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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

KOBE BRYANT · MCD
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant -- a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most revered athletes of all timeIn the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant has decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding...
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Racing to the Finish: My Story

DALE EARNHARDT JR · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

It was a seemingly minor crash at Michigan International Speedway in June 2016 that ended the day early for Dale Earnhardt Jr. What he didn't know was that it would also end his driving for the year. He'd dealt with concussions before, but concussions are like snowflakes - no two are the same....
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The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again

Brin-Jonathan Butler · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport.The first week of November 2016, as a crowd of people...
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Quarterback: Inside the Most Important Position in the National Football League

John Feinstein · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A major new book from #1 New York Times bestseller and sports-writing legend John Feinstein, QUARTERBACK dives deep into the most coveted and hallowed position in the NFL - exploring the stories of five top quarterbacks and taking readers inside their unique experiences of playing the position...
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Finding Theo: A Father's True Story of Loss, Courage, and Discovery

Timothy Krause · Clovercroft Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Theo Krause gains speed as he drops into a ravine on a remote Colorado mountain biking trail. Rounding a bend, his bike hits an awkward bump, hidden by the shadows, that catapults him head first into an aspen tree, splintering his neck. Staring at the sky, paralyzed, he thinks, "This...
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The Nature Instinct: Relearning Our Sixth Sense for the Inner Workings of the Natural World

TRISTAN GOOLEY · The Experiment
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read Water - an exploration of our subconscious ability to "know" our surroundings even when we can't explain how Master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley has long encouraged his readers to look closely at the world to discover...
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Guts and Genius: The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s

Bob Glauber · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

How three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs...
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