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Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography: The Faith of a Boundary-Breaking Hero
Michael G Long · Westminster John Knox Press
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
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Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual... |
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Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star
Greg W Prince · Sports Pub
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A franchise and fan base in perpetual search of validation finally had its ticket punched as 2016 dawned. Mike Piazza, who held records in one hand and a city's rapt attention in the other, gained election to the Hall of Fame. Within weeks of this long-awaited announcement, the ballclub... |
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A Woman's Place Is at the Top: A Biography of Annie Smith Peck, Queen of the Climbers
HANNAH KIMBERLEY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Annie Smith Peck is one of the most accomplished women of the twentieth century that you have never heard of. Peck was a scholar, educator, writer, lecturer, mountain climber, suffragist, and political activist. She was a feminist and an independent thinker who refused to let gender stereotypes... |
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One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Amy Bass · Hachette Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory.When thousands of Somali... |
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Tides and the Ocean: Water's Movement Around the World, from Waves to Whirlpools
William Thomson · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A visual exploration of the ebbs and flows of the world's seas along its shores, accessibly revealed in words and illustrations from William Thomson. Tide is the vertical motion of water, something so subtle it is impossible to see with the naked eye. Inspired by his travels around... |
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Ancient America: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself
Kenneth L Feder · Rowman & Littlefield
Pages: 280
Format: Print book
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Presenting "the real deal" of American antiquity - as opposed to the hyped fare of many cable TV shows - Kenneth Feder invites readers to explore the stunning technological, architectural, engineering, and artistic achievements of America's first peoples. Part travel guide, part... |
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Limits of the Known
DAVID ROBERTS · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post) , has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes... |
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The 1997 Masters: My Story
Tiger Woods · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Large print book
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To mark the twentieth anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course. In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't... |
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The Official WWE Book of Rules:
Wwe Books. · Media Lab Books
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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Do you know the difference between a Hollywood Backlot Brawl and a Brooklyn Street Fight? What happens at the end of an Iron Man match if there's no clear victor? Which move is off-limits inside a WWE ring? With The Official WWE Book of Rules, you'll no longer need to ask. This... |
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Aikido Weapons Techniques: The Wooden Sword, Stick and Knife of Aikido
PHONG THONG DANG · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Master the wooden weapons used in Aikido with this comprehensive martial arts training manual.Although Aikido is often thought of as a nonviolent, noncompetitive martial art, the use of weapons was introduced by the art's founder O'Sensei Morihei Ueshiba. In fact, aikido techniques... |
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Hike It Baby: 100 Awesome Outdoor Adventures with Babies and Toddlers
SHANTI HODGES · Falcon Guides
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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New parents and parents of toddlers face unique challenges when it comes to planning family trips in the outdoors. A "family friendly" trail is often a misleading term and doesn't take into consideration very young children (under the age of 5) , whose safety and comfort... |
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Stories from the Dirt: Indiscretions of an Adventure Junkie
John Long · Falcon Guides
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from John Long, while vastly different in content, share an identifiable emotional texture, tone and delivery, and fundamentally are of one piece. This is storytelling... |
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Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
Karen Crouse · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country - and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.Norwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three thousand... |
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The Pride of the Yankees: The Movie that Defined the Legacy of Lou Gehrig
Richard Sandomir · Hachette Books
Pages: 293
Format: Hardcover
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"I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH."On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig delivered what has been called "baseball's Gettysburg Address" at Yankee Stadium and gave a speech that included the phrase that would become legendary. He died two years... |
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A Course Called Scotland: Searching the Home of Golf for the Secret to Its Game
TOM COYNE · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From Tom Coyne - the author of the New York Times bestselling A Course Called Ireland, hailed as "a joy from start to finish" by The Wall Street Journal - comes the heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game... |
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