Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom", a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly's Fairmount Park, Kareem's brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers' fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons.What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team -- all while struggling to keep his family together.
Publisher: n/a
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9781250270863
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Hardcover
Violated
By Lavigne, Paula
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #ff2500} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} Written by ESPN investigative reporters VIOLATED narrates the sexual abuse by members of Baylor's football team and the university's attempt to silence the victims. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to RAINN to help fight sexual abuse.Throughout its history, Baylor University has presented itself as something special: As the world's largest Baptist university, it was unabashedly Christian. It condemned any sex outside of marriage, and drinking alcohol was grounds for dismissal. Students weren't even allowed to dance on campus until 1996. During the last several years, however, Baylor officials were hiding a dark secret: Female students were being sexually assaulted at an alarming rate. Baylor administrators did very little to help victims, and their assailants rarely faced discipline for their abhorrent behavior. Finally, after a pair of high-profile criminal cases involving football players, an independent examination of Baylor's handling of allegations of sexual assault led to sweeping changes, including the unprecedented ouster of its president, athletics director, and popular, highly successful football coach. For several years, campuses and sports teams across the country have been plagued with accusations of sexual violence, and they've been criticized for how they responded to the students involved. But Baylor stands out. A culture reigned in which people believed that any type of sex, especially violent non-consensual sex, simply "doesn't happen here." Yet it was happening. Many people within Baylor's leadership knew about it. And they chose not to act. Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach weave together the complex - and at times contradictory - narrative of how a university and football program ascending in national prominence came crashing down amidst the stories of woman after woman coming forward describing their assaults, and a university system they found indifferent to their pain.
Center Street
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9781478974086
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Hardcover
The Last Season
By Stevens, Stuart
Fathers, sons, and sports are enduring themes of American literature. Here, in this fresh and moving account, a son returns to his native South to spend a special autumn with his ninety-five-year-old dad, sharing the unique joys, disappointments, and life lessons of Saturdays with their beloved Ole Miss Rebels. After growing up in Jackson, Stuart Stevens built a successful career as a writer and political consultant. But in the fall of 2012, not long after he turned sixty, the presidential campaign he'd worked on suffered a painful defeat. Grappling with a profound sense of loss and mortality, he began asking himself some tough questions, not least about his relationship with his father. The two of them had spent little time together for decades. He made a resolution: to invite his father to attend a season of Ole Miss football games together, as they'd done when college football provided a way for his father to guide him through childhood - and to make sense of the troubled South of the 1960s.
Knopf Publishing Group
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9780385353021
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Hardcover
Ringmaster
By Riesman, Abraham
"Riveting, essential reading." - Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganland The definitive biography of Vince McMahon, former WWE chairman and CEO, charts his rise from rural poverty to the throne of one of the world's most influential media empires - and features never-before-seen research and exclusive interviews with more than 150 people who witnessed, aided, and suffered from his ascent.. Even if you've never watched a minute of professional wrestling, you are living in Vince McMahon's world. In his four decades as the defining figure of American pro wrestling, McMahon was the man behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, John Cena, Dave Bautista, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and Hulk Hogan, to name just a few of the mega-stars who owe him their careers.
Atria Books
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9781982169442
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Hardcover
Rifles and shotguns
By Cashin, John
"Hunting is a treasured American pastime, and generations of fathers have spent time in the woods with their children teaching them how to bring down game with a long gun. This book provides information about how to safely handle and use a rifle or shotgun, along with tips for how to properly care for and store these firearms and guidance on laws related to gun ownership."--Publisher's website.
Eldorado Ink
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9781619000513
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Book : English
The Religion of Sports
By Chopra, Gotham
From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming power of sports and how they provide meaning and purpose in people's lives all over the world. Sports is a religion. This isn't a metaphor - sports is a living, evolving religion populated by true believers, who go on pilgrimages to sacred sites (Fenway Park) , witness miracles and mythologies (Michael Jordan does not abide by gravity's rules) , observe rituals (Lebron's "chalk toss" before any game) , and, most importantly, form communities around shared beliefs (Odessa, Texas, the town made famous by Friday Night Lights) . From Gotham Chopra - a lifelong diehard sports fan who also happens to be the son of world-renowned spiritualist Deepak Chopra - comes a compelling and incisive exploration demonstrating how heavily sports and religion are intertwined.
Simon & Schuster
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9781501198090
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Book
Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns
By Wieland, Terry
From one of the country's foremost experts on shotgunning comes the all new Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns. Rich in history and filled with information useful for every shotgun owner from beginner to expert, this book explores the makers, the uses and the trends in shotguns past and present.Inside you'll find information on:The shotgun through history, from its humble beginnings to its iconic status today.A complete examination of shotgun and shotshell types.Advice on loading your own shells.Games to play and game to hunt with your favorite shotgun.Hundreds of beautiful, illustrative photographs.The Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns has all this and more. Whether you own an everyday Remington 870 or a British double worth more than your car, Wieland's insights and tasteful writing cover the gamut.
Gun Digest Bks
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9781440234637
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Paperback
Storey's Guide to Raising Horses, 3rd Edition
By Smith, Thomas, Heather
Now in full color, the third edition of the best-selling Storey's Guide to Raising Horses features the most up-to-date information on every aspect of housing, pasturing, breeding, and health.
STOREY PUB
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9781635860863
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Rifle
By Meili, Launi
Master technique, improve accuracy, and achieve competitive excellence. In Rifle: Steps to Success, Olympic gold medalist, world record holder, and respected coach Launi Meili shares the training secrets used by the top shooters in the sport. Rifle: Steps to Success covers every aspect of the sport: Equipment selection and fitting Safe shooting guidelines Proven techniques for improved accuracy in the prone, standing, kneeling, and sitting positions Mental and physical training Shooting drills to increase all-around consistency Practice, prematch, and competitive routines As part of the Steps to Success Series--with more than 1.5 million copies sold--Rifle: Steps to Success will help you hit your mark every time.
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Human Kinetics; 1 edition
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9780736074728
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Paperback
The Rise
By Sielski, Mike
Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash, which also took the life of his daughter Gianna, unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an insight into Kobe that no other analysis has.In The Rise, readers will travel from the neighborhood streets of Southwest Philadelphia -- where Kobe's father, Joe, became a local basketball standout -- to the Bryant family's isolation in Italy, where Kobe spent his formative years, to the leafy suburbs of Lower Merion, where Kobe's legend was born. The story will trace his career and life at Lower Merion -- he led the Aces to the 1995-96 Pennsylvania state championship, a dramatic underdog run for a team with just one star player -- and the run-up to the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe's dream of playing pro basketball culminated in his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers.
Crossing the Line
By Rosser, Kareem
Born and raised in West Philadelphia, Kareem thought he and his siblings would always be stuck in "The Bottom", a community and neighborhood devastated by poverty and violence. Riding their bicycles through Philly's Fairmount Park, Kareem's brothers discover a barn full of horses. Noticing the brothers' fascination with her misfit animals, Lezlie Hiner, founder of The Work to Ride stables, offers them their escape: an after school job in exchange for riding lessons.What starts as an accidental discovery turns into a love for horseback riding that leads the Rossers to discovering their passion for polo. Pursuing the sport with determination and discipline, Kareem earns his place among the typically exclusive players in college, becoming part of the first all-Black national interscholastic polo championship team -- all while struggling to keep his family together.
Violated
By Lavigne, Paula
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #ff2500} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Geneva} Written by ESPN investigative reporters VIOLATED narrates the sexual abuse by members of Baylor's football team and the university's attempt to silence the victims. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to RAINN to help fight sexual abuse.Throughout its history, Baylor University has presented itself as something special: As the world's largest Baptist university, it was unabashedly Christian. It condemned any sex outside of marriage, and drinking alcohol was grounds for dismissal. Students weren't even allowed to dance on campus until 1996. During the last several years, however, Baylor officials were hiding a dark secret: Female students were being sexually assaulted at an alarming rate. Baylor administrators did very little to help victims, and their assailants rarely faced discipline for their abhorrent behavior. Finally, after a pair of high-profile criminal cases involving football players, an independent examination of Baylor's handling of allegations of sexual assault led to sweeping changes, including the unprecedented ouster of its president, athletics director, and popular, highly successful football coach. For several years, campuses and sports teams across the country have been plagued with accusations of sexual violence, and they've been criticized for how they responded to the students involved. But Baylor stands out. A culture reigned in which people believed that any type of sex, especially violent non-consensual sex, simply "doesn't happen here." Yet it was happening. Many people within Baylor's leadership knew about it. And they chose not to act. Paula Lavigne and Mark Schlabach weave together the complex - and at times contradictory - narrative of how a university and football program ascending in national prominence came crashing down amidst the stories of woman after woman coming forward describing their assaults, and a university system they found indifferent to their pain.
The Last Season
By Stevens, Stuart
Fathers, sons, and sports are enduring themes of American literature. Here, in this fresh and moving account, a son returns to his native South to spend a special autumn with his ninety-five-year-old dad, sharing the unique joys, disappointments, and life lessons of Saturdays with their beloved Ole Miss Rebels. After growing up in Jackson, Stuart Stevens built a successful career as a writer and political consultant. But in the fall of 2012, not long after he turned sixty, the presidential campaign he'd worked on suffered a painful defeat. Grappling with a profound sense of loss and mortality, he began asking himself some tough questions, not least about his relationship with his father. The two of them had spent little time together for decades. He made a resolution: to invite his father to attend a season of Ole Miss football games together, as they'd done when college football provided a way for his father to guide him through childhood - and to make sense of the troubled South of the 1960s.
Ringmaster
By Riesman, Abraham
"Riveting, essential reading." - Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganland The definitive biography of Vince McMahon, former WWE chairman and CEO, charts his rise from rural poverty to the throne of one of the world's most influential media empires - and features never-before-seen research and exclusive interviews with more than 150 people who witnessed, aided, and suffered from his ascent.. Even if you've never watched a minute of professional wrestling, you are living in Vince McMahon's world. In his four decades as the defining figure of American pro wrestling, McMahon was the man behind Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, John Cena, Dave Bautista, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, and Hulk Hogan, to name just a few of the mega-stars who owe him their careers.
Rifles and shotguns
By Cashin, John
"Hunting is a treasured American pastime, and generations of fathers have spent time in the woods with their children teaching them how to bring down game with a long gun. This book provides information about how to safely handle and use a rifle or shotgun, along with tips for how to properly care for and store these firearms and guidance on laws related to gun ownership."--Publisher's website.
The Religion of Sports
By Chopra, Gotham
From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming power of sports and how they provide meaning and purpose in people's lives all over the world. Sports is a religion. This isn't a metaphor - sports is a living, evolving religion populated by true believers, who go on pilgrimages to sacred sites (Fenway Park) , witness miracles and mythologies (Michael Jordan does not abide by gravity's rules) , observe rituals (Lebron's "chalk toss" before any game) , and, most importantly, form communities around shared beliefs (Odessa, Texas, the town made famous by Friday Night Lights) . From Gotham Chopra - a lifelong diehard sports fan who also happens to be the son of world-renowned spiritualist Deepak Chopra - comes a compelling and incisive exploration demonstrating how heavily sports and religion are intertwined.
Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns
By Wieland, Terry
From one of the country's foremost experts on shotgunning comes the all new Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns. Rich in history and filled with information useful for every shotgun owner from beginner to expert, this book explores the makers, the uses and the trends in shotguns past and present.Inside you'll find information on:The shotgun through history, from its humble beginnings to its iconic status today.A complete examination of shotgun and shotshell types.Advice on loading your own shells.Games to play and game to hunt with your favorite shotgun.Hundreds of beautiful, illustrative photographs.The Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns has all this and more. Whether you own an everyday Remington 870 or a British double worth more than your car, Wieland's insights and tasteful writing cover the gamut.
Storey's Guide to Raising Horses, 3rd Edition
By Smith, Thomas, Heather
Now in full color, the third edition of the best-selling Storey's Guide to Raising Horses features the most up-to-date information on every aspect of housing, pasturing, breeding, and health.
Rifle
By Meili, Launi
Master technique, improve accuracy, and achieve competitive excellence. In Rifle: Steps to Success, Olympic gold medalist, world record holder, and respected coach Launi Meili shares the training secrets used by the top shooters in the sport. Rifle: Steps to Success covers every aspect of the sport: Equipment selection and fitting Safe shooting guidelines Proven techniques for improved accuracy in the prone, standing, kneeling, and sitting positions Mental and physical training Shooting drills to increase all-around consistency Practice, prematch, and competitive routines As part of the Steps to Success Series--with more than 1.5 million copies sold--Rifle: Steps to Success will help you hit your mark every time. .
The Rise
By Sielski, Mike
Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash, which also took the life of his daughter Gianna, unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an insight into Kobe that no other analysis has.In The Rise, readers will travel from the neighborhood streets of Southwest Philadelphia -- where Kobe's father, Joe, became a local basketball standout -- to the Bryant family's isolation in Italy, where Kobe spent his formative years, to the leafy suburbs of Lower Merion, where Kobe's legend was born. The story will trace his career and life at Lower Merion -- he led the Aces to the 1995-96 Pennsylvania state championship, a dramatic underdog run for a team with just one star player -- and the run-up to the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe's dream of playing pro basketball culminated in his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers.