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Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
Mark Leibovich - Penguin Press Format: Hardcover
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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
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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
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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
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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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Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Roland Lazenby - Macmillan Audio Format: Hardcover
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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
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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
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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
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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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