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Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing - Paperback

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by Craig Lambert (Author)In this wise and thrilling book, Criag Lambert turns rowing--personal discipline, modern Olympic sport, grand collegiate tradition--into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life. Number of Pages: 192 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2011

The Gymnast Care Book on Injuries: At home and in the gym treatment of the most common gymnastics injuries - Paperback

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by Joshua P. Eldridge (Author)The Gymnast Care Book on Injuries gives you a plan of action for your gymnast's injury that you can put into place today, with easy to follow, proven protocols for the most common gymnastics injuries. There is very little information widely available on gymnastics injuries, and you can be left guessing what the best course of action can be for your gymnast. As a parent or coach, you have been to many different providers looking for answers for your gymnasts with...

The Story of the Green Bay Packers And That Little, Small Town - Paperback

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by Duane Wackerfuss (Illustrator), David Hellman (Author), Daniel Hellman (Author)The Story of the Green Bay Packers and That Little, Small Town brings to life for your child the story of the greatest team in the history of the National Football League. Follow the Packers from the glory years of the Lombardi era through the lean years and back to triumph in winning Super Bowl XXXI. And throughout it all your child will learn of the dedication of the fans of the smallest city in the NFL that k...

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by Paul Huebner (Author)Veteran climber Paul Huebner takes you on spectacular climbing adventures in the Alps of Europe, the mountains of Alaska, the Colorado Rockies, Canada and the North Cascades, the volcanoes of Mexico and the Andes of Bolivia and Ecuador. He describes in vivid detail the many risks, mishaps and close calls he's experienced on his adventures, including witnessing the heart-pounding rescue of a terrified woman high on the Matterhorn after her partner had fallen to his deat...

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by Jake Anderson (Author)As featured on Deadliest Catch A fourth generation fisherman, Jake Anderson grew up in the rich fishing environment of Anacortes, Washington. At age seventeen, Jake began salmon fishing in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and by the age of twenty-five he was crab fishing in the heart of the Bering Sea. Soon after, Jake became a deckhand on the F/V Northwestern and joined the popular television series Deadliest Catch. As an integral part of the show, Jake is known for his hardwor...

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by Daniel Okrent (Author)You'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a single baseball game played in June 1982 -- inning by inning, play by play. Daniel Okrent, a seasoned writer and lifelong fan, chose as his subject a Milwaukee BrewersBaltimore Orioles matchup, though it could have been any game, because, as Okrent reveals, the essence of baseball, no matter where or when it's played, has ...

The Race: The First Nonstop, Round-The-World, No-Holds-Barred Sailing Competition - Paperback

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by Tim Zimmermann (Author)An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind -- a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built -- The Race attracts some of the world's best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personali...

The Best American Sports Writing - Paperback

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by Rick Reilly (Author), Glenn Stout (Author)Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system...

Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics - Paperback

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by Jeremy Schaap (Author)This New York Times best-selling author's account of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin offers a "vivid portrait not just of Owens but of '30s Germany and America" (Sports Illustrated).At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single-handedly falsifying Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic p...

There Are No Problem Horses, Only Problem Riders - Paperback

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by Mary Twelveponies (Author)The best-selling guide to horsemanship -- for English and Western riders THERE ARE NO PROBLEM HORSES, ONLY PROBLEM RIDERS has stood for twenty years as an indispensable text in its field. As Mary Twelveponies writes in her introduction, "It is the hardest pill for all of us would-be horsemen to swallow, but it is absolutely true -- if the horse is not responding properly, we are doing something wrong." This easy-to-read guide offers sensible advice on every commo...

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by Stephanie Greene (Author), Martha Weston (Illustrator)Owen Foote knows that soccer is the greatest sport in the world. He's so excited about being old enough to join the town soccer league that he has talked his best friend, Joseph, into signing up too. But Joseph turns out to be terrible at soccer. That's not the only thing troubling Owen: the other kids on his team, the Aliens, seem to be bigger and older and better at soccer than he is, and at least one of them is mean. But Owen isn't a...

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It - Paperback

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by Neal Bascomb (Author)In The Perfect Mile, Neal Bascomb, the New York Times bestselling author of Faster, presenst the riveting, true story of the three world-class athletes who individually became the first runners to break the four-minute mile.There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners ...

There's Something About Buffalo - Paperback

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by Kevin Thomas (Editor), John Barsness (Contribution by), Gregor Woods (Contribution by)This is retired professional hunter Kevin Thomas's fourth book about hunting and wildlife in Southern Africa. This time around he's invited friends and colleagues to contribute stories about their thrilling and memorable experiences of hunting African Buffalo.Much in the same vein as Kevin's previous books, this anthology is an informative collection about what it's like to be an ethical hunter in this da...

The Ultimate Golf Book: A History and a Celebration of the World's Greatest Game - Paperback

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by David McCormick (Author), Charles McGrath (Author)In this golfer's ultimate delight, Charles McGrath and David McCormick have compiled a unique combination of golf history and original essays by some of golf's greatest (and best-selling) writers and enthusiasts. Anchoring the book is a colorful, loose-limbed history of the sport by the Sports Illustrated senior writer John Garrity. He travels the globe and the links, covering the key personalities and golfing events, advances in technique ...

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager - Paperback

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by Buzz Bissinger (Author)New York Times BestsellerA Best Book of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Rocky Mountain News"The Cubs against the Cardinals in the heat of August and of a pennant race--this is baseball at it's best." --George F. Will, author of Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball A thrilling deep dive into the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball from the acclaimed author of Friday Night LightsThree Nights in August captures baseball in its quintessen...

Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History - Paperback

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by Jeremy Schaap (Author)A riveting tale of perseverance in the face of hardship, Cinderella Man is the chronicle of the boxer James J. Braddock, whose exceptional story of achievement against all odds was the subject of a major motion picture. Braddock, dubbed the Cinderella Man, staged the greatest comeback in fighting history, rising in the span of twelve months from the relief rolls to a face-off against the heavyweight champion, Max Baer. Against the gritty backdrop of Depression-era New...

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by Lara P. Johnson (Author) Number of Pages: 102 Dimensions: 0.21 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 30, 2022

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by David Maraniss (Author), Glenn Stout (Author)For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this absorbing collection, featuring twenty-eight of the finest pieces from the past year, has something for everyone. Guest editor David Maraniss, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, has assembled a fresh crop of the people and stories that dominated the sports world in 2006. Michael Lewis gives a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary football coach Bill Parcells. Bob Hohler delves ...

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by Jan Boxill (Editor)The essays in this reader examine philosophical issues such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. Examines ethical issues in sports, such as sportsmanship, violence, cheating, drug use, racism, sexism, and gender equity. Includes essays by psychologists, sociologists, coaches, and sports writers. Gives the reader an understanding of the moral significance of sport, and how sports affect society. Back JacketThe essays in t...

The King of Swings: Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game - Paperback

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by Michael Blaine (Author)An orphan turned caddy born near the Omaha stockyards, Johnny Goodman was considered too small, too foreign, and too poor to play the country club game. But he swore he would prove everyone wrong, and before a nation's riveted gaze this self-taught kid from the wrong side of the tracks beat the legendary Bobby Jones in the 1929 U.S.Amateur at a little-known California course called Pebble Beach. Goodman's victory sent shock waves through the rarified world of golf in...

The Great Match Race: When North Met South in America's First Sports Spectacle - Paperback

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by John Eisenberg (Author)The Great Match Race is a captivating account of America's first sports spectacle, a horse race that pitted North against South in three grueling heats. On a bright afternoon in May 1823, an unprecedented sixty thousand people showed up to watch two horses run the equivalent of nine Kentucky Derbys in a few hours' time. Eclipse was the majestic champion representing the North, and Henry, an equine arriviste, was the pride of the South. Their match race would come to ...

Death and the Sun: A Matador's Season in the Heart of Spain - Paperback

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by Edward Lewine (Author)A brilliant observer in the tradition of Adam Gopnik and Paul Theroux, Edward Lewine reveals a Spain few outsiders have seen. There's nothing more Spanish than bullfighting, and nothing less like its stereotype. For matadors and aficionados, it is not a blood sport but an art, an ancient subculture steeped in ritual, machismo, and the feverish attentions of fans and the press. Lewine explains Spain and the art of the bulls by spending a bullfighting season traveling ...

Run Therapy: A Bitter Sweet Guide to Running, Evolution and Ice Cream - Paperback

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by Andrew Cohen (Author)'Run Therapy: A Bitter Sweet Guide to Running, Evolution and Ice Cream' is a short, personal parody of the 'zen and the art of.....' genre that doesn't quite succeed in not taking itself seriously. It's a tonic for all those who had hoped to get more out of running than they did. It wanders about, not entirely aimlessly, along one ordinary person's journey on foot through the lessons of history, evolution, quantum mechanics and ice cream. At times humorous, at others p...

Scrum Science: Forward Thinking - Paperback

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by Samuel Needs (Author)Scrum Science is a game changer for aspiring rugby players and coaches. It is a theoretical and practical handbook designed for rugby union players and coaches to help develop the fundamental skills required to scrum at an elite level. Learn the fundamentals of scrummaging, including an 8 week season plan for players and coaches of all levels. Accompanying the scrummaging drills is a neck conditioning program suitable for players of all ages. Each scrum drill and neck ...

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by Chris Slee (Author)A modern English translation of Henry de Sainct-Didier's 1573 fencing training manual. Sainct-Didier taught a style of swordsmanship informed by more than two decades as a soldier on the battlefields of France's Italian Wars. He demonstrates techniques which are straight forward and direct, without the niceties of the Italian and Spanish salles of the period. This is a textbook of lesson plans teaching basic cuts and thrusts, how to counter them, and the ways to respond ...

The Essence of Good Horsemanship - Paperback

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by Ross Jacobs (Author)The Essence of Good Horsemanship is a detailed look at the principles and philosophy of working with horses in a way that both establishes a harmonious partnership and maximizes the potential of performance. The book examines the detailed process of training from the perspective of the horse in a unique and clear way. Despite how comprehensive the book is in explaining the way horses think and how training works, the explanations are logical and easy to understand. It i...

Reality Check: Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League - Paperback

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by Will Brodie (Author)Yes, there's ice hockey in Australia. There's a thriving national league featuring dedicated locals and adventurous internationals. They train and play like professionals, pushing their underground sport to the brink of emergence, but no-one gets paid. Age writer Will Brodie spent a year chronicling the quirky outposts of this unique hockey backwater, discovering a fragile but tenacious community populated by characters looking for more than wins and losses. If you like...

How to play the position of Outside-half (No. 10): A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of rugby union - Paperback

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by Chris Miles (Author)The purpose of this book is to provide the player, family, coach and player's support network with the information needed for positional excellence in the position of Outside-half (No. 10) in rugby union. The objectives of this book are: 1. To provide the reader with an understanding of the natural physical and mental development of young players in the sport of rugby union. 2. To explain the demands of rugby union and use that information to help guide the player's dev...

How to play the position of Loose-lock (No. 4): A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of rugby union - Paperback

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by Chris Miles (Author)The purpose of this book is to provide the player, family, coach and player's support network with the information needed for positional excellence in the position of Loose-lock (No. 4) in rugby union. The objectives of this book are: 1. To provide the reader with an understanding of the natural physical and mental development of young players in the sport of rugby union. 2. To explain the demands of rugby union and use that information to help guide the player's develo...

How to play the position of Hooker (No.2): A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of rugby union - Paperback

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by David Christopher Miles (Author)The purpose of this book is to provide the player, family, coach and player's support network with the information needed for positional excellence in the position of Hooker (No. 2) in rugby union. The objectives of this book are: 1. To provide the reader with an understanding of the natural physical and mental development of young players. 2. To provide an appreciation of the statistics of modern rugby union and use that information to guide the player's de...

How to Play the Position of Blindside Flanker (No.6): How to Play the Position of Blindside Flanker (No.6) - Paperback

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by Chris Miles (Author)The purpose of this book is to provide the player, family, coach and player's support network with the information needed for positional excellence in the position of Blindside flanker (No. 6) in rugby union. The objectives of this book are: 1. To provide the reader with an understanding of the natural physical and mental development of young players in the sport of rugby union. 2. To explain the demands of rugby union and use that information to help guide the player's...

How to play the position of Number 8 (No. 8): A practical guide for the player, coach and family in the sport of rugby union - Paperback

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by Chris Miles (Author)The purpose of this book is to provide the player, family, coach and player's support network with the information needed for positional excellence in the position of Number 8 (No. 8) in rugby union. The objectives of this book are: 1. To provide the reader with an understanding of the natural physical and mental development of young players in the sport of rugby union. 2. To explain the demands of rugby union and use that information to help guide the player's developm...