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The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book - Paperback

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by World Wrestling Federation (Author), Aaron Feigenbaum (Author), Kevin Kelly (Author)Are you a real fan of World Wrestling Entertainment (R)? Do you have ruthless aggression? Do you have to know it all -- and beyond? Now you can step up and prove it! Here for the first time, test just how much you really know in The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book. Not for the fan who just knows it all, but for the fan who lives it all! 1. Vince McMahon(TM)'s first role in the WWE(TM)was ...

Bob Knight: The Unauthorized Biography - Paperback

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by Steve Delsohn (Author), Mark Heisler (Author)THE FULL, CANDID STORY OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COACH! Detailing Bob Knight's most explosive moments on and off the court, and drawing from more than one hundred revealing new interviews with those who have worked and played alongside him, this is the most balanced and comprehensive portrait of the NCAA's infamous coach. Love him or hate him, here is BOB KNIGHT AS HE REALLY IS.Author BiographySteve Delsohn is the author of The ...

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by Classy Freddie Blassie (Author), Keith Elliot Greenberg (With)"Classy" Freddie Blassie was universally acknowledged as one of the most hated heels in wrestling history. Freddie really knew how to antagonize the fans -- how to "get heat." Death threats were frequent, enraged fans stabbed him twenty-one times, and he was even doused with acid. Undeterred, Blassie just took the action up a level. He reveled in being the heel. It was commonplace to see him biting his opponents and then spittin...

Official American Youth Soccer Organization Handbook (Original) - Paperback

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by John Ouelette (Author), Vincent Fortanasce (Author)The first book endorsed by AYSO -- the organization that soccer moms and dads trust most -- that presents all the basics of youth soccer If you are a soccer parent, coach, or referee, or just a youth soccer enthusiast, The Official American Youth Soccer Organization Handbook is for you. Dr. Vincent Fortanasce, Lawrence Robinson, and John Ouellette, the National AYSO coach, have written the book that will help everyone to better understan...

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by John Layfield (Author)So you're holding this book in your hand, wondering: Just what does this WWE Superstar know about the world of finance? Have you ever been down to your last twenty-seven dollars, out of a job, and wondering what you were going to do? If anyone needed to learn about finance, it was that person -- and he was me. I've had to learn through my own mistakes, and now you can learn from me. I break it all down for you in easy-to-understand language: * Give Yourself a Pay Cut ...

Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster, and Easier - Paperback

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by Terry Laughlin (Author), John Delves (With)Swim better--and enjoy every lap--with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water. Terry Laughlin, the world's #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you're an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it's mindful fluid movement--not athletic ...

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by Wilfrid Sheed (Author)In My Life as a Fan, Wilfrid Sheed shares how he arrived in this country as an English kid worried about his house being bombed and his country being invaded. Despite initial hesitatons when landing in the U.S., Sheed becomes a typical 10-year-old baseball nut and his personal Ellis Islands becomes the ballparks of the 1940s.Author BiographyWilfrid Sheed is the author of six novels and a National Book Awards nominee. He lives with his wife in North Haven, New York. Nu...

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by Ernest Hemingway (Author), Nick Lyons (Editor)The first and only collection of the Nobel Prize-winning author's writings on America's great passion--fishing--introduced and edited by Nick Lyons with a foreword by Jack Hemingway. From childhood on, Ernest Hemingway was a passionate fisherman. He fished the lakes and creeks near the family's summer home at Walloon Lake, Michigan, and his first stories and pieces of journalism were often about his favorite sport. Here, collected for the first...

The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing: The Complete Guide to Golf Swing Video Analysis - Paperback

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by Michael Breed (Author), Greg Midland (With)Acclaimed golf teaching professional Michael Breed offers the first ever complete guide to using a video camera to analyze, develop and improve your golf swing. Video swing analysis revolutionized the way golf is taught, but players have had to rely on teaching professionals to analyze their swing videos--until now. The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing is the first-ever complete guide to using a digital video camera to develop the perfect golf swing, on...

The Battle for Augusta National: Hootie, Martha, and the Masters of the Universe - Paperback

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by Alan Shipnuck (Author)The controversy began with a seemingly innocuous private letter, and spiraled into the biggest media event in golf history. The Augusta National membership dispute dominated headlines and watercooler conversation for nearly a year, propelled by twenty-first-century hot-button issues and a pair of perfectly drawn foils in Hootie Johnson and Martha Burk. But a year after Burk's messy Masters week protest, the meaning of the membership controversy remains elusive. In The...

Tai Chi for Staying Young: The Gentle Way to Health and Well-Being - Paperback

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by Lam Kam Chuen (Author)Strengthen Your Body, Improve Your Balance and Rejuvenate Your Spirit The ancient Chinese health system of tai chi is now practiced throughout the world more regularly than any other form of exercise. It promises all the benefits of a strong b Number of Pages: 127 Dimensions: 0.34 x 9.28 x 7.4 IN Publication Date: August 27, 2004

On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined - Paperback

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by David Roberts (Author)What compels mountain climbers to take the risks that they do? Is it the thrill in the physical accomplishment, in managing to defy the odds, or both--and why do they continue to do what they do in the face of such great danger? What compels mountain climbers to take the risks that they do? Is it the thrill in the physical accomplishment, in managing to defy the odds, or both--and why do they continue to do what they do in the face of such great danger? In On the Ridg...

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by John Gierach (Author), Glen Wolff (Illustrator)Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers. If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular readers will recognize and new fans will delight in discovering. Laced with the inimitable blend of wit and wisdom that have made him fly-fishing's foremost scribe, Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its ...

Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America - Paperback

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by Charles Leerhsen (Author)Now in paperback, the book that Newsweek calls "wonderful, witty, and wise," vividly recounts a time 100 years ago when a racehorse thrilled America and became a legend. - A great underdog story: Born with a bad leg and nearly destroyed at birth in 1896, Dan Patch became the greatest champion racehorse of his day, lowering the record for the mile by four seconds, an astounding achievement that stood for decades. Put to work pulling a wagon, he was entered in a race...

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by John Gierach (Author)"America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) returns with more surprising, entertaining insights on fishing and on life, now in paperback. In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes readers from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico--saltwater or fresh, it's all fishing and all irresistible. As always he writes perceptively about a wide range of subjects: the charm of familiar waters, the etiquette of ...

Triple H: Making the Game: Triple H's Approach to a Better Body - Paperback

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by Triple H. (Author), Robert Caprio (With)Love him or hate him, Triple H does what he wants, when he wants to do it. And now, for the first time anywhere, he tells you how he does it -- and how you can, too. Making The Game -- Triple H's Approach to a Better Body is Triple H's verbal and visual blueprint for building your body. He discusses how "a Jones for bodybuilding and a love for wrestling" morphed a skinny, 135-pound fourteen-year-old into one of the biggest Superstars in World Wrestl...

One Day at Fenway: A Day in the Life of Baseball in America - Paperback

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by Steve Kettmann (Author)Now in paperback--a cross between A Day in the Life and Moneyball--comes the inside, intertwining stories of famous, and not-so-famous people as their lives are affected by one day of baseball: August 30, 2003, Red Sox-Yankees at Fenway, during their most famous season ever. Fenway Park, Saturday, 8/30/03: Yankees versus Red Sox. Not just a special day in a historic rivalry but a unique one in the long tradition of baseball writing. For on this day award-winning spor...

Why Is the Foul Pole Fair?: Answers to 101 of the Most Perplexing Baseball Questions - Paperback

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by Vince Staten (Author)Chicken soup for the baseball lover's soul -- the inimitable Vince Staten takes you out to the ol' ballgame and answers all the baseball questions your dad hoped you wouldn't ask.Author BiographyVince Staten is the author of ten previous books, including Do Bald Men Get Half-Price Haircuts? and Do Pharmacists Sell Farms? His articles have appeared in the Saturday Review, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Kentucky Monthly, Bon Appetit, and others. He teaches featur...

Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game - Paperback

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by John Thorn (Author)Now available in paperback, the "fresh and fascinating" (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland), "splendid and brilliant" (Philadelphia Daily News) history of the early game by the Official Historian of Major League Baseball. Who really invented baseball? Forget Abner Doubleday at Cooperstown and Alexander Cartwright. Meet Daniel Lucius Adams, William Rufus Wheaton, and other fascinating figures buried beneath the falsehoods that have accrued around baseball's origins. This is the...

As They See 'em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires - Paperback

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by Bruce Weber (Author)Named One of the Best Baseball Books Ever Written by Esquire An insider's look at the largely unknown world of professional umpires, the small group of men (and the very occasional woman) who make sure America's favorite pastime is conducted in a manner that is clean, crisp, and true. Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong. B...

Kook: What Surfing Taught Me about Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave - Paperback

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by Peter Heller (Author)With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The River and The Whale Warriors recounts his remarkable journey of discovery--of surfing, an entirely new challenge; of the ocean's beauty and power; of the strange surf subculture; of love; and, most of all, of how to seek adventure while crafting a meaningful life. Author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Dog Stars Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Literature Having resolved to mas...

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season - Paperback

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by Jonathan Eig (Author)This bestselling account of the most important season in baseball history, 1947, tells the dramatic story of how Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and changed baseball forever.April 15, 1947, marked the most important opening day in baseball history. When Jackie Robinson stepped onto the diamond that afternoon at Ebbets Field, he became the first black man to break into major-league baseball in the twentieth century. World War II had just ended. Democracy had tri...

Clemente: La Pasión Y El Carisma del Último Héroe del Béisbol (the Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero) - Paperback

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by David Maraniss (Author)From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of When Pride Still Mattered comes a book destined to become a modern classic--a full-scale biography of great baseball player and humanitarian Roberto Clemente, who lived, played, and died with enduring passion and grace. of photos.Author BiographyDavid Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post and a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and was a f...

Playing by the Rules: All the Rules of the Game, Complete with Memorable Rulings from Golf's Rich History - Paperback

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by Arnold Palmer (Author), Steve Eubanks (With)When exactly is a ball considered "lost"? When is a "drop" allowed? How does one define "slow play"? These are just a few of the common -- and not-so-common -- questions answered by golfing legend Arnold Palmer in this comprehensive illustrated guide to the rules of the game. Despite the fact that golf has fewer rules than sports like baseball or football, it is a contest of honor, and all players, from tour professionals to weekend hackers, resp...

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by Joe McGinniss Jr. (Author)"The big horse," in racing vernacular, is the animal that brings fame and fortune to a stable. He's the heavyweight champion, the All-American quarterback, the four-legged Michael Jordan of the barn. Seabiscuit was once Tom Smith's "big horse." A generation ago, Secretariat was Lucien Lauren's. In 2003, Funny Cide was Barclay Tagg's. In sixty years as a trainer, P. G. Johnson had never had one -- until Volponi. P. G. Johnson was a blue-collar wizard, a hardscrab...

Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of Wwe Superstars - Paperback

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by Robert Caprio (Author)Go on the road with your favorite WWE Superstars Your favorite WWE Superstars have more road trip stories to tell than they have frequent flier miles. Travel more than a million miles with The Big Show, Triple H, Lita, Stone Cold, and the rest of the WWE roster. Read all about their crazy and hilarious misadventures--Big Show being too large to fit into the shower, Triple H's hilarious run-in with over-enthusiastic fans, and many more. Also telling their stories are ...

Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain That Killed My Father - Paperback

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by John Harlin (Author)A historic memoir by the noted Alpine climber and journalist who undertakes an epic climb of The Eiger in Switzerland--the very same mountain that not only made his father "Eiger John" famous, but killed him in 1966. In the 1960s an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Gutsy and gorgeous--he was known as "the blond god"--Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the north face of the Eiger th...

Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track - Paperback

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by Melissa Joulwan (Author)The 1950s phenomenon of Roller Derby is back in full force, and it's definitely not your grandma's game anymore. With leagues in more than one hundred cities across the country, a national tournament, and major sponsors, the new wave of the sport has gone mainstream. No one is better qualified to tell the story of Flat Track Derby's astronomic rise than Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan. As a founding member of the Texas Rollergirls -- the league that launched the sport a...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Paperback

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by Aron Ralston (Author)THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 127 HOURS One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told--Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home. It started out as a simple hike in the Utah canyonlands on a warm Saturday afternoon. For Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven-year-old mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Bl...

Warrior Girls: Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports - Paperback

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by Michael Sokolove (Author)Amy Steadman was destined to become one of the great women's soccer players of her generation. "The best of the best," Parade magazine called her as she left high school and headed off to the University of North Carolina. Instead, by age twenty, Amy had undergone five surgeries on her right knee. She had to give up the sport she loved. She walked with a stiff gait, like an elderly woman, and found it painful to get out of bed in the morning. Warrior Girls exposes t...

Jeff Gordon: Racing Back to the Front--My Memoir - Paperback

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by Jeff Gordon (Author), Steve Eubanks (With)The New York Times bestselling autobiography of one of auto racing's greatest drivers -- and a pedal-to-the-metal look at the life of a NASCAR champion. He's the hottest thing on the racetrack today! In his professional racing career, Jeff Gordon has made the Winner's Circle his second home, taking the checkered flag with skill, determination, and a heartfelt love of racing -- all while winning over more fans than any other driver in history and he...

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by Richard Giulianotti (Author)In this new edition of his acclaimed book, Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic Games and football's World Cup demonstrate, sport's social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming ever more apparent across the world.Ten years after its original publication, the text has been completely revised and updated to cover the most recent literature and to tackle the...