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For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball

Bud Selig - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Foreword by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe longtime Commissioner of Major League Baseball provides an unprecedented look inside professional baseball today, focusing on how he helped bring the game into the modern age and revealing his interactions with players, managers, fellow owners, and fans...
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Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life

Tim McGraw - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

From Grammy-Award winning music superstar and actor Tim McGraw comes a one-of-a kind lifestyle book that melds his personal fitness transformation story with practical advice to inspire healthy changes in readers' lives.Tim McGraw is as well-known for his unparalleled accomplishments in the entertainment...
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How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling

Jeremy Wade - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover

The star of the Discovery Channel's River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing--and life.In his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents...
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Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery

Christie Aschwanden - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

An eye-opening exploration of how the human body can best recover and adapt to sports and fitness training.In recent years recovery has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks...
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Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up

Alex Speier - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The captivating inside story of the historic 2018 Boston Red Sox, as told through the assembly and ascendancy of their talented young core - the culmination of nearly a decade of reporting from one of the most respected baseball writers in the country."Alex Speier spins a compelling...
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Dressing Barbie

Carol Spencer - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

A legendary fashion designer for Barbie shares the story of her adventures working behind-the-scenes at Mattel, and spotlights the creations that transformed the world's most famous doll into a style icon in this beautifully designed book - published in commemoration of Barbie's sixtieth...
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America's Game: The NFL at 100

Jerry Rice - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The authors of the New York Times bestseller 50 Years, 50 Moments celebrate the first 100 years of the National Football League, interweaving history, personal stories, memories, and observations of some of its greatest players, coaches, and advocates to chronicle footballs amazing evolution...
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365 Fly-Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish

Skip Morris - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Fly fishers are always looking for useful, reliable, and trustworthy tips to improve their fishing. Veteran author and fly fisherman Skip Morris gives a year's worth of practical tips for taking trout, large and smallmouth bass, and panfish from streams and lakes in a handy, easy-to-read...
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I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution

Emily Nussbaum - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. From her creation of the first "Approval Matrix" in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer...
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The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created

JANE LEAVY - Harper
Format: Hardcover

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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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

Meghan Cox Gurdon - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,...
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Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks

Ron Rapoport - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

The definitive and revealing biography of Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks, one of America's most iconic, beloved, and misunderstood baseball players, by acclaimed journalist Ron Rapoport.Ernie Banks, the first-ballot Hall of Famer and All-Century Team shortstop, played in fourteen All-Star...
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One-Way Ticket: Nine Lives on Two Wheels

Jonathan Vaughters - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

The new memoir tracing story of cycling since the 1980s, throught he eyes of Jonathan Vaughters, founder of team Education First and one of the sport's most towering figures.Jonathan Vaughters' story is the story of modern cycling. From his early years as a keen cyclist in his hometown...
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The Last Stand of Payne Stewart: The Year Golf Changed Forever

Kevin Robbins - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover

Forever remembered as one of the most dramatic storylines in the history of golf, Payne Stewart's legendary career was bookended by a dramatic comeback and a shocking, tragic end. Here, Robbins brings Stewart's story vividly to life. Written off as a pompous showman past the prime of his career,...
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Horizon

Barry Lopez - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped an extraordinary life.Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from...
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Labyrinth of Ice: The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition

Buddy Levy - St. Martin's Press
Format: Book

Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration.

In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region...

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The Sixth Man: A Memoir

Andre Iguodala - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the champion Golden State Warriors.Andre Iguodala is one of the most admired players in the NBA. And fresh off the Warriors' third NBA championship in the last four years, his game has never been stronger....
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Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton

PHILIP NORMAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Shout!, comes the definitive biography of Eric Clapton, a Rock legend whose life story is as remarkable as his music, which transformed the sound of a generation.For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos,...
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Still in the Game: Finding the Faith to Tackle Life's Biggest Challenges

Devon Still - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Be proud of your scars. They're signs that you survived whatever tried to break you.For Devon Still, life has been a journey from one scar to the next. From one challenge to the next. His is a story of pushing through pain and overcoming obstacles of all shapes and sizes - of choosing...
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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

Caroline Van Hemert - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Hope Jahren, Helen MacDonald, and Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's journey from Washington State to high above the Arctic Circle -- traveling across remote and rugged terrain solely by human power -- to rediscover birds, the natural world, and her own love...
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The Seven Longest Yards: Our Love Story of Pushing the Limits while Leaning on Each Other

Chris Norton - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

Quadriplegics do not simply walk again - yet millions watched as Chris Norton took ten nearly impossible steps. With his fiance, Emily, supporting at his side, those unbelievable steps became the start of an extraordinary journey for them both. The Seven Longest Yards tells the unforgettable...
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Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey1,000 Days. 64 Countries. 1 Beautiful Planet.

Nuseir Yassin - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

60 seconds. That's how long it takes to dispel stereotypes in Mexico. Throw a house party for strangers in Israel. Change perspectives in Nebraska. Make friends in Japan. And connect millions of people all over the world.In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive...
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Citizen Akoy: Basketball and the Making of a South Sudanese American

Steve Marantz - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover

Akoy Agau led Omaha Central High School to four straight high school basketball state championships (2010-13) and was a threetime AllState player. One of the most successful high school athletes in Nebraska's history, he's also a South Sudanese refugee. At age four, Akoy and his family...
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Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football

John Urschel - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestsellerJohn Urschel, mathematician and former offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, tells the story of a life balanced between two passionsFor John Urschel, what began as an insatiable appetite for puzzles as a child developed into mastery of the elegant systems...
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One Day at Disney: Meet the People Who Make the Magic Across the Globe

Bruce Steele - Disney Editions
Format: Book

What's it like to report for work every day for The Walt Disney Company? Step behind the scenes to immerse yourself in one "ordinary" day at Disney. On a Thursday in 2019, a small army of photographers and videographers scattered across the globe to capture what goes on beyond...

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KD: Kevin Durant's Relentless Pursuit to Be the Greatest

Marcus Thompson - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Golden State Warriors insider and bestselling author Marcus Thompson delivers the definitive biography of one of the most extraordinary basketball players in NBA history - Kevin Durant. The NBA has never seen a player quite like Kevin Durant. Larry Bird wasn't as quick, Magic Johnson didn't...
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Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player

Pete Rose - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

The inside story of how Pete Rose became one of the greatest and most controversial players in the history of baseball Pete Rose was a legend on the field. As baseball's Hit King, he shattered records that were thought to be unbreakable. And during the 1970s, he was the leader of the Big Red Machine,...
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The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey

Rowan Ricardo Phillips - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

An energetic, lyrical, genre-defying account of the 2017 tennis season.In The Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey, the award-winning poet -- and Paris Review sports columnist -- Rowan Ricardo Phillips chronicles 2017 as seen through the unique prism of its pivotal, revelatory, and historic...
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All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything

Sasha Chapin - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"A smart, funny, and slyly profound book about the dark ecstasies of obsessive love. Sasha Chapin is a gentlemanly Gonzo, a dirty Bond, and he writes like a dream."--Claudia Dey, author of HeartbreakerSasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert...
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Hero Dogs: How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners

Wilma Melville - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Hero Dogs is the incredible memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's foremost disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina.Ana and Hunter were failed service dogs. Recon was left for dead on the train tracks. Cody was returned...
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches

Tyler Kepner - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

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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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir

Daniel R. Day - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." - Ava Duvernay, director of Selma,...
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Acid for the Children: A Memoir

Flea - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd want from an LA street rat turned world famous rock star.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal...
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Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life

Beppe Severgnini - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

In this witty and entertaining collection of travel tales, an acclaimed journalist explores his obsession with trains--and what his rail journeys have taught him about culture and identity."I've gone around the world in installments. Every trip has been a revelation. I've watched regions,...
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The Beautiful Ones

Prince - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time - featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death. Prince was a musical...
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Running Home: A Memoir

Katie Arnold - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Wild and H Is for Hawk, a former Outside magazine writer tells her story - of fathers and daughters, grief and renewal, adventure and obsession, and the power of running to change your life.I'm running to forget, and to remember. Katie Arnold...
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Find Momo across Europe: Another Hide-and-Seek Photography Book

Andrew Knapp - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback

Play hide-and-seek with Momo, the bandana-wearing, head-tilting border collie who loves to tuck himself away for the stunning photographs taken by his BFF Andrew. The pair's first books - Find Momo, Find Momo Coast to Coast, and the board book Let's Find Momo! - explored...
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Dottir: My Journey to Becoming a Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion

Katrin Davidsdottir - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

This is a memoir by two-time CrossFit Games champion, Katrin Davidsdottir.Dottir is two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir's inspiring and poignant memoir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of "Fittest Woman on Earth" twice,...
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Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem's Legendary Theater

Ted Fox - Abrams ComicArts
Format: Hardcover

Writer Ted Fox and artist James Otis Smith bring to life Harlem's legendary theater in this graphic novel adaptation of Fox's definitive, critically acclaimed history of the Apollo. Since its inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and the thousands of entertainers...
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The Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer

Laurent Dubois - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Essential reading for soccer fans as the 2022 World Cup approaches, this lively and lyrical book is "an ideal guide to the worlds most popular sport" (Simon Kuper, coauthor of Soccernomics) .. Soccer is not only the worlds most popular game; its also one of the most widely shared...
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Inseparable: How Family and Sacrifice Forged a Path to the NFL

Shaquem Griffin - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Much more than a sports memoir, in Inseparable Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin share the previously untold details of the powerful and inspiring story behind the modern NFL's first one-handed player, and his twin brother's unrelenting devotion, sacrifice, and love. It's the story...
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See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

Frances Mayes - Crown
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling and beloved author Frances Mayes discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisineThe Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous...
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I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story

Anthony Daniels - DK
Format: Hardcover

Discover the incredible untold story of one of Star Wars' most iconic characters, C-3PO, told by the man who knows him best."Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor! We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness."These words were the very first to be spoken...
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The Fundies: The Essential Hockey Guide from On the Bench

Olly Postanin - Penguin Canada
Format: Paperback

The funniest duo since Bob and Doug McKenzie The hockey world has exploded with On the Bench - the one-stop shop for all the hockey fundamentals (the fundies) . As elite, old-school players, Olly and Jacob embody how the game should be played. How good are they? Their early YouTube...
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White Fang and the Golden Bear: A Father-and-Son Journey on the Golf Course and Beyond

Joe Wessel - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

Augusta National is golf's Holy Grail. Navigating the azaleas to play the exclusive course that hosts The Masters is a pipe dream for every golfer. Imagine being afforded the opportunity not only to play the course, but to be able to bring your father along for the ride. To complete...
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The Align Method: 5 Movement Principles for a Stronger Body, Sharper Mind, and Stress-Proof Life

Aaron Alexander - ‎Grand Central Publishing; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Use posture and body alignment to build strength, achieve peak performance, reduce pain, and find a new sense of confidence with celebrity manual therapist and movement coach Aaron Alexander.Good...
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The Lucky Thirteen: The Winners of America's Triple Crown of Horse Racing

Edward Bowen - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

In more than a century of American Thoroughbred racing, only thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, all won in the same season) . Veteran turf writer and racing historian Edward L. Bowen takes us through the rich history...
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Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL

Jeff Pearlman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The USFL - United States Football League - was the last football league to not merely challenge the mighty NFL, but cause it to collectively shudder. It spanned three seasons, 1983-85. It secured multiple television deals. It drew millions of fans and launched the careers of legends. But then...
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The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life

Mark Synnott - Dutton
Format: Hardcover

"One of the most compelling accounts of a climb and the climbing ethos that I've ever read." --Sebastian JungerThe Impossible Climb climaxes with Alex Honnold's unprecedented, almost unimaginable feat: a 3,000-foot vertical climb up El Capitan in Yosemite, without...
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Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home

Matthew Kepnes - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Part travel memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. "Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding...
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Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player

Jeremy Beer - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover

Buck O'Neil once described him as "Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker rolled into one." Among experts he is regarded as the best player in Negro Leagues history. During his prime he became a legend in Cuba and one of black America's most popular figures. Yet even among serious...
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The Grim Reaper: The Life and Career of a Reluctant Warrior

Stu Grimson - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A powerful memoir from an NHL heavyweight champion who moved from the dressing room to the courtroom.NHL tough guys all tell the same story. They all grew up dreaming of skating in the big league as stars. Then one day, a coach tells them the only way to make it is to drop the gloves. And every...
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That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of Americas Public Lands

Mark Kenyon - Little A
Format: Paperback

From prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes -- Americas public lands.Every American is a public-land owner, inheritor to the largest public-land trust in the world. These vast expanses...
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Mantle: The Best There Ever Was

Tony Castro - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

THE BEST MICKEY MANTLE BOOK EVER * From Tony Castro, the award-winning, bestselling author of Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son and DiMag & Mick, comes the concluding book of his Mickey Mantle Biographical Trilogy -- the man of whom even Joe DiMaggio said "to say there...
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The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

Ben Lindbergh - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-tech quest to build better players. As bestselling authors Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik reveal in The MVP Machine, the Moneyball era is over. Fifteen years after Michael Lewis...
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The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

JOSHUA ROBINSON - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer's Premier League became the wildest, richest, most popular sports product on the planet. This is a sports and business tale of how money, ambition, and 25 years of uncommon drama re-made an ancient institution into...
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The Tour According to G: My Journey to the Yellow Jersey

Geraint Thomas
Format: Hardcover


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Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan

Alan Paul - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller!The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon.Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction...
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Inside the Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees

Bob Klapisch - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

A riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the world Using the 2018 baseball season as the backdrop, Inside the Empire gives readers the real, unvarnished "straight-from-the-gut"...
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Swell: A Waterbiography The Sunday Times SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017

JENNY LANDRETH - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Paperback

These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit--but this wasn't always the case. In the 19th century, swimming was exclusively the domain of men, and access to pools was a luxury limited by class. Women were (barely) allowed to swim...
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Hell with the Lid Off: Inside the Fierce Rivalry between the 1970s Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers

Ed Gruver - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover

Hell with the Lid Off looks at the ferocious five-year war waged by Pittsburgh and Oakland for NFL supremacy during the turbulent seventies.The roots of their rivalry dated back to the 1972 playoff game in Pittsburgh that ended with the Immaculate Reception, Franco Harriss stunning touchdown...
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Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America

Bill Geist - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that author...
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Star Wars: The Galactic Explorer's Guide

Jason Fry - Goodman
Format: Hardcover

This fact-packed book-plus-app is an interactive guide to key planets from the Star Wars galaxy. It contains plenty of information, photographs, and diagrams on the page, and the latest Augmented Reality technology brings many interactive elements to enhance the reading experience. The traveler's...
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The Game: Harvard, Yale, and America in 1968

George Howe Colt - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

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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The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness

Markus Torgeby - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Paperback

As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably....
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Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice

Taylor Dayne - Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Tell It to My Heart: How I Lost My S#*T, Conquered My Fear, and Found My Voice captures Taylor Daynes ascent against all odds, and the stories behind the dance soundtrack of our lives. From her early life growing up in a challenging blue-collar Long Island home in the 1960s and 1970s through...
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The Men on Magic Carpets: Searching for the superhuman sports star

Ed Hawkins - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Hardcover

The bizarre true story about the cosmic side of sports.In the 1970s the US military believed they could create a '"super soldier"--one who could use psychic powers to walk through walls, disarm the enemy through telepathy, or kill a goat by staring at it. The brain behind...
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The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer

Caitlin Murray - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover

The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters...
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Mission 27: A New Boss, A New Ballpark, and One Last Ring for the Yankees' Core Four

Mark Feinsand - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

Boasting a mix of homegrown talent and All-Star signings, the 2009 Yankees were composed of the very best. With the previous season's failed playoff bid still as fresh as the paint job on the new Yankee Stadium, a 27th championship flag represented the singular objective of a squad...
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She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild

Gale Straub - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

For every woman who has ever been called outdoorsy comes a collection of stories that inspires unforgettable adventure.Beautiful, empowering, and exhilarating, She Explores is a spirited celebration of female bravery and courage, and an inspirational companion for any woman who wants to travel...
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Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World

Jeff Gordinier - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover

A food critic chronicles four years spent traveling with renowned chef Ren Redzepi in search of the most tantalizing flavors the world has to offer.Hungry is a book about not only the hunger for food, but for risk, for reinvention, for creative breakthroughs, and for connection....
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Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders

Joshua Foer - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

"A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper." - New York Times Praised as the "bestest travel guide ever" (Mary Roach) and "a joy to read and reread" (Neil Gaiman) , Atlas Obscura...
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Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher

David Cone - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Met and Yankee All-Star pitcher David Cone shares lessons from the World Series and beyond in this essential New York Times bestselling memoir for baseball fans everywhere."There was a sense about him and an aura about him. Even when he was in trouble, he carried himself like a pitcher...
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After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets

Art Shamsky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

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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Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul

Marty Smith - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

The amazing and blessed life of popular ESPN reporter and correspondent for College GameDay, Marty Smith, whose mission in this thoughtful and funny memoir is to return fans to the true soul of sports in this country. You know Marty right? The guy during College GameDay hanging...
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How Bout Them Cowboys?: Inside the Huddle with the Stars and Legends of Americas Team

Gary Myers - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Jerryworld and an all-access pass to the most valuable sports franchise on the planet, the Dallas Cowboys. Many books have been written about the Cowboys, but theres never been an account like this one. How Bout Them Cowboys tells the story of the NFLs most successful franchise,...
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The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock n Roll

Ian S. Port - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

"A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history" (The New York Times Book Review) , this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitars amplified sound - Leo Fender and Les Paul - and their intense...
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If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Red Sox

Jerry Remy - Triumph Books
Format: Paperback

The Boston Red Sox are one of the most iconic teams in Major League Baseball, with nine World Series championships and countless greats who have donned the Sox uniform. In If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Red Sox, former player and longtime broadcaster Jerry Remy provides insight into...
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Edgar: An Autobiography

Edgar Martinez - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

Patience, persistence, and the most unlikely of circumstances vaulted Edgar Martinez from a poor neighborhood in Dorado, Puerto Rico to the spotlight in Seattle, where he spent the entirety of his 18-year major league career with the Mariners. At last, his path is destined for one last...
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Fishing Through the Apocalypse: An Angler's Adventures in the 21st Century

Matthew L. Miller - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

What does the future hold for fish and the people who pursue them? Fishing Through the Apocalypse explores that question through a series of fishing stories about the reality of the sport in the 21st century. Matthew Miller (director of science communications for The Nature Conservancy)...
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100 Years in Titletown: Celebrating a Century of Green Bay Packers Football

Vernon Biever - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

The name "Biever" is synonymous with Green Bay Packers football. For the better part of eight decades, the late Vernon Biever and his son Jim were there on the sidelines at Lambeau and beyond, capturing the most iconic moments in team history. This new collection, which arrives...
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Shula: The Coach of the NFL's Greatest Generation

Mark Ribowsky - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

Spanning seven decades, the notorious loss of Super Bowl III, and an historic undefeated season with the Dolphins, Shula is the definitive biography of a coaching legend. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997, Don Shula remains the winningest coach of all time with 347 career victories...
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My World

Peter Sagan - VeloPress
Format: Hardcover

Peter Sagan, at just 28 years of age, is already one of cycling's greatest riders of all time. With four Tour de France points jersey victories, three road race world championships, the 2018 Paris-Roubaix, and multiple spring classics among Sagan's palmares, the world of cycling...
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They Said It Couldn't Be Done: The '69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History

Wayne Coffey - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

The story of the 1969 Miracle Mets, unlikely world champions against the backdrop of the space race and Vietnam, on the 50th anniversary of their Cinderella seasonIn 1962, the New York Mets spent their first year in existence racking up the worst record in baseball history. Things scarcely...
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Starting the US Open: From Shinnecock to Pebble Beach

Ron Read - Fitting Words
Format: Hardcover

For 23 years, Ron Read witnessed the toughest shot in golf, the opening drive from the #1 tee of the United States Open Championship. A vantage point few have enjoyed. The US Open ranks with the World Series, the Super Bowl, and Wimbledon for its prestige and meaning to its respective sport....
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Where Do I Begin?: Stories from a Life Lived Out Loud

Elvis Duran - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

Elvis Duran, host of one of the nation's top morning shows and the voice millions of Americans wake up to, shares his wildest stories and hardest-learned lessons all with his trademark heart, honesty, and plenty of humor. Elvis Duran's nationally syndicated radio program, Elvis Duran...
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Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art

Michael Shnayerson - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world-for contemporary art-is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break careers and fortunes. The contemporary art market is an international juggernaut, throwing off multimillion-dollar...
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Never Cry Halibut: and Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales

Bjorn Dihle - Alaska Northwest Books
Format: Paperback

From the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage, Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska.Accompanied by photographs, each story reflects the author's three-decade relationship with the wildest places left in North...
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26 Marathons: What I've Learned About Faith, Identity, Running, and Life From Each Marathon I've Run

Meb Keflezighi - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

Four-time Olympic marathoner Meb Keflezighi shares his lessons on life, family, faith, and running through a reflection on each of the 26 marathons he's run in his storied career.When four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi ran his final marathon in New York City on November 5, 2017, it marked...
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Primitive Technology: A Survivalist's Guide to Building Tools, Shelters, and More in the Wild

John Plant - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From the craftsman behind the popular YouTube channel Primitive Technology comes a practical guide to building huts and tools using only natural materials from the wild. John Plant, the man behind the channel, Primitive Technology, is a bonafide YouTube star. With over 8 million subscribers...
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Running Is My Therapy: How Running Can Help You Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, Ditch Bad Habits, and Live Happier

SCOTT DOUGLAS - The Experiment
Format: Paperback

From a New York Times-bestselling author and lifelong runner, a groundbreaking guide to fighting depression and anxiety one run at a timeWhether you're a runner struggling with depression or anxiety or someone who is depressed and anxious looking for a scientifically supported way to improve...
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NFL Century: The One-Hundred-Year Rise of America's Greatest Sports League

Joe Horrigan - Crown
Format: Hardcover

From the former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame comes a sweeping and lively history of the National Football League, timed to coincide with the NFL's 100th anniversary season. "I can think of no one better qualified - or more enthusiastic - to chronicle the National...
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A Craftsman's Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning

Eric Gorges - Algonquin Books
Format: Hardcover

The host of TV's A Craftsman's Legacy makes the case that the craftsman's way--the philosophy, the skills, and the mindset--can provide a helpful blueprint for all of us in our increasingly hurried, mass-manufactured world. Today, even as so many of us spend hours in front of screens...
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Justify: 111 Days to Triple Crown Glory

Lenny Shulman - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover

With a trademark powerful stride amid a blaze of red and yellow silks, Justify emphatically crossed the finish line at the 2018 Belmont Stakes and became just the 13th winner of horse racing's elusive Triple Crown. One of the most charismatic and talented runners in the history of the sport,...
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Amazing Racers: The Story of Americas Greatest Running Team and its Revolutionary Coach

Marc Bloom - Pegasus Books
Format: Paperback

The inspiring, untold story about a group of remarkable athletes and their groundbreaking coach who live and train in startling ways - and are redefining running excellence in the United States.. What would one call taking teens with no evident running talent and challenging them with boundless...
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