In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By "taking a knee," Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality. Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles "the Kaepernick effect" for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and high-powered athletic directors, and high school athletes and coaches.
The New Press
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9781620976753
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Hardcover
Knot A Day, A
By Compton, Nic
This beautifully produced compendium gives you a knot challenge for every day of the year. With hundreds to choose from, all colour coded by use, you can work through the book from start to finish, gradually building on your knowledge as you go, or alternatively dipping in and out for your daily knotting fix.Covers:- all the essential knots- useful hitches, bends, whippings and splices- handy knots for making outdoor items: plant hangers, harnesses, tree swings, rope ladder- mini knot craft projects: cool keyrings, friendship bracelets, belts, mats - magic trick knots: escapology knots, vanishing knots, travelling knots- freestyle knots: have a go at the thrown bowline (an old cowboy trick) - everyday fashion knots - new ways to tie your shoelaces, scarf, or even your tie!You wont escape this book without learning something, and you wont put it down without picking up an interesting fact or useful technique. Give it a month and youll be a knot tying fanatic; give it a year and youll be a knotting supremo!
Adlard Coles; 1st edition
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9781472985163
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Paperback
The Amazing Baseball Adventure
By Pahigian, Josh
A visually stunning road trip through pro baseball's wacky, wondrous, and revered ballpark attractionsExploding scoreboards, treetop seats, and neon skylines are just three of the more than 100 ballpark design features, field eccentricities, historic displays, traditions, concession items, and even super-fans and mascots profiled in this armchair baseball journey. Combining engaging storytelling with fun sidebars and beautiful color photos, author Josh Pahigian captures the essence of each ballpark treasure - from the retractable lighthouse at the Portland Sea Dogs' Hadlock Field to the Sausage Race at the Brewers' Miller Park to Fenway Park's Green Monster and even to the delicious biscuits served by the aptly named Montgomery Biscuits. From the Rookie Leagues to the Majors, there are more than 250 professional baseball parks in the United States where fans partake in special game-day rituals, eat unique foods, laugh along with the zany mascot, marvel at the park's special features, and revel in a communal experience that removes them for a few hours from life's daily grind.
Lyons Press
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9781493025077
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Paperback
Bicycle Repair Manual, Seventh Edition
By Dk,
The most up-to-date bicycle maintenance guide on the market, covering all types of bicycles: road, racing, mountain, hybrid, BMX, and children's. This is the essential manual for beginners and experienced cyclists alike. Step-by-step sequences show how to make bicycle repairs, from vital servicing to improving its performance--on and off road. Learn how to maintain every essential area, such as brakes, drivetrain, and steering, as well as complex components, including gear hubs, hydraulic brakes, and suspension forks. Detailed chapters range from showing how to set up your bike correctly and safely, and the must-have kit for successful repairs, to troubleshooters to help keep your bike in top shape. This new edition is fully revised and updated, covering the latest bike brakes, gears and hubs, and models, and the latest technology, such as GPS trackers.
DK; 7th edition
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9780744028515
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7th Edition
Born to Run
By Mcdougall, Christopher
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it.
Knopf
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9780307266309
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Hardcover
Life with Forty Dogs
By Robertia, Joseph
This book is an invitation to understand the essence of life with forty dogs in its entirety, and through that comprehension to truly appreciate what Joseph Robertia sees every day, and never takes for granted how special it is. His heartfelt goal is to share in words and photos the intrinsic nature and indispensable quality that determines each dog and defines their unique character and personality. Not everyone can sacrifice their spare time, salaries, and sanity to get to know so many characters -- from the well-mannered to the wily -- but Life with Forty Dogs will reveal the endless adventures and misadventures that come to those, like Robertia and his family, who have made a life-changing canine commitment.
Alaska Northwest Books
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9781943328918
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Paperback
The Chicken Runs at Midnight
By Friend, Tom Harry
Rich Donnelly was a minor league catcher who never quite got the chance to play in the big leagues. So he became obsessed with reaching the Major Leagues as a coach. While climbing the ladder to his dream job as third base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he became mostly an absentee father who was eventually divorced by his wife. Worse yet, he had a falling out with his only daughter, Amy, who was unafraid to tell her father where he fell short and how he could improve.Then it happened. In March of 1992, seventeen-year-old Amy called her dad to tell him she was going to have brain surgery. A tumor had been found. In October, Rich invited her to Game Five of the 1992 NLCS between the Pirates and the Atlanta Braves. That's when an unlikely cheer was born.
Zondervan
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9780310352068
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Hardcover
Mr. Hockey
By Howe, Gordie
The definitive autobiography from hockeys greatest living legendMr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe.Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall of Famer had so many accomplishments that he set the record for the most records by any athlete ever in any sport. He also achieved the remarkable feat of playing for six years with his own two sons, Mark and Marty.But Howe did not inspire generations of hockey players simply by rewriting the record books. When people talk about him, its the man they revere even more than the player. Despite his ferocity on the ice, Howes name has long been a byword for decency and generosity.
G.P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition
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9780399172915
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Hardcover
The Student Athlete's Guide to College Success
By Hart, Algerian
An invaluable guide for potential collegiate student athletes, this guide presents strategies to assist student athletes with life skills both inside and outside of the classroom and athletic arenas.* Represents a unique resource that supports the success of collegiate athletes* Covers specific topics and situations that are relevant to collegiate athletes, from recruiting to post-athletic involvement* Shares real-world stories that document the experiences of former collegiate athletes* Provides details and resources on schools and organizations
Greenwood
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9781440847035
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Hardcover
NBA 75
By Zarum, Dave
In NBA 75, sportswriter and basketball super fan Dave Zarum tells the story of the NBA, all 75 years -- from its early barnstorming days to the multibillion-dollar sports league it is today. Readers are treated to all the biggest moments and greatest superstars, with over 75 stories ranging from Jerry West's 33-win streak Lakers, through Jordan's repeat three-peat Bulls, to Steph Curry and the 73-win Warriors and beyond. But this retrospective doesn't shy away from the league's controversies, covering its struggles with racial bigotry, Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis, Len Bias' tragic draft-night death and the cocaine-fuelled late seventies when the Finals were broadcast on tape delay. Each story is fully illustrated with iconic photos and accompanied by stat boxes and side stories of some of the Association's more curious and overlooked moments.
The Kaepernick Effect
By Zirin, Dave
In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By "taking a knee," Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick's simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America's persistent racial inequality. Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of A People's History of Sports in the United States, Dave Zirin chronicles "the Kaepernick effect" for the first time, through interviews with a broad cross-section of professional athletes across many different sports, college stars and high-powered athletic directors, and high school athletes and coaches.
Knot A Day, A
By Compton, Nic
This beautifully produced compendium gives you a knot challenge for every day of the year. With hundreds to choose from, all colour coded by use, you can work through the book from start to finish, gradually building on your knowledge as you go, or alternatively dipping in and out for your daily knotting fix.Covers:- all the essential knots- useful hitches, bends, whippings and splices- handy knots for making outdoor items: plant hangers, harnesses, tree swings, rope ladder- mini knot craft projects: cool keyrings, friendship bracelets, belts, mats - magic trick knots: escapology knots, vanishing knots, travelling knots- freestyle knots: have a go at the thrown bowline (an old cowboy trick) - everyday fashion knots - new ways to tie your shoelaces, scarf, or even your tie!You wont escape this book without learning something, and you wont put it down without picking up an interesting fact or useful technique. Give it a month and youll be a knot tying fanatic; give it a year and youll be a knotting supremo!
The Amazing Baseball Adventure
By Pahigian, Josh
A visually stunning road trip through pro baseball's wacky, wondrous, and revered ballpark attractionsExploding scoreboards, treetop seats, and neon skylines are just three of the more than 100 ballpark design features, field eccentricities, historic displays, traditions, concession items, and even super-fans and mascots profiled in this armchair baseball journey. Combining engaging storytelling with fun sidebars and beautiful color photos, author Josh Pahigian captures the essence of each ballpark treasure - from the retractable lighthouse at the Portland Sea Dogs' Hadlock Field to the Sausage Race at the Brewers' Miller Park to Fenway Park's Green Monster and even to the delicious biscuits served by the aptly named Montgomery Biscuits. From the Rookie Leagues to the Majors, there are more than 250 professional baseball parks in the United States where fans partake in special game-day rituals, eat unique foods, laugh along with the zany mascot, marvel at the park's special features, and revel in a communal experience that removes them for a few hours from life's daily grind.
Bicycle Repair Manual, Seventh Edition
By Dk,
The most up-to-date bicycle maintenance guide on the market, covering all types of bicycles: road, racing, mountain, hybrid, BMX, and children's. This is the essential manual for beginners and experienced cyclists alike. Step-by-step sequences show how to make bicycle repairs, from vital servicing to improving its performance--on and off road. Learn how to maintain every essential area, such as brakes, drivetrain, and steering, as well as complex components, including gear hubs, hydraulic brakes, and suspension forks. Detailed chapters range from showing how to set up your bike correctly and safely, and the must-have kit for successful repairs, to troubleshooters to help keep your bike in top shape. This new edition is fully revised and updated, covering the latest bike brakes, gears and hubs, and models, and the latest technology, such as GPS trackers.
Born to Run
By Mcdougall, Christopher
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world's greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it.
Life with Forty Dogs
By Robertia, Joseph
This book is an invitation to understand the essence of life with forty dogs in its entirety, and through that comprehension to truly appreciate what Joseph Robertia sees every day, and never takes for granted how special it is. His heartfelt goal is to share in words and photos the intrinsic nature and indispensable quality that determines each dog and defines their unique character and personality. Not everyone can sacrifice their spare time, salaries, and sanity to get to know so many characters -- from the well-mannered to the wily -- but Life with Forty Dogs will reveal the endless adventures and misadventures that come to those, like Robertia and his family, who have made a life-changing canine commitment.
The Chicken Runs at Midnight
By Friend, Tom Harry
Rich Donnelly was a minor league catcher who never quite got the chance to play in the big leagues. So he became obsessed with reaching the Major Leagues as a coach. While climbing the ladder to his dream job as third base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he became mostly an absentee father who was eventually divorced by his wife. Worse yet, he had a falling out with his only daughter, Amy, who was unafraid to tell her father where he fell short and how he could improve.Then it happened. In March of 1992, seventeen-year-old Amy called her dad to tell him she was going to have brain surgery. A tumor had been found. In October, Rich invited her to Game Five of the 1992 NLCS between the Pirates and the Atlanta Braves. That's when an unlikely cheer was born.
Mr. Hockey
By Howe, Gordie
The definitive autobiography from hockeys greatest living legendMr. Hockey himself, Gordie Howe.Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall of Famer had so many accomplishments that he set the record for the most records by any athlete ever in any sport. He also achieved the remarkable feat of playing for six years with his own two sons, Mark and Marty.But Howe did not inspire generations of hockey players simply by rewriting the record books. When people talk about him, its the man they revere even more than the player. Despite his ferocity on the ice, Howes name has long been a byword for decency and generosity.
The Student Athlete's Guide to College Success
By Hart, Algerian
An invaluable guide for potential collegiate student athletes, this guide presents strategies to assist student athletes with life skills both inside and outside of the classroom and athletic arenas.* Represents a unique resource that supports the success of collegiate athletes* Covers specific topics and situations that are relevant to collegiate athletes, from recruiting to post-athletic involvement* Shares real-world stories that document the experiences of former collegiate athletes* Provides details and resources on schools and organizations
NBA 75
By Zarum, Dave
In NBA 75, sportswriter and basketball super fan Dave Zarum tells the story of the NBA, all 75 years -- from its early barnstorming days to the multibillion-dollar sports league it is today. Readers are treated to all the biggest moments and greatest superstars, with over 75 stories ranging from Jerry West's 33-win streak Lakers, through Jordan's repeat three-peat Bulls, to Steph Curry and the 73-win Warriors and beyond. But this retrospective doesn't shy away from the league's controversies, covering its struggles with racial bigotry, Magic Johnson's HIV diagnosis, Len Bias' tragic draft-night death and the cocaine-fuelled late seventies when the Finals were broadcast on tape delay. Each story is fully illustrated with iconic photos and accompanied by stat boxes and side stories of some of the Association's more curious and overlooked moments.