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Deerland: America's Hunt for Ecological Balance and the Essence of Wildness
Al Cambronne · Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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In 1942 America fell in love with Bambi. But now, that love-affair has turned sour. Behind the unassuming grace and majesty of America’s whitetail deer is the laundry list of human health, social, and ecological problems that they cause. They destroy crops, threaten motorists,... |
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The Swimming Holes of Texas
Julie Wernersbach · University of Texas Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Nothing beats a natural swimming hole for cooling off on a scorching summer day in Texas. Cold, clear spring water, big old shade trees, and a quiet stretch of beach or lawn offer the perfect excuse to pack a cooler and head out with family and friends to the nearest natural oasis. Whether... |
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The Handgun Guide for Women: Shoot Straight, Shoot Safe, and Carry with Confidence
Tara Dixon Engel · Zenith Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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The perfect book for any woman who is interested in purchasing, selecting, and owning a gun, from her first to her five-hundredth firearm.The Handgun Guide for Women gives a public voice to the legions of female gun enthusiasts in the United States. It is a common sense, step-by-step guide... |
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The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler
Stephen C. Sieberson · University of Nebraska Press
Format: Book
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The Naked Mountaineer recounts a series of solo journeys to some of the world's most exotic peaks in places such as Switzerland, Japan, and Borneo. However, it is far from the typical heroic mountain-expedition book. Although Steve Sieberson did reach many summits, in most cases his travels... |
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Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
Nate Jackson · Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Nate Jackson’s Slow Getting Up is an unvarnished and uncensored memoir of everyday life in the most popular sports league in America—and the most damaging to its players—the National Football League.After playing college ball at a tiny Division III school, Jackson, a receiver,... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 516
Format: Print book
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The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games -- by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic"... |
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Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius
Bill Pennington · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 530
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of one of baseball's most celebrated, mercurial, and misunderstood figures Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the clutch second baseman for the dominant New York Yankees of the 1950s. He then spent sixteen seasons managing in the big leagues, and is considered... |
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Watch Your Back: How to Avoid the Most Dangerous Moments in Daily Life
Roger Eckstine · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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Concrete Strategies for Staying Safe and Protecting Yourself from AssailantsDo you ever feel the urge to furtively look over your shoulder to check if someone's following you? Have you second-guessed a decision to walk in a poorly lit area late at night? When you see crime reports on the news,... |
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The Total Outdoorsman Manual
T. Edward Nickens · Weldon Owen; ANV edition
Format: Book
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The Total Outdoorsman Manual is the ultimate guide book for the outdoors enthusiast, packed with hundreds of practical tips and techniques from T. Edward Nickens and the experts at Field & Stream magazine, that is guaranteed to improve your hunting, fishing, camping and survival skills.... |
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Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas: A Year in the Life of Lone Star Football, from High School to College to the Cowboys
Nicholas Eatman · Dey St.
Pages: 348
Format: Print book
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A veteran Texas sports writer offers a lively, up-close look at football in Texas - the fullest portrait ever conceived - viewed through the interwoven stories of three teams, Plano Senior High School, Baylor University, and the Dallas Cowboys, during one season.In Texas, Friday, Saturday,... |
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Play Big: Lessons in Being Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL
Jen Welter · Seal Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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When Jen Welter became a linebackers coach for the Arizona Cardinals in 2015, she was the first woman to ever break the glass sideline of the NFL, but it wasn't her first time pioneering as a woman in football: Welter was also the first woman to play running back in a men's professional... |
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Journey Into Yin Yoga, A
Travis Eliot · Human Kinetics
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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Take time to decompress. Relieve stress. Reduce anxiety. Face the challenges and joys of life with steadiness and grace. That is what A Journey Into Yin Yoga will help you do. Join world-renowned yoga instructor Travis Eliot as he guides you through this contemporary and effective approach... |
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Field and Stream: Camping Guide - Camping Skills YOU Need
T Edward Nickens ·
Field and Stream: Camping Guide - Camping Skills YOU Need
Format: Paperback
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The Field & Stream Camping Guide - Camping Skills YOU Need is a comprehensive take on modern camping. Written by an expert it simplifies the mysteries of camping. With practical advice for camping in all sorts of conditions, this handy guide offers dozens of hints on everything from choosing... |
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Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports
Bennet Omalu · Zondervan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster's body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death... |
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