Nature, recreation and sports / Sports & recreation

Mountain Bike Master: Essential Skills and Advanced Techniques Made Easy

by Mark Langton

Ride faster, better, and stronger with professional mountain bike skills guide Mark Langton. Mountain Bike Master is a practical and inspiring guide that begins with the fundamental skills like shifting, braking,...

Rowing After the White Whale: A Crossing of the Indian Ocean by Hand

by James Adair

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut' - Ernest Hemingway Over a boozy Sunday lunch, flatmates James Adair and Ben Stenning made a promise to row across the...

An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old Course

by Oliver Horovitz

 A hilarious and poignant memoir of a Harvard student who comes of age as a caddie on St. Andrews’s fabled Old Course.

In the middle of Oliver Horovitz’s high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone...

A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball: The Game on the Field

by Peter Morris

A fascinating and charming encyclopedic collection of baseball firsts, describing how the innovations in the game-in rules, equipment, styles of play, strategies, etc.- occurred and developed from its origins...

The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement

by B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman

InThe 100 Greatest Jews in Sports, Ranked According to Achievement, the author ofThe Jewish Athletes' Hall of Fame applies quantitative criteria to definitively rank the greatest Jewish athletes of modern times...

Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball--and America--Forever

by Tim Wendel

The extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season--when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams 

Phenom: The Making of Bryce Harper

by Rob Miech

"The remarkable story of Bryce Harper’s unforgettable ride from Morse Stadium to the top of the baseball draft" (Jayson Stark, ESPN.com) updated from the hardcover edition (The Last Natural) to include his...

The Complete Guide to Functional Training

by Allan Collins

As well as being THE concept in fitness and strength and conditioning, functional training is also probably the most poorly understood concept in fitness.

Functional training is any exercise that improves your...

Walking Portland: 30 Tours of Stumptown's Funky Neighborhoods, Historic Landmarks, Park Trails, Farmers Markets, and B

by Becky Ohlsen

From a massive urban forest to the tiniest brewpub, Portland offers a huge variety of entertainments within a surprisingly compact area. Organic coffeeshops line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano,...

Houdini Shots: The Ultimate Short Game Survival Guide

by Martin Hall & Dave Allen

One of Golf Digest's 10 Best Teachers in America (No. 7) helps you master the most difficult short-game shots in golf, just the way Seve Ballesteros did

Here's one golf book you should definitely own if you want...

European Volleyball Championship Results: Since 1948

by Tomasz Malolepszy

In European Volleyball Championship Results: Since 1948, Tomasz Malolepszy charts the growth and expansion of this sport in Europe with a complete statistical history of both the men’s and women’s competition....

European Basketball Championship Results: Since 1935

by Tomasz Malolepszy

In European Basketball Championship Results: Since 1935, Tomasz Malolepszy charts the growth and expansion of this popular sport in Europe with a complete statistical history of both the men’s and women’s...

European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910

by Tomasz Malolepszy

In European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910, Tomasz Malolepszy charts this popular sport in Europe with a complete statistical history of both the men’s and women’s competition. For the first...

Parnelli: A Story of Auto Racing

by Bill Libby

The story of Parnelli Jones is the story of American auto racing. Jones grew up in Torrance, a tough city on the edge of Los Angeles. A teenage love affair with cars turned into a full-blown relationship with...

Friday Night Fighter: Gaspar Indio Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing

by Troy Rondinone

The rise of televised boxing and one of its most watched and beloved fighters

Out of My League: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs

by Dirk Hayhurst

"A humorous, candid and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

After six years in the minors, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst hopes 2008 is the year he...

Drive Like the Pros: Increase Your Clubhead Speed and Distance Using Revolutionary 3-D Technology byTaylorMade

by Michael Neff

The leading expert in 3-D gold instruction shows readers how to improve their golf game like the pros—with the unrivaled TaylorMade® MAT-T system.

Recreational golfers and touring professionals are turning...

Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order)

by Joe Peta

An ex–Wall Street trader improved on Moneyball’s famed sabermetrics to place bets that would beat the Vegas odds on Major League Baseball games—with a 41 percent return in his first year. Trading Bases...

Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game

by John Sexton, Thomas Oliphant & Peter J. Schwartz

A love letter to America's most beloved sport and an exploration of the deeper dimensions it reveals

For more than a decade, New York University President John Sexton has used baseball to illustrate the elements...

Recreation Leisure and Chronic Illness

by Miriam P. Lahey

Issues of leisure and dying are not often discussed in depth by those in recreation or thanatology. However, Recreation, Leisure, and Chronic Illness bridges the gap between leisure and thanatology. Professionals...