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The Essential Jackie Chan Source Book - Paperback

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by Jeff Rovin (Author), Kathy Tracy (With)Jackie Chan-mania swept America when Rumble in the Bronx gave movie audiences a thrilling look at the athletic actor known for performing his own jaw-dropping stunts. The Essential Jackie Chan Sourcebook reveals everything you want to know about the dare-devil dynamo who is part Buster Keaton, part Bruce Lee, and a truly unique performer in his own right -- and whose devoted cult following is exploding into international stardom. With straight talk ab...

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by Jimmy Houston (Author), Steven D. Price (With)One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years.... CAUGHT ME A BIG 'UN... and then I let him go Anyone who loves fishing -- on a lake, pond, river, or ocean -- is guaranteed to love Jimmy Houston's insightful, instructive, and...

The Complete Book of Running for Women: Everything You Need to Know about Training, Nutrition, Injury Prevention, Motivation, Racing and Much, Much Mo - Paperback

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by Claire Kowalchik (Author)A comprehensive guide exclusively for women who experience the pure joy of running--or want to. More women than ever are discovering the unique benefits of running -- for stress relief, weight management, endurance, and self-esteem. Women's bodies are not the same as men's, and though we can train just as hard and with the same passion for excellence, we have certain special concerns. It's the simplest, fastest, most accessible way to fitness and good health known ...

Addicted to Danger: Affirming Life in the Face of Death - Paperback

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by Jim Wickwire (Author), Dorothy Bullitt (With)Adventurist Jim Wickwire, an eyewitness to glory and terror above 20,000 feet, has braved bitter cold, blinding storms, and avalanches to become what the Los Angeles Times calls "one of America's most extraordinary and accomplished high-altitude mountaineers." Although his incredible exploits have inspired a feature on 60 Minutes and a full-length film, he hasn't told his remarkable story in his own words -- until now. Among the world's most fe...

Elements of Effort: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running - Paperback

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by John Jerome (Author)All runners, from beginners to Olympians, will delight in this luminous compendium of wisdom wrought from many years of running. Applying his clear vision and wry wit to a smorgasbord of running-related topics, including stretching, dancing, bugs, falling, spaghetti, sweat, and the food police, John Jerome shares his contagious passion for the most basic of sports. Stripping the art of running down to its barest elements, he takes readers and runners with him on a joyou...

Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball - Paperback

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by Donald Hall (Author), Dock Ellis (With)One of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Donald Hall's forceful, yet elegant, prose brings together all the elements of Dock Ellis's story into a seamless whole. The two of them, the pitcher and the poet, give us remarkable insight into the customs and culture of this closed clannish world. Dock's keen vision, filtered through Hall's extraordinary voi...

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by Robert Traver (Author)Trout Magic is a warm, joyous, and maverick look at trout fishing and its attendant tall tales, strange happenings, and all-around fishing lore. Traver recounts the story of a mysterious "dancing fly, " speaks pointedly about "kiss-and-tell" fishermen, debunks fly fishermen as the "world's greatest snobs, " lets us in on the fishing story Life missed, and takes us along on his strangest fishing trip. We meet the unforgettable Danny McGinnis, guide, and other choice ch...

Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate (Fireside) - Paperback

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by Dan Jenkins (Author)This beloved sports classic from Sports Illustrated writer Dan Jenkins is a hilarious love-hate celebration of golfers and their game.Author BiographyDaniel Thomas Jenkins was an American author and sportswriter who often wrote for Sports Illustrated. He was a high-standard amateur golfer who played college golf at Texas Christian University. Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 15, 1990

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by John Gierach (Author)"In the world of fishing there are magic phrases that are guaranteed to summon the demon. Among them are: 'remote trout lake, ' 'fish up to 13 pounds, ' 'the place the guides fish on their days off, '" writes John Gierach in this wonderful collection of thirteen essays inspired by a fishing trip to Rat Lake, a remote body of water in Montana. Once again John Gierach does what he does best -- explain the peculiarities of the fishing life in a way that will amuse novices...

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by Brown (Author)From Simon & Schuster, Invitation to Sailing is Alan Brown's complete illustrated guide to small boat sailing. In his guide, Brown takes readers from the first day out racing in regattas, under the direction of an expert sailor and teacher, and includes exercise, on the water drills, and a special section on how to organize and teach a sailing class.Author BiographyAlan Brown went to Japan in 1987 as a Fulbright journalist. He lived in Tokyo for seven years, writing for m...

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by Leonard M. Wright Jr. (Editor)From Simon & Schuster, Fly Fisher's Reader is an unabashedly biased sampling angling's finest literature by Leonard M. Wright. In Fly Fisher's Reader, Wright shares more than two dozen literary gems from amazing writers like Sparse Grey Hackle, Red Smith, Sir Edward Grey, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Barich, Tom McGuane, and others. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9.14 x 5.96 IN Publication Date: March 19, 1990

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by John Gierach (Author)From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing. John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing can be a casual affair) to Utah's famous Green River, and to unknown creeks throughout the Western states and Canada. We're introduced to a lively group of fishing buddies...

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by Nelson Bryant (Author), Glen N. Wolff (Illustrator)From Simon & Schuster, Outdoors is Nelson Bryant's collection of columns from The New York Times about the beauty and majesty of nature and the great outdoors. Outdoors is a personal selection from twenty years of columns from The New York Times from Nelson Bryant exploring the wonder of nature and the environment.Author BiographyNelson Bryant is a Simon & Schuster author and New York Times columnist. Number of Pages: 368 Dimension...

Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance - Paperback

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by Nolan Ryan (Author), Tom House (Author)How does Nolan Ryan still do it? At forty-three years old, Nolan Ryan is a marvel. He is still blowing his fastballs by hitters at an age when most pitchers have long since retired--or have learned to depend on guile instead of power. But the Ryan express keeps chugging on, getting more unhittable, not less. Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible tells us the secrets of Ryan's success. Drawing on Ryan's practical experience and Tom House's research expertise, i...

Playing for Knight: My Six Seaons with Coach Knight - Paperback

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by Steve Alford (Author)An Olympic gold medalist recalls his four years on Indiana University's basketball team under the brilliant but controversial coach Bobby Knight, whose volatility and manipulativeness exacted a heavy toll from his players. An Olympic gold medalist recalls his four years on Indiana University's basketball team under the brilliant but controversial coach Bobby Knight, whose volatility and manipulativeness exacted a heavy toll from his players.Author BiographyStephen Todd...

Yoga the Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness - Paperback

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by Erich Schiffmann (Author)Discover the path to inner peace with this guidebook that combines hatha yoga and meditation strategies from world-renowned yoga master Erich Shiffmann.World-renowned yoga master Erich Schiffmann offers an easy-to-follow, exciting new techniques--the first to combine hatha yoga and meditation--to all who are seeking healthful beauty and inner peace.Back JacketWorld-renowned yoga master Erich Schiffmann now offers an easy-to-follow, exciting new technique - the firs...

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by David L. Smith (Author), John Pynchon Holms (With)From Simon & Schuster, The Gods of Golf is David L. Smith and John P. Holms' novel about the imperfect game of golf. Hoping to score points with his boss when he is drafted into a foursome at the Pine Valley Golf Club, Tom Cruickshank plays poorly and fears for his job, until he is assisted by a mysterious player who introduces him to the great golf gods.Author BiographyJohn P. Holmes is the author of The Gods of Golf, a Simon & Sch...

Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg - Paperback

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by John Gierach (Author)Fly-fishing's finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he caught a catfish as a five-year-old, to a brook full of rattlesnakes and a private pond where the trout are all as long as your leg. As Gierach says, "The secret places are the soul of fishing." Hearing about a new one never fails to entice us. And so Where the Trout Are All as Long as Your Leg transports the reader to t...

New York Times Book of Sports Legends - Paperback

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by Joseph J. Vecchione (Editor), Ira Berkow (Introduction by)From Simon & Schuster, The New York Times Book of Sports Legends profiles 50 of America's greatest sports figures, vividly captured in incisive biographical essays, on-the-scene coverage of their triumphs and defeats, and evocative reminiscences. Each essay on the greatest athletes are written by the Legendary Sportswriters from The New York Times that covered them.Author BiographyJoseph Veccione is the author of The New York Ti...

Baseball's Even Greater Insults: More Game's Most Outrageous & Ireverent Remarks - Paperback

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by Kevin Nelson (Author)There are no lyrical passages here, no fond reminiscences about childhood games, no tributes to "inspiring" players. Too much real stuff has happened since Kevin Nelson collected Baseball's Greatest Insults in 1984. This hilarious all-star review reveals how the players, managers, umpires, owners, and the sports media really feel about one another. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.57 x 8.41 x 5.55 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 19, 1993

Babe: The Legend Comes to Life - Paperback

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by Robert Creamer (Author)"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." -- Babe Ruth Babe Ruth is without a doubt the most famous character ever produced by the sport of baseball. A legendary player, world-famous for his hitting prowess, he transcended the sport to enter the mainstream of American life as an authentic folk hero. In this extraordinary biography, noted sportswriter Robert W. Creamer reveals the complex man behind the sports ...

The Official Cheerleader's Handbook - Paperback

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by Randy Neil (Author), Elaine Hart (Joint Author)Cheerleading has undergone dramatic changes in the past decade. For the first time, those who have traditionally cheered on and supported athletes are themselves being considered athletes. Performing increasingly rigorous stunts, cheerleaders must now meet higher qualifications and follow stricter safety precautions.With more than 700 all-new photographs, this handbook offers the latest information and instruction on: Qualifications, Condition...

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by George Sullivan (Author)All the official football rules clearly explained in words and pictures--for players, coaches, and fans of this hard-hitting sport. Settle your football questions instantly with this complete, easy-to-use guidebook. Here are the official rules of football--from the opening kick-off to the final seconds of the fourth quarter--in accessible language and exciting action photos and drawings.Author BiographyGeorge Sullivan is the author of Football Rules Illustrated, a S...

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by Ted Williams (Author), John Underwood (Author)"Baseball's last .400 hitter share[s] his secrets in this primer still used at all levels of the game." --Paul Dickson, author of Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick Now fully revised with new illustrations and diagrams, the classic--and still the greatest--book on hitting from the last baseball player to break the magic .400 barrier, Ted Williams. Ted Williams was arguably the greatest pure hitter who ever lived. A lifelong student of hit...

365 Starry Nights: An Introduction to Astronomy for Every Night of the Year - Paperback

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by Chet Raymo (Author)THE AMATEUR STARGAZER'S ULTIMATE HOME COMPANION 365 Starry Nights is a unique and fascinating introduction to astronomy designed to give you a complete, clear picture of the sky every night of the year. Divided into 365 concise, illustrated essays, it focuses on the aesthetic as well as the scientific aspects of stargazing. It offers the most up-to-date information available, with hundreds of charts, drawings, and maps-that take you beyond the visible canopy of stars an...

Even Brook Trout Get the Blues - Paperback

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by John Gierach (Author)Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers. "Once an angler has become serious about the sport (and 'serious' is the word that's used), he'll never again have enough tackle or enough time to use it. And his nonangling friends and family may never again entirely recognize him, either." In other words, he (or she) will have entered Gierach territory. And fishermen who choose ...

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by John Gierach (Author)Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers. With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. In this new collection of essays on fishing --and hunting--Gierach discusses fishing for trout in Alaska, for salmon in Scotland and for almost anything in Texas. He offers his pe...

Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times - Paperback

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by Thomas Hauser (Author)In the words of more than 200 of Ali's family members, opponents, friends, world leaders, and others who have known him best, the real Muhammad Ali emerges: deeply religious, mercurial, generous, a showman in and out of the ring. Thirty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold medal light-heavyweight at the Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali is still a magical figure. His accomplishments in the ring were the stuff of legend--the two fights with Sonny Liston, when he pro...

A Unit of Water, a Unit of Time: Joel White's Last Boat - Paperback

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by Douglas Whynott (Author)In a time when racing boats are mass-produced from synthetic materials, a dying breed of craftsman continues to build wooden sailboats of astonishing beauty. Boatbuilding is an ancient art, and Joel White was a master. Son of the legendary writer E.B. White, he was raised around boats and his designs were as sublime and graceful as his father's prose. At a boatyard in Maine, White and his closely knit team of builders brought scores of his creations from blueprints ...

How to Train for and Run Your Best Marathon: Valuable Coaching from a National Class Marathoner on Getting Up for and Finishing - Paperback

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by Gordon Bakoulis Bloch (Author), Bloch (Author)Outlines a marathon training program for novice and expert runners, discussing workout schedules, cross-training, nutrition, mental preparation, and such pitfalls as injuries and overtrainingg.Author BiographyGordon Bloch is a Simon & Schuster author. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9.14 x 7.41 IN Publication Date: August 05, 1993

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by Arnold Schwarzenegger (Author)Five-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia, and Mr. World, Arnold Schwarzenegger is the name in bodybuilding. Here is his classic bestselling autobiography, which explains how the "Austrian Oak" came to the sport of bodybuilding and aspired to be the star he has become. I still remember that first visit to the bodybuilding gym. I had never seen anyone lifting weights before. Those guys were huge and brutal....The weight lifters shone with sweat; they were ...

Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling: The Cyclist's Bible--25th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Eugene A. Sloane (Author)From Simon & Schuster, Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling: The Cyclists Bible by Eugene Sloane features all the latest developments in the world of cycling in this 25th anniversary edition. Sloane gives advice on: choosing a bike; understanding the new technology and whether you need to invest in it; and the latest in shifting mechanisms, pedal and frame designs, suspension systems and tyres.Author BiographyEugene A. Sloane is a name very familiar to the bike ...