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Deep Play
Written by Diane Ackerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77135-7 (0-679-77135-2)
With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the abitlity to play.
"Deep play" is that more intensified form of play that... Read more >
Written by Diane Ackerman
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 8, 2000
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77135-7 (0-679-77135-2)
With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the abitlity to play.
"Deep play" is that more intensified form of play that... Read more >
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Open
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38840-7 (0-307-38840-9)
Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: August 10, 2010
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-38840-7 (0-307-38840-9)
Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of... Read more >
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Open
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26819-8 (0-307-26819-5)
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-26819-8 (0-307-26819-5)
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
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Tuesdays with Morrie
An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Written by Mitch Albom
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: August 18, 1997
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48451-0 (0-385-48451-8)
After seeing his former professor Morrie Schwartz being interviewed on television, and there learning of his terminal illness, Mitch Albom flew to Brandeis University and returned every Tuesday to visit his mentor after a long silence. Tuesdays with Morrie is Albom's chronicle of these visits, and of conversations in which he... Read more >
An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
Written by Mitch Albom
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: August 18, 1997
Price: $23.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48451-0 (0-385-48451-8)
After seeing his former professor Morrie Schwartz being interviewed on television, and there learning of his terminal illness, Mitch Albom flew to Brandeis University and returned every Tuesday to visit his mentor after a long silence. Tuesdays with Morrie is Albom's chronicle of these visits, and of conversations in which he... Read more >
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Munson
The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain
Written by Marty Appel
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-7679-2755-0 (0-7679-2755-9)
Thurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx Zoo years. He is also remembered for his tragic death, at age thirty-two, when the private plane he was piloting crashed in Canton, Ohio, on August 2, 1979.
Munson is... Read more >
The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain
Written by Marty Appel
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 1, 2010
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-7679-2755-0 (0-7679-2755-9)
Thurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx Zoo years. He is also remembered for his tragic death, at age thirty-two, when the private plane he was piloting crashed in Canton, Ohio, on August 2, 1979.
Munson is... Read more >
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Days of Grace
Written by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 1, 1994
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-38681-6 (0-345-38681-7)
Days of Grace is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person with AIDS. Read more >
Written by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
On Sale: May 1, 1994
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-38681-6 (0-345-38681-7)
Days of Grace is an inspiring memoir of a remarkable man who was the true embodiment of courage, elegance, and the spirit to fight: Arthur Ashe--tennis champion, social activist, and person with AIDS. Read more >
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Men In Sports
Written by Brandt Aymar
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-517-88395-2 (0-517-88395-3)
"The sporting life in all its myriad glories can be found in this exhilarating, one-of-a-kind collection. Mr. Aymar has covered the field of challenge and competition as no one has ever done before." —Donald Honig, author of Baseball: The Illustrated History of America's Game
A monumental anthology covering the literature of sports... Read more >
Written by Brandt Aymar
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
Publisher: Broadway
On Sale: April 25, 1995
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-517-88395-2 (0-517-88395-3)
"The sporting life in all its myriad glories can be found in this exhilarating, one-of-a-kind collection. Mr. Aymar has covered the field of challenge and competition as no one has ever done before." —Donald Honig, author of Baseball: The Illustrated History of America's Game
A monumental anthology covering the literature of sports... Read more >
A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Written by Bill Barich
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7809-7 (1-4000-7809-1)
Twenty-five years after Laughing in the Hills, his racetrack classic, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels his adopted country and meets the leading... Read more >
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Written by Bill Barich
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7809-7 (1-4000-7809-1)
Twenty-five years after Laughing in the Hills, his racetrack classic, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels his adopted country and meets the leading... Read more >
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I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It
Written by Charles Barkley
Introduction by Michael Wilbon
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6628-2 (0-8129-6628-7)
"Barkley does an artful job of discussing his interpretation and influence on apartheid, while at the same time talking about the details of the NBA that make him a quasi-expert on the current and future state of professional basketball. Some obscenities scattered throughout the book but do not detract from its... Read more >
Written by Charles Barkley
Introduction by Michael Wilbon
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 14, 2003
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6628-2 (0-8129-6628-7)
"Barkley does an artful job of discussing his interpretation and influence on apartheid, while at the same time talking about the details of the NBA that make him a quasi-expert on the current and future state of professional basketball. Some obscenities scattered throughout the book but do not detract from its... Read more >
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Who's on Worst?
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53612-7 (0-385-53612-7)
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle vs. Mays?... Read more >
The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes in Baseball History
Written by Filip Bondy
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-53612-7 (0-385-53612-7)
A hilarious celebration of the worst in baseball history: The boneheads, cheats, jerks and losers who make the grand old game so fun
Libraries and Internet sites are filled to groaning with debates about who the best ballplayers of all time were—but how many times can you argue about Mantle vs. Mays?... Read more >
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Life on the Run
Written by Bill Bradley
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 2, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-76208-9 (0-679-76208-6)
Almost two decades after its original publication and more than fifteen years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley's account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic in the literature of sports, unparalleled in its candor and... Read more >
Written by Bill Bradley
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 2, 1995
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-76208-9 (0-679-76208-6)
Almost two decades after its original publication and more than fifteen years after its author retired from the New York Knicks to become a United States senator, Bill Bradley's account of twenty days in a pro basketball season remains a classic in the literature of sports, unparalleled in its candor and... Read more >
The Last Hero
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27992-7 (0-307-27992-8)
In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry (Hank) Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude. But his influence extends beyond statistics, and at long last here is the first definitive biography of one of baseball’s immortal figures.
Based on meticulous research and extensive interviews The Last Hero reveals how Aaron navigated... Read more >
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27992-7 (0-307-27992-8)
In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry (Hank) Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude. But his influence extends beyond statistics, and at long last here is the first definitive biography of one of baseball’s immortal figures.
Based on meticulous research and extensive interviews The Last Hero reveals how Aaron navigated... Read more >
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The Last Hero
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Hardcover, 624 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42485-4 (0-375-42485-7)
The first definitive biography of Henry Aaron—baseball’s great home-run champion and one of its most enduring legends.
As the steroid controversy has increasingly tarnished baseball’s image, Hank Aaron’s achievements have come to seem all the more remarkable: the first player to pass Babe Ruth in home runs, Aaron held that record... Read more >
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Hardcover, 624 pages
Publisher: Pantheon
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-42485-4 (0-375-42485-7)
The first definitive biography of Henry Aaron—baseball’s great home-run champion and one of its most enduring legends.
As the steroid controversy has increasingly tarnished baseball’s image, Hank Aaron’s achievements have come to seem all the more remarkable: the first player to pass Babe Ruth in home runs, Aaron held that record... Read more >
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Among the Thugs
Written by Bill Buford
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 1, 1993
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74535-8 (0-679-74535-1)
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that... Read more >
Written by Bill Buford
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 1, 1993
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74535-8 (0-679-74535-1)
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that... Read more >
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Room for Improvement
A Life in Sport
Written by John Casey
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-74452-4 (0-307-74452-3)
PEN/ESPN Award Finalist
Spanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Room for Improvement chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky. Here we see Casey taking part in an Outward Bound course in Maine during the dead of winter; being pinned by a two-hundred-pound judo instructor... Read more >
A Life in Sport
Written by John Casey
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-74452-4 (0-307-74452-3)
PEN/ESPN Award Finalist
Spanning more than fifty years of ambitious and wild endeavors, Room for Improvement chronicles John Casey's most peculiar addiction, that of an adrenaline junky. Here we see Casey taking part in an Outward Bound course in Maine during the dead of winter; being pinned by a two-hundred-pound judo instructor... Read more >
Room for Improvement
Notes on a Dozen Lifelong Sports
Written by John Casey
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-70002-5 (0-307-70002-X)
From the author of the novel Spartina, which won the National Book Award and has established itself as a modern classic, comes a collection of essays that describe with tenderhearted candor and humor a lifetime’s worth of addiction. No, not an addiction to booze or drugs, but an addiction to a... Read more >
Notes on a Dozen Lifelong Sports
Written by John Casey
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-70002-5 (0-307-70002-X)
From the author of the novel Spartina, which won the National Book Award and has established itself as a modern classic, comes a collection of essays that describe with tenderhearted candor and humor a lifetime’s worth of addiction. No, not an addiction to booze or drugs, but an addiction to a... Read more >
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Barney Ross
The Life of a Jewish Fighter
Written by Douglas Century
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1173-3 (0-8052-1173-X)
Born Dov-Ber Rasofsky to Eastern European immigrant parents, Barney Ross grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood and witnessed his father’s murder, his mother’s nervous breakdown, and the dispatching of his three younger siblings to an orphanage, all before he turned fourteen. To make enough money to reunite the family, Ross... Read more >
The Life of a Jewish Fighter
Written by Douglas Century
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $12.95
ISBN: 978-0-8052-1173-3 (0-8052-1173-X)
Born Dov-Ber Rasofsky to Eastern European immigrant parents, Barney Ross grew up in a tough Chicago neighborhood and witnessed his father’s murder, his mother’s nervous breakdown, and the dispatching of his three younger siblings to an orphanage, all before he turned fourteen. To make enough money to reunite the family, Ross... Read more >
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The Vast Unknown
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-88714-6 (0-307-88714-6)
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and... Read more >
America's First Ascent of Everest
Written by Broughton Coburn
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-88714-6 (0-307-88714-6)
By the author of the New York Times bestselling Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, this chronicle of the iconic first American expedition to Mt. Everest in May 1963 – published to coincide with the climb's 50th anniversary – combines riveting adventure, a perceptive analysis of its dark and terrifying historical context, and... Read more >
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By the Sword
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6966-5 (0-8129-6966-9)
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with Bess after school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his... Read more >
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $17.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6966-5 (0-8129-6966-9)
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with Bess after school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Ignatius Loyola challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic, was Mussolini, who would tell his... Read more >
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Venus to the Hoop
A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball
Written by Sara Corbett
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 15, 1998
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49352-9 (0-385-49352-5)
In the spring of 1995, twelve extraordinary basketball players were chosen to represent the United States in the year-long march to the 1996 Olympics. For Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and their teammates, winning the gold medal was only one of many goals. Around them swirled the dreams of the... Read more >
A Gold Medal Year in Women's Basketball
Written by Sara Corbett
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: September 15, 1998
Price: $14.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-49352-9 (0-385-49352-5)
In the spring of 1995, twelve extraordinary basketball players were chosen to represent the United States in the year-long march to the 1996 Olympics. For Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, and their teammates, winning the gold medal was only one of many goals. Around them swirled the dreams of the... Read more >
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The Complete Game
Reflections on Baseball and the Art of Pitching
Written by Ron Darling
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-39058-5 (0-307-39058-6)
World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics, and from moments... Read more >
Reflections on Baseball and the Art of Pitching
Written by Ron Darling
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Price: $15.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-39058-5 (0-307-39058-6)
World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics, and from moments... Read more >
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The Greatest Game
The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
Written by Todd Denault
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-7710-2635-5 (0-7710-2635-8)
This game wasn’t about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
On December 31, 1975, the Montreal Canadiens, the most successful franchise in the NHL... Read more >
The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
Written by Todd Denault
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-7710-2635-5 (0-7710-2635-8)
This game wasn’t about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
On December 31, 1975, the Montreal Canadiens, the most successful franchise in the NHL... Read more >
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American Triumvirate
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-47355-4 (0-307-47355-4)
With compelling detail and pure passion, James Dodson recounts the singular brilliance of three golf titans and how they saved the professional tour and created the game as we know it today.
During the Depression golf was in crisis. As a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was... Read more >
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-47355-4 (0-307-47355-4)
With compelling detail and pure passion, James Dodson recounts the singular brilliance of three golf titans and how they saved the professional tour and created the game as we know it today.
During the Depression golf was in crisis. As a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was... Read more >
American Triumvirate
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27249-2 (0-307-27249-4)
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Knopf
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $28.95
ISBN: 978-0-307-27249-2 (0-307-27249-4)
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf... Read more >
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The Frailty Myth
Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls
Written by Colette Dowling
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75815-7 (0-375-75815-1)
The myth of female frailty, with its roots in nineteenth-century medicine and misogyny, has had a damaging effect on women's health, social status, and physical safety. It is Dowling's controversial thesis that women succumb to societal pressures to appear weak in order to seem more "feminine."
The Frailty Myth presents new evidence... Read more >
Redefining the Physical Potential of Women and Girls
Written by Colette Dowling
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: September 11, 2001
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75815-7 (0-375-75815-1)
The myth of female frailty, with its roots in nineteenth-century medicine and misogyny, has had a damaging effect on women's health, social status, and physical safety. It is Dowling's controversial thesis that women succumb to societal pressures to appear weak in order to seem more "feminine."
The Frailty Myth presents new evidence... Read more >
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