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The Black Athlete in West Virginia: High School and College Sports from 1900 Through the End of Segregation - Paperback

$71.91

by Bob Barnett (Author), Dana Brooks (Author), Ronald Althouse (Author)This chronicle of sports at West Virginia's 40 black high schools and three black colleges illuminates many issues in race relations and the struggle for social justice within the state and nation. Despite having inadequate resources, the black schools' sports teams thrived during segregation and helped tie the state's scattered black communities together. West Virginia hosted the nation's first state-wide black high schoo...

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by Brenda Ponnay (Author), Brenda Ponnay (Illustrator)Get a FREE eBook download version of this book with purchase Spanish Edition: Buhito saca sus br os (Little Hoo Gets the Wiggles Out) Let's Move, Little Hoo Sometimes Little Hoo just needs to move. Help Little Hoo get the wiggles (and the worries) out in this fun and active picture book. Perfect for storytime, this little book gets toddlers and preschoolers laughing, moving, and learning strategies for dealing with stress and anxiety. Do...

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by Paul Hudanich (Author)Is sports science the answer? Is sports psychology the answer? Is modern physical training the answer? Is Eastern Zen the answer? The question is "How Good Can I Be?" How do we leverage everything we know about modern training techniques to take our Pickleball skills to not just the next level, but to our absolute potential? How quickly can it happen, how hard will it be, and how do I get there? The author's premise is simple: "If you aren't any good under pressure, t...

Learie Constantine and Race Relations in Britain and the Empire - Paperback

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by Jeffrey Hill (Author)Who was Learie Constantine? And what can he tell us about the politics of race and race relations in 20th-century Britain and the Empire? Through examining the life, times and opinions of this Trinidadian cricketer-turned-politician, Learie Constantine and Race Relations in Britain and the Empire explores the centrality of race in British politics and society. Unlike conventional biographical studies of Constantine, this unique approach to his life, and the racially vo...

Happiness Is A Weekend Spent Horse Riding: College Ruled Notebook (6x9 inches) with 120 Pages - Paperback

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by Horse Riding Publishing (Author)Happiness Is A Weekend Spent Horse Riding. Great horse riding notebook that any horse rider will love. The perfect gift for any horse riding girl or any horse boy. Funny and cool gift for any male or female horseback rider. 120 college ruled pages 6x9 inches matte cover soft cover (paperback) Number of Pages: 122 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: November 29, 2019

Realistic Horse Coloring Book: Wonderful World of Horses Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book for Horse Lovers; Big Book of Horses to Color; Horse C - Paperback

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by Sadie Zive (Author)Horses take hold of our imaginations when they gallop across the plains whinnying into the wind. But most of all, horses capture our hearts. And it's said they've done more to change human history than any other domestic animal.This book contains a collection of 35 hand-drawn illustrations showing horses in a variety of scenes. The designs of various difficulty levels will captivate and excite both adult and young colorists. The images are printed on the fronts of pages ...

Gold Dust: How to Become A More Effective Coach, Quickly: How to become a better communicator - Paperback

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by Keith Mayer (Author), David Mayer (Author)People talk about sports from a technical and tactical standpoint, but it's only a tiny part of coaching. The best sports coaches get their success because of their ability to connect and relate to their athletes. The experiences athletes have generally come from the environment created by the coach. As a coach, you can help optimise this environment by the way you connect with your athletes, and how you communicate to them.'Gold Dust: How To Becom...

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by Elise Wolf Sunseri (Author), Carlo Robert Sunseri (Author), Claudio Icuza (Illustrator)Bear, Eagle, Beaver, and Moose each face challenges in their first lacrosse game. Coach Owl is there to give them guidance and ultimately teach them life lessons Number of Pages: 28 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 25, 2019

Match Quarters: A Modern Guidebook to Split-Field Coverages - Paperback

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by Cody Alexander (Author)Split-field coverages are nothing new. Many coaches around the country run them at all levels of play, but there are not many resources on how to teach them. In Cody Alexander's third book, he breaks down how to teach the many varieties of Quarters coverage. From simple match-Quarters to defending Empty and Quads formations, Coach Alexanders breaks it down and simplifies the concepts for any coach. Xs and Os are great, but the players must still execute and the coach...

Eddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned Black Sox Pitcher - Paperback

$63.00

by David L. Fleitz (Author) Eddie Cicotte, who pitched in the American League 1905-1920, was one of the tragic figures of baseball. A family man and a fan favorite, he ascended to stardom with nothing more than a mediocre fastball, endless guile and a repertoire of trick pitches. He won 29 games in 1919 and led the Chicago White Sox to the pennant. Although he pitched poorly in the World Series that October, fans did not hold it against him--a slump can happen to anybody. A year later, the pu...

Hidden History of the Mississippi Sound - Hardcover

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by Josh Foreman (Author), Ryan Starrett (Author)Sail into the Mississippi Sound with Bienville, the Frenchman covered in serpentine tattoos. Meet the heroes of the Sound: fearless Father LeDuc, who faced down Yankee pillagers; the wild woman of Horn Island, who could shoot as well as any man; Joseph T. Jones, the baron who willed Gulfport into existence; and Ray Nosaka, who fed his body to the dogs of war, all in service of his country. Glimpse a school of the Sound's own patron fish, the str...

Get Wet, Get Fit: The Complete Guide to Getting a Swimmer's Body - Paperback

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by Megan Jendrick (Author), Nathan Jendrick (Author)Two-time Olympic gold medalist Megan Quann Jendrick and her husband and personal trainer offer a complete training regimen -- including a diet program -- that will enable everyone to achieve the body of their dreams through swimming. Elite-level swimmers share a common trait -- their toned, shapely bodies. Get Wet, Get Fit shows how anyone, regardless of age or size, can use swimming to get into the best condition of their lives. The Jendri...

Aikido: Basics, Techniques, Teaching System - Paperback

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by Eric Andre Graf (Author)This book presents a comprehensive and traditional form of Aikido. It includes an extremely detailed and complete version of all the exam programs from 6th kyu to 4th dan, an illustrated nomenclature of the main techniques, steps and attacks of Aikido as well as hints on how to apply its philosophical principles to your practice. The author teaches Aikido in parallel to two other art forms: Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage ryu Hojo no kata which uses a heavy wooden swor...

Janice Jean the Swimming Swine - Hardcover

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by Lisa Larson Gorum (Author)This is a true story about our pet pig, Janice Jean, and all the fun adventures and laughs we had with her. The first of many tales about our precious Janice Jean, where the reader learns valuable life lessons through her escapades. I hope you will come to love Janice Jean as much as we did. Be on the lookout for Janice Jean the Homecoming Queen. Number of Pages: 44 Dimensions: 0.25 x 10 x 8 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 12, 2019

Softball Coloring Book: Perfect Softball Gift For Girls, Softball Lovers And Players Cute Coloring Pages For Kids Ages 4-6, 9-12 - Paperback

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by Judy Merrill Larsen (Author)Do you have a young daughter or loved one who loves to play softball? This Softball coloring Book will make a perfect gift for every young softball player or fan.Features: Cute Coloring pages Lots of coloring Fun to keep you entertained for hours Large print book Number of Pages: 66 Dimensions: 0.14 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: December 27, 2019 Large Print: Yes

Ku: A Lifetime of Karate and Zen - Paperback

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by Zenko Heshiki (Author)Okinawa, October 10, 1944, a six-year old boy was awakened by the deafening blasts of an aerial bombardment. Terrified, frozen with fear on all fours, he could not find his mother. During the chaos of invasion, then occupation, the family survived but was separated with one of the family members tragically lost. Miraculously, they were reunited and after the war migrated to Argentina where they lived peacefully.The young boy, Zenko Heshiki, now a grown man went to New...

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by Patrick Sullivan (Author)Majoring in the Minors is Patrick M. Sullivan's witty book about his quest to see baseball played in every minor-league stadium and played by every Minor League Baseball franchise. Along the way, he documents the ever-changing world of the minors, its new stadiums, its family fun, its crazy team nicknames, its wildly creative concession food, and, of course, the action on the baseball diamond. Sullivan offers a bit of history for each stadium and franchise - includ...

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by Erin Baldwin (Author)"A masterclass of a sapphic rom-com. Filled with hate-to-love perfection, swoony moments, and off-the-charts chemistry." -Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl All's fair in love and Color War. Juliette doesn't hate Priya Pendley. At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl. They don't do cat fights, love triangles, or betrayal. To survive their intertwined small town lives, t...

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by Pelé (Author), Brian Winter (Author)Fútbol. Balompié. El juego bonito. El deporte más popular del mundo tiene muchos nombres pero, por muchas décadas, los aficionados han estado de acuerdo en una cosa: el mayor jugador de todos los tiempos fue Pelé. Ahora, la estrella legendaria, embajador y personaje humanitario comparte su visión total de lo que el fútbol puede lograr. Ahora, Pelé comparte por primera vez su historia, su experiencia y sus ideas sobre este juego. Antes de Messi, antes de ...

The Kettlebell Workout Companion - Paperback

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by Dan John (Author) Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.16 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 15, 2024

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by Michael D. Cintas (Author) Number of Pages: 90 Dimensions: 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2024

The Big Fix: The Hunt for the Match-Fixers Bringing Down Soccer - Paperback

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by Brett Forrest (Author)Game of Shadows meets Among the Thugs in this revelatory true-to-life crime thriller and expose involving greed, corruption, an Asian crime syndicate, and the fixing of international soccer matches at the highest levels of the game, including the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup.In February 2013, the director of Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, made the shocking announcement that 700 international soccer matches had been fixed since 2008, i...

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by Kurtis Scaletta (Author)Welcome to Moundville, where it's been raining for longer than Roy McGuire has been alive. Most people say the town is cursed--right in the middle of their big baseball game against rival town Sinister Bend, black clouds crept across the sky and it started to rain. That was 22 years ago . . . and it's still pouring. Baseball camp is over, and Roy knows he's in for a dreary, soggy summer. But when he returns home, he finds a foster kid named Sturgis sprawled out on h...

Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See - Paperback

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by Erik Weihenmayer (Author)The incredible bestselling book from the author of No Barriers and The Adversity Advantage Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. But Erik was determined to rise above this devastating disability and lead a fulfilling and exciting life. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, he shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment-and by a seeing worl...

Decoding the Golf Swing Plane: The Striking Plane Swing Model - Paperback

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by Dan Courtney (Contribution by), Xichao Mo (Author)This book was featured on Golf Channel and recommended by America's top 10 golf instructor. It will revolutionize the way you see and learn the golf swing Did it ever occur to you that a swing plane doesn't even exist? Do you know that Mr. Ben Hogan didn't swing on the plane he wrote about? Can you imagine that the swing plane you have in mind may be the cause of your slice or shank? In an effort to clarify the misconceptions on the seemin...

A Beginner's Guide to Canaries - Including Chapters on Food, Rearing and Care for Canaries - Paperback

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by Anon (Author)This vintage book contains a novice-friendly guide to breeding canaries, including information on feeding, rearing, production for profit, diseases and ailments, and more. This volume is recommended for anyone interested in breeding canaries, and it will be of considerable value to those with little previous experience in the practice. The chapters of this volume include: "Canary Breeding", "Failures in Canary Breeding", "Hartz Mountain Canaries", "Fundamental Principles in Ca...

Before Brittney: A Legacy of Champions - Paperback

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by Nancy R. Goodloe (Author)This book is about champions in women's athletics at Baylor University-the champions who competed, the champions who coached, the champions who provided the advocacy and leadership for the women's athletic program, and the champions who have brought Baylor's women's athletic program to the national prominence it enjoys in 2012. It's also about the champions in women's intercollegiate athletics whose struggles to attain national recognition and implement national ch...

The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul - Paperback

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by Chad Millman (Author), Shawn Coyne (Author)A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, as their city was crumbling around them. In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city, went into massive decline, putting 150,000 steelworkers out of work. And then the unthinkable happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers, perennial also-rans in the NFL, rose up to become the most fe...

Running Around the World: How I Ran 7 Marathons on 7 Continents in 7 Days - Paperback

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by Susannah Gill (Author), Mike Antoniades (With)Running Around The World will take you on an adventure, inspire you to run and help you believe that anything is possible in a world where we can all be amazing. From those who enjoy a Saturday morning parkrun, to marathon runners and everyone in between, there is much to be learnt from this book about the physical and mental components of training, competing and succeeding. World Marathon Challenge is a special adventure which only a few are e...

The Unlikely Journey of Leo the Leaf - Paperback

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by William J. Barker (Author), Kunda Madeleine (Illustrator)This children's book with 22 illustrations is for all boys and girls who play sports and wish they could play their best when their team needs them the most. Sometimes it requires just a little encouragement from someone who cares Big Mo is a 10 year old baseball player who lives in New Jersey. He is tall, lanky and slow. His teammates tease him and call him "Slow Mo." He's assigned to play right field, where he occasionally glances...

A Constraints-Led Approach to Golf Coaching - Paperback

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by Ian Renshaw (Author), Peter Arnott (Author), Graeme McDowall (Author)While the popularity of golf is coming under increased pressure, it continues to hook millions of players. However, the complexity of the game and the extremely high level of precision required to hit the ball consistently well means that it is a game that is difficult to even become 'good' at, let alone master. Consequently, irrespective of whether the player is a weekend golfer, a club member, or a tour professional, th...

You Ought to Do a Story about Me: Addiction, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Endless Quest for Redemption - Paperback

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by Ted Jackson (Author)"This masterpiece of dogged and loving reporting will astonish you and touch your heart. The struggles and quest for redemption of football star Jackie Wallace make for a fall-from-grace tale that's both unsettling and uplifting."--Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da VinciThe heartbreaking, timeless, and redemptive story of the transformative friendship binding a fallen-from-grace NFL player and a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who meet on the ...