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The Devil's Snake Curve: A Fan's Notes From Left Field
Josh Ostergaard · Coffee House Press
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback
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The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns... |
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The Time-Crunched Cyclist: Race-Winning Fitness in 6 Hours a Week, 3rd Ed.
Chris Carmichael · VeloPress
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
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The Time-Crunched Cyclist reveals the fastest way to get fit for road racing, century rides, gravel grinders, cyclocross, Gran Fondos, and mountain bike events. With elite cycling coach Chris Carmichael's innovative, time-saving approach, busy cyclists will develop fitness, speed, and power... |
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Best Bike Rides Cape Cod and the Islands: The Greatest Recreational Rides in the Area
Gregory Wright · Falcon Guides; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Best Bike Rides Cape Cod and the Islands describes 40 of the greatest recreational rides in the Cape Cod area. Road rides, rail trails, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides all get included. Most rides are in the 5- to 35-mile range, allowing for great afternoon outings and family... |
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Lost Champions: Four Men, Two Teams, and the Breaking of Pro Football's Color Line
Gretchen Atwood · Bloomsbury
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Many know the story of Jackie Robinson integrating major league baseball in 1947. But few know that the NFL integrated a year earlier, when Kenny Washington stepped on the field for the Los Angeles Rams. He wasn't the only one. Four men broke pro football's color line in 1946, Kenny Washington... |
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It's Not About Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life
Shannon Miller · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history, Shannon tells her story from being a shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, through her training accidents, her successful battle with ovarian cancer, and the birth of her miracle baby... |
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Marlinspike Sailor's Arts
Barbara Merry · International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Discover the dozens of nautically flavored craft projects you can make with rope! You will be surprised by the fancy projects you can make with a square knot, a double-French hitching, or four-strand braids (a dog collar, a tool grip, and a decorated picture frame, respectively)! You can also... |
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Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler
Michael Freeman · Dey Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The first in-depth biography of one of the most talented and infamous legends to play in the National Football League - the life and times of pro football's first bad boy, famed Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler.Ken "The Snake" Stabler was the embodiment of the original... |
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Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey
Ila Jane Borders · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate... |
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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's
Jason Turbow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 432
Format: Print book
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How the Oakland A's of the 1970s-a revolutionary band of brawling winners led by Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, and Rollie Fingers-won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern ageThe Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative... |
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Hiking through History New England: Exploring the Region's Past by Trail
Johnny Molloy · Falcon Guides; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Imagine hiking along a wooded trail in New England and stumbling upon the stone foundation of a crumbled building, the wooden slats of the walls caved in, the ironwork of the hinges still dangling on the burned out door. This discovery piques your interest—what is this? What’s... |
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The green guide to low-impact hiking and camping
Laura Waterman; Guy Waterman · Countryman Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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"A classic of backpacking literature" (Backpacker) , now updated with a brand-new foreword by environmentalist and best-selling author Bill McKibben Originally published as Backwoods Ethics in 1979, Laura and Guy Waterman's definitive guide to low-impact hiking and camping was a prophetic... |
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Massachusetts Trail Guide: AMC's Comprehensive Guide to Hiking Trails in Massachusetts
John S Burk · Appalachian Mountain Club Books
Pages: 438
Format: Paperback
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This tenth edition of the Appalachian Mountain Club's trusted trail guide revisits beloved trails across the Bay State, from the Appalachian Trail in the Berkshires to Cape Cod's Warner Trail. In print for more than 50 years, this comprehensive collection will help readers navigate... |
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