New York Yankees
New York Yankees - 100 Years - The Official Retrospective
Written by Yankees
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: April 26, 2005
Price: $29.95
The New York Yankees. One hundred seasons of baseball. One hundred years of tradition. This official book celebrates the most successful team in sports history. Lavishly illustrated and designed with more than 175 photographs from the Yankees’ own archives, some never seen before, this dazzling volume brings to life a century...
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My Losing Season
Written by Pat Conroy
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2003
Price: $11.99
PAT CONROY—
AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER—
IS BACK!
“I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one. . . .There was a time in my life when I walked through the world known to myself and others as an athlete. It was part of my own definition of who...
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Body, Mind, and Sport
The Mind-Body Guide to Lifelong Health, Fitness, and Your Personal Best
Written by John Douillard
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2001
Price: $14.95
Until recently, the effortless "Zone" of peak performance was only within the reach of serious athletes. Now, with Body, Mind, and Sport, anyone can reach the Zone, regardless of fitness level.
Designed to accommodate a variety of individual fitness needs, the
Body, Mind, and Sport program is split into two levels...
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You Gotta Have Wa
Written by Robert Whiting
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $15.95
A hilarious, informative, and riveting account of Japanese baseball and the cultural clashes that ensued when Americans began playing there professionally.
In Japan, baseball is a way of life. It is a philosophy. It is
besuboru. Its most important element is
wa—group harmony—embodied in the proverb "The nail that sticks up shall...
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The Book of Five Rings
Written by Miyamoto Musashi
Translated by Thomas Cleary
Format: Package, 208 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $18.00
Here is one of the most influential texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory ever to emerge from Asia. Composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi,
The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level...
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Among the Thugs
Written by Bill Buford
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $11.99
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...
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The Longest Silence
A Life in Fishing
Written by Thomas McGuane
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2001
Price: $16.00
From the highly acclaimed author of
Ninety-Two in the Shade and
Nothing but Blue Skies comes this collection of breathtakingly exquisite essays borne of a lifetime spent fishing.
The thirty-three essays in
The Longest Silence take us from the tarpon of Florida to the salmon of Iceland, from the bonefish of Mexico...
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Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania
Written by Warren St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: May 31, 2005
Price: $15.00
What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning compel people to tear down goal posts, and losing, to drown themselves in bad keg beer? In short, why do fans care?
In search of answers, Warren St. John seeks out the roving community of RVers...
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Play Their Hearts Out
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $16.00
Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting
Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports
Eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars...
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A Champion's Mind
Lessons from a Life in Tennis
Written by Pete Sampras and Peter Bodo
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2009
Price: $15.00
Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to...
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