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Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Americ a
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Dean Karnazes · 295 pages
Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight, candor, and humor rarely seen in sports memoirs (and written without the aid of a ghostwriter or cowriter), Ultramarathon Man has inspired tens
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami · 179 pages
My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom, and Insights of a Road Racing Icon
Bart Yasso, Kathleen Parrish · 270 pages
Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
Lynne Cox, Martha Kaplan · 360 pages
- At age fourteen, she swam twenty-six miles from Catalina Island to the California mainland.- At ages fifteen and sixteen, she broke the men's and women's world records for swimming the English Channel--a thirty-three-mile crossing in nine hours, thirty-six minutes.- At eighteen, she swam the twenty-mile Cook Strait between North and South Islands of New Zealand, was caught on a massive swell, fo
Running Like a Girl
Alexandra Heminsley · 220 pages
"In her twenties, Alexandra Heminsley spent more time drinking white wine than she did in pursuit of athletic excellence. When she decided to take up running in her thirties, she had high hopes for a blissful runner's high and immediate physical transformation. After eating three slices of toast with honey and spending ninety minutes on iTunes creating the perfect playlist, she hit the streets--an
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins · 289 pages
Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith
Gabrielle Douglas, Michelle Burford · 223 pages
The U.S. gymnast all-around gold medal winner at the 2012 London Olympics tells her story of faith, perseverance, and determination.
The Closer: My Story
Mariano Rivera, Wayne Coffey · 312 pages
Breakaway: Beyond the Goal
Alex Morgan · 289 pages
Get inspired to be your best in sports and in life with this uplifting memoir from star soccer player and Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan that includes eight pages of full-color photos as well as book jacket that doubles as a poster!As a talented and successful female athlete, Alex Morgan is a role model to thousands of girls who want to be their best, not just in soccer, but in other sports and
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance
Simone Biles · 250 pages
In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, Simone presents the story of how she overcame early childhood challenges to become the most decorated US female gymnast and the only female gymnast to ever win three consecutive World Championship titles.
Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder
Samuel Wilson Fussell · 252 pages
Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Guy Who's Lived It
Matthew Berry · 338 pages
An inside assessment of the world of fantasy sports by the ESPN Senior Fantasy Analyst reveals the life-shaping impact of the multi-billion-dollar national pastime while chronicling his own rise to a leading figure in fantasy sports.
Imperfect: An Improbable Life
Jim Abbott, Tim Brown · 283 pages
A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved in high school, college, and adulthood.
Driven: From Homeless to Hero, My Journeys On and Off Lambeau Field
Donald Driver · 278 pages
"The legendary NFL receiver, all-time receptions and yards leader for the Green Bay Packers, and Dancing with the Stars champion looks back on his life and career. Now, in his memoir, Driver recalls what it was like to go from living in a U-Haul trailer with his mom on the streets of Houston to earning a spot on the Packers roster and becoming one of Brett Favre's favorite targets on the way to fo
My Fight / Your Fight
Ronda Rousey, Maria Burns Ortiz · 313 pages
Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and new Hollywood action hero, charts her difficult path to glory. Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life -- in and outside the Octagon -- reveals the painful loss of her father when she was eight years old, the intensity of her judo training, her battles with love, her meteoric rise to fame, the s
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
David Goggins · 366 pages
Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Douglas Kent Hall · 256 pages
Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes
Rosie Swale Pope · 336 pages
After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knocked down by a bus, confronted by bears, chased by a naked man with a gun and stranded with severe frostbite, Rosie's breathtaking 20,000-mile solo journey is as gripping as it is inspiring.Rosie's solo run around the world started out of sorrow
Everything to Live For: The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt
Turia Pitt · 336 pages
The Mountain: My Time on Everest
Ed Viesturs, David Roberts · 352 pages
The only American to have climbed all fourteen of the world's eight-thousand-meter peaks sets his sights on Mount Everest, in a work that combines his own climbs as well as narratives of famous climbs throughout the last century.