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  • The Morse Code
    Brendan Buckley
    Triumph over hardship. Pay it forward. The power of community. These were the moral codes of Dave Morse (1937-2015), a beloved Vermont Sports Hall of Fame journalist who spent 20 years at the Hardwick Gazette writing 'The Morse Code,' an all-sports, all-ages column. The Morse Code: Legacy of a Vermont Sportswriter chronicles the life of a veteran sports editor whose contributio...
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    23,78 €

  • Korchnoi Year by Year
    Hans Renette / Tibor Karolyi
    Viktor Korchnoi (1931 to 2016) was a giant of the chess world with a career embracing seventy years and over 5,000 recorded games. He contested two world championship matches against Anatoly Karpov, coming within a whisker of being crowned World Champion in 1978. He was a world championship candidate, Soviet champion and Olympiad medal-winner on numerous occasions.In this first...
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    74,46 €

  • Korchnoi Year by Year
    Hans Renette / Tibor Karolyi
    Viktor Korchnoi (1931 to 2016) was a giant of the chess world with a career embracing seventy years and over 5,000 recorded games. He contested two world championship matches against Anatoly Karpov, coming within a whisker of being crowned World Champion in 1978. He was a world championship candidate, Soviet champion and Olympiad medal-winner on numerous occasions.In this first...
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    56,22 €

  • Cleveland’s Sports Facilities
    Ken Silliman
    DISCOVER THE UNTOLD SECRETS BEHIND THE BILLION-DOLLAR SPORTS INDUSTRY AND THE TACTICS EMPLOYED BY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO SECURE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES. IN THIS CAPTIVATING ACCOUNT, KEN SILLIMAN DRAWS FROM 25 YEARS OF FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING SPORTS FACILITY LEASES FOR RENOWNED TEAMS LIKE THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, CAVALIERS, AND BROWNS. FROM STADIUM SUITES TO THE NFL EXECUTIVE O...
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    15,93 €

  • Cleveland’s Sports Facilities
    Ken Silliman
    DISCOVER THE UNTOLD SECRETS BEHIND THE BILLION-DOLLAR SPORTS INDUSTRY AND THE TACTICS EMPLOYED BY PROFESSIONAL TEAMS TO SECURE PUBLIC SUBSIDIES. IN THIS CAPTIVATING ACCOUNT, KEN SILLIMAN DRAWS FROM 25 YEARS OF FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE NEGOTIATING SPORTS FACILITY LEASES FOR RENOWNED TEAMS LIKE THE CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, CAVALIERS, AND BROWNS. FROM STADIUM SUITES TO THE NFL EXECUTIVE O...
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    23,58 €

  • Sports and Leisure-A Celebration of Athletics and Recreation in the Capitals
    Kelli Tempest
    Sports and Leisure-A Celebration of Athletics and Recreation in the Capitals is a comprehensive guide to everything sports-related in the bustling cityscapes. This book covers the rich history of sports in the city, the most popular sports and teams, recreational activities, sports tourism, the sports industry and business, the impact of sports on society and community, the fut...
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    10,50 €

  • The Winning Formulas of Football
    Chester Madison
    The Winning Formulas of Football takes readers on a thrilling journey through the lives and careers of three of the greatest football coaches of all time: Otto Rehhagel, Fabio Capello, and Sven-Göran Eriksson. From Rehhagel’s stunning success in leading Greece to an unexpected European Championship victory to Capello’s masterful tactics that resulted in numerous league titles f...
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    10,05 €

  • Fat Tire Flyer
    Charlie Kelly
    Charlie Kelly -- co-founder of the MountainBikes company with Gary Fisher, organizer of the Repack races, and chronicler of the sport -- now delivers the true, complete, and often unbelievable history of the rise of mountain biking and its lasting culture.It all started with a small crew of bicycle-obsessed hippies bombing the downhill trails of Mount Tamalpais, in Marin County...
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    44,19 €

  • Family, Gangsters & Champions
    Ramon Antonio Vargas
    After growing up shining shoes in New Orleans, Tony Canzoneri made boxing history as he won five world championships and faced some of the fight game’s greatest ever legends. He tried to give his loved ones the world with the fame he achieved but had to keep some of the criminal underworld’s largest figures at arm’s length to do it. ...
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    12,60 €

  • 100 FOOT WAVE The Official Book
    Michael C Willis / Milton B Willis / The Willis Brothers
    An exciting and entertaining new book, 100 Foot Wave: Kingdom of Hawaii, has recently been made available, enabling all surfing fanatics and landlubbers alike to climb into the psyche of death-defying giant wave riders and their relentless ambition to surf the largest waves Earth’s oceans can spawn.Authored by twin brothers Milton and Michael Willis, themselves balls-to-the-wal...
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    15,89 €

  • Green and Golden Boots
    Jason Goldsmith
    From the not-so-well known players plying their trade in places as far-flung as Israel and Iceland, to a world superstar in Sam Kerr, Australia has produced strikers who have not only excelled at home in domestic competition and playing for Australia, but also overseas.Green and Golden Boots - Australia’s overseas golden boot winners profiles the eleven men and one woman who ha...
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    14,01 €

  • We Ran Away to Sea
    George Kent Kedl / Pamela Thompson Kedl
    When Pam and Kent make the audacious decision to sell their house and embrace a life at sea, they envision a harmonious existence on their sailboat, filled with adventure and togetherness. However, their dreams shatter when Kent’s family abandons him and their boat in Europe, leaving him disheartened and adrift. Undeterred, Kent embarks on a solitary journey through the equinoc...
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    18,19 €

  • Tee Time Tales
    Doug Fowler
    'You have already helped me achieve a lifetime’s ambition - by reading my very first book! Only the back page, I know, but intrigued enough to find out what it is all about and how did I get my hands on The Claret Jug? Well done on picking me up, now look inside and join me on my humorous journey through the world of golf at its highest level. Dustin Johnson was the World Numbe...
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    29,20 €

  • Tee Time Tales
    Doug Fowler
    'You have already helped me achieve a lifetime’s ambition - by reading my very first book! Only the back page, I know, but intrigued enough to find out what it is all about and how did I get my hands on The Claret Jug? Well done on picking me up, now look inside and join me on my humorous journey through the world of golf at its highest level. Dustin Johnson was the World Numbe...
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    36,12 €

  • Shadows of Greatness
    Jonathan A. Sinclair
    Discover the untold stories of basketball’s most promising stars who were overshadowed by the weight of expectations in 'Shadows of Greatness: The Troubled Journeys of Number 1 Draft Picks (1960-1980).' This captivating and thought-provoking book takes you on a journey through the rise and fall of these extraordinary athletes, shedding light on their struggles, triumphs, and th...
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    10,36 €

  • KOKODA - the Track Back
    Ruth James
    The brutal mountain track hidden in the belly of the Owen Stanley Range taunted our embattled World War 2 Diggers over 80 years ago, and today theirs and the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels’ combined victory enables our trekkers the freedom to pay homage and much more... Dreams begin.Eternally enchanted by the people and highlands of Papua New Guinea, one trekker is compelled by the ruggedn...
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    31,94 €

  • Strikeout Story
    Bob Feller
    'Strikeout Story' is an enthralling memoir penned by the legendary baseball player Bob Feller, offering a captivating account of his remarkable career and the unforgettable moments that defined him as one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. Feller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from his humble beginnings in rural Iowa to becoming a star athlete and...
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    15,69 €

  • Olympic Lyon
    Michael Cochrane
    Before Tiger Woods--and before Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan, and even Bobby Jones, there was the great Canadian George S. Lyon.This first account of Canada’s little-known golf legend, Olympic Lyon traces his incredible journey from small-town Ontario to the final match of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.At age thirty-seven, the fire insurance salesman and na...
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    19,69 €

  • The Big One
    Julia Bobkoff / Mike Krysiuk
    1974High school senior Mike Krysiuk loves baseball, playing guitar in a band with his buddies, and cruising the suburban streets of Westport, Connecticut in his Chevy Chevelle blasting tunes on his 8-track. Finally part of the 'in' crowd-the cool jocks who cut classes without consequences-Mike has hit his stride. And at six foot four, with an oversized personality to match, he’...
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    13,66 €

  • One Week In August
    Jim McAllister
    One Week in August: Stories from Search and Rescue in British Columbia provides insights into how volunteer search and rescue groups, volunteer members, and agencies respond to locate lost persons and rescue those hurt or stranded.Based on actual incidents and responses that took place during one week in 2004 under very challenging conditions, individuals and some of those resc...
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    21,33 €

  • Soldier of Valor
    Debbi Collett / Debi J Collett / Debra Jean Collett
    Nothing had ever come easily for Jackson Levi, Montgomery, but he had character which exhibited passion and drive that superseded even impossible accomplishments. This true life inspired story has all the elements of passion, pain, loss and accomplishment. Truly an inspiring tale of one of life’s true heroes. You will be inspired, and drawn through this story with enthusiastic ...
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    15,80 €

  • Choices and Consequences
    Boaz Bivens
    The pages of my debut autobiography Choices and Consequences are inspired by the events of my life. I wrote this book to enlighten, inform and empower others to be keenly aware of their daily choices. Dealing with consequences allows us to navigate through our daily lives and paint a picture of how we do or do not want our lives to appear. However, we all know individuals who w...
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    13,37 €

  • CHOOSE STRONG
    Sally McRae
    A REAL LOOK AT STRENGTHKnown worldwide for her mental fortitude, hardcore training tactics, and an ability to push through extreme discomfort, pro athlete Sally McRae’s strength wasn’t built in the gym. For the first time, McRae candidly tells her shocking story of abuse, loss, and wild resilience that laid the foundation for the woman she is today. In this powerful memoir, Sal...
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    10,07 €

  • Junior Ice Hockey
    Derek Schaedig
    Typically, American high schoolers graduate and march off to college to continue their education-and sometimes their athletic careers-at around 18 years old. Meanwhile, in men’s ice hockey, the average age of an NCAA first-year is 20. Where do these players spend their time, and what do they do before they enter collegiate or professional franchises? They head to juniors.In jun...
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    12,12 €

  • Racing Hearts and Burning Cars
    Robert Schwab / Ward E Wilson
    Was it a passion, obsession, or dream? Hard to say, until it blew up in his face. On life support and unable to speak, see, or move, Lisa tells Robert how his life’s dream of owning and racing a Nitro Funny Car had crashed and burned with him inside only days after completion. Blindly he scribbles a cryptic 4-word message, one letter at a time. Each word leaves his family decip...
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    15,54 €

  • Nobody’s Gonna Die Today
    Liana Branch / Matt Branch
    THE STORY OF THE LSU PLAYER WHO WAS SHOT BY A DOGOn a wet cold nasty day in December everything changed for Matt and Liana Branch. An easy comfortable life is what most people hope for. But an easy life does not make for a good story. Nobody’s Gonna Die Today is a story that seems too crazy to be true.In this page turning memoir you will laugh, you will cry, and you will see ho...
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    19,71 €

  • The G.O.A.T - The Quest to Find the Best
    Jack L Sutter
    This book is written by a former college basketball coach of 22 years who picked the Top 75 basketball players of all time based on ten criterion. Coach Sutter list his Top 75 players and ultimately names his choice for The G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) based on these ten criteria. As a former coach, his picks, and the reasons for those picks offers the reader a totally diffe...
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    17,16 €

  • Roberto Clemente
    Ángel R. Cabán González
    This book is the English translation of the Spanish 1st edition of Clemente, vigente vibrante siempre, published in Puerto Rico in 2021. It is an updated edition. In it we have several details as a ballplayer, testimonies, and anecdotes of his personality formation. A true Puerto Rican jibaro, noble and humanitarian. He is our ambassador of Puerto Rican culture in the world not...
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    31,92 €

  • 340 Curiosities and Anecdotes of the World Cup History
    Michael Ellis
    DID YOU KNOW ...In the 1930 World Cup final, the author of one of the goals did not have an arm?In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, a goalkeeper used gloves for the first time?The first ’ Hat trick ’ in the history of the World Cups was made by an American player?Did the World Cup in Qatar 2022 surpass the goal mark of 92 years of World Cups?Only in the 1982 World Cup in Spain did...
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    12,99 €

  • The I in Running
    Orinthal Striggles
    The I in Running is Orinthal Striggles’s recounting of his running life and the effect it has had on his development as a person, as a family man, as a professional, and as a student of human nature. Though stymied by outside influences on his participation in organized athletics, he began running as early as age 6. That personally disciplined lifestyle has carried him through ...
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    20,01 €


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