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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The Man Who Made Babe Ruth: Brother Matthias of St. Mary's SchoolAt six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him...
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The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman: A Bone-Shaking Tour Through Cycling's Flemish HeartlandsA journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders.LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'A joy.' - Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In The Beast, the Emperor and the...
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Go for the Gold! Mad Libs: World's Greatest Word GameThe Summer Olympics are coming, and this year Mad Libs is taking home the COLOR medal Test your skills in the Olympic games with these 21 hilarious fill-in-the-blank stories From PIZZA-vaulting to the 100 meter ANKLE-stroke, this Mad Libs has every sporting event fully...
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Intuitive Archery - The art of not standing in your own wayIntuitive archery depends extremely on the art to not stand in your own way. It is not the one and only technique to hit a target, nor is it the perfect arrow or bow. It s more the archers ability to keep repeating his...
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Peng!: Action Sports AdventuresPENG is... the sound a rubber ball makes when it is kicked PENG is... a brand new kind of Sports Adventure comic PENG is... a GAME CHANGER Welcome to the All-World School of Sportsmanship, where kids from all over train to become the best...
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Rolling Thunder: The Golden Age of Roller Derby & the Rise and Fall of the L.A. T-BirdsScott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 - and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about...
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A Paddler's Guide to Algonquin ParkNew in this edition: Ten new routes, 64 added pages, updated text -- an essential purchase of a revised classic. Review of previous edition: The book is much more than a trip guide. Callan weaves in anecdotes from his own trips, so there's all...
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Fame: LeBron JamesIs LeBron James the greatest basketball player of all time? The Akron, Ohio native grew up in an impoverished home. His mother, sensing LeBron would thrive in a stable family environment, allowed him to live with a local youth basketball coach when he was...
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Sea, Ice and Rock: Sailing and Climbing Above the Arctic CircleWhen leading mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington was researching Quest for Adventure, his study of post-war adventure, he contacted Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail single-handed and non-stop around the world, for an interview. This simple request turned into an exchange of skills,...
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I'm Champion, Call Me Bob: My StoryIn his own words Bob talks of his early life, his path to becoming a professional jump jockey and how it felt being at the top of his game only to have it come crashing down with a life-threatening diagnosis. The depths of despair...
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Tennis Encyclopedia for KidsThis is a great book to take a trip to the exciting world of tennis, to see how this game appeared and developed from ancient times to the present day, to learn its idea and rules, as well as to learn a tennis court,...
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Pet RecordsThis book goes to extremes to introduce kids to the best of the best in the world of over-achieving, amazing, record-setting pets Pets are more than just our animal besties. They're totally extreme From the largest to the smallest, the biggest braniacs to the...
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The Awakening in Tennis: The Best Mental Book for Tennis Players, Athletes, Coaches and ParentsRead how the science of Quantum Physics proves that our mind, expectations, thoughts, emotions or faith can have a direct impact on our reality and results inside and outside of the court. Jos presents a detailed, one-of-a-kind perspective on how the mind functions in...
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A Boy Called Bob: Becomes an AFL footballerAuthor: Bob Murphy, Tony WilsonPublisher: Piccolo NeroPublished: 07/02/2019Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.51dISBN: 9781760641429This title is not returnable
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ArcheryThis title introduces young sports fans to archery, introducing the sport's history, rules, equipment, and why more and more athletes love playing it. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Paralympic PowerA celebration of the Paralympic Games for young readers A celebration of the Paralympic Games! The profile of the Paralympics is on the rise and the 2020 Games in Tokyo are set to be the biggest yet, with over 4,400 athletes taking part in...
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Edgar: An AutobiographyPatience, persistence, and the most unlikely of circumstances vaulted Edgar Martinez from a poor neighborhood in Dorado, Puerto Rico to the spotlight in Seattle, where he spent the entirety of his 18-year major league career with the Mariners. At last, his path is destined...
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The Purler Way: A Path to Excellence for Wrestlers, Parents, and CoachesThe Purler Way, by Purler Wrestling Academy owner and coach Nick Purler, was written to help more wrestlers efficiently reach their potential. In The Purler Way, Nick shares practical advice, insights, anecdotes, and resources from his nearly four decades of combined experience in the...
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Babbit and Joan, a Rabbit and a PhoneSometimes friends are best off with a little time apart. Thats true for Babbit, a rabbit, and Joan, his phone. Yet Babbit has never left Joan at home before. Does he dare go out on a solo excursion? How will he know what to...
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Queens of the Ice: They Were Fast, They Were Fierce, They Were Teenage GirlsIn 1931, a group of ten teenage girls from Preston (present-day Cambridge), Ontario, enlisted the help of the top women's sport journalists of the era, and the Preston Rivulettes hockey team was born. Within a decade the team became so good that no other...
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