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Following Atticus - Forty-Eight Peaks, One Little Dog and an Extraordinary Friendship
Tom Ryan · William Morrow
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
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Following Atticus - Forty-Eight Peaks, One Little Dog and an Extraordinary Friendship is about a middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute... |
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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight
Maria Toorpakai · Twelve
Pages: 355
Format: Print book
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Amazon Best Book of the Month"Maria Toorpakai is a true inspiration, a pioneer for millions of other women struggling to pave their own paths to autonomy, fulfillment, and genuine personhood." --Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains... |
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Soccer IQ: Things That Smart Players Do, Vol. 1
Dan Blank · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback
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Named a Top 5 Book of the Year by the NSCAA Soccer Journal!Soccer iQ is the first book for soccer PLAYERS! In a world saturated with books about how to coach soccer, Dan Blank finally gives players a book on how to think it. Standing on two decades of collegiate coaching experience, Blank... |
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The Blanco River
Wes Ferguson · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 170
Format: eBook
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For eighty-seven miles, the swift and shallow Blanco River winds through the Texas Hill Country. Its water is clear and green, darkened by frequent pools. But Spanish explorers named it the White River for the pale limestone they encountered along its banks and dramatic bluffs. Over the last... |
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance... |
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Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone?
Brian Jensen · Taylor Trade Publishing
Pages: 261
Format: Paperback
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In Where Have All Our Cowboys Gone?, Dallas sports broadcasting veteran Brian Jensen tracks down over 100 of the franchise's most popular players, bringing readers up to speed on their post-gridiron experiences. |
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What It Means to Be a Longhorn: Darrel Royal Mack Brown and Texas's Greatest Players
Bill Little · Triumph Books
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
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Taking a decade-by-decade approach to the University of Texas football tradition, this collection brings together over 40 stories from the most outstanding voices of the program. The spirit of Longhorn football is not captured by just one phrase, one season, or one particular game; instead,... |
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Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life
Frances Mayes · Broadway Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated bard of Tuscany New York Times lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscanys people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle. Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply... |
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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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Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History
MIKE PESCA · Twelve
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px... |
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Dog Problems: The Gentle Modern Cure
David Weston · Howell Book House ; Toronto
Pages: 143
Format: Print book
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In Dog Problems, the authors present vital information to help today's dog owners understand the differences between their dogs' inherent behaviors and behavioral problems, correct behavioral problems they might encounter, and, ultimately, get the most from the human/dog relationship. |
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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
KEN BENSINGER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal - the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's most popular sport, soccer, including its biggest event, the World... |
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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
Franklin Foer · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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"An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about." - The New York Times Book Review "An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip." - The Wall Street Journal "Foer's skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations... |
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