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The New Orleans Saints Story: The 43-Year Road to the 2009 Super Bowl Championship - Paperback

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by Dan Fathow (Author)Follow the Saints through their amazing 2009 Super Bowl Championship season, and re-experience every game, relive every score, and savor every victory. Travel with The Saints on their long, often trying 43 years on the road to success. Compare the stats on every Saints Quarterback. Who has the most yards, wins, and completions? Archie Manning, Drew Brees, Bobby Hebert, or Aaron Brooks? Find out which Saints coach has the best record and the most games. Sean Payton, Jim M...

Tampa Bay Rays IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom - Paperback

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by Tucker Elliot (Author), Black Mesa Publishing (Editor), Andy Sonnanstine (Author)Think you know Rays baseball? Think again ... you're about to find out how smart you really are about the Tampa Bay Rays. You know that in 1998 the Tampa Bay Devil Rays were an expansion franchise playing its first official, painful season. You know that in 2008, minus the Devil, the Rays were the best team in the American League. But if you think you know everything that transpired as Tampa went from "worst t...

Boston Red Sox: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports - Paperback

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by Black Mesa Publishing (Editor), Tucker Elliot (Author)The team that won the first World Series in baseball's modern era is now officially a part of the Sports by the Numbers franchise THE TEAM: The Boston Red Sox dominated the early 20th century, winning five World Series titles before the Evil Empire tasted postseason success for the first time. With the 86-year nightmare that followed now firmly in the past, Boston is dominant once again, having become the first team to win multiple Wor...

Golf Sayings Wit & Wisdom of a Good Walk Spoiled - Paperback

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by Bradford Gordon Wheler (Author)"GOLF SAYINGS: wit & wisdom of a good walk spoiled." This golf art book showcases artwork along with quotations about golf that covers topics including sportsmanship, golf humor, the pros, Scotland, and even presidential golf. This collaborative publication has two goals in mind: first, to honor and highlight the great game of golf though text and artwork, and secondly, to showcase the talents of new and emerging artists who focus on creating golf art. Bo...

Baseballs 6th Tool: The inner game - Paperback

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by John D. Curtis Phd (Author)"Baseball's 6th Tool: The Inner Game" focuses on developing a player's mental approach to sport. Without controlling the inner game players rarely reach their potential. A solid mental-skills program is a must for success and this book covers the basics of developing a personal program to help you break out of your comfort zone and into levels of performance that match your potential. You can increase confidence and perform more consistently at a high level by ap...

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by Dave Cohen (Author), Steve Greenberg (Foreword by), Steven LeBow (Preface by)As "America's favorite pastime," perhaps no sport has chronicled the rise of an immigrant nation like baseball. From German-American parents came Babe Ruth, Italian-Americans proudly point to Joe DiMaggio, and Jackie Robinson shattered the color barrier for African Americans that had kept them out of the game since the 1880s. Certainly, almost every Jewish baseball fan knows the names of Hall of Famers Hank Greenb...

Sailing Adventures In The Apostle Islands - Paperback

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by Lawrence W. Newman (Author), Lawrence W. Newman (Photographer)This book is the cruising guide for boaters in the Apostle Islands. In addition to a number of waypoints for significant features within the islands, it contains ten recommended sailing routes, nautical cautions, recommended anchorages and historical information. It also contains labeled color photos of the islands and marinas. One of the appendices contains maps of the islands showing the location of lighthouses, docks, trails ...

Murph: The Sports Entrepreneur Man and His Leagues - Paperback

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by Richard Neil Graham (Editor), Dennis Murphy (Author)Murph, the Sports Entrepreneur Man and His Leagues, is the captivating autobiography of Dennis Arthur Murphy, Sr., the energetic sports promoter who helped to found such professional leagues as the World Hockey Association, the American Basketball Association, World Team Tennis and Roller Hockey International. Jeanie Buss, the vice president of the Los Angeles Lakers, said that Dennis Murphy has connections so strong he can gather the top...

Brook Trout & the Writing Life: The Intermingling of Fishing and Writing in a Novelist's Life - Paperback

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by Craig Nova (Author), Ann Beattie (Introduction by)In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the interconnections between his work as a writer, his personal life, and his passion for fly fishing. Nova leads the reader into his courtship, marriage, the birth of his children, and his life as a father, husband, writer, friend, citizen, and angler. Just as the author observes the life of the elusive and beautiful brook trout in the tea-colored streams, he finds interconnections to his daily ...

The Fundamentals of the International Karate League - Paperback

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by Cliff Field (Author)The Fundamentals of the International Karate League (IKL) presents comprehensive instruction on the basics in IKL. The core curriculum is presented with detailed illustrations and textual descriptions. Number of Pages: 432 Dimensions: 0.88 x 11 x 8.25 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 01, 2013

Passion for Golf: In Pursuit of the Innermost Game - Paperback

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by Roland Merullo (Author)Most avid golfers believe that there is a profound connection between the joys and challenges of golf and the joys and challenges of living - that the more devoted we are to the game, the more we learn about ourselves. In Passion for Golf, Roland Merullo looks carefully at those connections and at the reasons why people find themselves irresistibly attracted to golf. Drawing on the triumphs and travails of playing partners, friends, and family members, and mixing in ...

Round the World in the Wrong Season - Paperback

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by Eric Wiberg (Author)Round the World in the Wrong Season, by Eric T. Wiberg - Written between 1994 and 2009, is a memoir of global travel and an unfulfilled college crush. The book follows the narrator out of school and across the Pacific. At only 23 he has command of a 68-foot Burmese-teak ketch built in Scotland thrust upon him. The owner is on a voyage home to his death, and along the way they hire sailors twice the skipper's age. They makes it to New Zealand in a storm which sinks seven...

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by Mary Walsh (Author)Imagine being given the opportunity of a lifetime. A test of talent and skill so great, the prize would guarantee historical immortality. Sham's Dream is a personified picture book about courageous Sham, the horse that challenged legendary Secretariat for the 1973 Kentucky Derby. Through Sham's extreme effort a hidden message surfaced worth much more than expected. Inspired by actual events, this story teaches a valuable life lesson: the act of trying without reserve is ...

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by Ralph Blackwelder (Author)Learn secrets for consistently tagging deer and turkey with a bow from a veteran archer, hunter, and woodsman. What you'll find inside..... - Bowhunting history - Traditional and modern archery - Deer and turkey hunting strategies - Cedar arrow building; step-by-step - Bowhunting tips and techniques - Photos and illustrations - Georgia County #1 bow harvest story - Plus down-to-earth stories from a master bowhunter Whether you are new to archery and bowhunting - ...

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by Mick Wade (Author)MUD, BLOOD AND MOTOCROSS  "There is no way Billy did this That's not what you're saying is it?" Even as the police drag Billy Mackenzie away from the crime scene of a murdered girl, Nick Bishop cannot believe his friend is guilty. But as he uncovers the truth about Billy's relationship with the beautiful victim, Nick finds himself in a race against time and on a terrifying collision course with a ruthless drug ring. Mud, Blood and Motocross is full of action at breakneck...

St. Louis Cardinals IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom (History & Trivia) - Paperback

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by Black Mesa Publishing (Editor), Tucker Elliot (Editor), Larry Underwood (Author)St. Louis trailed Milwaukee by ten games in the NL Central on August 25, 2011, and even more discouraging was the 10.5 game deficit to Atlanta that the Cardinals faced in the Wild Card chase. That frustration was completely erased on September 29, however, as the Cardinals completed one of the greatest comebacks in history to make the postseason. It took a lot of help from a Braves team that lost 20 of its fina...

How to Play Basketball: A Guide to Getting Better By Playing Pick-up Games - Paperback

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by Thomas Wilkins (Author)Are you always at the gym but never getting better? Do you feel like you are picking up bad habits at the park? Is the competition in your area just not competition? We have all been there You know you could just workout but eventually you have to play against people in a real game. I had to learn the hard way but you do not How to Play Basketball: A Guide to Getting Better By Playing Pick-up Games will help you get more from your open gyms and pick-up games. I wil...

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by Tom Moates (Author), Harry Whitney (Foreword by), Chris Legg (Designed by)Between the Reins A Continuing Journey into Honest Horsemanship Equestrian journalist and author, Tom Moates, is back with more chronicles of his earnest attempts to improve his horsemanship skills with the tolerant guidance of renowned horsemanship clinician, Harry Whitney. This follow up to A Horse's Thought contains fresh equine adventures and insights as Moates tirelessly pursues to understand Whitney's uncanny a...

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by Tom Moates (Author), Harry Whitney (Foreword by), Chris Legg (Designed by)Tom Moates continues his journey into better horsemanship with the patient guidance of his mentor and friend, renowned clinician, Harry Whitney, in this fourth book of the series, which follows A Horse's Thought, Between the Reins, and Further Along the Trail. Tom's Quarter Horse, Jubal, and other regulars return, and meet newcomers like Mister Dinky the Mule, as new challenges abound. Ride along as Tom crosses 1500 ...

Kiss the Sky: My Weekend in Monterey for the Greatest Rock Concert Ever - Paperback

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by Dusty Baker (Author)For his eighteenth birthday, Dusty Baker's parents gave him a great present: Two tickets to the Monterey Pop Festival of June 1967, a three-day event featuring more than thirty bands, and use of the family station wagon for the weekend so young Dusty could drive down from Sacramento to the Monterey Bay Area. He was another young person, trying to take it all in, sleeping on the beach with his buddy, having the time of his life soaking up the vibe and every different mus...

Night Running: A Book of Essays about Breaking Through - Paperback

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by Pete Danko (Author), Kelsey Eiland (Author), Bonnie Ford (Author)This daring volume combines the best of writing on running with the appeal of the best literary writing, essays that take in the sights and sounds and smells of real life, of real risk, of real pain and of real elation. Emphasizing female voices, this collection of eleven personal essays set in different countries around the world offers a deep but accessible look at the power of running in our lives to make us feel more and ...

Paris-Roubaix, The Inside Story: All the bumps of cycling's cobbled classic - Paperback

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by Les Woodland (Author)The Paris-Roubaix bicycle race, nicknamed "The Hell of the North," is famous for sending riders over brutal cobblestone roads. Only the strong, brave and lucky survive the hours of bone-shaking racing without suffering some mishap or catastrophe. It is so difficult no one wins it by accident, and winning Paris-Roubaix automatically puts a rider among the immortals of the sport. How did that come to be? At one time roads everywhere were paved with cobbles. Why did Paris...

Tour of Flanders: The Inside Story. The rocky roads of the Ronde van Vlaanderen - Paperback

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by Les Woodland (Author)The Tour of Flanders is Belgium's most brutal day in the saddle. The bike-crazed Flemish don't just send riders over cobblestone roads. Nor are they content to break the racers' legs with nearly 20 steep hills. No, the worst of all cycling worlds meet in Flanders with narrow, vertical roads paved with slippery, dangerous cobbles. The hills are so steep they are called "muurs", or walls, and they come one after another, for hours, until the riders are shattered with exh...

Get In and Win Pro Football Playbook: For Predicting Scores and Placing Winner Wagers By a Wall Street Investment Manager - Paperback

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by William O. Hall III (Author)Do you want to learn how to predict the scores of NFL games in a thoughtful and time-tested way? Do you want to know who is going to win and by how much? Now you can In the Get In and Win Pro Football Playbook, the author, a Wall Street veteran and lifelong sports fan, teaches sports fans how to compile Score Sheets and Value Ratings - both of which are original strategies (based on proven investment practices) that reveal the winning pro football information ...

Bicycle History: A Chronological Cycling History of People, Races, and Technology - Paperback

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by James Witherell (Author)Since its invention in the 1860s, the bicycle has had a fascinating history. Author James Witherell has spent years collecting the essential, the trivial and sometimes just downright odd facts that make up the story of the bicycle. Instead of composing a narrative history, he's arranged them in chronological order, painting an informative, fun and irresistible picture of what might be mankind's greatest invention. Witherell has given special emphasis to the Tour de ...

Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies - Paperback

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by Les Woodland (Author)When more than 100 men or women go racing down a road, inches away from each other, in all weather, over all kinds of roads, the opportunity for a brilliant win or a terrible accident is always there. For more than a century bicycle racers have sought glory, but have often found only misery. There can be only one winner, and even that triumph can be mixed with terrible loss. Fausto Coppi, coached by a blind man, set the World Hour Record in Milan during the war while t...

Stop the Drama! the Ultimate Guide to Female Teams - Paperback

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by Doc Robyn Odegaard (Author), Kathryn Marion (Editor)Every female athlete, her coaches, parents, teachers, and administrators will find Stop The Drama invaluable as they navigate the stormy waters of team conflict and strive to reach their full potential, on and off the field, and beyond: We are failing young women by not providing them the skills they need to deal with conflict in a productive way. They aren't taught the communication skills needed to have tough conversations, work throug...

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by Glenn Wilson (Author)Grandmaster Glenn C. Wilson gives an in-depth look into the history and techniques of Bok Leen Pai Kenpo. Follow the development of this powerful, fascinating system as Grandmaster Wilson takes you from its birth in China, through Asia to Hawaii, and finally to the legendary Great Grandmaster Daniel K. Pai as he brings Bok Leen Pai Kenpo and his Pai Lum Tao family of martial arts to the mainland of the United States. With 16 chapters covering fist sets, forms and other...

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by Mike Patterson (Author)Mike Patterson has released his second offering in the internal martial arts genre. This time the spotlight is on the art of Baguazhang. This second book is again focused on covering the tactical theories, training methods and philosophy, this time of Baguazhang, as a martial art. A bit more information on the health/vitality and cultivation methods found within these disciplines has been included as well due to popular request. Shrfu Patterson is widely considered t...

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by Mike Patterson (Author)A book covering the tactical theories, training methods and philosophy of Xingyi as taught to Mike Patterson by the late Hsu Hong Chi of Taiwan. Shrfu Patterson is widely considered to be one of the foremost experts in the world on the art of Xingyi. With over 40 years experience (at time of writing) as a fighter, coach and teacher, he has authored a masterpiece covering all aspects of this discipline. His immense experience is gleaned from the crucible of continuous...

40 Essential Soccer Stretches: Warm-up and Cool-down with Yoga - Paperback

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by Fiona Leard (Author)Many professional footballers are currently using yoga to maintain their bodies for elite performance. This book gives you the yoga warm-up and cool-down routines used by players to improve flexibility, enhance circulation, increase joint mobility and assist recovery. The stretches have been adapted from The Yoga Edge: Techniques to Maximize Your Soccer Game, and are a simple and effective way to help you perform at your best. In the foreword, Australian football legend...

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by Paul Franklin Henderson (Author)A voyage from a small island to the top of the Sailing World including the Olympics. Number of Pages: 422 Dimensions: 0.86 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 11, 2010