The Black Prince of Baseball: Hal Chase and the ...
 return of the black prince: Hal Chase finally gets his own book after existing on the dark edges of baseball history, and this is a very worthy effort. Bill James had some very interesting fulminations about Prince Hal but this book is thoroughly [... more]
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Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai
More than an interesting and inspiring autobiography: Ostensibly the autobiography of an American bugeisha (practitioner of Japanese martial arts, in this case kenjutsu, "sword techniques"), this book is much more as it delves into an easily- [... more]
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Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons ...
a fascinating account: Approaching thirty years old, Robert Twigger was teaching English in Japan and came to the realization that he has never been fit nor brave. Not only does he decide to rectify this by learning some martial arts, he seeks out the [... more]
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Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero
water as muse and temptress: Something primordial exists in swimming for those willing to recognize it, perhaps some residue of an ancestral species instinct to the sea, a subliminal memory of submergence in the amniotic sac, or the proffered suspension [... more]
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Pheasants of the Mind: A Hunter's Search for a Mythic Bird
From Amazon.com: No single title, in our opinion, sums up the life of the solitary pheasant hunter like this masterful work. Pheasants of the Mind is an introspective, sensitive book of timeless flavor in which pheasant hunting dominates the author's [... more]
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Jackie Robinson: A Biography
From Amazon.com: In baseball and beyond, 1997 has been the year of Jackie Robinson, the 50th anniversary of his obliteration of the game's color line, and a time to reflect on a marvelous man whose heroism and decency cut far beyond the foul lines. [... more]
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Rockne of Notre Dame: The Making of a Football Legend
From Amazon.com: How good a coach was Knute Rockne? It hardly matters. Killed in a plane crash at the height of his fame, his 1931 death was dubbed "a national disaster" by President Hoover, and his fable was forever set as a leader of men and [... more]
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Haunts of the Black Masseur
water as muse and temptress: Something primordial exists in swimming for those willing to recognize it, perhaps some residue of an ancestral species instinct to the sea, a subliminal memory of submergence in the amniotic sac, or the proffered suspension [... more]
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Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo
Author: Joel H. Berstein Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 791.8409 EAN: 9781586857455 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1586857452 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: 2007-03-07 [... more]
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Of Stone and Strength
Author: Steve Jeck Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796 EAN: 9780926888050 ISBN: 0926888056 Publication Date: 1996-12 [... more]
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Growing Up Hockey: The Life and Times of Everyone Who ...
Author: Brian Kennedy Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.962092 EAN: 9781894864657 ISBN: 1894864654 Number Of Pages: 369 Publication Date: 2007-09 [... more]
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Musial: From Stash to Stan the Man
An Objective Look At Stan The Man: Author James Giglio did not receive the blessings from Stan Musial to write this book, and Stan apparently discouraged others, at least according to the author, from aiding in this book as well. I found the book to be [... more]
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