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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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Rowing in Britain
Written by Julie Summers
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $12.95
Boat races and regattas are mainstays of the British summer — but where did these races originate and how have they become so important a part of our culture? Historian, writer and novice sculler Julie Summers here explains the history of British rowing as a competitive sport from the early nineteenth... Read more >
Written by Julie Summers
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $12.95
Boat races and regattas are mainstays of the British summer — but where did these races originate and how have they become so important a part of our culture? Historian, writer and novice sculler Julie Summers here explains the history of British rowing as a competitive sport from the early nineteenth... Read more >
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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: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $28.00
They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers.
In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the... 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: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $28.00
They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers.
In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $12.99
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: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $12.99
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 >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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London Olympics: 1908 and 1948
Written by Jamie Hampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The fourth Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1908, were set to be held in Rome, but when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906, Italy needed all her resources to rebuild Naples. London stepped up to the plate and with only two years to prepare the British Olympic organisers pulled off... Read more >
Written by Jamie Hampton
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The fourth Olympic Games of the modern era, in 1908, were set to be held in Rome, but when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906, Italy needed all her resources to rebuild Naples. London stepped up to the plate and with only two years to prepare the British Olympic organisers pulled off... Read more >
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As Good as Gold
1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
Written by Kathryn Bertine
Foreword by Kathrine Switzer
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $25.00
Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he’s a woman. And she’s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish.
Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her personal and professional dreams begin to crumble... Read more >
1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
Written by Kathryn Bertine
Foreword by Kathrine Switzer
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $25.00
Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he’s a woman. And she’s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish.
Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her personal and professional dreams begin to crumble... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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As Good as Gold
1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
Written by Kathryn Bertine
Foreword by Kathrine Switzer
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.99
Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he’s a woman. And she’s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish.
Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her personal and professional dreams begin to crumble... Read more >
1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries, and a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
Written by Kathryn Bertine
Foreword by Kathrine Switzer
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: May 4, 2010
Price: $14.99
Imagine George Plimpton. Except with real athletic ability. And he’s a woman. And she’s taken on a challenge that makes Paper Lion look like a brisk game of Go Fish.
Meet Kathryn Bertine, elite triathlete, former professional figure skater, and starving artist. Just as her personal and professional dreams begin to crumble... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
By the Sword
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.99
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic... Read more >
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $12.99
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Naked Olympics
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?
With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic festival, tracking... Read more >
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $16.00
What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?
With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic festival, tracking... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Naked Olympics
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $11.99
What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?
With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic festival, tracking... Read more >
The True Story of the Ancient Games
Written by Tony Perrottet
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $11.99
What was it like to attend the ancient Olympic Games?
With the summer Olympics’ return to Athens, Tony Perrottet delves into the ancient world and lets the Greek Games begin again. The acclaimed author of Pagan Holiday brings attitude, erudition, and humor to the fascinating story of the original Olympic festival, tracking... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Going for Gold
Written by Catriona Le May Doan and Ken McGoogan
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $16.95
When Canadian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan carried the Maple Leaf into the Salt Lake City arena at the opening of the XIX Winter Olympic Games, she carried with her the hopes and dreams of a nation. The Canadian speed queen, famous for her 1,000-watt smile, had so dominated the... Read more >
Written by Catriona Le May Doan and Ken McGoogan
Format: Trade Paperback, 184 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $16.95
When Canadian speed skater Catriona Le May Doan carried the Maple Leaf into the Salt Lake City arena at the opening of the XIX Winter Olympic Games, she carried with her the hopes and dreams of a nation. The Canadian speed queen, famous for her 1,000-watt smile, had so dominated the... Read more >
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A Loonie for Luck
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $8.95
In February 2002, the greatest hockey teams this country could muster headed to Salt Lake City to compete in the Winter Olympics. Our men and women hoped to go all the way to the finals, but it had been fifty long years since the Canadians had won Olympic gold. In the... Read more >
Written by Roy MacGregor
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: October 21, 2003
Price: $8.95
In February 2002, the greatest hockey teams this country could muster headed to Salt Lake City to compete in the Winter Olympics. Our men and women hoped to go all the way to the finals, but it had been fifty long years since the Canadians had won Olympic gold. In the... Read more >
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By the Sword
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $17.00
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic... Read more >
A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions; 10th anniversary edition
Written by Richard Cohen
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $17.00
Napoleon fenced. So did Shakespeare, Karl Marx, Grace Kelly, and President Truman, who would cross swords with his daughter, Margaret, when she came home from school. Lincoln was a canny dueler. Igantius Loyala challenged a man to a duel for denying Christ’s divinity (and won). Less successful, but no less enthusiastic... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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