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Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Texas: A Year in the Life of Lone Star Football, from High School to College to the Cowboys

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Eatman (Author)Combining the power of Friday Night Lights and the inspiring insight of Remember the Titans, a veteran Texas sports writer offers a lively, up-close look at football in Texas--viewed through the interwoven stories of three teams, Plano Senior High School, Baylor University, and the Dallas Cowboys, during one season.In Texas, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mean one thing: football. Dallas Cowboys' writer Nick Eatman follows three teams in three...

Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

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Report copyright infringementby Giri Nathan (Author)*ONE OF BLOOMBERG'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2025* The story of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and their epic new rivalry, as told by "the best tennis writer in America" (Brian Phillips, The Ringer). For more than two decades, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer dominated men's tennis so thoroughly that it became difficult to imagine how the game would keep its shine once they retired. Then came 2024--the first year since 2002 t...

Finding Our Grove: A Story about Life, Family, and College Football

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Report copyright infringementby James Gardner (Author) Number of Pages: 382 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 19, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Petre (Author) In pro football, the 1965 NFL season was an exclamation point in the sport's golden age. It was the turning point in the war between the establishment NFL and the insurgent AFL and featured many of the greatest players ever like Johnny Unitas and Jim Brown, who were longtime stars, and Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers, who were first-year wonders. And that season offered an epic Western Conference battle between two great teams-the Green Bay P...

Being Carlos Alcaraz: The Man Behind the Smile

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Hodgkinson (Author)The first detailed and comprehensively researched biography of the heir apparent to the Djokovic-Nadal-Federer era. A deeply researched biography of the new (smiley) face of tennis. A global star who has achieved more than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer did by this stage of their careers. At just 19 years old, Carlos Alcaraz won the US Open and became the youngest ever men's world number one. At only 21, he already had f...

Fast Money: The Backroom Deals, Corporate Espionage, and Legendary Power Struggles That Drive Formula One

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Report copyright infringementby Christian Sylt (Author), Caroline Reid (Author)Pre-order now: the first book to look at the unstoppable rise of Formula One* As one of the world's most popular sports, and with races in far corners of the globe, Formula One is big business. Its drivers are among the world's most highly paid athletes, and it costs more than a billion pounds to keep its ten teams ticking over. This is a sport where money - the spending of it, the flaunting of it, the ruthless p...

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Report copyright infringementby E. J. Woodhouse (Author) Number of Pages: 378 Dimensions: 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 12, 2025

Tiptoe to Last Lake: Tales of adventure, mischief and brotherly love

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Friesen (Author), Kris Friesen (Editor), Tibor Bodi (Illustrator)Tiptoe to Last Lake is a vibrant, humorous and heartfelt account of one man's odyssey to reach all 236 named lakes of Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba. Over 14 years, surpassing 2400 kilometers of challenging terrain, weather, and obstacles, Ken Friesen and his friends journeyed from one end of the park to the other, using their own physical power to achieve their goal. Basking in the gl...

The Ormstown Dream: Power of the mind Based upon true story 1986-2017

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Green (Author) Number of Pages: 182 Dimensions: 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 31, 2025

Finding Your Superhorse: Lessons from Six Decades of Riding, Training and Loving Horses - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Lynn Palm (Author), Rebecca M. Didier (With), Marie-Frances Davis (With)Lessons on how to tap the true potential in every horse from one of the world's leading female trainers. For six decades, Lynn Palm has been a mainstay of the horse training, showing, and clinicing industry. Her successes in diversity in training and the development of willingness and ability across disciplines are unparalleled. She has four Superhorse Titles--a prize awarded to a horse tha...

No Place to Fall: Superalpinism in the High Himalaya

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Report copyright infringementby Victor Saunders (Author)No Place to Fall is Victor Saunders' follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning debut book Elusive Summits. Covering three expeditions in Nepal, the Karakoram and the Kumaon, each shares the exhilaration of attempting new alpine-style routes on terrifyingly committing mountains. In 1989 Victor Saunders and Steve Sustad completed a difficult route on the West Face of Makalu II, only to be brought to a storm-bound halt above 7,000 metr...

Gary Lineker: A Portrait of a Football Icon: 'an Essential Read' Fourfourtwo

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Evans (Author)'Full of pace and style, just like its subject ... a vivid, nostalgic reminder of Lineker's greatness as a player' - Leo McKinstry 'Skilfully crafted - there is not much more you can ask from a biography' - Patrick Barclay 'Chris Evans has done the hard yards on Lineker's football career.. faithfully detailing the life of a hard-working footballer at the highest level' - Roger Alton, The TimesENGLAND CAPTAIN. WORLD CUP HERO. SERIAL GOALSCOR...

Life Lessons on the Run: Making Every Step Count

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Report copyright infringementby Esmail Rahimian (Author)In my stories, I reflect on how I began racing in 2001 and, so far, have completed over 50 half marathons and over 300 Marathons and ultras. I finished my 50 Sates and DC marathons on June 1, 2014 in Deadwood, South Dakota and completed my goal of racing on all the continents in Morocco on January 25, 2015. The most challenging races so far have been in Death Valley and Antarctica. Although I have traveled to many places to race, my favo...

From Out of the Smokies: Stories of Fly Fishing and Life

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Report copyright infringementby Charlie Tombras (Author)Knoxville native Charlie Tombras may be best known for his fifty-seven-year leadership of the nationally recognized advertising firm the Tombras Group, but in his moving memoir, From Out of the Smokies: Stories of Fly Fishing and Life, he chronicles his personal journey, letting business take a backseat. Born and raised in the Smokies, Tombras grew up exploring mountains and streams, fostering an appreciation for nature and fly fishing t...

Every Day is a Bonus: A Memoir of Canadian Ski Pioneer Jim McConkey

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Report copyright infringementby Keith Keller (Author)Jim McConkey's role as a highly respected alpine skier, ski instructor, and entrepreneur began in early childhood, in Barrie, Ontario, where he was born only eight years after the end of World War I. After dropping out of high school and being deployed to northern Saskatchewan with the Hudson's Bay Company, Jim found his true calling in the world of alpine ski instruction. A pioneer extreme skier in his own right, and the father-and teacher...

Leaving War: From Afghanistan's Pech Valley To Hadrian's Wall - A Veteran's Search For Peace

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Report copyright infringementby Antonio Salinas (Author) Number of Pages: 222 Dimensions: 0.47 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 22, 2025

The Life and Times of the Ole Captain: Catcher of Fish and Fisher of Men

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Report copyright infringementby Tim Cool Dad Gill (Author)Join Tim "CoolDad" Gill and the unforgettable Ole Captain on a rollicking ride through the muddy banks, shaded boat ramps, and tall tales of the Chattahoochee and beyond. These aren't your average fishing stories-these are legends born under sycamores, carried on the wind, and sometimes tangled in the lines of truth and exaggeration.From wild river carp and cranky joggers to a mechanical monkey and the world-famous Carp Hound, Maximus ...

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Report copyright infringementby Vassos Alexander (Author)'A hugely enjoyable love letter to swimming and open water adventures' - Sophie Raworth Sports and Virgin Radio Breakfast Show presenter Vassos Alexander found solace and distraction swimming in the Thames during a difficult summer, and was bitten by the bug. Now he can't pass a body of water without wanting to jump in. Told through the story of training for a solo Channel swim, Swimmingly takes you on a journey across the world from Bo...

The Best Kept Secret: The Journey, Failures, Growth, and Lessons of a Soccer Player, and How He Reached His Full Potential

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Olasumbo Ademolu (Author)Have you ever been told you are too small to play a sport? Have you ever not been selected for a team? Have you been doubted by others who told you to give up? Stephen has too! In The Best Kept Secret, Former Canadian Men's National Team player and professional soccer player Stephen Ademolu walks us through his incredible journey. Hailing from a small city, Stephen did the unimaginable, becoming a pro soccer player, quieting any...

The Late Bloomer: Never Too Late for Dreams Come True

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Report copyright infringementby Michial J. Foy (Author)About The Book;This book was written to inspire those who are thinking: ''I am past my prime" and wish I had done this thing or that. It is for the person who is perhaps living with regret and need a shot in the arm of inspiration. The Late Bloomer illustrates the power of self-talk and positive thinking when you decide to make that epic journey. It is the guiding light when you decide to move past procrastination and burst through the co...

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Thompson (Compiled by)Boxing Day lived up to its name in 1908 when Tommy Burns, the Heavyweight Champion of the World fought Jack Johnson the Coloured Champion of the World, at the Sydney Stadium, putting Australia on the international sporting map and changing boxing forever... Over time critics have moved to see that the events of Boxing Day 1908 in Sydney, when the acknowledged Champion of the World was defeated by the skills of a negro from Galveston, T...

Wildlife Dies Without Making A Sound, Volume 1: The Adventures of Terry Grosz, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Agent

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Grosz (Author)Terry Grosz goes back to his early years as a California State Fish and Game Warden in Volume One. Poachers commit wholesale slaughter on innocent creatures, and catching them has been sometimes dangerous, sometimes humorous, but always vital to species survival. Terry Grosz dealt with set-guns, cold stakeouts, and unusual detective work to catch the most dedicated of animal killers. And at last, Terry Grosz writes about "The Ronald Reagan F...

Iron Will: An Amputee's Journey to Athletic Excellence

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Report copyright infringementby Roderick Sewell (Author)The story of the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to become and IRONMAN champion. Roderick Sewell II was born without the tibia in both of his legs. Before he turned two years old, his mother, Marian, made the tough choice to have his legs amputated so that he could continue wrestling with his cousins and climbing his grandmother's good furniture. But when Marian's modest income couldn't cover the prosthetics Roderick needed to att...

T. R., Theodore Roosevelt, In Cartoon (1910)

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Report copyright infringementby Raymond Gros (Editor)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of ...

Welcome to the City (Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) - Paperback

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by Matt Huntley (Author), Random House (Illustrator)Join Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello on the streets of New York in this storybook based on Nickelodeon's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From the slimiest sewers to the tallest skyscrapers, New York City is filled with monsters, mutants, and dangerous gangs. Luckily, the Ninja Turtles are on guard and keeping the streets safe. Fans ages 3 to 7 will enjoy meeting all the friends and foes in this full-color storybook....

Sully: The Epic Life & Football Legend of Coach Bob Sullivan

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff Appelquist (Author)Bob Sullivan coached Minnesota high school and college football for an astonishing sixty years. At the prep level, he won conference championships and state titles. He is the winningest coach in Carleton College football history. He is a member of multiple halls of fame, and the field at venerable Laird Stadium at Carleton is named in his honor. His players, more than one thousand of them over three generations, know him simply as "Sully...

Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction

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Report copyright infringementby Todd Marinovich (Author), Lizzy Wright (With)One of the most misunderstood professional athletes of his generation, America's "Robo Quarterback" finally sets the record straight, exposing his childhood trauma, battle with addiction, and path toward self-acceptance with brutal honesty and profound humility. For years, the national media has been left unchecked for its careless, incomplete, and often inaccurate portrayal of Todd Marinovich's meteoric rise to fame...

Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

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Report copyright infringementby Ian O'Connor (Author)Instant New York Times Bestseller"A masterwork. ... O'Connor answers every question, deftly and deeply, that we've had about the most controversial person in America's biggest game." --Peter KingFour-time New York Times bestselling sport biographer Ian O'Connor pulls back the curtain on four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, delivering the definitive portrait of the legendary yet mysterious quarterback who has astonished, befuddled, yet always ca...

Tokkie Smith and the Colour of Rugby: Creating the Hong Kong Sevens

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Report copyright infringementby John D'Eathe (Author)"The colonial rugby elite sat in stunned silence. He had been accused but not heard. Never before had they been required to make such an emotional and personal decision. Slowly, one by one, they raised their hands and his life was over." Author John D'Eathe is a product of the golden years of amateur rugby. He has seen the game transform from elitist and non-inclusive into the brilliant, open Sunshine Rugby of today. He met Tokkie Smith in ...

The Masked Superstar Takes on the World: The Bill Eadie Story

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Eadie (Author), Kevin C. Davison (Author) Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.31 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: August 08, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Schipper (Author)An autobiographical book of baseball poems that translates life-- all 9 innings-- into the language of the game. Of interest to all fans. Everything from childhood trauma, to early stardom, love, sex, creativity, meditation, midlife crisis, God and more is batted around, lofted high, and tenderly caught in the lingo and metaphor of playing ball. Even the ghosts of the Holocaust haunt the all-embracing field of play. At once memoir, homage...

A Long Cast: Reflections on 50 Years of Visiting the Martha's Vineyard Surf

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Carotta (Author)Our passions have a way of doing that for us: extending our livesIn 1971, a father and son ventured out of their apartment in New Jersey to the Island of Martha's Vineyard to try their hand at surfcasting. That trip began a life of Spring trips to the waters' edge in search of bluefish and striped bass. Fifty years later, Mike Carotta takes readers along for thirty straight nights and days of fishing.This is not a How To book. It does not c...