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Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope

John Saunders · Da Capo Press
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

In Playing Hurt, a leading figure in the sports world-the quintessential "man's man," who seems to have it all-confesses his constant battle with depression. John Saunders welcomes readers into the heart of his desperate struggle through insights into the root causes of depression...
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Smallmouth Bass Fishing for Everyone: How to Catch the Hardest Fighting Fish That Swims

James Root · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Discover all the secrets of smallmouth bass fishing! Catching a smallmouth bass - especially a big one - can be a daunting pursuit for the unprepared. Successful smallmouth bass fishing depends on a variety of factors, including weather, habitat, time of year, type of tackle, and the tactics...
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Whitetail Savvy: New Research and Observations about the Deer, America's Most Popular Big-Game Animal

Leonard Lee Rue · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback

Comprehensively Researched, Magnificently Photographed Although the whitetail population is at an all-time high, the lives of North America's most abundant and controversial deer are still shrouded in mystery. So few whitetail activities are ever witnessed that many unique traits,...
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The Cooperstown Casebook: Who's in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques

JAY JAFFE · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 446
Format: Hardcover

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium. Yet no sports hall of fame's membership is so hallowed, nor its qualifications so debated, nor its voting process...

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Modern Shotgunning: The Ultimate Guide to Guns, Loads, and Shooting

Dave Henderson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Every year millions of sportsmen and women take to America's fields and forests equipped with some type of shotgun. Millions of others participate annually in shotgun sports such as skeet, trap and sporting clays. In Modern Shotgunning, Dave Henderson gives readers a nuts-and-bolts...
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Women in Sports: 50 Fearless Athletes Who Played to Win

Rachel Ignotofsky · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Illustrated profiles of fifty pioneering female athletes, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science.

Women for the win!

A richly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Sports highlights the achievements and stories of fifty...

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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record

John Eisenberg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played

When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one,...
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Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream

Bill Reynolds

Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic an

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Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

Jeffrey M. Schwartz · Harper Perennial
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The 20th anniversary edition of the definitive classic on defeating obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author.An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about...
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Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream

JOE TONE · One World
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border - and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy

José and Miguel Treviño were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different...
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