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One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season

Tony La Russa · William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

One Last Strike by legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa is a thrilling sports comeback story. La Russa, the winner of four Manager of the Year awards—who led his teams to six Pennant wins and three World Series crowns—chronicles one of the most exciting end-of-season runs...
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Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I'm Not Allowed to Say on TV

Joe Buck · Dutton
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In his debut memoir, Joe Buck talks about his life, his career, and his memorable relationship with his father, legendary sportscaster Jack Buck.Sports fans see Joe Buck everywhere: broadcasting one of the biggest games in the NFL every week, doing the World Series every year, announcing...
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Strength Ball Training 3rd Edition

Lorne Goldenberg · Human Kinetics
Pages: 333
Format: Print book

Who says the best can't get better? The third edition of "Strength Ball Training" delivers more exercises, programs, assessments, and videos for better results. Preferred by elite athletes, fitness experts, and strength and conditioning specialists, stability and medicine...
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Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart

Lynne Cox · Thorndike Press Large Print
Pages: 253
Format: Hardcover

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Out of the Wild: A Novel

Mark Rashid · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Now a major motion picture, starring John Diehl, Jean Louisa Kelley, and Ben Ashbrook, directed by Paul Krizan! One dark, vacant Nevada night, cattle rancher Henry McBride closes his eyes - only to open them and find his life suddenly in a shambles, with everything that means anything to him lost...
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The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime

Jason Turbow · Pantheon; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. What truly governs the Major League game is a set of unwritten rules, some of which are openly discussed dont steal a base with a big lead late in the game, and some...
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Pete Rose: An American Dilemma

Kostya Kennedy · Little Brown & Co
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

"Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard FordPete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst...
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Swimming : steps to success

Scott Bay · Human Kinetics
Pages: 240
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

Be confident in the pool or open water with Swimming: Steps to Success. This proven program will help you master these techniques: * Freestyle * Backstroke * Breaststroke * Butterfly * Starts and Turns * Open Water * Survival Swimming Step-by-step instruction and color...
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Strength Training for Fat Loss

Nick Tumminello · Human Kinetics; 1 edition
Format: Print book

No fads, gimmicks, or miracle claims. Just science-based programming, sensible strategies, and the results you desire. In Strength Training for Fat Loss, Nick Tumminello, renowned trainer and innovator in the field of human performance, explains how to use the 3 Cs of metabolic strength...
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Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Don Van Natta · Back Bay Books
Pages: 403
Format: Book

This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track...
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Stars Beneath the Sea: The Pioneers of Diving

Trevor Norton · Carroll & Graf Publishers; First edition. edition
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

In a series of brilliantly detailed portraits, this history of the daring art of diving recounts the eccentric exploits and sense-defying feats of the men who turned underwater adventure into a modern science. Spear fishermen and conservationists, treasure hunters and archaeologists, photographers...
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American Endurance: Buffalo Bill, the Great Cowboy Race of 1893, and the Vanishing Wild West

Richard A Serrano · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Richard A. Serrano's new book American Endurance: The Great Cowboy Race and the Vanishing Wild West is history, mystery, and Western all rolled into one. In June 1893, nine cowboys raced across a thousand miles of American prairie to the Chicago...
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Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts

Loren Landow · Human Kinetics
Pages: 264
Format: Print book

Strike and kick with explosive power. Take down and grapple with sustained brute strength. Counter and evade with unmatched speed and agility. Be the best. Be your best with" Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts, " the complete guide for physical and mental dominance. Whether...
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Hockey Tough 2nd Edition.

Saul Miller
Pages: 240
Format:  Print book : English

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Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field

Donald Driver · Random House Inc
Pages: 278
Format: Book

The legendary NFL receiver, all-time receptions and yards leader for the Green Bay Packers, and Dancing with the Stars champion looks back on his life and career. When he was picked in the seventh-round of 1999 NFL draft, Donald Driver couldn't find Green Bay on a map. He was given little...
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