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On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments
Alison Levine · Business Plus
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
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FOREWORD BY LEGENDARY DUKE BASKETBALL COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKIOn the Edge is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions,... |
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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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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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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL
Richard S. Jones · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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In January 2014, President Barack Obama made headlines when he confided to New Yorker reporter Davis Remnick that, if he had a son, he would discourage him from playing in the NFL. "I would not let my son play pro football," he told the writer. Obama's words came on the heels... |
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Rozelle: A Biography
Jerry Izenberg · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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Rozelle chronicles the life and times of the architect of the modern National Football League, Pete Rozelle, who transformed football into arguably the most successful sports league in the world. While he was never considered a serious candidate for the job of NFL commissioner early on, the position... |
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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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American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
Joe Drape · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter,... |
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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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