St. Martin's Press / Nature, recreation and sports

The Longest Shot

by Neil Sagebiel

The inspirational story of the unknown golfer from Iowa who beat his idol in the 1955 U.S. Open With the overlooked Jack Fleck still playing the course, NBC-TV proclaimed that the legendary Ben Hogan had...

Death in the Dark Continent

by Peter H. Capstick & Peter Hathaway Capstick

Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the world's most...

Cats Behaving Badly

by Celia Haddon

Cats that bite, cats that won't eat, cats that won't stop eating. Cat expert Celia Haddon has seen it all, and, in Cats Behaving Badly, an essential guide to cat behavior, she teaches readers how to turn...

Fight Like a Girl...and Win

by Lori Hartman Gervasi

It’s an unfortunate reality that women are susceptible to random acts of aggression, from sexual harassment and stalking to physical assaults, domestic violence, date rape and worse.  But women can learn...

Sparky and Me

by Dan Ewald

In the tradition of Tuesdays With Morrie, Dan Ewald pens a memoir of his friendship with legendary Tigers manager Sparky Anderson, the man who taught him not only the nuances of baseball, but the importance...

Finding the Game

by Gwendolyn Oxenham

Across two dozen countries—from back alleys to remote beaches to the roofs of skyscrapers—an eye-opening journey into the heart of soccer

Every country has a different term for it: In the United States it’s...

Death at SeaWorld

by David Kirby

From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory—a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America’s most beloved marine mammal park ...

Turning Two

by Phil Pepe, Bud Harrelson & Darryl Strawberry

Only one man, Bud Harrelson, can say he was in uniform for both New York Mets world championships: as the shortstop who anchored the infield of the 1969 “Miracle Mets” and then as the third-base coach for...

The Drunk Diet

by Luc Carl

With his trademark Rock 'N Roll hair and snakeskin spandex pants, plus a hot rod and a Harley, Lüc Carl fit the part as a bar manager based in New York City's gritty Lower East Side. And life was good for...

Empire of Shadows

by George Black

“George Black rediscovers the history and lore of one of the planet’s most magnificent landscapes. Read Empire of Shadows, and you’ll never think of our first—in many ways our greatest—national

park...

Advanced Krav Maga

by David Kahn

GET IN THE BEST SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE AND MASTER REAL FIGHTING TECHNIQUES WITH ADVANCED KRAV MAGA

Based on the principles of enhancing natural instincts and using appropriate force for self-protection and weapons...

Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man

by Jay Atkinson

 If all sports are really about war, then rugby is a heart-thumping epic of bayonet charges and hand-to-hand fighting.  In Memoirs of a Rugby-Playing Man, bestselling author Jay Atkinson describes his thirty-five...

The Bill McKibben Reader

by Bill Mckibben

Powerful, impassioned essays on living and being in the world, from the bestselling author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy For a generation, Bill McKibben has been among America’s most impassioned and...

America's Quarterback

by Keith Dunnavant

A powerful biography of one of the greatest football players of all time, in the spirit of Johnny U and Namath

No one can touch Bart Starr's record setting 5 NFL Championships including 3 straight. America's...

Big Miracle

by Tom Rose

Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw—an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice...

Clubhouse Confidential

by Luis Castillo & William Cane

Clubhouse Confidential is the explosive, inside story of Yankees players and managers by a bat boy who saw it all

You are invited to come behind the closed doors of the Yankees’ clubhouse for the ride of your...

Teewinot

by Jack Turner

Jack Turner grew up with an image of the Tetons engraved in his mind. As a young man, he climbed the peaks of this singular range with basic climbing gear friends. Later in life, he led treks in India, Pakistan,...

Warrior Police

by Gordon Cucullu & Chris Fontana

For the first time ever, an explosive inside look at modern military police units and their role in defending our freedom

America has been at war on several fronts since the 9/11 attack. While public attention...

Captain for Life

by Harry Carson

A unique and powerful personal tale about the great joy and devastating price of playing professional football, by a legendary former NFL linebacker

One of the greatest linebackers to ever play professional...

Shucked

by Erin Byers Murray

Bill Buford’s Heat meets Phoebe Damrosch’s Service Included in this unique blend of personal narrative, food miscellany, and history

In March of 2009, Erin Byers Murray ditched her pampered city girl lifestyle...