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No Shortcuts to the Top
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Mountaineering | Broadway | Trade Paperback
November 2007 | $14.95 | 978-0-7679-2471-9 (0-7679-2471-1)
This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time.
For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing’s holy grail: to stand atop the world’s fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen. But No Shortcuts to... Read More
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Shanks for Nothing
Written by Rick Reilly
Fiction | Anchor | Trade Paperback
May 2007 | $14.95 | 978-0-7679-0664-7 (0-7679-0664-0)
The hilarious sequel to Rick Reilly’s beloved bestselling golf novel Missing Links
Life is going pretty well for Raymond “Stick” Hart. He’s happily married to the former Ponkaquogue Municipal Golf Club assistant pro, the beauteous Cajun firecracker Dannie, raising his rambunctious son, Charlie, and getting by writing smart-mouthed greeting cards for fifty... Read More
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The Mad Dog Hall of Fame
Written by Chris Russo and Allen St. John
Sports & Recreation | Broadway | Trade Paperback
May 2007 | $12.95 | 978-0-7679-2372-9 (0-7679-2372-3)
Many athletes are SUPERSTARS.
Many coaches are LEGENDS.
Many moments are CLASSICS.
But which are the best of the best?
Which ten will make THE MAD DOG HALL OF FAME?
“Opining about sports in a spirited fashion is Chris Russo’s specialty.” – Bob Costas
The All-Time Top-Ten Players in Baseball, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, College Basketball, College... Read More
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The Rivals
Written by Johnette Howard
Biography & Autobiography - Sports | Broadway | Trade Paperback
June 2006 | $14.00 | 978-0-7679-1885-5 (0-7679-1885-1)
In the annals of sports, no individual rivalry matches the intensity, longevity, and emotional resonance of the one between two extraordinary women: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.
Over sixteen years, Evert and Navratilova met on the tennis court a record eighty times—sixty times in finals. At their first match in Akron... Read More
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Slim and None
Written by Dan Jenkins
Fiction | Anchor | Trade Paperback
May 2006 | $14.95 | 978-0-7679-1433-8 (0-7679-1433-3)
Introduced in Dan Jenkins’s previous uproarious novel of the pro golf tour, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, Bobby Joe Grooves is now forty-four and still without a win in a major championship. A student of golf lore, Bobby Joe is well aware that only a small group of stars have... Read More
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Emperors and Idiots
Written by Mike Vaccaro
Sports & Recreation - Baseball - History | Anchor | Trade Paperback
May 2006 | $15.95 | 978-0-7679-1910-4 (0-7679-1910-6)
The New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox. For a hundred years, no two teams have locked horns as fiercely or as frequently – and no two seasons frame the colossal battle more perfectly than 2003 and 2004. Now, with incredible energy and access, leading sports columnist Mike Vaccaro chronicles the... Read More
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Ben Hogan
Written by James Dobson
Biography & Autobiography - Sports | Broadway | Trade Paperback
May 2005 | $16.95 | 978-0-7679-0863-4 (0-7679-0863-5)
Authorized, intimate, and definitive, Ben Hogan: A Life is the long-awaited biography of one of golf’s greatest, most enigmatic legends, narrated with the unique eloquence that has made author James Dodson a critically acclaimed national bestseller.
One man is often credited with shaping the landscape of modern golf. Ben Hogan was... Read More
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Ted Williams
Written by Leigh Montville
Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Baseball - History | Anchor | Trade Paperback
March 2005 | $16.95 | 978-0-7679-1320-1 (0-7679-1320-5)
He was The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? What motivated him to interrupt his... Read More
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Who's Your Caddy?
Written by Rick Reilly
Sports & Recreation - Golf | Anchor | Trade Paperback
May 2004 | $14.95 | 978-0-7679-1740-7 (0-7679-1740-5)
The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers, and some celebrity duffers, recounting it all in this hilarious and revealing look at the world of golf.
Who knows a golfer best? Who’s with them every minute... Read More
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