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Sports & Adventure
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Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football
Three and Out tells the story of how college football’s most influential coach took over the nation’s most successful program, only to produce three of the worst seasons in the histor
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The President's Team: The 1963 Army-Navy Game and the Assassination of JFK
President John F. Kennedy, a former naval hero and a passionate football fan, was looking forward to watching the Midshipmen take on the Cadets at the annual Army-Navy game on November 30, 1963.
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Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton
The first definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter Payton. At five feet ten inches tall, running back Walter Peyton was not the largest player in the NFL, but he developed a larger
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West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life
He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch," who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers' resurgence in the 1970s. The general manager who helped bring
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The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story
On a Sunday in May 2008, an F-5 tornado struck the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, killing eight people and destroying 250 homes and businesses within 34 seconds. The next day, Parkersburg's beloved f
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The Art of Fielding
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, th
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Through My Eyes
Over the course of the last five years, Tim Tebow established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of college football and a top prospect in the NFL. During that time he am
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Ghost Wave: The Discovery of Cortes Bank and the Biggest Wave on Earth
Rising from the depths of the North Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just 15 feet below the surface of the ocean. Rumors and warnings about Cortes Bank abound, but among big wave surfe
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hu
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
The Oakland Athletics have a secret: a winning baseball team is made, not bought.In major league baseball the biggest wallet is supposed to win: rich teams spend four times as much on talent as p
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
On May 13, 1945, twenty-four American servicemen and WACs boarded a transport plane for a sightseeing trip over “Shangri-La,” a beautiful and mysterious valley deep within the jungle-c
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Time Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year Jane Leavy, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, retu
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Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year
In anticipation of the one hundredth anniversary of America’s most beloved ballpark, the untold story of how Fenway Park was born and the remarkable first season ever played thereFor all th
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Run Your Butt Off!: A Breakthrough Plan to Shed Pounds and Start Running (No Experience Necessary!)
Shed unwanted pounds and keep them off ONCE AND FOR ALL with Run YourButt Off!, a back-to-basics, test panel-approved weight-loss plan and beginners' running program that yields sustainable, heal
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Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from th
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NFL Record and Fact Book 2011: The Official National Football League Record and Fact Book
The NFL Record and Fact Book 2011 is a must for every football fan. This popular reference book is jam-packed with all the facts and figures a football fan would ever want, including all-time rec
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses—a drab white for
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Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life
SWING YOUR SWORD is the first ever book by one of the most fascinating and successful coaches in sports today. A maverick who took an unlikely path to coaching through law school, Mike Leach talk
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Shooter's Bible: The World's Bestselling Firearms Reference
Published annually for more than eighty years, Shooter’s Bible is the most complete and sought-after reference guide for new products, specifications, and current prices on thousands of fir
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I've Never Met an Idiot on the River: Reflections on Family, Fishing, and Photography
In this delightful collection of humorous anecdotes and heartfelt observations, Henry Winkler shares the joy and wisdom he’s accumulated while honing his skills as a fly fisherman. A accomp