books about: sport

books about: sport

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Sport

Cute Overload Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Color Page-A-Day(r) Calendars)

Meg Frost

Workman Publishing Company, 2008

Meg, You have done it now!
Meg Frost is the creator of CO. Now, she has taken the elctronic version of her website and made it into a printed version that can be spread throughout offices, homes, tents, trailers, RV's, cafe's, veterinary clinics, stores and anywhere else - ALL OVER THE WORLD. ...

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

John Lofty Wiseman

Collins, 2004

"Comprehensive" doesn't begin to describe this book
If you ever wanted to know ANYTHING about survival in the wilderness, it's in here. There's so much info in here, though, you might have to spend a few minutes finding it. One of the definitive books in the field.

The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever

Mark Frost

Hyperion, 2007

The best book on golf competition I have ever read.
In The Greatest Game Ever Played, Mark Frost provides a brilliant account of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet's 18-hole playoff victory over Britons Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in the 1913 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, where Ouimet once caddied. ...

Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation

John Carlin

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

Elegant encomium
John Carlin's wonderful book further illustrates the sheer genius of Nelson Mandela, the politician. For those of us who predicted that apartheid in South Africa could only end in a bloody deluge, "Playing the Enemy" proves that miracles are possible when even just ...

Starting Strength (2nd edition)

Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

The Aasgaard Company, 2007

The definitive weight book.
This is a must buy for the beginner. Amazon is full of books filled with before and after pictures of little weeds who gained 200lbs of pure muscle in 7 days of training. They are all fads. This book is about lifting free weights until you get good at it. I've ...

The Dangerous Book for Boys

Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

Collins, 2007

I knew this stuff but...
I am a geezer and things like this were taught when I was young and had to run from dinos to avoid becoming supper while going home for supper BUT The IGGIES put everything right here!! -------- Get 2 copies of this book, one for the young man who needs to know ...

Peek-A Who?

Nina Laden

Chronicle Books, 2000

Eek-a!
My 13 month old loves this book. It actually inspired her fifth word! We were reading the book and as I was about to say "Peek-A... Moo", I heard this tiny "eek-a" from my daughter. I turned the page for Peek-a-Boo, and before I could say anything, she did it again ...

Strength Training Anatomy

Frederic Delavier

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2005

unreal help even for the experienced readers
this book is phenominal and i strongly suggest buying this book if you are at all serious about the gym... actually even if your not serious, this book might make you serious

Pro Football Prospectus 2008: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football Season (Pro Football Prospectus)

Plume, 2008

Must have book for NFL football fans!
I'm like a kid on Christmas Day when this book arrived from Amazon. Why am I so happy? There's almost 500 pages! * Roughly 10 pages of analysis and stats on every NFL team. * Breakdowns of all skill positions Fantasy Football! * Fantasy Risers and ...

The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life

Jim Tressel, Chris Fabry, ...

Tyndale House Publishers, 2008

Fabulous!
I am so impressed with this book - and so surprised. Here you have a book by one of America's top football coaches and, most impressively, he writes about his mother's gratitude at being given the opportunity to be of service to her community, and how this ...

Physiology of Sport and Exercise, Fourth Edition

Jack H. Wilmore, David Costill, ...

Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007

Very good reference material
This book is excellent consolidation of reference material which is sensibly divided into logical chapters. It covers every area of sport performance in well-documented and example-driven text, colour diagrams and graphical representations. It is a generic reference ...

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Jon Krakauer

Anchor, 1999

Mountain Madness
"..I hoped that something would be gained by spilling my soul in the calamity's immediate aftermath, in the roil and torment of the moment I wanted my account to have a raw, ruthless sort of honesty that seemed in danger of leaching away with the passage of time and ...

Playing for Pizza

John Grisham

Dell, 2008

Great Pre-Football Season Read
I am writing in response to other reviewers who have panned this book for not being a crime novel. These criticisms are unfair as this book is not a crime novel. It is story about a down-on-his-luck former NFL Quarterback, Rick Dockery, who winds up playing in the ...

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

Ted Kerasote

Harvest Books, 2008

Best , Most descriptive book I have ever read.
This is most definitely a 5 Star book & also a 5 Kleenex read. The writer is a real human being & definitely a real dog too. His descriptions made it seem like I was right there every step of the way . What a beautiful story and a beautiful tribute to Man and his ...

Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World

David Maraniss

Simon & Schuster, 2008

SPORTS AND HISTORY - WONDERFUL COMBINATION - WELL WRITTEN!
I am not particularly fond, overall, of sports literature and normally do not read in this particular genre, although, I must admit I enjoy watching sports, follow various sports year by year, and indeed, have been an overall participant in various sports, all my life, ...