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Fifty Places to Practice Yoga Before You Die: Yoga Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

CHRIS SANTELLA - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

The author of the bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a collection of the most meditative and relaxing locales for every type of yoga practiceFifty Places to Practice Yoga Before You Die is the seventeenth entry in Chris Santella's bestselling Fifty Places series. The book...
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Games People Played: A Global History of Sports

Wray Vamplew - Reaktion Books
Format: Hardcover

Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sports. The book shows how sports have been practiced, experienced, and made meaningful by players and fans throughout history. It assesses how sports developed and diffused across the globe, as well as many other aspects,...
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Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood

Dave Parker - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover

Dave Parker was one of the biggest and most badass baseball players of the late twentieth century. He stood at six foot five and weighed 235 pounds. He was a seven-time All-Star, a two-time batting champion, a frequent Gold Glove winner, the 1978 National League MVP, and a World Series...
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Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas

Jesse Cole - ?Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their story.   For his entire childhood, Jesse Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Now, he has a life in baseball that he could have only imagined: he met the love of his life in the industry;...
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Tom Brady: El partido más largo

RUBN IBEAS - Lindhardt og Ringhof Forlag AS
Format: Audiobook

La NFL es el deporte de equipo por excelencia y el rendimiento de cada jugador está en estrecha relación con lo que hace el resto del conjunto. A lo largo de más de veinte años de carrera profesional, Tom Brady ha puesto en cuestión este principio. Su juego es el que ha elevado el rendimiento...
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Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History

Pauline Davis
Format: Hardcover

A raw, uplifting story from one of the most important hidden figures in track and field history.When Pauline Davis first began to run, it wasn't with any thought of future Olympic glory. A product of the poor neighborhood of Bain Town in The Bahamas, she carried the family's buckets...
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Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter

Leigh Montville - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

.In 1969, the L.A. Lakers and Boston Celtics were two of America's powerhouse NBA franchises. The Lakers were stacked with stars like Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West, and the Celtics were built around the legendary Bill Russell. The Lakers were destined to win it all that...
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The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players

Howard Megdal

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A Window to Heaven: The Daring First Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak

Patrick Dean - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the tallest mountain in North America. Several groups had already tried but failed to reach the top of a mountain whose size - occupying 120 square miles of the earth's surface - and position as the Earth's...
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Sparring with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali

Glenn Lewis - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

An intimate portrait of Joe Frazier, whose ferocious rivalry with Muhammad Ali made them both boxing legends and cultural touchstones for an era. Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Fight of the Century (Ali-Frazier I) , Sparring with Smokin' Joe provides a penetrating,...
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