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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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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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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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Making My Pitch: A Woman's Baseball Odyssey
Ila Jane Borders · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
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Making My Pitch tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and high school teams, the first woman awarded a baseball scholarship, and the first to pitch and win a complete men's collegiate... |
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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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The Life You Imagine : Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams
Derek Jeter · Crown Publishers
Pages: 279
Format: Book
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When Derek Jeter was eight years old, he walked into his parents' bedroom and told them he wanted to play for the Yankees. Instead of brushing off their young son, Charles and Dorothy Jeter worked out a plan with him to make his dreams a reality. This story is at the heart of The Life... |
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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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Soccer iQ - Vol. 2: More of What Smart Players Do
Dan Blank · Soccer Poet LLC
Pages: 117
Format: Paperback
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"It's as if Dan was sitting right next to you with a dry erase board saying, 'See what I mean?' This is another must have book for the soccer lover."Ray Leone, Head Coach, Harvard #2 on Football.com's list of the Best Soccer Books for Players and Coaches.A follow-up... |
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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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The Wilderness Chef: Gourmet Recipes for the Great Outdoors
Claudine Martin · The Lyons Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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"Forget the slopes and pass the pepper," advises People magazine in its glowing review of THE WILDERNESS CHEF. Restaurateur and outfitter Claudine Martin brings tasty cuisine to backpackers, skiers, kayakers, and campers, emphasizing foods that are both healthy and delicious.... |
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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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The Closer
Mariano Rivera · Little Brown & Co.
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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The greatest relief pitcher of all time shares his extraordinary story of survival, love, and baseball.Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Panamanian fisherman. When first scouted... |
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The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback
Bruce Arians · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck;... |
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