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Grand Canyon: A History of a Natural Wonder and National Park

Don Lago - University of Nevada Press,
Format: Print book

The Grand Canyon has long inspired deep emotions and responses. For the Native Americans who lived there, the canyon was home, full of sacred meanings. For the first European settlers to see it, the canyon drove them to great exploration adventures and Wild West dreams of wealth. The canyon...
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Military Mental Toughness: Elite Training for Critical Situations

Chris McNab - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback

HOW TO THINK AND ACT LIKE A SPECIAL OPS WARRIOR WHEN FACING INTENSE, PIVOTAL MOMENTSTrain your mind as vigorously as your body, and you will handle high-stress situations as smoothly and professionally as a special ops soldier. Using the mental toughness program presented in this book,...
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The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West

JOHN BRANCH - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A gripping portrait of one family's gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West -- and not just its past.For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders -- some call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now Bill...
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Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty

Bengie Molina - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A baseball rules book. A tape measure. A lottery ticket.These were in the pocket of Bengie Molina’s father when he died of a heart attack on the rutted Little League field in his Puerto Rican barrio. The items serve as thematic guideposts in Molina’s beautiful memoir about his father,...
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Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises

Fodor's Travel Publications - Fodor's Travel
Format: Paperback

Whether you want to go bear-watching on Kodiak Island, cruise through Glacier Bay, or fish for salmon in Sitka Bay, the local Fodor's travel experts in Alaska are here to help! Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations,...
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The Mamba Mentality: How I Play

KOBE BRYANT - MCD
Format: Hardcover

The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant -- a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most revered athletes of all timeIn the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant has decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding...
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The Complete U.S. Army Survival Guide to Foraging Skills, Tactics, and Techniques

Jay McCullough - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book

Here in this critical guide is all the important foraging techniques that you'll need to know in order to survive in just about any situation. From selecting edible berries to trapping small game, The Complete U.S. Army Survival Guide to Foraging Skills, Tactics, and Techniques has got you covered....
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

Jon Pessah - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The incredible inside story of power, money, and baseball's last twenty yearsIn the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their...
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Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

Andy Martino - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

By the fall of 2019, most teams around Major League Baseball suspected that the Houston Astros had been stealing signs for several years. The Astros had won the 2017 World Series and made the playoffs the next two seasons. All the while, opponents felt that Houston's hitters knew what...
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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

Keith O'Brien - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures - baseball immortal Pete Rose - and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century....
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