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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal

KEN BENSINGER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal - the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's most popular sport, soccer, including its biggest event,...
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The Immaculate Inning: Unassisted Triple Plays, 40/40 Seasons, and the Stories Behind Baseball's Rarest Feats

Joe Cox · Lyons Press
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover

The Immaculate Inning shines a light on the miracle of baseball's endless possibility - the way that on any given day, someone (maybe a star, or maybe a scrub) could perform the rarest of single-game feats or cap off a seemingly unobtainable chase for a record. Covering a selection...
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NuWave Oven Cookbook: 250 Amazingly Easy Recipes to Fry, Bake, Grill and Roast with Your Nuwave Oven

Amanda Graves · Independently published
Pages: 163
Format: Paperback

? ??250 Easy & Delicious Nuwave Oven Recipes ???You don't need to be an expert in the kitchen to cook delightful meals for your loved ones!With this cookbook, you will soon make the best dishes ever and you will impress everyone around you with your home cooked meals!The...
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The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West

JOHN BRANCH · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A gripping portrait of one family's gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West -- and not just its past.For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders -- some call them the most successful rodeo family in history....
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Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools

William Thomson · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A visual exploration of the ebbs and flows of the world's seas along its shores, accessibly revealed in words and illustrations from William Thomson. Tide is the vertical motion of water, something so subtle it is impossible to see with the naked eye. Inspired by his travels around...
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I'm Keith Hernandez

Keith Hernandez · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 320

A memoir from beloved and outspoken first baseman and broadcaster Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez revolutionized how first base was played, partied hard, and played harder than anyone as a champion New York Met in the '80s, and even had a star turn appearing as himself on an episode...
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Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph

Yusra Mardini · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning -- and how she went on to become an Olympic swimmer.When young Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini realized her boat's engine shut down as she was traveling from Syria to Greece with other refugees, there was no hesitation:...
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Born to Fish: How an Obsessed Angler Became the World's Greatest Striped Bass Fisherman

Tim Gallagher · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The son of a mobster goes from deadbeat to world champion to protector of "the people's fish."Born to Fish tells the story of a man who led a harrowing, sometimes dissolute life until he turned himself around, thanks to his rod and reel. Overcoming learning disabilities, substance...
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Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory

DEENA KASTOR · Crown Archetype
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a lyrical, inspirational memoir on how harnessing the power of the mind can unlock hidden potentialDeena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended...
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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

PHILIP DRAY · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect...
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