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Game Faces: Early Baseball Cards from the Library of Congress
Peter Devereaux - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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A charming gift book showcasing baseball cards from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries alongside photos from the early days of the nation's beloved pastimeGame Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball cards from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edwards Collection,... |
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Still in the Game: Finding the Faith to Tackle Life's Biggest Challenges
Devon Still - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover
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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 Mamba Mentality: How I Play
Kobe Bryant - MCD
Format: Hardcover
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryants personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game -- a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar.. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball,... |
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Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music
Christopher C King - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Patrick Leigh Fermor and Geoff Dyer, a Grammy-winning producer discovers a powerful and ancient folk music tradition. In a dark record shop in Istanbul, renowned collector Christopher King uncovered some of the strangest -- and most hypnotic -- sounds he had ever heard.... |
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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
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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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Dressing Barbie
Carol Spencer - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover
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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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This Is the Day: Reclaim Your Dream. Ignite Your Passion. Live Your Purpose.
TIM TEBOW - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times best-selling sports star and media icon motivates readers to stop postponing dreams and start making them happen now because--this is the day.Beyond Tim Tebow's exploits as a Heisman-winning football player, he is widely known and respected for his exemplary... |
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Let's Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks
Ron Rapoport - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Citizen Akoy: Basketball and the Making of a South Sudanese American
Steve Marantz - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds
Nick Foles - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Hardcover
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*New York Times Bestseller*Get ready to defy the odds when everyones counting you out.When the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback went down with a torn ACL in week 14 of the 2017 NFL season, many fans -- and commentators -- assumed the Eagles season was over.Instead, Nick Foles came... |
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Horizon
Barry Lopez - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
Caroline Van Hemert - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover
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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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Running Home: A Memoir
Katie Arnold - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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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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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
Tyler Kepner - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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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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I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing: Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture
A D Jameson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A. D. Jameson celebrates the triumph of geekdom in I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing, an insightful and irreverent journey through the science fiction, fantasy, and superhero pop-culture cinematic icons whose legions of fans have put them at the top of the box office over and over.... |
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The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House
Curt Smith - Univ of Nebraska Pr
Format: Hardcover
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The Presidents and the Pastime draws on Curt Smith's extensive background as a former White House presidential speechwriter to chronicle the historic relationship between baseball, the "most American" sport, and the U.S. presidency. Smith, who USA TODAY calls "America's... |
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Off the Rails: A Train Trip Through Life
Beppe Severgnini - Berkley
Format: Hardcover
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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 Language of the Game: How to Understand Soccer
Laurent Dubois - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Fair Chase: The Epic Story of Hunting in America
PHILIP DRAY - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning historian tells the story of hunting in America, showing how this sport has shaped our national identity.From Daniel Boone to Teddy Roosevelt, hunting is one of America's most sacred-but also most fraught-traditions. It was promoted in the 19th century as a way to reconnect... |
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Become an American Ninja Warrior: The Ultimate Insider's Guide
EXPERTS AND CONTESTANTS OF AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR. - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover
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The first official book adapted from the hit NBC show, American Ninja Warrior -- published to coincide with the 10th anniversary.Every week, millions of viewers tune in to NBC's American Ninja Warrior, to watch as ninjas from every walk of life attempt to complete a series... |
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Find Momo across Europe: Another Hide-and-Seek Photography Book
Andrew Knapp - Quirk Books
Format: Paperback
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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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See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy
Frances Mayes - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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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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Inside the Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees
Bob Klapisch - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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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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The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
Mark Synnott - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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"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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Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal
KEN BENSINGER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal - the biggest international corruption case of recent years, spearheaded by US investigators, involving dozens of countries, and implicating nearly every aspect of the world's most popular sport, soccer, including its biggest event, the World... |
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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
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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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She Explores: Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild
Gale Straub - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
Caitlin Murray - Abrams Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters
Bob Dylan - Chicago Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a 1969 conversation with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan proclaimed, "I don't give interviews." But in truth, he has spoken at length with print publications large and small and with broadcast media around the world, given numerous press conferences, and even... |
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Fishing Through the Apocalypse: An Angler's Adventures in the 21st Century
Matthew L. Miller - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets
Art Shamsky - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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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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Bruce Lee: A Life
Matthew Polly - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first authoritative biography - featuring dozens of rarely seen photographs - of film legend Bruce Lee, who made martial arts a global phenomenon, bridged the divide between Eastern and Western cultures, and smashed long-held stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans.Forty-five years... |
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Birds of a Feather: A True Story of Hope and the Healing Power of Animals
LORIN LINDNER - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring story of how one woman's vision helped create a unique healing communityLee Woodruff: "This true story will twist your heart like a sponge and renew your faith in the world."Vicki Myron: "A heartwarming book." Animal lover though she was, Lorin Lindner... |
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Never Cry Halibut: and Other Alaska Hunting and Fishing Tales
Bjorn Dihle - Alaska Northwest Books
Format: Paperback
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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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The Shipwreck Hunter: A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
DAVID L MEARNS - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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This gripping memoir by the world's foremost marine geologist is an enthralling blend of maritime history, popular science, and Clive Cussler-style adventure. David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battleship HMS Hood... |
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Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of nike
Phil Knight - Scribner Book Company
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In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight "offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh" (BOOKLIST , starred review) , opening up about his company's early days as an intrepid... |
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Justify: 111 Days to Triple Crown Glory
Lenny Shulman - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
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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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Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine
EDWARD LEE - Artisan
Format: Hardcover
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American food is the story of mash-ups. Immigrants arrive, cultures collide, and out of the push-pull come exciting new dishes and flavors. But for Edward Lee, who, like Anthony Bourdain or Gabrielle Hamilton, is as much a writer as he is a chef, that first surprising bite is just the beginning.... |
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