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unPHILtered: The Way I See It
unPHILtered: The Way I See It

Phil Robertson · Howard Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The beloved patriarch of AEs Duck Dynasty series, Phil Robertson, shares his thoughtful—and opinionated—philosophy on life. In Phil Robertsons 1 New York Times bestseller, Happy, Happy, Happy, we learned about Phils colorful past and the wild road to becoming the beloved patriarch of AEs smash...
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The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus
The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus

Joe Posnanski · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

New York Times BestsellerThe first time they met, at an exhibition match in 1967, Tom Watson was a seventeen-year-old high school student and Jack Nicklaus, at twenty-seven, was already the greatest golfer in the world. Though they shared some similarities - they were both Midwestern boys...
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Archery-4th Edition: Steps to Success
Archery-4th Edition: Steps to Success

Kathleen Haywood · Human Kinetics Publishers
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback

Master the skills, techniques, and strategies you need to shoot accurately, consistently, and safely. This resource contains exercises for each phase of the shot, for both recurve and compound bows.
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The Ghost Runner: The Epic Journey of the Man They Couldn't Stop
The Ghost Runner: The Epic Journey of the Man They Couldn't Stop

Bill Jones · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A cross between Once a Runner and Chariots of Fire, the heartbreaking story of the man known as The Ghost Runner The mystery man threw off his disguise and started to run. Furious stewards gave chase. The crowd roared. A legend was born. Soon the world would know him as the ghost runner,...
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Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Gu y Who’s Lived It
Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Gu y Who’s Lived It

Matthew Berry · Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times bestseller!Fantasy football, fantasy baseball, fantasy basketball, even fantasy sumo wrestling: the world of fantasy sports is huge, and still growing. Today, more than 35 million people in the United States and Canada spend hours upon hours each week on their fantasy...
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Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution
Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution

Brian Kenny · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

Brian Kenny - outspoken MLB Network host and commentator - uses stories from baseball's present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic, even when directly contradicted by evidence.Forget batting average. Kill the "Win."...
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How to eat in the woods : a complete guide to foraging, trapping, fishing, and finding ... sustenance in the wild.
How to eat in the woods : a complete guide to foraging, trapping, fishing, and finding ... sustenance in the wild.

Bradford Angier · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

A comprehensive, practical, and reliable guide to finding food in the woods and living off the land, by respected wilderness survivalists. With text by wilderness survivalists, the information in "How to Eat in the Woods" is tried, trusted, and true. One of the most complete books...
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Assisted: An Autobiography
Assisted: An Autobiography

John Stockton · Shadow Mountain; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

fast, gritty, durable player who could read a basketball floor as well as anyone who ever played the game, John Stockton left the NBA after nineteen seasons with the Utah Jazz, holding a massive assist record, including the career mark 15,806. He also twice led the league in steals with...
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The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams

Michael Tackett · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers - and men Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits two hours...
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The Magnificent Masters: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta
The Magnificent Masters: Jack Nicklaus, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, and the 1975 Cliffhanger at Augusta

Gil Capps · Da Capo Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The 1975 Masters Tournament always seemed destined for the record books. A veritable Hall of Fame list of competitors had gathered that spring in Augusta, Georgia, for the game's most famous event, including Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Billy Casper,...
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Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Dust Bowl Girls: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory

Lydia Reeder · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

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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Miller Time
Miller Time

David A. Burhenn · Word Assn Pub

Arizona. Kentucky. Dayton. It's astounding to think that three elite college basketball programs can trace their success back to a small-town high school coach, Blackhawk High's legendary John Miller. Coach Miller was just following his heart's passion using basketball as a platform...
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The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David J Epstein · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 338
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times Bestseller! With a new chapter added to the paperback. In high school, I wondered whether the Jamaican Americans who made our track team so successful might carry some special speed gene from their tiny island. In college, I ran against Kenyans, and wondered whether...
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Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance  and Strategy
Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy

Mark Broadie · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie's paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game. Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your golf score?...
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The Sports Book
The Sports Book

DK Publishing · DK; 0003- edition
Format: Hardcover

Fully updated with the latest statistics and world records, The Sports Book is packed with comprehensive details for more than 200 different sports, from baseball to hockey, jujitsu to cross-country skiing, and water polo to gymnastics. This invaluable reference also includes an extensive...
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