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  • CHOOSE STRONG
    Sally McRae
    A REAL LOOK AT STRENGTHKnown worldwide for her mental fortitude, hardcore training tactics, and an ability to push through extreme discomfort, pro athlete Sally McRae’s strength wasn’t built in the gym. For the first time, McRae candidly tells her shocking story of abuse, loss, and wild resilience that laid the foundation for the woman she is today. In this powerful memoir, Sal...
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    10,07 €

  • Junior Ice Hockey
    Derek Schaedig
    Typically, American high schoolers graduate and march off to college to continue their education-and sometimes their athletic careers-at around 18 years old. Meanwhile, in men’s ice hockey, the average age of an NCAA first-year is 20. Where do these players spend their time, and what do they do before they enter collegiate or professional franchises? They head to juniors.In jun...
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    12,12 €

  • Racing Hearts and Burning Cars
    Robert Schwab / Ward E Wilson
    Was it a passion, obsession, or dream? Hard to say, until it blew up in his face. On life support and unable to speak, see, or move, Lisa tells Robert how his life’s dream of owning and racing a Nitro Funny Car had crashed and burned with him inside only days after completion. Blindly he scribbles a cryptic 4-word message, one letter at a time. Each word leaves his family decip...
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    15,54 €

  • Nobody’s Gonna Die Today
    Liana Branch / Matt Branch
    THE STORY OF THE LSU PLAYER WHO WAS SHOT BY A DOGOn a wet cold nasty day in December everything changed for Matt and Liana Branch. An easy comfortable life is what most people hope for. But an easy life does not make for a good story. Nobody’s Gonna Die Today is a story that seems too crazy to be true.In this page turning memoir you will laugh, you will cry, and you will see ho...
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    19,71 €

  • Anna & 'The Prince'
    Gina Giudici-Oakes
    Experience the unbreakable bond and resiliency between a horse and rider in Anna & 'The Prince,' a heartwarming true story that will captivate the hearts of children and teens, inspiring them no matter what their path may be. When Anna first laid eyes on Prince, a spirited horse with a heart full of untapped potential, she knew they were destined for greatness. Despite the do...
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    14,64 €

  • Anna & 'The Prince'
    Gina Giudici-Oakes
    Experience the unbreakable bond and resiliency between a horse and rider in Anna & 'The Prince,' a heartwarming true story that will captivate the hearts of children and teens, inspiring them no matter what their path may be. When Anna first laid eyes on Prince, a spirited horse with a heart full of untapped potential, she knew they were destined for greatness. Despite the do...
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    27,01 €

  • The G.O.A.T - The Quest to Find the Best
    Jack L Sutter
    This book is written by a former college basketball coach of 22 years who picked the Top 75 basketball players of all time based on ten criterion. Coach Sutter list his Top 75 players and ultimately names his choice for The G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) based on these ten criteria. As a former coach, his picks, and the reasons for those picks offers the reader a totally diffe...
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    17,16 €

  • Roberto Clemente
    Ángel R. Cabán González
    This book is the English translation of the Spanish 1st edition of Clemente, vigente vibrante siempre, published in Puerto Rico in 2021. It is an updated edition. In it we have several details as a ballplayer, testimonies, and anecdotes of his personality formation. A true Puerto Rican jibaro, noble and humanitarian. He is our ambassador of Puerto Rican culture in the world not...
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    31,92 €

  • 340 Curiosities and Anecdotes of the World Cup History
    Michael Ellis
    DID YOU KNOW ...In the 1930 World Cup final, the author of one of the goals did not have an arm?In the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, a goalkeeper used gloves for the first time?The first ’ Hat trick ’ in the history of the World Cups was made by an American player?Did the World Cup in Qatar 2022 surpass the goal mark of 92 years of World Cups?Only in the 1982 World Cup in Spain did...
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    12,99 €

  • The I in Running
    Orinthal Striggles
    The I in Running is Orinthal Striggles’s recounting of his running life and the effect it has had on his development as a person, as a family man, as a professional, and as a student of human nature. Though stymied by outside influences on his participation in organized athletics, he began running as early as age 6. That personally disciplined lifestyle has carried him through ...
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    20,01 €

  • The Chronicles of the Enchanted Kingdom
    Michael Jaynes
    Get ready to be transported to a world of magic and mystery in 'The Chronicles of the Enchanted Kingdom'!Follow the journey of our brave protagonist as she navigates a world filled with enchantment and wonder. As she travels through the kingdom, she uncovers secrets and conspiracies that threaten the very fabric of their society.With an array of colorful characters, from wise w...
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    10,38 €

  • The Art of Football Leadership
    Michael Jaynes
    The Art of Football Leadership is a captivating book that offers unique insights into the minds of some of the greatest player-managers in the sport’s history. From Roy Keane to Casey Stoney, this book covers the leadership styles, tactics, and strategies employed by these legends of the game.Through case studies and interviews, the book explores the playing careers and early c...
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    10,54 €

  • Boxers
    A.J. Kingston
    Introducing the ultimate collection for boxing enthusiasts and sports fans alike - 'Boxers: Champions Forever' featuring the greatest fighters of all time: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, and Sugar Ray Robinson.This exclusive bundle includes four gripping books that chronicle the incredible journeys of these boxing legends, their rise to greatness, their memorable fights,...
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    51,05 €

  • Lucas on Bass Fishing
    Jason Lucas
    Lucas on Bass Fishing, first published in 1947 (and revised and updated in the 1962 edition provided here), is a classic how-to guide on the equipment, techniques, and insider tips needed for success in catching bass, as well as muskellunge, northern pike, walleyes, and sunfish. Jason Lucas was the Fishing Editor of Sports Afield for 24 years and once boasted of spending at lea...
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    17,59 €

  • The Art of Swimming and the Game of Racing
    Dudley Duncan
    Coach Duncan began his coaching career in 1968 - in Newport News. VA for the Glendale Gators. He used his education and his experiences to craft a coaching career over 51 years, retiring from coaching in January 2019. He credits swimmers, colleagues and volunteers for his coaching successes - and his family for allowing him the unusual working hours & days, the weekends & weeks...
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    25,04 €

  • My War with Baseball
    Rogers Hornsby
    Rogers Hornsby, nicknamed 'The Rajah', is regarded as one of the best hitters of all time. Known as someone who was difficult to get along with, not well-liked by his fellow players, and reviled or adulated as a manger, through it all he had an enduring love of the game.This is his story, his outlook, his vision for the game. Originally published in 1962 many of the issues Roge...
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    18,36 €

  • The Education of a Golfer
    Al Stump / Sam Snead
    The Education of a Golfer, first published in 1962, is the fascinating story of legendary golf pro Sam Snead’s rise from a poor boy growing up in rural Virginia to become one of the all-time golf greats. Interspersed with golf pointers and illustrations, the book details Snead’s many tournaments, the psychology of winning, and how to become a better player. This edition include...
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    17,26 €

  • Roberto Clemente
    Ángel R. Cabán González
    This book is the English translation of the Spanish 1st edition of Clemente, vigente vibrante siempre, published in Puerto Rico in 2021. It is an updated edition. In it we have several details as a ballplayer, testimonies, and anecdotes of his personality formation. A true Puerto Rican jibaro, noble and humanitarian. He is our ambassador of Puerto Rican culture in the world not...
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    44,26 €

  • Excitement In The Air #1
    Mike Rodgers
    Culled from thirty years of interviews with professional wrestling stars, Excitement In The Air - The Voices of NW Wrestling takes you on the road and in the dressing rooms of promotions like never before. You’ll read first-hand how wrestlers got started, their thoughts on the men they battled, and the promoters they worked for. From locker room brawls to the ribs played on one...
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    19,68 €

  • Broken
    Fred M. Kray
    One fateful winter night, a famous racehorse mysteriously broke his leg while alone in his stall. An investigation ensued, but the real story has never been told...until now. It was a cool, quiet evening at Calumet Farm, where the most valuable racehorses-including the prolific stallion Alydar-had settled into their stalls for the evening. Alton Stone, filling in for the regula...
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    13,74 €

  • Long For Life
    Brandon Harrison
    I just did my best to remember to tell myself ’I can and will change my life for the better,’ page 40, Long for Life.It is inevitable that, at some point, everyone will confront some sort of challenge, adversity, or obstacle in life. Survivor, Brandon Harrison, however, faced more than a challenge. His cancer diagnosis at a young age came with a slim twenty-five percent chance ...
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    29,27 €

  • Long For Life
    Brandon Harrison
    I just did my best to remember to tell myself ’I can and will change my life for the better,’ page 40, Long for Life.It is inevitable that, at some point, everyone will confront some sort of challenge, adversity, or obstacle in life. Survivor, Brandon Harrison, however, faced more than a challenge. His cancer diagnosis at a young age came with a slim twenty-five percent chance ...
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    42,47 €

  • If I Canoe It, So Canoe!
    Elizabeth Kranz
    Join Elizabeth Kranz on this journey from vacationing in the protection of a cabin with the company of friends, to travelling solo by canoe into the amazing backwoods and sleeping in the freedom of a hammock, with all the living wilderness and the still darkness to keep her company.Feel her excitement for a new challenge. Let the call of the wild captivate you as Liz shows you ...
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    36,84 €

  • The Wizard of Warsaw
    Grigory Bogdanovich / Tomasz Lissowski
    Szymon Winawer was a world top-10 player in the 1870s and 1880s, dueling with such titans as Steinitz, Lasker, Anderssen, Marshall, Chigorin, Zukertort, Louis Paulsen, Janowski, Maroczy, Tarrasch and others, and defeating most of the leading players of his time. He won or took prizes in major international tournaments, including Paris 1867 (second, behind Kolisch and above Stei...
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    49,52 €

  • The Wizard of Warsaw
    Grigory Bogdanovich / Tomasz Lissowski
    Szymon Winawer was a world top-10 player in the 1870s and 1880s, dueling with such titans as Steinitz, Lasker, Anderssen, Marshall, Chigorin, Zukertort, Louis Paulsen, Janowski, Maroczy, Tarrasch and others, and defeating most of the leading players of his time. He won or took prizes in major international tournaments, including Paris 1867 (second, behind Kolisch and above Stei...
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    37,81 €

  • From Vienna to Munich to Stockholm
    Grigory Bogdanovich
    Rudolf Spielmann was one of the strongest chess players in the world in the first half of the 20th century. Following his shared second place at the Carlsbad tournament in 1929 with Capablanca, half a point behind Nimzowitsch, he was considered one of the world’s top five. His career spread over four decades and included a host of tournament and match victories, such as defeati...
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    61,83 €

  • From Vienna to Munich to Stockholm
    Grigory Bogdanovich
    Rudolf Spielmann was one of the strongest chess players in the world in the first half of the 20th century. Following his shared second place at the Carlsbad tournament in 1929 with Capablanca, half a point behind Nimzowitsch, he was considered one of the world’s top five. His career spread over four decades and included a host of tournament and match victories, such as defeati...
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    50,12 €

  • Running For Your Life
    Rob Fryer
    The running boom that started in the 1970s saw millions of people begin to experience the benefits of improved physical fitness, sound sleep and a sense of mental wellbeing. The following decade saw an explosion of interest in big city marathons from New York to Tokyo, now major events in cities all around the world. Extensive findings over the past two decades confirm that run...
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    17,83 €

  • So You Wanna Be An NFL Scout
    Steve Verderosa
    So You Wanna Be an NFL Scout chronicles the football life of author and three-time Super Bowl champion Steven Verderosa. In addition, Verderosa provides the history of various NFL drafts along with behind-the-scenes stories of scouts, players, and games.Encouraged by Lee Feinswog and Sal Paolantonio, two published authors themselves, to write a book about his many experiences i...
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    40,00 €

  • So You Wanna Be An NFL Scout
    Steve Verderosa
    So You Wanna Be an NFL Scout chronicles the football life of author and three-time Super Bowl champion Steven Verderosa. In addition, Verderosa provides the history of various NFL drafts along with behind-the-scenes stories of scouts, players, and games.Encouraged by Lee Feinswog and Sal Paolantonio, two published authors themselves, to write a book about his many experiences i...
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    32,13 €


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