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The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits

Tommy Caldwell · Viking
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan "The rarest of adventure reads: it thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance but it enriches...
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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

Rick Ankiel · PublicAffairs
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it. The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch--not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning,...
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The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, Revised

Tom Rosenbauer · Lyons Press
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide is the best-selling book for fly anglers! Whether you're a soon-to-be fly fisher looking for the right book to get you started or you're reasonably proficient at the sport and need a refresher course on tying knots for saltwater or the latest info on how to care...
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No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon

Erik Weihenmayer · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 459
Format: Hardcover

2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) -- "A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever...
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The Mushin Way to Peak Performance: The Path to Productivity, Balance, and Success

Michael Veltri · Wiley
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Follow your own nature to achieve clarity, power, and success The Mushin Way teaches tools and techniques to help you reach peak performance and transform your business and personal life. Regardless of what we want to achieve in business or in life, transformation can be difficult and we tend...
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Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber

Nate Fitch · Falcon Guides
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The first in a progression series aimed at beginner climbers, Climbing: From First-Timer to Gym Climber walks you through your first time trying to rock climb and offers basic instruction on the fundamental skills needed to get off the ground and onto the wall.
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Why We Fight: One Man's Search for Meaning Inside the Ring

Josh Rosenblatt · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Finally, we can talk about Fight Club!or,A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all meansAnyone with guts or madness in him can get hit by someone who knows how; it takes a different...
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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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To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration

Edward J. Larson · William Morrow
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, an entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time, when three expeditions simultaneously raced to the top, bottom, and heights of the world "Suspenseful. ... Larson does full justice to his three protagonists' remarkable...
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The Ultimate Guide to Whitewater Rafting and River Camping

Molly Absolon · Falcon Guides
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The Ultimate Guide to Whitewater Rafting and River Camping introduces new rafters to the skills, equipment, and knowledge required to mount a multiday whitewater rafting trip. Rafting equipment, skills, and techniques have changed drastically in recent years, and this book provides the latest...
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