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Chuck Long: Destined for Greatness: The Story of Chuck Long and Resurgence of Iowa Hawkeyes Football - Hardcover

$43.13

by Aaron Putze (Author)It's 1981 and the Iowa Hawkeyes are struggling for football respectability after decades of losing. Coach Hayden Fry needs a talented quarterback to right the ship. Unexpectedly, he signs a lightly recruited QB from run-dominated Wheaton (Illinois) North High and proclaims him "destined for greatness" before even taking a snap. After getting bruised, battered and benched in a 42-7 drubbing by Nebraska in his first start, Chuck Long proves his coach prophetic by throwing...

Dream Take Flight: An Unconventional Journey - Hardcover

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by Lisa Turner (Author)A Shy Girl Breaks the RulesRefusing to follow the traditional career path for girls, Lisa Turner sets out to fulfill a promise she makes to her dying mother, disrupting the status quo every step of the way. When Lisa decides to build an airplane in the garage, her family thinks she has gone too far . . .Everyone has a story. Everyone has a book in them. Stories are what make us wonderfully human. In the telling, we remind others that they are not alone, and we remind ou...

Wheeling: Bicycles in the Age of Invention - Paperback

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by Luci Erisman (Author)In the later part of the 1800's, Victorians were enthralled with a myriad of new technologies promising hope for a better world. Along with the steam engine and indoor plumbing came another groundbreaking invention - the bicycle. Known at the time as a velocipede, it was only later that designs became standardized for two wheels and transformed the name of this marvelous machine. Quickly adopted by women as a sign of their growing independence, wheeling clubs popped u...

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by Susie Meyers (Author), Valerie Lazar (Author)Is golf simple or complex? How you see the game depends on your point of view. Is it hit the ball, find it, and hit it again, or feel anxious and worried about where the ball is and how to hit it when you find it? Point A shows you that simple is highly effective and improving your game is more about where your mind is than where your backswing is. You control your thoughts, and your thoughts control everything. Whether it's a drive from the fir...

Perfect Control: A Driver's Step-by-Step Guide to Advanced Car Control Through the Physics of Racing - Paperback

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by Paradigm Shift Driver Development (Created by), Adam Brouillard (Author)Do you understand the true meaning of driving at the limit? Learn how to identify and prioritize the different visual, auditory, and tactile car control cues, plus the optimal driver inputs needed to extract %100 from practically any vehicle. We will also look in-depth at the Universal Cue. The driving cue that directly represents the physics of racing and provides the final layer of car control precision. Learn ho...

The Perfect Corner: A Driver's Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Their Own Optimal Line Through the Physics of Racing - Paperback

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by Paradigm Shift Driver Development (Created by), Adam Brouillard (Author)We will take you through an intuitive and fun lesson in the physics of racing and then we'll apply it as you learn to optimize your driving technique. We will look at real-world racetracks and provide an exact procedure to find the ideal approach all from the driver's eye point of view. Regardless of your current level of driving experience, you can apply these methods today and remove any doubt about what you should b...

The Perfect Corner 2: A Driver's Step-by-Step Guide to Optimizing Complex Sections Through the Physics of Racing - Paperback

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by Paradigm Shift Driver Development (Created by), Adam Brouillard (Author)Learn how the physics of racing can be applied to advanced track sections. We show you the rules needed for double apexes and chicanes, as well as how to link them in complex sequences. Plus you'll learn the surprising science of optimizing straights. Finally, the last section will really put you to the test as we break down some of the most complex corner sequences in the world. If you can solve these puzzles, you w...

The Slack Packer's Guide to Hiking the Appalachian Trail - Paperback

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by Lelia Vann (Author), Greg Reck (Author)"Have you ever considered thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail or just part of it, and you were put off by the thought of hefting a backpack that weighs 50 pounds or more and the dread of having to set up and break down camp each day for days on end? If so, you should take up 'slack packing' where you take only a daypack, enter and exit the trail every day, and you are ferried to a B&B, hotel, or hostel each evening where you have a bed and shower. ...

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by Ron Polk (Author)In The Baseball Playbook, Coach Ron Polk provides a complete, holistic approach to the game of the baseball and it's many intricacies. Number of Pages: 532 Dimensions: 1.07 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 01, 1982

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by Mark Young (Author)Learning how to swim can be a frustrating experience sometimes, especially for an adult. Kick with your legs, pull with your arms, breathe in, and breathe out and do it all at the right time. Before you know it you've got a hundred and one things to think about and do all at the same time or in the right sequence. The Swimming Strokes Book is designed to break each stroke down into its component parts, those parts being body position, legs, arms, breathing and timing and...

How to Swim Front Crawl: A Step-By-Step Guide for Beginners Learning Front Crawl Technique - Paperback

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by Mark Young (Author)Always wanted to learn how to swim Front Crawl? Do you find basic front crawl technique difficult? How To Swim Front Crawl is your perfect guidebook, with over 20 simple exercises containing top tips and key coaching points. Fully illustrated and concise, you will discover: How to learn basic Front Crawl in easy steps How to swim with smooth relaxed technique How to isolate and correct your bad habits The perfect aid for any complete beginner to learn, understand and pra...

The Complete Beginners Guide To Swimming: Professional guidance and support to help you through every stage of learning how to swim - Paperback

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by Mark Young (Author)As a beginner learning how to swim you face many, often scary unknowns. From first entering the water, to lifting your feet up off the bottom, submerging your face and learning to breathe. From conquering your fears right through to learning what each part of your body should be doing when swimming the four basic strokes, The Complete Beginners Guide To Swimming contains everything you could possibly need. Discover: how to conquer your fear how to float how to relax and ...

Possum Cops, Poachers and the Counterfeit Game Warden - Paperback

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by Susan Lindsley (Author)The afternoon shotgun pellets plummeted the leaves around her on her own hunting grounds. Susan Lindsley did not run and hide. She took off after the poacher. Only one of many she pursued. He did not come back. Neither did any others of those she caught and jailed. Even Susan herself could not try to outrun the law. When she accidentally killed a doe out of season, she called the local possum copy on herself. And the word began to circulate in her community: "If you ...

Walking in the Mevagissey Area - Paperback

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by Liz Hurley (Author)"One of the best Cornish walking guides ever"An essential series of walking books, that provides everything you need for an enjoyable and interesting day out Discover historic fishing villages and smuggling ports, travel through Domesday properties and stumble across tiny hamlets and grand country houses. Whether walking through woodland, over fields or along the coast path, you will spend an enjoyable few hours exploring; seeing sights you wouldn't usually see. Nine w...

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by Liz Hurley (Author)"One of the best Cornish walking guides ever"An essential series of walking books, that provides everything you need for an enjoyable and interesting day out Walk through myths and legends, literary landscapes and lost industries. See if you can spot where a dragon was slain, or a King cut down, play on the river that helped inspire Wind in the Willows or return to Manderley and walk through the landscape of du Maurier's books. Eleven walks ranging from 2 to 11 miles "...

Walking with Dogs between Truro and Fowey - Paperback

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by Liz Hurley (Author)"One of the best Cornish walking guides ever"An essential series of walking books, that provides everything you need for an enjoyable and interesting day out.This friendly and informative collection of walks is built all around you and your dog. Every walk has been test run by two manic Springers. The majority of each walk can be done safely off lead. We mostly avoid livestock, cliffs and traffic and give plenty of guidance when there may be an issue. We have also tried ...

Top Walks in Mid Cornwall: Discover hidden Cornish highlights in these twelve spectacular circular walks - Paperback

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by Liz Hurley (Author)Discover the highlights and hidden corners of Mid Cornwall. This friendly and informative collection of walks ensures a great day out. Covers the area between Truro, St Agnes, Newquay, the Eden Project and all parts in between Twelve walks, ranging from three to ten miles Created to be followed with ease Each walk is accompanied by a map, an elevation and photos "There is a lot of useful information such as how suitable the walks are all skill levels, the nearest ...

Top Walks in East Cornwall.: Thirteen Circular Walks Through Stunning Cornish Scenery - Paperback

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by Liz Hurley (Author)Discover the highlights and hidden corners of East Cornwall. This friendly and informative collection of walks ensures a great day out. Covering Bude in the north and Mount Edgcumbe in the south and stretching over to Fowey and Tintagel and everywhere in between, including the amazing Bodmin Moor. Thirteen walks, ranging from two to nine miles Created to be followed with ease Each walk is accompanied by a map, an elevation and photos "There is a lot of useful inf...

Mind vs Target: Six steps to winning in the clay target mind field - Paperback

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by Bob Palmer (Author)The highly acclaimed SportExcel system is a revolutionary way to win, and it is changing the way clay-target shooters approach their game in North America and around the globe. With Bob Palmer's easy-to-read and easy-to-understand, step-by-step system, you learn to see the target as huge, to eliminate distractions and to stay totally focused."Great shooters don't think - they just shoot in the Zone." No matter if you're a world-class shooter, a weekend enthusiast, a begi...

A Mind to Win: Your sport handbook for winning, leadership and fun - Paperback

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by Bob Palmer (Author)The highly acclaimed SportExcel System is a revolutionary way to achieve the Zone in your sport. In an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand conversational style, you learn a step-by-step system for winning, leadership and fun. Whether you are a world-class athlete, weekend enthusiast, beginner, coach, parent or CEO, this book is your sport handbook for getting into the Zone and staying there.Author BiographyBob Palmer founded SportExcel Inc. in 1994, driving 21st century ...

Los Angeles Dodgers IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom - Paperback

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by Tucker Elliot (Author)Every Major League team has a history-but this is the franchise of Jackie Robinson. Every Major League team has players they call "heroes"-but with Robinson you can drop the emphasis: he's a true hero, an American icon, and a baseball legend. This is the franchise of Walter Alston, Leo Durocher and Tommy Lasorda; Walter O'Malley, Larry MacPhail and Branch Rickey; the timeless calls of Vin Scully; and no fewer than 43 Hall of Fame players who spent a portion of their c...

51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: Atlanta Braves - Paperback

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by Ryder Edwards (Author), Tucker Elliot (Author)This edition includes two great books filled with historic feats, iconic players, and more than 300 trivia questions on Atlanta Braves baseball. Are you a diehard Braves fan? Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite team-all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in Atlanta Braves history ... 51 questions to challenge the diehard Braves fan.Author BiographyTucker is a Georgia native and diehard baseball fan. A ...

University of Kentucky Wildcats Basketball IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom - Paperback

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by Joel Katte (Author)"We are the gold standard-not just for college basketball, but for all of college athletics." - John Calipari For most collegiate programs such a statement would be arrogant, ignorant or just plain wrong. But then Kentucky isn't "most collegiate programs" material. This is the program built by Adolph Rupp. It's the beloved teams that built tradition through talent and hard work-The Beardless Wonders, Rupp's Runts, The Fiddlin' Five-and the legendary players who inspired ...

51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: New York Yankees - Paperback

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by Ryder Edwards (Author), Tucker Elliot (Author)This edition is filled with historic feats, memorable anecdotes, iconic players, and more than 300 trivia questions that relive the best moments in New York Yankees history. Are you a diehard Yankees fan? Test your knowledge with these hardball questions about your favorite team-all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments from Yankees' history ... 51 brand new trivia questions to challenge the diehard Yankees fan. PLUS... Another 255 old-sc...

Inner Bushido - Strength Without Conflict - Paperback

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by Sean Hannon (Author)Inner Bushido concisely and assertively challenges many long-held assumptions surrounding Samurai ethics, while offering a practical re-interpretation of the so-called seven virtues of Bushido. Hannon takes a starkly unorthodox approach to exploring this esteemed system of values and offers a refreshing, non-dogmatic, and intellectually honest analysis of the Samurai code of conduct, making it applicable to the daily lives of Western audiences. Readers will be surprised...

Strike Back: The Soccer Series #2 - Paperback

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by Simon Alder (Author)Don't get mad. Get even. No longer underdogs, Malcolm and the Animals' are back together for another round of soccer action But this season's rivals, the Hellhounds, are even meaner than last season. They play dirty-they kick, trip, elbow and sucker-punch. And their sneaky tricks rarely get caught. Malcolm is fed up Coach Harris wants them to win the league finals with skill and fair play. But Nick and the new kid have a better idea-one last prank to end all pranks. On...

Melvin and the Big Hockey Game (Softcover) - Paperback

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by Christina Burke (Author), Francois Boutet (Illustrator), Christina Burke (Created by)Did you ever wonder how a hockey puck became a hockey puck? Melvin and the Big Hockey Game is the first book in a new series by author Christina Burke. Each enchanting, yet educational tale in the Melvin The Mouse series follows a resourceful, studious and hockey-loving mouse named Melvin, as he and his animal friends in the town of Shinny discover the fascinating origins of hockey. In this book, Shinny is...

The North American Small & Big Game Hunting Smart Handbook: Bonus Feature: Hunting Africa's & Australia's Most Dangerous Game - Paperback

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by Bob Banfelder (Author)THE NORTH AMERICAN SMALL & BIG GAME HUNTING SMART HANDBOOK with Bonus Feature: Hunting Africa's & Australia's Most Dangerous Game.For Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Hunters.Concise yet Comprehensive. HUNTING WHITETAIL DEER: Reading & Creating Signposts;Types of Treestands;Bowhunting: compound bows, arrows, broadheads; crossbows (traditional & reverse-draw technology).Gun Hunting: handguns, slug guns, muzzleloaders, rifles. Hunting Blinds: manufac...

making a bent shaft laminated canoe paddle - Paperback

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by Jeff Bach (Author)Making a Bent Shaft Laminated Canoe Paddle is all about the very enjoyable process of making your own paddle. Laminating is all about using epoxy to join weak wood strips into amazingly strong paddle shafts and blades. This book walks the reader through the setup, materials, tools, and the workflow to turn out your own wood canoe paddles. Hand tools, especially a spokeshave, but also a block plane and scrapers allow for even the beginning woodworker to turn out a beautifu...

Polo Life: Horses, Sport, 10 and Zen - Paperback

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by A. Snow S. Onderdonk (Author)Polo Life: Horses, Sport, 10 and Zen delves into the world of high goal polo through the uniquely situated lenses of former 10-goaler Adam Snow and his wife and veterinarian, Shelley Onderdonk. Together their voices provide unprecedented access into the horse and human dynamics that make the sport tick; their passion, respect, and commitment for the sport and each other shine through each page. Less polo manual than human interest story, their chapters cover a ...

The Curse of The Murph: Why it Sucks to be a San Diego Sports Fan - Paperback

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by John J. Franey (Author)There is no denying that San Diego sports fans have had incredible experiences over the years watching amazing games, implausible plays, fantastic seasons, unbelievable feats, and awesome players. But as great as the high is while it is going, the crash is inevitable, for doom is always looming. As good as the times are San Diego sports fans know that they are only one pitch, one play, or one call away from utter despair, dismay, and defeat. This is the life of a San...

Polo Life: Horses, Sport, 10 and Zen - Hardcover

$43.13

by A. Snow &. S. Onderdonk (Author)Polo Life: Horses, Sport, 10 and Zen delves into the world of high goal polo through the uniquely situated lenses of former 10-goaler Adam Snow and his wife and veterinarian, Shelley Onderdonk. Together their voices provide an unprecedented level of access into the horse and human dynamics that make the sport tick, their passion, respect and commitment for the sport and each other shine through each page. Less polo manual than human interest story, their...