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The Physics of Skiing: Skiing at the Triple Point - Hardcover

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by David A. Lind (Author), Scott P. Sanders (Author)The new edition will include a chapter on biomechanics & physiology of skiing. Other chapters will be revised and brought up to date. The discussion of alpine skiing will include a discussion of the new "turning" skiis. Number of Pages: 270 Dimensions: 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 18, 2004

Where They Ain't: The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball - Paperback

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by Burt Solomon (Author)In the 1890s, the legendary Baltimore Orioles of the National League (sic) under the tutelage of manager Ned Hanlon, perfected a style of play known as "scientific baseball, " featuring such innovations as the sacrifice bunt, the hit-and-run, the squeeze play, and the infamous Baltimore chop. Its best hitter, Wee Willie Keeler, had the motto "keep your eye clear and hit 'em where they ain't" -- which he did. He and his colorful teammates, fierce third-baseman John McGr...

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by Paul Petzoldt (Author), Raye Carleson Ringholz (With)Conservation is the theme: of the individual, of equipment, and of the environment. Clothing, equipment, and rations are thoroughly discussed, along with the necessity for good expedition behavior. There are chapters on trail techniques, camping for conservation, and basic climbing, and more specialized information on summer snow techniques and winter mountaineering. Reading of topographical maps is included. Detailed illustrations suppl...

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by Theodore P. Jorgensen (Author)An update and revision of the best selling book on the physics of golf, with new material added on putting, the latest technology in modern golf clubs, more applications of physics to the usual problems every player faces, and revised references, Written by a physicist (who is also a life-long golfer) for the educated and curious golfer, this book is the only one on the market devoted exclusively to explaining the science behind a successful golf game. Number ...

Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Game - Hardcover

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by Jim Albert (Author), Jay Bennett (Author)This revised and updated softcover edition of the 2001 SABR-Award- winning original edition works with new baseball data. An index will be added. Number of Pages: 410 Dimensions: 1.11 x 9.66 x 6.4 IN Publication Date: June 08, 2001

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by Stuart H. Walker (Author)Today far more sailors than ever before have reached a superior level of competitive ability, and the few individuals who remain at the head of the competitive classes year and after year must constantly improve their skills. This book will help the sailor analyze for himself the determinants of tactical success. One of the foremost theoreticians of the art of yacht racing, Stuart H. Walker is also an outstanding practicing racer. For eight years Dr. Walker kept a ...

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by Dennis Conner (Author), John Rousmaniere (With)No Excuse to Lose is the book Dennis Conner still refers to as "the bible," He says (Time magazine, 9 February 1987), "I like to compete. I guess I don't dislike it, but my sailing is just bottom line, like adding up the score in bridge. My real interest is in the tremendous game of life." Number of Pages: 196 Dimensions: 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 21, 2008

Catamaran Racing from Start to Finish - Paperback

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by Phil Berman (Author), Steve Tonnesen This complete course to catamaran racing is made easy-to-understand by clarity of explanation and countless drawings and photographs. Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.57 x 9.94 x 7.96 IN Publication Date: April 02, 2008

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by George Plimpton (Editor)When it comes to popularity, American enthusiasm for sports is right up there with mom and apple pie. From this long love affair with the games of men and boys--and, increasingly, women--has sprung a vast literature that moves across fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Number of Pages: 492 Dimensions: 1.58 x 9.22 x 5.94 IN Publication Date: May 01, 1992

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by Stuart H. Walker (Author)A guide for racing covers the principles of sail trim, crew movement techniques, maneuvers, and control systems, and gives advice on adjusting to special conditions. Number of Pages: 252 Dimensions: 0.64 x 8 x 5.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 01, 1985

American Small Sailing Craft: Their Design, Development and Construction - Hardcover

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by Howard I. Chapelle (Author)American Small Sailing Craft (originally published 1951) is considered the classic among small-boat builders and historians. In it Chapelle has documented many fast-vanishing working boats, making this the authoritative history of a passing maritime fleet. Number of Pages: 392 Dimensions: 1.63 x 9.44 x 6.74 IN Publication Date: February 28, 2011

The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935 - Hardcover

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by Howard I. Chapelle (Author), Jon Wilson (Foreword by)The evolution of the American fishing schooner from the 18th century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930s is recounted in this book. The designers, builders and crews are discussed, and 137 plans of schooners show graphically the development of the type.Back JacketThe history of the development of the unique vessels built for the New England fishing industry from colonial days to the first third of the twentieth cent...

Tactics of Small Boat Racing (Revised) - Paperback

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by Stuart H. Walker (Author), Carol H. Little (Illustrator)The author of "A Manual of Sail Trim" has designed a guide for the competitive racing dinghy sailor that explains the art of maneuvering. The object of the text is to provide instructions on keeping a dinghy in relation to its competitors so that it finishes the race in the lead. Number of Pages: 350 Dimensions: 0.91 x 9.26 x 6.12 IN Publication Date: December 17, 1991

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by Frank Arthur Worsley (Author)Frank A. Worsley was the captain of the H.M.S. Endurance, the ship used by the legendary explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton in his 1914-16 expedition to the Antarctic. On its way to the Antarctic continent the Endurance became trapped and then crushed by ice, and the ship's party of twenty-eight drifted on an ice floe for five months. Finally reaching an uninhabited island, Shackleton, Worsley, and four others sailed eight hundred miles in a small boat to the islan...

Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 - Hardcover

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by David Clay Large (Author)The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narrative includes a stirring account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed finally by the American Olympic Committee and the determination of its head, Avery Brundage, to participate. Nazi Games also recounts the dazzling athletic feats of these Olympics, including Jesse Owens's four gold-medal performa...

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by Richard Scheinin (Author)For people who have had it up to here with the endless nostalgia about "The Summer Game" on a "Field of Dreams," here is a bracing antidote: baseball history with an attitude. From baseball's rough-and-tumble origins in the nineteenth century to today's spoiled megamillionaire players and corporate shark owners, Field of Screams provides an entertaining and blackly funny reality check. It is a crowded rogues' gallery of the cheats, misers, sadists, head cases, chee...

Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Time - Paperback

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by Eddie Epstein (Author), Rob Neyer (Author)It's a debate nearly as old as the sport itself. Sure, there have been plenty of great baseball teams--but which was the best ever? While it seems like an unwinnable argument, the authors of Baseball Dynasties have risen to the challenge. They took the top fifteen teams of the twentieth century, ran them through rigorous statistical analysis, and threw in some good old-fashioned opinion in their quest to determine, definitively, who was the greates...

Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark - Hardcover

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by Allen Barra (Author)Allen Barra has journeyed to his native Alabama to capture the glories of a century of baseball lore. In chronicling Rickwood Field's history, he also tells of segregated baseball and the legendary Negro Leagues while summoning the ghosts of the players themselves --Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Ted Willians, and Willie Mays -- who still haunt baseball's oldest Cathedral. But Rickwood Field, a place where the Ku Klux Klan once held rallie...

Complete Cross-Country Skiing and Ski Touring: Second Revised Edition - Paperback

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by William J. Lederer (Author), Joe Pete Wilson (Author), Frank Thomas (Illustrator)Part I of this book is for beginners who don't know a cross-country ski from a ladder. Part II is for novices intent on becoming intermediates. Part III is for those who now feel completely at home on cross-country skis and want to let loose with the experts. Part IV deals with the all-important matter of waxing. The authors don't promise to get anyone on the United States Olympic Team; but the they feel confi...

Desirable and Undesirable Characteristics of Offshore Yachts - Paperback

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by Technical Committee of the Cruising Club (Author)The most authoritative manual available on today's cruising boats and their equipment, written by some of the world's most respected and experienced sailors and yacht designers. Number of Pages: 312 Dimensions: 0.71 x 9.71 x 6.73 IN Publication Date: October 30, 2008

Seawise: Helpful Hints, Warnings, and Common Sense for the Yachtsman - Paperback

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by Donald M. Street (Author) Number of Pages: 324 Dimensions: 0.68 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: November 06, 2008

Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimed - Paperback

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by Sara Hall (Author)Sara Hall's life seemed perfect: a wealthy husband, a big house in an affluent suburb, three healthy children. But the surface of Hall's life hid a marriage filled with sorrow and pain. One day, at age forty-two, Hall sees a lone figure rowing in the harbor, and that image becomes her holy grail. In this richly layered memoir, the author tells how her determination to master rowing a single shell gave her the courage to free herself from the dark forces of abuse in her ch...

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by Eric Hiscock (Author)Back JacketThis is the story of Susan and Eric Hiscocks last voyage in the steel ketch Wanderer IV from their home in New Zealand to the west coast of Canada. On their return, they decided to replace the Wanderer IV with a smaller wooden sloop-rigged yacht. The maiden voyage of Wanderer V is not a tale of idyllic sailing. Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.43 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: November 21, 2008

Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals: And Doing the Duathlon Too (Updated) - Paperback

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by Steven Jonas (Author)This book was first published twenty years ago in the early days of the sport. It has continued to sell to beginners and recreational multisport athletes by showing them how, starting as a fitness novice, they can cross the finish line happily and healthily, and have fun doing so, without turning their lives upside down along the way. Steven Jonas, a former nonathlete who began racing in middle age, now has over 160 multisport races--and two decades' worth of evidence ...

Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time - Paperback

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by Ray Robinson (Author)Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as Lou Gehrig's Disease robbed him of his physical skills at a relatively young age, and he died in 1941. Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walt...

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by Allen Barra (Author)President Reagan and the three former American presidents sent flowers, as did people as diverse as Bob Hope, ABC's Roone Arledge, advice columnist Ann Landers and the Reverend Billy Graham. Scores of Bryant's former players, including Joe Namath, Lee Roy Jordan, Ken Stabler and Ozzie Newsome, were in attendance. So were Bryant's most distinguished colleagues, the greatest living football coaches, including Southern Cal's John McKay, who said, "It was like a presidentia...

Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball - Paperback

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by Stephen Jay Gould (Author), David Halberstam (Foreword by)Science meets sport in this vibrant collection of baseball essays by the late evolutionary biologist.Among Stephen Jay Gould's many gifts was his ability to write eloquently about baseball, his great passion. Through the years, the renowned paleontologist published numerous essays on the sport; these have now been collected in a volume alive with the candor and insight that characterized all of Gould's writing. Here are his thoughts...

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by Stuart H. Walker (Author)Stuart Walker's intelligent, straightforward explanation of why wind behaves as it does and what it is likely to do next draws upon his sixty-plus years of sailing experience and his vast knowledge of meteorology. The Sailor's Wind first describes each aspect of wind behavior in context--challenging readers to analyze wind flow as though they were experiencing it on the water--then explains what principles determined the wind's behavior, using recent meteorological...

The Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboaters - Paperback

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by John Rousmaniere (Author)From "abaft" to "Zulu," including terms as new as "bowrider" and as old as "starboard," here is the language of pleasure boating--clearly defined terms that today's sailors and powerboaters rely on to make their way safely and happily upon America's coastal waters. Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.39 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 01, 1998

Build Your Own Boat: Building and Fitting-Out for Sail or Power - Paperback

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by Ian Nicolson (Author)This book is a must for the amateur who wants to be convinced that he can confidently approach the prospect of building his own dream boat. With the support of many diagrams and sketches, Ian Nicolson teaches all the skills necessary to create anything from a small cruiser to an impressive 75-foot yacht. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Publication Date: April 04, 2007

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by Mortimer Rogoff (Author) Number of Pages: 436 Dimensions: 0.97 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 06, 2007

Performance Advances in Small Boat Racing - Paperback

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by Stuart H. Walker (Author) Number of Pages: 484 Dimensions: 1.08 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2007