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The Most Expensive Game in Town
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture
Examining the youth sports economy from many sides—the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids—Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought... Read more >
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.00
A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture
Examining the youth sports economy from many sides—the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids—Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought... Read more >
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Muck City
Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
Written by Bryan Mealer
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $25.00
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds.
The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables... Read more >
Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
Written by Bryan Mealer
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $25.00
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds.
The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables... Read more >
Also available as an
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trade paperback.
Muck City
Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
Written by Bryan Mealer
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.99
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds.
The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables... Read more >
Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
Written by Bryan Mealer
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.99
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds.
The loamy black “muck” that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Haunts of the Black Masseur
The Swimmer as Hero
Written by Charles Sprawson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2012
Price: $16.99
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an instrument of social and moral reform, while in... Read more >
The Swimmer as Hero
Written by Charles Sprawson
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2012
Price: $16.99
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an instrument of social and moral reform, while in... Read more >
The Most Expensive Game in Town
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $24.95
Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book, Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book looks at the business of youth sports, how it has changed, and how it is affecting young Americans. Examining the youth sports economy from... Read more >
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $24.95
Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book, Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book looks at the business of youth sports, how it has changed, and how it is affecting young Americans. Examining the youth sports economy from... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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The Most Expensive Game in Town
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $24.95
A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture
Examining the youth sports economy from many sides—the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids—Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought... Read more >
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
Written by Mark Hyman
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $24.95
A look at how commercialization has transformed youth sports from fun into a heavily commercialized and profitable venture
Examining the youth sports economy from many sides—the major corporations, the small entrepreneurs, the coaches, the parents, and, of course, the kids—Hyman probes the reasons for rapid changes in what gets bought... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay)
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 36 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $0.99
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every... Read more >
Father, Son, and the Burden of Basketball
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 36 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $0.99
In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory.
The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every... Read more >
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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
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 Season Inside
One Year in College Basketball
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2011
Price: $11.99
Feinstein takes readers inside the locker rooms, the grueling practices, the late-night strategy sessions. They get a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the private lives of the game's biggest stars. Read more >
One Year in College Basketball
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 30, 2011
Price: $11.99
Feinstein takes readers inside the locker rooms, the grueling practices, the late-night strategy sessions. They get a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the private lives of the game's biggest stars. Read more >
Hard Courts
Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 471 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2011
Price: $11.99
The new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al. Now in paper.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 471 pages
On Sale: August 17, 2011
Price: $11.99
The new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al. Now in paper.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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The Lords of the Realm
Written by John Helyar
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $22.99
In this fascinating, colorful chronicle -- based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging -- John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994... Read more >
Written by John Helyar
Format: eBook, 640 pages
On Sale: July 27, 2011
Price: $22.99
In this fascinating, colorful chronicle -- based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging -- John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Masters
Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling Hogan, reveals in The... Read more >
Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia
Written by Curt Sampson
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 10, 2010
Price: $13.99
The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling Hogan, reveals in The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Play Their Hearts Out
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $26.00
Eight years of unfettered access, a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths, and a genuine compassion for his subject allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars.
Hoop dreams aren’t just for players. The fever that grips college basketball... Read more >
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $26.00
Eight years of unfettered access, a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths, and a genuine compassion for his subject allow Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist George Dohrmann to take readers inside the machine that produces America’s basketball stars.
Hoop dreams aren’t just for players. The fever that grips college basketball... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Play Their Hearts Out
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $11.99
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... Read more >
A Coach, His Star Recruit, and the Youth Basketball Machine
Written by George Dohrmann
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2010
Price: $11.99
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... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Perfect Rivals
Written by Jeff Carroll
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $14.99
College football is a sport of rivalries—and no two teams were ever more perfectly matched than the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In Perfect Rivals, award-winning sportswriter Jeff Carroll takes us inside the locker rooms and onto the gridiron, as two storied programs with very different cultures battle... Read more >
Written by Jeff Carroll
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $14.99
College football is a sport of rivalries—and no two teams were ever more perfectly matched than the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In Perfect Rivals, award-winning sportswriter Jeff Carroll takes us inside the locker rooms and onto the gridiron, as two storied programs with very different cultures battle... Read more >
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Outcasts United
An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Written by Warren St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $15.00
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia... Read more >
An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference
Written by Warren St. John
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $15.00
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of families in flight from the world’s war zones—from Liberia... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
Game On
How the Pressure to Win at All Costs Endangers Youth Sports, and What Parents Can Do About It
Written by Tom Farrey
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $12.99
A first-of-its-kind investigative book on the least examined and most important topic in sports today.
Youth sports isn't just orange slices and all-star trophies anymore. It's 14-year-olds who enter high school with a decade of football experience, 9-year-olds competing for national baseball championships, 5-year-old golfers who shoot par, and toddlers made... Read more >
How the Pressure to Win at All Costs Endangers Youth Sports, and What Parents Can Do About It
Written by Tom Farrey
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $12.99
A first-of-its-kind investigative book on the least examined and most important topic in sports today.
Youth sports isn't just orange slices and all-star trophies anymore. It's 14-year-olds who enter high school with a decade of football experience, 9-year-olds competing for national baseball championships, 5-year-old golfers who shoot par, and toddlers made... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Outcasts United
A Refugee Team, an American Town
Written by Warren St. John
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $13.99
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of... Read more >
A Refugee Team, an American Town
Written by Warren St. John
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $13.99
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.
The extraordinary tale of a refugee youth soccer team and the transformation of a small American town
Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming the first American home for scores of... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover,
hardcover library binding,
trade paperback and a
trade paperback.
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Meat Market
Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting
Written by Bruce Feldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
"One of the most insightful books ever written about college football."
- The New York Times
"Easily among the best sports books of the new millennium."
- Paul Finebaum, columnist and radio host
In this unprecedented look at college football’s secret season, Bruce Feldman rips the cover off the game’s frenzied pursuit of raw... Read more >
Inside the Smash-Mouth World of College Football Recruiting
Written by Bruce Feldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.00
"One of the most insightful books ever written about college football."
- The New York Times
"Easily among the best sports books of the new millennium."
- Paul Finebaum, columnist and radio host
In this unprecedented look at college football’s secret season, Bruce Feldman rips the cover off the game’s frenzied pursuit of raw... Read more >
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Game On
The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children
Written by Tom Farrey
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $24.95
A first-of-its-kind investigative book on the least examined and most important topic in sports today.
Youth sports isn't just orange slices and all-star trophies anymore. It's 14-year-olds who enter high school with a decade of football experience, 9-year-olds competing for national baseball championships, 5-year-old golfers who shoot par, and toddlers made... Read more >
The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children
Written by Tom Farrey
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2008
Price: $24.95
A first-of-its-kind investigative book on the least examined and most important topic in sports today.
Youth sports isn't just orange slices and all-star trophies anymore. It's 14-year-olds who enter high school with a decade of football experience, 9-year-olds competing for national baseball championships, 5-year-old golfers who shoot par, and toddlers made... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
One Helluva Ride
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Written by Liz Clarke
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus, its races... Read more >
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Written by Liz Clarke
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus, its races... Read more >
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Every Week a Season
A Journey Inside Big-Time College Football
Written by Brian Curtis
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
“Brian Curtis tells the stories behind the stories. He brings the meetings, practice sessions, recruiting calls and game day experience to light like never before. Fans who want to know what goes on behind the scenes will find out in this book.”
–RON ZOOK, head football coach, the University of Florida
In Every... Read more >
A Journey Inside Big-Time College Football
Written by Brian Curtis
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
“Brian Curtis tells the stories behind the stories. He brings the meetings, practice sessions, recruiting calls and game day experience to light like never before. Fans who want to know what goes on behind the scenes will find out in this book.”
–RON ZOOK, head football coach, the University of Florida
In Every... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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From Lance to Landis
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $24.95
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held... Read more >
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $24.95
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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From Lance to Landis
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.99
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held... Read more >
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Written by David Walsh
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 26, 2007
Price: $14.99
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate a sport that held... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Every Week a Season
A Journey Inside Big-Time College Football
Written by Brian Curtis
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $14.95
“Brian Curtis tells the stories behind the stories. He brings the meetings, practice sessions, recruiting calls and game day experience to light like never before. Fans who want to know what goes on behind the scenes will find out in this book.”
–RON ZOOK, head football coach, the University of Florida
In Every... Read more >
A Journey Inside Big-Time College Football
Written by Brian Curtis
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $14.95
“Brian Curtis tells the stories behind the stories. He brings the meetings, practice sessions, recruiting calls and game day experience to light like never before. Fans who want to know what goes on behind the scenes will find out in this book.”
–RON ZOOK, head football coach, the University of Florida
In Every... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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