Sports & Recreation
Discover the best sports books at our online bookstore, featuring top sports titles, compelling sports autobiographies, and engaging basketball books. Explore must-read and best-selling sports romance books and more, perfect for fans of every athletic pursuit.
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Jackie Robinson (Rookie Biographies)Meet Jackie Robinson, first African American to play on a white Major League Baseball team.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as...
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Iron Ambition: My Life with Cus d'AmatoFrom the former heavyweight champion and New York Times-bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D'Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson's surrogate father. Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch....
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Do It Yourself Bushcraft: A Book of the Big OutdoorsBoy Scouts co-founder and avid outdoorsman Uncle Dan Beard provides a clear, enthusiastic introduction to the joys of camping, trapping, and outdoor survival. Originally published nearly a century ago, this engagingly written and charmingly illustrated guide provides an atmospheric reminder of a simpler time....
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The History and Art of Personal CombatMore men have gone to their deaths in personal combat with the sword than with all other weapons put together, according to the author of this comprehensive history of classical and historical swordsmanship. Arthur Wise examines the sword's many uses and varieties, including the...
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Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers"Revealing . . . memorable . . . reminiscences about the most beloved baseball team of all time."--The New York Times"An era is brought to life with remarkable, consistent passion."--Newsweek "Golenbock gathers stories of a team, a park, and an era gone by in...
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How to Draw Sports: Step-By-Step Drawings!Budding artists can easily create a variety of different sports figures by joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes - 30 pictures to draw: baseball, football, lacrosse, and soccer players, diver, skateboarder, fisherman, dirt biker, skier, and more - Simple directions, step-by-step...
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Survival Handbook: The Official U.S. Army GuideWould you know what to do if you were stranded in the wilderness? No one knows more about survival than the U.S. Army. But you don't have to be a soldier to benefit from all the vital information its field guide has to offer....
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Scouting for Boys: The Original 1908 EditionWritten by Robert Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General in the British Army and founder of the international Scouting movement, Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential manuals for youth ever published. First printed in 1908, it remains an all-time bestseller in the English-speaking world,...
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The Complete Kano Jiu-Jitsu (Judo)The best guide to learning jiu-jitsu ever written in English, this is the most comprehensive study available. It describes the authentic form of judo developed in the late 19th century by Professor Jiguro Kano -- not the many imitations often called by this name....
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The Great American Gamble: How the 1979 Daytona 500 Gave Birth to a NASCAR NationOne of NASCAR's greatest stories is brought to life in this meticulous, highly entertaining replay of the day that changed everything for the sport.--Lars Anderson, Sports IllustratedJoe Menzer has done an excellent job in telling the story of one ofNASCAR's most important races, a...
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The Beginners Guide to the Tai Chi Form: Learn the Basics of the Tai Chi Form in 10 Easy StepsThe majority of people learning Tai Chi Forms never finish them. Some are too long, others are just too complex. Fortunately, there are a series of postures that are common to all Tai Chi Schools, and these can be learned quickly and easily in...
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Kicks: The Great American Story of SneakersA cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity When the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through...
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The Swimming LessonCork is a short muskrat who likes to help out. Fuzz is a tall possum who likes to help himself. Cork is babysitting a porcupine, and he needs Fuzz's help. Fuzz says he's too busy. But when the porcupine goes missing, it is up...
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Sole Influence: Basketball, Corporate Greed, and the Corruption of America's YouthOne hot basketball player. One cool new sneaker. For a company like Nike, the combination can equal millions of dollars in profits. That's why the shoe companies are engaged in a frantic full-court press to find and sign the next generation of hoop stars-before...
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The American Fishing Schooners, 1825-1935The evolution of the American fishing schooner from the 18th century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930s is recounted in this book. The designers, builders and crews are discussed, and 137 plans of schooners show graphically the development of the...
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The Walk on (the Triple Threat, 1)Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town. Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's...
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Asphalt Gods: An Oral History of the Rucker TournamentThe real basketball deal-the inside story of Harlem's legendary tournament and the pros and playground legends who have made it world famous. Earl "The Goat" Manigault. Herman "Helicopter" Knowings. Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland. These and dozens of other colorfully nicknamed...
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The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and BrownsNo metropolis in America has more pure baseball spirit than St. Louis, Missouri. It's a love affair that began in 1874, when a band of local boosters raised $20,000 to start a professional ball club, and the honeymoon still isn't over. Now Peter Golenbock,...
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Baseball FeverEzra Feldman, almost ten, likes baseball more than anything else in the world. But his father cannot understand why his son would rather rot his brains watching men swinging big wooden sticks than read a book or play chess. Can an unwanted car trip,...
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Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea GibsonAlthea is nothing but trouble Everyone agrees: her mama, her daddy, her teacher, even the policeman. But when Buddy Walker, the play leader on Althea's street in Harlem, watches her play paddle tennis, he sees something more: pure possibility. Buddy buys Althea her very...
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