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At the Line Pickleball: The Winning Doubles Pickleball Strategy

Joe Baker · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 146
Format: Paperback

Would you like to learn the winning strategy used by all of the top pickleball players? Look no further than this shot-by-shot guide that will take you through every phase of the game, showing you the highest percentage shot for about every playing situation. Players at all levels can benefit...
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How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters

Joel Cohen · Abrams Image
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

In How to Lose a Marathon, Joel Cohen takes readers on a step-by-step journey from being a couch potato to being a couch potato who can finish a marathon. Through a hilarious combination of running tips, narrative, illustrations and infographics, Cohen breaks down the misery that is forcing...
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The Next Valley Over: An Angler's Progress

Charles Gaines · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Acclaimed sporting and adventure writer Charles Gaines has spent much of his life on the water, around the world, fishing rod in hand, angling for trout, redfish, salmon, bonefish, bass, marlin, tuna, and practically everything else that swims. Just about any place where there's water...
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A Hole in the Wind: A Climate Scientist's Bicycle Journey Across the United States

DAVID GOODRICH · Pegasus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An epic bicycle journey across the American hinterland that engages the challenges of climate change alongside a diverse array of American voices. After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned...
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The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

David Conn · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In 2015, FIFA-the multibillion dollar governing body of the world's most-loved sport-was brought down by allegations of industrial-scale bribes, kickbacks, money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion. Beginning with early morning raids in Zurich and the indictment of twenty-seven...
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Joy of Bocce

MARIO PAGNONI · Stirker Publications
Pages: 201
Format: Paperback

The Joy of Bocce, 5th Edition is the authority on Americas greatest and simplest recreational pastime. Bocce is a game that can be played by anyone almost anywhere, requires less space and equipment than its many assorted recreational rivals. It is safer than tossing quoits or horseshoes...
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The Comeback: Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France

Daniel De Vise? · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident,...
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Why Is Soccer Played Eleven Against Eleven?: Everything You Need to Know About Soccer

LUCIANO WERNICKE · Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Why Is Soccer Played Eleven Against Eleven? reveals one hundred facts of soccer history and rules that are either unknown or little known, such as why soccer is played eleven against eleven, why soccer matches last 90 minutes, who the first coach was, how the referee appeared, and who invented...
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How to Defend Your Family and Home: Outsmart an Invader, Secure Your Home, Prevent a Burglary and Protect Your Loved Ones from Any Threat

DAVE YOUNG · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The Ultimate Guide to Protecting Yourself and Your Family from a Home InvasionDave Young has survived his fair share of violent attacks, including witnessing a home invasion first-hand as a teenager when two burglars broke into his home. Fortunately, his family was okay, but the terrifying...
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Backpacker The Survival Hacker's Handbook: How to Survive with Just About Anything

Backpacker Magazine · Falcon Guides
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback

Backpacker The Survival Hacker's Handbook provides detailed instruction on how to use everyday items to survive in extraordinary circumstances. Sure, the quirk is here. For instance, learn how to make a fishhook out of a beer can, start a fire with hand sanitizer, or purify water with...
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Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer

TOM CALLAHAN · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports:...
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Train Your Mind for Athletic Success: Mental Preparation to Achieve Your Sports Goals

Jim Taylor · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

Much too often, the mental aspect of sport performance is overlooked. While all top athletes are in outstanding physical condition and technically exceptional, mental preparation is often what separates the best from the rest. This is just as true for young athletes as it is for pros and Olympians....
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The 100-Yard Journey: A Life in Coaching and Battling for the Win

DAVE MATTER · Triumph Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Very few college football coaches earn the distinction of becoming their programs' winningest, but Gary Pinkel has done it twice. From his nine-year tenure at the University of Toledo to his career at the University of Missouri from 2001 to 2015, Pinkel has shown he has the talent and meddle...
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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's

Jason Turbow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

How the Oakland A's of the 1970s-a revolutionary band of brawling winners led by Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter, Vida Blue, Sal Bando, and Rollie Fingers-won three straight championships and knocked baseball into the modern ageThe Oakland A's of the early 1970s were the most transformative...
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Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim

ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY · Pegasus Books
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover

At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, the new book from Alexandra Heminsley chronicles her endeavor to tackle a whole new element, and the ensuing challenges and joys of open water swimming. "It's a meditative act," they said. But it was far from meditative for Alexandra Heminsley...
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