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The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
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Jay Busbee · 352 pages
"Published to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Earnhardt Sr.'s death, a profile of the influential NASCAR family is set against a backdrop of the history of the world's fastest stock-car-racing organization and traces the achievements of three generations of Earnhardt drivers"--
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
A.J. Baime · 336 pages
The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, The Fast Lane and Me
Ben Collins · 352 pages
26.2 Miles to Boston: A Journey into the Heart of the Boston Marathon
Michael Connelly · 280 pages
"For this revised and updated edition, author and lifetime Bostonian Michael Connelly will conduct interviews with runners of the 2013 Marathon and those preparing to run in 2014 - which will prove to be the Marathon's most historic and highly attended. While still containing the wonderful trivia, history, and traditions from the original 26 Miles to Boston, this updated edition widens the POV, we
The Boys of Everest: Chris Bonington and the Tragedy of Climbing's Greatest Generation
Clint Willis · 548 pages
This book tells the story of a band of climbers who reinvented mountaineering during the three decades after Everest’s first ascent. It is a story of tremendous courage, astonishing achievement and heart-breaking loss. Their leader was the boyish, fanatically driven Chris Bonington. His inner circle — which came to be known as Bonington’s Boys — included a dozen who became climbing’s greatest gene
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Ed Viesturs, David Roberts · 342 pages
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the TopAt 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement in mountaineering, with good reason. Four times as deadl
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
David Edmonds, John Eidinow · 368 pages
Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times
Thomas Hauser · 544 pages
A portrait of Ali's life and career, from his childhood in Louisville, his triumphs and tragedies, to the life he leads today.
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
Edward Achorn · 336 pages
Describes how a German-born biergarten owner who knew nothing about baseball bought the St. Louis Browns baseball team in an effort to sell more beer and unwittingly formed the American League and revitalized the sport.
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
David Remnick · 326 pages
There were mythic sports figures before him - Jack Johnson, Babe Ruth, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio - but when Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene from his native Louisville in the 1950s, he broke the mold. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself. As Muhammad Ali, he would become the most recognized face on the planet. This unforgettable story of his rise and self-cre
56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
Kostya Kennedy · 365 pages
Recounts Joe DiMaggio's streak during the summer of 1941 and how it found its way into countless lives.
Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe During the Second World War
Simon Kuper · 258 pages
"Prior to the war, Amsterdam was seen as a city of 'Jews and cyclists'. Crammed into the Jewish quarter was a population of around eighty thousand, many of them rag merchants, banana sellers and diamond cutters. A couple of miles to the east lay Ajax's De Meer stadium - of a Sunday, a bustling hub of activity at the furthest edge of the Quarter. By 1940 the Germans had sealed off the Quarter with
Jackie Robinson: The Graphic Novel
Josh Bycel and Rich Korson; Illustrated by Tristan Roach
A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
Ramachandra Guha · 496 pages
Stan Musial: An American Life
George Vecsey · 397 pages
Sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries. More than just a recounting of Musial's life, this is the definitive portrait of one of the game's best-loved but most unappreciated legends, told through the remembrances of those who played b
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
Box Brown · 240 pages
Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, including Hulk Hogan, and his film co-stars (Billy Crystal, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, etc), Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.
Road to Valor: A True Story of WWII Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Aili McConnon, Andres McConnon · 336 pages
Road to Valor is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest comeback in Tour de France history and secretly aided the Italian resistance during World War II.