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The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch
Jonathan Gottschall · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An English professor begins training in the sport of mixed martial arts and explores the science and history behind the violence of menWhen a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty,... |
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How to Watch Soccer
Ruud Gullit · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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An opinionated masterclass in the art and science of "reading" a match from one of professional soccer's most respected and beloved international figures Ruud Gullit knows better than anyone else that to understand soccer you have to understand strategy. When he started playing... |
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James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
Lynne Cheney · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 564
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New York Times bestselling author Lynne Cheney This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison... |
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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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Fun City: John Lindsay, Joe Namath, and How Sports Saved New York in the 1960s
Sean Deveney · Sports Publishing LLC
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
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On January 1, 1966, New York came to a standstill as the city's transit workers went on strike. This was the first day on the job for Mayor John Lindsay - a handsome, young former congressman with presidential aspirations - and he would approach the issue with an unconventional outlook... |
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The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams
SAM WALKER · Random House
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The founding editor of The Wall Street Journal's sports section profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed.The secret to winning is not what you think it is. It's not the coach.... |
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Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
Ken Dryden · Signal
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author and Hall of Famer Ken Dryden, this is the story of NHLer Steve Montador - who was diagnosed with CTE after his death in 2015 - the remarkable evolution of hockey itself, and a passionate prescriptive to counter its greatest risk in the future: head injuries.... |
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Paterno Legacy: Enduring Lessons from the Life and Death of My Father
Jay Paterno · Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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This biography of Joe Paterno by his son Jay is an honest and touching look at the life and legacy of a beloved coaching legend. Jay Paterno paints a full picture of his father's life and career as well as documenting that almost none of the horrific crimes that came to light in 2012... |
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
Bill Pennington · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 530
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the clutch second baseman for the dominant New York Yankees of the 1950s. He then spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues, and is considered... |
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Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August
Oliver Hilmes · Other Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographerBerlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select... |
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen
KATE FAGAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From noted on-air commentator and sports journalist Kate Fagan, the heartbreaking and vital story of college athlete Maddy Holleran, whose death by suicide rocked the University of Pennsylvania campus and whose life reveals with haunting detail and uncommon understanding the struggle of young... |
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Jackie Robinson: An Integrated Life
J. Christopher Schutz · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 175
Format: Hardcover
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Jackie Robinson's story is not only a compelling drama of heroism, but also as a template of the African American freedom struggle. A towering athletic talent, Robinson's greater impact was on preparing the way for the civil rights reform wave following WWII. But Robinson's story has always... |
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Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Eduardo Galeano · Nation Books; Rev Upd edition
Format: Paperback
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In this witty and rebellious history of world soccer, award-winning writer Eduardo Galeano searches for the styles of play, players, and goals that express the unique personality of certain times and places. In Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Galeano takes us to ancient China, where engravings... |
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Coming Out to Play
Robbie Rogers · Penguin Books
Format: Book
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“Rogers made history.” —Sports IllustratedRobbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional... |
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