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Gun Digest Guide to Modern Shotgunning

L.P. Brezny · Gun Digest Books
Format: Book

Whats new in shotgunning? Everything!Authored by noted shotgun and ballistics expert L.P. Brezny, Gun Digest Guide to Modern Shotgunning is the definitive volume on getting the most out of todays wide array of premium shotguns and ammunition. This is truly a must-have volume for practiced...
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A Nearly Perfect Season: The Inside Story of the 1984 San Francisco 49ers

Chris Willis · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The San Francisco 49ers entered the 1984 season determined to erase the memory of their three point loss to the Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship Game the year before. Nineteen games later, they had not only won the Super Bowl, they had redefined NFL history by becoming the first...
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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

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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Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line

William C Kashatus · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 234
Format: Hardcover

As star players for the 1955 World Champion Brooklyn Dodgers, and prior to that as the first black players to be candidates to break professional baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella would seem to be natural allies. But the two men were divided by a rivalry going...
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101 Trout Tips: A Guide's Secrets, Tactics, and Techniques

Landon R. Mayer · Stackpole/Headwater
Format: Print book

Every fly-fishing problem has a solution. This collection of advice from veteran instructor Landon Mayer helps you analyze your past mistakes and learn how to adapt to a wide range of fishing conditions.Unorthodox solutions for common fly-fishing problemsCovers everything from fly selection...
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The Game Must Go On: Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII

John Klima · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

On December 7, 1941, as the battleships in Pearl Harbor smoldered, one of the most powerful athletes in America, Detroit Tigers MVP Hank Greenberg, made a tumultuous decision - to leave the baseball field for the field of war. His decision left baseball's place during the war uncertain...
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The Fly-Fisher's Companion: A Fundamental Guide to Tackle, Casting, Presentation, Aquatic Insects, and the Flies that Imitate Them

Darrel Martin · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

This book grew from the author's desire to consolidate the many teachings that he uses in his popular fly-fishing classes. It is a textbook that includes concise and selective commentary on tackle, casting, tactics, flies and fly tying, and other related topics. The word "companion"...
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333 tips for sailors

Fridtjof Gunkel; Jonee Tiedemann · Schiffer Publishing
Pages: 103
Format: Paperback

Yachtsmen can now benefit from the practical expertise of scores of sailors and captains from a vast range of boating experience who divulge a wealth of information on types of ships, sailing areas, and requirements. This guide brings together their best ideas and secrets, including simple...
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The Ultimate Treadmill Workout: Run Right, Hurt Less, and Burn More with Treadmill Interval Training

David Siik · Adams Media
Format: Print book

Maximize the burn and eliminate the pain with the BITE method!Move over, HIIT--theres a new workout in town! The Balanced Interval Training Experience, or BITE method, helps you shed weight and improve your run faster than ever before. Based on David Siiks award-winning methodology and experience...
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The Art of Football: The Early Game in the Golden Age of Illustration

Michael Oriard · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

The Art of Football is a singular look at early college football art and illustrations. This collection contains more than two hundred images, many rare or previously unpublished, from a variety of sources, including artists Winslow Homer, Edward Penfield, J. C. Leyendecker, Frederic Remington,...
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Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl

Jase Robertson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 241
Format: Hardcover

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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Gator: My Life in Pinstripes

RON GUIDRY · Crown Archetype
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history--the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner,...
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Golf-2nd Edition: Steps to Success

Paul Schempp · Human Kinetics; 2 edition
Format: Book

Develop a consistent swing and master every shot on your way to a lower handicap. Golf Steps to Success provides detailed, progressive instruction with accompanying full-color photos for every shot putts, chip shots, and pitch shots as well as shots from the fairway, tee box, bunker, rough,...
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World

Nicholas Griffin · Scribner
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

THE SPRING OF 1971 heralded the greatest geopolitical realignment in a generation. After twenty-two years of antagonism, China and the United States suddenly moved toward a détente - achieved not by politicians but by Ping-Pong players. The Western press delighted in the absurdity of the moment...
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time

Andrew Forsthoefel · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing down, way down,...
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