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The Spartan Way: Eat Better. Train Better. Think Better. Be Better.

Joe De Sena · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan, the global health and wellness platform, leader in obstacle racing, and executive producer of NBC's television show Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, challenges you to live The Spartan Way.Determined to yank 100 million...
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Quarterback: Inside the Most Important Position in the National Football League

John Feinstein · Doubleday
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A major new book from #1 New York Times bestseller and sports-writing legend John Feinstein, QUARTERBACK dives deep into the most coveted and hallowed position in the NFL - exploring the stories of five top quarterbacks and taking readers inside their unique experiences of playing the position...
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No barriers : a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon

Erik Weihenmayer · Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Format: Library Binding

After Erik Weihenmayer became the first and only blind person to summit Mount Everest, his expedition leader slapped him on the back and said "Don't make Everest the greatest thing you ever do." No Barriers is the moving story of Erik's response to that challenge.
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In the Locker Room: Tales of the Pittsburgh Steelers from the Playing Field to the Broadcast Booth

Tunch Ilkin · Triumph Books
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

As a Steelers broadcaster, analyst, and former offensive tackle, Tunch Ilkin has lived and breathed Pittsburgh football for the better part of the last four decades. With In the Locker Room: Tales of the Pittsburgh Steelers from the Playing Field to the Broadcast Booth, Ilkin provides insight...
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Mean Joe Greene: Built by Football

Joe Greene · Archervision, Inc.
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback

Featuring Forewords by Franco Harris and Dan RooneyMean Joe Greene's memoir is a master class in determination, domination and perseverance. For the first time ever, the College and Pro Football Hall of Famer gives readers an unflinching look at his rise from high school bully-victim...
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Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives: A Complete Guide to Fixed and Folding Blade Knives for Hunting, Survival, Personal Defense, and Everyday Carry

Roger Eckstine · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Everything you need to know about buying, owning, and maintaining all kinds of knives.The Shooter's Bible Guide to Knives sets the standard for comprehensive publications by carrying on the Shooter's Bible tradition of bringing together more products and information than any other...
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Kids, Sports, and Concussion: A Guide for Coaches and Parents, 2nd Edition

William Paul Meehan III · Praeger
Pages: 217
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive summary of sport-related concussion for parents, coaches, and athletes that considers the physics and biology behind the injury, identifies what can be done to reduce the risk of its occurrence, and describes how to properly respond to a suspected concussion.* Provides...
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Eat. Lift. Thrive.

Sohee Lee · Human Kinetics
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback

Eat healthy. Exercise. Be happy. It sounds easy enough, so why is it so difficult? Because as millions of women know, it's not easy. There are challenges and obstacles, and health programs are not one size fits all. Sohee Lee understands, because she's faced the challenges and overcome...
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Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Lara Prior-Palmer · Catapult
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

One of Entertainment Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of 2019 "Lara's searingly honest account of her astonishing rise from hopeless underdog to Mongol Derby Champion leaves grit in your teeth and dust in your hair. I laughed, I cried and I felt every bruise. I was riveted til the last...
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How to Watch Soccer

Ruud Gullit · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

An opinionated masterclass in the art and science of "reading" a match from one of professional soccer's most respected and beloved international figures Ruud Gullit knows better than anyone else that to understand soccer you have to understand strategy. When he started playing...
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America's Football Factory: Western Pennsylvania's Cradle of Quarterbacks from Johnny Unitas to Joe Montana

Wayne Stewart · The Kent State University Press/Black Squirrel Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

A small area of western Pennsylvania around Pittsburgh has produced almost 25 percent of the modern era quarter- backs enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That percentage is wildly disproportionate to the number of superstar quarterbacks any one state might claim, let alone a mere...
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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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Swell: A Waterbiography

JENNY LANDRETH · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit - but this wasn't always the case. In the 19th century, swimming was exclusively the domain of men, and access to pools was a luxury limited by class. Women were (barely) allowed to swim...
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Starless: The 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers

Steve Massey · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback

Starless: The 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers is the story of Pittsburgh's first NFL playoff team. They were an unlikely set of no-name brawlers who came together to make a championship run. When tragedy intervened and the stars fell, it would be another 25 years before the Steelers were in the playoffs...
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The Fall of the House of FIFA: The Multimillion-Dollar Corruption at the Heart of Global Soccer

David Conn · Nation Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

In 2015, FIFA-the multibillion dollar governing body of the world's most-loved sport-was brought down by allegations of industrial-scale bribes, kickbacks, money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion. Beginning with early morning raids in Zurich and the indictment of twenty-seven...
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