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Gun Digest Guide to Maintaining & Accessorizing Firearms

Kevin Muramatsu · Gun Digest Books
Format: Book

In Gun Digest Guide to Maintaining & Accessorizing Firearms, gunsmith Kevin Muramatsu answers the most common questions he gets from gun owners about caring for and upgrading their firearms:How much more stuff do I have to buy to maintain and clean my new firearm?How do I make it more personalized...
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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...
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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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What a Trout Sees: A Fly-Fishing Guide to Life Underwater

Geoff Mueller · Lyons Press
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Do trout sleep? And if so, when? And how does that affect their feeding patterns? Does a rising or falling barometer affect feeding habits? How does refraction influence a fish’s approach to a surface fly, human shadow, or false cast? How much do fish need to eat, under what conditions...
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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...
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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,...
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The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand

Matt Gutman · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles...
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Carnival in Louisiana: Celebrating Mardi Gras from the French Quarter to the Red River

Brian J Costello · Louisiana State University Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

From the revelers on horseback in Eunice and Mamou to the miles-long New Orleans parade routes lined with eager spectators shouting "Throw me something, mister!," no other Louisiana tradition celebrates the Pelican State's cultural heritage quite like Mardi Gras. In Carnival...
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BugWater: A Fly Fisher's Look Through the Seasons at Bugs in Their Aquatic Habitat and the Fish That Eat Them

ARLEN THOMASON · Stackpole Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Bugwater is that soggy place inhabited by creepy, crawly, hopping, flying, wriggling creatures we call, if imprecisely, bugs. Organized around the seasons, BugWater follows the bugs and the trout through their life cycles from spring through winter. Thomason's stunningly striking photos...
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Wooden: A Coach's Life

Seth Davis · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 591
Format: Hardcover

A provocative and revelatory new biography of the legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, by one of America's top college basketball writersNo college basketball coach has ever dominated the sport like John Wooden. His UCLA teams reached unprecedented heights in the 1960s and '70s capped...
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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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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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Advanced Gunsmithing: A Manual of Instruction in the Manufacture, Alteration, and Repair of Firearms

W. F. Vickery · Skyhorse Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Book

A historical landmark title on the practice of gunsmithing.Widely regarded as one of the foremost bibles of gunsmithing of its time, Vickery’s Advanced Gunsmithing is still relevant to this day. With in-depth explanations on different gunsmithing tools, gun parts, and methods, this...
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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...
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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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