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Feast by Firelight: Simple Recipes for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors

Emma Frisch · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A transporting, lushly photographed book with easy-to-prepare recipes for gatherings at campgrounds and cabins alike. Feast by Firelight offers solution-oriented recipes that make cooking outdoors feel effortless and downright fun and it shows how to utilize clever cooking methods, prep...
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Running: Cheaper Than Therapy: A Celebration of Running

Chas Newkey-Burden · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From fantastic running quotes ("How do you know if someone ran a marathon? Don't worry, they'll tell you." -Jimmy Fallon) and hilarious spectator signs ("Worst parade ever!") to witty profiles of different types of runners (street fundraisers, gadget gurus)...
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The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End

Gary M Pomerantz · Penguin Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regretAbout to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment....
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A Year in the Wilderness: Bearing Witness in the Boundary Waters

DAVE FREEMAN · Milkweed Editions
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From National Geographic's 2014 Adventurers of the Year, a passionate and beautifully illustrated account of a year in the Boundary Waters
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The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball's Golden Age

SRIDHAR PAPPU · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The Year of the Pitcher is the story of the remarkable 1968 baseball season, which culminated in one of the greatest World Series contests ever, with the Detroit Tigers coming back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals in Game Seven of the World Series. In 1968, two remarkable pitchers...
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My Cubs: A Love Story

Scott Simon · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured - and now triumphant - franchise.No metaphor is necessary;...
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So You Think You're a Cleveland Browns Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards

ROGER GORDON · Sports Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

So You Think You're a Cleveland Browns Fan? tests and expands your knowledge of the history of one of the NFL's oldest franchises. Rather than merely posing questions and providing answers, you'll get details behind each -- stories that bring to life players and coaches, games...
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The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness

Markus Torgeby · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably....
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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America

PHILIP DRAY · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect...
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game

ROB NEYER · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The former ESPN columnist and analytics pioneer dramatically recreates an action-packed 2017 game between the Oakland A's and eventual World Series Champion Houston Astros to reveal the myriad ways in which Major League Baseball has changed over the last few decades.On September 8, 2017,...
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Gift of Injury

Stuart McGill · Backfitpro Inc.
Pages: 159
Format: Paperback

This book is about healing injury in the athletes back and then building resilience to compete once again. Anyone who trains will enhance their injury resilience and performance employing these principles proven over and over with athletes. In the highly competitive world of strength athletics,...
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Vintage Bicycles: How to Find and Restore Old Cycles

GIANLUCA ZAGHI · Mondadori
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An elegantly designed guide on how to find, buy, and restore vintage bicycles. An engaging handbook on one of the biking world's most important trends, this is a step-by-step guide to the art of finding, restoring, and maintaining vintage bicycles. Cycling has become a very popular...
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Complete Guide to TRX Suspension Training

Jay Dawes · Human Kinetics
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

For strength, stability, core power, flexibility, and balance, Suspension Training® delivers results. Used by the best of the best, from professional trainers to the elite athletes they work with, Suspension Training is a respected and essential component of conditioning programs worldwide....
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A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh

DISNEY STORYBOOK ART TEAM. · Disney Editions
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Part inspiration, part information narrative for our story is based on walking meditation, also known as mindful walking; an active practice thatrequires you to be consciously aware and moving in the environment rather than sitting with your eyes closed.Just as The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying...
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Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey

SEAN AVERY · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL - coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional...
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