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Good Call: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Fowl
Jase Robertson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The closer we look at the Robertson family, the more we discover the substance and authenticity below the surface of these well-known TV characters. In this enlightening book, Jase Robertson gives us a deep look behind his funnyman exterior. In addition to stories of life in the Robertson... |
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The Total Outdoorsman Skills & Tools Manual
T. Edward Nickens - Weldon Owen
Format: Hardcover
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What makes someone a total outdoorsman? It's a mix of know-how, enthusiasm, experience and having the right tools. In this follow-up to the top-selling Total Outdoorsman Manual author T. Edward Nickens returns with another 300 hints on how to get the most from your hunting, fishing,... |
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Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
Peter Guralnick - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records. |
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Wake Up Happy: The Dream Big, Win Big Guide to Transforming Your Life
Michael Strahan - 37 INK/ATRIA
Format: Print book
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From America's favorite football player turned morning talk show host - a man who makes just about everything look easy - a mlange of stories and motivational advice to inspire the reader to turn up the heat and go from good to great in pursuit of their personal ambitions.Michael Strahan... |
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History of Baseball in 100 Objects
Josh Leventhal - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Format: Print book
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The only book of its kind to tell the history of baseball, from its inception to the present day, through 100 key objects that represent the major milestones, evolutionary events, and larger-than-life personalities that make up the game A History of Baseball in 100 Objects is a visual... |
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The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs
Elaine Sciolino - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs, " Sciolino explains, as she celebrates... |
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Cowgirl Up!: A History of Rodeo Women
Heidi Thomas - TwoDot; 1 edition
Format: Book
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When someone says Cowgirl Up! it means rise to the occasion, dont give up, and do it all without whining or complaining. And the cowgirls of the early twentieth century did it all, just like the men, only wearing skirts and sometimes with a baby waiting behind the chutes.Women learned to rope... |
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Backpacking with the Saints: Wilderness Hiking as Spiritual Practice
Belden C. Lane - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Carrying only basic camping equipment and a collection of the worlds great spiritual writings, Belden C. Lane embarks on solitary spiritual treks through the Ozarks and across the American Southwest. For companions, he has only such teachers as Rumi, John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen,... |
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The last season : a father, a son, and a lifetime of college football
Stuart Stevens - Alfred A. Knopf
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A 60-year-old son and his aging father reflect on their lives and share poignant and irreverent memories as they attend a full season of Ole Miss football games together, just as they had over half a century ago.In the fall of 2012, grappling with a profound sense of mortality, Stevens... |
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Alone on the wall
Alex Honnold - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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"The extreme climber famed for his solo ascents without ropes, partners or gear describes his seven most significant achievements, including a free-solo climb up Mexico's Sendero Luminoso and the Fitz Traverse ascent in Patagonia, "--NoveList. |
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The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry
Mark Ribowsky - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Hardcover
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A Publisher's Weekly Best Book of 2013 An action-packed biography of a man, his team, and the league he helped create -- in the tradition of Maraniss's When Pride Still Mattered. Tom Landry, the coach during professional football's most fabled era, transformed the gridiron from... |
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In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
Pete Jordan - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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Pete Jordan, author of the wildly popular Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, is back with a memoir that tells the story of his love affair with Amsterdam, the city of bikes, all the while unfolding an unknown history of the city's cycling, from the craze... |
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
Paul Theroux - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth... |
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Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football
John U. Bacon - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestseller about the state of college football: Why we love the game, what is at risk, and the fight to save it—“A fascinating saga” (Booklist).In search of the sport’s old ideals amid the roaring flood of hypocrisy and greed, bestselling author... |
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Strength Training Anatomy, 3rd Edition
Frederic Delavier - Human Kinetics; 3 edition
Format: Print book
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With new exercises, additional stretches, and more of Frédéric Delavier’s signature illustrations, you’ll gain a whole new understanding of how muscles perform during strength exercises. This one-of-a-kind best-seller combines the visual detail of top anatomy texts... |
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The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time
Howard Megdal - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced the kind of success that is rare in baseball. Regarded by many as the premier organization in Major League Baseball, they not only win, but do so with an apparently bottomless pool of talent, one that is mostly homegrown.Despite years of phenomenal... |
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Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
Kostya Kennedy - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover
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"Kennedy's book on the tarnished and enigmatic Rose is exceptional. Like the best writing about sport--Liebling, Angell--it qualifies as stirring literature. I'd read Kennedy no matter what he writes about." --Richard FordPete Rose played baseball with a singular and headfirst... |
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The Outsider: A Memoir
Jimmy Connors - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Outsider is a no-holds-barred memoir by the original bad boy of tennis, Jimmy Connors.Connors ignited the tennis boom in the 1970s with his aggressive style of play, turning his matches with John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg, and Ivan Lendl into prizefights. But it was his prolonged dedication... |
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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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Above the Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season
Urban Meyer - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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Remarkable lessons in leadership and teambuilding from one of the greatest college football coaches of our timeIn only thirteen years as a head football coach, first at Bowling Green and then at Utah, Florida, and Ohio State, Urban Meyer has established himself as one of the elite coaches... |
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Undisputed Truth
Mike Tyson - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring. Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during... |
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American Hunter: How Legendary Hunters Shaped America
Willie Robertson - Howard Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E's Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling co-author of American Gun, to share the history of America's most well known hunters.American Hunter is the first book ever to compile... |
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Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity, and the Perfect Knuckleball
R.A. Dickey - Plume; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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With a new epilogue by author R.A. Dickey, winner of the 2012 Cy Young award"An astounding memoir--haunting and touching, courageous and wise." - Jeremy Schaap, bestselling author, Emmy award-winning journalist, ESPNIn 1996, R.A. Dickey was the Texas Rangers’ much-heralded... |
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The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams
Michael Tackett - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's heartland, where boys come summer after summer to be molded into ballplayers - and men Clarinda, Iowa, population 5,000, sits... |
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Fox Tossing: And Other Forgotten and Dangerous Sports, Pastimes, and Games
Edward Brooke-Hitching - Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2015.
Format: Print book
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In the spirit of Schott's Miscellany and The Dangerous Book for Boys, a quirky collection of history's most bizarre sports and stories of mankind's most daring and ridiculous recreational pursuits - from baby boxing, to octopus wrestling, and ice tennis.Have you ever wondered... |
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The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea
Chris Jericho - Gotham; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author, wrestler, metal rocker, and over-the-top media personality shares his latest wild and hilarious adventuresWorld Wrestling Entertainment has named Chris Jericho as one of the top ten wrestlersand one of the top five talkersof all time. Certainly, the past... |
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The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America
Gregg Easterbrook - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Gregg Easterbrook, author of the wildly popular ESPN.com column Tuesday Morning Quarterback takes on football's place in American society.Gridiron football is the king of sports - it's the biggest game in the strongest and richest country in the world. Of the twenty most-watched... |
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Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success
Phil Jackson - Penguin Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. Even more important, he succeeded in never wavering from coaching his way, from a place of deep values. Jackson... |
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Strength Training for Fat Loss
Nick Tumminello - Human Kinetics; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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No fads, gimmicks, or miracle claims. Just science-based programming, sensible strategies, and the results you desire. In Strength Training for Fat Loss, Nick Tumminello, renowned trainer and innovator in the field of human performance, explains how to use the 3 Cs of metabolic strength... |
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Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, and Dixie's Last Quarter
Randy Roberts - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary story of how Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and Joe Namath, his star quarterback at the University of Alabama, led the Crimson Tide to victory and transformed football into a truly national pastime.During the bloodiest years of the civil rights movement, Bear... |
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The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent
Mick Conefrey - ONEWorld Publications
Format: Hardcover
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"Most of us will never experience K2. Mick Conefrey leaves readers with both tremendous admiration for and an appreciation of the consequences for those who succeed in an adventure so physically, mentally, and emotionally taxing." - Kirkus Reviews At 28,251 ft, K2 might be almost... |
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American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
Joe Drape - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHistory was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.Written by an award-winning... |
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My Fight / Your Fight
Ronda Rousey - Regan Arts
Format: Hardcover
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THE ONLY OFFICIAL RONDA ROUSEY BOOK "The fight is yours to win." In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm,... |
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Life Is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America
Bruce Weber - Scribner Book Company
Format: Hardcover
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Based on his popular New York Times series, bestselling author Bruce Weber shares the adventures of his solo bicycle ride from coast to coast. Riding a bicycle across the United States is one of those bucket-list goals that many dream about but few fulfill. During the summer and fall of 2011,... |
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