Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. If you liked Unbroken or In the Garden of Beasts, you’ll enjoy this account of an innovative boat builder and a near-starving (it was the Depression) Seattle rowing team’s experience at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It combines international intrigue leading up to World War.....
Harper Perennial, July 2005. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross-currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide-ranging work of reportage, Franklin.....
Penguin Books, May 2014. Trade Paperback. If you liked Unbroken or In the Garden of Beasts, you’ll enjoy this account of an innovative boat builder and a near-starving (it was the Depression) Seattle rowing team’s experience at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It combines international intrigue leading up to World War.....
Hyperion, February 2009. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. A New York Times bestseller, David Halberstam's The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979-80) in the life of the Bill Walton-led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. More than.....
Abrams, October 2008. Hardcover. Very good hard cover in a very good dust jacket. "You have to bust down the door before they hear ya knockin'." --Rabbit In the winter of 1975, South African and Australian upstarts Shaun Tomson, Rabbit Bartholomew, and Mark Richards arrived in Hawaii with little else.....
Alchemist/Light Pub, January 1981. Trade Paperback. Very good in wrappers (paperback).
Dover Publications, June 1971. Trade Paperback. A new copy. Detailed instructions for creating standard two-stick kites, six-point stars, figural kites, balloon kites, tetrahedral kites, box kites, and many other varieties. Includes directions for making tails, reeling and stringing, and much more. 70 illustrations.
Rand McNally, 1935. Hardcover.
For Dummies, September 2000. Trade Paperback. "Gives die-hard fans and newcomers to the sport the inside edge!" --Scotty Bowman, NHL's winningest coach and former coach of the Detroit Red Wings "Nothing gets by John Davidson. If the first edition didn't already make you a fan, then this edition will!" --Mark.....
Doubleday Canada, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. A nonfiction work by a novellist who has won two of Canada's biggest literary prizes, the Governor General's award and the Giller prize. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. With a voice as Canadian as winter.....
Triumph Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 294 pages. Illustrated. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Hall of Famer Phil Esposito takes fans into his storied career that saw him skate in 10 All-Star games, play for three of the most storied franchises in professional.....
Imprint Society, 1972. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 136 pages. B/W illustrations and separate etching. Signed by the illustrator on colophon page. Limited edition, #367/1950 copies. A fine copy in a fine clear wrapper (wrapper rear flap is creased) . In fine slip case. As new.
HarperCollins Espanol, February 2011. Hardcover. I wanted to roar out touch things i had never touched. to see if it was true. was i still here was this life still here. on this side. whatever you call it dude. wanted to touch everything like van Gogh touched and smeared everything.....
Balance Sports Publishing, March 2010. Trade Paperback.
Ragged Mountain Press, January 1994. Trade Paperback. In Climbing Rock and Ice, Jerry Cinnamon offers introductory, how-to-advice for beginners as well as technical information for sport climbers, seasoned veterans, and program leaders. The book includes up-to-date information on techniques, knots, equipment, belaying, leading, anchor systems, steep ice, avalanches, and climbing.....
Rocky Mountain Books, January 2009. Hardcover. If you're a connoisseur of the high and wild, just hearing the name Bugaboos is enough to make you feverish with wanderlust. Topher Donahue captures not just the landscape but the people and dreams that shape these otherworldly peaks. --John Flinn, Executive Travel Editor.....
Ballantine Books, August 2016. Hardcover. In the tradition of Uzodinma Iweala's Beasts of No Nation by way of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run, this is the inspirational true story of the Ugandan boy soldier who became a world-renowned runner, then found his calling as director of a world-renowned African children's.....
Fair Winds Press, May 2011. Trade Paperback. "Barefoot Ken Bob is The Master. Long before anyone else was even talking about barefoot running, he was perfecting the art . . . Now, after twenty years of teaching, experimenting, and "merry marathoning" (as he calls it), the first and best source.....
Heterodox, July 2011. Trade Paperback. Barefoot running is the hottest trend in athletics today, spurred by the bestselling Born to Run, and the subsequent popularity of Vibram Five Fingers toe shoes. Should you do it? And how do you start? With a focus on injury prevention for middle-of-the pack runners.....
Three Rivers Press, September 2011. Trade Paperback. How could something we have for free--our bare feet--be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to.....
For Dummies, July 2000. Trade Paperback. "Entertaining, very informative, and essential for parents, fans, and players." --Tony DiCicco, Head Coach, 1999 Women's Cup Champions "Two thumbs up.... This book will broaden your knowledge of the game." --Ron Newman, all-time winningest American Soccer Coach "This book will help people to understand.....
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO@, January 1953. Hardcover.
University of Illinois Press, January 1990. Trade Paperback.
R. W. Hensell & Sons Pty, Ltd., 1959. Hardcover. 200 pages.
Alpha, September 2007. Trade Paperback. Today's regulated and televised version of mixed martial arts (MMA) is one of the fastest growing professional sports in the US. And co-author Rich Franklin is one of its biggest stars. In this guide to ultimate fighting, he and his co-author introduce new fans to.....