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The Road Headed West: A 6,000-Mile Cycling Odyssey through North America
Leon McCarron · Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. Pages: 352 Format: Print book
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What happens when you swap the nine-to-five for two wheels and a journey of a lifetime?Terrified of the prospect of a life spent behind a desk, without challenge or excitement, Leon takes off to cross America on an overloaded bicycle packed with everything but common sense.Over five months... |
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The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams
SAM WALKER · Random House Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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The founding editor of The Wall Street Journal's sports section profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed.The secret to winning is not what you think it is. It's not the coach.... |
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The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game: Volume 1: Big Game
Steven Rinella · Spiegel & Grau Format: Print book
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A comprehensive big-game hunting guide for hunters ranging from first-time novices to seasoned experts, with more than 400 full-color photographs, including work by renowned outdoor photographer John Hafner Steven Rinella was raised in a hunting family and has been pursuing wild game... |
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Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Becky Wade · William Morrow & Company Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia - 9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running - investigating unique cultural approaches to the sport and revealing... |
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The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
Michael Tackett · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers - and men Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours... |
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Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball
John Feinstein · Doubleday Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball "No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they're pitching or hitting in Triple-A." - Chris Schwinden, Triple-A pitcher "If you don't like it here,... |
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After the Fall: A Climber's True Story of Facing Death and Finding Life
Craig DeMartino · Kregel Publications Format: Paperback
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Craig DeMartino never thought this would happen to him. He was 100 feet up a cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park when—with one step—his 13 years of rock climbing experience and 15 pounds of gear plummeted with him to the ground. Expert climbers say that if you fall 10 feet... |
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Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest Peaks
Andrew Lock · Arcade Publishing Pages: 364 Format: Hardcover
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Named one of the "Five Adventure Books You Need to Read This Summer" by Backpacker MagazineFor readers of Into Thin Air, riveting high-altitude drama and the passion and drive that inspire outsized mountaineering achievements.Master of Thin Air opens with a fall that the author... |
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Thrown
Kerry Howley · Sarabande Books Pages: 282 Format: Paperback
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In this darkly funny work of literary nonfiction, a bookish young woman insinuates herself into the lives of two cage fighters - one a young prodigy, the other an aging journeyman. Acclaimed essayist Kerry Howley follows these men for three years through the bloody world of mixed martial... |
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Lift: Fitness Culture, From Naked Greeks and Acrobats to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors
Daniel Kunitz · Harper Wave Pages: 336 Format: Print book
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A riveting cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the "big-box gym" and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise and physical ideals have changed over time - and what we can learn from our past. How did treadmills and weight machines become the gold... |
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Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte
Ric Flair · St. Martin's Press Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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WOOOOOO! Are you ready for this, WWE Universe? For the first time ever, WWE's illustrious father-daughter duo "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Charlotte come together to tell their legendary story. Ric Flair is a 16-time World Champion and two-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee. His four-decades... |
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Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
Jase Robertson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 241 Format: Hardcover
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The closer we look at the Robertson family, the more we discover the substance and authenticity below the surface of these well-known TV characters. In this enlightening book, Jase Robertson gives us a deep look behind his funnyman exterior. In addition to stories of life in the Robertson... |
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Soccer-4th Edition: Steps to Success
Joe Luxbacher · Human Kinetics Publishers Pages: 253 Format: Paperback
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Master key techniques on the soccer field with Soccer: Steps to Success. This comprehensive guide features step-by-step instruction on becoming skilled in individual techniques and team tactics. Improve your abilities in dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, defending, tackling, heading,... |
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Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human
VYBARR CREGAN-REID · St. Martin's Press Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us to our bodies and the places in which we live, breaking down our increasingly structured and demanding lives. It allows us to feel the world beneath our feet, lifts the spirit, lets our minds out to play, and helps us to slip away from the demands... |
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