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Savage Summit: The Life and Death of the First Women of K2 [Secure]
by Jennifer Jordan
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Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs. In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan shares the tragic, compelling, inspiring, and extraordinary true stories of a handful of courageous w... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide [Secure]
by Andy Bloch
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The professionals of Full Tilt Poker include the best and most famous poker players in the world. Their accomplishments are unparalleled, with countless World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour championships to their names and well in excess of $100 million in winnings in private games. Now, this group of poker legends has banded together to create The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide, which will stand as an instant classic of the genre and is sure to become the industry standard. (Published: 2007)
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A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis [Secure]
by Pete Sampras
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Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 consecutive weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines, Pete always preferred to let his racket do the talking. Until now. In A Champion's Mind, the tennis great who so often exhibited visible discomfort with letting people "inside his head... more info>>
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Cycling to the Source of the Mississippi River
by Barbara Mary Johnson
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The Mississippi River flows through this book, interlacing with the bicycle adventures of Barb and Ted. The insistent energy, majesty and abundance of the river became a metaphor for the explorers who see what they missed before--their roots from New Orleans to Minnesota. The willful river's meanders encourage them to sample pecan pies, spend time with a mortician in Missouri, cheer barges through the river's many locks, and overcome seven broken spokes. (Published: 2000) Frankfurt eBook Award Nominee
Words: 77565 - Reading Time: 221-310 min.
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Got Fight? [Secure]
by Forrest Griffin
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Wondering why you should purchase this book when there are other titles on the shelves written by much higher-caliber fighters? Well, Forrest Griffin is not as good-looking as those guys. He's not as smart as them. He's also not as athletically endowed. And let's face it, neither are you. Those other fighters are pretty much better than you in every way. But you can actually aspire to be as good as Forrest one day. Why? Because he is nothing special, just like you. Forrest is not a martial artis... more info>>
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I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It: Some Things I've Learned So Far [Secure]
by Charles Barkley, Michael Wilbon
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Charles Barkley has never been shy about expressing his opinions. Michael Jordan once said that we all want to say the things that Barkley says, but we don't dare. But even die-hard followers of the all-time NBA great, the star of TNT's Inside the NBA and CNN's TalkBack Live, will be astonished by just how candid and provocative he is in this book--and just how big his ambitions are. Though he addresses weighty issues with a light touch and prefers to stir people to think by making them laugh, t... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 90000 - Reading Time: 257-360 min.
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Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live As Told By Its Stars, Writers, and Guests [Secure]
by Tom Shales
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In their own words, a galaxy of stars--including Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin, Dana Carvey, Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Al Franken, and other members of Saturday Night Live's extended family--recall a quarter-century's worth of great backstage stories, behind-the-scenes gossip, feuds, foibles, drugs, sex, struggles, and calamities. The result: a page-turner that reveals how and why SNL has become the longest-running television comedy of all... more info>>
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Phil Hellmuth Presents: Read 'Em and Reap: A Career FBI Agent's Guide to Decoding Poker Tells [Secure]
by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
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Every great player knows that success in poker is part luck, part math, and part subterfuge. While the math of poker has been refined over the past 20 years, the ability to read other players and keep your own "tells" in check has mostly been learned by trial and error. But now, Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer specializing in nonverbal communication and behavior analysis--or, to put it simply, a man who can tell when someone's lying--offers foolproof techniques, illustrated... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL [Secure]
by Don Yaeger
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A bound-to-be-controversial look at the convicted criminals who currently rake in the money playing for the NFL.
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Starcraft: Dark Templar #1: Firstborn [Secure]
by Blizzard Entertainment
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Jake Ramsey--an unassuming, yet talented archaeologist--has been given the chance of a lifetime. Hired to investigate a recently unearthed Xel'Naga temple, he knows this latest assignment will open up whole new possibilities for his career. Yet, when Jake discovers the remains of a long-dead protoss mystic, his hopes and dreams are irrevocably drowned in a flood of alien memories. Bonded to the spirit of the dead protoss, Jake has become the sole inheritor of the protoss's total history--every e... more info>>
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The Book of Bluffs: How to Bluff and Win at Poker [Secure]
by Matt Lessinger
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Twenty years ago, Mike Caro wrote the book on what to look for in a players movements, gestures, and facial expressions their tells to determine if they were bluffing, and it remains one of the bestselling poker books of all time. But what Caro didn't do was teach players how to bluff. Enter Matt Lessinger, a professional poker player and columnist, who in THE BOOK OF BLUFFS shows players how to get their opponents to fold no matter how strong a hand they've been dealt. Lessinger reveals how, wi... more info>>
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Who Put The Butter In Butterfly? ... and Other Fearless Investigations Into Our Illogical Language [Secure]
by David Feldman
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Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips. From cooties and mugwumps to Ps and Qs and Peeping Tom, this is a doozie of a diversion.
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Kind of Grace: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Female Athlete [Secure]
by Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Sonja Steptoe
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Jackie is known throughout the world as the best female athlete ever--the winner of six Olympic medals, three of them gold; the current world-record holder in the heptathlon (the women's version of the male decathlon); the one-time world-record holder in the long jump; and an All-America basketball player. She grew up in East St. Louis in a house "little more than wallpaper and sticks." Her parents were poor teenagers when they married. She made her first long-jump pit in her backyard from borro... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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'Have you Seen...?' [Secure]
by David Thomson
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In 1975, David Thomson published his Biographical Dictionary of Film, and few film books have enjoyed better press or such steady sales. Now, thirty-three years later, we have the companion volume, a second book of more than 1,000 pages in one voice--that of our most provocative contemporary film critic and historian. Juxtaposing the fanciful and the fabulous, the old favorites and the forgotten, this sweeping collection presents the films that Thomson offers in response to the question he gets ... more info>>
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10 Count Trivia: Events and Championship [Secure]
by Dean Miller
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Will you be counted out? Can you pin down the answer before that fateful 10 count sounds? Or will you be left out? There is only one way to discover just who is the champ, who really knows sports entertainment. Ten little questions to prove if you really know everything about the events and championships that have raised the rafters in arenas across the globe and carved a place in the history of WWE for the Superstars who dared to step into the ring.We dare you to step up. Take the challenge. It... more info>>
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101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent: Making Athletics a Positive Experience for Your Child [Secure]
by Joel Fish
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The determining factor in whether a child between the ages of six and seventeen enjoys athletics is his or her parents--not the sport, coach, or team. Yet, parents are often unaware of how their behavior and expectations impact their child's experience.In 101 Ways to Be a Terrific Sports Parent, Dr. Joel Fish, a sport psychologist who is also the dad of three young athletes, shares both his clinical expertise and practical experience to help parents develop a deeper understanding of the many iss... more info>>
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1941: The Greatest Year In Sports: Two Baseball Legends, Two Boxing Champs, and the Unstoppable Thoroughbred Who Made History in the Shadow of War [Secure]
by Mike Vaccaro
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Joe DiMaggio ... Ted Williams ... Joe Louis ... Billy Conn ... Whirlaway. Against the backdrop of a war that threatened to consume the world, these athletes transformed 1941 into one of the most thrilling years in sports history. In the summer of 1941, America paid attention to sports with an intensity that had never been seen before. World War II was raging in Europe and headlines grew worse by the day; even the most optimistic people began to accept the inevitability of the United States being... more info>>
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24 Declassified: Head Shot [Secure]
by David Jacobs
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In less than twenty-four hours, in a palatial hideaway in the mountains of Colorado, a group of America's most powerful industrialists will be gathering for their annual summit. The bizarre disappearance of all the members of a local crackpot cult--and of two ATF agents assigned to keep an eye on them--may have no connection whatsoever to the impending high-powered conference. But with so many corporate titans grouped together in one location, CTU can't afford to take chances. Sent to investigat... more info>>
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700 Sundays [Secure]
by Billy Crystal
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From the story of the Crystal family's proud connection to the New York jazz scene of the 40s and 50s ... to the hilarious living room performances that would sow the seeds of Billy's unparalleled career ... to the times of tragedy, heartbreak, and his mother's unending courage, 700 Sundays celebrates the memories, the love, and all the other wonderful gifts parents can give a child. Based on his Tony Award-winning play, 700 Sundays is not the story of Billy Crystal's great career. It is a tribu... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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A Home on the Field: How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for the Revival of Small Town America [Secure]
by Paul Cuadros
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A Home on the Field is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of Stand and Deliver and Hoosiers--a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole community. For the past ten years, Siler City, North Carolina, has been at the front lines of immigration in the interior portion of the United States. Like a number of small Southern towns, workers come from traditional Latino enclaves across the United States, as well as from Latin Ameri... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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A Race Like No Other: 26.2 Miles Through the Streets of New York [Secure]
by Liz Robbins
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When 39,195 competitors thunder over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to begin the thirty-eighth running of the famed New York City Marathon, they experience one of the most exhilarating moments in sports. But as they cross five towering bridges and five distinct boroughs, carried 26.2 miles by the cheers of two million fans and by their own indomitable wills, grueling challenges await them. New York Times sportswriter Liz Robbins brings race day to life in this gripping saga of the 2007 Marathon, w... more info>>
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A Swing You Can Trust: A Breakthrough Approach for Confident, Low-Scoring Play [Secure]
by Roberto Borgatti
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Despite investing considerable time, effort, and money, most golfers remain frustrated by their lack of progress toward a consistent swing. In A Swing You Can Trust, Roberto Borgatti, an acclaimed teaching professional whose method has gained acceptance among amateurs and professionals alike, offers a breakthrough approach for achieving confident, low-scoring play. Borgatti's method helps you acquire trust in your swing and overall game, the same trust that ultimately leads to reliable technique... more info>>
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A Team to Believe In: Our Journey to the Super Bowl Championship [Secure]
by Brian Curtis
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After a tough 2006 season, the New York Giants appeared to be heading for more disappointment–and potential shake-ups–in the coming season. Instead, they fought their way to an unforgettable Super Bowl finish against the previously undefeated New England Patriots. In A Team to Believe In, head coach Tom Coughlin gives the ultimate insider’s account of the Giants’ 2007 campaign and reflects on the resilience and selflessness that allowed the team to succeed. Behind the sag... more info>>
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Alias: Vigilance [Secure]
by Paul Ruditis, J. J. Abrams
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Sydney's conscience struggles with her job, which too often asks her to work with criminals she'd much rather put away. She understands the logic--the small fish versus big fish pragmatism--but that doesn't make acceptance easier. Someone else is less conflicted and is assassinating APO's shadier contacts. Only the calling card of a black star with the number 13 in its center hints at the culprit. When it becomes clear that a highly trained--and lethal--vigilante organization is interfering with... more info>>
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Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12-step Guide to Becoming a Golf Addict [Secure]
by Alice Cooper
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The man who invented shock rock tells the amazing and, yeah, shocking story of how he slayed his thirsty demons--with a golf club. It started one day when Cooper was watching a Star Trek rerun between concerts, bored and drunk on a quart-of-whiskey-a-day habit; a friend dragged the rocker out of his room and suggested a round of golf. Cooper has been a self-confessed golf addict ever since. Today he and his band still tour the world, playing some one hundred gigs a year ... and three hundred day... more info>>
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