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Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail
Debbie Clarke Moderow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 262
Format: Print book
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A captivating memoir of one woman's attempt to finish the Iditarod, led by her team of spunky huskies with whom she shares a fascinating and inextricable bond At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Moderow was not your average musher in the Iditarod, but that's where she found herself... |
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Sisterhood in Sports: How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete
Joan Steidinger · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Sisterhood in Sports How Female Athletes Collaborate and Compete tells the stories of all kinds of female athletes in a variety of sports. Their natural tendency to use talking as a primary form of communication is essential to their experiences and successes in sports. Women and girls... |
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The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch
Jonathan Gottschall · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An English professor begins training in the sport of mixed martial arts and explores the science and history behind the violence of menWhen a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty,... |
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Tiger, Meet My Sister…: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn't Have Said
Rick Reilly · Plume
Format: Paperback
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“Reilly’s is so good, it almost is painful for sportswriters like me to read him.” -- The Sherman Report Rick Reilly is a sports writer like no other. A former ESPN columnist and eleven-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Reilly can make readers laugh, cry, and sometimes... |
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Run, Ride, Sink or Swim: A Rookie's Year in Women's Triathlon
Lucy Fry · Faber & Faber
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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At the age of 31, Lucy Fry was pretty certain she knew her limits. And here's how she felt about the component parts of triathlon: swimming - fairly terrifying, especially in open water; cycling - brilliant when done on a stationary bike, indoors; running - sometimes fantastic,... |
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Feeding the Young Athlete: Sports Nutrition Made Easy for Players, Parents, and Coaches
Cynthia Lair · Readers to Eaters; Second Edition edition
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Eat to win! Practice is only part of a winning sports strategy. Whole foods have to be part of the playbook to increase energy, endurance, and focus, both on and off the field. What to eat and when to eat, pre-game, during and afterwards? How much fluid do you need to be hydrated? What... |
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Ali: A Life
JONATHAN EIG · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again) . Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth... |
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Season of Saturdays: A History of College Football in 14 Games
Michael Weinreb · Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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From an award-winning writer, journalist, and college football expert: an entertaining cultural history that highlights the key moments, games, personalities, and scandals of the popular and controversial American pastime.Every Saturday in the fall, countless college students, alumni, and sports... |
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Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
David Gessner · Riverhead Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless... |
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Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing
Erin Beresini · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A?fun, funny, fist-pumping?romp through the thriving new fitness culture of obstacle course racing? Obstacle course racing is the fastest-growing sport in U.S. history. Every week, thousands of marathoners, CrossFitters, and casual weekend warriors shell out money to run through mud and fire,... |
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Mushrooms of the northeast : timber press field guide
Timothy J Baroni · Timber Press
Pages: 600
Format: Print book
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A must-have for mushroom hunters in the northeast The Northeast is one of the best places to find mushrooms; they are both abundant and spectacularly diverse. Mushrooms of the Northeast is a compact, beautifully illustrated guide packed with descriptions and photographs of more than 400 of the region's... |
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Connecticut gridiron : football minor leaguers of the 1960s and 1970s.
William J Ryczek · Mcfarland
Pages: 376
Format: Book
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"This narrative history of minor league football teams in Connecticut during the 60s and 70s is based on extensive newspaper and periodical research and interviews with nearly 70 former players, broadcasters and journalists. Now in their 60s, 70s and 80s, these men share their stories... |
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Runner's World Big Book of Running for Beginners: Lose Weight, Get Fit, and Have Fun
Jennifer Van Allen · St Martins Pr
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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Every day, people are reaching their get-up-or-give-up moments and resolving to change. And they're realizing that running is the simplest, cheapest, and most effective way to lose weight, gain confidence, and relieve stress. For newcomers, the obstacles are fierce. There are fears... |
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Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream
Bill Reynolds · St. Martin's Press, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic and African-American,... |
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