Sports & Recreation - History
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100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports HistoryAmazing stories of 100 of the greatest baseball players, perfect for boys 9-12The perfect gift for any sports whiz, this biography collection features: 100 easy-to-read one-page biographies: Find out how these athletes changed the game forever! Illustrated portraits: Each biography includes an illustration to...
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100 Cars That Changed the World: The Designs, Engines, and Technologies That Drive Our Imaginations100 Cars That Changed the World showcases vehicles from the end of the nineteenth century to 2020. Cars are showcased with brief text, color photography, and vintage black and white photography. Vehicles included: The Ford Model T that put America on wheels. The Volkswagen...
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100 Things Illinois Fans Should Know and Do Before They DieThe ultimate guide for fans of the Fighting Illini With traditions, records, and lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every University of Illinois sports fan should know. It contains essential information such as historic dates, behind-the-scenes tales, memorable moments,...
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1000 Football Shirts Revised and Updated: From Vintage Classics to the Latest ReleasesA new, updated edition of the most comprehensive collection of soccer uniforms, featuring more than 1000 illustrations representing 100 countries and 500 teams, from beloved vintage classics to today's latest releases. Perfect for any soccer fan, this is an addictive "dip in" resource on...
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10th Mountain Division at Camp HaleThe rise and fall of Camp Hale and the soldiers who shaped America's ski legacy. In 1942, at the beginning of World War II, the US Army built its most unusual military post for its most unusual division in a high, remote, Rocky Mountain...
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150 Years of Racing in Saratoga: Little-Known Stories & Facts from America's Most Historic Racing CitySince the inaugural meeting was held in August 1863, Saratoga Springs has been the scene of memorable races, often featuring legends of the sport. Although some of the epic moments are still familiar today, such as Upset's defeat of Man o' War in the...
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1978: Baseball and America in the Disco EraAmericans struggled to find their footing in the late 1970s. The Vietnam War ended with more than fifty-eight thousand American soldiers' deaths; the public's trust in politicians plummeted amid the Watergate scandal. As deadly blizzards ripped through the Midwest and Northeast in early 1978...
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20: The Official Champions' CelebrationThe official celebration of Liverpool FC's 20 league titles -- told in the club's own words, with a foreword by Arne Slot. Featuring contributions from stars including Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker, Andy Robertson, Cody Gakpo, and Dominik Szoboszlai, along with rare...
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A Beginner's Guide to the Roots of Yoga: How to Create a More Authentic PracticeA practical and accessible guide to incorporating traditional yoga into a modern practice, by an Indian yoga teacher and educator. Yoga in its traditional form is a practice focused on inclusivity, inner work and peace. But the yoga that is practised today in the...
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A Big Mess in Texas: The Miraculous, Disastrous 1952 Dallas Texans and the Craziest Untold Story in NFL HistoryThe incredible, untold true story of the 1952 Dallas Texans--the most dysfunctional team in the craziest season in NFL history. Rattlesnakes on the practice field, barroom brawls between teammates, bounced checks, paternity suits, house bombings by the Ku Klux Klan, stadium fields covered in...
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A Bike Is Not Just a Bike: An Ode to Girls Who Dare to Ride"Vigorous and heartfelt" - KIRKUS REVIEWS. An inspiring story of how the ordinary bike came to represent freedom for women and girls. In the 1880s, a bike was just a bike--unless you were a girl. Then it was considered dangerous, unladylike, even scandalous. But...
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A Giant Among Giants: The Baseball Life of Willie McCoveyWillie McCovey, known as "Stretch," played Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1980, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants for nineteen seasons. A fearsome left-handed power hitter, McCovey ranked second only to Babe Ruth in career home runs among left-handed...
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A History of Basketball in Fifteen SneakersA celebration of the iconic shoes and superstars who have defined the sport for decades, A History of Basketball in Fifteen Sneakers tells the story of hoops as only shoes can. The ultimate book for both hoops fans and sneaker obsessives, A History of...
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A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town AmericaA Home on the Field is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of Stand and Deliver and Hoosiers--a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole community.For the past ten years,...
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A Knight ErrantHorse racing is an insiders' game. Few know it like legendary horseracing pioneer Barry Irwin. He envisioned A Knight Errant for 50 years as Thoroughbred racing's version of "The Natural." The breeder, owner and syndicator of Kentucky Derby hero Animal Kingdom wanted to show...
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A League of His Own: A.G. Spalding and the Business of BaseballA League of His Own tells the remarkable story of A.G. Spalding--the pitcher, mogul, and visionary who shaped baseball and the sporting goods empire. Albert Goodwill Spalding became the initial star pitcher of the first professional sports association, cofounded baseball's National League, founded the...
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A People's History of Soccer'Correia takes us around the world to examine how soccer has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments' Dave Zirin, Sports Editor, The Nation'An essential read for soccer fans everywhere' Juliet Jacques, writer, filmmaker and journalist 'A...
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A People's History of Soccer: A Graphic ChronicleSoccer has always been so much more than the billionaire buyers and seven-figure signing fees. The unprecedented popularity of women's soccer reveals that the sport's narrative has historically been incomplete. Would the Lionesses ever have roared without the Munitionettes? If you look beyond the...
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A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and PlayFrom the author Robert Lipsyte calls "the best young sportswriter in America," a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America that puts politics in the ring with pop culture In this long-waited book from the rising superstar of sportswriting, whose blog Edge of...
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A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana HoosiersDecades after it spent weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, A Season on the Brink remains the most celebrated basketball book ever written--an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight. Granted...
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