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This Is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon

L Jon Wertheim · Crown Archetype
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

This is Your Brain on Sports is the book for sports fans searching for a deeper understanding of the games they watch and the people who play them. Sports Illustrated executive editor and bestselling author L. Jon Wertheim teams up with Tufts psychologist Sam Sommers to take readers on a wild...
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Mr. Hockey: My Story

Gordie Howe , · G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The definitive autobiography from hockeys greatest living legend—Mr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe.  Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall...
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Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game

John Sexton · Gotham; 2.5.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover

A love letter to Americas most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it revealsFor more than a decade, New York University President John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements of a spiritual life in a wildly popular course at NYU. Using some of the great...
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Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World

Andy Bull · AVERY, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

A story of risk, adventure, and daring as four Americans race to win the gold medal in the most dangerous competition in Olympic history. In the 1930s, as the world hurtled toward war, speed was all the rage. Bobsledding, the fastest and most thrilling way to travel on land, had become...
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Bird Dream: Adventures at the Extremes of Human Flight

Matt Higgins · Tantor; Unabridged CD edition
Format: Audio CD

PEN / ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing (2015 LONGLIST) "[P]erversely entertaining... In a truly intoxicating read that was hard to put down, Matt Higgins has managed to make real a world about as far removed from daily life as it gets." --Daily Beast "Matt Higgins...
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Soccer-4th Edition: Steps to Success

Joe Luxbacher · Human Kinetics Publishers
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback

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Boat Data Book

Ian Nicolson · Sheridan House; 5th edition
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Boat designers, builders, surveyors and anyone interested in repairing, refitting, and maintaining powerboats and sailboats, have long used the <I>Boat Data Book</I> as the standard reference work covering the materials and equipment used for boats. <P>Now in its fifth...
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Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide

Becky Beal · Greenwood
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover

In the last half century, skateboarding has evolved from a simple, idyllic child's pastime that originated in southern California to becoming a worldwide youth culture phenomenon. This now-mainstream action sport has spawned a multi-billion-dollar commercial market for skateboarding...
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Lanterne Rouge: The Last Man in the Tour de France

Max Leonard · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

If you complete a bike race of over 3,000 miles in last place, overcoming mountain ranges and merciless weather, all while enduring physical and psychological agony, should you be branded the loser? What if your loss helped a teammate win? What if others lacked the determination to finish?...
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