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Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H.G. Bissinger · Da Capo Press
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

The 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the authorReturn once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa - the winningest high-school football team in Texas...
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Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day

Peter Zuckerman · W. W. Norton & Company; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Buried in the Sky is a compelling account of the men who have literally shouldered the rest of the world’s mountaineers up K2." —Norman Ollestad, best-selling author of Crazy for the Storm When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side....
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Walk Your Butt Off!: Go from Sedentary to Slim in 12 Weeks with This Breakthrough Walking Plan

Sarah Lorge Butler · Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

This simple plan teaches readers how to incrementally build their walking speed so that they lose weight faster. Developed by former Prevention fitness director and walking expert Michele Stanten, Walk Your Butt Off! by Sarah Lorge Butler will not only get complete beginners started with...
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The Pacific Crest Trail - "A Hiker's Companion"

Karen Berger · W W Norton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

The Pacific Crest Trail - 'A Hiker's Companion' is not a step by step guide to the PCT. Rather it is an overview type of guide, designed to tell you the things the state guides leave out. Written by 2 people who wholeheartedly love the trail and return year after year to hike...
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Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

Jonathan Eig · Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Audiobook

The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears...
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Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball

Robert Benson · Human Kinetics; 1 Original edition
Format: Paperback

You volunteered to coach the softball team, but are you ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball has the answers.Longtime coaches Robert and Tammy Benson share...
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That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story

Chris Spielman · Zondervan; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Chris Spielman was a high school and Ohio State football legend and a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker, but he didn't tackle his toughest opponent until his playing career was almost over. In 1998 his wife Stefanie was diagnosed with breast cancer, and so began an 11-year journey that...
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Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble

Thomas A Lochhaas · International Marine/McGraw-Hill
Pages: 185
Format: Paperback

WHEN YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO DROWN WHILE BOATING: SAILING ON ROUGH WATERS OR DOCKING ON A SUNNY, CALM DAY? Rough waters may seem the clear choice to you, but docking on a sunny, calm day can turn just as deadly--all you have to do is fail to think. That is what happened to author Tom Lochhaas...
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His Father's Son: Earl and Tiger Woods

Tom Callahan · Gotham
Format: Hardcover

A revealing and intimate biography of the man who influenced Tiger Woods the most-his father, Earl Woods Tiger Woods has been with us since he appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show" as a two-year-old, hitting golf balls for Bob Hope. In the three decades since, he established himself...
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