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Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice
Ben Rothenberg - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the untold story behind her Grand Slam-winning career, her headline-making advocacy for racial justice and mental health, and the challenges of a life in the international spotlight Naomi Osaka... |
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The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat, from the author ofFriday Night Lights and Three Nights in August.When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity.As the nation geared up for total... |
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Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
Charles Leerhsen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Finally - a fascinating and authoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb.Ty Cobb is baseball royalty, maybe even the greatest player who ever lived. His lifetime batting average is still the highest of all time, and when he retired in 1928,... |
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Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Jeff Pearlman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From a New York Times best-selling author, the full, definitive biography of Brett Favre A towering figure on the field for two decades who breezed into the Hall of Fame, Brett Favre was one of the game's last cowboys, a fastball-throwing, tobacco-chewing gunslinger who refused to give... |
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The Master: The Brilliant Career of Roger Federer
Christopher Clarey - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game, including such rivals as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Roddick. In The Master, New York Times correspondent... |
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Insight Guides Switzerland (Travel Guide with Free eBook)
Insight Guides - Insight Guides
Format: Paperback
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Insight Guide to Switzerland is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Switzerland, choosing what to see, from exploring Lake Geneva to discovering Ticino or creating a travel plan to cover key places... |
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Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA
Joe Nocera - Portfolio
Format: Print book
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"How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty Why won't anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice" In the four years since... |
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