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My Favorite Year: A Collection of Football Writing
Nick Hornby, D.J. Taylor, Huw Richards, Chris Pierson, Roddy Doyle, Harry Ritchie, Harry Pearson, Olly Wicken, Graham Brack, Matt Nation, Ed Horton, Don Watson · back to the book
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David Foster Wallace · 148 pages
Collects essays about tennis in which the author challenges the sports memoir genre, profiles two of the world's greatest players, and shares his own experiences in his youth as a regionally ranked tennis player.
Sports Illustrated: Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly
Rick Reilly · 319 pages
Gathers one hundred pieces written by the "Sports Illustrated" writer over the past six years, covering such topics as rants against high-profile athletic programs, profiles of sports greats, and personal reminiscences.
On Boxing
Joyce Carol Oates · 128 pages
Examines boxing in various aspects: boxing as metaphor, spectacle, dance, history, lore, women and boxing, etc.
Soccer Men: Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport
Simon Kuper · 312 pages
"Simon Kuper's New York Times bestseller Soccernomics pioneered a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous empirical analysis and incisive-and witty- commentary. Kuper now leaves the numbers and data behind to explore the heart and soul of the world's most popular sport in the new, extraordinarily revealing Soccer Men. Soccer Men goes behind the scenes with soccer's greatest players and coa
Death in the Afternoon
Ernest Hemingway · 442 pages
This non-fiction book is Hemingway’s tribute to and justification of what he saw as the art and skill of bullfighting. Together with a potted history of bullfighting the author adds his views on what makes it more than a mere spectacle, elevating it to a ritualized display of courage encompassing everything a man needs to know about life and death.
Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
Steve Almond · 178 pages
Argues that not only is American football hazardous to players' health, and especially to their brains, but also that American support of the sport encourages violence, prejudices, and other ethically troubling behavior.
Epic: Stories of Survival from the World's Highest Peaks
Clint Willis, Greg Child
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · 179 pages
Mile Markers: The 26.2 Most Important Reasons Why Women Run
Kristin Armstrong · 279 pages
"Built on the success of her popular blog on RunnersWorld.com, Kristin Armstrongs new book is an intensely personal look at how running creates a special sense of community for the women who participate, and how it has helped her and many others mark the milestones of their lives. Each of the 26 chapters (the .2 is the epilogue) is dedicated to a specific theme, such as Friendship, Gratitude, Heal
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
Jon Krakauer · 191 pages
Krakauer takes the reader to wonderful, awful peaks like Denali, the Eiger, Devil's Thumb, K-2 and Everest.
Domestique: The Real-life Ups and Downs of a Tour Pro
Charly Wegelius · 320 pages
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times
Sara Nickles · 224 pages
There's No Toilet Paper . . . on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure
Doug Lansky · 190 pages
A collection of stories in which various well-known writers share their humorous and sometimes bizarre travel experiences.
My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish · 270 pages
David Beckham: My Side
David Beckham, Tom Watt · 544 pages
This is Beckham's fascinating life story in his own words. His rise through the ranks at the biggest club side in the world. His complex relationship with United boss Alex Ferguson. The England story, from being vilified by the nation before returning as the prodigal son to eventually captaining his country. His acrimonious falling-out with his manager and departure from Old Trafford in June 2003.
14 Minutes: A Running Legend's Life and Death and Life
Alberto Salazar, John Brant
Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages
David Ross · 242 pages
Discusses the author's life and career, including his role as "Grandpa Rossy" on the Chicago Cubs 2016 championship-winning team. In 2016, the Cubs ended a 108-year curse, winning the World Series in a history-making, seven-game series against the Cleveland Indians. One of the many storylines to Chicago's fairytale season was the late-career renaissance of David Ross, the 39-year-old catcher who
Unbelievable: From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold
Jessica Ennis, Rick Broadbent
PoMoSexuals: Challenging Assumptions About Gender and Sexuality
Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel · 199 pages
PoMo: short for PostModern; in th earts, a movement following after and in direct reaction to Modernism; culturally, an outlook that acknowledges diverse and complex points of view. PoMoSexual: the queer erotic reality beyond the boundaries of gender, separatism, and essentialist notions of sexual orientation.