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Drawn to the Deep: The Remarkable Underwater Explorations of Wes Skiles

Julie Hauserman - University Press of Florida
Format: Hardcover

Dan's Cave looks like the entrance to the underworld. Two divers swim along a luminous blue-green passage, flashlights cutting through the water, a dark mass of stalactites suspended overhead. This is the breathtaking National Geographic cover photo taken by Wes Skiles (1958-2010) , a top nature...
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Epic Road Trips of the Americas 1

LONELY PLANET. - Lonely Planet
Format: Hardcover

Buckle up for the next installment in our Epic series and the follow-up to Epic Drives of the World. Showcasing 50 of the Americas' greatest road trips across North and South America as well as the Caribbean, you'll discover classic drives including the Pacific Coast Highway, Gaspesie...
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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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Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

Lara Prior-Palmer - Catapult
Format: Hardcover

One of Entertainment Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of 2019 "Lara's searingly honest account of her astonishing rise from hopeless underdog to Mongol Derby Champion leaves grit in your teeth and dust in your hair. I laughed, I cried and I felt every bruise. I was riveted til the last...
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Temporary Refuge, A: Fourteen Seasons with Wild Summer Steelhead

Lee Spencer - Patagonia
Format: Hardcover

As featured in the documentary, DamNation (Patagonia, 2014) . During his first summer, Spencer built a sheltered viewing platform, a place to sit with Sis and his notebook, and observe the denizens of the pool for months, and, finally, years on end. Shortly before setting up camp during...
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Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies

Richard Eng - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies is packed with information that teaches you the ins and outs of the racetrack. You'll learn how to improve your odds, avoid common betting mistakes, and just plain have fun at the races. This is a spectator's easy-to-understand guide, so you'll...
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Golf Beneath the Surface: The New Science of Golf Psychology

Raymond Prior PHD - BenBella Books
Format: Paperback

An essential resource for golfers who want to play a smarter, more fulfilling game on the green. For as long as golf has existed, the game's greatest players and instructors have lauded the importance of mental resilience. However, while golfing equipment and course strategy have evolved...
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The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

Mark Kurlansky - Bloomsbury Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. The targets--salmon, trout, and char; and for some, bass, tarpon, tuna, bonefish, and even marlin--are highly intelligent, wily, strong, and athletic...
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Arthur Ashe: A Life

RAYMOND ARSENAULT - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The first comprehensive, authoritative biography of American icon Arthur Ashe - the Jackie Robinson of men's tennis - a pioneering athlete who, after breaking the color barrier, went on to become an influential civil rights activist and public intellectual.Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1943,...
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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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