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In the Ring With John L. Sullivan - Hardcover

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by Adam J. Pollack (Author)John L. Sullivan was so special that he made gloved boxing, the type of boxing we watch today, a popular national and international money-making sport. He was the man who started gloved boxing on its path towards acceptance in the sporting world as the form of fighting that could determine a true champion. He boasted that he could knock out anyone within 4 rounds, and he was good enough to do it; inspiring awe in all those who saw him. John L. Sullivan was the world...

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by Jose Corpas (Author), Springs Toledo (Foreword by)Black Ink is the long overdue biography of Panama Al Brown, a boxer so unpopular, fans stormed the ring and nearly killed him in an attack that might be considered a hate crime today. Outside the ring, the leaders of the "Manly Art" were so determined not to have a gay boxing champion that they stripped him of his recognition, without an explanation. But Brown was too good, and eventually fought his way to become recognized as the first Lat...

Jack McClelland: The Pride of Pittsburg - Paperback

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by Vincent T. Ciaramella (Author)Jack McClelland: The Pride of Pittsburg is the first and only biography of Jack McClelland, the Smokey City's first boxing star. From 1895 to 1905, McClelland was one of the nation's most popular and talked-about boxers, appearing in the sports sections of newspapers across the country. He took on all-comers, and never drew the color line. At the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair, McClelland fought and defeated world featherweight champion Abe Attell, only to have...

Double T - Double Cross - Double Take: The Firing of Coach Mike Leach by Texas Tech University - Paperback

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by Michael Lee Lanning (Author)It has been eight years since Texas Tech University fired Mike Leach, its most successful football coach ever. Double T Double Cross released two years later, exposed the backroom deals behind his dismissal. Now Double Take reveals what has happened to the participants and events since with a new introduction and afterword to the 2017 edition. Even though life has moved on for the participants in the story, there remains a keen interest in Leach and what went o...

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by Jeremy Allen Darlow (Author)Defense doesn't win championships. Defense wins games. Brands win championships. In ten years, the most consistently successful college athletic programs will be those with the strongest brands, not simply the strongest defense or most explosive offense from year to year. It's not just about x's and o's anymore. It about polarizing uniforms on the field and massive billboards in Times Square. It's about making your brand sexy to seventeen- and eighteen-year-old ...

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by William Hambly-Clark (Author)Though written primarily for Hunters and Varmint Shooters, Target Shooters and Gunsmiths will also benefit greatly from the information contained in this book.Centrefire Rifle Accuracy will take you, step by step, through the creation of a super accurate centrefire rifle, explaining along the way the theory behind each step. If you are interested in centrefire rifle accuracy, this book is essential reading. It will change the way you do things. The Author Willi...

The Definitive Guide to Membership Marketing - Hardcover

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by Gabriel W. Aluisy (Author), Rick Coyne (Foreword by), Gregg Patterson (Foreword by)This book is the missing guide they never handed you when you took that role as general manager, membership director or membership committee member. It's the down-in-the-trenches lessons that they didn't teach in your college marketing courses. It's the stuff they don't cover at industry conferences.If you're tasked with finding members for your club you will find instructions, best practices and little know...

Spud Bowl: A Spud-tatular Tale of Perseverance - Paperback

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by Regina Webster (Author), Thomas Little (Illustrator)Buddy Tator is a little potato who wants to follow in his famous uncle Joe Spudtana's footsteps. But Buddy soon finds out it's not so easy for a young spud to play spud ball. Still, he shows great determination to make the team. But the competition is tough. Can Buddy go all the way? This book that teaches kids that if they don't give up they can do incredible things. Number of Pages: 26 Dimensions: 0.07 x 8 x 8 IN Publication Date: Sept...

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by Ralph Desilva (Author)This is about speed on water. Man and water are absolute- man cannot live without it. Swimming, the paddle, oars, sails, propellers, and mechanical engines are the result of need for speed on water. For the first time, the legends and heroes of Boat Racing are depicted through the vision of one of Boat Racing's foremost Boat Builders/ Designers. With Contributions by: Claude Fox - 20 year president: National Outboard Association, John Hudson - Australian Sportsman/ Ra...

Boat Racing: The Second Heat - Paperback

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by Ralph Desilva (Author)This is about speed on water. Man and water are Absolute - Man cannot live without it. Swimming, the paddle, oars, sails, propellers, and mechanical engines are the result of need for speed on water. The legends and heroes of Boat Racing are depicted through the vision of one of Boat Racing's foremost Boat Builders / Designers. Edited by: Bernie Van Osdale, author of Vintage Outboard Motorboat Racing With contributions from: Alan Ishii, Claude Fox - 20 Year President:...

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by Richard Seidman (Author), Ursula Andrejczuk (Illustrator)"Where there's a mouse, there's a way," says Louie LaSurie. But it will take more than lofty words for Louie to achieve his goal: to be the first mouse to play for France in the World Cup soccer tournament. Can Louie do it? Find out in this fun book for 7 to 11 year-olds. Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: May 20, 2014

My Call to the Ring: A Memoir of a Girl Who Yearns to Box - Paperback

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by Deirdre Gogarty (Author), Darrelyn Saloom (With)Although in the late 1980s boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a girl has one dream - to be the first Irish female world champion. But, how can a shy, young misfit become a professional boxer? Deirdre Gogarty follows her calling to compete, and journeys from the Irish Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, from outcast to center ring, from the depths of depression to the championship fight of her life... Number of Pages: 274...

Korean Kung Fu: The Chinese Connection (Revised and Updated) - Paperback

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by James J. Theros (Author)The complete book on the art of Korean Kung Fu (sometimes known as Sip Pal Gi). In this book, readers will learn the most important information about this art and how it inter-relates with other systems of martial arts, as well as the historical background on how the art came from China to Korea and who the pioneers of this art were. Readers will learn about the basics of the art and see several of the empty-hand forms included in the system, as well as the author's...

Tam Gu: Quest of the Four Friends - Paperback

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by James J. Theros (Author)Tam Gu: Quest of the Four Friends follows Sally, Sam, Billy and Joey as they discover a strange silver box that transports them into a parallel universe where they must complete an ancient quest in order to return home.On their quest, they meet a few strange characters and come face to face with their own fears and doubts.Will the kids ever make it home? Number of Pages: 148 Dimensions: 0.34 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: January 11, 2018

The Stormy Legacy of Windansea - Hardcover

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by Christopher Briscoe (Author)Discover the rich history of WindanSea, a world-renowned surf spot, in "The Stormy Legacy of WindanSea" by Christopher Briscoe. Nestled along the picturesque La Jolla coastline, WindanSea beach boasts a legendary surfer's shack built in 1946 by three friends, now a designated historical treasure. Explore the lives of the pioneering surfers, party-goers, and even those who have passed on at WindanSea. But beneath the idyllic facade lies a tale of surf lore remini...

Survival Self Defense and Tactical Kubotan: Essential Tips, Facts, and Techniques to Save Your Life - Paperback

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by Kit Crumb (Author)This handbook is based on three primary concepts that could save your life: Situational awareness-that is, awareness and evaluation of your immediate situation and surroundings. The ability to control fear-science states that we cannot, nor would we want to, eliminate fear. But through mental training that anyone can master, fear can be channeled into effective responses to threats. Knowledge of self-defense techniques-specific self-defense techniques that, when applied w...

Making it FASTER: Tales from the Endless Search for Speed - Paperback

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by Dan Binks (Author), Tommy Kendall (Foreword by), Norm DeWitt (Author)In motorsports there have been an endless series of performance advances where one wonders, how did they ever figure this out? Other times one asks, how did they not see this when the answer was there for all to see? These are the stories of discovery by 3 generations of racers and designers, who changed the state of the art forever. It is also the story of clever tricks and rule book interpretation to win the ever-escala...

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by Henning Morales (Author), Suzette Febre-Hart (Author)This is a fun, rollicking, engaging story about two boys and a bear whose desire to build a baseball team grounded on the Dozen Disciplines takes them on a worldwide adventure. During their travels, they meet kids with great baseball skills who are weak in one of the Disciplines, like being respectful or NOT being humble. Perfect For Daretu and Exon's parents had taught them that leaders have a responsibility to help others develop disc...

Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses - Paperback

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by Jack Hayes (Author)In Baseball's Greatest Hits & Misses, Jack L. Hayes, award-winning author of two other books on Major League Baseball, shares interesting and almost unbelievable stories from his experiences as a batboy at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Jack also makes you privy to some of those nuggets he picked up along the way, and a few other amazing Hits and Misses-unconventional, bizarre, wacky, and legendary happenings that took place on and off a big league baseball fie...

The Aging Athlete: Inspirational Interviews With Some of the Fittest Survivors of Elite Athleticism - Paperback

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by Sifu Slim (Author)Can you imagine that most athletes become just as sedentary as the rest of us because they are over programmed for performance? What can we learn from a small minority of former top athletes that is especially relevant for our health and lifestyles? Even though most athletes are essentially performance minded rather than maintenance and wellness minded, it's still a compelling revelation why 90 percent of them don't continue a program to try and retain some of their skill...

Rube Waddell: King of the Hall of Flakes - Paperback

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by W. G. Braund (Author)You just got a raise to $12.50 a week so you decide to splurge and shell out a dollar to sit in the grandstand behind home plate. You know you're in for a treat. Rube Waddell, the most exciting twirler in baseball, will be in the pitcher's box. It turns out you've wasted your money. The phenom doesn't pitch. In fact, he's not even in the stadium. You later learn that he chose to play sandlot ball with some kids he passed on his walk from the hotel to the ballpark. You'...

Rube Waddell: King of the Hall of Flakes - Hardcover

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Skis and Skiing: From the Stone Age to the Birth of the Sport - Paperback

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by John Weinstock (Author)A fascinating, complete history of the ski from its birth more than 8,000 years ago and its spread northwest and northeast from Central Asia throughout the circumpolar area. The ski, which evolved from one type of snowshoe, never made it to the new world until brought by Norwegians in the 19th century. For many millennia skiing was primarily a means of transportation in winter and used in hunting. Skiing became a sport in the 19th century. Number of Pages: 316 Dimens...

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by Thad Beery (Editor), Bruce Ford (Author)Bruce Ford has done it all in professional rodeo having won or placed at virtually every big-time venue on his way to five World Championship Bareback Riding titles. He qualified for 19 National Finals Rodeos, the year-ending "Superbowl" of rodeo, including 18 in a row. He was the first cowboy to win over one hundred thousand dollars in a single event in a year and one of the first to amass over a million dollars for a career. He rewrote the record b...

Sumo Skills: Instructional Guide for Competitive Sumo - Paperback

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by Thomas Zabel (Author)The first English-language training guide for Sumo wrestling The Japanese cornered the market in producing the best athletes in the sport of amateur sumo until an American, Emmanuel Yarborough, won the GOLD in the open-weight division at the 4th World Sumo Championships in 1995. Since then, sumo is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and around the world. A sumo match can be over in a fraction of a second. It's amazingl...

Killer Doubles: Strategies and tactics for better tennis - Paperback

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by Rick Altman (Author)We all play doubles, so why are most books about singles? And why do they all cover stroke mechanics when we aging adults won't be learning any new tricks any time soon? This book is for the doubles enthusiast who wants to better understand doubles strategy, tactics, and even philosophy. Written for doubles players, about doubles players, by a doubles player. For all levels and both genders.Author BiographyRick Altman has been playing competitive tennis for over 40 year...

Fishing Southern Kentucky & Northern Tennessee Waters - Paperback

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by Loy R. Milam (Author)Loy Milam worked for several years as an outdoor editor in southern Kentucky and has also contributed a number of outdoor articles and photographs to many outdoor magazines throughout his career as a journalist. Southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee has a number of trophy fisheries, including Dale Hollow Lake which straddles the Kentucky-Tennessee state line and is home of the world record smallmouth bass; the Cumberland River which is a trophy trout fishery maintai...

Essential Jo: Comprehensive techniques and 2-person drills for the Japanese 4-foot staff - Paperback

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by Dan Djurdjevic (Author)The jo is the Japanese 4-foot staff, originally taught with the ken (sword) in the samurai arts.Essential Jo is arguably the most comprehensive text on the subject to date, offering a course of study from white through to black belt in this practical, yet elegant, art.The book features over 900 professional black and white photographs accompanied by clear, detailed textual explanations.While it is intended primarily for students with experience in weapons arts, parti...

Dog Man: Chronicles of an Iditarod Champion - Paperback

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by Martin Buser (Author)What does it take to become an Iditarod champion? Join four-time winner and mushing legend Martin Buser as he reveals his life's journey in candid and action-packed detail. From a childhood overseas to becoming a proud immigrant to the United States, Buser's story of self-discovery takes the reader with him on the adventures, misadventures, and lessons that have shaped him and his incredible bond with his sled dogs. This compelling narrative shows what it means to be a...

The American Longbow: How to make one, and its place in a good life - Paperback

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by Stephen Graf (Author)In this book you will find easy-to-follow instructions for making your own American Longbow from scratch, and advice on how to shoot it. It will take you through the entire process of building a bow, from design to construction. In addition, it explores both the philosophical and concrete reasons why making your own bow will add to the story of your good life. If you've ever thought about making your own bow, this book is a good place to start. Number of Pages: 276 Dim...

All You Need Is a Ball: What Soccer Teaches Us about Success in Life and Business - Paperback

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by Idowu Koyenikan (Author)From the best-selling author of Wealth for All and one of the most quoted men alive comes this entertaining and instructive book. Until now, who knew that you could learn so much about success in life and business from the game of soccer? In this book, Idowu shares deep truths about success, using examples from the beautiful game in ways never written before. For a game that has been around for thousands of years, it is incredible that no one has done it till now. O...

You Can Run Pain Free! Revised & Expanded Edition: A Physio's 5 step guide to enjoying injury-free and faster running - Paperback

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by Brad Beer (Author)Have you ever wondered if it is truly possible to run pain and injury free?Do you yearn for the day that you will be able to enjoy the many benefits that running brings by running pain and injury free?Sadly, many runners hold an inherent yet often unspoken belief that running pain and injury free is impossible. Many runners believe that if you run far enough and for long enough, injury will be the inevitable result.In this revised edition of You CAN Run Pain Free A physi...