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Halfway to Halfway and Back. More River Stories
Dick Linford · Halfway Publishing
Pages: 338
Format: Paperback
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Halfway to Halfway & Back is a collection of river stories that capture the essence and mood of river guiding and like an old friend and the river itself, lure you back for another trip. This second book builds on the success of Halfway to Halfway & Other River Stories, an award... |
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Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer · Anchor
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. His pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from... |
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Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack
Katherine C. Mooney · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Race Horse Men recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, Americas first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sports inherent drama while also revealing the significant... |
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The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry
Mark Ribowsky · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 684
Format: Hardcover
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A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2013 An action-packed biography of a man, his team, and the league he helped create -- in the tradition of Maraniss's When Pride Still Mattered. Tom Landry, the coach during professional football's most fabled era, transformed the gridiron from... |
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Is There Life After Football?: Surviving the NFL
Richard S. Jones · NYU Press
Format: Hardcover
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In January 2014, President Barack Obama made headlines when he confided to New Yorker reporter Davis Remnick that, if he had a son, he would discourage him from playing in the NFL. "I would not let my son play pro football," he told the writer. Obama's words came on the heels... |
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Life Is a Marathon: A Memoir of Love and Endurance
Matt Fitzgerald · Lifelong Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An endurance athlete and coach reveals how the marathon transforms the lives of everyone who attempts it--and how it has helped his own family cope with serious adversity
Step after step for 26.2 miles, hundreds of thousands of people run marathons. But why--what compels people past... |
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