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Boys & Girls Judo & Self-Defense: Road to Blackbelt - Paperback

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by Hal Sharp (Author)This is a complete judo instruction manual for kids and instructors. The book makes judo fun for kids by incorporating games, drills and by using technical drawings with cartoons. For the older students there are excellent technical descriptions of fundamental skills needed in free practice and competition. The book references 31 YouTube videos that are specially designed to supplement the written text thereby making this a living manual.Emphasis has been placed on the"Ci...

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by Richard Ankony (Author)The first thing you will learn about the Mississippi River if you travel the length of it, is that "Tug Boats Rule."These "monsters" that are pushing their massive loads in barges, both rule the day and the night and take no prisoners.For if someone tells you that they traveled the river and do not inform you of this, then they have done you a grave disservice.For either they hugged the shoreline the whole way, so as to keep themselves out of harm's way, or they didn...

Call Of The Jungle: How a Camping-Hating City-Slicker Mum Survived an Ultra Endurance Race through the Amazon Jungle - Paperback

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by A. M. Barlow (Author)The Jungle Marathon is arguably the world's toughest endurance race. The 254km multi-stage, unsupported ultra endurance race through the heart of the Amazon Jungle has unique challenges that no other race can provide, and testimonials from athletes who have completed it leave no doubt that the unforgiving and hostile environment of the Amazon Jungle is the ultimate endurance athletes challenge. The route consists of river and swamp crossings in primary jungle, very ste...

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by Keith Olbermann (Author), Dan Patrick (Author)From World Sports Headquarters in historic Bristol, Connecticut, comes the book that's more colorful than Dennis Rodman's hair. Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick, the former tag-team partners of ESPN's award winning SportsCenter, mark for the ages their most unforgettable moments, which have transformed the art of sports broadcasting -- bringing what People magazine calls their "Letterman-like loopiness and Koppelesque smarts" to the printed page...

Camille Duvall's Instructional Guide to Water Skiing - Paperback

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by Camille Duvall (Author), Nancy Crowell (Author), Lynn Swann (Designed by)In Camille Duvall's Instructional Guide to Water Skiing, Duvall, a five-time world-champion water-skier, offers instruction, advice about equipment, and tips on competition for the more than 16 million water skiing enthusiasts nationwide. Duvall explains the basic skills and introduces techniques of trick skiing and jumping as well as advice on building a slalom course and boat drivingAuthor BiographyCamille Duvall, a...

Return to Glory Days: The Complete Easy-To-Read Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Sports Injuries for Everyone Over Thirty - Paperback

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by Morton Dean (Author), Dean Gelfand (Author), Benjamin Gelfand (Author)From Simon & Schuster, The Return to Glory Days is the complete, easy-to-read guide to the treatment and prevention of sports injuries for everyone over thirty. An essential resource for active people aged 30 and older, The Return to Glory Days discusses diagnosing pain, probable causes, treatment, and rehab, as well as stretching and preventive conditioning.Author BiographyMorton Dean Dubitsky, better known as Morto...

A Crossing: A Cyclist's Journey Home - Paperback

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by Brian Newhouse (Author)From Simon & Schuster, A Crossing is Brian Newhouse's book about a cyclist's journey home. A travelogue in the tradition of Blue Highways and On the Road, this book tells the extraordinary story of one man's solo bicycle adventure across America--and the spiritual and personal awakening he experienced on his journey.Author BiographyBrian Newhouse is the author of A Crossing, a Simon & Schuster book. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.69 x 8.58 x 5.42 IN Publi...

Winning Edge: Nutrition for Athletic Fitness and Performance - Paperback

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by Frank G. Addleman (Author)The Winning Edge is the first nutrition book that's both scientifically sound and practical. In clear layman's language it shows you how the right choice of food can dramatically improve your athletic fitness and performance...and help prevent problems like obesity and heart disease. Whether you're an athlete or a coach, a weekend jogger or a dieter -- or someone who just wants to become more fit -- you'll find here a total nutrition program to help you achieve y...

Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame - Paperback

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by Bill James (Author)Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions. Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In...

Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect - Hardcover

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by Bob Rotella (Author)Filled with insightful stories about golf, Dr. Bob Rotella's delightful book will improve the game of even the most casual weekend player. Dr. Bob Rotella is one of the hottest performance consultants in America today. Among his many professional clients are Nick Price (last year's Player of the Year), Tom Kite, Davis Love III, Pat Bradley, Brad Faxon, John Daly, and many others. Rotella, or "Doc," as most players refer to him, goes beyond just the usual mental aspects ...

Bicycling Medicine: Cycling Nutrition, Physiology, Injury Prevention and Treatment for Riders of All Levels - Paperback

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by Arnie Baker (Author)Whether you're a novice rider or a championship racer, Bicycling Medicine shows you how to prevent and treat all kinds of bicycling-related aches and pains. Coach Arnie Baker, MD, explains how to diagnose minor and major problems, offers do-it-yourself solutions, and alerts you to conditions that require a doctor's attention. A special section on bicycling physiology illuminates the demands cycling puts on your body, and thorough discussions of diet, exercise, and nutri...

Perfect Lies: A Century of Great Golf Stories - Paperback

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by William Hallberg (Author), William Hallberg (Editor)From Simon & Schuster, Perfect Lies, edited by William Hallberg, is a collection of a century of great golf stories. The game of golf has been celebrate in the short story throughout the centuries. This anthology of the world's greatest golf stories includes writings by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ring Lardner, P.G. Wodehouse, John Updike, Andre Dubus, Walker Percy, and others. Number of Pages: 384 Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.52 x 5.52 IN Publicati...

Out of the Noosphere: Adventure, Sports, Travel, and the Environment: The Best of Outside Magazine - Paperback

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by Editors Outside Magazine (Author)Inside, the best of the first fifteen years of Outside Cartwheeling down a Himalayan river. Climbing America's unfriendliest mountain. Dousing fires in the oil fields of Kuwait. Chasing African killer bees. For twenty years, Outside magazine has devoted itself to original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment. This collection of the best of the stories from the first fifteen years features many of the country's finest writ...

Roberto Clemente: Young Ball Player - Paperback

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by Montrew Dunham (Author), Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)Roberto Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He played 18 seasons at right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a National League, Most Valuable Player once, All-Star twelve times (15 games), batting champion four times, and Gold Glove winner twelve times. In 1972, Clemente got his 3,000th major league hit. Clemente was very involved in charity work in Puerto Rico and Latin American countries during the o...

The One Minute Golfer: Enjoying the Great Game More - Paperback

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by Ken Blanchard (Author)Here are the highly successful training techniques used at one of the top golfing schools in America--the Golf University in San Diego. It was founded by Ken Blanchard, coauthor of the bestselling books The One Minute Manager, Raving Fans, and Gung Ho In this brilliant book, Blanchard applies his management wisdom to the game of golf. He explains how you can take the same methods that are highly effective in business and adapt them with astonishing success to your g...

Walk the Trails in and Around Princeton: Revised to Include the Newest Trails - Spiral

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by Sophie Glovier (Author)This is an attractive, pocket-friendly guide to walks on sixteen of the best trails through preserved open space in Princeton, New Jersey, and its neighboring towns. This revised edition includes eight new walks, several of which have been created on land that has been preserved since the popular guide was originally published in 2009. The walks range from two to four miles, but many include suggestions for trail connections that allow you to extend your hike if you ...

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by K. V. Flynn (Author)Callum Vicente and his four best middle school buddies live in a Southern California beach town, and narrowly miss being grounded for life after they sneak out of town on the bus for a great skateboard day just before promotion from 8th grade. Their pal Justice ends up with a wicked broken leg, but their parents soon forget about it because weird, tense things are happening in the news. So Callum, Levi and his bff Apollo are soon deep into their best summer ever at PEAK...

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by Quynn Johnson (Author), Daniel Ryves (Illustrator)Lucky, a fun loving, tap dancing horse, sets out on a new adventure. She can't wait to make new friends at camp, but things don't go as planned. With the help of Whiskers the cat, she learns a valuable lesson on making friends. Follow lucky as she learns new ways to have fun, building friendships along the way. Number of Pages: 40 Dimensions: 0.08 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 01, 2015

In the Name of Self-Defense: What it costs. When it's worth it. - Paperback

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by Marc MacYoung (Author)The cell walls seem to close in as he buries his head in his hands. The same thoughts repeat over and over in his fogged mind: It all happened so quick. One second I was getting out of my car, the next he was attacking me. Now I'm being charged with manslaughter How did this happen? It was self-defense . . . wasn't it? Prison is filled with people who thought they were defending themselves. Just saying, "It was self-defense" isn't enough. When you claim self-defense ...

Bubbles Up: Buoyant Adventures in Planet Ocean - Paperback

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by Judith Hemenway (Author), Paul J. Mila (Author)SPECIAL OFFER: Purchasing the print version automatically qualifies you to order the Kindle version for FREE in Kindle's MatchBook Program. Enjoy over 70 spectacular Bubbles Up photos in color on your Kindle. Bubbles Up plunges you into the world's oceans with longtime divers, Judy Hemenway and Paul Mila. Join them in the South Pacific and meet 30-ton whales eye to eye, dive into the Caribbean surrounded by hungry sharks, and turn back time as...

Make Westing: & Other Tales of Sea and Sail - Paperback

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by Edward Renehan (Introduction by), Jack London (Author)A lifelong waterman, Jack London (1876-1916) left behind a rich store in bold and beautiful prose depicting life upon the sea, under sail, and in step with wild, often perilous, nature. In these selected essays, chapters, and short stories, London brings us the sound of the wind in the rigging, the rapture of solitary starry nights spent out of sight of land, and all the other scents, sounds, emotions, and feelings so familiar to sailor...

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by Kim Ablon Whitney (Author)Regan Sternlicht has always had the best ponies on the 'A' Circuit. So it's no surprise when her mother wants to buy Woodland's Tried and True as her next medium pony hunter. But what if Regan doesn't want another fancy pony to add to her string? What if she wants to be more like her friends at the farm: Hailey, who has only one pony, and Jane, who brings along her father's project ponies. Regan has decided what you want doesn't really matter when your mom is in r...

unSafe by Design?: Forensic Firearms Investigations - Paperback

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by Bill Rogers (Editor), H. J. Jack Belk (Author)A tutorial on firearms design and function with an emphasis on safety using past investigations of failures to better understand why some guns are safer than others, by design.Author BiographyJack Belk has been a 'gun guy' since before he could spell it. An intense hobbyist since pre-teens, US Army small arms, CST gunsmithing graduate, ex-deputy sheriff, gunshop owner and operator, past member and president of the American Custom Gunmakers Guil...

Let's Talk Polo...: For the Polo Player...things you need to know. Written by the most famous and well respected female polo player in the - Paperback

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by Sunny Hale (Author)This book is an authentically inspired conversation about how to become a better Polo Player, written by the most famous and well respected female polo player in the world Sunny Hale. Let's Talk Polo covers the most important basic elements and strategies in Polo, that every polo player should know. Consider this book as your step one in becoming a polo player, you better at least know this. It is straight forward, to the point and easy to read. The techniques and strate...

White Belt Problems: The Beginner's Guide to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Paperback

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by Marshal D. Carper (Author), Matt Kirtley (Author)What is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? Where should I train? How does it compare to traditional martial arts? What do I do if I want to compete? Should a black belt ever tap to a lower belt? What exactly is cauliflower ear? White Belt Problems aims to be the definitive collection of frequently asked questions for anyone new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. From the author of Mastering the Crucifix and the author of the Cauliflower Chronicles, this book combine...

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by Rod Vick (Author)Fourteen-year-old Kaylee O'Shay is chosen to dance in the team competition at the Midwest Championships of Irish Dance known as the Oireachtas. When she gets her first real job at a horse farm at almost the same time, she can hardly believe her luck. As the big competition nears, Kaylee discovers that she does not have enough time to care for the horses and properly prepare for the dance championships. Something has got to give--but she cannot bear the thought of either le...

Wolves in Street Clothing: How Animal Behavior Teaches Survival in the Asphalt Jungle - Paperback

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by Clint Hollingsworth (Author), Kris Wilder (Author)Wolves in Street Clothing: How Animal Behavior Teaches Survival in the Asphalt Jungle will give you a new light in which to see human predatory behavior. As we move farther and farther from our roots insulating ourselves in technology and air conditioned homes we get disconnected from the inherent and innate aspects of understanding the precursors to violent behavior. Violence is not always emotionally bound, often and in the animal kingdom...

Day Tripping: Kayak Wisconsin Door County Peninsula: Bluffs, Beaches, Lighthouses, and Shipwrecks - Paperback

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by Babs Smith (Author)Discover the most dramatic bluffs, hidden beaches, historic lighthouses, and mysterious shipwrecks in Wisconsin. Door County Peninsula is a premier kayaking destination with over 300 miles of shoreline vacillating between towering bluffs to pristine sandy beaches.Be the explorer of "Deaths Door," as the turbulent waters of Lake Michigan collide with the bay of Green Bay to Washington, Plum, and Rock Island. Each fun to read day trip offers landmarks, entertaining history...

Zion National Park: Summit Routes - Paperback

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by Courtney Purcell (Author)The long-awaited second edition of Courtney Purcell's classic guide to hiking and climbing in Zion National Park has been expanded to cover routes to more than 150 different summits with Utah's most spectacular national park. The guide also shares routes to nearly 70 additional summits scattered across Southwest Utah.Author BiographyBorn and raised in Southwest Florida, at the age of 11 Courtney Purcell found his passion for wilderness during an early family visit ...

Winning Futsal: Secrets to Success in the Youth Game - Paperback

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by Rob Bell (Author)From Pel to Messi to Neymar, futsal is acknowledged as a key ingredient to developing world class players and teams. Winning Futsal discusses in detail the skills and strategies needed to produce a well organized futsal team and program. Your journey to becoming an outstanding futsal coach starts here. In 2015 Rob Bell put his ideas into play with Ballistic United Futsal Club of Pleasanton, California. His teams went on to dominate USFF's NorthWest Regional & National...

101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die - Paperback

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by Samuel 'Plan (Author)Professional wrestling is not what it once was. Kayfabe is dead; the internet is in full swing; old habits die hard. The time has come to reassess the industry's identity. 101 WWE Matches To See Before You Die hopes to do just that, challenging orthodox preconceptions of the world's greatest performance art. The methodology is simple: select 101 matches from WWE history that highlight the most important issues permeating professional wrestling today. But don't call the...

101 Ways to Create an Unforgettable Camp Experience - Paperback

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by Curt Moose Jackson (Author)Want to infuse some magic into your camp program?Want your campers and staff to always remember their time at your camp?Has your creative juice been drained by all the other duties you have?Could your time be better spent on other things rather than programming?Camp programming can be difficult. Camp directors and program directors are stressed out from all the hats they wear at camp. It's not easy to be creative, so we generally fall back on what we did the summ...