Sourcebooks Landmark, May 2007. Hardcover. "In men like Traveler and Alcazar we find the beating heart and struggling soul of baseball..." -Jeff MacGregor, Sports Illustrated; author of Sunday Money Howie Traveler never made it as a player-his one major league hit and .091 batting average attest to that. He was..... More
Riverhead Trade, March 1998. Trade Paperback. In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. More
MetroBooks (NY), February 2000. Oversized Hardcover. Packed with sumptuous historical photographs and paintings of the greatest players and teams of the Negro Leagues, and written by sportswriter and historian Henry Metcalfe, A Game for All Races shows how the baseball diamond became a literal and figurative battlefield in the struggle..... More
North Point Press, June 1996. Hardcover. Recounts a year of surfing in California, shares observations on Pacific shore ecology, and looks at the history of the state and surfing. An inspired blend of natural and cultural history and outdoor life, Caught Inside is Duane's account of a year spent surfing..... More
Rock Springs Publishers, January 2011. Hardcover. More
Fireside Books, September 1985. Trade Paperback. A timeless classic with nearly one million copies in print, Ben Hogan's Five Lessons outlines the building blocks of winning golf from one of the all-time masters of the sport--fully illustrated with drawings and diagrams to improve your game insta. More
Vintage Books, May 1995. Trade Paperback. The stories about Moe Berg - his behavior, his intelligence, his charm - are legion, as are the unanswered questions posed by his life. A baseball player and a spy, he was one of the most colorful men to pursue either line of work..... More
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany--from the author of Facing the Mountain. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by George Clooney For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes..... More
Random House, October 1998. Hardcover. There were mythic sports figures before him -- Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio -- but when Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene from his native Louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the world of sports and went..... More
Informed in Sport, March 2019. Oversize Softcover. Sport performance and sports injury do not respect boundaries. Strength and conditioning thus in reality encompasses a myriad of different disciplines that span across all areas of sports science and sports medicine. Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning provides the reader with a detailed insight..... More
Jones & Bartlett Learning, March 2015. Oversize Softcover. Written for both the undergraduate/graduate level student as well as practitioners in the field, this text incorporates all programming aspects of strength and conditioning including training methods to develop muscular strength and power, flexibility, and the development of effective warm-up regimens. Performance..... More
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, September 2015. Oversize Softcover. More
Hodder & Stoughton, June 2022. Hardcover. For fans of The Queen's Gambit, this is the real life story of a female chess champion travelling the world to compete in a male-dominated sport with the most famous players of all time. Jennifer Shahade, a two-time US women's chess champion, spent her..... More
Triumph Books, May 2022. Hardcover. A heartfelt portrait of Hank Aaron, featuring nearly 40 years of stories plus never-before-told insights from the home run king When journalist Terence Moore was 12 years old, he treasured his poster of Henry Aaron. Years later, Aaron would sign it for him: "Best wishes..... More
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, April 2022. Hardcover. MARADONA is the definitive new biography of a true global icon, from world-renowned football writer and journalist Guillem Balagué. Diego Armando Maradona was widely acclaimed as a genius. One of the greatest footballers of all time, he was also one of the most controversial..... More
Franklin Classics, October 2018. Hardcover. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States..... More
Tuttle Publishing, July 1991. Cloth. A definitive resource on the technique and philosophy of pure Okinawan karate, this book presents the teachings of Shoshin Nagamine, the last of the legendary pre-war karate masters. 1,000+ photos. Bound in very heavy deep orange cloth blindstamped with a blck martial arts insignia. A...... More
Longstreet Press, November 1988. Hardcover. More
Penguin Putnam, November 2000. Hardcover. Through the ages, chess has served as more than a simple recreational diversion, but as a game of strategy, rich in metaphor and symbolism. But its meaning resides as much in the structure of the game -- the roles and abilities of the pieces and..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 2022. Hardcover. Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design..... More
Warrior Publications, January 1979. Trade Paperback. More
Unicorn Press, 1973. Hardcover. Gilt-titled maroon cloth. Jacket a bit rubbed and sunned. More
Rutledge Hill Pr, September 1991. First Thus. Hardcover. Remainder mark; standard shelfwear to book. Jacket creased and chipped but not clipped. More
Vintage, August 2010. Trade Paperback. NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The astonishing and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? "Equal parts quest, physiology treatise, and running history.... The climactic race reads like a sprint........ More
Villard, April 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. More
