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Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master - Paperback

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by Brad Gilbert (Author), Steve Jamison (Author)The tennis classic from Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert, now featuring a new introduction with tips drawn from the strategies of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and more, to help you outthink and outplay yoAuthor BiographyBrad Gilbert is considered by experts to be among the world's foremost tennis analysts. A former "Giant Killer" on the ATP Tour, his acute observations are now heard worldwide on...

Under the Tarnished Dome: How Notre Dame Betrayd Ideals for Football Glory - Paperback

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by Don Yaeger (Author), Douglas S. Looney (Author), Douglas S. Looney (Joint Author)Under the Tarnished Dome is the bestselling book that rocked the Notre Dame football program. Don Yaeger and Douglas S. Looney investigate the contrast between the Notre Dame image--that of a place where wins on the field are no more important than the integrity off it--and the Notre Dame football program's reality, with trash talking, rampant steroid use, pregame fights, and academic misconduct.Back JacketUnd...

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by Xu (Author)Already the world has seen the political, economic, and cultural significance of hosting the 2008 Olympics in Beijing--in policies instituted and altered, positions softened, projects undertaken. But will the Olympics make a lasting difference? This book approaches questions about the nature and future of China through the lens of sports--particularly as sports finds its utmost international expression in the Olympics. Drawing on newly available archival sources to analyze a hun...

Ballpark: Camden Yards and the Building of an American Dream - Paperback

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by Peter Richmond (Author)Named one of the "Ten Best Sports Books" by The Sporting News, Ballpark is the compelling story of how Baltimore's magnificent Camden Yards ballpark was born, and the effects it has had on the city, the team, and the whole course of stadiumbuilding across the country. It's both an examination of the city's psyche and a close look behind the scenes at our national pastime. This is a quintessentially American story of progress, movement, change, triumph, and of an eter...

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by Ernest Hemingway (Author)Ernest Hemingway's classic exploration of the history and pageantry of bullfighting, and the deeper themes of cowardice, bravery, sport and tragedy that it inspires. Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual, and "the emotional and spiritual intensity and pure class...

Golf's Mental Hazards: Overcome Them and Put an End to the Self-Destructive Round - Paperback

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by Alan Shapiro (Author)What's Your Golf Personality? According to Dr. Alan Shapiro, the personality traits that cause problems in your everyday life can also wreak havoc on your golf game. If you're a worrier, chances are you're also anxious at the tee. If you're a control freak, you probably overanalyze your swing and tend to freeze up over the ball. If you have a short fuse, there is a good chance you're a club thrower. Using his experience as a psychologist and a devoted golfer, Dr. Sha...

How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time - Paperback

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by Tommy Armour (Author)Tommy Armour's classic How to Play Your Best Golf All the Time provides timeless golf instruction on the following subjects: * How to learn your best golf * What can your best golf be? * Taking you to the lesson tee * How your clubs can help you * The grip holds your swing together * How to get ready to swing * Footwork, the foundation of best golf * The art of hitting with the hands * The waggle, preliminary swing in miniature * The pause that means good timing * Ass...

The Best Bike Paths of New England: Safe, Scenic, and Traffic-Free Bicycling - Paperback

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by Wendy Williams (Author)Cycling the open road has its pleasures but it can also be intimidating, especially for the novice or the parent with young children. Fortunate, there's another option for those cyclist who have something a little more peaceful and recreational in mind: the paved bike path. Free of cars, red lights, and exhaust fumes, recreational paths are popping up everywhere. In The Best Bike Paths of New England, Wendy Williams has done you the favor of finding them in advance.O...

The Best Bike Paths of the Southwest: Safe, Scenic, and Traffic-Free Bicycling - Paperback

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by Wendy Williams (Author)Cycling the open road has its pleasures but it can also be intimidating, especially for the novice or the parent with young children. Fortunately, there's another option for those cyclists who have something a little more peaceful and recreational in mind: the paved bike path. Free of cars, red lights, and exhaust fumes, recreational paths are popping up everywhere. In The Best Bike Paths of the Southwest, Wendy Williams has done you the favor of finding them in adva...

Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball - Paperback

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by Karch Kiraly (Author), Jon Hastings (Editor)Play Your Best, On and Off the Beach. In the volleyball world, the name Karch Kiraly is synonymous with excellence, whether it be in the U.S.A. or abroad, in the gym or on the beach. This revised edition of "Karch Kiraly's Championship Volleyball" provides a complete course in volleyball skills, including: Serving Bumping Setting Hitting Blocking Basic and Advanced Team Defense and Offense Strategies Combine all of this with the expanded chapter ...

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance - Paperback

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by W. Timothy Gallwey (Author), Pete Carroll (Foreword by), Zach Kleinman (Preface by)An accessible, invaluable guide to mastering your "inner game" to ensure success on and off the court--part of the bestselling Inner Game series, with more than one million copies sold! "Groundbreaking . . . [The Inner Game of Tennis is] the best book on tennis that I have ever read, and its profound advice applies to many other parts of life."--Bill Gates, GatesNotes ("Five of my All-Time Favorite Books") M...

The Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt: (Reissue) - Paperback

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by Walter Farley (Author)Driver-in-training Tom Messenger gets the chance of a lifetime--to race Bonfire, the second son of the Black Stallion. But does an untried kid like Tom have what it takes to make the colt a champion?Front JacketHe had his mother's champion bloodlines and his father's fiery spirit!Author BiographyWalter Farley's first book, The Black Stallion, was an instant hit when it appeared in 1941. Mr. Farley went on to write thirty-three other enormously popular books about the ...

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by Dorothy Pinch (Author)For you to enjoy me (and for me to enjoy you, too) there are some important facts about me which you should know before you try to handle or ride me. "I am a Horse. My name in Latin is Equus. From this name comes the word 'equine' which means something to do with a horse, and the word 'equestrian, ' which means one who rides a horse." With this, Happy Horsemanship starts you and your child on a most wonderful journey. Told from the point of view of the horse, this lit...

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by George F. Will (Author)In this New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author George F. Will returns to baseball with more than seventy finely honed pieces about the sometimes recondite, sometimes frustrating, yet always passionately felt national pastime. Here are Will's eulogy for the late Curt Flood ("Dred Scott in Spikes"), Will on Ted Williams ("When Ted Williams retired in 1960, a sportswriter said that Boston knew how Britain felt when it lost India. Indeed, Britain felt d...

How to Stay Alive in the Woods - Paperback

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by Bradford Angier (Author)Bradford Angier's How to Stay Alive in the Woods is a practical, readable--and potentially indispensable--manual for anyone venturing into the great outdoors. Detailed illustrations and expanded instructions, newly commissioned for this deluxe edition, offer crucial information at a glance, making How to Stay Alive in the Woods truly a lifesaver for readers.Author BiographyBradford Angier is a wilderness survivalist and proponent of back-to-earth living. He authored...

Hen Frigates: Passion and Peril, Nineteenth-Century Women at Sea - Paperback

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by Joan Druett (Author)A "hen frigate," traditionally, was any ship with the captain's wife on board. Hen frigates were miniature worlds -- wildly colorful, romantic, and dangerous. Here are the dramatic, true stories of what the remarkable women on board these vessels encountered on their often amazing voyages: romantic moonlit nights on deck, debilitating seasickness, terrifying skirmishes with pirates, disease-bearing rats, and cockroaches as big as a man's slipper. And all of that while l...

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by John The Penguin Bingham (Author)"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." Take your first step toward fitness and a happier, healthier life.Has the idea of running crossed your mind, but you haven't acted on it because you don't think you have the body of a runner? Have you thought about running but quit before you started because you knew that you would be breathless at the end of your driveway? Well, put aside those fears because you can do it....

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by David Conrads (Author), Steve Wulf (With), Ken Burns (Preface by)From Babe Ruth to Bo Jackson, from Cool Papa Bell to Lou Brock, Buck O'Neil has seen it all. As a first baseman and then manager of the legendary Kansas City Monarchs, O'Neil witnessed the heyday of the Negro leagues and their ultimate demise. In I Was Right on Time, he charmingly recalls his days as a ballplayer and as an African-American in a racially divided country. Whether he's telling of his barnstorming days with the...

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by Jerry Spinelli (Author)Take a look behind the bully in this modern classic from Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli that packs a punch. And don't miss the highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday. Cocky seventh-grade super-jock Crash Coogan got his nickname the day he used his first football helmet to knock his cousin Bridget flat on her backside. And he has been running over people ever since, especially Penn Webb, the dweeby, vegetarian Quaker kid who lives down the block. Through the ey...

Four Cornerstones of Winning Golf - Paperback

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by Greg Norman (Foreword by), John Andrisiani (Author), Butch Harmon (Author)To build a complete game, start with a strong foundation. Pros like Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, and Grog Norman know there's more to a world-class golf game than striking a ball well. Now, just as author Butch Harmon taught these pros, he can teach y Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.22 x 7.4 IN Publication Date: September 03, 1997

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide: The Classic Handbook, Revised and Updated - Paperback

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by Mark Harvey (Author)The classic backpacker's handbook--revised and updated--providing expert guidelines for anyone who loves the outdoors. The Wilderness Guide brings the savvy of the world's most famous and respected outdoor organization to everyone--from the sixteen million backpacking Americans to the more than 265 million people, tenderfeet and trail-hardened hikers, who visit our national parks annually. It covers: -Selecting equipment--including discussions of the advantages and disa...

Lessons from the Edge: Extreme Athletes Show You How to Take on High Risk and Succeed - Paperback

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by Maryann Karinch (Author), David Brooks (Photographer)You've watched skiers race down the most dangerous of slopes with incredible grace and speed. With a mixture of pure disbelief and fascination, you've seen extreme skateboarders soar through the air with just enough balance and timing to keep their edge. And you can't help but wonder, how do they do that? Lessons from the Edge is an exciting expos of the extreme experience, giving you the why and the how of what it means to live on the...

Standing in a River Waving a Stick - 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. With his inimitable combination of wit and wisdom, John Gierach once again celebrates the fly-fishing life in Standing in a River Waving a Stick and notes its benefits as a sport, philosophical pursuit, even therapy: "The solution to any problem--work, love, money, whatever--is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer ...

Rowing Against the Current: On Learning to Scull at Forty - Paperback

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by Barry Strauss (Author), Harry Parker (Introduction by)In the midst of the standard dreary midlife crisis -- complete with wine tasting courses, yoga classes, and a failed attempt at a first novel -- a 40-year-old Barry Strauss falls unexpectedly and passionately in love with rowing, a sport in which a 27-year-old is a has been. Strauss, a classics professor, writes about the unanticipated delights of an affair that, like so many others, begins as a casual dalliance and develops into a full...

The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best - Paperback

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by Raymond Floyd (Author), Fred Couples (Author), Arnold Palmer (Illustrator)Say Good-Bye to Doubles and Triples Forever Every aspect of golf, from the swing to the follow-through, is a means to one deceptively simple end: to get the ball into the hole in the fewest strokes possible. The Elements of Scoring explains how paying attention to the way you play -- regardless of your level of skill -- will guarantee you fewer strokes, a better overall game, and at the end of the day, more fun. With...

High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places - Paperback

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by David Breashears (Author), Jon Krakauer (Foreword by)For generations of resolute adventurers, from George Mallory to Sir Edmund Hillary to Jon Krakauer, Mount Everest and the world's other greatest peaks have provided the ultimate testing ground. But the question remains: Why climb? In High Exposure, elite mountaineer and acclaimed Everest filmmaker David Breashears answers with an intimate and captivating look at his life. For Breashears, climbing has never been a question of risk takin...

Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life - Paperback

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by Richard Ben Cramer (Author)Joe DiMaggio was, at every turn, one man we could look at who made us feel good.In the hard-knuckled thirties, he was the immigrant boy who made it big--and spurred the New York Yankees to a new era of dynasty. He was Broadway Joe, the icon of elegance, the man who wooed and won Marilyn Monroe--the most beautiful girl America could dream up. Joe DiMaggio was a mirror of our best self. And he was also the loneliest hero we ever had. In this groundbreaking biograph...

Hans Brinker, Or, the Silver Skates - Paperback

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by Mary Mapes Dodge (Author), Patricia Lauber (Foreword by)Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates was published in 1865 and received more reviews than any other children's book that year. Today it continues to delight countless readers with its story of a virtuous family who inspires us all to have the courage to pursue our dreams. Number of Pages: 400 Dimensions: 1 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: September 13, 2007 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Hans...

And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend: Furthur Reflections of a Grown Caddie - Paperback

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by Harvey Penick (Author), Bud Shrake (With)Another round of inspiration and instruction. When Harvey Penick signed copies of his now classic first book, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, Bud Shrake, his coauthor, noticed that he often inscribed them with the line "To my fried and pupil." When Shrake asked him why, Penick replied "Well, if you read my book, you're my pupil, and if you play golf, you're my friend." Taking up where the Little Red Book left off, this is the second dose of Penick...

For All Who Love the Game: Lessons and Teachings for Women - Paperback

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by Harvey Penick (Author), Bud Shrake (With)EVERY WOMAN CAN PLAY GREAT GOLF Known in the world of golf as one of the game's greatest teachers, Harvey Penick worked with U.S. Open winners, great champions, and five out of the thirteen women who are members of the LPGA Hall of Fame. Mickey Wright, Sandra Palmer, Betsy Rawls, Kathy Whitworth, Judy Rankin, and Betty Jameson all had the privilege and honor of working with Penick. While he was proud of their success and achievements, Penick took ju...

The Game for a Lifetime: More Lessons and Teachings - Paperback

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by Harvey Penick (Author), Bud Shrake (With)Timeless lessons from the master of the game. This, the fourth book by Harvey Penick, was nearly finished when he died in April 1995. A return to the timeless wisdom that has made his first bestseller, Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, a modern Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.52 x 7.43 x 4.98 IN Publication Date: October 15, 1999

Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament - Paperback

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by David Owen (Author)The Masters. For any golf fan, the words evoke the immortal greats of the game and their quest for the most prized trophy of all -- the green jacket of Augusta National Golf Club. But behind the legendary links and timeless traditions is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood figures in the history of the Masters and Augusta National: Clifford Roberts, the club's chairman from its founding in 1931 until shortly before his death in 1977. Roberts' meticulous attenti...