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Basketball: A Love Story

DAN KLORES · Crown Archetype
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with the greatest players, coaches, executives, and journalists in the history of the game.In an effort to tell the complete story of basketball in all its fascinating dimensions, celebrated journalists...
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The Art of the Fishing Fly

TONY LOLLI · Sterling
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate book for fly fishing enthusiasts, featuring stunning photography of flies and the fishermen who use them.Features a foreword by President Jimmy Carter! For the millions of fly fishers who are passionate about their sport, this gorgeous book is both a visual feast and the perfect...
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Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow.: Quick-Fix Recipes for Hangry Athletes

SHALANE FLANAGAN · Rodale Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Cook the recipes that Shalane Flanagan ate while training for her 2017 TCS New York City Marathon historic win!The New York Times bestseller Run Fast. Eat Slow. taught runners of all ages that healthy food could be both indulgent and incredibly nourishing. Now, Olympian Shalane Flanagan...
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The Spartan Way: Eat Better. Train Better. Think Better. Be Better.

Joe De Sena · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan, the global health and wellness platform, leader in obstacle racing, and executive producer of NBC's television show Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, challenges you to live The Spartan Way.Determined to yank...
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Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times

Mark Leibovich · Penguin Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town, an equally merciless probing of America's biggest cultural force, pro football, at a moment of peak success and high anxietyLike millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than...
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On Call in the Arctic: A Doctor's Pursuit of Life, Love, and Miracles in the Alaskan Frontier

THOMAS J SIMS · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary memoir recounting the adventures of a young doctor stationed in the Alaskan bush.The fish-out-of-water stories of Northern Exposure and Doc Martin meet the rough-and-rugged setting of The Discovery Channel's Alaskan Bush People in Thomas J. Sims's On Call in the Arctic,...
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Swimming Science: Optimizing Training and Performance

GJohn Mullen · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Swimming is often touted as one of the most accessible workouts - low impact, low tech, and beneficial at any stage of life. Yet each time you suit up and dive in, your body's moving parts must work together to propel you through dozens of pounds of water resistance, somehow emulating...
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Lonely Planet Philippines

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback

#1 best-selling guide to the Philippines* Lonely Planet Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Swim at secluded beaches in the Bacuit Archipelago, take part in a colourful fiesta, dive remote reefs...
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Epic Hikes of the World

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

With stories of 50 incredible hiking routes in 30 countries, from New Zealand to Peru, plus a further 150 suggestions, Lonely Planet's Epic Hikes of the World will inspire a lifetime of adventure on foot. From one-day jaunts and urban trails to month-long thru-hikes, cultural rambles...
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Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road

KATE HARRIS · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. It's a modern classic." - Pico IyerA brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road - an illuminating...
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