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365 Essential Survival Skills: Knowledge that will keep you alive
365 Essential Survival Skills: Knowledge that will keep you alive

Creek Stewart · Living Ready
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Learn. Practice. Prepare. Survive. Survival situations can happen when least expected. The best defense is knowledge and confidence in the skills that will keep you alive--whether it's for a few hours, days or long term.365 Essential Survival Skills comprises the best knowledge, tips...
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I feel like going on : life, game, and glory
I feel like going on : life, game, and glory

Ray Lewis · Touchstone, 2015.
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

Ray Lewis, legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm that threatened to ruin his NFL career, and the devastating...
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The Future of the Gun
The Future of the Gun

Frank Miniter · Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The history of the American gun is intricately entwined with the history of America itself. Promising developments in gun technology could change not only America's future, but the future of the world. Unfortunately, the radical anti-gun lobby is standing between innovation and the American...
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Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution
Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution

Brian Kenny · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

Brian Kenny - outspoken MLB Network host and commentator - uses stories from baseball's present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic, even when directly contradicted by evidence.Forget batting average. Kill the "Win."...
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A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight
A Different Kind of Daughter: The Girl Who Hid from the Taliban in Plain Sight

Maria Toorpakai · Twelve
Pages: 355
Format: Print book

Amazon Best Book of the Month
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Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football
Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football

John U. Bacon · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Endzone tells the story of how college football's most successful, richest and respected program almost lost all three in less than a decade - and entirely of its own doing. It is a story of hubris, greed, and betrayal - a tale more suited to Wall Street than the world's top public...
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30 Years of WrestleMania
30 Years of WrestleMania

Brian Shields · BradyGames DK Style
Format: Hardcover

From the creators of WWE 50 and the official WWE Encyclopedia, 30 Years of WrestleMania gives you an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the show of shows from its inception to the current day. Relive each exciting match with detailed information, exclusive interviews, never-before-seen...
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Trout from Small Streams: 2nd Edition
Trout from Small Streams: 2nd Edition

Dave Hughes · Stackpole Books
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

What defines a small stream? For Dave Hughes, it's not size but "that sense of intimacy" you get when you can observe the whole stream and "feel that you're a large and integral part of it." Hughes draws on his years of experience to teach you everything you need...
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Golf: the Ultimate Guide
Golf: the Ultimate Guide

DK Publishing · DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover

Golf: The Ultimate Guide is a comprehensive, lavishly illustrated guide to playing and watching golf — the perfect golf book for all enthusiasts, from keen spectators and beginners to golf pros. In Golf: The Ultimate Guide, DK celebrates this ever-popular game, with a fascinating...
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Families on Foot: Urban Hikes to Backyard Treks and National Park Adventures
Families on Foot: Urban Hikes to Backyard Treks and National Park Adventures

Jennifer Pharr Davis · Falcon Pr Pub Co
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Down and Dirty Tips and Tricks for Families on the TrailPublished in partnership with the American Hiking Society, Families on Foot offers practical advice and engaging activities to make hiking even more fun for families. You'll find clever ideas and inspiration that apply to kids of all ages--from...
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Babe Ruth's Called Shot: The Myth And Mystery Of Baseball's Greatest Home Run
Babe Ruth's Called Shot: The Myth And Mystery Of Baseball's Greatest Home Run

Ed Sherman · LP, Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The anticipation of another showdown with the Bambino transformed Wrigley Field. Temporary bleachers held the overflow of the 50,000-strong crowd that bright September day. Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. An angry mob, rocking the ballpark...
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I Don't Care if We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever
I Don't Care if We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever

Ben Blatt · Grove Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of 30 games in 30 stadiums in 30 days, who will he call on to take shifts behind the wheel, especially...
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Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100--and Beyond, revised edition
Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100--and Beyond, revised edition

Roy M. Wallack · Da Capo Lifelong Books; Second Edition edition
Format: Book

Do You Want to Ride to 100 - and Beyond?BIKE FOR LIFE!Now with training plans, worldwide adventures, and more than 200 photosRide a century when you turn a century: that was the promise Bike for Life offered when it was first published. A decade later, this blueprint for using cycling to achieve...
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Fight Like a Physicist: The Incredible Science Behind Martial Arts
Fight Like a Physicist: The Incredible Science Behind Martial Arts

Jason Thalken · Ymaa Publication Center

Fight Like a Physicist provides an in-depth, sometimes whimsical look into the physics behind martial arts for sport and self-defense. Whether you are an experienced martial artist or a curious enthusiast, this book can give you an "unfair advantage" by unraveling the complex...
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Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing
Off Course: Inside the Mad, Muddy World of Obstacle Course Racing

Erin Beresini · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A?fun, funny, fist-pumping?romp through the thriving new fitness culture of obstacle course racing? Obstacle course racing is the fastest-growing sport in U.S. history. Every week, thousands of marathoners, CrossFitters, and casual weekend warriors shell out money to run through mud and fire,...
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