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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight
Maria Toorpakai · Twelve
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover |
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Maria Toorpakai hails from Pakistan's violently oppressive northwest tribal region, where the idea of women playing sports is considered haram-un-Islamic-forbidden-and girls rarely leave their homes. But she did, passing as a boy in order to play the sports she loved, thus becoming a lightning... |
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Ted Williams, My Father: A Memoir
Claudia Williams · Ecco; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In this poignant memoir, Claudia Williams, the last surviving child of legendary Boston Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Ted Williams, tells her father’s story, including never-before-told anecdotes about his life on and off the field that reveal the flesh and blood man behind “The... |
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Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers' Horrendous and Hilarious 1972-1973 Season
Charley Rosen · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover |
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During the 1972-1973 basketball season, the Philadelphia 76ers were not just a bad team; they were fantastically awful. Doomed from the start after losing their leading scorer and rebounder, Billy Cunningham, as well as head coach Jack Ramsay, they lost twenty-one of their first twenty-three... |
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Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard
John Branch · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Winner of the 2015 PENESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The much-anticipated debut from the Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times reporter, Boy on Ice is a moving human story and behind-the-scenes account of a life lived in the glare of sporting fame.The tragic death of hockey star... |
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Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
Davis Miller · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover |
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The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship.On Easter weekend 1988, then struggling writer and movie store clerk Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali's mother's modest house in Louisville, knocked on the front... |
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The Closer
Mariano Rivera · Little Brown & Co.
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover |
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The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball.Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Panamanian fisherman. When first scouted... |
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Rozelle: A Biography
Jerry Izenberg · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Rozelle chronicles the life and times of the architect of the modern National Football League, Pete Rozelle, who transformed football into arguably the most successful sports league in the world. While he was never considered a serious candidate for the job of NFL commissioner early on, the position... |
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