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The Accidental Tour-Ist: (Final) Dispatches from the Road -The Follow Up to How I Won the Yellow Jumper

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Report copyright infringementby Ned Boulting (Author)FROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923 'A fascinating and inspiring book ... An excellent read' - Phil Liggett MBE In the follow up to the bestselling How I Won the Yellow Jumper and the award-winning 1923, this is a lap of honour for everything that Ned has been lucky enough to have experienced during his commentating career. Join Ned once more as he brings his cycling stories up to the present day - ...

Just Follow Me: James Owens and the Integration of Southeastern Conference Football

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Report copyright infringementby Thom Gossom (Author), Sam Heys (Author), Gloria Owens (Afterword by) Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.87 x 8.58 x 5.59 IN Publication Date: August 26, 2025

Biz Mackey, a Giant behind the Plate: The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher

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Report copyright infringementby Rich Westcott (Author)"The best all-around catcher in black baseball history"-Cumberland Posey, Owner of the Homestead Grays National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey's professional career spanned nearly three decades in the Negro Leagues and elsewhere. He distinguished himself as a defensive catcher who also had an impressive batting average and later worked as a manager of the Newark Eagles and the Baltimore Elite Giants. Using archiva...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Murphy (Author)Socceroos in Scotland is a fascinating dive into the close footballing relationship between Australia and Scotland. While Scots had a significant impact on the development of the game Down Under, roles started to be reversed from the 1980s, when the first Aussies tried their luck in the Scottish game. From Davie Mitchell at Rangers to Ange Postecoglou at Celtic, the influence of Australians in Scottish football has grown steadily over four d...

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Report copyright infringementby Rena Rusty Kanokogi (Author), Jean Kanokogi (Author), Billie Jean King (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 414 Dimensions: 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 19, 2025

A Biography Of Hulk Hogan: The Enduring Legacy Of A Wrestling Icon

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Jenkins (Author) Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.21 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: July 25, 2025

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: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 31, 2025

In The Presence Of Cheng Man-Ch'ing: My Life And Lessons With The Master Of Five Excellences

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Report copyright infringementby William C. Phillips (Author)Sifu William C. Phillips, a devoted student and master teacher of tai chi with over fifty years experience, takes us on a journey into his lifetime in the martial arts and in particular, his lessons and experiences with the Master Of Five Excellences, the incomparable Cheng Man-Ch'ing, the expert who brought tai chi to the West in the 1960s.SIFU WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS, commenced training in tai chi in 1967 and was a student of Professor...

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...

Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Thompson (Author)Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past her own limits and continue up the mountain's steep face. Defiance had provoked Thompson to enter the male-dominated world of high-altitude mountaineering, but defiance could only take her so far. After a harrowing battle with cancer, Lisa realiz...

PR: A Personal Record of Running from Anorexia

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Report copyright infringementby Amber Sayer (Author)As a nationally ranked high school runner, nobody seemed to notice that Amber Sayer's weight was dropping just as fast as her finish times. "PR" is a sports chronicle, a coming of age story, and a cautionary report of one runner's simultaneous decent into anorexia and rise in the high school track and cross-country rankings. Her honest account of a distressingly common problem among high school and collegiate athletes takes readers through t...

Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football

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Report copyright infringementby Derrick E. White (Author)Black college football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War. The first game occurred in 1892, a little less than four years before the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. In spite of Jim Crow segregation, Black colleges produced some of the best football programs in the country. They mentored young men who became teachers, preachers, lawyers, and doctors -- not to mention many othe...

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Report copyright infringementby Lute Olson (Author), David Fisher (Author), John Wooden (Foreword by)Lute! presents the autobiography of one of college basketball's greatest coaches, Lute Olson. "It was love at first sight. . . . One day I picked up a basketball, and it never let me go."For fifty seasons Lute Olson taught young athletes the skills of basketball--and life. Starting as a high school coach, he worked his way to the top of the basketball world, winning more than a thousand games,...

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...

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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...

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...