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Basketball: A Love Story
DAN KLORES - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping and revelatory history of basketball, drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews with the greatest players, coaches, executives, and journalists in the history of the game.In an effort to tell the complete story of basketball in all its fascinating dimensions, celebrated journalists... |
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438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
Jonathan Franklin - Atria Books
Format: Print book
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"The best survival book in a decade" (Outside magazine) , 438 Days is the true story of the fisherman who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean.On November 17, 2012, a pair of fishermen left the coast of Mexico... |
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Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer
TOM CALLAHAN - HARPERCOLLINS
Format: Print book
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In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports:... |
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The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance
Tom Brady - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first book by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady - the five-time Super Bowl champion who is still reaching unimaginable heights of excellence at thirty-nine years old - a gorgeously illustrated and deeply practical "athlete's bible" that reveals Brady's revolutionary... |
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The Incomplete Book of Running
PETER SAGAL - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Peter Sagal, the host of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and a popular columnist for Runner's World, shares lessons, stories, advice, and warnings gleaned from running the equivalent of once around the earth.At the verge of turning forty, Peter Sagal - brainiac Harvard grad,... |
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The Swimmer's Workout Handbook: Improve Fitness with 100 Swim Workouts and Drills
TERRI SCHNEIDER - Hatherleigh Press
Format: Paperback
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100 of the best swim workouts for all experience levels: fitness, Masters level, or competition. Easy-to-follow pool workouts designed to make you a stronger, faster, and more proficient swimmer.The Swimmer's Workout Handbook is a complete guide to escaping the routine of pool swimming... |
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Higher Calling: Cycling's Obsession with Mountains
MAX LEONARD - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious -- and painful -- allure of cycling up mountain peaks.Written with verve and enthusiasm, A Higher Calling explores why mountains have such a magnetic appeal to cyclists the world over. But Max Leonard,... |
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Smokin' Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier
Mark Kram Jr. - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society enduresHistory will remember the rivalry of Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali as one for the ages, a trilogy of extraordinary fights... |
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The Spartan Way: Eat Better. Train Better. Think Better. Be Better.
Joe De Sena - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Joe De Sena, founder and CEO of Spartan, the global health and wellness platform, leader in obstacle racing, and executive producer of NBC's television show Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge, challenges you to live The Spartan Way.Determined... |
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Living the Airstream Life
Karen Flett - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Illustrated with rare and exclusive images from the official company archives, an authoritative and entertaining guide to the wildly popular, beautifully designed luxury recreational vehicle that has become a cultural icon, embodying the American spirit of freedom and adventure - and the ideal... |
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The wild game cookbook : recipes from North America's top hunting lodges
Anna Kasabian - Cool Springs Press
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Eighty recipes from chefs, cooks, and owners using a wide range of cooking techniques for preparing alligator, bison, caribou, deer, duck, elk, goose, pheasant, quail, rabbit, turkey and venison. |
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Seventy Summits: A Life on the Mountain
VERN TEJAS - Blue River Press
Format: Hardcover
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As a mountain climbing guide, it was Vern Tejas's job to climb the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world. Always rebellious, Tejas never met a challenge he couldn't overcome, even the daunting task of climbing Mount Everest. In fact, he climbed all of the tallest mountains... |
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Feast by Firelight: Simple Recipes for Camping, Cabins, and the Great Outdoors
Emma Frisch - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover
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A transporting, lushly photographed book with easy-to-prepare recipes for gatherings at campgrounds and cabins alike. Feast by Firelight offers solution-oriented recipes that make cooking outdoors feel effortless and downright fun and it shows how to utilize clever cooking methods,... |
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A Woman's Place Is at the Top: A Biography of Annie Smith Peck, Queen of the Climbers
HANNAH KIMBERLEY - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Annie Smith Peck is one of the most accomplished women of the twentieth century that you have never heard of. Peck was a scholar, educator, writer, lecturer, mountain climber, suffragist, and political activist. She was a feminist and an independent thinker who refused to let gender stereotypes... |
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The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
JANE LEAVY - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth - the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity."He lived in the present tense - in the camera's lens. There was no frame... |
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Ball Hawks: The Arrival and Departure of the NBA in Iowa
Tim Harwood - University Of Iowa Press
Format: Paperback
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Believe it or not, Waterloo, Iowa, had an NBA team during the league's first season, 1949 to 1950. Broadcaster and independent sports historian Tim Harwood uncovers the fascinating story of the Waterloo Hawks and the Midwest's influence on professional basketball. Beginning with... |
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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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Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Based on three years of extensive research and reporting, two of today's most acclaimed investigative journalists, Jeff Benedict of Sports Illustrated and eleven-time Emmy Award winner Armen Keteyian, deliver the first major biography of Tiger Woods - sweeping in scope and packed... |
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The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on the Global Stage
Lewis A. Erenberg - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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The 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in the young nation of Zaire and dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, was arguably the biggest sporting event of the twentieth century. The bout between an ascendant undefeated champ and an outspoken master trying to reclaim the throne... |
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Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers' Extraordinary Pitching Tradition
Jon Weisman - Triumph Books
Format: Paperback
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in all of sports, with enduring legacies both on and off the diamond. Chief among the hallmarks of the organization is an unparalleled pitching dominance; Dodger blue and white brings to mind brilliance on the mound and the Cy Young... |
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Michael Finkel - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality; not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own.A New York... |
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The Secrets of My Life
KATHERINE SUE NEWPORT - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In this remarkable memoir-written during her pivotal first years of becoming her authentic self-Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future. |
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How to Watch Soccer
Ruud Gullit - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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An opinionated masterclass in the art and science of "reading" a match from one of professional soccer's most respected and beloved international figures Ruud Gullit knows better than anyone else that to understand soccer you have to understand strategy. When he started playing... |
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Jim Brown: Last Man Standing
Dave Zirin - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A unique biography of Jim Brown--football legend, Hollywood star, and controversial activist--written by acclaimed sports journalist Dave Zirin. The author spent considerable time with his subject, speaking with him at length about his life and career.Jim Brown is recognized as perhaps... |
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WWE RAW: The First 25 Years
DEAN MILLER - DK
Format: Hardcover
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All the best moments of WWE RAWAn anniversary edition covering 25 years of WWE's flagship entertainment event, packed with all the highlights, amazing photography, and fascinating facts. From the very first show in January 1993 to January 2018, all the memorable moments, key matches,... |
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Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times
Mark Leibovich - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Town, an equally merciless probing of America's biggest cultural force, pro football, at a moment of peak success and high anxietyLike millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than... |
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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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Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island
EARL SWIFT - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two-hundred-year-old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction from rising sea levels - part natural history of an extraordinary ecosystem, starring the beloved blue crab; part paean to a vanishing way of life;... |
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The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness
Markus Torgeby - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Paperback
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As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably.... |
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Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
JOE TONE - One World
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border - and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy Jos and Miguel Trevio were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different paths that would... |
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The 1997 Masters: My Story
Tiger Woods - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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To mark the twentieth anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course. In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until... |
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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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Papi: My Story
David Ortiz - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining, unfiltered memoir by one of the game's greatest, most clutch sluggers and beloved personalities David "Big Papi" Ortiz is a baseball icon and one of the most popular figures ever to play the game. As a key part of the Boston Red Sox for 14 years, David has helped... |
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At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
Hana Ali - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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Muhammad Ali's daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic Gold medalist, activist, and philanthropist as never before in this candid and intimate family memoir, based on personal recordings he kept throughout his adult life.Athlete. Activist. Champion. Ambassador.... |
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Bob's Fly Tying Tips and Techniques
Bob Haase - BookBaby
Format: Paperback
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This book should appeal to anyone that ties flies. It has information for anyone just starting out to someone that has tied for over 50 years. Many of the tips included in this book have been gained from 65 years experience in tying flies and will not be found in other publications. The chapter... |
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Why Baseball Matters
Susan Jacoby - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A best-selling author and passionate baseball fan takes a tough-minded look at America's most traditional game in our twenty-first-century culture of digital distraction Baseball is a clockless game at odds with the shortened attention spans of technology-obsessed modern lives. It is, paradoxically,... |
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A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle
Randy Roberts - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 seasonMickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland.In A Season... |
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The Complete Bike Owner's Manual
Dorling Kindersley, Inc. - DK
Format: Paperback
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Keep your bike in mint condition with this visually in-depth manual for bicycle maintenance and care.Featuring CGI illustrations that can be viewed at any angle, The Complete Bike Owner's Manual shows every aspect of bicycle repair and maintenance. Each diagram and step-by-step instruction... |
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Thursday Night Lights: The Story of Black High School Football in Texas
Michael Hurd - University of Texas Press
Format: Hardcover
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At a time when "Friday night lights" shone only on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The segregated high schools in the Prairie View Interscholastic League (the African American counterpart... |
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The Playmaker's Advantage: How to Raise Your Mental Game to the Next Level
Leonard Zaichkowsky - Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Discover how to improve your mental game--the next frontier in sports training-- to become the Playmaker on the court, rink or field.Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it. The Playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality... |
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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record
John Eisenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea... |
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Backpacker Hidden Gems: 100 Greatest Undiscovered Hikes Across America
MAREN HORJUS - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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Nothing against the Bright Angel Trail, the Narrows, the Presidential Traverse, or Half Dome, which are all certainly worth of their popularity, but hikers don't need another resource pointing them toward those conga lines. It's time we rewrite the backpacker's life list. Enter Backpacker... |
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Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character
Marty Appel - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Print book
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The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson... |
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
ROB NEYER - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The former ESPN columnist and analytics pioneer dramatically recreates an action-packed 2017 game between the Oakland A's and eventual World Series Champion Houston Astros to reveal the myriad ways in which Major League Baseball has changed over the last few decades.On September 8, 2017,... |
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The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand
Matt Gutman - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles... |
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Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History
KEITH O'BRIEN - Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of five women who fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s and 1930s - and won Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multiday events, and cities... |
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Himalaya Bound: One Family's Quest to Save their Animals?And an Ancient Way of Life
MICHAEL BENANEV - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A gorgeous work of literary journalism that follows a nomadic family's fraught migration to the high Himalayan plains, as a changing world closes in around them.Following his vivid account of traveling with one of the last camel caravans on earth in Men of Salt, Michael Benanav now brings... |
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NITRO: The Incredible Rise and Inevitable Collapse of Ted Turner's WCW
Guy Evans - WCWNitroBook.com
Format: Paperback
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In April 1999, Entertainment Weekly asked its readers what many were surely wondering to themselves: how did wrestling get so big? As a consequence of the heated ratings competition between World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) , the spectacle... |
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Ageless Strength: Strong and Fit for a Lifetime
Jeff Horowitz - VeloPress
Format: Paperback
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Ageless Strength shows athletes and active people how to build sustainable fitness for a lifetime of active pursuits. It's a myth that our older years only bring physical decline. While it's true that we lose strength, bone density, and balance, our bodies react the same way to training... |
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Rowing the Northwest Passage: Adventure, Fear, and Awe in a Rising Sea
KEVIN VALLELY - Greystone Books
Format: Paperback
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"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance." - Evan SolomonIn this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last... |
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Limits of the Known
DAVID ROBERTS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated mountaineer and author searches for meaning in great adventures and explorations, past and present.David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (Washington Post) , has spent his career documenting voyages to the most extreme landscapes... |
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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch That Changed My Life
Rick Ankiel - Hachette Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it.The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch - not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition... |
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The Art of Kayaking: Everything You Need to Know About Paddling
Nigel Foster - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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The Art of Kayaking is the distilled essence of a lifetime of kayak instruction at all skill levels around the world, with the added insights gained from years of designing kayaks, paddles, and kayaking equipment. This comprehensive kayaking manual by one of the biggest names in kayaking... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games -- by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic"... |
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Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte
Ric Flair - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Unstoppable: My Life So Far
Maria/ Cohen Rich Sharapova - Sarah Crichton Books
Format: Hardcover
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From five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, the candid, captivating story of her rise to tennis stardomIn the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting... |
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The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West
JOHN BRANCH - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping portrait of one family's gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West -- and not just its past.For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders -- some call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now Bill... |
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Creating a Season to Remember: The New Youth-Sports-Coaching Leadership Handbook
Jack Perconte - Second Base Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Adults would never send their kids off to school if the teachers were not properly trained yet they do it with their youth sports coaches. The time has come for the central figures in youth sports - the coaches - to take charge and make a positive difference in kids' lives. This is the youth... |
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The Runner's Cookbook: More than 100 delicious recipes to fuel your running
Anita Bean - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Paperback
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Whether you're training for an ultra-distance event or just looking to improve your performance as you jog in the park, this book will help you achieve your running goals. This is the ultimate sports nutrition guide and cookbook for runners, packed with easy, delicious recipes and practical... |
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The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
RICH COHEN - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating blend of reportage and memoir exploring the history of the Chicago CubsFor Rich Cohen and millions of other fans, the Cubs have always been more than a team: they've been the protagonists of a King Arthur epic, in search of the Holy Grail that is winning the World Series.A... |
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Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road
KATE HARRIS - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. It's a modern classic." - Pico IyerA brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road - an illuminating... |
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Ballplayer
Chipper Jones - Dutton
Format: Print book
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones - one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history - shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy... |
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The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback
Bruce Arians - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck;... |
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Casting into the Light: Tales of a Fishing Life
Janet Messineo - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A moving, inspiring portrait of making a dream come true--the (unsentimental) education of a champion surfcaster (catching fish by casting a line from the shoreline) .The... |
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Ultimate Book of Adventure: Life-Changing Excursions and Experiences Around the World
Scott McNeely - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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From tracking gorillas in Uganda to cliff diving in Brazil, surfing a volcano in Nicaragua, or starting a tomato fight in Spain, this action-packed guide is bursting with inspiring ideas for trying the unfamiliar, taking risks, or pursuing a new experience. Containing in-depth descriptions... |
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No Barriers: A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
Erik Weihenmayer - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book
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No Barriers is about my journey since coming down from Mt. Everest in 2001, and the path to where I am today. It is the story of my own life, the personal and professional struggles in the pursuit of growth, learning, and family, as well as a dream to kayak one of the world's great... |
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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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The Best American Sports Writing 2015
Wright Thompson - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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The latest addition to the acclaimed series showcasing the best sports writing from the past year For twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has built a solid reputation by showcasing the greatest sports journalism of the past year, culled from hundreds of national, regional,... |
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The Swiss Army Knife Book
Immler Immler - Frances Lincoln
Format: Print book
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Woodsman Felix Immler reveals how we can build a comfortable camp in the wilderness using nothing more than a pocket knife. Simple natural materials are used for making a waterproof roof, a chair, a bed, a table, a fridge, and an oven, as well as for carving spoons, knifes, and bowls. You can even... |
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The Total Bicycling Manual: 301 Tips for Two-Wheeled Fun
Robert F James - Weldon Owen
Format: Paperback
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Everything you need for enjoying the sport of cycling, from finding your perfect bike to customizing your ride without spending a fortune, learning to do your own repairs and maintenance, ride with confidence in traffic or on any road or trail, to participating in races, cyclocross, and other... |
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Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart
DION LEONARD - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback
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A man, a dog, and the lengths to which love will go to sacrifice for its companion. Finding Gobi is the miraculous tale of Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner who crosses paths with a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi Desert in China. The lovable pup,... |
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Swimming Science: Optimizing Training and Performance
G John Mullen - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Swimming is often touted as one of the most accessible workouts - low impact, low tech, and beneficial at any stage of life. Yet each time you suit up and dive in, your body's moving parts must work together to propel you through dozens of pounds of water resistance, somehow emulating... |
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A Fly Rod of Your Own
John Gierach - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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John Gierach, "the voice of the common angler" (The Wall Street Journal) and member of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame, brings his sharp sense of humor and keen eye for observation to the fishing life and, for that matter, life in general.John Gierach is known for his witty,... |
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Powerful Moments in Sports: The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History
Marty Gitlin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports - whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom - transcend the event itself. Some have helped... |
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League
Joe Horrigan - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season. "I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle the National... |
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Gravel Cycling: The Complete Guide to Gravel Racing and Adventure Bikepacking
Nick Legan - VeloPress
Format: Paperback
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Head out for adventure on the unpaved back roads of America with Nick Legan's complete guide to gravel grinders and bikepacking!Gravel cycling is a glorious return to the purest roots of two-wheeled adventure. From farm roads and miners' paths to the high passes of the Rockies and the Alps,... |
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Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
Marcus Thompson - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible and inspiring story of Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen, and the ascension of the Golden State Warriors, a team on the verge of being an NBA dynasty, by long-time Warriors beat reporter and Bay Area News Group sports columnist Marcus Thompson.When... |
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Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America
David Rapp - University of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a first baseman. But together they were an unstoppable force. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance came together in rough-and-tumble early twentieth-century Chicago and soon formed the defensive... |
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The Art of the Fishing Fly
TONY LOLLI - Sterling
Format: Hardcover
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The ultimate book for fly fishing enthusiasts, featuring stunning photography of flies and the fishermen who use them.Features a foreword by President Jimmy Carter! For the millions of fly fishers who are passionate about their sport, this gorgeous book is both a visual feast and the perfect... |
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Getting to Us: How Great Coaches Make Great Teams
Seth Davis - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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In Search of Excellence for coaching, from the acclaimed CBS Sports commentator and author of the definitive biography of John Wooden What makes a coach great? How do great coaches turn a collection of individuals into a coherent "us"? Seth Davis, one of the keenest minds... |
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Why We Fight: One Man's Search for Meaning Inside the Ring
Josh Rosenblatt - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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Finally, we can talk about Fight Club!or,A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all meansAnyone with guts or madness in him can get hit by someone who knows how; it takes a different... |
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Belichick: The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
Ian O'Connor - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times best-selling author, the definitive biography of the NFL's most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach, Bill Belichick.Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL - the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises... |
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Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom
Angie Abdou - ECW Press
Format: Paperback
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The author of the Canada Reads-nominated The Bone Cage tackles the ups and downs of amateur hockey, from a mother's point of view Over 570,000 people are registered in Hockey Canada and over 600,000 in Hockey USA. It's a national obsession. But what does that really mean when your... |
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The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
Brin-Jonathan Butler - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport.The first week of November 2016, as a crowd of people... |
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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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Be a Player: A Breakthrough Approach to Playing Better on the Golf Course
Pia Nilsson - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Golf is a beloved yet technical game, so a sound swing and precise technique are essential. Most golfers who want to improve their skills go to the range and work painstakingly on their swings, not realizing its often their performance state on the course that needs work, not their technique.... |
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A Hole in the Wind: A Climate Scientist's Bicycle Journey Across the United States
DAVID GOODRICH - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An epic bicycle journey across the American hinterland that engages the challenges of climate change alongside a diverse array of American voices. After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned... |
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The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams
SAM WALKER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The founding editor of The Wall Street Journal's sports section profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed.The secret to winning is not what you think it is.... |
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
KOBE BRYANT - MCD
Format: Hardcover
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The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant -- a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most revered athletes of all timeIn the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant has decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding... |
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College Football Traditions and Rivalries: Chants, Pranks, and Pageantry
Morrow Gift - Morrow Gift
Format: Hardcover
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A must-have for football fans of all ages, this handsomely designed gift book is a comprehensive illustrated guide to the greatest traditions and rivalries in college football.Every Saturday each fall, millions of Americans watch their favorite college teams take to the gridiron, battling... |
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Boost!: How the Psychology of Sports Can Enhance your Performance in Management and Work
Michael Bar-Eli - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological... |
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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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SprawlBall: A Visual Tour of the New Era of the NBA
Kirk Goldsberry - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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From the leading expert in the exploding field of basketball analytics, a stunning infographic decoding of the modern NBA: who shoots where, and how.The field of basketball analytics has leaped to overdrive thanks to Kirk Goldsberry, whose visual maps of players, teams, and positions have... |
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Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Andrew Forsthoefel - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing... |
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The Push: A Climbers Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
Tommy Caldwell - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemites El Capitan "The rarest of adventure reads: It thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance, but it enriches readers... |
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The Hunter's Way: A Guide to the Heart and Soul of Hunting
Craig Raleigh - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Craig Raleigh puts hunting into modern perspective, combining higher sensibilities and his firsthand insight into the hunting world to gently illuminate a part of human nature that was, and still is, among the purest of human endeavors." - Jim Shockey, award-winning writer and host... |
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Bicycling the Oregon Trail
Don Weinell - Caxton Press
Format: Paperback
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In 2012 author, blogger and long-distance bicyclist Don Weinell undertook a quest to retrace the 2100 miles of the Oregon Trail - on bicycle. Bicycling the Oregon Trail describes, in both word and picture, the history, landscape, landmarks, and people that Weinell encountered along the way.... |
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Off Speed: Baseball, Pitching, and the Art of Deception
Terry McDermott - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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A wonderfully informative, exuberant, and entertaining book that explores the evolution and history of baseball pitching through the story of one "perfect" game. Tracing the evolution of pitching and the pitcher's art of deception, Terry McDermott tells the fascinating story... |
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Raising Young Athletes: Parenting Your Children to Victory in Sports and Life
Jim Taylor - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Sports are an amazing environment in which to raise children. The benefits they gain from athletic participation are many, including physical, personal, and social. Yet, there is also a dark side to today's youth sports culture, as an emphasis on winning has made what was once fun become... |
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The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End
Gary M Pomerantz - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Out of the greatest dynasty in American professional sports history, an intimate story of race, mortality, and regretAbout to turn ninety, Bob Cousy, the Hall of Fame Boston Celtics captain who led the team to its first six championships on an unparalleled run, has much to look back on in contentment.... |
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Dr. Z: The Lost Memoirs of an Irreverent Football Writer
Paul Zimmerman - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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During his nearly 50 years of sportswriting, including 28 at Sports Illustrated, readers of Dr. Z came to expect a certain alchemical, trademark blend: words which were caustic and wry, at times self-deprecating or even puzzling, but always devilishly smart with arresting honesty. A complex... |
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After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets
Art Shamsky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The inside account of an iconic team in baseball history: the 1969 New York Mets - a consistently last-place team that turned it all around in just one season - told by '69 Mets outfielder Art Shamsky, Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, and other teammates as they reminisce about what happened... |
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The Camper Book: A Celebration of a Moveable American Dream
Dave Hoekstra - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
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The Camper Book will captivate all those who dream of waving good-bye to the rat race from the window of their own moveable home, be it a camper, RV, travel trailer, camper van, or tiny camper. Not just for placid retirees anymore, camper culture has sprung up among simplicity-seeking millennials,... |
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Baseball in Northwest Iowa
JOAN WENDL THOMAS - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback
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While new railroad tracks cut through Northwestern Iowa in the mid-19th century, hardy pioneers cultivated the fertile soil, and the burgeoning sport of baseball took root and flourished. An integral element of the developing culture, it promoted community pride. Eight Northwestern Iowa... |
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42 Faith: The Rest of the Jackie Robinson Story
Ed Henry - Thomas Nelson
Format: Print book
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Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, and the hidden hand of God that changed history Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time the backstory of faith that guided Jackie Robinson into not only the baseball record books but the annals of civil rights advancement as well.... |
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National Geographic Walking Washington, D.C.
Barbara Noe Kennedy - National Geographic Soc
Format: Print book
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See the best of Washington with this streamlined walking guide, complete with step-by-step itineraries and maps to help you explore the city like a pro and navigate like a local. Created in a handy, take-along format, this guide is written by a seasoned travel writer to help conjure the spirit... |
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ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health 2nd Edition
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE. - HUMAN KINETICS
Format: Print book
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Here is the ultimate resource for maximizing your exercise and nutrition efforts. In this new edition of ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health, you have an authoritative reference that allows you to apply research-based guidance to your unique health and fitness needs. With a focus... |
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Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History
MIKE PESCA - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} p.p2 {margin:... |
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Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City
Albert Samaha - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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This uplifting story of a boys' football team shines light on the under-appreciated virtues that can bloom in impoverished neighborhoods, even as nearby communities exclude them from economic progress. The Mo Better Jaguars are the pride of Brownsville, a poor neighborhood in Brooklyn... |
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Songs of the Baka and Other Discoveries: Travels after Sixty-Five
Dennis James - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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Abandoning the comfort and security of a typical retirement, a couple travels and treks through the most isolated parts of the world.After their retirement, Dennis James and Barbara Grossman decide to travel where tour buses won't and where the US government says "don't,"... |
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Square One: Returning to Life and Competitive Running after My Devastating Stroke
Dirk Vlieks - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Dirk Vlieks was at the top of his game. At the age of thirty-two he was a top-ranked triathlete with numerous Ironman finishes under his belt. That all changed in an instant one day in June of 2006 when he stepped groggily from his bike in Honu, Hawaii, and collapsed. He had suffered a stroke... |
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A Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls
LAURIE PENROSE - Thunder Bay Press Michigan
Format: Paperback
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A Traveller's Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls is a must-have resource for visitors and includes maps, descriptions, pictures, history, and directions for getting to the waterfalls. The 30th Anniversary Edition has a new introduction by the author as well as several new waterfalls... |
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