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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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Off the Deep End: A History of Madness at Sea

Nic Compton · Adlard Coles
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Confined in a small space for months on end, subject to ship's discipline and living on limited food supplies, many sailors of old lost their minds--and no wonder. Many still do. The result in some instances was bloodthirsty mutinies, such as the whaleboat Sharon whose captain was butchered...
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LeBron James vs. the NBA: The Case for the NBA's Greatest Player

Brendan Bowers · Triumph Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Showcasing one of professional basketball's best players, this book spotlights the life and career of hardcourt superstar LeBron James. More than just a biography, it relates James' story while also establishing his prominent place in NBA history. By examining his skills and statistics...
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Called for Traveling: My Nomadic Life Playing Pro Basketball around the World

Tyler Smith · Sports Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Called for Traveling is a pro basketball journey that spans four continents, seven countries and twelve teams over eleven hilarious and adventurous years. After playing his college ball at Penn State, Tyler Smith had a path in mind of where he wanted his pro basketball career to lead. Bringing...
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Train Your Mind for Athletic Success: Mental Preparation to Achieve Your Sports Goals

Jim Taylor · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

Much too often, the mental aspect of sport performance is overlooked. While all top athletes are in outstanding physical condition and technically exceptional, mental preparation is often what separates the best from the rest. This is just as true for young athletes as it is for pros and Olympians....
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Kapp to Cape: Never Look Back: Race to the End of the Earth

Reza Pakravan · Summersdale
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Deciding to break away from his comfortable lifestyle in London, Reza and his friend Steven set off from the most northerly point on mainland Europe to cycle the 11,000 miles to the other end of the planet, completely unsupported. Their expedition becomes a race against the clock, as they...
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What We Think About When We Think About Soccer

Simon Critchley · Penguin Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

You play soccer. You watch soccer. You live soccer You breathe soccer. But do you think about soccer?Soccer is the world's most popular sport, inspiring the absolute devotion of countless fans around the globe. But what is it about soccer that makes it so compelling to watch, discuss,...
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Life's Too Short to Go So F*cking Slow: Lessons from an Epic Friendship That Went the Distance

Susan Lacke · VeloPress
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Susan and Carlos were unlikely friends. She was a young, overweight college professor and a bit of a trainwreck -- juggling a divorce, a pack-a-day habit, and hiding empty boxes of wine under her bed. He was her boss, an Ironman triathlete, with life figured out. She was a whiner, he was a hard-ass....
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Diamonds from the Dugout: 115 Baseball Legends Remember Their Greatest Hits

Mark Newman · Blue River Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

What hit meant the most to you and why? It was a simple question of nine words, a magical number in baseball, and it led award-winning sportswriter Mark Newman on an eight-year journey that would bring about surprising stories and empowering life lessons from the minds of the most fabled...
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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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