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Cinderella Ball: A Look Inside Small-College Basketball in West VirginiaFor most of the twentieth century, West Virginia was a college basketball hotbed. Its major programs were a success, but perhaps even more successful was the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, composed of fifteen schools that rarely earned headlines but set many records and...
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The Art and Aesthetics of BoxingWhat separates the chaos of fighting from the coherent ritual of boxing? According to author David Scott, it is a collection of aesthetic constructions, including the shape of the ring, the predictable rhythm of timed rounds, the uniformity of the boxers' glamorous attire, and...
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Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame LifeIn descriptions of athletes, the word "hero" is bandied about and liberally attached to players with outstanding statistics and championship rings. Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life is the story of a man who epitomized heroism in its truest meaning, holding values and...
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On a WaveIn this prizewinning poet's wry and exhilarating coming-of-age story, Thad Ziolkowski's On a Wave poignantly looks back at adolescence in a memoir of his surfing years. As a disenchanted, unemployed English professor, Thad decides one day to sneak away from his temp job in...
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Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid WorldIn Neutral Buoyancy, journalist and diver Tim Ecott takes you on a guided tour of the history of undersea exploration and the emergence of diving culture. He tells the extraordinary story of man's attempts to breathe underwater, from the sponge divers described by Aristotle,...
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To the Elephant GraveyardOn India's northeast frontier, a killer elephant is on the rampage, stalking Assam's paddy fields and murdering dozens of farmers. Local forestry officials, powerless to stop the elephant, call in one of India's last licensed elephant hunters and issue a warrant for the rogue's...
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Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color LineA 2013 CASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the Year and a Booklist Top Ten Sports Book of the Year When baseball swept America in the years after the Civil War, independent, semipro, and municipal leagues sprouted up everywhere. With civic pride...
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Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFLIn the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman family in 1935. As 18-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his high school football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn,...
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Alex Morgan: Second EditionUnlike most professional soccer players, Alex Morgan did not start playing club soccer until she was fourteen. But her talent was so obvious that only three years later she was called up to the U.S. women's under-20 team. That was just the beginning of...
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1000 SkateboardsFollowing Universe's 1000 Sneakers and 1000 Tattoos, this is a definitive collection of the world's most iconic skateboard designs, complete with history, engineering, collectability, sports and pop culture trivia, and graphics. A must-have for diehard fans and the perfect introduction for anyone just getting...
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The Last Time Around Cape Horn: The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer PamirIn 1949, a young Dartmouth student named William Stark left his study-abroad program in Zurich for a berth as an Ordinary Seaman on a Finnish windjammer that would carry 60,000 sacks of barley 12,000 miles in 128 days from Australia to Europe, around Cape...
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Ezzard Charles: A Boxing LifeGreatness is often overlooked in its own time. For Ezzard Charles--one of boxing's most skilled practitioners, with a record of 93-25-1 (52 KO)--recognition took decades. Named by The Ring magazine as the greatest light heavyweight of all time, Charles was frustrated in his attempts...
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The Magic ScooterCaspar can't take his eyes off his new birthday present - a new scooter! He soon finds out it's not just any scooter but one with magical, time-traveling powers.Author: Julia JarmanPublisher: Crabtree Publishing CompanyPublished: 09/01/2015Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.60w x 0.20dISBN:...
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K2A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top "Gripping . . . reveals a good deal about the rarefied noble-gonzo world of high-altitude...
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Reach for the Summit: The Definite Dozen System for Succeeding at Whatever You DoPat Summitt, head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, was a phenomenon in women's basketball. Her ferociously competitive teams won three NCAA championships in a row--1996, 1997, and 1998. The 1997-98 Lady Vols posted a historic 39-0 record, prompting the New York Times, among...
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And God Said, Play Ball!: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and BaseballThis book manages to be entertaining and educational, as well as fanciful and inspirational. It draws from the lives of Jesus Christ and Yogi Berra, Joseph of Nazareth and Joe DiMaggio, Moses and Hank Aaron, Saint Peter and Jackie Robinson. And God Said, "Play...
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Elsie Piddock Skips in Her SleepSkip for joy The exuberant classic returns in a compact hardcover edition that makes a perfect gift. Little Elsie Piddock is a born skipper. When she is scarcely five, she can outskip anyone in her village. By the time she's six, her name and...
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Hiking Waterfalls in Northern California: A Guide to the Region's Best Waterfall HikesWaterfall hikes throughout northern California, from mossy cascades in the redwood forests of the extreme northwest to the storied stone-backed falls of Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada, are included in this guide. All waterfalls can be reached via a pleasant day hike...
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Backcountry Skiing Utah: A Guide to the State's Best Ski ToursUtah skiers claim to have the greatest snow on earth, and this revised and updated edition guides readers to the best backcountry ski tours in the state. Backcountry expert Tyson Bradley takes skiers from the urban backcountry of the Wasatch Front to spectacular desert...
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Hiking Maryland and Delaware: A Guide to the States' Greatest Day Hiking AdventuresHiking Maryland and Delaware explores sixty-two easy-to-follow, and easy-to-get-to hikes. Weaving the natural history and rich cultural history of two of our nation's oldest states, the author guides you through the rugged mountains, old-growth hardwood forests, salt-marsh wildlife preserves, and Piedmont stream valleys that...
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