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Players: The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution

Matthew Futterman · Simon and Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"The business of sports has been completely transformed over the course of my lifetime, and Players is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the beginnings of that revolution. I couldn't put it down." - Billy Beane The astonishing untold story of the people who transformed sports,...
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Karate, Aikido, Ju-Jitsu And Judo: A Step-By-Step Practical Guide

Fay Goodman · Lorenz Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A clear, accessible illustrated guide to popular martial arts disciplines for beginners and experienced practitioners.
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Coming Out to Play

Robbie Rogers · Penguin Books
Format: Book

“Rogers made history.” —Sports IllustratedRobbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional...
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Losing Isn't Everything: The Untold Stories and Hidden Lessons Behind the Toughest Losses in Sports History

Curt Menefee · Dey Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A refreshing and though-provoking look at athletes whose legacies have been reduced to one defining moment of defeat - those on the flip side of an epic triumph - and what their experiences can teach us about competition, life, and the human spirit.Every sports fan recalls with amazing...
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Tribal: College Football and the Secret Heart of America

Diane Roberts · Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 246
Format: Print book

Part introspective soul searching, part cultural analysis, Tribal tackles the controversies plaguing college athletics, tracing the dubious historical underpinnings of Americans' most popular sport, offering a visceral and often funny analysis of its tribal thrills and deep contradictions.Florida...
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Little Ship of Fools: Sixteen Rowers, One Improbable Boat, Seven Tumultuous Weeks on the Atlantic

Charles Wilkins · Greystone Books
Format: Paperback

Longlisted for the Charles Taylor PrizeThe dramatic and hilarious story of risk and survival as well as the importance of our connections to the planet on a human-powered journey across the oceanIt was to be an expedition like no othera run across the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados...
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Let Them Play: The Mindful Way to Parent Kids for Fun and Success in Sports

Jerry Lynch · New World Library
Pages: 172
Format: Print book

American youth sports is undergoing a crisis in parental behavior: parents are fighting with refs, coaches, their kids, and each other. Verbal abuse is being thrown at adolescent referees, fist fights are breaking out on the sidelines, and leagues are having to impose new restrictions on parents'...
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Sailing Alone Around the World: The Illustrated Edition

Joshua Slocum · Zenith Press, 2016.
Pages: 241
Format: Print book

The first illustrated edition of the classic sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum, the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone!Sailing Alone Around the World is Joshua Slocum's memoir about sailing alone around the world aboard his sloop, Spray. The book was an immediate success when...
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The Chase: How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff

Bill Rabinowitz · Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

This inside look at an unprecedented season follows Ohio State's road to the inaugural College Football Playoff and the national championship In The Chase, Bill Rabinowitz takes readers inside Ohio State's improbable championship season, from the final moments of their 2014 Orange...
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You're Not Lost if You Can Still See the Truck: The Further Adventures of America's Everyman Outdoorsman

Bill Heavey · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 270
Format: Print book

Writing for magazines and newspapers for more than twenty years, including two decades at "Field & Stream, " Bill Heavey has become famous as America's everyman outdoorsman, unafraid to draw attention to his many and varied failures--from sporting French lavender deodorant to scaring...
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