Nature, recreation and sports / Sports & recreation

Five O'Clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Baseball Team in History, The 1927 New York Yankees

by Harvey Frommer

Advance Praise for Five O'Clock Lightning

"Come along with Harvey Frommer on a jaunty stroll through baseball eighty years ago. The 1927 Yankees may or may not have been the best team ever, but surely this is...

Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer

by Jack Falla

OPEN ICE

In this new collection of exquisitely crafted essays, veteran sports writer Jack Falla writes about hockey as he has seen and experienced it over the past fifty years. Reflections on the game, its personalities...

The Road to Hockeytown: Jimmy Devellano's Forty Years in the NHL

by Roger Lajoie, Jim Devellano & Mike Ilitch

SPORTS/HOCKEY

"Although Jimmy never played professional hockey himself, he was born with an intense love for the game and has devoted his life to hockey. He lives and breathes the game. Hockey is better off because...

The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys: And Other Off-the-Wall Stories About Sports...and Life

by James Duthie & Roberto Luongo

Praise for James Duthie's The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys:

" I was lucky to survive the day Duthie played in my golf tournament. Little did I know he'd turn the experience into one of the best books...

'67: The Maple Leafs, Their Sensational Victory, and the End of an Empire

by Damien Cox & Gord Stellick

In 1967 the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in a stunning defeat of the mighty Montreal Canadiens in Canada’s centennial year. Thirty-nine years later (and counting), no other Leaf team has been able...

As the Puck Turns: A Personal Journey Through the World of Hockey

by Brian Conacher

The Conacher name is well known across the country asthe first family of hockey. Continuing in the tradition,Brian Conacher brings 55 years of experience in the sportto life in As the Puck Turns . He is the...

The Ovechkin Project: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hockey's Most Dangerous Player

by Damien Cox & Gare Joyce

The behind-the-scenes story of Alexander Ovechkin's phenomenal rise from Russian athletic prodigy to NHL superstar

Having signed the most lucrative contract in NHL history with the Washington Capitals, Alexander...

The Victory Tests

by Mark Rowe

One minute before 7pm on Tuesday, May 22, 1945 a packed Lord’s roared as Australia beat England in the last over of the first Victory Test. A fortnight after Victory in Europe, the result did not matter –...

Gun Digest Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles

by Phillip Peterson

Buying? Selling? Arm Yourself with the Facts–with Gun Digest® Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles!

A seller's market can turn into a buyer's market overnight–especially the red-hot tactical rifle market! But...

Whitetails

by Charles J. Alsheimer

This groundbreaking look at deer behavior is packed with research that will enhance your hunting and wildlife viewing experience.

Whitetails: A Photographic Journey through the Seasons chronicles the life of...

Indianapolis 500

by Ralph Kramer

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing

Since the dawn of automotive racing, the world's best drivers have tested their skills, bravery and the limits of speed in the legendary Indianapolis 500. The winner claims the...

Gun Digest 2011

by Dan Shideler

BIGGER.BETTER.MORE OF WHAT YOU WANT! IT'S GUN DIGEST 2011 THE WORLD'S GERATEST GUN BOOK SINCE 1944

Long regarded the shooter's best resource, Gun Digest is jam-packed with the kind of entertaining information...

Cartridges of the World

by Frank C. Barnes & Holt Bodinson

The Essential Guide to Ammunition from Around the World!

Long considered the standard reference for metallic cartridges and shotshells from around the globe, this fully-illustrated, revised 12th Edition of...

The Speyside Way

by Alan Castle

The Speyside Way long-distance walking route runs for 66 miles beside the river Spey from Aviemore to Buckie on the Moray coast. Together with a 20-mile extension back to Newtonmore it makes an easy weekís...

The Pyrenees

by Kev Reynolds

A resource book covering the finest walks, treks and climbs in the High Pyrenees for 400km between France and Spain, from the Cirque de Lescun, on the edge of the Basque country in the west, to the Carlit massif...

Trekking in Greenland

by Paddy Dillon

The Arctic Circle Trail is the longest waymarked trail in Greenland, and runs from Kangerlussuaq to Sisimiut ñ both with airport access. It traverses remote, empty, silent and stunningly scenic arctic tundra....

The Pacific Crest Trail

by Brian Johnson

The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail runs for 2650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through the mountains of California, Oregon and Washington. This book contains a complete set of detailed maps and...

Scotland

by Chris Townsend

A handbook covering the finest walks, scrambles, climbs and ski tours in Scotland, with its variety of wild landscapes ranging from the Southern Uplands to the great granite plateaus of the Cairngorms and jagged...

Torres del Paine

by Rudolf Abraham

Guide book to trekking in Chile and Patagonia, with emphasis on low-impact treks. Routes include the Torres del Paine Circuit (10-11 days), Half Circuit (4-5 days) and other 2-day treks: Laguna Verde, Rio Pingo...

Not the West Highland Way

by Ronald Turnbull

The West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William is one of the finest UK long distance paths, but it runs close to a busy main road and avoids the mountain tops. With mountain alternatives to all but one of...