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How to Drive: Real World Instruction and Advice from Hollywood's Top Driver
Ben Collins · Chronicle Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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Here's the ultimate guide to being the best - and safest - driver possible. And an absolute must for everyone with a learner's permit. Former Top Gear Stig and professional driver Ben Collins shares expert skills culled from a twenty year career as one of the best drivers in the world,... |
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Draw in the Dunes: The 1969 Ryder Cup and the Finish That Shocked the World
Neil Sagebiel · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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In 1969, the 42-year history of biennial golf matches between the United States and Great Britain reached its climax. The U.S., led by Jack Nicklaus, had dominated competitive golf for years; Great Britain, led by Tony Jacklin, was the undisputed underdog. But in spite of having lost 14 of 17 Ryder... |
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Weight Training for Cycling The Ultimate Guide
Burnham Chris
Format: Print book : English |
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The typical cycling-training program consists of lots of miles with a few more miles sprinkled on top. While riding a bike is a necessity for being fast on a bike, there is a lot of potential to improve performance with a well-designed strength-training program. With a detailed program... |
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Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV
Joe Buck · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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In his debut memoir, Joe Buck talks about his life, his career, and his memorable relationship with his father, legendary sportscaster Jack Buck.Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, doing the World Series every year, announcing... |
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Unsportsmanlike conduct : college football and the politics of rape
Jessica Luther · Edge Of Sports
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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"Luther's research into rape on campuses is an important exposé demonstrating that the problem still lies within the male locker room...Highly relevant, hard-hitting, much-needed information that reveals the widespread existence of rape by sports players on college campuses."--Kirkus... |
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Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present
Gail Buckland · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 344
Format: Print book |
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From the creator/editor of Who Shot Rock & Roll ("I loved this book" - Dwight Garner, The New York Times. "Whatever Gail Buckland writes, I want to read") , a book that brings together the work of 165 extraordinary photographers, most of their images heralded, most... |
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The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life
Margaret Guroff · University of Texas Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book |
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With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle.... |
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Fastpitch: The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made the Game
Erica Westly · Touchstone Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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A real-life A League of Their Own meets The Girls of Atomic City: the first fascinating history of fastpitch softball from its beginnings as an industrial worker's game to an Olympic sport with millions of fans and players worldwide, and the incredible, larger-than-life women - and men - who popularized... |
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Running Man: A Memoir
Charlie Engle · Scribner
Pages: 290
Format: Print book |
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A compulsively readable, remarkably candid memoir from world class ultra-marathon runner Charlie Engle chronicling his globe-spanning races, his record-breaking run across the Sahara Desert, and how running helped him overcome drug addiction ... and an unjust stint in federal prison.After... |
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Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died
Steve Dahl · Curbside Splendor Publishing
Pages: 197
Format: Print book |
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"If you were young and shiftless and viscerally repulsed by Abba Steve Dahl was a god. And you were drawn to Disco Demolition. " ESPN. com. In the late 1970s, disco dominated radio airwaves, much to the dismay of rock music fans. To boost attendance at Comiskey Park, the White... |
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Late to the Ball: Age. Learn. Fight. Love. Play Tennis. Win.
Gerald Marzorati · Scribner
Pages: 269
Format: Print book |
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An award-winning author shares the inspiring and entertaining account of his pursuit to become a nationally competitive tennis player - at the age of sixty.Being a man or a woman in your early sixties is different than it was a generation or two ago, at least for the more fortunate of us. We aren't... |
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Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution
Brian Kenny · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 353
Format: Print book |
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Brian Kenny - outspoken MLB Network host and commentator - uses stories from baseball's present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic, even when directly contradicted by evidence.Forget batting average. Kill the "Win."... |
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