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Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times

Mark Leibovich - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town, an equally merciless probing of America's biggest cultural force, pro football, at a moment of peak success and high anxietyLike millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than...
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More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood

Majka Burhardt - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

An intense and emotional epistolary memoir by one of the world's top ice climbers, born at the confluence of motherhood, adventure, career, and marriage. . As one of the world's leading female professional rock and ice climbers, Burhardt and her husband led globe-trotting, adventure-seeking...
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Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker's Companion 2018

APPALACHIAN LONG DISTANCE HIKERS ASSOCIATION. - Appalachian Trail Conference
Format: Paperback

The champion of Appalachian Trail guides for long-distance hiking for a quarter-century! With professionally crafted elevation profiles, almost 50 updated maps, and redesigned tables for more at-a-glance information on-trail. Still the only such guide written by volunteers for which all the proceeds...
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Unbreakable: The Woman Who Defied the Nazis in the World's Most Dangerous Horse Race

Richard Askwith - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The courageous and heartbreaking story of a Czech countess who defied the Nazis in a legendary horse race.Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Europe's youngest democracy is on its knees. Millions are mourning the death of the nation's founding father, the saintly Tom Masaryk. Across the border,...
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The Truth of Yoga: A Comprehensive Guide to Yoga's History, Texts, Philosophy, and Practices

Daniel Simpson - North Point Press
Format: Paperback

Yoga is practiced by many millions of people worldwide and is celebrated for its mental, physical, and spiritual benefits. And yet, as Daniel Simpson reveals in The Truth of Yoga, much of what is said about yoga is misleading. For example, the word "yoga" does not always mean...
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Violated: Exposing Rape at Baylor University and College Football's Sexual Assault Crisis

PAULA LAVIGNE - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

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Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Roland Lazenby - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover

The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy...
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In the Name of the Father: Family, Football, and the Manning Dynasty

Mark Ribowsky - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

The story of America's most sacred and carefully constructed football dynasty is revealed in this unflinching family portrait.For generations, American athletes have enjoyed the ever-escalating celebrity lavished upon them when they combine on-the-field talent with off-the field charisma,...
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World

Dave Zirin - The New Press
Format: Hardcover

In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By "taking a knee," Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition...
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The Baseball 100

Joe Posnanski - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An instant classic of baseball literature and a must-read for any fan, The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski that tells the story of the sport through the remarkable lives of its 100 greatest players. In the book's...
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