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Ice Bowl '67: The Packers, the Cowboys, and the Game That Changed the NFL
Chuck Carlson - Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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For those players who remain, the scars still run deep when it comes to the infamous "Ice Bowl," played December 31, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys.There are players even today who suffer the ravages of frostbite and lung damage from a game many of the players... |
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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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Hiking Canyonlands and Arches National Parks: A Guide To More Than 60 Great Hikes
BILL SCHNEIDER - Falcon Guides
Format: Paperback
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Lace up your boots and sample more than sixty of the finest hiking trails in southeastern Utah, where the breathtaking canyons, multicolored sandstone arches, and magnificent spires of Canyonlands and Arches National Parks provide the setting for countless outdoor adventures. Let veteran... |
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You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity
Don McPherson
Format: Paperback
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Included in Publishers Weekly's African-American Interest Adult Titles, 2019-2020!"A crucial read for anyone interested in learning more about how sports culture informs limited definitions of masculinity, and how such definitions are destructive for boys and men, and dangerous... |
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Blitzed: Why NFL Teams Gamble on Starting Rookie Quarterbacks
Thomas George - Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In today's NFL, every team has a "win now" mentality. There's no time for rebuilding or down years. You need to compete each and every day, or else you're out; and that goes for the players, coaches, and front office. You either win today or you're gone tomorrow.Because... |
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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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National Geographic Traveler: Cuba, 4th Edition
Christopher P Baker - National Geographic
Format: Paperback
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This guide covers all the main towns and regions of the island of Cuba, helping travelers negotiate one of the Caribbeans best-kept secrets up to now. Travel information and tips for Havana, Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguín are all updated in this latest edition. The book also includes... |
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Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know about Baseball
Christopher Phillips - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An in-depth look at the intersection of judgment and statistics in baseballScouting and scoring are considered fundamentally different ways of ascertaining value in baseball. Scouting seems to rely on experience and intuition, scoring on performance metrics and statistics. In Scouting and Scoring,... |
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The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968
George Howe Colt - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist The Big House comes a story in the tradition of The Boys in the Boat about an unforgettable group of young athletes who battled in the legendary Harvard-Yale football game of 1968 amidst the sweeping currents... |
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Letters to 87
Matt Maiocco - Cameron
Format: Hardcover
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Rare photos and heartfelt letters from fans of San Francisco 49ers hero Dwight Clark Featuring essays by Edward J. DeBartolo Jr., Ronnie Lott, Joe Montana, Brian Murphy, and Kelly Clark, Letters to 87 offers rare photos and heartfelt letters from fans of San Francisco 49ers hero Dwight... |
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Liferider: Heart Body Soul
Laird Hamilton - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover
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"You can run, swim, dive, fly. You are amazing. You have untapped potential in you that would blow your mind." - From the introduction While the world increasingly seeks happiness in fads and self-help books - millions of us reaching upward every day toward some enlightened... |
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The Patch
John McPhee - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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An "album quilt," an artful assortment of nonfiction writings by John McPhee that have not previously appeared in any bookThe Patch is the seventh collection of essays by the nonfiction master, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It is divided into two parts. Part 1, "The... |
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play. When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of 13 children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father,... |
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Sporting Gender: The History, Science, and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes
Joanna Harper - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during the competition. But transgender and intersex athletes such as Laurel Hubbard, Tifanny Abreu, and Caster Semenya didnt just turn up overnight. Both intersex and transgender... |
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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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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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Frommer's EasyGuide to Australia 2018
MYLNE LEE. - FrommerMedia
Format: Paperback
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To keep up with the changes the new currency situation has brought about, we've turned once again to Lee Mylne. Based in Brisbane (the third most populous city in Australia) , Mylne has been an Australian travel journalist for nearly all her working life. She has crisscrossed every... |
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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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Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
John Carlin - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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In 1985, Nelson Mandela, then in prison for twenty-three years, set about winning over the fiercest proponents of apartheid, from his jailers to the head of South Africa's military. First he earned his freedom and then he won the presidency in the nation's first free... |
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Relentless Spirit: The Unconventional Raising of a Champion
Missy Franklin - Dutton
Format: Print book
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What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making... |
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A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice
William E Glassley - Bellevue Literary Press
Format: Paperback
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"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." -- Bill McKibben, author of The... |
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Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty
Bill Pennington - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of the time when the New York Yankees were a laughingstock - and how out of that abyss emerged the modern Yankees dynasty, one of the greatest in all of sports The New York Yankees have won 27 world championships and 40 American League pennants, both world records. They... |
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Peregrine Spring: A Master Falconer's Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey
NANCY COWAN - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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Now in paperback! A New York Times eBook bestsellerWinner of the Best Book of 2016, New England Outdoor Writers AssociationForeword by bestselling authors Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas85 million people in the U.S. are interested in birds and birding.Peregrine Spring gives... |
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Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback
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Lonely Planet Yosemite, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Go fishing in Yosemite Valley; canoeing and kayaking in Mammoth Lakes, or horseback riding... |
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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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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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Paris in Stride: An Insider's Walking Guide
Sarah Moroz - Rizzoli International Publications
Format: Paperback
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A local's treasure map to the sites where Parisians know to go to be oh-so-Parisian. Finally, the "must-do, must-visit, must-see" travel list given to you by the Parisian friend you've been longing to have. Charmingly illustrated throughout, this practical guide will transport... |
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Arthur Ashe: A Life
RAYMOND ARSENAULT - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe - the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis - a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual.Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943,... |
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
Tyler Kepner - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of todayThe baseball... |
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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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You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity
Don McPherson - Edge of Sports
Format: Hardcover
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"McPherson wants readers to begin to understand that traditional masculinity is a burden to boys and men, and to help change the narrative handed down to them...This is a valuable contribution to the new choir of traditionally masculine men reevaluating themselves on their own terms."--Publishers... |
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Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking
Eric Lax - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A cinephile's dream: the chance to follow legendary director Woody Allen throughout the creation of a film--from inception to premiere--and to enjoy his reflections on some of the finest artists in the history of cinema. Eric Lax has been with Woody Allen almost every step of the way. He chronicled... |
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Lonely Planet Africa
LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback
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Lonely Planet Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Wander the cobbled streets and graceful pracas rimmed by once grand churches and stately colonial-era buildings, against a backdrop of turquoise... |
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The Masters: A Hole-by-Hole History of America's Golf Classic, Third Edition
David Sowell - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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Revered as the most prestigious tournament in golf, the Masters commands international attention, even among nongolfers. The first and second editions of The Masters: A Hole-by-Hole History of America's Golf Classic took the unique approach of tackling Augusta National hole by hole.... |
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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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What We Think About When We Think About Soccer
Simon Critchley - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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You play soccer. You watch soccer. You live soccer You breathe soccer. But do you think about soccer?Soccer is the world's most popular sport, inspiring the absolute devotion of countless fans around the globe. But what is it about soccer that makes it so compelling to watch, discuss, and think... |
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Moon Arizona & the Grand Canyon
TIM HULL - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback
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Discover Arizona and the Grand Canyon With Moon Travel Guides!Explore Arizona's vast open spaces, fairytale canyons, and colorful culture with Moon Arizona & the Grand Canyon.Inside you'll find:Strategic itineraries that can be adapted for your time and budget, including: "A... |
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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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This Much Country
Kristin Knight Pace - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod.In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided... |
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The Beautiful Race: The Story of the Giro d'Italia
COLIN O'BRIEN - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A celebration of the Giro d'Italia in all its kaleidoscopic glory after more than one-hundred stagings of this glorious race.Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country -- the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature... |
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Elevated: The Global Rise of the N.B.A.
Harvey Araton - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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Howard Beck. Marc Stein. Jonathan Abrams. Chris Broussard. Ira Berkow. George Vecsey. Mike Wise. Selena Roberts. Lee Jenkins. All have graced the pages of The New York Times, entertaining readers with their probing coverage of the N.B.A.: a stage on which spectacular athletes perform... |
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Epic Journeys: 245 Life-Changing Adventures
National Geographic - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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From rafting the Zambezi River's 23 stomach-flipping rapids to hiking the Inca trail and sailing from island to island in Greece, the travel experts at National Geographic reveal the world's best adventures in this stunning--and practical--treasury.From navigating the class-five rapids... |
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Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks
W. C. McRae - Moon Travel
Format: Paperback
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Find Your Adventure Seasoned travel guide authors W. C. McRae and Judy Jewell share their expert perspective on Arches and Canyonlands, guiding you to a memorable and unique experience. Whether you're hiking, biking, or rafting the parks, Moon Arches & Canyonlands National Parks... |
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Moon Oregon
Judy Jewell - Avalon Travel
Format: Print book
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Join Oregon experts Judy Jewell and W. C. McRae for an unforgettable experience. With their unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Oregon has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience.Moon Oregon shows you what you need to know to plan the perfect... |
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Cuba's Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story
Peter C Bjarkman - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book
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The stellar play and fascinating backstories of exiled Cuban sluggers and hurlers in Major League Baseball (MLB) has become one of the biggest headlines in America's national pastime. On-field exploits by colorful Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig, American League rookie-of-the-year... |
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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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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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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Norway
DK Travel - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Norway will lead you straight to the best attractions this breathtaking country has to offer.Explore Norway region by region, from the enchanting northern lights and beautiful fjords to the vibrant Oslo nightlife. Experience the culture, history, wildlife, and architecture... |
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The Blind Side
Michael Lewis - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw -- over one million copies sold.When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read... |
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Infinite Baseball: Notes from a Philosopher at the Ballpark
Alva Noe - Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Baseball is a strange sport: it consists of long periods in which little seems to be happening, punctuated by high-energy outbursts of rapid fire activity. Because of this, despite ever greater profits, Major League Baseball is bent on finding ways to shorten games, and to tailor baseball... |
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Pounding the Rock: Basketball Dreams and Real Life in a Bronx High School
Marc Skelton - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, in a working-class corner of the Bronx, where a driven coach inspires his teams to win games and championships--and learn Russian history and graduate and go on to college.In 2006, the Fannie Lou Hamer Panthers basketball team was 0-18. Since... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Prague
DK TRAVEL. - DK Eyewitness Travel
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness travel guides: award-winning guidebooksFind your corner of Prague with this essential travel guide to this beautiful city, designed to help you create your own unique trip and to transport you to Prague before you've even packed your case - cross the iconic Charles Bridge,... |
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One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime
John Florio - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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One Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and Americas pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmarks of the sport - fairness, competition, and mythology - came under scrutiny. John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro examine the events of the era that reshaped... |
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Journey: An Illustrated History of Travel
Simon Adams - DK
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated account of human movement, travel, exploration, and scientific discovery - from the first trade networks in ancient Sumer to the epic Voyager missions.Human journeys arise from all manner of impulses, from migration and the search for food, to pilgrimages, trade, scientific... |
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No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing
Joe Bonomo - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the best new Baseball books"--BookAuthority. Legendary New Yorker writer and editor Roger Angell is considered to be among the greatest baseball writers. He brings a fans love, a fiction writers eye, and an essayists sensibility to the game. No other baseball writer has a through... |
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The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty
Hoch, Bryan - Diversion Books
Format: Paperback
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Now in paperback, and updated to include the Yankees' 100-win 2018 season! The meteoric rise of the new generation of superstar Yankees, including Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, and Luis Severino -- from the "inside baseball" strategy in assembling... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico
Dk Publishing. - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Mexico will lead you straight to the best attractions this beautiful country has to offer, from Mexico City to the Gulf Coast and the Yucatn Peninsula.Hike the Cooper Canyon, go salsa dancing in Mexico City, or dive in the Mexican Caribbean. This newly updated... |
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