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Sid vs. Ovi
Crosby and Ovechkin - Natural Born Rivals
Written by Andrew Podnieks
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $19.95
Even before Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin began their NHL careers in 2005, the two players were rivals. They first met at the World U20 (Junior) Championship, playing for the gold medal, and ever since they have been opponents in the NHL and international arenas. No two star players could be... Read more >
Crosby and Ovechkin - Natural Born Rivals
Written by Andrew Podnieks
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $19.95
Even before Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin began their NHL careers in 2005, the two players were rivals. They first met at the World U20 (Junior) Championship, playing for the gold medal, and ever since they have been opponents in the NHL and international arenas. No two star players could be... Read more >
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Sid vs. Ovi
Crosby and Ovechkin as Natural Born Rivals
Written by Andrew Podnieks
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $14.99
Even before Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin began their NHL careers in 2005, the two players were rivals. They first met at the World U20 (Junior) Championship, playing for the gold medal, and ever since they have been opponents in the NHL and international arenas. No two star players could be... Read more >
Crosby and Ovechkin as Natural Born Rivals
Written by Andrew Podnieks
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $14.99
Even before Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin began their NHL careers in 2005, the two players were rivals. They first met at the World U20 (Junior) Championship, playing for the gold medal, and ever since they have been opponents in the NHL and international arenas. No two star players could be... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Boys from Little Mexico
A Season Chasing the American Dream
Written by Steve Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $16.00
A Season Chasing the American Dream
Written by Steve Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $16.00
For nineteen straight years, the all-Hispanic boys’ soccer team from Oregon’s Woodburn High has made the playoffs. As they prepare to make it twenty, one thing will become clear: Los Perros play the beautiful game with heart, pride, and their lives on the line. Their spirited drive gives a rare sense...
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Football
A Short History
Written by Matthew Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
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A Short History
Written by Matthew Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
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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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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.
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Team Talk
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
Sporting Words and their Origins
Written by Julian Walker
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $14.95
Have you ever wondered why we talk about a handicap in sport, why boxing is so named, or whether a dumbbell ever rang? It was during the nineteenth century that hitherto local games with relaxed and varying rules were formalized. During this process terminologies developed to refer to these new standardized... Read more >
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Long Balls, No Strikes
What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling
Written by Joe Morgan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2011
Price: $2.99
Nobody loves baseball more than Joe Morgan. He's proved it with his hall-of-fame performance on the field and his brilliant color commentary in the broadcast booth. Bob Costas says, "There may not be anyone alive who knows more about baseball than Joe Morgan.
In his playing days, Morgan was a key cog... Read more >
What Baseball Must Do to Keep the Good Times Rolling
Written by Joe Morgan
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2011
Price: $2.99
Nobody loves baseball more than Joe Morgan. He's proved it with his hall-of-fame performance on the field and his brilliant color commentary in the broadcast booth. Bob Costas says, "There may not be anyone alive who knows more about baseball than Joe Morgan.
In his playing days, Morgan was a key cog... Read more >
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My First Goal
50 players and the goal that marked the beginning of their NHL career
Written by Mike Brophy
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $17.95
Every player who ever scored in the NHL has a different story about his first goal. For some, like Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, or Phil Esposito, their first goal was just one of many they would score in their long and illustrious careers. For others, their first goal was also their last... Read more >
50 players and the goal that marked the beginning of their NHL career
Written by Mike Brophy
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $17.95
Every player who ever scored in the NHL has a different story about his first goal. For some, like Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, or Phil Esposito, their first goal was just one of many they would score in their long and illustrious careers. For others, their first goal was also their last... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
My First Goal
50 players and the goal that marked the beginning of their NHL career
Written by Mike Brophy
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $13.99
Every player who ever scored in the NHL has a different story about his first goal. For some, like Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, or Phil Esposito, their first goal was just one of many they would score in their long and illustrious careers. For others, their first goal was also their last... Read more >
50 players and the goal that marked the beginning of their NHL career
Written by Mike Brophy
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $13.99
Every player who ever scored in the NHL has a different story about his first goal. For some, like Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, or Phil Esposito, their first goal was just one of many they would score in their long and illustrious careers. For others, their first goal was also their last... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Forever's Team
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 375 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $11.99
The coaches and players of Duke University's 1977-78 team, who ended an otherwise successful season with their NCAA championship loss to Kentucky, are traced from their time on the squad to their present occupations.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 375 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $11.99
The coaches and players of Duke University's 1977-78 team, who ended an otherwise successful season with their NCAA championship loss to Kentucky, are traced from their time on the squad to their present occupations.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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The Anatomy of Stretching, Second Edition
Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation
Written by Brad Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries. One safe, quickly productive way to address the problem is... Read more >
Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation
Written by Brad Walker
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $24.95
The multiple stresses of contemporary life—whether from excessive sports play, overwork, or overuse of technology—are increasingly taking a toll on the body. Symptoms range from muscle soreness and pain to pinched nerves to potentially more permanent disabilities, including serious body injuries. One safe, quickly productive way to address the problem is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Greatest Game
The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
Written by Todd Denault
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $19.95
This game wasn't about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
On December 31, 1975, the Montreal Canadiens, the most successful franchise in the NHL... Read more >
The Montreal Canadiens, the Red Army, and the Night That Saved Hockey
Written by Todd Denault
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $19.95
This game wasn't about money, points, or trophies. Instead it was played for pride, both personal and national. It was a confrontation twenty years in the making and it marked a turning point in the history of hockey.
On December 31, 1975, the Montreal Canadiens, the most successful franchise in the NHL... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Will to Climb
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $26.00
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $26.00
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
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The Will to Climb
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $9.99
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $9.99
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
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The Will to Climb
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $20.00
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak
Written by Ed Viesturs and David Roberts
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 4, 2011
Price: $20.00
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalaya, while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made -- or attempted – the ascent, and what these exploits teach... Read more >
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Eddie Shore and that Old-Time Hockey
Written by C. Michael Hiam
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $19.95
Written by C. Michael Hiam
Format: Trade Paperback, 344 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $19.95
Eddie Shore was the Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb of hockey, a brilliant player with an unmatched temper. Emerging from the Canadian prairie to become a member of the Boston Bruins in 1926, the man from Saskatchewan invaded every circuit in the NHL like a runaway locomotive on a downgrade. Hostile...
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eBook.
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Barefoot Running
How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth
Written by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $16.99
How could something we have for free—our bare feet—be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is... Read more >
How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth
Written by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $16.99
How could something we have for free—our bare feet—be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Barefoot Running
How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth
Written by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $12.99
How could something we have for free—our bare feet—be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is... Read more >
How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth
Written by Michael Sandler and Jessica Lee
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 20, 2011
Price: $12.99
How could something we have for free—our bare feet—be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Play Ball
The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 425 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $11.99
An inside look at the world of major league baseball draws on interviews with the players, umpires, managers and coaches, owners, and others to discuss behind-the-scenes intrigues, financial manipulations, controversies, and personalities.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball
Written by John Feinstein
Format: eBook, 425 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2011
Price: $11.99
An inside look at the world of major league baseball draws on interviews with the players, umpires, managers and coaches, owners, and others to discuss behind-the-scenes intrigues, financial manipulations, controversies, and personalities.
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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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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South with the Sun
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Written by Lynne Cox
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $26.00
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a... Read more >
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Written by Lynne Cox
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $26.00
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
South with the Sun
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Written by Lynne Cox
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $13.99
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a... Read more >
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Written by Lynne Cox
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $13.99
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Da Bears!
How the 1985 Monsters of the Midway Became the Greatest Team in NFL History
Written by Steve Delsohn
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $14.00
An acclaimed sports journalist and native Chicagoan tackles what many call the greatest team in NFL history. Da Bears! tells the full story of the ’85 legends—with all the controversy and excitement—on the field and off.
It’s been 25 years since the Chicago Bears won Super Bowl XX with what Bill Parcells... Read more >
How the 1985 Monsters of the Midway Became the Greatest Team in NFL History
Written by Steve Delsohn
Format: Trade Paperback, 280 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $14.00
An acclaimed sports journalist and native Chicagoan tackles what many call the greatest team in NFL history. Da Bears! tells the full story of the ’85 legends—with all the controversy and excitement—on the field and off.
It’s been 25 years since the Chicago Bears won Super Bowl XX with what Bill Parcells... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Moneyball
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Written by Michael Lewis
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $19.99
Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected... Read more >
The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Written by Michael Lewis
Read by Scott Brick
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $19.99
Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download and an
unabridged audiobook download.
