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The Total Fishing Manual

Joe Cermele · Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover

Gear Up How to pick the best lures, baits, flies, and tackle for any situation and any style of water you plan to fish. Learn how to customize your gear, get the most out of your boat, and more. Set the Hook Whether you’re bobber fishing for bluegills with the kids or heading out after...
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How to Make Every Putt: The Secret to Winning Golf's Game Within the Game

Joseph Parent · Gotham
Format: Hardcover

A simple and concise guide to confidence and skill in putting by a renowned golf instructor and the bestselling author of Zen Golf and Zen Putting Dr. Joseph Parent is the highly sought-after PGA TOUR and LPGA instructor who has helped major champions Vijay Singh and Cristie Kerr reach...
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Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer

George Vecsey · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

On the eve of the 2014 World Cup, New York Times sports columnist George Vecsey offers a personal perspective on the beautiful gameBlending witty travelogue with action on the field--and shady dealings in back rooms--George Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globe-trotting account of the last...
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WWE Encyclopedia Updated & Expanded

Brian Shields · BRADY GAMES; Exp Upd edition
Format: Hardcover

With more than one thousand superstars on four hundred packed pages, and covering all eras from the sixties to today's superstars, the WWE Encyclopedia is the ultimate definitive guide to World Wrestling Entertainment. Now updated and expanded, this dynamic companion to the WWE covers...
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Trolling Big-Water Walleyes: Secrets of the Great Lakes Fishing Guides, Charter Captains, and Walleye Pros

W.H. Chip Gross · Kent State Univ; Spi edition
Format: Paperback

Experts reveal surefire methods for walley trolling, equipment, techniques, tactics, and moreOn big, open water like the Great Lakes, sprawling Western reservoirs, and large North American rivers, trolling puts more walleyes in the boat hour for hour than any other fishing method. Why?...
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What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen

KATE FAGAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From noted on-air commentator and sports journalist Kate Fagan, the heartbreaking and vital story of college athlete Maddy Holleran, whose death by suicide rocked the University of Pennsylvania campus and whose life reveals with haunting detail and uncommon understanding the struggle of young...
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Harvey Penick: The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf

Kevin Robbins · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The first-ever biography of the iconic and beloved golf coach who caddied for Francis Ouimet, played with Ben Hogan, competed against Bobby Jones, shaped Ben Crenshaw, and distilled his golf wisdom into the Little Red Book, granting simplicity to a vexing yet beloved sport Millions of people...
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Golden Arms

Jim O'Brien · James P. O'Brien Publishing, 2015.
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

This rich history of Western Pennsylvania's greatest Quarterbacks is signed by the author Jim O'Brien
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Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong

Juliet Macur · Harper
Format: Hardcover

The definitive account of Lance Armstrong's spectacular rise and fall.In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there—talking to his girlfriend and children and listening to Armstrong's...
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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

Joe Simpson · Perennial; Revised edition
Format: Paperback

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower...
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The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them

Tim Howard · Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this inspiring, down-to-earth memoir the revered goalkeeper and American icon  idolized by millions worldwide for his dependability, daring, and humility recounts his rise to stardom at the 2014 World Cup, the psychological and professional challenges he has faced, and the enduring...
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WWE 50

Kevin Sullivan · BradyGames DK Style; Pck Har/Cr edition
Format: Hardcover

Now a New York Times Best Seller, WWE 50 gives you the behind-the-scenes knowledge and provides a definitive slam-by-slam look at the worldwide wrestling phenomenon. Get detailed histories on all your favorite wrestlers from the 60s and 70s right up to todays WWE stars and on the great...
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Facing Wayne Gretzky: Players Recall the Greatest Hockey Player Who Ever Lived

Brian Kennedy · Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Wayne Gretzky holds the records for the most goals, assists, and points scored in a career, in addition to about 60 other records. These feats, in tandem with his exceptional on-ice performances, earned him the nickname “The Great One” as well as the immediate retirement of his number...
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Ted Williams, My Father: A Memoir

Claudia Williams · Ecco; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover

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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Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

Steve Almond · Melville House; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best SellerPowerful...an important read. —Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on Americas biggest sacred cow footballIn Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves....
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