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The Blueprint: LeBron James, Cleveland's Deliverance, and the Making of the Modern NBA

JASON LLOYD · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In 2010, LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers. That same year, Jason Lloyd began to cover the team for the Akron Beacon Journal, LeBron's hometown newspaper. The story he uncovered started as a tragedy but ended in incredible triumph. Back in 2010, starting in the days, weeks, and months...
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Steroids: History, Science, and Issues

Joan E Standora · Greenwood
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover

Providing a significant source of information for upper high school and community college students concerning steroids and their derivatives, this book provides a holistic overview of this controversial class of drugs.* Provides readers with an understanding of the function of natural...
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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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501 Unarmed Self-Defense Skills

Chris McNab · Thunder Bay Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Are you prepared to defend yourself in any emergency? 501 Unarmed Self-Defense Skills will teach you how to take down an opponent when flight is not an option. Whether you're faced with a fistfight or worse, these skills from survival expert Chris McNab will help you keep a cool head...
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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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Running with a Police Escort: Tales from the Back of the Pack

Jill Grunenwald · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover

In the fall of 2012, quirky and cat-loving Cleveland librarian Jill Grunenwald got an alarming email from her younger sister: her sister was very concerned with Jill's weight and her overall mental and physical health. Having always struggled with her weight, Jill was currently hitting...
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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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The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete's Battle with Mental Illness

Mary Pilon · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists, the incredible story of Olympic sailor Kevin Hall, and the psychiatric syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.Meet Kevin Hall, brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic and America's Cup sailor....
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4th and Goal Every Day: Alabama's Relentless Pursuit of Perfection

PHIL SAVAGE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

With a Preface by Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban and a Foreword by ESPN's College Gameday Host Rece Davis.Phil Savage first worked with Nick Saban when they both joined the Cleveland Browns' coaching staff in 1991. They were reunited in 2009 when Savage became part of the Crimson Tide...
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The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II

KEENE ANNE. · Sports Publishing
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover

In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny...
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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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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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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

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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The Champion Mindset: An Athlete's Guide to Mental Toughness

Joanna Zeiger · Griffin
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Champions, as the familiar adage preaches, are not born -- they're made. Reaching the top of any sport, or any aspect of life, takes years upon years of dedication and proper preparation. But if there's a huge pool of individuals who have undertaken the same commitment and steps towards...
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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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