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Sons of Baseball: Growing Up with a Major League Dad
Mark Braff - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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A rare glimpse of professional ballplayers, not as pitchers, hitters, managers, and coaches, but as dads and grandads. Sons of major league baseball players grow up in a unique environment, not only because they are raised in part by professional athletes, but also because they are raised... |
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When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
Rich Cohen - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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The gritty, no-holds-barred account of the 1987 NBA season, a thrilling year of fierce battles and off-the-court drama between Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and Michael Jordan - from New York Times bestselling author Rich Cohen.. "Cohen brings new life to these athletes... |
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Trade winds: A voyage to a sustainable future for shipping
Christiaan De Beukelaer - Manchester University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative... |
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The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
Mark Kurlansky - Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets--salmon, trout, and char; and for some, bass, tarpon, tuna, bonefish, and even marlin--are highly intelligent, wily, strong, and athletic... |
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Across the River: Life, Death, and Football in an American City
Kent Babb - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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A heartbreaking and inspiring true story - Friday Night Lights meets Ghettoside - of a New Orleans high school football team and their head coach's mission to protect his players' lives.On the west bank of the Mississippi, across from the tourist-heavy French Quarter, lies the New Orleans... |
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