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Ricochet: Riding a Wave of Hope with the Dog Who Inspires Millions

Judy Fridono · HCI
Format: Hardcover

Ride the wave of hope with Ricochet the only SURFice dog in the world who chose her own purpose! She surfs with children with special needs, people with disabilities, wounded warriors, and veterans with PTSD as an assistive aid and intuitive muse, healing hearts and souls on every wave....
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The Art of Adventure: Outdoor Sports from Sea to Summit

Ian Shive · Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

The fastest growing form of recreation today, outdoor adventure sports compel countless individuals to push the boundaries, challenge the elements, and seek out the world’s most beautiful and remote regions. Rock climbing the coastal crags of Southeast Asia, free diving the freshwater...
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Best Hikes Pittsburgh: The Greatest Views, Wildlife, and Forest Strolls

BOB FRYE · Falcon Guides
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

From a hike through Pymatuning State Park to see its famous spillway, to an old Indian path called the Warrior Trail, this book describes the best hikes in and around Pittsburgh, many of them never previously covered elsewhere.
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Smallmouth: Modern Fly-Fishing Methods, Tactics, and Techniques

Dave Karczynski · Stackpole Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Smallmouth bass swim in more streams, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs than any other gamefish, and exceptional, world-class fishing opportunities for them are found across the country, from the John Day River in Oregon to the Great Lakes, to Maine's Penobscot. While numerous books have...
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The Handmade Skateboard: Design & Build a Custom Longboard, Cruiser, or Street Deck from Scratch

Matt Berger · Spring House Press
Format: Book

The Handmade Skateboard is the definitive book on building custom skate decks of all shapes and sizes, from the high-performance street deck to the classic longboard to a vintage pinstripe cruisers that will turn heads everywhere you go. When you make your own skateboard from scratch you have...
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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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The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward

Jon Finkel · Archervision, Inc.
Pages: 301
Format: Hardcover

The complete, ultimate biography of Heisman Trophy winner, Florida State national champion and New York Knicks point guard Charlie WardIt takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Sweet Sixteen three times as a point...
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The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance

Tom Brady · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The first book by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady - the five-time Super Bowl champion who is still reaching unimaginable heights of excellence at thirty-nine years old - a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical "athlete's bible" that reveals Brady's revolutionary...
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Baseball's Power Shift: How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture

Krister Swanson · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From Major League Baseball's inception in the 1880s through World War II, team owners enjoyed monopolistic control of the industry. Despite the players' desire to form a viable union, every attempt to do so failed. The labor consciousness of baseball players lagged behind that of workers...
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Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest

Brian Dickinson · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

Alone and blind at 29,000 feet!Former Navy rescue swimmer Brian Dickinson was roughly 1,000 feet from the summit of Mount Everest -- also known as "the death zone" -- when his Sherpa became ill and had to turn back, leaving Brian with a difficult decision: should he continue to push...
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Backcasts: A Global History of Fly Fishing and Conservation

Samuel Snyder · University Of Chicago Press
Pages: 422
Format: Hardcover

"Many of us probably would be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect."-Norman Maclean Though Maclean writes of an age-old focus of all anglers - the day's catch - he may as well be speaking to another, deeper...
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New Mexico Kicks on Route 66

Martin A Link · Rio Nuevo Publishers
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

The Mother Road, opened in 1926 and decommissioned in 1984, played a prominent role in the transformation of the nation. Now an international legend through popular culture and the arts, Route 66 has become the road trip of a lifetime. New Mexico Kicks on Route 66 takes you on a tour through...
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The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

Paul Beston · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America's most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits were reported regularly in the newspapers - often outside the sports pages - and their fame and wealth dwarfed those of other athletes....
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Ballplayer

Chipper Jones · Dutton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones - one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history - shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy...
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