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"Peaks and Lamas" is a one-of-a-kind classic book on mountaineering, Buddhism, and Tibet, offering rare beauty and depth for a whole new generation of readers.

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Pete Rose is baseball's Hit King, the Major Leagues' all-time leader in career hits. Baseball author David Jordan presents an even-handed look at Rose's life, career, and post-baseball life, and lets the reader decide for him- or herself.

It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in professional sports.

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Now fully updated with brand new material, this is his fascinating personal tribute to the fine players and wonderful characters who have stimulated his love affair with the game of golf for more than half a century.

Featuring stars of yesteryear such as Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Tony Jacklin;

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Looks at the people who have shaped Australian sport, becoming our local heroes. From Allan Langer to Dawn Fraser, this is both an historical account, with a view to the future in the Australian sporting arena.

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Play Ball is the writer's personal nine inning memoir chronicling his experiences from Little League through Senior Softball. Most important, are the lessons learned and the teammates and coaches that shaped his career

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Transform your golf game by learning from the teachings of Tiger Woods, the man who has taken the world of golf by storm.

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Presents the modern tale about fame and Australia's obsession with its sporting heroes. This book traces Gary Ablett's rise and fall - from superstar athlete to disgrace and humiliation following drug convictions, and the death of a woman in his presence. It also provides a glimpse into the hidden world of professional sport.

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Liz Ellis is vice-captain of the Australian netball team. This text explains to young readers exactly what is is like to be a well-known top-level sportswoman in Australia. Liz looks back at what she needed to do to be successful, the sacrifices made, lessons learned, and the good times, too.

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An invaluable guide to the most common rules a golfer is likely to encounter on the golf course.

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Pooling Talent highlights relay teams, squads, and programs spanning nearly a century of competitive swimming. From the 1976 U.S. Women's 400 Freestyle relay to the 2001 Australian squad, and even including the North Baltimore Aquatic Club that has trained some of swimming's t...

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Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes. Title IX is passed. Some moments in sports-whether they take place on a track, on a tennis court, or in a courtroom-transcend the event itself. This book f...

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An indispensible guide for anyone involved in prescribing exercise programmes for clients or groups. Effective fitness tests are crucial to measure current fitness and then monitor progress to check the effectiveness of training. Includes both the theory and pratice of fitness testing in fitness and sports settings.

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With nearly 15,000 entries, this bibliography serves to bring control to the literature of American-style professional football and, in a selective fashion, to Canadian and Australian professional football.

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Experienced attorney and sports enthusiast Freedman provides a comprehensive and extremely informative discussion of the antitrust legislation that affects professional sports--now undeniably a major business in the United States.

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This year's most explosive expose discloses the names of the convicted criminals in the NFL, the stunning severity of their crimes, and tells why they're still playing.

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The first book to gather firsthand accounts of successful practices, and thinking habits, of sports legends and super-athletesfrom across sports including football, baseball, basketball, boxing, golf, car-racing, and swimmingthis work holds lessons that can power not only athletic success, but winning in any daily challenges of life or work.

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Lawrence Donegan - author, musician, European PGA Tour caddy (retired) - is determined play his patriotic part.

Too mean to buy a ticket, and cruelly denied a place on the European team by a selection process emphasising the ability to play golf, Donegan tries - and fails - to become Lee Westwood's bagman at the Belfry.

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Race and Sports: A Reference Handbook provides a breadth and depth of discussion about minority athletes, coaches, sports journalists, and others in U.S. sport.

This volume examines race and sports and connected issues, from the integration of professional sports to the present day.

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Originally published in hardcover in 2011.

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This humorous but effective guide shows you how to improve your golf game by forgetting about all those things other golf books tell you to worry about. Radical Golf is not about keeping your left arm straight, pronating your wrists, keeping your head down, swiveling your hips, or otherwise confusing yourself to distraction. It's about playing better, and having a great time doing it.

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With the same capacity for honesty and bluntness that caused her endless disputes with officialdom, the author reveals her disillusionment with the Olympic movement, and tells how a shy working-class girl managed to turn her insecurities and a series of devastating setbacks into a tale of personal triumph.