Sports & Recreation:

Seabiscuit: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
An American Legend
Written by Laura Hillenbrand

Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2009
Price: $29.95

A deluxe illustrated edition of one of the most beloved books of our time, with nearly 150 historic photographs personally selected by the author

The spellbinding true story of how three men and a great racehorse captivated a nation, Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit: An American Legend became an immediate number one bestseller and... Read more >

Bloodlines
A Horse Racing Anthology
Edited by Jason Starr and Maggie Estep

Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.95

From provocative peeks into the lives of jockeys, trainers, owners, and breeders, to the down and dirty doings of bookies and gamblers, here is a literary tribute to a favorite national pastime. Editors Maggie Estep (Diary of an Emotional Idiot; Flamethrower) and Jason Starr (Twisted City; Lights Out) have brought together... Read more >

A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Written by Bill Barich

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $13.95

Twenty-five years after Laughing in the Hills, his racetrack classic, Bill Barich gives us another—about how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck.

At venues grand and lowly, Ireland’s steeplechase season hits its stride... Read more >

Ruffian
Burning From the Start
Written by Jane Schwartz

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95

"A colorful story...Ruffian was nothing if not a heartbreaker. Her story, dramatically recounted by Jane Scwartz, epitomizes both the adrenaline-pumping glory and gut-wrenching ruthlessness inherent in the sport of horse racing."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Here is the story f the exceptional filly, a horse so dominating, she was likened to legend... Read more >

A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Written by Bill Barich

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $13.95

Twenty-five years after Laughing in the Hills, his racetrack classic, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels his adopted country and meets the leading... Read more >

Bloodlines
A Horse Racing Anthology
Edited by Jason Starr and Maggie Estep

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $14.95

From provocative peeks into the lives of jockeys, trainers, owners, and breeders, to the down and dirty doings of bookies and gamblers, here is a literary tribute to a favorite national pastime. Editors Maggie Estep (Diary of an Emotional Idiot; Flamethrower) and Jason Starr (Twisted City; Lights Out) have brought together... Read more >

A Year at the Races
Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
Written by Jane Smiley

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2005
Price: $13.95

“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this... Read more >

Seabiscuit: Special Illustrated Collector's Edition
An American Legend
Written by Laura Hillenbrand

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2003
Price: $29.95

A deluxe illustrated edition of one of the most beloved books of our time, with nearly 150 historic photographs personally selected by the author

The spellbinding true story of how three men and a great racehorse captivated a nation, Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit: An American Legend became an immediate number one bestseller and... Read more >

Ruffian
Burning From the Start
Written by Jane Schwartz

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $14.95

During two short seasons at the track, Ruffian was hailed as the greatest thoroughbred filly of all time. Unbeaten in her first ten starts, she shattered one record after another, dazzling crowds with both her beauty and her brilliant speed. Then tragedy struck on the afternoon of July 6, 1975. Ruffian... Read more >

Seabiscuit
An American Legend
Written by Laura Hillenbrand

Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2001
Price: $25.95

Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad... Read more >