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  • Nobody's Perfect

    Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History

    The Detroit Tigers, an umpire, a pitcher, and a mistake—one of the "classic, human, baseball stories" (Ken Burns, creator of the PBS mini-series Baseball).The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in over 130 years, it has happened only twenty times. On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga threw baseball's twenty-first. Except that's not ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom & Wanderings

    by Jim Joyce ...
    The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom and Wanderings is a celebration of the bicycle by people who ride...a tribute to one of the finest, most efficient, most useful machines ever invented. The 25 contributors are talented writers and cartoonists, each with a unique take on bicycling. Whether in critical observation, concern, memorial, fact, or in jest, each story and cartoon is definitely worth a look. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • One Last Strike

    Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season

    The New York Times bestseller. "For those moved by comebacks in sports, One Last Strike is a book to lift the spirit. Texas Rangers fans are excused." — The Washington PostForeword by John GrishamOne Last Strike by legendary baseball manager Tony La Russa is a thrilling sports comeback story. La Russa, the winner of f... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pedals, Panniers and Punctures

    One woman, one bike and no backup on a unique End to End Adventure

    Cycling the End to End is so much more than just sitting on something no bigger than, and as hard as, the sole plate of an iron and pedalling, as Julia was to discover. Every experience seemed to be about extremes: Cornish hills, Cheshire plains, busy Devon lanes, empty highland roads, downpours, droughts, smooth cycle tracks, hazardous cattle grids, psychedelic B&Bs and homely hostels. And when ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

    Lessons on the Game of Life

    by Michael Lewis ...
    A story with a big heart about a boy, a coach, the game of baseball, and the game of life."There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind; it's as if their ability to get there at all gives them the right to stay forever." There was a turning point in Michael Lewis's life, in a baseball game when he was fourteen years old. The irascible and often terrifying Coach Fitz put the ball ... Read more

    $10.09 USD

  • Downhill all the Way

    From La Manche to the Mediterranean by Bike

    ‘It had been so amazingly hot that I felt myself about to dissolve into a kind of crème brûlée on the road, so I bought some super-power Number 8 suncream. This had the word ‘Bronzante’ on it, and must have contained some dye or other chemical because my knees stayed brown until February.’Fed up with questions about what he was going to do when he retired, Edward decided to get on his bicycle and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Complete Book of Road Cycling & Racing

    Ride faster, fitter, smarter, & fartherEvery road rider has goals. Yours may be to begin racing, to become more competitive, or to win a specific tour. Not interested in racing? Perhaps you want to complete your first century ride, improve your overall fitness, or ride father and faster just for the sheer joy of flying on two wheels.No matter what your goals, The Complete Book of Road Cycling and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Munson

    The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain

    by Marty Appel ...
    Our captain and leader has not left us, today, tomorrow, this year, next … Our endeavors will reflect our love and admiration for him.”—Honorary plaque to Munson in Yankee StadiumThurman Munson is remembered by fans as the fiercely competitive, tough, and—most of all—inspiring Yankee captain and champion from the wild Bronx Zoo years. He is also remembered for his tragic death, at age thirty-two, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Game

    Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers

    by Jon Pessah ...
    The incredible inside story of power, money, and some of the most important moments in the history of baseball.In the fall of 1992, America's National Pastime is in crisis and already on the path to the unthinkable: cancelling a World Series for the first time in history. The owners are at war with each other, their decades-long battle with the players has turned America against both sides, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Catching-101

    The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers

    by Xan Barksdale ...
    CATCHING-101: The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers is the most comprehensive book ever written for baseball catchers. It contains tips, drills, and proper mechanics that will help every catcher or coach better understand the most difficult position on the field. This book contains information on EVERY aspect of catching that Coach Barksdale has learned through his years of experience from ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Cycling Across England

    A Sea to Sea Ride

    by Julia R May ...
    Two women, two bikes, no backup on a Sea to Sea adventure.At the beginning of the twenty-first century two friends set off to cycle from coast to coast across England. For one, it was to be the first of many long distance cycle rides.Cycling Across England is an account of the fun, the food, the mountains, the moorlands and the mathematics the two friends encountered along the way. From the Irish ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Big Chair

    The Smooth Hops and Bad Bounces from the Inside World of the Acclaimed Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager

    **“An important contribution to 21st-century baseball literature. . . Mr. Colletti’s book might be even more groundbreaking [than Moneyball] in some ways: It’s a nearly unprecedented opportunity to see what running a baseball franchise looks like through the eyeballs of an actual general manager. . . [Colletti] has a gift for entertaining storytelling. . . These are stories modern general managers ... Read more

    $10.99 USD