 |
| |
Sports |
|
|
Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
Brian Dickinson · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 259
Format: Print book
|
|
Alone and blind at 29,000 feet!Former Navy rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson was roughly 1,000 feet from the summit of Mount Everest -- also known as "the death zone" -- when his Sherpa became ill and had to turn back, leaving Brian with a difficult decision: should he continue to push... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
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... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character
Marty Appel · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
|
|
The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Running with the Champ: My Forty-Year Friendship with Muhammad Ali
Tim Shanahan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A personal tribute to the remarkable friendship between Tim Shanahan and Muhammad Ali, including dozens of never-before-told stories about Ali, his family, his entourage, and various celebrities along the way - as well as never-before-published personal photos.In 1976 Tim Shanahan was a medical-instruments... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Golden Band from Tigerland: A History of LSU's Marching Band
Tom Contine? · Louisiana State University Press
Pages: 148
Format: Print book
|
|
Well over a century has passed since two cadets of the Ole War Skule decided to create a brass band for their university, beginning a tradition that continues to the present day. World renowned for its commitment to excellence, LSU's Golden Band from Tigerland celebrates the sports... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
|
|
From a New York Times best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Salt Water's Greatest Gamefish: Techniques and Tactics to Catch the Top 35 Species
Tom Boyd · Stackpole/Headwater
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
|
|
A guide to essential tackle, techniques, and strategy for the world's top saltwater species, on both conventional tackle and fly. Includes information on how and where to catch all the fastest, toughest, and biggest saltwater gamefish, including striped bass, bonefish, tarpon, tuna,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
Terry McDermott · Pantheon
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A wonderfully informative, exuberant, and entertaining book that explores the evolution and history of baseball pitching through the story of one "perfect" game. Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher's art of deception, Terry McDermott tells the fascinating story... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
