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Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

Christie Aschwanden · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening exploration of how the human body can best recover and adapt to sports and fitness training.In recent years recovery has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks...
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Citizen Akoy: Basketball and the Making of a South Sudanese American

Steve Marantz · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Akoy Agau led Omaha Central High School to four straight high school basketball state championships (2010-13) and was a three?time All?State player. One of the most successful high school athletes in Nebraska's history, he's also a South Sudanese refugee. At age four, Akoy...
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Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life

Beppe Severgnini · Berkley
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In this witty and entertaining collection of travel tales, an acclaimed journalist explores his obsession with trains--and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity."I've gone around the world in installments. Every trip has been a revelation. I've watched regions,...
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Find Momo across Europe: Another Hide-and-Seek Photography Book

Andrew Knapp · Quirk Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Play hide-and-seek with Momo, the bandana-wearing, head-tilting border collie who loves to tuck himself away for the stunning photographs taken by his BFF Andrew. The pair's first books - Find Momo, Find Momo Coast to Coast, and the board book Let's Find Momo! - explored landmarks and little-known...
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The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

Geraint Thomas
Format: Hardcover

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Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice

Taylor Dayne · Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover

If the hardcover is out of stock or delayed, please try -- tinyurl.com/Hardcover-in-stock Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice captures Taylor Dayne's ascent against all odds, and the stories behind the dance soundtrack of our lives. From her early...
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