Nature, recreation and sports

Plant Seed, Pull Weed

by Geri Larkin

Gardens have often been used as metaphors for spiritual nurturing and growth. Zen rock gardens, monastery rose gardens, even your grandmother's vegetable garden all have been described as places of refuge and...

Heart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America

by S.l. Price

From the author of Pitching Around Fidel and Far Afield comes an account of the accidental death of minor league first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, illustrating the many ways in which baseball still has a hold...

Born to Explore

by Richard Wiese

Born to Explore is filled with skills, projects, and essential knowledge for the budding adventurer

Explorer extraordinaire Richard Wiese's more than one hundred excellent projects show how to have fun with science...

Runnin' with the Big Dogs

by Mike Shropshire

Raucous, raw, and reliably remarkable, the century–old football riavlry between the state universities of Texas and Oklahoma stands as testimony that hate–based relationships are the most enduring. Texas...

The Red Dragon & The West Wind

by Tom Sloper

The Red Dragon & The West Wind is the perfect introduction to this ancient game of strategy and subterfuge, covering all aspects of the two most common varieties, American and Chinese, along with an overview...

The Rocket That Fell to Earth: Roger Clemens and the Rage for Baseball Immortality

by Jeff Pearlman

He was supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan: Roger Clemens, the fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters. Yet shortly after his arrival in the...

The Thoreau You Don't Know

by Robert Sullivan

Henry David Thoreau is one of those authors that readers think they know, even if they don't. He's the solitary curmudgeon with the shack out in the woods, the mystic worshipping solemnly in the quiet church...

Squeeze Play: A Novel

by Jane Leavy

Inspired by the author's career as a sportswriter for the Washington Post, Squeeze Play tells the story of female reporter A. B. Berkowitz, who is assigned to cover the men of the Washington Senators -- the...

Six Good Innings

by Mark Kreidler

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights comes an unforgettable portrait of a small New Jersey town that became known throughout the world for the remarkable exploits of its Little League stars.

Summertime in...

Saturday Rules

by Austin Murphy

Austin Murphy knows a thing or two about football. His twenty-three years at Sports Illustrated include six covering the NFL and a decade chronicling the college game. In Saturday Rules, Murphy leaves no doubt...

Talking Irish: The Oral History Of Notre Dame Football

by Steve Delsohn

An entertaining fusion of fact, legend, and lore, Notre Dame football has transcended the boundaries of the sport and the university to become a time-honored American tradition. For its legions of devoted fans...

What Were They Thinking?

by Kyle Garlett

In 1919, the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees to finance a Broadway show. In 1968, NBC turned off the Jets-Raiders game with only seconds left to show the made-for-TV movie Heidi. In 1994,...

The Secret Life of Lobsters

by Trevor Corson

In this intimate portrait of an island lobstering community and aneccentric band of renegade biologists, journalist Trevor Corson escorts the reader onto the slippery decks of fishing boats, through danger-filled...

Clearing the Bases

by Mike Schmidt & Glen Waggoner

Clearing the Bases is a much-needed call to arms by one of baseball's most respected players. Drawing on his experiences as a third baseman, a manager, and, most recently, a fan, Mike Schmidt takes on everything...

Summer World: A Season of Bounty

by Bernd Heinrich

In Summer World: A Season of Bounty, Bernd Heinrich brings us the same bottomless reserve of wonder and reverence for the teeming animal life of backwoods New England that he brought us in Winter World: The...

Marley & Me

by John Grogan

The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.

Now with photos and new material

A Home on the Field: The Great Latino Migration Comes to Smal

by Paul Cuadros

A Home on the Field is about faith, loyalty, and trust. It is a parable in the tradition of Stand and Deliver and Hoosiers—a story of one team and their accidental coach who became certain heroes to the whole...

Toxic Panda: The Great Asian Armchair Treasure Hunt

by Adam Adams

Solve the puzzles in this book and win cash prizes totaling US $4350.

Welcome to the Toxic Panda - the amazing armchair treasure hunt novel written entirely without the letter E. The first person to solve the...

The Ribble Way

by Dennis Kelsall & Jan Kelsall

The Ribble Way walk is a 71-mile long-distance trail. The route in this guidebook traces the full length of the Ribble valley and leads walkers through some of the finest scenery in northwest England. Route...

The Great Glen Way

by Paddy Dillon

The Great Glen Way is a 117km (73 mile) National Trail that runs along the Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness. The walk includes easy, level stretches alongside the Caledonian Canal, as well as stretches...