Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Reference

Extreme Weather by National Geographic

2013-08-13T00:30:00-05:00

Extreme Weather
Written by National Geographic

eBook, 60 pages | National Geographic | Nature - Natural Disasters; Science - Meteorology; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $3.99 | 978-1-4262-1180-5 (1-4262-1180-5)

Severe weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes have increased fourfold in the last two decades, shaking the foundations of our existence. Weather-related tragedies have fascinated humans throughout time. For those who loved The Perfect Storm andKrakatoa, the millions who log onto daily weather forecasting sites and check weather apps, and people who can't get enough front-page headlines of global natural disasters.

Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, floods, forest fires, blizzards, and thunderstorms: National Geographic explores the deadliest of these disasters throughout history and arms you with ways to protect yourself from chaos and destruction. From the 1906 earthquake that flattened San Francisco and the morbid 1889 flash flood that wiped out the entire town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to the Superstorm of 1993 that blanketed Florida in snow and the more recent East Coast and Gulf Coast ravages of hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the destructive force and human tragedy both fascinates and horrifies. In addition to these gripping stories, NGS provides practical tips for surviving at home and weathering the lethal strength of these events if caught outside.

Leafs AbomiNation by Michael Grange

2009-08-11T00:30:00-05:00

Leafs AbomiNation The dismayed fan's handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise again
Written by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange

eBook | Random House Canada | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $8.99 | 978-0-307-37281-9 (0-307-37281-2)

Love them or hate them, they’re the most successful team in professional hockey … just not on the scoresheet.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are an exception to every law of the sporting jungle. They miss the playoffs and the sellouts keep coming. They haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but the earning power of that blue-and-white maple leaf, no matter the chronic woes of the blue-and-white’s power play, never ceases to increase. In this description of failure and prescription for hope, Toronto Star sports columnist Dave Feschuk and Globe and Mail sports reporter Michael Grange draw the illogical roadmap that pinpoints how the once-proud Leafs got lost in the sporting hinterlands, who’s to blame for stranding them there, and how they might extract themselves from this historic mire.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia by Michael MacCambridge

2009-07-14T00:30:00-05:00

ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia The Complete History
Edited by Michael MacCambridge

Trade Paperback, 432 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation - Football; Sports & Recreation - Reference; Sports & Recreation | $26.00 | 978-0-345-51386-1 (0-345-51386-X)

THE ESPN SEC FOOTBALL ENCYCLOPEDIA INCLUDES

• expanded profiles and histories of all twelve Southeastern Conference football programs, as well as former SEC schools Georgia Tech and Tulane
• original essays on what makes each SEC program unique written by such experts as Winston Groom (Alabama), Lou Holtz (South Carolina), and Buster Olney (Vanderbilt)
• two-page record books for each school, with all-time and annual leaders
• all-time teams, college and pro football hall of fame inductees, first-round draft choices, and retired numbers for every school
• a complete bowl history for each team, including box scores
• a history of the Southeastern Conference written by Chuck Culpepper, and the all-time SEC team as selected by Ivan Maisel, author of A War in Dixie

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge by Steve Wulf

2009-06-09T00:30:00-05:00

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge
Edited by Steve Wulf

eBook | ESPN | Sports & Recreation; Humor - Topic - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $14.99 | 978-0-345-51308-3 (0-345-51308-8)

In The ESPN Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge, Steve Wulf, acclaimed author and founding editor of ESPN The Magazine, delivers an arena’s worth of sporting wisdom, trivia, best-of lists, curiosities, legendary feats, and sacred objects–from the magic of Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech to the lore of hockey’s Stanley Cup to the art of the perfectly thrown Wiffle Ball pitch. Written to remind us all why we love the games, this indispensable reference features contributions from the finest minds at ESPN, as well as guidance from actual professionals. Inside you’ll discover

• twenty-five of the greatest sporting nicknames
• the keys to being a mascot
• what happens during a pit stop
• the five best (worst?) on-field temper tantrums
• a tour of Donovan McNabb’s locker
• how Wayne Gretzky tapes his sticks
• the unbeatable secret of rock-paper-scissors
• how to tape an ankle, fold a paper football, hit a hole in one, whistle with your fingers, throw a knuckleball, jump rope like a champ, and oil a baseball glove
• advice from star athletes–learn to run routes like Jerry Rice, take a penalty kick like Landon Donovan, fake opponents out like Chris Paul, and put on your socks the John Wooden way

The ESPN Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge is the perfect antidote to our video-game culture and an essential gift for any fan who ever dreamed of throwing a tight spiral in a Super Bowl, closing out a World Series game, or lining up a putt to win a major. In other words, it’s a book for the young and the young at heart.

From the Hardcover edition.

My Life by Earvin Magic Johnson

2009-02-25T00:30:00-05:00

My Life
Written by Earvin Magic Johnson

eBook, 384 pages | Fawcett | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $7.99 | 978-0-307-55817-6 (0-307-55817-7)

"A true emotional phenomenon...Entertaining...Of particular interest to fans will be the evolution of Johnson's relationship with Bird, his great karmic partner in the game."
NEW YORK NEWSDAY
He's faced challenges all of his life, but now Magic Johnson faces the biggest challenge of all, his own brave battle with HIV. In this dramatic, exciting, and inspirational autobiography, Magic Johnson allows readers into his life, into his tirumphs and tragedies on and off the court. In his own exuberant style, he tells readers of the friends and family who've been constant supporters and the basketball greats he's worked with. It's all here, the glory and the pain the character, charisma, and courage of the hero called Magic.
AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB

From the Paperback edition.

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 by Mike Morrison

2008-11-11T00:30:00-05:00

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009
Edited by Gerry Brown and Mike Morrison

Trade Paperback, 976 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation - Reference; Sports & Recreation - History; Sports & Recreation | $12.99 | 978-0-345-51172-0 (0-345-51172-7)

For more than ten years, the ESPN Sports Almanac has been the go-to reference for answers to nearly every sports question. From all-time record holders to yearly champions, from auto racing to the Iditarod, from the Australian Open to the Super Bowl—the ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 covers all the bases, with hundreds of photographs, thousands of tables, countless facts and figures, plus expert analysis from ESPN’s most respected commentators. Add fan input from ESPN.com’s SportsNation polls, along with ESPN’s unique blend of irreverence, and this new edition remains the reigning champion among sports information resources.

New for 2009:
• Full recaps of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and Ryder Cup 2008
• Expanded sections of pro-football records
• More in-depth fantasy sports league analysis
• Bigger and better coverage of ballparks and arenas, mixed martial arts, and more

ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2008 by Gerry Brown

2007-11-01T00:30:00-05:00

ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2008
Written by Mike Morrison and Gerry Brown

Trade Paperback, 976 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation - Reference; Sports & Recreation - History; Sports & Recreation | $12.99 | 978-1-933060-38-5 (1-933060-38-7)

Fishing on the Edge by Brian Kamenetzky

2006-05-30T00:30:00-05:00

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Delacorte Press | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $16.00 | 978-0-385-34008-3 (0-385-34008-7)

With his colorful tattoos and booming hip-hop sound track, Mike Iaconelli has turned the world of big-money competitive bass fishing upside down. In Fishing on the Edge, Iaconelli tells his own story–and it’s a whopper: a Philly-born, Jersey-bred Yankee who’s been stealing the spotlight from bass fishing’s traditionally all-Southern anglers, attracting fans and dominating one of the fastest-growing sports in America.

How did Mike Iaconelli, a college-educated kid from New Jersey, come blasting into a sport
dominated by old-school stars like Gary Klein, Kevin VanDam, and Denny Brauer? How did Mike, aka “Ike,” take a secret childhood passion and turn it into a profession, earning million-dollar sponsorships and a storm of media attention, ranging from ESPN’s SportsCenter to profiles in The New York Times and Esquire? While Mike has attracted both fans and foes on the tour,
his success speaks for itself, especially his victory at the 2003 CITGO Bassmaster Classic, the Super Bowl of competitive fishing.

Forty-four million Americans fish, but no one does it quite like Mike Iaconelli. In Fishing on the Edge, he lets you in on the secrets to his extraordinary success–how he developed his “power” fishing style, how he attacks the water, positions the boat, and perseveres through those days when the bass just aren’t biting. With sidebar tips that can be used by any fisherman–from using spinner baits to picking out the right rod to his no-fail “secret weapons”–this is an intensive, informative, and often raucous journey through the life of a brash young man destined to do for fishing what Tony Hawk did for the X Games: take the sport to a whole new level. At the same time, it’s the compelling first-person story of a man who prepared carefully every step of the way, kept notes on every fish he ever caught, and executed the perfect plan to get to the top.

A tale of passion, competition, and extreme personality, Fishing on the Edge is a book for anyone who loves the sport of fishing, wants to turn a hobby into a career, or is simply fascinated by a man’s unstoppable drive to succeed.

From the Hardcover edition.

Fishing on the Edge by Andrew Kamenetzky

2005-05-17T00:30:00-05:00

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

eBook | Delacorte Press | Sports & Recreation - Fishing; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $11.99 | 978-0-440-33542-9 (0-440-33542-6)

The Amateurs by David Halberstam

1996-05-07T00:30:00-05:00

The Amateurs The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
Written by David Halberstam

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Ballantine Books | Sports & Recreation - Sports Psychology; Sports & Recreation - Essays; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $15.00 | 978-0-449-91003-0 (0-449-91003-2)

"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written about a sport."
*Walter Clemons
Newsweek

"A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL NARRATIVE."
*David Guy
Chicago Tribune
In The Amateurs, David Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage, both penetrating and supple, that distinguished his bestselling The Best and the Brightest and October 1964. This time he has taken for his subject the dramatic and special world of amateur rowing. While other athletes are earning fortunes in salaries and-or endorsements, the oarsmen gain fame only with each other and strive without any hope of financial reward.
What drives these men to endure a physical pain known to no other sport? Who are they? Where do they come from? How do they regard themselves and their competitors? What have they sacrificed, and what inner demons have they appeased? In answering these questions, David Halberstam takes as his focus the 1984 single sculls trials in Princeton. The man who wins will gain the right to represent the United States in the 84 Olympiad; the losers will then have to struggle further to gain a place in the two- or four-man boats. And even if they succeed, they will have to live with the bitter knowledge that they were not the best, only close to it.
Informative and compelling, The Amateurs combines the vividness of superb sportswriting with the narrative skills of a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent.
"RIVETING."
*Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The New York Times
"[A] MASTERFUL JOB . . . Maintains the suspense to the very last stroke . . . Halberstam makes us care about the four men, their disappointments and the brutal testing of their friendships."
*Dan Levin
Sports Illustrated

My Life by Earvin Magic Johnson

1993-09-01T00:30:00-05:00

My Life
Written by Earvin Magic Johnson

Paperback, 384 pages | Fawcett | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Basketball; Sports & Recreation - Reference | $7.99 | 978-0-449-22254-6 (0-449-22254-3)

Random House New Releases - Sports & Recreation - Reference

Extreme Weather by National Geographic

Extreme Weather Written by National Geographic

Leafs AbomiNation by Michael Grange

Leafs AbomiNation The dismayed fan's handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise againWritten by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange

ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia by Michael MacCambridge

ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia The Complete HistoryEdited by Michael MacCambridge

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge by Steve Wulf

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge Edited by Steve Wulf

My Life by Earvin Magic Johnson

My Life Written by Earvin Magic Johnson

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 by Mike Morrison

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009 Edited by Gerry Brown and Mike Morrison

ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2008 by Gerry Brown

ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2008 Written by Mike Morrison and Gerry Brown

Fishing on the Edge by Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge by Andrew Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

The Amateurs by David Halberstam

The Amateurs The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold MedalWritten by David Halberstam

My Life by Earvin Magic Johnson

My Life Written by Earvin Magic Johnson

Extreme Weather
Written by National Geographic

Leafs AbomiNation The dismayed fan's handbook to why the Leafs stink and how they can rise again
Written by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange

ESPN Southeastern Conference Football Encyclopedia The Complete History
Edited by Michael MacCambridge

ESPN: The Mighty Book of Sports Knowledge
Edited by Steve Wulf

My Life
Written by Earvin Magic Johnson

ESPN Sports Almanac 2009
Edited by Gerry Brown and Mike Morrison

ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2008
Written by Mike Morrison and Gerry Brown

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Andrew Kamenetzky and Brian Kamenetzky

Fishing on the Edge
Written by Mike Iaconelli, Brian Kamenetzky and Andrew Kamenetzky

The Amateurs The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
Written by David Halberstam

My Life
Written by Earvin Magic Johnson