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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Andy Hall · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Pages: 252 Format: Hardcover |
Denali's Howl is the white-knuckle account of one of the most deadly climbing disasters of all time.In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley - known to the locals as Denali - one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world.... |
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Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk
Doug Wilson · Thomas Dunne Books Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover |
Carlton Fisk retired having played in more games and hit more home runs than any other catcher before him. A baseball superstar in the 1970s and 80s, Fisk was known not just for his dedication to the sport and tremendous plays but for the respect with which he treated the game.A homegrown... |
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American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
Joe Drape · Hachette Books Pages: 304 Format: Print book |
History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter,... |
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MMA Now!: The Stars and Stories of Mixed Martial Arts
Brian Sobie · Firefly Books Format: Paperback |
Pound for pound, the most revealing book on the sport today. Mixed Martial Arts MMA is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world. Its origins hail from ancient Greece and the combat sport Pankration. Today MMA is a multi-million-dollar industry, led by the Ultimate Fighting Championship... |
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Forward: A Memoir
Abby Wambach · Dey Street Books Pages: 240 Format: Print book |
"This is the best memoir I've read by an athlete since Andre Agassi's Open, but it is much more than a book about sports. It's a candid, moving account of the thrills and toils of achieving greatness - and then sustaining it. I could not put it down, and you will not want it to end."... |
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Fields of Battle: Pearl Harbor, the Rose Bowl, and the Boys Who Went to War
Brian Curtis · Flatiron Books Pages: 308 Format: Print book |
In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Durham, North Carolina, out of fear of Japanese attacks on the West Coast. It remains the only Rose Bowl game to ever be played outside of Pasadena. Duke University, led by legendary coach Wallace... |
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Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania
Daniel Bryan · St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover |
One of the most popular WWE champions tells his behind-the-scenes story for the first time.Daniel Bryan has whipped the WWE universe into a frenzy. In 2014, as the biggest week of his life unfolds, Aberdeen, Washington's bearded son reflects in full detail on his incredible path to the top and gives... |
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Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Maurice Isserman · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover |
This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself.In Continental Divide, Maurice Isserman tells the history of American mountaineering through four centuries of landmark climbs and first ascents. Mountains were originally... |
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A History of Women's Boxing
Malissa Smith · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover |
Records of modern female boxing date back to the early eighteenth century in London, and in the 1904 Olympics an exhibition bout between women was held. Yet it was not until the 2012 Olympics—more than 100 years later—that women’s boxing was officially added to the Games.... |
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion
Missy Franklin · Dutton Pages: 320 Format: Print book |
What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making... |
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Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
Aspen Matis · William Morrow & Company Pages: 240 Format: Paperback |
Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada - a coming of age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a fellow student. Overprotected... |
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Bigger Than the Game: Restitching a Major League Life
Dirk Hayhurst · Citadel Format: Paperback |
Old demons together with new enemies and a season ending-- possibly career ending-- injury look to knock Hayhurst out of baseball forever. Isolated from his family, broken, and branded a traitor by his teammates for writing inside the locker room, Hayhurst finds himself at a crossroads:... |
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Sports Illustrated Baseball's Greatest
Editors of Sports Illustrated · Sports Illustrated; ILL edition Format: Hardcover |
Whos the greatest slugger of all time, Babe Ruth or Ted Williams? Where do Derek Jeter and Cal Ripken Jr. rank on the list of the best shortstops? At third base, would you rather have Mike Schmidt or Brooks Robinson? Is Fenway or Wrigley the better ballpark?This book will end many arguments-and... |
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers
Jon Pessah · Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover |
The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty yearsIn the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their... |
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