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Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

Charles Leerhsen · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Finally - a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb.Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928,...
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Ballplayer

Chipper Jones · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones - one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history - shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy...
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50 Hikes in the Berkshire Hills

Lauren R. Stevens · Countryman Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Hikes and walks all around Western Massachusetts Often compared to the English Lake District, the Berkshires abound with country lanes, scenic vistas, and forest trails for hikers and strollers of all abilities. Lauren R. Stevens has written about the Berkshires for more than 30 years,...
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Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong

Juliet Macur · Harper
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall.In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there—talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's...
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Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre

Jeff Pearlman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

From a New York Times best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give...
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Backyard Ice Rink: A Step-by-Step Guide for Building Your Own Hockey Rink at Home

Joe Proulx · Countryman Press
Pages: 152
Format: Print book

Simple, easy-to-follow instructions for building a compact (and removable) skating rink in your own backyard Driven in large part by the popularity of the NHL's Winter Classic, outdoor hockey is enjoying an unprecedented revival. For a sport that began under the open sky, a backyard rink...
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Own Your Game: How to Use Your Mind to Play Winning Golf

Dave Stockton · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

"The Pro Tour's hottest coach" (Golf Digest) distills the lessons of a private strategy session into an indispensable "soft skills" companion. Credited with transforming the short games of world-class golfers like Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam,...
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Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant

Roland Lazenby · Little
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

Seventeen-time all-star; scorer of 81 points in a game; MVP and a shooting guard second only to Jordan in league history: Kobe Bryant is one of basketball's absolute greatest players, a fascinating and complicated character who knew when he was a mere boy that he would be better than Jordan...
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Eight Minutes to Better Golf: How to Improve Your Game by Finding Your Natural Swing

Ji Kim · W W Norton
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Eight Minutes to Better Golf enables golfers to find their best swing quickly using a simple, effective approach - the "Focus Drill" method - that golf instructor Ji Kim has been perfecting over a thirty-year period. As a result, he's earned the nickname "Doctor of Golf"...
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory

Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance...
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Complete Guide to Fresh and Saltwater Fishing: Conventional Tackle. Fly Fishing. Spinning. Ice Fishing. Lures. Flies. Natural Baits. Knots. Filleting. Cooking. Game Fish Species. Boating

Vin T. Sparano · Universe
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

The ultimate do-it-yourself guide for the fresh- and saltwater angler. From the author of the award-winning Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia, this volume will prove to be the most complete fishing instruction book ever published. This indispensable resource offers in-depth coverage of spin,...
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Bicycling Maximum Overload for Cyclists: A Radical Strength-Based Program for Improved Speed and Endurance in Half the Time

ROY WALLACK · Rodale Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Bicycling Maximum Overload for Cyclists is a radical strength-based training program aimed at increasing your cycling speed while cutting training time in half. Rather than improving endurance by riding longer distances, this book teaches you how to do it by reducing your riding time and adding...
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The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball's Lost Triumph

Scott Ellsworth · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The true story of the game that never should have happened--and of a nation on the brink of monumental changeIn the fall of 1943, at the little-known North Carolina College for Negroes, Coach John McLendon was on the verge of changing basketball forever. A protégé of James Naismith, the games...
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Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy

Elly Blue · Microcosm Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Elly Blue's Bikenomics provides a surprising and compelling new perspective on the way we get around, where we live, and how we spend our money. The book provides an unflinching look at the real costs of transportation and roads, for households and society at large, and shares the success...
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Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide

Zinn · VeloPress
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn's clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance...
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