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The Making of a Miracle: The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal–Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Mike Eruzione · Harper
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

On the fortieth anniversary of the historic "Miracle on Ice," Mike Eruzione - the captain of the 1980 U.S Men's Olympic Hockey Team, who scored the winning goal - recounts his amazing career on ice, the legendary upset against the Soviets, and winning the gold medal.It is the greatest...
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Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation

Michael Powell · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school, adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations.

Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small...
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The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Classic and Modern Trout Flies

Barry Ord Clarke · Skyhorse
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to tying popular trout flies. This book is aimed at all fly tyers, from those with modest experience to those with more advanced skills. The author's intention is to focus on certain important elementary techniques, and then share some of his favorite...
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In Search of Al Howie

Jared Beasley · Rocky Mountain Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

The story of Al Howie is a remarkable and at times unbelievable adventure into the heart of the longest races in the world with one of modern history's most eccentric ultra-marathon runners.If you ran 2225 kilometres from Winnipeg to Ottawa, you'd be crazy. If the day after you arrived...
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Mindful Thoughts for Runners: Freedom on the trail

Tessa Wardley · Leaping Hare Press
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Mindful Thoughts for Runners explores the ways in which running offers us an opportunity to deepen our levels of awareness, lifting our souls as well as our endorphin levels! Part of the Mindful Thoughts series, this beautifully illustrated little book meditates on all aspects of running,...
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Berserk: The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero

Don Stradley · Hamilcar Publications
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

"Stradley [has] ... a clipped, hard-hitting narrative style that makes no excuses and offers no apologies. Boxing fans interested in this ... tragic figure should be captivated. A gritty, absorbing account of a boxer who couldn't defeat his own inner demons." -- Kirkus ReviewsFrom...
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The Impossible First

Colin O'Brady · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Colin O'Brady's awe-inspiring memoir recounts his triumphant recovery from a tragic accident and his gripping 932-mile crossing of the landmass of Antarctica solo, unsupported, and human powered - the first to accomplish this extraordinary feat. Prior to December 2018, no individual...
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