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On the Edge: Leadership Lessons from Mount Everest and Other Extreme Environments
Alison Levine · Business Plus
Pages: 242
Format: Hardcover
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FOREWORD BY LEGENDARY DUKE BASKETBALL COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKIOn the Edge is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions,... |
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The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
TOMMY CALDWELL · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite s El CapitanOn January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb in history Yosemite... |
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Hatteras Blues: A Story from the Edge of America
Tom Carlson · University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Tom Carlson tells the story of Ernal Foster and the Foster family of Hatteras Village, who gave birth to what would become the multi-million dollar charter fishing industry on the Outer Banks. Today, Ernal's son, Captain Ernie Foster, struggles to keep the family business alive in a time... |
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Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's Revival and Victory in the Toughest Race in the World
MATTHEW DEBORD · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In January 2015 at the Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled a new car and the automotive world lost its collective mind. This wasn't some new Explorer or Focus. Onto the stage rolled a supercar, a carbon-fiber GT powered by a mid-mounted six-cylinder Ecoboost engine that churned out over 600 horsepower.... |
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Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Elusive Fish
Chris Dombrowski · Milkweed Editions
Pages: 232
Format: Print book
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Chris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions - poetry and fly-fishing; two children, one of them in utero; and an income hovering perilously close to zero. Enter, at this particularly challenging moment, a miraculous email: can't go, it's all paid for, just book a flight... |
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I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love
Tim Kurkjian · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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ESPN baseball commentator Tim Kurkjian is fascinated by sacrifice flies. In fact, he is fascinated by so many aspects of baseball that he's written a book to show baseball fans where this fascination comes from and how they, too, can find it. In the aftermath of the Steroid Era that... |
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Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches
Greg Everett · Catalyst Athletics
Pages: 628
Format: Print book
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Since shortly after its original release in 2008, Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches has been the most popular book on the sport of weightlifting in the world and has become the standard text for learning and teaching the snatch and clean & jerk. This... |
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Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend
Dan Robson · Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books, Inc., 2015.
Pages: 388
Format: Print book
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A tribute to the larger than life story of a hockey icon and hero. The hockey world mourned when Pat Quinn died in November 2014. Tough guys sobbed. Networks carried montages of Quinn's rugged hits, his steely-eyed glare, and his famous victories. Quinn made a few enemies over... |
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Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field
Donald Driver · Random House Inc
Pages: 278
Format: Book
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The legendary NFL receiver, all-time receptions and yards leader for the Green Bay Packers, and Dancing with the Stars champion looks back on his life and career. When he was picked in the seventh-round of 1999 NFL draft, Donald Driver couldn't find Green Bay on a map. He was given little... |
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Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments
Stephen Wong · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments is a richly illustrated exploration and first-of-its-kind compendium study of the world's most coveted and precious baseball uniforms worn by Major League ballplayers during the twentieth century. This coffee-table... |
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