Essays

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The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game as...

Written with the support of The Orvis Company, this full-color book offers everyone a chance to learn the fundamentals of fly fishing. Start catching trout, bass, and more today!The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a lifetime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671797485Author Arnold SchwarzeneggerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 440g

J.A. Adande, ESPN personality and Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected from a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401309725Author David HalberstamFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette Books

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LA Sports brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America's most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice...

San Francisco Bay Area Sports brings together fifteen essays covering the issues, controversies, and personalities that have emerged as northern Californians recreated and competed over the last 150 years. The area's diversity, anti-establishment...

Philadelphia sports-anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers- have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They've been...

The 1972 passage of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education, was a game changer for women and girls in athletics. In the forty years since the law was enacted, participation in sports-especially of girls and women-has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736089408Author Tom HarpoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Riverfeet PressPublisher Riverfeet PressWeight(grams) 140g

New York has long been both America’s leading cultural center and its sports capital, with far more championship teams, intracity World Series, and major prizefights than any other city. Pro football’s “Greatest Game Ever Played” took place in New York,...

Riding tubes in Venezuela. BASE jumping in Europe. Climbing big walls in Yosemite. Riding bulls in Texas. These first-person stories from acclaimed climber and adventurer John Long may be vastly different in content, but they share an identifiable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307280459Author Carl HiaasenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism Glenn Stout, founding editor of the Best American Sports Writing, has curated an essential anthology showcasing incredible feats and diverse perspectives across the world of sports. Selected...

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That's the common thread among the stories found in Out There-those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one's life is necessarily...

Sport is one of our consuming passions, and its literature is rich and extensive. This original and enjoyable anthology brings together for the very first time the finest writing on Welsh sport by some of our most acclaimed authors - novelists,...

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure. That's the common thread among the stories found in Out There-those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no one's life is necessarily...

New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328846280Author Glenn StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outside's true gift is in chronicling misadventure. The Darkest Places chronicles mysterious disappearances, unsolved murders, and deadly disasters, taking us to far-flung places no sane person would want to...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544821552Author Glenn StoutFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm * 25mm

In the tradition of John McPhee and David Halberstam, this collection from one of the most accomplished sports journalists working today captures the spirit of the game and the humanity of its athletes.Book InformationISBN 9780802138491Author Gary...

Whether it's surfer Jamilah Star riding an unprecedented fifty-foot wave, Olympic marathoner Deena Kastor winning the bronze in 2004, or top-ranked climber Lynn Hill facing down a tough climb at Joshua Tree, one thing is certain: these women have game...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786888788Author Linda GreenlawFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm...

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New York Times reporter John Branch's riveting, humane pieces about ordinary people doing extraordinary things at the edges of the sporting world have won nearly every major journalism prize. Sidecountry gathers the best of Branch's work for the first...

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