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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib
Ebook
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A "powerful" (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home--from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America "Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original...
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JUST ADD WATER
LEDECKY, KATIE
Paper Book
A New York Times bestselling memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and the most decorated US female Olympian in history: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a four-time Olympian, a nine...
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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
Keith O'Brien
Ebook
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures--baseball immortal Pete Rose--and an exquisite cultural history of baseball...
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Tiger, Tiger : his life, as it's never been told before
Patterson, James
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! "Patterson's account is compelling" (Daily Mail). The only major author to have nine holes-in-one gets inside the mystery of Tiger Woods in a biography that reads like an unputdownable...
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SWIMMING PRETTY
VALOSIK, VICKI
Paper Book
"If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim 'pretty,'" said a young Esther Williams to impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of...
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Baseball: The Movie
Noah Gittell
Ebook
"Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie matters--to baseball, to Hollywood, even to America." --Ben Mankiewicz, host, Turner Classic...
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FAR BEYOND GOLD
MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE, SYDNEY
Paper Book
What fears are standing in your way or holding you back? How do you want to become stronger? Olympic and World champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin wants to help you answer these questions as she shares her personal story of struggles and victories, of faith and transformation. Sydney...
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A walk in the park : the true story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Fedarko, Kevin
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 Winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction "A triumph. Fedarko doesn't describe awe; he induces it." --...
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COLOR OF EVERYTHING
RICHARDS, CORY
Paper Book
A renowned climber and National Geographic photographer shares his incredible adventures--and the early trauma that drove him to seek such heights. "An extraordinary memoir of mental illness that reads like a thriller."--Amy Ellis Nutt, Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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The Tigerbelles : Olympic legends from Tennessee State
Card, Aime Alley
Paper Book
The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure--of beating the odds--against the backdrop of a changing America, but tells...
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