|
God and Starbucks: An NBA Superstar's Journey Through Addiction and Recovery
VIN BAKER - Amistad
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An astonishing memoir of redemption - the moving story of a former top NBA player who miraculously rebounded from a monumental fall thanks to hard work and his deep, transformative faith.Sixteen years ago, Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star, an Olympic Gold medalist, and a multimillionaire.... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Why Bob Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"The coolest class on campus" - The New York TimesWhen the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character
Marty Appel - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Print book
|
|
The definitive biography of one of baseball's most enduring and influential characters, from New York Times bestselling author and baseball writer Marty Appel. As a player, Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel's contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer
TOM CALLAHAN - HARPERCOLLINS
Format: Print book
|
|
In this definitive biography, veteran sportswriter Tom Callahan shines a spotlight on one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game, Arnold Palmer.The winner of more than ninety championships, including four Masters Tournaments, Arnold Palmer was a legend in twentieth century sports:... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Relentless: A Memoir
ROBERT SACHS - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The Super Bowl champion wide receiver for the New England Patriots shares his inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of the most reliable and inspiring players in the NFL. When the Patriots were down 28-3 in Super Bowl LI, there was at least one player... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio
MR DAVID THOMSON - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Behind the scenes at the legendary Warner Brothers film studio, where four immigrant brothers transformed themselves into the moguls and masters of American fantasyWarner Bros charts the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings in the early twentieth century through... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance
Alex Hutchinson - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field. But what if we all can go farther, push harder, and achieve more than we think were capable of
Blending cutting-edge science and gripping storytelling in the spirit of Malcolm Gladwellwho... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Quarterback Whisperer: How to Build an Elite NFL Quarterback
Bruce Arians - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
What is an elite NFL QB and what separates that player from the others? One answer is the coach they share. In the recent history of the biggest game on earth, one man is the common thread that connects several of the very best in the sport: Peyton Manning; Ben Roethlisberger; Andrew Luck;... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Lost City of Z
DAVID GRANN - VINTAGE
Format: Print book
|
|
This New York Times bestseller is soon to be a major motion picture starring Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson and directed by James Gray.In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wayne and Ford: The Films, the Friendship, and the Forging of an American Hero
Nancy Schoenberger - Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover
|
|
John Ford and John Wayne, two titans of classic film, made some of the most enduring movies of all time. The genre they defined - the Western - and the heroic archetype they built still matter today. For more than twenty years John Ford and John Wayne were a blockbuster Hollywood team,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
|
|
"A people's history of the Olympics." -- New York Times Book ReviewA Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A Ringside Affair: Boxing's Last Golden Age
JAMES LAWTON - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Hardcover
|
|
For nearly three decades--throughout boxing's most engrossing era from 1977 through 2002--James Lawton was ringside, covering every significant bout, spending time with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hitman Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
LEIGH MONTVILLE - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An insightful portrait of Muhammed Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military - and the key moments in a life that was as high... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football
MICHAEL HOLLEY - Hachette Books
Format: Paperback
|
|
New York Times bestselling sportswriter Michael Holley takes readers behind the scenes of the relationship that transformed the Patriots from a middling franchise to the envy of the NFL. No head coach-quarterback pair has been more successful in NFL history than Bill Belichick and Tom Brady... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope
John Saunders - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In Playing Hurt, a leading figure in the sports world-the quintessential "man's man," who seems to have it all-confesses his constant battle with depression. John Saunders welcomes readers into the heart of his desperate struggle through insights into the root causes of depression... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Can't Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race against Time
Ida Keeling - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Can't Nothing Bring Me Down is the memoir of 101-year-old, world-record-holding runner Ida Keeling. Miss Ida, as she's known throughout her Bronx community, isn't your typical runner. Her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement. But her greatest... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
My Cubs: A Love Story
Scott Simon - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
NPR's Scott Simon's personal, heartfelt reflections on his beloved Chicago Cubs, replete with club lore, memorable anecdotes, frenetic fandom and wise and adoring intimacy that have made the world champion Cubbies baseball's most tortured - and now triumphant - franchise.No metaphor is necessary;... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beethoven's Eroica: The First Great Romantic Symphony
James Hamilton-Paterson - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An ode to Beethoven's revolutionary masterpiece, his Third Symphony In 1805, the world of music was startled by an avant-garde and explosive new work. Intellectually and emotionally, Beethoven's Third Symphony, the "Eroica," rudely broke the mold of the Viennese Classical... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic Shore
Robert Finch - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A poignant, candid chronicle of a beloved nature writer's fifty-year relationship with an iconic American landscape.Those who have encountered Cape Cod -- or merely dipped into an account of its rich history -- know that it is a singular place. Robert Finch writes of its beaches: "No... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Superfans: Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
GEORGE DOHRMANN - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America's most obsessive sports fans. There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out what... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Amy Bass - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory.When... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup
JOHN FEINSTEIN - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly-fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a U.S. team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the Cup out of American hands.Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Champions Way: Football, Florida, and the Lost Soul of College Sports
Mike McIntire - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: 1st Edition
|
|
A searing exposé of how the multibillion dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes.With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious, smash-mouth entertainment conglomerate known, quaintly,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports
Bennet Omalu - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
|
|
One day in 2002 the fifty-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster's body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
Finn Murphy - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A long-haul mover's rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Known by his trucker... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley
ROGER STEFFENS - W W NORTON
Format: Print book
|
|
The definitive oral history of Bob Marley by one of the world's foremost reggae scholars. Bob Marley's life is the stuff of legend. Raised in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, Marley (1945-1981) wrote songs that inspired millions. So Much Things to Say tells Marley's life story like never... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Ice Capades: A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
SEAN AVERY - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Controversial hockey star Sean Avery's no-holds-barred memoir of high living and bad behavior in the NHL - coupled with the behind-the-scenes glitter of celebrity and media nightlife in New York and LA. As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
A Life Well Played: My Stories
Arnold Palmer - Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook
|
|
This program opens with an introduction read by Arnold Palmer and is narrated by Rich Lerner of the Golf Channel. "This wasn't a "job" for me. This was a true privilege, because Arnold Palmer's story is important, and not simply because he's an American icon. His story's... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Baseball's Most Historic Record
John Eisenberg - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The fascinating story of baseball's legendary "Ironmen," two players from different eras who each achieved the coveted and sometimes confounding record of most consecutive games played When Cal Ripken Jr. began his career with the Baltimore Orioles at age twenty-one, he had no idea... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
TO THE FINISH LINE : a world champion triathlete's guide to your perfect race
CHRISSIE WELLINGTON - Center Street
|
|
Chrissie Wellington, the world's number one female Ironman athlete and four-time World Ironman Champion, presents her struggles, wisdom, and experiences gained from her hard-won career as a triathlete. With close to 2 million core participants, triathlons of various distances and challenges... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Captain Fantastic: Elton Johns Stellar Trip Through the 70s
Tom Doyle - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Based on rare one-on-one interviews with the flamboyant rock n roll icon, this is the first book to trace Elton Johns meteoric rise from obscurity to worldwide celebrity in the wildest, weirdest decade of the twentieth century.. In August 1970, Elton John achieved overnight fame with a rousing... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Score of a Lifetime: 25 Years Talking Chicago Sports
TERRY BOERS - Triumph Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
For 25 years, Chicago sports fans invited Terry Boers into their homes, cars, and offices as one of the premier voices of WSCR radio. Covering the latest championships and trades, Boers was a Windy City constant until his retirement in 2017. In his highly-anticipated memoir, Boers delivers... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato
Mike Tyson - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling memoirist comes an intimate look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. When Cus D'Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Art of Vanishing: A Memoir of Wanderlust
Laura Smith - Viking
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A young woman chafing at the confines of marriage confronts the high cost of craving freedom and adventureAt twenty-five, as her wedding date approached, Laura Smith began to feel trapped. Not by her fianc, who shared her appetite for adventure, but by the unsettling idea that it was hard... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
Eva Shockey - Convergent Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An acclaimed bow hunter who defies the stereotype that hunting is a man's game, Eva Shockey is a TV and social media phenomenon at the forefront of a new wave of women and girls who are passionate about outdoor sports. Eva Shockey grew up expecting to be a dancer like her glamorous... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Ali: A Life
JONATHAN EIG - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Winner of the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing Winner of The Times Sports Biography of the Year "Stunning . . . Eig's brilliant, exhaustive book is the biography the champ deserves." - NPR.orgThe definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Laurie Gwen Shapiro - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Battling the Ocean in a Rowboat: Two Men Cross 7,000 Miles of the North Pacific
MICK DAWSON - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The heart-pounding story of rowing expert Mick Dawson's most challenging feats on the open water, culminating in his greatest achievement: crossing the North Pacific Ocean in a small rowboat.Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Ultimate Glory: Frisbee, Obsession, and My Wild Youth
David Gessner - Riverhead Books
Format: Paperback
|
|
A story of obsession, glory, and the wild early days of Ultimate Frisbee. Before he made a name for himself as an acclaimed essayist and nature writer, David Gessner devoted his twenties to a cultish sport called Ultimate Frisbee. Like his teammates and rivals, he trained for countless... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The 1997 Masters: My Story
Tiger Woods - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
|
|
To mark the twentieth anniversary of his historic win at the 1997 Masters, Tiger Woods will for the first time reflect on the record-setting win both on and off the course. In 1997, Tiger Woods was already among the most-watched and closely examined athletes in history. But it wasn't until... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire
JONATHAN ABRAMS - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creationSince its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential. The issues... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Push: A Climbers Journey of Endurance, Risk, and Going Beyond Limits
Tommy Caldwell - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook
|
|
A New York Times BestsellerA dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemites El Capitan "The rarest of adventure reads: It thrills with colorful details of courage and perseverance, but it enriches readers... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ballplayer
Chipper Jones - Dutton
Format: Print book
|
|
Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones - one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history - shares his remarkable story, while capturing the magic nostalgia that sets baseball apart from every other sport. Before Chipper Jones became an eight-time All-Star who amassed Hall of Fame-worthy... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Drive for Five: The Remarkable Run of the 2016 Patriots
Christopher Price - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Foreword by Patriots safety Devin McCourty Afterword by Patriots wide receiver Matthew SlaterA behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 2016 New England Patriots season from the rocky start to the superbowl finish by award-winning sportswriter Christopher Price.There are certain moments... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Pawn: A Chronicle of the Sibyl's War
TIMOTHY ZAHN - TOR
Format: Print book
|
|
Nicole Lee is a nineteen-year-old woman in Philadelphia with a dead-end life: no family, no money, and a relationship with a criminal named Bungie.That all changes after one of Bungie's "deals" goes bad. Bungie forces Nicole to drive him to the hospital to kidnap an ER doctor... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle
MADELEINE BLAIS - Grove Press
Format: Paperback
|
|
Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais's In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle is a modern sports writing classic. Now expanded and updated with a new epilogue, Blais's book tells the story of a season in the life... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ruthless River: Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios
Holly FitzGerald - Vintage
Format: Paperback
|
|
A stunning debut; a Departures original publication. The ultimate survival story; a wild ride - the wildest - down a South American river in the thick of the Amazon Basin; a true and thrilling adventure of a young married couple who survive a plane crash only to later raft hundreds of miles... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4th and Goal Every Day: Alabamas Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
PHIL SAVAGE - St. Martins Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
With a Preface by Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban and a Foreword by ESPNs College Gameday Host Rece Davis.In 2017, Alabama won its fifth national title during Coach Nick Sabans tenure. This is Sabans sixth national title win as a coach. Hes now tied with Bear Bryant for coach with the most... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A Fly Rod of Your Own
John Gierach - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
|
|
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,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
Karen Crouse - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita than any other place in the country - and whose citizens provide a model for achieving excellence while leading a well-rounded life.Norwich, a charming Vermont town of roughly three thousand... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Killing Gravity
COREY J WHITE - Tor.com
Format: Paperback
|
|
Mars Xi can kill you with her mind, but she'll need more than psychic powers to save her in Killing Gravity, the thrilling science fiction space adventure debut by Corey J. White.Before she escaped in a bloody coup, MEPHISTO transformed Mariam Xi into a deadly voidwitch. Their training... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Edge of the World: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth
Jimmy Chin - Falcon Guides
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Photos and stories that will stop you in your tracksCreated in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversaryThe gripping stories behind some of Outside's most iconic images.More than 140 of the best adventure photos ever featured in OutsideWith a foreword by world-renowned... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash
Michael Rapaport - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Michael Rapaport, actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic, is here to set the world straight on the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys - while refusing to mention statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn't pure hustle.In... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
My First Coach: Untold Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads
Gary Myers - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the New York Times bestselling author of Brady vs. Manning and dean of football writers - a book that explores the many interesting facets to NFL quarterbacks and their relationships with their fathers.Tom Brady's father is an estate planner. Jim Harbaugh's father had a long... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring
BRUCE M BEEHLER - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The story of an ornithologist's journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
JOHN HODGMAN - Viking
Format: eBook
|
|
Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn't seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore. Everyone is doing it now. Disarmed of falsehood, he was left only with the awful truth:... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son
Paul Dickson - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book
|
|
Leo Durocher (1906-1991) was baseball's all-time leading cocky, flamboyant, and galvanizing character, casting a shadow across several eras, from the time of Babe Ruth to the Space Age Astrodome, from Prohibition through the Vietnam War. For more than forty years, he was at the forefront... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Dream Like a Champion: Wins, Losses, and Leadership the Nebraska Volleyball Way
BRANDON VOGEL - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Since becoming the Nebraska's women's volleyball coach in 2000, John Cook has led the team to three national championships, seven NCAA semifinal appearances, and the nation's top winning percentage in women's volleyball. In Dream Like a Champion Cook shares the coaching... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Last Iota
ROBERT KROESE - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The year is 2039, and Los Angeles is poised between order and chaos. After the Collapse of 2028, a vast section of LA, now known as the Disincorporated Zone, was disowned by the civil authorities and became a de facto third world country within the borders of the city.Navigating the boundaries... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Second Nature: The Legacy of Ric Flair and the Rise of Charlotte
Ric Flair - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
WOOOOOO! Are you ready for this, WWE Universe? For the first time ever, WWE's illustrious father-daughter duo "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Charlotte come together to tell their legendary story. Ric Flair is a 16-time World Champion and two-time WWE Hall of Fame Inductee. His four-decades... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece
Jonathan Keates - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Captain Class: The Hidden Force That Creates the World's Greatest Teams
SAM WALKER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The founding editor of The Wall Street Journal's sports section profiles the greatest teams in history and identifies the counterintuitive leadership qualities of the unconventional men and women who drove them to succeed.The secret to winning is not what you think it is.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Walking to Listen: 4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time
Andrew Forsthoefel - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A memoir of one young man's coming of age on a cross-country trek--told through the stories of the people of all ages, races, and inclinations he meets along the highways of America.Life is fast, and I've found it's easy to confuse the miraculous for the mundane, so I'm slowing... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Be a Player: A Breakthrough Approach to Playing Better on the Golf Course
Pia Nilsson - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
|
|
Golf is a beloved yet technical game, so a sound swing and precise technique are essential. Most golfers who want to improve their skills go to the range and work painstakingly on their swings, not realizing its often their performance state on the course that needs work, not their technique.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swell: A Waterbiography
JENNY LANDRETH - Bloomsbury Sport
Format: Hardcover
|
|
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... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Build: Designing My Life of Choppers, Family, and Faith
Paul Teutul, Jr. - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The Build reveals the "behind the scenes" story of the popular TV reality series American Chopper for the show's millions of fans. Author Paul Teutul, Jr., is arguably the most creative builder of custom "chopper" motorcycles in the world. His talents were revealed... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table
LANGDON COOK - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food: salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild - thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Berlin 1936: Sixteen Days in August
Oliver Hilmes - Other Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A lively account of the 1936 Olympics told through the voices and stories of those who witnessed it, from an award-winning historian and biographerBerlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympiad, describing the events in the German capital through the eyes of a select... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Diesel Brothers: A Truckin' Awesome Guide to Trucks and Life
Heavy D - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Feel like somebody hit the brakes on your Diesel Brothers cravings? Discover how you can keep the gas going with this rip-roaring ride behind the scenes of Discovery Channel's popular series Diesel Brothers.In the world of monster trucks, no one builds bigger and more extreme rides... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Significant Zero: Heroes, Villains, and the Fight for Art and Soul in Video Games
WALT WILLIAMS - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the award-winning videogame writer behind Spec Ops: The Line comes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how today's blockbuster video games are made.When his satirical musings in a college newspaper got him discharged from the Air Force, it became clear to Walt Williams that... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves, and the Will to Swim
ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
At once inspiring, hilarious, and honest, the new book from Alexandra Heminsley chronicles her endeavor to tackle a whole new element, and the ensuing challenges and joys of open water swimming. "It's a meditative act," they said. But it was far from meditative for Alexandra Heminsley... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Hardmen: Legends and Lessons from the Cycling Gods
The Velominati - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Embrace and revel in the stories of the toughest cyclists of all time, told by The Velominati, originators of The Rules. Read and get ready to ride . . . In cycling, suffering brings glory: a rider's value can be judged by their results, but also by their panache and heroism. Prepared... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Range Bucket List: The Golf Adventure of a Lifetime
JAMES DODSON - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From beloved golf writer James Dodson, author of Final Rounds and American Triumvirate and a two-time winner of the USGA's Herbert Warren Wind Award for best golf book of the year, The Range Bucket List is a funny, intimate, nostalgic journey of self and sport in which the legendary... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Madness: The Ten Most Memorable NCAA Basketball Finals
MARK MEHLER - Sports Publishing
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The annual NCAA Basketball Tournament, which has become known as "March Madness" has emerged as a major sports event, matched only by the Super Bowl and the Olympics. In Madness, Mark Mehler and Charles Paikert tell the stories behind the ten most compelling and memorable championship... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry
Marcus Thompson - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The incredible and inspiring story of Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter basketball has ever seen, and the ascension of the Golden State Warriors, a team on the verge of being an NBA dynasty, by long-time Warriors beat reporter and Bay Area News Group sports columnist Marcus Thompson.When... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas
ROBERT TWIGGER - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A sweeping biography of the Himalayas by the acclaimed author of Angry White Pyjamas.Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions, and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Seventy Summits: A Life on the Mountain
VERN TEJAS - Blue River Press
Format: Hardcover
|
|
As a mountain climbing guide, it was Vern Tejas's job to climb the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world. Always rebellious, Tejas never met a challenge he couldn't overcome, even the daunting task of climbing Mount Everest. In fact, he climbed all of the tallest mountains... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Bolt Supremacy: Inside Jamaica's Sprint Factory
Richard Moore - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Like football evokes Texas in Friday Night Lights, so does the speed and drama of sprinting provide a unique view into Jamaica -- home to the mighty Usain Bolt and the fastest runners in the world. Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the the 100-meter... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Bookshops: A Reader's History
Jorge Carrión - Biblioasis
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"Bookshops is the best kind of biblio-mystery, in which a cultivated and civilized detective guides us through the labyrinth of the world's stores, stopping to talk for a while, before plunging off on the next fascinating diversion. Jorge Carrion brings page-turning excitement... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
