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Ted Williams, My Father: A Memoir
Claudia Williams · Ecco; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition Format: Hardcover
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In this poignant memoir, Claudia Williams, the last surviving child of legendary Boston Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Ted Williams, tells her father’s story, including never-before-told anecdotes about his life on and off the field that reveal the flesh and blood man behind “The... |
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The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry
Mark Ribowsky · Liveright Publishing Corporation Pages: 684 Format: Hardcover
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A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2013 An action-packed biography of a man, his team, and the league he helped create -- in the tradition of Maraniss's When Pride Still Mattered. Tom Landry, the coach during professional football's most fabled era, transformed the gridiron from... |
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The Magnificent Masters: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta
Gil Capps · Da Capo Press; 1St Edition edition Format: Hardcover
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The 1975 Masters Tournament always seemed destined for the record books. A veritable Hall of Fame list of competitors had gathered that spring in Augusta, Georgia, for the game's most famous event, including Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Billy Casper,... |
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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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A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg
Tim Cahill · Vintage Books Pages: 302 Format: Book
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Cahill is great! He is the P.J. O'Rourke of the outdoors! Fearless and hell-bent on overcoming all obstacles in his path, Cahill takes us to the oddest and scariest adventures nature has to offer. |
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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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Adventure Carolinas: Your Go-To Guide for Multi-Sport Outdoor Recreation
Joe Miller · The University of North Carolina Press Pages: 160 Format: Book
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Have you ever wanted to take up a new outdoor sport but thought, "Not me" or "Where do I begin"? In this unique take-it-with-you guide, outdoors and fitness writer Joe Miller introduces you to sixteen adventure sports in the Carolinas, from water to land and through... |
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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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Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack
Katherine C. Mooney · Harvard University Press Format: Hardcover
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Race Horse Men recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, Americas first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sports inherent drama while also revealing the significant... |
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