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12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption
Casey Sherman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible story of Tom Brady and the Patriots' tumultuous 2016 season: from national disgrace to the greatest Super Bowl comeback of all time. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots--a team long suspected of abiding by the "if you ain't cheating... |
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Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless CarAnd How It Will Reshape Our World
LAWRENCE D BURNS - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A deep dive into the race to develop and perfect the driverless car - an innovation that promises to be the most disruptive change to our way of life since the smartphone - by a veteran insider of the automotive and tech worldsIn Autonomy, former GM executive and current advisor to the Google... |
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Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Alex Hutchinson - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think were capable of
Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwellwho... |
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Relentless: A Memoir
ROBERT SACHS - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of the most reliable and inspiring players in the NFL. When the Patriots were down 28-3 in Super Bowl LI, there was at least one player... |
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Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music
Christopher C King - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Geoff Dyer, a Grammy-winning producer discovers a powerful and ancient folk music tradition. In a dark record shop in Istanbul, renowned collector Christopher King uncovered some of the strangest -- and most hypnotic -- sounds he had ever heard.... |
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Why Bob Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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"The coolest class on campus" - The New York TimesWhen the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous... |
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North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail
SCOTT JUREK - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the bestseller Eat and Run, a thrilling new memoir about his grueling, exhilarating, and immensely inspiring 46-day run to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail.Scott Jurek is one of the world's best known and most beloved ultrarunners. Renowned for his remarkable... |
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Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football
MICHAEL HOLLEY - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback
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New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL. No head coach-quarterback pair has been more successful in NFL history than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady... |
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3 Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop's Multibillion-Dollar Rise
Zack O'Malley Greenburg - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Tracing the careers of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars, this deeply reported history brilliantly examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-ZBeing successful musicians was simply never enough for the three kings of hip-hop. Diddy, Dr. Dre,... |
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Rise: Surviving the Fight of My Life
Paige VanZant - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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AN INSPIRING MEMOIR FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND CAME UP SWINGINGPaige VanZant is a rising Mixed Martial Arts star in the UFC's women's strawweight division and holds a reputation for her ability to defeat obstacles and brutal fights in and out of the octagon. But long before... |
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race against Time
Ida Keeling - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest... |
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Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border
Porter Fox - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A quest to rediscover America's other border -- the fascinating but little-known northern one.America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries -- much of the early... |
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The Secret History of Magic: The True Story of the Deceptive Art
Peter Lamont - TarcherPerigee
Format: Hardcover
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Two renowned historians of stage magic team up to produce this definitive, engaging history of stage magic, from Ancient Egypt to David Copperfield.This is the story of how conjurors managed to survive in a world of modern wonders. It is a history of unbelievable tales. Behind the tall... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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"A people's history of the Olympics." -- New York Times Book ReviewA Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt... |
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Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
Nancy Schoenberger - Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
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John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined - the Western - and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team,... |
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A Ringside Affair: Boxing's Last Golden Age
JAMES LAWTON - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Hardcover
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For nearly three decades--throughout boxing's most engrossing era from 1977 through 2002--James Lawton was ringside, covering every significant bout, spending time with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hitman Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson,... |
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Fearless: How an Underdog Becomes a Champion
DOUG PEDERSON - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Doug Pederson's winning and inspiring memoir of becoming the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and their against-all-odds march to the Super Bowl championship. Doug Pederson took the Philadelphia Eagles to their first championship in 58 years with his fearless approach. With rare candor,... |
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Superfans: Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
GEORGE DOHRMANN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America's most obsessive sports fans. There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out what... |
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One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Amy Bass - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory.When... |
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Astroball: The New Way to Win It All
BEN REITER - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of the Houston Astros' unexpected rise to win the 2017 World Series, from the Sports Illustrated writer who predicted it three years earlierWhen Sports Illustrated writer Ben Reiter declared, on the cover of the magazine in 2014, that the Houston Astros would... |
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Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony
James Hamilton-Paterson - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical... |
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The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
JOHN FEINSTEIN - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly-fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a U.S. team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands.Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding... |
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Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports
Mike McIntire - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: 1st Edition
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A searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes.With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smash-mouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly,... |
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Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
SEAN AVERY - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL - coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional... |
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I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture
A D Jameson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A. D. Jameson celebrates the triumph of geekdom in I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, an insightful and irreverent journey through the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero pop-culture cinematic icons whose legions of fans have put them at the top of the box office over and over.... |
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The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House
Curt Smith - Univ of Nebraska Pr
Format: Hardcover
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The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's... |
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The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies
Ben Fritz - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and commerce of film In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle,... |
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The Performance Cortex: How Neuroscience Is Redefining Athletic Genius
Susan Sarah Cohen - Dutton Books
Format: eBook
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Athletic genius explained. A groundbreking new perspective on the science of elite sporting performance. Why couldn't Michael Jordan, master athlete that he was, hit a baseball? Why can't modern robotics come close to replicating the dexterity of a five-year-old? Why do good quarterbacks... |
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South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land
Julia Reed - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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In considering the pleasures and absurdities of her native culture, Julia Reed quotes another Southern writer, Willie Morris, who said, "It's the juxtapositions that get you down here." These juxtapositions are, for Julia, the soul of the South, and in her warmhearted and funny... |
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The Score of a Lifetime: 25 Years Talking Chicago Sports
TERRY BOERS - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017. In his highly-anticipated memoir, Boers delivers... |
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The Immeasurable World: Journeys in Desert Places
William Atkins - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in eight deserts on five continents that evokes the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places.One-third of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless,... |
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The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Laurie Gwen Shapiro - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great... |
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The Art of Vanishing: A Memoir of Wanderlust
Laura Smith - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A young woman chafing at the confines of marriage confronts the high cost of craving freedom and adventureAt twenty-five, as her wedding date approached, Laura Smith began to feel trapped. Not by her fianc, who shared her appetite for adventure, but by the unsettling idea that it was hard... |
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A Life Well Played: My Stories
Arnold Palmer - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook
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This program opens with an introduction read by Arnold Palmer and is narrated by Rich Lerner of the Golf Channel. "This wasn't a "job" for me. This was a true privilege, because Arnold Palmer's story is important, and not simply because he's an American icon. His story's... |
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TO THE FINISH LINE : a world champion triathlete's guide to your perfect race
CHRISSIE WELLINGTON - Center Street
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Chrissie Wellington, the world's number one female Ironman athlete and four-time World Ironman Champion, presents her struggles, wisdom, and experiences gained from her hard-won career as a triathlete. With close to 2 million core participants, triathlons of various distances and challenges... |
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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America
PHILIP DRAY - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect... |
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Become an American Ninja Warrior: The Ultimate Insider's Guide
EXPERTS AND CONTESTANTS OF AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR. - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
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The first official book adapted from the hit NBC show, American Ninja Warrior -- published to coincide with the 10th anniversary.Every week, millions of viewers tune in to NBC's American Ninja Warrior, to watch as ninjas from every walk of life attempt to complete a series... |
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Ali: A Life
JONATHAN EIG - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year "Stunning . . . Eig's brilliant, exhaustive book is the biography the champ deserves." - NPR.orgThe definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times... |
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All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire
JONATHAN ABRAMS - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creationSince its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential. The issues... |
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Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument that Transformed Music
PAUL KILDEA - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of Frdric Chopin and the fate of both his Mallorquin piano and musical Romanticism from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.In November 1838, Frdric Chopin, George Sand, and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They settled... |
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Battling the Ocean in a Rowboat: Two Men Cross 7,000 Miles of the North Pacific
MICK DAWSON - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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The heart-pounding story of rowing expert Mick Dawson's most challenging feats on the open water, culminating in his greatest achievement: crossing the North Pacific Ocean in a small rowboat.Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges... |
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Drive for Five: The Remarkable Run of the 2016 Patriots
Christopher Price - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Foreword by Patriots safety Devin McCourty Afterword by Patriots wide receiver Matthew SlaterA behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 2016 New England Patriots season from the rocky start to the superbowl finish by award-winning sportswriter Christopher Price.There are certain moments... |
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Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
Nick Foles - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover
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*New York Times Bestseller*Get ready to defy the odds when everyones counting you out.When the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans -- and commentators -- assumed the Eagles season was over.Instead, Nick Foles came... |
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Try Not to Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon
Bill Chastain - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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With his irreverant personality, laid-back approach, and penchant for the unexpected, Joe Maddon is a singular presence among Major League Baseball managers. Whether hes bringing clowns and live bear cubs to spring training or leading the Chicago Cubs to their first World Series victory... |
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Caddyshack: The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story
Chris Nashawaty - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover
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"More fun to read than the movie was to watch ... a scene-stealing book." -- The Washington Post An Entertainment Weekly "Must List" selectionCaddyshack is one of the most beloved comedies of all time, a classic snobs vs. slobs story of working... |
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The Edge of the World: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth
Jimmy Chin - Falcon Guides
Format: Hardcover
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Photos and stories that will stop you in your tracksCreated in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversaryThe gripping stories behind some of Outside's most iconic images.More than 140 of the best adventure photos ever featured in OutsideWith a foreword by world-renowned... |
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Farewell to the Horse: A Cultural History
ULRICH RAULFF - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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A surprising, lively, and erudite history of horse and man, for readers of The Invention of Nature and The Soul of an Octopus.Horses and humans share an ancient, profoundly complex relationship. Once our most indispensable companions, horses were for millennia essential in helping build... |
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Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters
Bob Dylan - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a 1969 conversation with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan proclaimed, "I don't give interviews." But in truth, he has spoken at length with print publications large and small and with broadcast media around the world, given numerous press conferences, and even... |
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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
KEN BENSINGER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal - the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's most popular sport, soccer, including its biggest event, the World... |
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This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash
Michael Rapaport - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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Michael Rapaport, actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic, is here to set the world straight on the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys - while refusing to mention statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn't pure hustle.In... |
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Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
Karen Crouse - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country - and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.Norwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three thousand... |
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The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete's Battle with Mental Illness
Mary Pilon - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Monopolists, the incredible story of Olympic sailor Kevin Hall, and the psychiatric syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.Meet Kevin Hall, brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic and America's... |
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North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring
BRUCE M BEEHLER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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The story of an ornithologist's journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward... |
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Tooth and Nail: The Making of a Female Fight Doctor
Linda D. Dahl - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover
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Fresh out of medical school, Linda Dahl began her surgical residency in the Bronx as a total fish out of water. Growing up in a Middle Eastern family in the American Midwest, she was a born outsider, and in her new community in New York, she felt even more isolated. Even at work she struggled... |
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Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece
Jonathan Keates - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful... |
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Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way
BRANDON VOGEL - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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Since becoming the Nebraska's women's volleyball coach in 2000, John Cook has led the team to three national championships, seven NCAA semifinal appearances, and the nation's top winning percentage in women's volleyball. In Dream Like a Champion Cook shares the coaching... |
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Bruce Lee: A Life
Matthew Polly - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first authoritative biography - featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs - of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans.Forty-five years... |
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Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
JOHN HODGMAN - Viking
Format: eBook
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Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn't seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is doing it now. Disarmed of falsehood, he was left only with the awful truth:... |
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Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
DEENA KASTOR - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a lyrical, inspirational memoir on how harnessing the power of the mind can unlock hidden potentialDeena Kastor was a star youth runner with tremendous promise, yet her career almost ended after... |
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The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage
Keith Gave - Gold Star Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could help turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain.All they had to do then was make... |
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Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August
Oliver Hilmes - Other Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographerBerlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select... |
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Behind the Line of Scrimmage: Inside the Front Office of the NFL
MICHAEL HUYGHUE - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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Former collegiate star, sports agent, and NFL Executive Michael Huyghue recounts his journey in professional sports and the challenges that remain for minorities to success as front office executives in the multi-billion dollar sports industry. The author's journey as an athlete and lawyer... |
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The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
DAVID L MEARNS - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure. David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood... |
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The Build: Designing My Life of Choppers, Family, and Faith
Paul Teutul, Jr. - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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The Build reveals the "behind the scenes" story of the popular TV reality series American Chopper for the show's millions of fans. Author Paul Teutul, Jr., is arguably the most creative builder of custom "chopper" motorcycles in the world. His talents were revealed... |
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Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games
WALT WILLIAMS - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning videogame writer behind Spec Ops: The Line comes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how today's blockbuster video games are made.When his satirical musings in a college newspaper got him discharged from the Air Force, it became clear to Walt Williams that... |
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Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
LORIN LINDNER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring story of how one woman's vision helped create a unique healing communityLee Woodruff: "This true story will twist your heart like a sponge and renew your faith in the world."Vicki Myron: "A heartwarming book." Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner... |
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Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL
Rob Ruck - The New Press
Format: Hardcover
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How a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players - from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota - for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historian Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by the very physicality that drives its popularity. Its grass... |
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Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals
MARK MEHLER - Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as "March Madness" has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship... |
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The Hardmen: Legends and Lessons from the Cycling Gods
The Velominati - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Embrace and revel in the stories of the toughest cyclists of all time, told by The Velominati, originators of The Rules. Read and get ready to ride . . . In cycling, suffering brings glory: a rider's value can be judged by their results, but also by their panache and heroism. Prepared... |
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White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas
ROBERT TWIGGER - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping biography of the Himalayas by the acclaimed author of Angry White Pyjamas.Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus,... |
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Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of nike
Phil Knight - Scribner Book Company
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In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (BOOKLIST , starred review) , opening up about his company's early days as an intrepid... |
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Todd S. Purdum - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific,... |
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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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Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine
EDWARD LEE - Artisan
Format: Hardcover
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American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning.... |
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Bookshops: A Reader's History
Jorge Carrión - Biblioasis
Format: Hardcover
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"Bookshops is the best kind of biblio-mystery, in which a cultivated and civilized detective guides us through the labyrinth of the world's stores, stopping to talk for a while, before plunging off on the next fascinating diversion. Jorge Carrion brings page-turning excitement... |
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Rudy's Rules for Travel: Life Lessons from Around the Globe
Mary K. Jensen - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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Most honeymoons, Mary knows, do not start this way. Lying outside on the sloping attic roof in Edinburgh, listening to the soft snores of her groom, she realizes that Rudy's number one rule, "adapt," once again reigns. Rudy's Rules for Travel takes you across the twentieth-century... |
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