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Believe: Boxing, Olympics and My Life Outside of the Ring
Nicola Adams · Penguin UK Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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At London, 2012, Nicola Adams made history. The flyweight boxer - nicknamed the smiling assassin - became the first ever UK woman to win an Olympic Gold medal for boxing. In Rio 2016, with the nation cheering her on, she did it again. Nicola stumbled into boxing in her local sports center... |
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Strength and Conditioning for Judo
Andy Burns · Crowood Press Pages: 300 Format: Paperback
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Judo is a dynamic Olympic sport that requires a wide range of physical attributes and skills, and the second largest participation sport in the world. Strength and conditioning are prerequisites for an aspiring judoka, and this book is essential reading for judo coaches, strength and conditioning... |
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My First Coach: Untold Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads
Gary Myers · Grand Central Publishing Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - a book that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers. |
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The World Cup in 100 Objects
IAIN SPRAGG · Andre Deutsch Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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See the 85-year history of the World Cup as never before: through 100 iconic objects associated with the game. This fabulous photographic history boasts the most fascinating collection of artifacts from the FIFA World Cup. The 100 objects include: the ball used in the final of the very... |
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Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports
Bennet Omalu · Zondervan Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster's body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death... |
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Surfing with Sartre: An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning
AARON JAMES · Doubleday Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that - in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy. The existentialist philosopher... |
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