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Michael Lewis
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The author of "Liar's Poker" reflects on a turning point in his life--a baseball game when he was 14--when the irascible Coach Fitz put the ball in his hand and conveyed such confident trust that the boy had no choice but to live up to it. "There are teachers with... more
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Travis Collins
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Description: This easy-to-read book mixes stories and quotes from the sports world together with biblical wisdom and input from leadership experts to encourage and challenge.... more
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David Halberstam
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Halberstam, best-selling author of THE FIFTIES and THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST, turns his keen reporter's eye on the sport of basketball -- the players and the coaches, the long road trips, what happens on court, in... more
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E Hemingway
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2002]
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Hemingway's Classic Portrait Of The Pageantry Of Bullfighting. Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, "Death in the Afternoon" reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport. Here he describes and explains the technical aspects of this dangerous ritual, and "the emotional and spiritual... more
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Jennifer Lawler
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2001]
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Description: As female participation in violent sports such as boxing, hockey and martial arts grows, so do the questions. It can no longer be called a "novelty" or a "gimmick," as it has been in the past. So, why do women participate in violent sports and what does it mean?... more
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Mike Peyton ,
Paul Gelder
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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'Worse things happen at sea', they say. And it's a saying borne out by this second anthology of mishaps and disasters afloat, collected from the 'Confessional' pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. For two decades, hundreds of humbled yachtsmen have clamoured to confess their most embarrassing moments afloat for the amusement... more
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Andy Miah
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Description: Leading authorities predict that the genetic engineering of athletes will be widespread by the 2004 Olympics. This book is the first to examine the profound ethical issues raised by the use of genetic technologies in sport, an area of human activity in which the natural biological and physiological capacities... more
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Liz Hartman Musiker
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2008]
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Description: A fun and accessible introduction to the wide world of sports For every woman who feels out of her league when her signifi cant other spends nights glued to ESPN or when "the guys" talk sports at work, The Smart Girl's Guide to Sports is here to level the... more
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Don Wallace
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2003]
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In the tradition of H.G. Bissinger's classic "Friday Night Lights," veteran journalist Don Wallace takes on an incredible, exciting sports story--the first-ever national high-school football championship--and brings this fierce competition to life. In the rich tradition of Friday Night Lights comes this heart-stopping account of the first ever national championship... more
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Adam Locks ,
Niall Richardson
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2011]
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"In recent years the body has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Bodybuilding, in particular, continues to be of interest to scholars of gender, media, film, cultural studies and sociology. However, there is surprisingly little scholarship available on contemporary bodybuilding.... more
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Christopher Camuto
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A vivid rendering of the four seasons on a Shenandoah Valley farm and in the Virginia mountains. Christopher Camuto has been praised for writing "with the clear-sightedness and imaginative reach—both inward and outward—of a poet" (Verlyn Klinkenborg). In Hunting from Home , Camuto takes the reader through a year of... more
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Carlo Rotella
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2003]
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As his affection for boxing grows, Rotella discovers that it sheds a startling light on the world outside the ring. As he traces his surprising immersion in the fight world, he achieves what few other writers on that world have: he makes it relevant, whether readers are fans or not.... more
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David Kinney
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kinney goes behind the scenes at Martha's Vineyard's annual fishing derby to chronicle 35 days of fish-addled hope and heartbreak. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kinney goes behind the scenes at Martha's Vineyard's annual fishing derby to chronicle 35 days of fish-addled hope and heartbreak. Description: Published to rave... more
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Jim Mc Dermott
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2005]
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McDermott describes his struggle to understand his talented, independent English setter at the same time he confronts his innermost fears for the safety of this much-loved gun dog. A Comfortable Range is a powerful, personal narrative in which McDermott and his dog carry the reader from the confines of suburban... more
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Ted Lundrigan
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2002]
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Ever since rural-Minnesota lawyer Ted Lundrigan wrote about his passion -- the pursuit of ruffed grouse -- in the now classic Hunting the Sun, wing- shooting readers nationwide have clamored for more. At long last, here it is. In Grouse and Lesser Gods, Ted will take you deep into the... more
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Ilan Stavans
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2012]
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From the late, great Roberto Clemente, to Giants legend Juan Marichal to Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, the Alou brothers, and many, many more, Latinos continue to make their mark on baseball. "B?isbol" takes an interdisciplinary look at this phenomenon, examining the impact of Latino players on... more
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Chris Colston
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Colston, editor of the "Hokie Huddler" for more than a decade, shares the schools greatest football stories. Featuring a treasury of anecdotes, this book covers Hokie football from the days when players tackled cows for fun all the way to the present, where every dorm room is Internet-wired. What started... more
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Richard O Davies
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Description: Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century presents the most memorable rivalries in over a hundred years of American sports history. Examines ten of the greatest American sports rivalries of the past century, relating them to their broader historical context Includes the rivalries between the... more
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Dave Mona
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2008]
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If it happened in Minnesota sports in the last forty years, Dave Mona was there. Working the sports beat for print and radio, covering the big stories and the ones others missed, rubbing shoulders with the stars and introducing the rookies, Mona is a longtime fixture on the sports scene.... more
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Budd Schulberg ,
Hugh Mc Ilvanney
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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In this bountiful collection of his best boxing stories of the last half-century, Budd Schulberg takes his fans all the way back to an epic bare-knuckle contest in England two hundred years ago; draws a revealing portrait of "Uncle" Mike Jacobs, the promotional impresario of boxing in its Golden Age;... more
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