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Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Lara Prior-Palmer - Catapult
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

One of Entertainment Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of 2019

"Lara's searingly honest account of her astonishing rise from hopeless underdog to Mongol Derby Champion leaves grit in your teeth and dust in your hair. I laughed, I cried and I felt every bruise. I was riveted...
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Sports Illustrated Football's Greatest: Revised and Updated: Sports Illustrated's Experts Rank the Top 10 of Everything

The Editors of Sports Illustrated - Sports Illustrated
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

SI's team of experts answer once again tackle the questions pro football fans have been debating since the pigskin started flying. Who's the greatest quarterback of all time? The most dominant linebackers? In 2012, Sports Illustrated sought to answer this question in Football's...
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The Chippewa: Biography of a Wisconsin Waterway

Richard D Cornell - Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pages: 231
Format: Paperback

Inspired by August Derleth's seminal book The Wisconsin, Richard D. Cornell traveled the Chippewa River from its two sources south of Ashland to where it joins the Mississippi. Over several decades he returned time and again in his red canoe to immerse himself in the stories of the Chippewa...
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Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West

David Wolman - William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever. In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world's greatest rodeo. They...

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The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights

Shaun Assael - Blue Rider Press
Pages: 303
Format: Print book

A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days.

On...
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Intangiball: The Subtle Things That Win Baseball Games

Lonnie Wheeler - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"A unique and refreshing ode to the "little things" that represent baseball's heartbeat--the player who, in countless ways, makes other players better. Intangiball tracks the progress of the Cincinnati Reds through five years of culture change, beginning with the trades...
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication

David Foster Wallace - Library of America
Pages: 158
Format: Hardcover

An instant classic of American sportswriting - the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times)

Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's...
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Accessible Yoga: Poses and Practices for Every Body

Jivana Heyman - Shambhala
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

This daring, visionary book revolutionizes yoga practice--and makes it truly accessible to everyone, in every body, at any age, and in any state of health.

Yoga practice has so much to offer us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. But many of us feel discouraged to practice...
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A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred

George Will - Crown Archetype
Pages: 223
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times-bestselling history of America's most beloved baseball stadium, Wrigley Field, and the Cubs' century-long search for World Series glory

In A Nice Little Place on the North Side, leading columnist George Will returns to baseball with a deeply personal...
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Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - Time Home Entertainment
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Bestselling author, basketball legend and cultural commentator Kareem Abdul-Jabbar explores the heart of issues that affect Americans today.

Since retiring from professional basketball as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, six-time MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...
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