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    All the Memorable Rounds
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    All the Memorable Rounds

    In All the Memorable Rounds, author Tripp Bowden asserts that it is the experience that defines a golf course. This includes the experience from the parking lot to the pro shop, the golf course to the caddies, the first tee jitters to the eighteenth tee...
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    England and the 1966 World Cup
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    England and the 1966 World Cup

    England and the 1966 World Cup presents a cultural analysis of what is considered a key 'moment of modernity' in the nation's post-war history. Regarded as having an importance beyond its primary sporting purpose, the World Cup in England is examined...
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  • The Transformation of European Football
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    The Transformation of European Football

    The book examines the transformation of European football in recent years by focusing on the impact of Europe in general and the EU in particular on the way that the game has evolved in a broad cross section of European states. The book brings together...
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  • Cricket and community in England
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    Cricket and community in England

    Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day is a path-breaking enquiry into the social history of the summer game.It is written by two specialist cricket historians and based on extensive primary research. It traces the history of the sport...
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  • Cricket and Broadcasting
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    Cricket and Broadcasting

    Cricket and broadcasting explores how the significance of radio and television to cricket in England has grown since the beginnings of broadcasting. Since the Second World War cricket has been increasingly shaped by its relationship with broadcasting...
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  • Unbelievable Underdogs & Rebellious Role Models
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    Unbelievable Underdogs & Rebellious Role Models

    In Unbelievable Underdogs and Rebellious Role Models, James Stafford takes readers on an emotional roller coaster through some of the greatest upsets and shocks in the history of world sport.It features incredible true tales of athletes who have overcome...
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  • Clyde Walcott
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    Clyde Walcott

    The first biography of a cricketing great, exploring his achievements as a player, manager and political activist.This first biography of Sir Clyde Walcott explores the extraordinary life and achievements of a man who was both an important activist and...
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  • Queen of the Court
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    Queen of the Court

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Madeleine Blais, the dramatic and colorful story of legendary tennis star and international celebrity, Alice MarbleIn August 1939, Alice Marble graced the cover of Life magazine, photographed by the famed Alfred...
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  • Bowling
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    Bowling

    This book is aimed at players and coaches (male & female) of all levels. James Knott and Andrew O'Connor have created a comprehensive and up to date guide to bowling for coaches, players and parents featuring photographs and diagrams along with sixty...
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  • 2023 World Series Champions (American League Lower Seed)
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    2023 World Series Champions (American League Lower Seed)

    The Texas Rangers are 2023 World Series championsHistory was made in 2023, as the Texas Rangers triumphed over the Arizona Diamondbacks to seize their first World Series championship since arriving in the Lone Star State in 1972.At Long Last: The Texas...
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  • WE BELIEVE
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    WE BELIEVE

    For the past 75 years, Little League teams from around the world have had their dreams set on making it to the pinnacle of youth baseball, the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. One small-town Little League, the Nolensville Little...
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    The Red Roses
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    The Red Roses

    In January 2019, England's Red Roses became the first fully professional women's rugby team in the world their abiding mission being to win back the Rugby World Cup. After their narrow defeat against New Zealand in 2017, the formidable squad developed a...
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    Pipeline to the Pros

    Jeff Van Gundy. Brad Stevens. Frank Vogel. Mike Budenholzer. Tom Thibodeau. Sam Presti. Leon Rose. Before you knew his name, before he drafted your favorite player, before he guided your team to a championship, he had a playing career of his own at an...
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    Ron Shandler's 2024 Baseball Forecaster
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    Ron Shandler's 2024 Baseball Forecaster

    For more than 35 years, the very best in baseball predictions and statisticsThe industry's longest-running publication for baseball analysts and fantasy leaguers, Ron Shandler's Baseball Forecaster, published annually since 1986, is the first book to...
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    All Things Being Equal
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    All Things Being Equal

    The story of Women's Soccer's fight for equal pay as chronicled by counsel and leader of the USWNT's Players Association.In All Things Being Equal, Rich Nichols-former counsel for Women's Soccer-teams up with USA Today HoopsHype's Sam Yip to detail what...
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  • Pep Guardiola: The Evolution
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    Pep Guardiola: The Evolution

    For three extraordinary seasons at Bayern Munich, Martin Perarnau was given total access around the German super club - to its players, its backroom staff, its board members and, above all, to its manager, Pep Guardiola. In the follow-up to his...
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    Maggie Alphonsi: My Autobiography
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    Maggie Alphonsi: My Autobiography

    Maggie Alphonsi is not only a national sporting icon, the face of international women's rugby and star player of the England side that won the World Cup in 2014. She is also an inspirational and totemic figure who transcends sport.The compelling story of...
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  • A History of Scottish Football in 100 Objects
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    A History of Scottish Football in 100 Objects

    From Socrates to Arthur Montford, via Bovril, Buckfast and, of course, pies, this is a unique journey through the extraordinary world of Scottish football.Packed with anecdotes and observations, Andy Bollen wallows in a nostalgic haze, a time of...
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    Prehistoric
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    Prehistoric

    The improbable story of the birth of modern-day pro basketball in Toronto In just over 25 years, the Toronto Raptors have evolved from an intrepid expansion team to an NBA champion. But for all the triumphs of the past decade, the beginning looked a bit...
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  • On This Day In Roger Federer History
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    On This Day In Roger Federer History

    One of the world' s most well-known and respected athletes, Roger Federer has had a career that ranks among the most celebrated and successful in all of tennis history. This entertaining and illuminating chronicle of Federer' s trophy-laden journey is...
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    Sports Illustrated The Fall Classic
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    Sports Illustrated The Fall Classic

    From its inception, Sports Illustratedhas chronicled baseball's greatest spectacle:the World Series. Now, SIcelebrates the grandeur and spirit of the Fall Classic witha deluxe commemorative book featuring the magazine's iconic photography...
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    Football is a Numbers Game
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    Football is a Numbers Game

    In the 1980s, Neil Hornsby was one of very few National Football League fans in England. Never one to do anything casually, he began keeping hand-written score sheets of every game using his own tracking system. Soon he'd enlisted some fellow British...
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    A Mic for All Seasons
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    A Mic for All Seasons

    When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve-a trio of...
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    Tomlin
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    Tomlin

    In 2007, at the age of thirty-four, Mike Tomlin was hired as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Replacing Hall of Famer Bill Cowher-and two years removed from the team's Super Bowl XL victory-there was immense pressure on the first-year head...
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    Brotherhood
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    Brotherhood

    "We're better off for having these men among us."-Wall Street JournalBefore 9/11, the rugby team at West Point learned to bond on a sports field. This is what happened when those 15 young men became leaders in war. Filled with drama, tragedy, and...
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    The New Ballgame
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    The New Ballgame

    Watching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not completely unheard of, not so long ago.Starting pitchers sling 100 mile-per-hour heat for just four or five innings before departing; third basemen often...
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    Enter the Jungle
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    Enter the Jungle

    Get the beautiful book that presents the history of the Cincinnati Bengals football team, with full-color photography and fascinating text.The Cincinnati Bengals are a proud and storied franchise. Some of the NFL's all-time best players-and all-time...
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    Manchester United Classic Kits
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    Manchester United Classic Kits

    Manchester United Classic Kits is 112 pages full of everything a football fan could ever want to know about the most iconic kits to have been showcased by their club. From design to branding, this publication about Manchester United Classic Kits is an...
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  • The Science of Golf
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    The Science of Golf

    InThe Science of Golf, seasoned sports broadcaster Will Haskett examines the science behind the beloved sport of golf. The author covers topics like the swing, the body, the mind, the equipment, the agronomy of the course, analytics, and much more...
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    Ed Kranepool
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    Ed Kranepool

    No origin story of the New York Mets is complete without Ed Kranepool.The lefty first baseman known as "Steady Eddie" made his major-league debut at age 17 during the team's inaugural season and would eventually depart, nearly two decades later, with his...
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    The Men in the Arena
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    The Men in the Arena

    From 1997 to 2003 England and Australia battled for domination of the rugby world in one of the greatest rivalries the sport has ever known. In The Men in the Arena, William Hill shortlisted authors Peter Burns and Tom English explore every aspect of the...
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    Aaron Judge
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    Aaron Judge

    At 6-foot-7 and 285 pounds, Aaron Judge emerged as the biggest story in baseball in 2017 with his monstrous home runs and record-breaking ability. A three-sport athlete in high school and a Division I ballplayer at Fresno State, the Californian was...
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    Troublemaker
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    Troublemaker

    Lisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies.When she was a freshman in college, she saw a manhit a woman in the face with a closed fist while aparalyzed crowd stood by and watched. Secondslater, she took matters into her own hands-with...
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    Cornfields to Gold Medals
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    Cornfields to Gold Medals

    Blending personal narrative with practical guidance, Cornfields to Gold Medals delivers well-traveled leadership principles for on and off the court.Coach Don Showalter's rise to international recognition as a coach can be traced to his time at the helm...
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  • The Official Aston Villa Annual 2023
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    The Official Aston Villa Annual 2023

    "Another season - another Villa Annual. And once again, it's packed with everything a young Villa supporter could wish for. There are superb photos and features about your favourite players, including the club's summer signings, a month-by month review...
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  • Baseball's Best Excuses
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    Baseball's Best Excuses

    Explain away your bad at-bats and imperfect pitches-and have your friends laugh at the same time!InBaseball's Best Excuses, author Joshua Shifrin takes a witty approach in helping baseball players make sense of their worst days on the diamond. The next...
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  • Robotic Golf
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    Robotic Golf

    For years, amateur golfers have been going to see pros to learn how to improve their game. If there were some major technical difficulties that the pro could correct, the amateurs would come away with an improved game.For most of us, we might see an...
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    I Burn But Am Not Consumed
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    I Burn But Am Not Consumed

    I Burn But I Am Not Consumed brings together photographs and an archive collated by photographer Alicia Bruce and the residents of Menie, Scotland. The project documents sixteen years of Donald Trump's impact on the coastal Scottish community from 2006...
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  • RoadTrip America A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66
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    RoadTrip America A Sports Fan's Guide to Route 66

    Get Your Balls, Bats, and Sticks on Route 66! Immortalized in countless books, songs, and movies, Route 66 is a timeless icon of American culture. Until now, however, no guide to this historic byway has focused on another beloved part of American...
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  • Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted To Be Somebody
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    Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted To Be Somebody

    I Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on to break the color barrier in tennis and achieving the...
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    Absolute Tennis

    Absolute Tennis is thorough and comprehensive guide to improving your tennis. In this insightful and visually engaging book, Marty Smith, an NCAA Division I Southern Conference Champion and long-time Director of Tennis at the New York Athletic Club,...
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    The Bud Collins History of Tennis

    Compiled by the world's foremost tennis historian and journalist, this book is the ultimate collection of historical tennis information, including year-by-year recaps of every tennis season and biographical sketches of every major tennis personality, as...
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    Liverpool Magnificent Number 7s
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    Liverpool Magnificent Number 7s

    In-depth reviews of one of the most iconic numbers in world football, including history of the players, historical roots of the club and its relationship with the Number 7 Fully illustrated with images throughout. As well as detailed design and...
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    Football's Greatest Rivalries
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    Football's Greatest Rivalries

    In-depth reviews of the most iconic rivalries in world football, including history of the grounds, fans, historical roots of the rivalry Variety of world rivalries, showcasing the broad and diverse range of football contests. Fully illustrated with...
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    The Football Stadium Guide
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    The Football Stadium Guide

    In-depth reviews of the most iconic rivalries in world football, including history of the grounds, fans, historical roots of the rivalry Variety of world stadiums, showcasing the broad and diverse range of football stadiums. Fully illustrated with...
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    Squad Goals
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    Squad Goals

    Everyone has football fever, but not in the usual way. England's Lionesses are tearing up the pitch and making a real name for the female game. Lexi, who never had the opportunity to be taken seriously, inspires a group of school leavers to redefine the...
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    Dreaming the Impossible
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    Dreaming the Impossible

    Shortlisted for the2023SportsBookAwardsfor Best Sports Writing of the YearThe British, who are rightly proud of their sporting traditions, are now having to come to terms with the dark, unacknowledged, past of racism in sport until now the truth that...
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    World in their Hands
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    World in their Hands

    World in their Hands recounts the remarkable events that led to a group of friends from south-west London staging the inaugural Women's Rugby World Cup in 1991. The tournament was held just 13 years after teams from University College London and King's...
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