Miscellaneous Books


American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports (5th Edition)American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports (5th Edition)
Best Price: $65.29
The revised edition of this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical...
The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient GamesThe Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games
Best Price: $4.05
I've never been a sports fan, so I thought I might find this book rather a bore. But in fact...
Sole Sisters: Stories of Women and RunningSole Sisters: Stories of Women and Running
Best Price: $3.10
all woman runners should read this book! it is well worth the time and money!!
Slaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great FeatsSlaying the Dragon: How to Turn Your Small Steps to Great Feats
Best Price: $10.00
Not what I expected at all. Less auto-biographical and more how to set goals and achieve in...
Changing Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising LifeChanging Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life
Best Price: $6.06
Contrary to what the title Changing Course : A Woman's Guide to Choosing the Cruising Life says,...


An Idiot for All SeasonsAn Idiot for All Seasons
Best Price: $7.89
These are his columns on golf. If you have read his earlier book, and enjoyed it, then this is...
Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCARDriving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR
Best Price: $8.44
Its no surprise that while baseball/basketball/and football games are usually playing to...
Top Dead Center: The Best of Kevin Cameron from Cycle World MagazineTop Dead Center: The Best of Kevin Cameron from Cycle World Magazine
Best Price: $16.80
I have read this book and found it quite interesting. It would be a great present for someone...
Metal Fabricator's HandbookMetal Fabricator's Handbook
Best Price: $11.22
I never saw someone doing this job before, so, I could'nt understand all the procedures the...
You vs. You: Sport Psychology for LifeYou vs. You: Sport Psychology for Life
Best Price: $12.49
The book itself is encouraging, uplifting and good reading material for 15 year old athletes.


The Best American Sports Writing of the CenturyThe Best American Sports Writing of the Century
Best Price: $7.18
Years ago I read a piece included in this book, called 'Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu' by John Updike....
Letters to a Young Gymnast (Art of Mentoring)Letters to a Young Gymnast (Art of Mentoring)
Best Price: $6.99
We are taken on a journey through Nadia's life, we feel we are spectators and are there with her...
Smart Tennis: How to Play and Win the Mental Game (Smart Sport Series)Smart Tennis: How to Play and Win the Mental Game (Smart Sport Series)
Best Price: $10.58
Whether you be a beginner, a recreational player, of any age, or a professional tennis player...
Biker's Handbook: Becoming Part of the Motorcycle CultureBiker's Handbook: Becoming Part of the Motorcycle Culture
Best Price: $12.43
This book makes the claim to be a beginner's guide to the "Biker Culture". Jay...
Smooth Riding the Pridmore WaySmooth Riding the Pridmore Way
Best Price: $15.65
Let me begin by saying that I was slightly disappointed by this purchase. I had hoped for an...

Speed Secrets 3: Inner Speed Secrets: Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing PerformanceSpeed Secrets 3: Inner Speed Secrets: Mental Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance
Best Price: $10.91
As the title says, it's about racer's psychology and how to improve it, it covers many aspects...
Whose Game Is It, Anyway?: A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and StageWhose Game Is It, Anyway?: A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage
Best Price: $6.00
This book is one stop shopping for parents and coaches. In simple language with ample case...
A Skating Life: My StoryA Skating Life: My Story
Best Price: $5.89
I loved Dorothy`s book. It was just as candid as the photo on the cover. For an armchair...
Applied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak PerformanceApplied Sport Psychology: Personal Growth to Peak Performance
Best Price: $76.40
As a performance enhancement specialist, I am constantly looking for activities and exercies to...
Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball AssociationLoose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association
Best Price: $4.74
Losse Balls is funny and thoroughly entertaining book about the old American Basketball...

Batmobile Owner's ManualBatmobile Owner's Manual
Best Price: $11.69
For years I've been hoping for a book on the many Batmobiles in print and film. I have long...
FearlessTennis: The 5 Mental Keys to Unlocking Your Potential (2 Disc Set)FearlessTennis: The 5 Mental Keys to Unlocking Your Potential (2 Disc Set)
Best Price: $20.99
Jeff Greenwald makes some very useful comments and analysis for improving your mental game of...
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious DisastersForever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
Best Price: $7.65
I highly recommend this book, although I have not read (yet) the books written by expedition...
Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot: The Life and Times of a Sportscaster DadWhy My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot: The Life and Times of a Sportscaster Dad
Best Price: $7.34
What to do, what to do. . . Your toddler son's first word is an expletive about poo. Your...
God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional Convicted Quarterback Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports (And How We Can Get It Back)God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional Convicted Quarterback Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports (And How We Can Get It Back)
Best Price: $8.47
Being a loyal Deadspin reader for a couple years now, I was excited to get a chance to sit down...

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve ItThe Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Best Price: $3.26
Neal Bascomb's account of the race for the first four minute mile was produced (just) in time...
Encyclopedia of Muscle & StrengthEncyclopedia of Muscle & Strength
Best Price: $11.75
This book breaks down exercises by muscle groups and even gives you several different workouts...
Surfer Magazine's Guide to Southern California Surf SpotsSurfer Magazine's Guide to Southern California Surf Spots
Best Price: $7.98
Awesome book for any first time surfer to S.Cali or anyone interestd in the beaches along the...
Then Junior Said to Jeff--: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever ToldThen Junior Said to Jeff--: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told
Best Price: $13.99
Bought it for my husband as a Christmas present, he's still reading it. I read it while looking...
Clymer Yamaha V-Star 650, 1998-2007 (Clymer Motorcycle Repair) (Clymer Motorcycle Repair)Clymer Yamaha V-Star 650, 1998-2007 (Clymer Motorcycle Repair) (Clymer Motorcycle Repair)
Best Price: $22.72
Even though you're not planning to repair your bike yourself, this is a very good addition to...

Parachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook, 10th EditionParachuting: The Skydiver's Handbook, 10th Edition
Best Price: $12.11
Where Jump! is a basic introduction to parachuting the Skydiver's Handbook is a how-to book for...
Racing Engine Builder's HandbookHP1492: How to Build Winning Drag, Circle Track, Marine and Road RacingEnginesRacing Engine Builder's HandbookHP1492: How to Build Winning Drag, Circle Track, Marine and Road RacingEngines
Best Price: $11.69
I bought this book after I bought Engine Builder Handbook from the same author. The book...
Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor PhotographyGalen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography
Best Price: $24.31
I loved this book. Great photographs and very inspiring. There are a few pointers on the...
Dangerous-Game RiflesDangerous-Game Rifles
Best Price: $23.99
This book is the pinnacle of seven decades of collective experience and sound theory in dealing...
The Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern GolfThe Greatest Game Ever Played: Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf
Best Price: $8.97
This I believe was Frost's 1st golf history book and previously all his other work had been...

Never Stop Pushing: My Life from a Wyoming Farm to the Olympic Medals StandNever Stop Pushing: My Life from a Wyoming Farm to the Olympic Medals Stand
Best Price: $2.00
This book was great, it showed anyone who read this book that if you put your mind to it, and...
How to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball's BestHow to Be Like Mike: Life Lessons about Basketball's Best
Best Price: $4.90
Great book on MJ. This book really goes in depth about the personal character of MJ. Also a very...
Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to ChinaBeijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to China
Best Price: $22.45
Susan Brownell has approached the topic of the Beijing Olympics with the seriousness which it...
Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle AdventureMiles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure
Best Price: $6.99
If the author's intent in undertaking an ambitious round-the-world tour of the world from the...
Your Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and FansYour Brain on Cubs: Inside the Heads of Players and Fans
Best Price: $11.98
YOUR BRAIN ON CUBS: INSIDE THE HEADS OF PLAYERS AND FANS blends medical science with insights on...

Harley Davidson XL Sportster 2004-2006 (Clymer Motorcycle Repair)Harley Davidson XL Sportster 2004-2006 (Clymer Motorcycle Repair)
Best Price: $29.92
This book is a necessity for a Sportster owner. Well written for the owner/mechanic to diagnose...
Economics of Sports, The (3rd Edition) (The Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)Economics of Sports, The (3rd Edition) (The Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)
Best Price: $105.00
This summer I am teaching for the first time an economics course at the local community college....
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pool and Billiards, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pool and Billiards, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Best Price: $10.82
Good book, but it comes with a lot of side talks, more than the real information that you will...
Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports' Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its EraBlood Feud: Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports' Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era
Best Price: $8.43
Adrian Dater's account of the feud (and it was bloody!) between the Detroit Red Wings and the...
The Economics of Sports (Sport Management Library)The Economics of Sports (Sport Management Library)
Best Price: $54.00
I am still waiting for the book. I am curious why I was to report on a book I never received?

Coaching the Mental Game: Leadership Philosophies and Strategies for Peak Performance in Sports and Everyday LifeCoaching the Mental Game: Leadership Philosophies and Strategies for Peak Performance in Sports and Everyday Life
Best Price: $8.99
For amateur "weekend warrior" coaches such as myself this is a topic that is far to...
Four-Wheeler's BibleFour-Wheeler's Bible
Best Price: $14.75
I was impressed by the detailed info in this book and how many areas the author was able to...
Photo/Stoner: The Rise, Fall, and Mysterious Disappearance of Surfing's Greatest PhotographerPhoto/Stoner: The Rise, Fall, and Mysterious Disappearance of Surfing's Greatest Photographer
Best Price: $18.00
Stoner was an up and coming photographer. Too bad about the drugs and his eventual...
Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing By Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman MaClean, and OthersFathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing By Buzz Bissinger, John Ed Bradley, Bill Geist, Donald Hall, Mark Kriegel, Norman MaClean, and Others
Best Price: $11.59
ESPN has put together twenty previously published "short" stories built around the...
The Redskins EncyclopediaThe Redskins Encyclopedia
Best Price: $21.94
As a fan of football, Michael Richman's Redskins Encyclopedia is a must on my bookshelf. This...

Breaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 ChampionshipBreaker Boys: The NFL's Greatest Team and the Stolen 1925 Championship
Best Price: $12.44
I grew up in the Anthracite Coal Region of eastern Pennsylvania (Mount Carmel) and remember my...
Sport Facility Management: Organizing Events and Mitigating Risks (Sport Management Library)Sport Facility Management: Organizing Events and Mitigating Risks (Sport Management Library)
Best Price: $46.10
This book was used in my sport facilities class and was a great read. The way the chapters are...
Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008Olympic Dreams: China and Sports, 1895-2008
Best Price: $14.97
Already the world has seen the political, economic, and cultural significance of hosting the...
Nascar Best Shots (NASCAR Library Collection)Nascar Best Shots (NASCAR Library Collection)
Best Price: $23.40
NASCAR Best shots. There are some great photos in the book but it is not about photography...
The Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom & WanderingsThe Bicycle Book: Wit, Wisdom & Wanderings
Best Price: $10.61
This book is one of the best $14.95 investments I've ever made, full of wonderful essays and...

Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans (Book w/ CD)Harry Caray: Voice of the Fans (Book w/ CD)
Best Price: $11.68
I have to say that this is awsome. Thanks Pat Hughes, Harry and any other contributers. ...
We Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear: Intimations of their ImmortalityWe Give Our Hearts to Dogs to Tear: Intimations of their Immortality
Best Price: $27.71
Alston Chase has discovered a way of involving his readers both emotionally and pragmatically...
   
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