac: A Comprehensive Review of the 2013 Season
Baseball America · Baseball America
Format: Paperback
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Published annually since 1983, this is the one guide that every true baseball will want. The comprehensive statistical review of baseball from the majors through to youth baseball.The one guide every true baseball fan will want—a comprehensive statistical review from the majors all the way through... |
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Golf: the Ultimate Guide
DK Publishing · DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover
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Golf: The Ultimate Guide is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to playing and watching golf — the perfect golf book for all enthusiasts, from keen spectators and beginners to golf pros. In Golf: The Ultimate Guide, DK celebrates this ever-popular game, with a fascinating... |
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North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
SCOTT JUREK · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail.
Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Renowned... |
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Backpacker Hidden Gems: 100 Greatest Undiscovered Hikes Across America
MAREN HORJUS · Falcon Guides
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Nothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worth of their popularity, but hikers don't need another resource pointing them toward those conga lines. It's time we rewrite the backpacker's life list. Enter Backpacker... |
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Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
Paul Goldberger · Knopf
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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An exhilarating, splendidly illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
From the earliest corrals of the mid-1800s... |
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My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football
Paul Finebaum · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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An all-access pass into the powerhouse teams and passionate fanbases of the legendary Southeastern Conference from one of the most influential men in college football ESPNs Paul FinebaumProud owner of prestigious college football programs producing seven consecutive national championships... |
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Parcells: A Football Life
Nunyo Demasio · Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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Bill Parcells may be the most iconic football coach of our time. During his decades-long tenure as an NFL coach, he turned failing franchises into contenders. He led the ailing New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories, turned the New England Patriots into an NFL powerhouse, reinvigorated... |
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The Best American Sports Writing 2015
Wright Thompson · Mariner Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional,... |
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The Anatomy of Greatness: Lessons from the Best Golf Swings in History
Brandel Chamblee · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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In the first book from popular Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee, the network's "resident scholar and critic" (The New York Times) explores the common swing positions of the greatest players throughout history - and reveals how those commonalities can help players of every... |
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Who Invented the Bicycle Kick?: Soccer's Greatest Legends and Lore
Paul Simpson · William Morrow Paperbacks
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Published in time for the 2014 World Cup, the ultimate collection of soccer’s greatest lore and legends, illustrated with 100 black-and-white photos, by two of the world’s most knowledgeable soccer journalists.Who Invented the Bicycle Kick? is a rollicking ride through soccer... |
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Undisputed Truth
Mike Tyson · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring. Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during... |
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Steroids and Doping in Sports: A Reference Handbook
David E. Newton Ph.D. · ABC-CLIO; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The use of performance-enhancing drug use in sports is never out of the news, whether it's cycling, baseball, Olympic sports, or mixed martial arts. Interestingly, the use of steroids to boost human performance stretches back to ancient times. Written by a former professor of chemistry,... |
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