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The 1997 Masters: My Story

Tiger Woods · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

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 until...
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Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human

VYBARR CREGAN-REID · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Running is not just a sport. It reconnects us to our bodies and the places in which we live, breaking down our increasingly structured and demanding lives. It allows us to feel the world beneath our feet, lifts the spirit, lets our minds out to play, and helps us to slip away from the demands...
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Fearless: How an Underdog Becomes a Champion

DOUG PEDERSON · Hachette Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Doug Pederson's winning and inspiring memoir of becoming the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and their against-all-odds march to the Super Bowl championship. Doug Pederson took the Philadelphia Eagles to their first championship in 58 years with his fearless approach. With rare candor,...
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Ohio State Football: The Forgotten Dawn

Robert J Roman · University of Akron Press
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

THE Ohio State University." That's how Buckeyes in the NFL introduce themselves on nationally broadcast football games. And this incredible history of the team will only increase that pride in Buckeye football for players, coaches, students, alumni, and fans who love the team....
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The New Boys of Summer: Baseball's Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties

Paul Hensler · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover

The 1960s were among the most compelling years in the history of the United States, from the intensifying clamor for civil rights to the tragic incidents of assassination and war. Caught up in this sea of restlessness was major league baseball, and the manner in which baseball addressed...
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The Coach's Guide to Mind Mapping: The Fundamental Tools to Become an Expert Coach and Maximize Your Players' Performance

TEMISAN WILLIAMS · Meyer & Meyer Media
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback

A Soccer Coaches' Guide to Mind Mapping, an interactive coaching learning resource specifically designed to support the learning process of coaches, is a tool that will help you become an expert coach. Although this particular learning resource uses soccer examples, it is a technique...
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September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series

Skip Desjardin · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France,...
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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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Mountain Lines: A Journey through the French Alps

Jonathan Arlan · W W Norton
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

A nonfiction debut about an American's solo, month-long, 400-mile walk from Lake Geneva to Nice.In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France...
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You're Welcome, Cleveland: How I Helped Lebron James Win a Championship and Save a City

Scott Raab · Harpercollins
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Scott Raab's big-hearted companion to his darkly comic "sports-jeremiad-slash-memoir" The Whore of Akron follows the first two years of LeBron James's return to Cleveland, where everybody just loves a good story of forgiveness - especially when you fulfill your promise...
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Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

Sam Anderson · Crown
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson's long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City--a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny.Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when...
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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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Adventure Cats: Living Nine Lives to the Fullest

Laura Moss · Workman
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about cats comes the ultimate - and unexpected - guide to taking your cat into the wild. Here are cats walking on a leash. Cats hiking on a leash. Cats tramping through snow. Cats camping. Cats kayaking, canoeing, even surfing - yes,...
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Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection

George Karl · Harpercollins
Pages: 228
Format: Print book

The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history - and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth best winning record ever - reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred memoirA man of deep...
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Women's Complete Guide to Running

JEFF GALLOWAY BARBARA GALLOWAY · Meyer & Meyer Sport
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback

This is the book that will take any woman, at any fitness level, into the running lifestyle. Jeff Galloway, a US Olympian in 1972, has helped over 150,000 people make this journey while reducing or eliminating aches, pains, and injuries suffered during most training programs. Jeff developed...
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