2020 Peace Corps Writers Paul Cowan Award for the Best Book of Non-FictionOn April 23, 1929, the second annual Transcontinental Foot Race across America, known as the Bunion Derby, was in its twenty-fifth day.
This thoroughly revised, expanded, and updated edition of Best Easy Day Hikes Beartooths guides readers to the best day hiking opportunities in the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges of Montana, north and east of Yellowstone National Park.
These days it seems everyone has a youth sports horror storywhether its about a tyrant coach obsessed with his team record that only plays the best kids on the team, or a parent who publicly berates his kid for not making a goal.
For more than seven years, the incisive commentary of Burton and O'Reilly has graced the pages of SportsBusiness Journal, the industry's leading trade journal.
Here are thirty-six of the best hikes within an hour's drive of metropolitan Nashville that explore a variety of natural areas in Antioch, Burns, Clarksville, Franklin, Brentwood, Hermitage, Murfreesboro, and Lebanon.
Top Trails Lake Tahoe explores the best trails for hiking and biking in the Tahoe area, including the north side's splendid backcountry, the lake's sedate western side, the picturesque and popular areas south of the lake, including Desolation Wilderness and D.
Skateboarding: the background, technicality, culture, rebellion,marketing, conflict, and future of the global sport as seen through two of its most influential geniusesSince it all began half a century ago, skateboarding has come to mystify some and to mesmerize many, including its tens of millions of adherents throughout America and the world.
Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more.
Best Easy Day Hikes Adirondacks includes detailed maps and concise descriptions for twenty-two easy-to-follow hikes in New York State's fabled Adirondack Park.
The best and newest big-wave surfing stories from the sports insidersMore than a decade ago, John Long published his now classic The Big Drop, an unprecedented look at the larger-than-life frontier of big wave surfing.
When in 2000 the Baseball Writers Association of America elected the ever-durable Carlton Fisk to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, many fans quietly pointed to the Hall's omission of Fisk' greatest American League contemporary, Thurman Munson.
A generously photographed and illustrated handbook for beginners and seasoned paddlers, Kayaking Made Easy is brimming with advice, humor, and personal anecdotes about every aspect of flatwater and sea kayaking.
Featuring more than 40 of the best hikes in the greater Seattle metro area, this exciting new guidebook points locals and visitors alike to trailheads within an hour's drive of Seattle.
The Seventh Inning Stretch, by noted baseball expert Josh Pahigian addresses all of the most interesting baseball arguments, however frivolous, that fans have been engaging in for decades, and even a few they may have never stopped to consider before.
Best Easy Day Hikes Cape Cod and the Islands includes concise descriptions and detailed maps for twenty-three easy-to-follow hikes on Cape Cod's sandy shores and its history-rich interior as well as on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
HIKING OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, 2nd edition (Falcon)A Guide to the National Park's Greatest Hiking AdventuresErik MolvarThis updated guide describes the author's favorite routes among the 585 miles of maintained trails in a wilderness ecosystem that stretches from the beaches of the Pacific to the heart of the Olympic Mountains in Washington State.
With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival initiates the novice as well as informs the experienced.
In the first decade of the 21st century, Birmingham is building again on its natural resources, but this time it's not to fire steel-making smokestacks.