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The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End
Gary M Pomerantz · Penguin Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regretAbout to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment.... |
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Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
Ian O'Connor · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times best-selling author, the definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach, Bill Belichick.Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL - the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports.... |
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Unplayable Lies:
Dan Jenkins · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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Forty-one essays on golf. Half of the essays are brand new, the others are all reworked and rewritten, based on pieces that were originally published in Golf Digest. Often biting, usually cranky, always hilarious and surprising - this is Dan Jenkins at his best, writing about the sport... |
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Urban Trails - San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs & Waterfront, City Parks, the Presidio
Alexandra Kenin · Mountaineers Books
Format: Print book
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Urban Trails: San Francisco is the only guide available that details so many trails within the boundaries of the city, including mainland San Francisco and the city's four islands: Alcatraz, Angel, Treasure, and Yerba Buena islands. With a focus on parks and trails, here you'll... |
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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
EARL SWIFT · Dey Street Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels - part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab; part paean to a vanishing way of life;... |
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Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players
Steve Cameron · Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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Profiles, stories, artifacts and archival images of every player in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The greatest individual honor that can be bestowed upon a professional hockey player is to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Hockey Hall of Fame Book of Players celebrates each and every... |
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Football's Greatest Stars
Allan Maki · Firefly Books
Pages: 248
Format: Book
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Praise for the first edition: It's sure to be a hit with any gridiron fan. -- American Profile A superb book for fans and a compelling history of a great game. -- BookPage In the United States, football has more fans than any other sport. Why is the NFL so popular? Who are the players... |
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The QB: The Making of Modern Quarterbacks
Bruce Feldman · Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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With unparalleled access to the recruits coaches and gurus shaping footballrsquos future Bruce Feldman has written a modern-day tale about the making of the next superstars in the gamersquos most important position the quarterbackIn the world of modern football with NFL teams worth more... |
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Hiking Alaska: A Guide to Alaska's Greatest Hiking Adventures
Mollie Foster · Falcon Guides
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
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Fully updated and revised, this guide is the perfect introduction to hiking the great state of Alaska, with millions of acres of wilderness waiting to be explored. It features one hundred hikes in Alaska's national parks, wildlife refuges, national forests, wilderness areas, and state... |
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College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others
Stan Beck · Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardcover
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Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years,... |
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