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Road to Valor
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
The inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend who not only won the Tour de France twice but also holds... Read more >
A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Written by Aili McConnon and Andres McConnon
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.00
The inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II
Gino Bartali is best known as an Italian cycling legend who not only won the Tour de France twice but also holds... Read more >
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Finding Ultra
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
The incredible true story of the author's remarkable transformation, at the age of 40, from out-of-shape average Joe into one of the world's best endurance athletes
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food, and his nights... Read more >
Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
Written by Rich Roll
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.00
The incredible true story of the author's remarkable transformation, at the age of 40, from out-of-shape average Joe into one of the world's best endurance athletes
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food, and his nights... Read more >
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It's Time!
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and... Read more >
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $25.00
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and... Read more >
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It's Time!
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and... Read more >
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Written by Bruce Buffer
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $12.99
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and... Read more >
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Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $27.00
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $27.00
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
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Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.99
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Written by Allen Barra
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $13.99
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same... Read more >
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Class A
Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere
Written by Lucas Mann
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $26.95
Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere
Written by Lucas Mann
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $26.95
An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself.
Award-winning essayist Lucas Mann delivers a powerful debut in his telling of the...
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Class A
Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere
Written by Lucas Mann
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $13.99
Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere
Written by Lucas Mann
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $13.99
An unforgettable chronicle of a year of minor-league baseball in a small Iowa town that follows not only the travails of the players of the Clinton LumberKings but also the lives of their dedicated fans and of the town itself.
Award-winning essayist Lucas Mann delivers a powerful debut in his telling of the...
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Real Win
A Man's Quest for Authentic Success
Written by Colt McCoy and Matt Carter
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.99
“I can’t speak highly enough about the way this book addresses manhood in our culture. Biblically challenging and radically applicable, it honestly addresses the deepest longings and fears a man faces.”
—Matt Chandler
Prepare for a paradigm-shifting view of biblical manhood.
Every man wants to succeed. But for so many, life seems to... Read more >
A Man's Quest for Authentic Success
Written by Colt McCoy and Matt Carter
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $19.99
“I can’t speak highly enough about the way this book addresses manhood in our culture. Biblically challenging and radically applicable, it honestly addresses the deepest longings and fears a man faces.”
—Matt Chandler
Prepare for a paradigm-shifting view of biblical manhood.
Every man wants to succeed. But for so many, life seems to... Read more >
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The Real Win
A Man's Quest for Authentic Success
Written by Colt McCoy and Matt Carter
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $9.99
“I can’t speak highly enough about the way this book addresses manhood in our culture. Biblically challenging and radically applicable, it honestly addresses the deepest longings and fears a man faces.”
—Matt Chandler
Prepare for a paradigm-shifting view of biblical manhood.
Every man wants to succeed. But for so many, life seems to... Read more >
A Man's Quest for Authentic Success
Written by Colt McCoy and Matt Carter
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $9.99
“I can’t speak highly enough about the way this book addresses manhood in our culture. Biblically challenging and radically applicable, it honestly addresses the deepest longings and fears a man faces.”
—Matt Chandler
Prepare for a paradigm-shifting view of biblical manhood.
Every man wants to succeed. But for so many, life seems to... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Dream Team
How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Written by Jack McCallum
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from... Read more >
How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever
Written by Jack McCallum
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $17.00
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. As a writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from... Read more >
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Against the Odds
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN® Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of... Read more >
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN® Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Against the Odds
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN®
Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of what... Read more >
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN®
Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of what... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Chasing Perfect
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Written by Bob Hurley
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.00
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this... Read more >
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Written by Bob Hurley
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.00
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Chasing Perfect
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Written by Bob Hurley
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $12.99
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this... Read more >
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Written by Bob Hurley
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $12.99
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably, he has done this... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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The Big Miss
My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
Written by Hank Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
My Years Coaching Tiger Woods
Written by Hank Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $16.00
Hank Haney's candid, surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of very few people allowed behind the curtain and observed Tiger in nearly every circumstance. There's never been a book...
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Don't Put Me In, Coach
My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Written by Mark Titus
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game. You would think Titus would... Read more >
My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Written by Mark Titus
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $15.00
An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game. You would think Titus would... Read more >
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Sum It Up
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Read by Sally Jenkins
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $45.00
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Read by Sally Jenkins
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: March 12, 2013
Price: $45.00
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
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Sum It Up
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $28.00
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $28.00
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
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Sum It Up
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $12.99
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $12.99
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
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Sum It Up
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Read by Sally Jenkins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $22.50
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... Read more >
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Written by Pat Head Summitt and Sally Jenkins
Read by Sally Jenkins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $22.50
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat Summitt was only 21 when she... 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
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf
Written by James Dodson
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
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...
Messi
Una biografia
Written by Leonardo Faccio
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $11.99
El perfil definitivo del incomparable Lionel Messi, una de las más brillantes estrellas del fútbol internacional
En la historia del fútbol sólo cuatro jugadores tienen plaza en el primer escalón: Pelé, Di Stéfano, Cruyff y Maradona. Desde hace cuatro años, el argentino Lionel Messi llama con insistencia a la puerta de ese... Read more >
Una biografia
Written by Leonardo Faccio
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: November 21, 2012
Price: $11.99
El perfil definitivo del incomparable Lionel Messi, una de las más brillantes estrellas del fútbol internacional
En la historia del fútbol sólo cuatro jugadores tienen plaza en el primer escalón: Pelé, Di Stéfano, Cruyff y Maradona. Desde hace cuatro años, el argentino Lionel Messi llama con insistencia a la puerta de ese... Read more >
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Wayne Gretzky's Ghost
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $19.95
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $19.95
For nearly 40 years, Roy MacGregor has brought our national sport alive on the pages of Canada's newspapers and magazines, and now the best of this writing is available in a volume that's a must-read for any hockey fan. He covers a list of hockey legends--players like Borje Salming, Jean Beliveau...
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Coach
The Pat Burns Story
Written by Rosie DiManno
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $27.95
The Pat Burns Story
Written by Rosie DiManno
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $27.95
Pat Burns was one of the great NHL coaches. He worked with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, and seemed always to enjoy instant success. He capped his extraordinary career by coaching the New Jersey Devils to a Stanley Cup victory in 2003. Cancer--his third...
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