Nature, recreation and sports

When the Game Was Ours

by Larry Bird, Earvin , Jr. Johnson & Jackie MacMullan

A compelling, up-close-and-personal portrait of basketball’s most inimitable duo. It is also a rollicking ride through professional basketball’s best times, the golden age of hoops for the boomer generation. ...

Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans

by A. J. Baime

By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort,...

Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

by Chris Mooney

Are hurricanes increasing in ferocity and frequency because of global warming? In the wake of Katrina, leading science journalist Chris Mooney follows the careers of top meteorologists on either side of this...

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

by Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson

How can we give animals the best life-- for them? What does an animal need to be happy? In her groundbreaking, best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism...

White King and Red Queen: How the Cold War Was Fought on the Chessboard

by Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson -- journalist, editor, scholar, and chess enthusiast who once played Garry Kasparov to a draw in a simultaneous exhibition -- is the perfect guide to one of history’s most remarkable periods,...

The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren

by Jonathan Lopez

It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering...

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

by Nathaniel C. Fick

If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel Fick’s career begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth. He leads a platoon...

Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder

by Kenn Kaufman

Now revered as one of North America's top birders, Kenn Kaufman hit the road at age sixteen and spent a year crisscrossing the country to see as many birds as he could, in a birding competition known as a "big...

The Book of Yaak

by Rick Bass

The Yaak Valley of northwestern Montana is one of the last great wild places in the United States, a land of black bears and grizzlies, wolves and coyotes, bald and golden eagles, and even a handful of humans....

Self-Portrait with Turtles: A Memoir

by David M. Carroll

A renowned artist, author, and naturalist, David M. Carroll is exceptionally skilled at capturing nature on the page. In Self-Portrait with Turtles, he reflects on his own life, recounting the crucial moments...

Dave Pelz's Putting Games: The More You Play, the Better You Putt

by Dave Pelz

The first putting book in more than a decade from the world’s best-known— and bestselling—golf instructor.

With numerous bestselling books, coast-to-coast golf schools, and lessons to elite pros, Dave...

Powerful Profits From Internet Poker

by Victor H. Royer

The games are virtual—the profits are real!

Poker is hotter than ever, and these days, you don’t need to live near a casino to play! Internet poker offers the ideal solution for players who know the basics...

Big-Bore Revolvers

by Max Prasac

Is bigger better? You bet it is, when it's a big-bore revolver!

Big-Bore Revolvers offers a one-stop resource for the wheelgun novice to the hardened veteran and everyone in between. With in-depth coverage of...

Ivan Mauger: The Man Behind the Myth

by John Chaplin

This is the first book to reveal the complex personality that is Ivan Mauger, the dedicated and often ruthlessly efficient ambition that made him a virtual sporting automaton. His achievements in motorcycle...

Political Football

by Barry Flynn

On 27 December 1948, rioting broke out during a match between Belfast Celtic and Linfield. Jimmy Jones, a prolific goalscorer for Belfast Celtic, was dragged from the pitch by the opposing fans, and beaten so...

Daggers Drawn: Real Heroes of the SAS & SBS

by Mike Morgan

Thirty vivid stories, including some new and previously unpublished, supported by an updated selection of rare archive and action photographs, explore the larger-than-life escapades of the Special Air Service...

With a Bended Bow: Archery in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

by Erik Roth

Through centuries of war in Europe, the English medieval archer was the most powerful force on the battlefield. In With a Bended Bow Erik Roth presents a comprehensive examination of the archer and his weapon...

How to Draw Anything

by Mark Linley

If you can write your name, you have enough touch to learn to draw. Let Mark Linley inspire you to pick up your pencil and create a magical masterpiece. His positive approach secures quick, accurate results...

Bridge for Complete Beginners

by Paul Mendelson

Learn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide.While good bridge classes are, of course, of great value, this book is itself the complete tutorial. It will help you to learn properly without other...

The Knot Book

by Geoffrey Budworth

Learn how to apply the right knot in any situation - secure and strong enough for the job. Such skill can be essential to the safety and enjoyment of leisure pursuits, such as climbing, sailing and fishing....