Heart of Oak
 A gripping war and sea story: Heart of Oak is one the finest war books and sea stories that I have read. I found it hard to put down. Although the intensity of the war and its effects on the men was depressing, I was compelled to keep reading. Jones' [... more]
$14.95
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Game of My Life: Green Bay Packers: Memorable Stories of ...
Fumble!: This book would have been granted a much higher rating if not for the errors, and this book has plenty of them. Many of the errors are numbers-related and don't have a significant impact on the particular story (the Packers started playing in [... more]
$16.95
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Laughing in the Hills
Amazon.com Review: Barich debuted in 1980 with this magnificent meditation on horse-racing, yet the rich, full portrait he paints of the track and its colorful citizenry--human and hoofed--is only prelude to the work's enduring appeal. It is really a [... more]
$14.95
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Hemingway on Fishing
Amazon.com Review: When the taciturn hero of Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River" returns from the Great War, he heads straight to the northern Michigan woods to begin the process of healing. Camping along the river and fishing for trout, Nick [... more]
$29.95
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Fanatic: Ten Things All Sports Fans Should Do Before ...
Funny, Interesting, Great Story-Teller: Jim has a great way of showing how people share their love of sport. Fantastic story-teller, very humorous and laugh-out-loud. -"Ian" Funny AND Smart: Jim Gorant really knows his stuff. If you love [... more]
$24.00
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Better on a Rising Tide
Truely enjoyable: If you count your success by numbers, then you will not appreciate the depth of this book. Mr. Kelly, an avid turkey hunter, uses the hunt as a background to his insightful reflextions on life. His books are a mixture of Scipio, Plato [... more]
$22.95
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The Best American Sports Writing 1998 (The Best American ...
Story of human struggle for identity and manhood.: Hurray for Moehringer! I bought this book for my dad- and avid sports fan and reader- and found myself enthralled in this particular story. I'm not a sports fan myself- which has always created a gap in [... more]
$18.95
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Stadium Stories: Dallas Cowboys: Colorful Tales of ...
It's a Decent Read for Cowboys Fans but Nothing New: I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan and a collector of football books so I ordered this lesser known title after hearing about it on the Cowboys Radio Network. If you've never listened to the Cowboys radio [... more]
$8.95
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More Iditarod Classics: Tales of the Trail from the Men ...
exciting vignettes from Iditarod veterans: I've read a lot of books about the Iditarod, but this one really stands out. Before I read this book, all of the mushers sort of ran together in my head. Now I have a sense of them as individuals. Susan Butcher, [... more]
$14.95
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It's How You Play the Game: The Powerful Sports Moments ...
The dark-haired guy who is not Steve Doocy wrote a good book!: I was a little worried when I first saw this book displayed on a TV show, and that is was supposedly written by the dark-haired guy who is not Steve Doocy, but it turned out to be a [... more]
$25.95
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Sports Illustrated: Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and ...
One of the greatest books ever written!: As a recent Journalism grad this book was amazing. I would love to get into the sports writing field (although I have a feeling I'll never reach Reilly status). This was a great set of stories and life experiences. [... more]
$25.95
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Maybe It Should Have Been a Three Iron: My Year as ...
Amazon.com Review: The opening sentences of Donegan's delightful romp through the European golf world sets its tone: "The first thing to understand about caddying is it's not brain surgery. It's more complicated than that," and the next couple [... more]
$15.95
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