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Family Biking: The Parent's Guide to Safe Cycling

Robert Hurst · FalconGuides
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Family Biking is a guide for parents and parents-to-be on how to introduce their children to the joys and responsibilities of bicycle riding. The guide includes safe methods of transporting children via trailer bike or tandems, taking young children on bicycle tours, fitting a child to a bicycle,...
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An Introduction to Firearms: Your Guide to Selection, Use, Safety, and Self-Defense

James Morgan Ayres · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Learn everything you need to know to own and shoot firearms responsibly in this newly updated guide.Owning a firearm is a big responsibility. There’s more to it than just walking into a gun shop and walking out with a gun. In addition to knowing state laws and regulations, you’ll...
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Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball

Keith Law · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's iconoclastic look at the numbers game of baseball, proving why some of the most trusted stats are surprisingly wrong, explaining what numbers actually work, and exploring what the rise of Big Data...
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2016 Good Sam RV Travel & Savings Guide

Good Sam Club. · Good Sam Enterprises,
Pages: 1994
Format: Print book

With over 13,000 locations listed across the United States and Canada, the new Good Sam RV Travel & Savings Guide is the only print edition of RV parks and campgrounds in North America.Consumer demand continues to grow for the Good Sam RV Travel & Savings Guide. The 2016 edition...
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Return of the King: LeBron James, the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Greatest Comeback in NBA History

BRIAN WINDHORST · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times bestseller! The inside story of LeBron James's return and ultimate triumph in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use secret meetings...
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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...
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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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Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook-2nd Edition

Nick Bollettieri · Human Kinetics
Pages: 379
Format: Print book

"Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Handbook, Second Edition, " is the most comprehensive guide to learning and teaching tennis from the sport's most successful coach. Nick Bollettieri's training and development system is recognized around the world. He has developed or coached the game's...
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Basketball: Great Writing About America's Game

Alexander Wolff · Library of America
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover

From the street game to March Madness to Jordan and LeBron, the greatest writing about the grit, grace, and glory of basketballMade in America, basketball is a sport that stirs a national passion, reaching fever pitch during the NCAA's March Madness and the NBA Finals. Masterfully assembled...
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Diving the World

Beth Tierney · Footprint Handbooks; Third Edition edition
Format: Book

 Footprint’s Diving the World is essential reading for anyone interested in diving. With over 200 prime sites and color images throughout, this book offers the ultimate inspiration as well as all the practical information you need to plan your next dive. Written by expert photo-journalist...
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The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance

H A Dorfman · Lyons Press
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback

In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peak performance at every level of the game.The theory and applications are illustrated by anecdotes and insights from major and minor league...
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Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself

Kenneth L Feder · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 280
Format: Print book

Presenting "the real deal" of American antiquity - as opposed to the hyped fare of many cable TV shows - Kenneth Feder invites readers to explore the stunning technological, architectural, engineering, and artistic achievements of America's first peoples. Part travel guide, part...
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Big Buck Secrets

Steve Bartylla · Krause Publications
Format: Book

Steve Bartylla has never relied on outfitter to put him on trophy bucks. Instead, he relies on his own scouting and hunting skills. Big Buck Secrets draws from Bartylla's years of successful do-it-yourself hunting for trophy whitetails on both public and private land. This book is grounded...
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Paddling Texas: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes

Shane Townsend · Falcon Guides; 1st Edition edition
Format: Book

"From Big Bend to Pine Island Bayou, these Texas paddling trips offer easy access, secure environments, good facilities, great fishing and wildlife viewing, and beautiful scenery. "Paddling Texas" gives recreational paddlers and anglers all the information they'll need...
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