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Raise a Fist, Take a Knee: Race and the Illusion of Progress in Modern Sports
John Feinstein - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick... |
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The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
JANE LEAVY - Harper Format: Hardcover
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From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth - the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity."He lived in the present tense - in the camera's lens. There was no frame... |
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The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
Sarah Everts - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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A taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating.Sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital and least understood. In The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body -- and in human history.Why... |
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The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey
Rowan Ricardo Phillips - Farrar, Straus and Giroux Format: Hardcover
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An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season.In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet -- and Paris Review sports columnist -- Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic... |
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Indiana University Olympians: From Leroy Samse to Lilly King
David Woods - Indiana University Press Format: Paperback
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From track and field to swimming and diving, and of course basketball and soccer, Indiana University Olympians celebrates over a century of Indiana University Olympic competitors. Beginning in 1904, at the 3rd summer games in St. Louis, IU's first Olympic medal went to pole vaulter... |
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The Secrets of My Life
KATHERINE SUE NEWPORT - Grand Central Publishing Format: Hardcover
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In this remarkable memoir-written during her pivotal first years of becoming her authentic self-Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. |
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Coach K: The Rise and Reign of Mike Krzyzewski
Ian O'Connor - Mariner Books Format: Hardcover
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This definitive biography of college basketball’s all-time winningest coach looks at how he built a basketball empire at Duke and led Team USA to three Olympic basketball gold medals. |
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Backyard Sugarin': A Complete How-To Guide
Rink Mann - Countryman Press Format: Paperback
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From buying equipment to tapping your own trees to boiling the sap, this is the classic, best-selling guide to making maple syrup This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after over 40 years in print.... |
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Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier
Mark Kram Jr. - Ecco Format: Hardcover
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A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society enduresHistory will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages, a trilogy of extraordinary fights... |
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