Sport: general

From the sharp, comic voice of Haunted Inside Passage,Never Cry Halibut is a collection of humorous and thoughtful short essays about hunting and fishing in Alaska.

From the popular television Oregon travel series Grants Getaways comes the third book in Grant McOmies well-loved guidebooks.

This book highlights sport as one of the key inspirations for an international range of modernist artists.

Journey "inside the numbers" for an exceptional set of statistical tools and rules that can help explain the winning, or losing, ways of a basketball team.

Olympic skiing champion Nikki Stone shares her own inspirational story and those of Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Young, Lindsey Vonn, Lester Holt, and others .

Updated with information on the latest models of GPS and new technology such as sophisticated downloadable maps, this new edition provides all the information needed to work any GPS unit in the outdoors.

This book covers how to begin a strengthening program and how to progress in it, and includes clear instructions on how to strengthen every major muscle group in the body.

After working as a minor league hitting instructor, Charley Lau Jr.

Until now, few people could truly say they knew Sam Sneadhis fears, his secrets, his dark side.

Maine is certainly an exciting place, with a plethora of outdoor activities to pursue.

The first biography of Vin Scully is long overdue.

In this lively history of Southern California football, Steven Travers makes the case that under coach Pete Carroll (54-10), the Trojans have overtaken Notre Dame as the greatest ever collegiate tradition.

Stretching is an essential first-step for sports and activities of all kinds.

Did you think that males are the only ones good in sports?

The Green Monster.

As a Maine Guide for 20 years and a hunter and fisherman since childhood, Christian Potholm knows the woods and waters of Maine from the coast to the North Woods.

Why are Americans obsessed with the home run in sports, business, and even life?

This book is a trip-oriented guide, with each entry focusing on a specific activity at a particular location.

In early 1969, New York City and all it represented was in disarray: politically, criminally, and athletically.

It began as a Depression-era, winner-take-all challenge between two Chicago stockbrokers, one of them a flamboyant daredevil with more guts than money and the other with more money than sense.

Have you ever wished you had a professional coach who could encourage your creative pursuits, help structure your efforts, and cheer you on?

Hereis the ultimate golf reference book, meant to feed golfers' insatiable hunger for the statistics and trivia of their game.

In business, sports and life, it takes more than knowledge and good technique to achieve great performances with consistency.

The subject of a front-page New York Times article, Frank Messina takes the same seat at every New York Mets home game.

The year 1966 marked the birth of the National Football League as we know it, when owners in the NFL and the upstart American Football League agreed to an unprecedented merger, to take place at the start of the 1970 season.

Glow Pucks and 10-Cent Beer: The 101 Worst Ideas in Sports History chronicles the sports world's most infamous events, ill-fated ideas and unfortunate trends.

American youth sports are in crisis: Parents are fighting with referees, coaches, their kids, and one another.

In late 1913 the newly formed Federal League declared itself a major league in competition with the established National and American Leagues.

In this delightful history of the sport, Frommer captures the flavor, smell, and craziness of the early days of baseball.

Become a metal detecting expert with this A-to-Z guide that covers everything from choosing equipment to finding the best sites and selling your finds.

Big names have always dominated baseball, and one of the biggest in recent history is Roger Clemens-the Rocket.

To the Nines will introduce you to a whole new golfing experience by sharing the stories of nineteen nine-hole layouts across the country.

2014 SLA Baseball Caucus Readers’ Choice Award winner from the Special Libraries Association The Deadball Era (1901–1920) is a baseball fan’s dream.

The competition level in Little League has never been tougher, but the kids on the Jackie Robinson West team faced their own set of challenges on and off the baseball diamond.

DiMag & Mick is a portrait of DiMaggio and Mantle as the old and young exemplars of what was a more confident, masterful age not only in baseball but in the country where they were held up as cultural heroes over two generations, symbolic of an America celebrating its recent triumph over Nazism and ever-curious about the new age of color television, rocket ships, and technology.

A must-have book by acclaimed author and expert H.

The world of golf is rife with unexplainable happenings that seemingly defy the rules of gravity and logic: There are those badly hit shots last seen disappearing into a grove of trees, only to be rediscovered on the putting green.

If you are one of the individuals that is seeking health and wellness on not just the physical level but the mental as well, you need to read "e;Mental Strength & Positive Attitude: 7 Core Lessons For Achieving Peak Performance In Life.

An entertaining read about the greatest baseball team, the 1927 New York Yankees, who beat up on American League rivals during the regular season and then swept the World Series.

THE FIRST BOOK DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE BALANCE BOARD FEATURING OVER 200 STEP-BY-STEP PHOTOSUnleashing the power of the balance board, this guide provides highly effective workouts that quickly produce noticeable results.

DO YOU WANT A SCULPTED, SUPERHUMAN PHYSIQUE?

100 STEP-BY-STEP EXERCISE PHOTOS AND 100 COLOR ANATOMY ILLUSTRATIONS COMBINE TO CREATE A HELPFUL, INFORMATIVE GUIDE FOR MAXIMIZING YOUR STRENGTH TRAINING RESULTSPicturing hundreds of step-by-step exercises and clearly colored muscle illustrations, Freeweight Training Anatomy reveals precisely which muscle groups are being built, stretched and sculpted in every workout.

PACKED WITH OVER 50 POCKET KNIFE TRICKS, IDEAS, AND ACTIVITIES, FROM FUN GAMES AND PROJECTS TO BADASS FIGHTING MOVES AND SURVIVAL TIPS.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Detroit Tigers baseball club was founded in 1894 and stands as the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the American League.

For more than sixty yearsfrom the 1890s to the 1950sboxing was an integral part of American popular culture and a major spectator sport rivaling baseball in popularity.

During the more than one hundred years that baseball has been our national pastime, all types of individuals have been managers of teams.

Throughout the 2008 season, each game played at the world's most beloved stadium brought ';The House That Ruth Built' closer to shutting its gates forever.

"e;A powerful guide for both parents and coaches who want kids to have fun, enjoyable, and meaningful youth sporting experiences .

Author H.

Blending exclusive rare interviews with Rachel Robinson (Jackie's widow), Mack Robinson (Jackie's brother), Hall of Famers Monte Irvin, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Ralph Kiner, and others, celebrated author Harvey Frommer evokes the lives of general manager Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson by describing how they worked together to shatter baseballs color line.