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Mean Joe Greene: Built By Football - Hardcover

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by Joe Greene (Author), Jon Finkel (Author)Many years before he would anchor the most-feared, most-successful defense the NFL had ever seen, Joe Greene was just a big, timid kid from Temple, Texas struggling to find his confidence as a teenager being raised by a single mother. In his compelling, eye-opening autobiography, Greene takes readers on an unprecedented tour of his life, exploring the people who influenced him and the events that shaped him: from humiliating high school embarrassment...

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward - Hardcover

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by Jon Finkel (Author)The complete, ultimate biography of Heisman Trophy winner, Florida State national champion and New York Knicks point guard Charlie WardIt takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Sweet Sixteen three times as a point guard for his school, and then go on to become a starting guard for the New York Knicks in an NBA Finals. Yes, Charlie Ward's athletic accomplishments truly know no peer. Combine a twelv...

The Athlete: Greatness, Grace and the Unprecedented Life of Charlie Ward - Paperback

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by Jon Finkel (Author)It takes a once-in-a-generation athlete to win a national championship as a quarterback for Florida State, reach the Elite Eight as a point guard for his school, and then go on to become a starting guard for the New York Knicks in an NBA Finals. Yes, Charlie Ward's athletic accomplishments truly know no peer. Combine an eleven-year NBA career with a College Football Hall of Fame career and the portrait of a humble, magnanimous leader takes shape.The Athlete is the first ...

Cycle of Hope: A Journey From Paralysis to Possiblity - Paperback

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by Tricia Downing (Author)At thirty-one, Tricia Downing was in the best shape of her life. In the summer of 2000, Tricia, an avid cyclist, drove across the country for what amounted to eighteen races in twenty-three days. She returned from her adventure to a fresh start: a new job awaited her, and determined to make the next summer the year she would make her mark on the world of cycling, she began a rigorous training strategy. But on September 17, 2000, Tricia Downing's life took a detour. W...

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by Carlo Matos (Author)This hard-hitting collection of creative essays explores the beauty and pain embedded in some of our favorite rough-and-tumble pastimes--roller derby, mixed martial arts, and teaching. Carlo Matos ties it all together with gusto, in a book that will send you reeling to the canvas again and again, and make you return every time for more. Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.3 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: December 05, 2017

Babe Ruth: & the 1927 Yankees have the Best Summer Ever - Hardcover

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by W. G. Braund (Author)It's the best time ever in America. The booze is flowing, the flappers are frisky, and anybody can make a killing on the market. Things look bad for the Yankees though. Ahead by ten games with a month to go in '26 they limped to the finish line and won by two. Their top four pitchers won just six of their last twenty-five starts. Most writers pick Connie Mack's A's to win it all. They have the best young pitcher and catcher in baseball and now they have Ty Cobb too. M...

Babe Ruth & the 1927 Yankees have the Best Summer Ever - Paperback

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Living Aboard: The Ultimate Guide to Life on a Boat - Paperback

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by Scott Wilson (Author)Are You Ready To Live The Dream?Moving on board a boat is a common fantasy for people around the world who dream of a life afloat... nestled in a cozy, tidy cabin in the midst of nature's embrace, lulled to sleep by the slap of waves against the hull, woken by the shrill calls of seabirds. But moving your whole life onto a boat that is only a fraction the size of a house or apartment is intimidating, too. If you don't have any nautical experience or friends in the live...

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by Kelly S. Noll (Photographer), Leon Fox (Photographer), Lara B. Paparo (Photographer)Do you want to learn about MOTOCROSS? Come on an adventure to learn about race day at the motocross trackAuthor BiographyKelly Noll has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has been a teacher for over 20 years. She enjoys sharing her love of books with young children and finds it especially valuable to explore books on subjects that interest them. Kelly lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, Corey, th...

A Broken Propeller: Baz Bagby and America's First Transcontinental Air Race - Paperback

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by Betty Goerke (Author)A Broken Propeller is the story of America's first transcontinental air race. Pilots in this dangerous adventure flew WWI planes with open cockpits and no parachutes.In October 1919 fifty-nine pilots competed in a round trip race that began simultaneously on Long Island and in San Francisco with predetermined stops 150 miles apart at airfields across the United States. Newspapers gave it front-page press: who was ahead, who was missing, who made an unexpected emergency...

Hamza Abdullah: Come Follow Me: A Memoir. The NFL. A Transition. A Challenge. A Change. - Paperback

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by Hamza Abdullah (Author)"F--k you NFL." That was the first of 50 tweets Hamza Abdullah directed to the NFL on October 31, 2013. What led the normally calm and levelheaded athlete to tweet a diatribe of expletives directed at his former employer? His explosion on Twitter quickly became a trending topic and ultimately caught media attention. Mike Golic of ESPN's Mike & Mike in the Morning criticized the former NFL player for highlighting so much that was wrong with the league without offe...

Old Timers Day: As Told by God to Richard LoPresto - Hardcover

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by Richard Lopresto (Author), Jerry Schafer (Author)Satan and God Almighty choose up sides for the ultimate fantasy baseball game of all time. One hundred of baseball's greatest players living and deceased play at historic Ebetts Field where the future of Mankind hangs in the balance.---------What if God and the Devil were to draft their own fantasy baseball game? And what if they really played that game with players living and dead, in the ghost of Ebbets Field--with the fate of the universe...

The Chronicles of the Schooner Lusty I: A Sail Around the World in Search of Tropical Isles and the Green Flash - Paperback

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by Mike Williams (Author)This true adventure started in 1969, with a casual remark between two friends having coffee. It was a dreary April afternoon at the University of Washington cafeteria in Seattle. "Let's buy a boat and sail to the South Pacific." Well, with almost insurmountable difficulties, that's exactly what happened.The voyage lasted almost ten years and covered more than 30,000 nautical miles. The boat was the Lusty I, a classic two-masted wooden sailing schooner. The name was pr...

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by Kathy Brodsky (Author), Cameron Bennett (Illustrator)Stover the pig is going to overnight camp for the very first time This is a big deal, because he has never spent any time away from home."Camp Welcome" is a very diverse camp, where all are welcome. In reality, the campers are different animals - and they all get along. In the process of being away from home, Stover will experience many new things, including a bout with homesickness. He will also get a chance to try challenging, fun act...

Return to Glow: A Pilgrimage of Transformation in Italy - Paperback

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by Chandi Wyant (Author)In her early forties, Chandi Wyant's world implodes in the wake of a divorce and traumatic illness. Downtrodden yet determined to revive the passionate spirit that compelled her, when younger, to embrace life by following her heart, she sets out on Italy's historic pilgrimage route, the Via Francigena, to walk for forty days to Rome. Weakened by her recent illness, she walks over the Apennines, through the valleys of Tuscany, and beside busy highways on her 425-kilomet...

Field Notes from Wild Places - Paperback

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by Gordie White (Author), Berit Aagaard (Foreword by)Gordie White has drawn upon his journals to craft stories that demonstrate his respect and wonder of the great outdoors. He not only illustrates the thrill of hunting as a sport, but as a pursuit that intertwines man and nature. It is about understanding the world we live in from Africa to South America and from Canada to Mexico. They are stories of the places he has visited, the game he pursed, the people who joined him and the experiences...

How To Shoot A Handgun: Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals for Real Life Situations - Paperback

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by Tim L. Gardner (Author)Let's face it, the world is a dangerous place, and things aren't getting any better, at best, and may even be getting worse. With all the violence in the world today it is only natural that you would want to use a handgun for protection. If you have never used a gun outside of a firing range before then, How to Shoot a Handgun: Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals for Real Life Situations is the book you have been waiting for. Inside you will find everything you need to...

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by Ken White (Author)When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.- Jewish ProverbMikey Wright is a normal 13-year-old. With normal problems. Until the day he finds out his dad has cancer. Getaway Day chronicles Mikey's journey to save his father's life and learn the meaning of his own. His journey to help his father takes him from the safety and security of his home town to Anaheim, Chicago, and back down Route 66. Along the way, he's helped by some or...

Game On: The Christian Parents' Sports Survival Guide - Paperback

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by Jill Kemerer (Author)A GAME PLAN FOR CHRISTIAN PARENTSFor years I couldn't escape the anxiety that came with my children's sports. The competitive atmosphere prevalent among parents often left me anxious, upset-even bitter. But all that changed when I defined why I wanted my kids playing. Instead of fretting about their performance, I saw opportunities for them to grow. Now I enjoy watching them play without letting politics, other parents, or my own unrealistic expectations get in the way...

Angela Rock's Advanced Beach Volleyball Tactics - Paperback

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by Angela Rock (Author)Angela Rock gets to the heart of advanced beach volleyball tactics. Because she was an Olympic indoor player first, she understands how to transition from indoor to beach. She explains how the games are different strategically and which highly honed indoor tactics served her well on the beach--and which did not. As both an amateur and professional player with decades of experience, Rock distills her hard-won knowledge of the game. She shares her "secrets" and those of o...

Play Ball! The Story of Little League Baseball - Hardcover

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by Lance Van Auken (Author), Robin Van Auken (Author)On any given spring evening, 360,000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds and grassy fields of a Little League field. With more than four million people playing or volunteering in Little League games every year, Little League is the institutional rite of passage into the quintessential American pastime. Play Ball charts Little League's history from the earliest days and shows how, in many respects, its history paralle...

Play Ball! The Story of Little League Baseball - Paperback

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by Lance Van Auken (Author), Robin Van Auken (Author)On any given spring evening, 360,000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds and grassy fields of a Little League field. With more than four million people playing or volunteering in Little League games every year, Little League is the institutional rite of passage into the quintessential American pastime.Play Ball charts Little League's history from the earliest days and shows how, in many respects, its history parallel...

Snubbed: A Basketball Season of Triumph, Crisis and Despair at St. Bonaventure University - Paperback

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by Brian Toolan (Author)On almost any city street or in a bar or waiting for your flight to be called, mention St. Bonaventure University and someone will likely say basketball. For 96 seasons, men's basketball has been an ambassador for the tiny Franciscan school tucked away in an inconvenient place called Olean. The university is so much more than basketball, but the game, and the Bonnies' storied history, has been the school's gilt-edged calling card. Much of that was threatened as the 201...

I Am A Retired Athlete...What Now?: The Five Secrets of Winning in Life Beyond Sport - Paperback

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by Drew Bledsoe (Foreword by), Shelley Futch Anderson (Illustrator), Jim Hontz (Photographer)This book is essential for the athlete transitioning into the next season of life. Whether the end of a sports career was voluntary or involuntary, many athletes struggle with no longer being an athlete and are left with questions and uncertainty. This book is an easy to navigate; step by step guide that allows you, the athlete, to understand who you truly are and what will guide the next phase of you...

The Complete Hiker's Guide To The Backbone Trail - Paperback

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by Doug Chamberlin (Author), Caroline Chamberlin (Author)The Backbone Trail is the 69-mile hiking trail which follows the spine of the Santa Monica Mountains from Los Angeles to Point Mugu, California. A wilderness footpath at the back door of the second largest metropolis in the United States, the Backbone Trail offers a beautiful getaway within a hundred miles of eighteen million people. For city-weary Southern Californians, a hike on the Backbone Trail offers lovely forests, waterfalls and...

Henry and Hailey Hockeysticks: A North Pole Hockey Christmas - Hardcover

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by Brian Johnson (Author)Henry & Hailey Hockeysticks play hockey in the North Pole on Christmas Eve. It is a night filled with outdoor hockey on Polar Pond that ends with a sleigh ride for Henry & Hailey. Santa, Mrs. Clause, the elves and others also take the ice for this annual hockey game to see who will hoist Lord Santa's Cup This adventure is filled with great hockey terminology which will be enjoyed by children and all hockey fans of any age. Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.2...

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by Ryan C. Bush (Author)Tom Landry's football team was in need of help. Immediate help.Prompted by internal strife, discontent, and an aging roster, the Dallas Cowboys stumbled to an 8-6 finish to the 1974 season, missing the playoffs for the first time in nine years. And with longtime veterans Bob Lilly, Bob Hayes, Calvin Hill and others on their way out the door, the Dallas dynasty was quickly turning into a vapor of the past. What happened next was one of the most brilliant and resourceful...

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by Ryan C. Bush (Author)The year was 1985, and times were changing fast in Dallas. The mighty Cowboys, participants in fiveSuper Bowls during the previous decade, had been crippled by poor drafts and untimely injuries.But head coach Tom Landry couldn't afford to tear the roster down and start all over from scratch.Rumblings of impatience from the owner's box made it imperative that Landry either right the ship...or be tossed overboard.Landry's Last Stand is the story of Tom Landry's final win...

The Master Bladesmith: Advanced Studies in Steel - Paperback

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by Jim Hrisoulas (Author)This advanced study of steel reveals forging secrets that for centuries have been protected by guilds. Never-before-seen instructions, diagrams and photos explain the tricks behind using Japanese mokume gane, differential heat treating, power hammers, and other techniques to make kukris, wavy blades, spears and swords that bear the master's mark. Number of Pages: 298 Dimensions: 0.62 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 20, 2017

The Complete Bladesmith: Forging Your Way to Perfection - Paperback

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by Jim Hrisoulas (Author)Anyone who has ever searched for good custom blades knows that they are hard to find. Stop wasting time looking for that perfect blade and The Complete Bladesmith will show you how to take a bar of steel and forge it into the blade of your dreams. This guide to smithing world-class blades is for the novice and experienced bladesmith alike. With this book you will be able to build your own forge, equip your workshop, choose your materials from the exotic to the mundane...

Heart To Heart With Horses: The Equine Lover's Guide to Reiki - Paperback

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by Kathleen Prasad (Author)Unique and groundbreaking, Heart To Heart With Horses is an insightful guide to unlocking the healing power of the heart. Real-life stories, inspiring case studies and simple Reiki meditative exercises show how easy it is to share the gift of true healing with the horses you love. Written by Kathleen Prasad, one of the world's leading teachers in the field of Reiki and president of the Shelter Animal Reiki Association, this book illuminates powerful ways that compas...

The Boston-New England Pro Sports Trivia Challenge - Paperback

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by Ian Howard (Author), Jeremy Shelby (Author)The Boston-New England Pro Sports Trivia Challenge includes 1500 Multiple Choice or True and False Questions, Dealing with the Boston Red Sox, the New England Patriots, the Boston Celtics and the Boston Bruins, Players, Coaches, History, Accomplishments, Records, Plus Much More. The Boston-New England Pro Sports Trivia Challenge will Entertain, Enlighten and Educate the New England Big 4 Sports Follower, Fanatic and/or Casual Interest Buff.At firs...