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Lifelong Yoga: Maximizing Your Balance, Flexibility, and Core Strength in Your 50s, 60s, and Beyond

Sage Hamilton Rountree · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Yoga offers vital tools for healthy aging: strength, flexibility, balance, and peace of mind. In this one-of-a-kind book, Sage Rountree and Alexandra DeSiato describe the poses and routines that can help keep people of any age fit and injury free. In addition to demonstrating simple ways...
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Carry on.

Lisa Fenn · Harperwave
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

In the spirit of The Blind Side and Friday Night Lights comes a tender and profoundly moving memoir about an ESPN producer's unexpected relationship with two disabled wrestlers from inner city Cleveland, and how these bonds - blossoming, ultimately, into a most unorthodox family - would...
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Incredible Baseball Stories: Amazing Tales from the Diamond

Ken Samelson · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 231
Format: Paperback

The works in Incredible Baseball Stories cover the full span of baseball's rich history. Fans of all ages will enjoy recalling the great and not-so-great moments of the most popular names in the sport. Found in this collection are timeless tales that enable the reader to: * Relive great...
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Adventure Carolinas: Your Go-To Guide for Multi-Sport Outdoor Recreation

Joe Miller · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 160
Format: Book

Have you ever wanted to take up a new outdoor sport but thought, "Not me" or "Where do I begin"? In this unique take-it-with-you guide, outdoors and fitness writer Joe Miller introduces you to sixteen adventure sports in the Carolinas, from water to land and through...
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Tabitha Soren: Fantasy Life: Baseball and the American Dream

Tabitha Soren · Aperture
Pages: 136
Format: Imitation Leather

In 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A's -- young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Since then, she has followed the players through their baseball lives, an alternate reality...
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The Great Outdoors: A User's Guide: Everything You Need to Know Before Heading into the Wild

Brendan Leonard · Artisan
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

The outdoor market has never been hotter. This easy introduction to outdoor life will ensure that even a novice won't get lost in the woods while finding an activity he loves to do in the great outdoors--whether it's hiking a 14er or camping on ice. With 400 strategies for engaging in the outdoors,...
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Big Buck Secrets

Steve Bartylla · Krause Publications
Format: Book

Steve Bartylla has never relied on outfitter to put him on trophy bucks. Instead, he relies on his own scouting and hunting skills. Big Buck Secrets draws from Bartylla's years of successful do-it-yourself hunting for trophy whitetails on both public and private land. This book is grounded...
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Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores his 50-year friendship with Coach John Wooden, one of the most enduring and meaningful relationships in sports history.
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The Ultimate Bodybuilding Cookbook: High-Impact Recipes to Make You Stronger Than Ever

Kendall Lou Schmidt · Rockridge Press
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

Say goodbye to the chicken breasts, broccoli, and egg whites you're used to. Now you can build muscle, shed weight, and lift more -- all while enjoying delicious, flavorful meals with The Ultimate Bodybuilding Cookbook!For over a decade, bodybuilding expert and personal fitness trainer...
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The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score from Nadia to Now

Dvora Meyers · Touchstone
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

Just in time for the 2016 Olympic Games and the fortieth anniversary of Nadia Comaneci's "Perfect 10," an exciting and insightful account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes of the scoring system, and why those changes will drive American gymnasts to the top of the sport...
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The Bud Collins History of Tennis

Bud Collins · New Chapter Pr
Pages: 900
Format: Book

Compiled by the world's foremost tennis historian and journalist, this book is the ultimate collection of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season and biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as well as stats, records, and championship...
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The Total Fly Fishing Manual: 307 Essential Skills and Tips

Joe Cermele · Weldon Owen
Format: Print book

From the same team that brought you the Total Fishing Manual , comes the book fly fishing fanatics have been waiting for: The Total Fly Fishing Manual: 307 Tips and Tricks from Expert Anglers. The Total Fly Fishing Manual is the most comprehensive collection of expert fly fishing advice...
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