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The Ultimate Ski Book: Legends, Resorts, Lifestyle, & More
Gabriela Le Breton · teNeues
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
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Higher, faster, further -- skiing is more than a hobby, it's a way of life. Originally an adventurous way to move through ice and snow, skiing is now the number one wintertime recreational activity. More popular than ever before, the snow lures thousands of die-hard fans to the airy... |
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Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
LEIGH MONTVILLE · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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An insightful portrait of Muhammed Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military - and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative... |
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Surfing: 1778-Today
Jim Heimann · Taschen
Pages: 589
Format: Print book
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The sport of kings: More than 200 years of surfing cultureThis platinum tome is the most comprehensive visual history of surfing to date, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together more than 900 images... |
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Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
Marcus Thompson · Touchstone
Pages: 259
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible and inspiring story of Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen, and the ascension of the Golden State Warriors, a team on the verge of being an NBA dynasty, by long-time Warriors beat reporter and Bay Area News Group sports columnist Marcus Thompson.When... |
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Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games
Edward Brooke-Hitching · Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015.
Pages: 264
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of Schott's Miscellany and The Dangerous Book for Boys, a quirky collection of history's most bizarre sports and stories of mankind's most daring and ridiculous recreational pursuits - from baby boxing, to octopus wrestling, and ice tennis.Have you ever wondered what people... |
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Quarterback: Inside the Most Important Position in the National Football League
John Feinstein · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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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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Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres
Bill Swank · Arcadia
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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Baseball in San Diego: From the Plaza to the Padres, takes the reader on a seven-decade journey from Horton Plaza, the site of San Diego's first base ball game in 1871, to lower Broadway and the future home of Lane Field. Before the Pacific Coast League, San Diego had three Class D teams.... |
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Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area
Ann Marie Brown · Moon Travel
Pages: 424
Format: Paperback
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Your Adventure Starts Here with Moon Travel Guides!Are you at home in the golden hills of Berkeley, or the lush redwood forests of Marin? Explore the paradise just outside your door with Moon 101 Great Hikes of the San Francisco Bay Area. Inside you'll find:A Hike for Everyone: Hikes... |
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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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Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
Mark Leibovich · Penguin Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town, an equally merciless probing of America's biggest cultural force, pro football, at a moment of peak success and high anxietyLike millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than he'd... |
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Unbreakable: The 25 Most Unapproachable Records in Baseball
James R. Baehler · Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Unbreakable gives fans the fascinating stories behind incredible records and the players who made them and provides a basis for comparing players of the Deadball era with those of today. Most importantly, it gives the true baseball fan quantitative objective data to bring to arguments about... |
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Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant
Roland Lazenby · Little
Pages: 608
Format: Print book
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Seventeen-time all-star; scorer of 81 points in a game; MVP and a shooting guard second only to Jordan in league history: Kobe Bryant is one of basketball's absolute greatest players, a fascinating and complicated character who knew when he was a mere boy that he would be better than Jordan... |
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Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s
Jeff Pearlman · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 482
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness delivers the first all-encompassing account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of professional sports' most-revered - and dominant - dynasties. The Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s personified the flamboyance and excess of the decade... |
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