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The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life

David Coggins · Scribner
Format: Hardcover

In The Optimist, David Coggins makes a case for the skills and sensibility of an enduring sport and shares the secrets, frustrations, and triumphs of the great tradition of fly fishing, which has captivated anglers worldwide. Written in witty, keenly observed prose, each chapter focuses...
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Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte

Ric Flair · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

WOOOOOO! Are you ready for this, WWE Universe? For the first time ever, WWE's illustrious father-daughter duo "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Charlotte come together to tell their legendary story. Ric Flair is a 16-time World Champion and two-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee. His four-decades...
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The Sixth Man: A Memoir

Andre Iguodala · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors.

Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been...
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The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors

Maurice Isserman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The epic story of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division, whose elite soldiers broke the last line of German defenses in Italy's mountains in 1945, spearheading the Allied advance to the Alps and final victory.

At the start of World War II, the US Army had two cavalry divisions - and no mountain...
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Not Afraid: On Fear, Heartbreak, Raising a Baby Girl, and Cage Fighting

Daniele Bolelli · Disinformation Books
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

This book is a meditation on facing fear, heartbreak, and mortality. In his own irreverent and inimitable style, Daniele Bolelli tells the story of his courtship and marriage, which would have been a sweet story had not all hell broken loose. Or as he puts it, "Hell was a ninja who entered...
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