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When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets
Brett Topel - Sports Publishing LLC
Format: Print book
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Four teams, 175 games, 3,738,546 fans - one stadium. If 1975 wasn't the most successful year in New York sports - and it wasn't - then it was certainly one of the oddest. For that one crazy season, all four New York teams - the Mets, Jets, Yankees, and Giants - called Shea Stadium... |
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The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era
Andy Martino - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two years of exclusive interviews with general manager Brian Cashman into a revelatory account of never-before-told stories about Derek Jeter, Aaron Judge, Alex Rodriguez, the complex front office,... |
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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly.There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species,... |
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At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
Hana Ali - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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Muhammad Ali's daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic Gold medalist, activist, and philanthropist as never before in this candid and intimate family memoir, based on personal recordings he kept throughout his adult life.Athlete. Activist. Champion. Ambassador.... |
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Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
DAVID MARANISS - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of the classic biography When Pride Still Mattered.Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport. He won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912... |
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Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon
Ed Caesar - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first major work about marathon running - including the current heated battle among the world's elite runners to reach the two-hour barrier - and how psychology, technology, economics, and the latest science affect the potential of human performance.Two hours, to cover 26 miles and 385 yards.... |
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Earnhardts : the saga of nascar's first family.
Jay Busbee - Harpercollins, 2016.
Format: Print book
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A colorful, fearless portrait of the larger-than-life first family of NASCAR, the Earnhardts, and the rise of the world's fastest stock car racing organization.More than sixty years ago, Ralph Earnhardt toiled in a cotton mill in his native North Carolina to support his growing family.... |
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Back from the Dead
Bill Walton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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This inspiring memoir from sports and cultural icon Bill Walton recounts his devastating injuries and amazing recoveries, set in the context of his UCLA triumphs under John Wooden, his storied NBA career, and his affinity for music and the Grateful Dead.In February 2008, Bill Walton suffered... |
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Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World
Danielle Friedman - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover
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For American women today, working out is as accepted as it is expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar fitness industrial complex. But it wasn't always this way. For much of the twentieth century, sweating was considered unladylike and girls grew up believing physical exertion would... |
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