Sports & Recreation

In the spring of 1964, the Nankai Hawks of Japan?s Pacific League sent nineteen-year-old Masanori Murakami to the Class A Fresno Giants to improve his skills. To nearly everyone?s surprise, Murakami, known as Mashi, dominated the American hitters. With...

The Legendary History of the Two-Footed Earth Runners (LH) took root as an art project about human's original hunting weapon: running. An impulse by the author to paint a picture of primitive humans conducting a persistence hunt, as described in the...

Glacier National Park offers some of the most beautiful and exciting sport fishing in Montana. But how does an angler know when and where to fish, how to get there, and what kind of gear will reel in the catch? The answers are all here in Fishing Glacier...

This book will take the reader on Hilary's decade-long journey as she trains for and runs her first 5K, swims the aqua-blue waters of the Caribbean, cycles a hilly course in Milwaukee, learns how to run-walk her way through the New York City Marathon,...

Extreme life can be experiencing the harshest personal challenges produced by nature's arsenal, and testing one's endurance to prevail over these elements without going 'over the edge'. This book details some of the most extreme climatic conditions,...

Author: Tony EnglundPublisher: Meyer & Meyer SportPublication Date: Oct 01, 2023Number of Pages: 208 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1782552359ISBN-13: 9781782552352

The Judo Advantage explores the dynamics of how and why the human body works most efficiently for throwing, submission, and pinning techniques. Although judo provides the basis for the author's analysis, his insights also relate to other grappling sports...

The book offers close to 250 different trails within a 60-mile radius of the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC)Author: Allen de HartPublisher: BlairPublication Date: November 01, 2007Number of Pages: 299 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

This definitive guide for cyclists details all 575 miles of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, through North Carolina and Virginia.Author: Elizabeth SkinnerPublisher: Menasha Ridge PressPublication Date: April 07, 2020Number of Pages: 240...

This fully updated guidebook presents 64 overnight hikes throughout the 14 states of the Appalachian Trail, from 10 to 30 miles in length.Author: Leonard M. Adkins|Victoria Logue|Frank LoguePublisher: Menasha Ridge PressPublication Date: Aug 21,...

Mt. Shasta is California's premier, stand-alone, 14,000-foot mountain--with the largest and longest glaciers in the state. Along with Washington's Mt. Rainier, Mt. Shasta is one of the two most prominent large mountains in the contiguous United States...

This guide to walks in greater Portland includes more than 75 of the best routes and destinations, including such gems as Forest Park in Portland and Rooster Rock in Corbett. Each route described includes distances and notes the steepness of the trail...

From bestselling hiking guidebook author (and dad) Stephen Hui comes a collection of fun-filled hikes field-tested by parents and kids. The best thing about hiking with kids is appreciating nature as a whole family. But hiking with kids can be...

A captivating look at two centuries of surfing?"the Sport of Queens"?from Native Hawaiian royalty to the breakout style and jaw-dropping feats on the waves today. Few subjects in the world of sports and or the outdoors is more timely or compelling than...

As a hiking destination, the San Juan Islands of Washington and their sister islands to the north offer scores of parks and preserves, hundreds of miles of trails catering to hikers of all levels, and year-round accessibility. Day Hiking: The San Juans...

CLICK HEREto download the backpacking trip to "Cathedral Rock" and the hike to "Scatter Lake" fromBest Hikes with Dogs Western Washington, 2nd Edition * Guidebook of more than 80 hikes chosen specifically for dog owners and their four-legged trail...

Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions covers the expansive and beautiful region of interior Northern California from the Redding area northward. This new guide features: trailhead driving directions, trail descriptions, length and...

New York Times Bestseller This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how...

Street fighting. Brazilian jujitsu. Grappling. Welcome to BJ Penn's island. (Don't worry, he won't hurt you . . . much.) For the last decade, BJ Penn has been one of the most successful and feared fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)...

Once upon a time, Amy's future seemed golden. Training to be a world-class ice dancer with her partner Austin, she dreamed of Olympic glory and the day when Austin would see her as something more than just the little girl he skated with. Then, in the...

Competitiveness. Leadership. Inclusiveness. Discipline. Dedication to community. Together, these traits form the blueprint for teams that not only win, but transcend sport and develop a purpose to keep on winning for the good of the communities that...

A family-friendly guide to camping in RVs, cabins, tents, and more--because the best memories are the ones made around the campfire More and more people are excited about getting outdoors and experiencing adventures in nature with their family and...

Outdoor Survival Skills has taught generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and carefully tested techniques, many of them ancient, for finding or...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ?One of the best golf books this century.? ?Golf Digest Tom Coyne?s A Course Called Scotland is a heartfelt and humorous celebration of his quest to play golf on every links course in Scotland, the birthplace of the game he...

The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal?the biggest corruption case of recent years?involving dozens of countries and implicating nearly every aspect of the world?s most popular sport, soccer, including the World Cup is ?an engrossing and...

Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island was once a model city school, graduating a wide range of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school...

Four of the chapters in this book have appeared before in the pages of the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal (A Chuilionn, Wastdale Head, A Reverie, and the Oromaniacal Quest). They all, however, have been partly rewritten, so the author trusts that...

A Defense Manual of Commando Ju Jitsu originally published in 1943 was designed to teach Ju Jitsu techniques for self-defense that can be applied under any circumstance. This unique manual born out of wartime is structured to easily convey multiple...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ?A rollicking good time.? ?Golfweek * ?Thoroughly engaging.? ?The Washington Post Now with a new afterword: a juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson?who has led a big, controversial life?as...

Author: Xenophon XenophonPublisher: SMK BooksPublication Date: Apr 03, 2018Number of Pages: 36 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: Hardcover/Sports & RecreationISBN-10: 1515429083ISBN-13: 9781515429081