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Splash!: 10,000 Years of Swimming
Howard Means - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Choose a stroke and get paddling through the human history of swimming! From man's first recorded dip into what's now the driest spot on earth to the splashing, sparkling pool party in your backyard, humans have been getting wet for 10,000 years. And for most of modern history,... |
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Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport
Joseph Epstein - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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In this collection, his twenty-fifth book, Joseph Epstein departs from writing about literature and culture to indulge his fondness for the world of sport in all its forms. In these essays and stories on such subjects as saving Joe DiMaggio's reputation from the clutches of an iconoclastic... |
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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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The Soccer Book
DK Publishing - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Paperback
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The Soccer Book illustrates every aspect of the sport in great detail, from the history of the game to how it's played - the rules, field of play, players, officials, clothing, and equipment. Eye-catching artwork and jargon-free text clearly explain every aspect of the game, such... |
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The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch
Jonathan Gottschall - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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An English professor begins training in the sport of mixed martial arts and explores the science and history behind the violence of menWhen a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym moves in across the street from his office, Jonathan Gottschall sees a challenge, and an opportunity. Pushing forty,... |
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Hidden Mountains: Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong
Michael Wejchert - Ecco
Format: Hardcover
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The story of a climbing adventure gone wrong in a remote Alaskan mountain range, the impossible rescue attempt that followed, and the fraught cost of survivalIn 2018, two couples set out on a climbing expedition to Alaska's Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America.... |
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A Fly Rod of Your Own
John Gierach - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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John Gierach, "the voice of the common angler" (The Wall Street Journal) and member of the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame, brings his sharp sense of humor and keen eye for observation to the fishing life and, for that matter, life in general.John Gierach is known for his witty,... |
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No Excuses: The Making of a Head Coach
Gene Wojciechowski - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary Oklahoma coach, a deeply reflective and incredibly candid memoir that explores the overwhelming pressures and extraordinary joys of leading one of our most storied football institutionsAs a son of a high school football coach in Youngstown, Ohio, Bob Stoopss life was shaped... |
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Undisputed Truth
Mike Tyson - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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A bare-knuckled, tell-all memoir from Mike Tyson, the onetime heavyweight champion of the world—and a legend both in and out of the ring. Philosopher, Broadway headliner, fighter, felon—Mike Tyson has defied stereotypes, expectations, and a lot of conventional wisdom during... |
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