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Messi
Una biografia
Written by Leonardo Faccio
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $14.95
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: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $14.95
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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Muhammad Ali: The King of the Ring
A Graphic Novel
Written by Lewis Helfand
Illustrated by Lalit Kumar Sharma
Format: Trade Paperback, 92 pages
On Sale: January 31, 2012
Price: $12.99
Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. in 1942. A three-time World Heavyweight Champion he is widely considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. But Ali's legacy reaches far beyond the world of sports. He changed his name from Clay to Ali after joining the Nation of Islam... Read more >
A Graphic Novel
Written by Lewis Helfand
Illustrated by Lalit Kumar Sharma
Format: Trade Paperback, 92 pages
On Sale: January 31, 2012
Price: $12.99
Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. in 1942. A three-time World Heavyweight Champion he is widely considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. But Ali's legacy reaches far beyond the world of sports. He changed his name from Clay to Ali after joining the Nation of Islam... Read more >
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Endgame
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Written by Frank Brady
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $16.00
Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the... Read more >
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Written by Frank Brady
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $16.00
Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the... Read more >
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The Best Game You Can Name
Written by Dave Bidini
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 21, 2011
Price: $12.99
Bidini returns to the game he loves best
In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking... Read more >
Written by Dave Bidini
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 21, 2011
Price: $12.99
Bidini returns to the game he loves best
In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking... Read more >
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The Catcher Was a Spy
The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
Written by Nicholas Dawidoff
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for... Read more >
The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg
Written by Nicholas Dawidoff
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: November 2, 2011
Price: $11.99
The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for... Read more >
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Over the Line
Wrist Shots, Slap Shots, and Five-Minute Majors
Written by Al Strachan
Foreword by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.99
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp... Read more >
Wrist Shots, Slap Shots, and Five-Minute Majors
Written by Al Strachan
Foreword by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $19.99
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Over the Line
Wrist Shots, Slap Shots, and Five-Minute Majors
Written by Al Strachan
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $13.99
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp... Read more >
Wrist Shots, Slap Shots, and Five-Minute Majors
Written by Al Strachan
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $13.99
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Wayne Gretzky's Ghost
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $25.99
The gift book of the year for hockey fans: Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in the country," and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated.
For nearly 40 years Roy MacGregor has brought hockey, our national sport, alive on the page... Read more >
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $25.99
The gift book of the year for hockey fans: Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in the country," and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated.
For nearly 40 years Roy MacGregor has brought hockey, our national sport, alive on the page... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Wayne Gretzky's Ghost
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $14.99
The gift book of the year for hockey fans: Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in the country," and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated.
For nearly 40 years Roy MacGregor has brought hockey, our national sport, alive on the page... Read more >
And Other Tales from a Lifetime in Hockey
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $14.99
The gift book of the year for hockey fans: Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in the country," and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated.
For nearly 40 years Roy MacGregor has brought hockey, our national sport, alive on the page... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Lives of Conn Smythe
From the Battlefield to Maple Leaf Gardens: A Hockey Icon's Story
Written by Kelly McParland
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $32.99
The first full-length biography of one of hockey's - and Canada's - most influential forces, Conn Smythe.
While the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been told many times, there has never been a full biography of the man who created, built and managed the team, turning it from a small-market... Read more >
From the Battlefield to Maple Leaf Gardens: A Hockey Icon's Story
Written by Kelly McParland
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $32.99
The first full-length biography of one of hockey's - and Canada's - most influential forces, Conn Smythe.
While the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been told many times, there has never been a full biography of the man who created, built and managed the team, turning it from a small-market... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
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The Lives of Conn Smythe
From the Battlefield to Maple Leaf Gardens: A Hockey Icon's Story
Written by Kelly McParland
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $13.99
The first full-length biography of one of hockey's - and Canada's - most influential forces, Conn Smythe.
While the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been told many times, there has never been a full biography of the man who created, built and managed the team, turning it from a small-market... Read more >
From the Battlefield to Maple Leaf Gardens: A Hockey Icon's Story
Written by Kelly McParland
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $13.99
The first full-length biography of one of hockey's - and Canada's - most influential forces, Conn Smythe.
While the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs has been told many times, there has never been a full biography of the man who created, built and managed the team, turning it from a small-market... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Tiger
A Biography of Tiger Woods
Written by John Strege
Format: eBook, 284 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2011
Price: $14.99
Record-breaking media sensation Tiger Woods has moved beyond the fairway to take the world by storm. After becoming the first golfer in history to win three straight U.S. Amateur titles, his win at the 1997 Masters Tournament gave him a permanent place in the record book: youngest player to win, lowest... Read more >
A Biography of Tiger Woods
Written by John Strege
Format: eBook, 284 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2011
Price: $14.99
Record-breaking media sensation Tiger Woods has moved beyond the fairway to take the world by storm. After becoming the first golfer in history to win three straight U.S. Amateur titles, his win at the 1997 Masters Tournament gave him a permanent place in the record book: youngest player to win, lowest... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Instant Replay
The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
Written by Gerald L. Kramer and Dick Schaap
Foreword by Jonathan Yardley
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.95
This classic sports book takes readers inside the 1967 season of the Green Bay Packers, following that storied team from training camp to their dramatic victory in Super Bowl II.
Candid and often amusing, Jerry Kramer describes from a player’s perspective a bygone era of sports, filled with blood, grit, and... Read more >
The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer
Written by Gerald L. Kramer and Dick Schaap
Foreword by Jonathan Yardley
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.95
This classic sports book takes readers inside the 1967 season of the Green Bay Packers, following that storied team from training camp to their dramatic victory in Super Bowl II.
Candid and often amusing, Jerry Kramer describes from a player’s perspective a bygone era of sports, filled with blood, grit, and... Read more >
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Royal and Ancient
Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $12.99
For a century and a half, the best golf players in the world have, once a year, attempted to beat the weather, the pressure, and one of the toughest courses in the world at the British Open. In Royal and Ancient, Curt Sampson, the bestselling author of Hogan and The Masters... Read more >
Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $12.99
For a century and a half, the best golf players in the world have, once a year, attempted to beat the weather, the pressure, and one of the toughest courses in the world at the British Open. In Royal and Ancient, Curt Sampson, the bestselling author of Hogan and The Masters... Read more >
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Jackie Robinson
A Biography
Written by Arnold Rampersad
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2011
Price: $12.99
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers. We are brought closer than we have ever been to the great... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Arnold Rampersad
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2011
Price: $12.99
The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers. We are brought closer than we have ever been to the great... Read more >
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Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $26.00
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $26.00
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $11.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $11.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered... Read more >
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Stan Musial
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $22.50
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
An American Life
Written by George Vecsey
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $22.50
When baseball fans voted on the top twenty-five players of the twentieth century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut. This glaring omission—later rectified by a panel of experts—raised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still... Read more >
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The Last Hero
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
A Life of Henry Aaron
Written by Howard Bryant
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $16.95
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...
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Play Like You Mean It
Passion, Laughs, and Leadership in the World's Most Beautiful Game
Written by Rex Ryan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $11.99
No football fan will want to be without the book that delivers pure, unfiltered Rex Ryan—head coach of the New York Jets and one of the most popular, outspoken, well-liked, and widely respected personalities in the National Football League.
Rex Ryan is known for his exuberance . . . and Play... Read more >
Passion, Laughs, and Leadership in the World's Most Beautiful Game
Written by Rex Ryan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $11.99
No football fan will want to be without the book that delivers pure, unfiltered Rex Ryan—head coach of the New York Jets and one of the most popular, outspoken, well-liked, and widely respected personalities in the National Football League.
Rex Ryan is known for his exuberance . . . and Play... Read more >
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unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
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Play Like You Mean It
Passion, Laughs, and Leadership in the World's Most Beautiful Game
Written by Rex Ryan
Read by Dan Lauria
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $20.00
No football fan will want to be without the book that delivers pure, unfiltered Rex Ryan—head coach of the New York Jets and one of the most popular, outspoken, well-liked, and widely respected personalities in the National Football League.
Rex Ryan is known for his exuberance . . . and Play... Read more >
Passion, Laughs, and Leadership in the World's Most Beautiful Game
Written by Rex Ryan
Read by Dan Lauria
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 3, 2011
Price: $20.00
No football fan will want to be without the book that delivers pure, unfiltered Rex Ryan—head coach of the New York Jets and one of the most popular, outspoken, well-liked, and widely respected personalities in the National Football League.
Rex Ryan is known for his exuberance . . . and Play... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
Evel
The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend
Written by Leigh Montville
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $12.99
From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel.
Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father... Read more >
The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend
Written by Leigh Montville
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $12.99
From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel.
Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father... Read more >
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Evel
The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend
Written by Leigh Montville
Read by Danny Campbell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $25.00
From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel.
Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father... Read more >
The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and Legend
Written by Leigh Montville
Read by Danny Campbell
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 26, 2011
Price: $25.00
From New York Times bestselling author Leigh Montville, this riveting and definitive new biography pulls back the red, white, and blue cape on a cultural icon—and reveals the unknown, complex, and controversial man known to millions around the world as Evel Knievel.
Evel Knievel was a high-flying daredevil, the father... Read more >
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Days of Grace
Written by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2011
Price: $7.99
"Touching and courageous...All of it--the man, the life, the book--is rare and beautiful."
COSMOPOLITAN
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. Frank, revealing, touching--DAYS OF GRACE is... Read more >
Written by Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2011
Price: $7.99
"Touching and courageous...All of it--the man, the life, the book--is rare and beautiful."
COSMOPOLITAN
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. Frank, revealing, touching--DAYS OF GRACE is... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
Endgame
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Written by Frank Brady
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $11.99
Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the... Read more >
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Written by Frank Brady
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2011
Price: $11.99
Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
