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 | Grandmas at Bat Product# 460547648 Selling for $3.99 "Can the grandmas play ball? Pip's team needs a coach. Or two coaches! Grandma Nan and Grandma Sal don't know much about baseball. And they don't know how to practice. One thing's for sure though - they know how to drive Pip and the team crazy! But just when the team is about to give up, the Grandmas show them how to win." |
 | Your Pilot's License Product# 460547818 Selling for $19.95 "One of the best nuts-and-bolts guides for learning to fly, now in its 6th edition. This quintessential handbook for aspiring students and new pilots answers the questions most often asked about obtaining a pilot's certificate, including airplane anatomy/flight theory; GPS navigation and operation; piloting techniques; weather--icing, services, preflight advisories; instructors and flight schools; and more 100 illustrations." |
 | Coping with Sports Injuries; Psychological Strategies for Rehabilitation Product# 460552771 Selling for $95 "Lakehead Univ., Canada. Discusses and explains the way the athlete is psychologically affected by injury. Provides proven methods for helping the athlete through this period and ensuring they can return to their field of activity fully treated. Softcover." |
 | Between Boardslides and Burnout: My Notes from the Road Product# 460680928 Selling for $17.95 "With this all-access pass, Tony Hawk shares the joy, the exhaustion, the adrenaline, and the pain of life on the road. 'Between Boardslides and Burnout puts you right on the edge of the ramp and on the road with him -- from competitions to demos, to store openings, to autograph signings, to movie sets, and back home. Never before has a professional skateboarder offered such a complete look into his life -- and mind." |
 | Freedom: Credos from the Road Product# 460681381 Selling for $14.95 "An unconventional guide to life by the best-selling author of Ridin' High, Livin Free draws on the writer's hard-won experiences as a Hell's Angel and former prisoner, sharing his philosophies as gleaned from his survival efforts and years on the open road. 50,000 first printing." |
 | Casey Back at Bat Product# 460681489 Selling for $17.89 "After striking out and leaving Mudville in a serious state of depression, Casey is given a chance at redemption and heads back out to the plate to see if he could do better the second time around, in an inspirational sports tale. Jr Lib Guild." |
 | Satch & Me Product# 460681661 Selling for $16.89 "With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever." |
 | My Life In and Out of the Rough: The Truth Behind All the Bull****You Think You Know About Me Product# 460682498 Selling for $25.95 "The larger-than-life, unapologetic bad boy of professional golf shares his philosophy of life and golf in a no-holds-barred memoir of the ups and downs of his personal and professional world, offering a rollicking account of booze, depression, weight problems, marital problems, and golf. 100,000 first printing." |
 | FOOTBALL GENIUS Product# 460682506 Selling for $16.99 "Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players." |
 | Sports Injuries and Emergencies Product# 460683345 Selling for $54.95 A concise handbook of emergent care for sports injuries. Emphasis is placed on emergency and sideline care along with 'return to play' treatment. This resource features a wealth of tables and illustrations as well as lists of emergency supplies needed in various sports. |
 | Picabo Product# 460683374 Selling for $14.95 "The compelling story of America's most loved Olympic champion ''Since winning an Olympic silver medal in 1994, Street has been the most interesting personality in a sport desperately lacking for charisma. The story she tells is an entertaining portrait of her eccentricities, insecurities, mindboggling crashes, and triumphs.'--Philip Hersh, 'Chicago Tribune 'Nothing to Hide 'offers an interesting insight into the world of big-time ski racing.'--John Meyer, 'Denver Post ''Once you read Street's new autobiography, you understand how she did it . . . even a fraction of her life would make for an interesting story.'--David King, 'San Antonio Express-News 'Picabo: Nothing to Hide is powerful, honest autobiography. Picabo Street shares her coming-of-age experience, revealing how adversity shaped a rebellious tomboy into a champion athlete and compassionate woman, in harmony with her family and at peace with her fear of failure." |
 | Fit to Surf Product# 460683430 Selling for $14.95 "'Fit to Surf, a cutting-edge surfing-specific fitness guide, supplies surfers of all levels of experience with everything they need to create a personal fitness program that builds strength and endurance, increases balance and coordination, and minimizes the risk of injury. Personal trainer Rocky Snyder--himself an avid surfer with two decades of experience riding the waves--provides easy to-follow, step-by-step instructions supplemented with 60photographs of conditioning exercises that can be performed at home, in the gym, or on the water." |
 | Tiny Goes Camping Product# 460686747 Selling for $3.99 Tiny and his owner are having fun camping until they discover that Tiny doesn't fit in their tent. |
 | Jimmys Boa And the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk Product# 460686954 Selling for $5.99 Jimmy's boa constrictor creates havoc in his gym class and his antics lead to the formation of an unusual basketball team. By the creators of Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash. Jr Lib Guild. Reprint. |
 | Namath Product# 460687030 Selling for $16 "Discusses the football star's upbringing as the son of a Hungarian immigrant in the steel country of Pennsylvania, his achievements at the University of Alabama, his career with the New York Jets, and his legendary status." |
 | All You Need for a Snowman Product# 460765783 Selling for $16 "'One small snowflake fluttering down-- ' That's all you need for a snowman. Or is it? In these pages, an exuberant crew is summoned to create a snowman of heroic proportions. Starting with the very first flake, Alice Schertle's clever and energetic rhyming text details the steps these little sculptors take to create a chilly chum. Barbara Lavallee's bold and lively illustrations overflow with brisk winter energy. Snow, colorful clothes, and a dash of the miraculous combine to shape a winter experience that is both familiar and fantastic." |
 | Pretty Good for a Girl: The Autobiography of a Snowboarding Pioneer Product# 460766198 Selling for $15.95 "When Tina Basich grabbed her rented snowboard and headed to the mountains in Lake Tahoe, snowboarding wasn't even considered a sport ... yet. It was the beginning, and could have easily gone the way of many other sports and become dominated by male-driven competition. But not with Tina on the scene ... Comments like 'You're pretty good ... for a girl' only pushed her harder to be the best and to prove she was more than just a token player on the slopes. Representing for women everywhere, she became a snowboarding all-star, started her own signature board and clothing lines for women, founded Boarding for Breast Cancer, and followed her heart, which led her on the adventure of a lifetime. This is her story." |
 | When The Tuna Went Down To Texas: The Story Of Bill Parcells And The Dallas Cowboys Product# 460766236 Selling for $13.95 "Chronicles the Dallas Cowboys' 2003 season, discussing the much-anticipated personality clashes between head coach Bill Parcells and owner Jerry Jones, and recounting their shared efforts to revitalize the team. Reprint. 20,000 first printing." |
 | Raiders Night Product# 460766260 Selling for $15.99 "Matt Rydeck, co-captain of his high school football team, endures a traumatic season as he witnesses the rape of a rookie player by teammates and grapples with his own use of performance-enhancing drugs." |
 | Winners Never Quit! Product# 460766294 Selling for $16.89 "Soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Mia Hamm tells the story of how Mia, a competitive child in a large family, learns to be part of a team and work together with her six brothers and sisters." |
 | DETECTIVE DINOSAUR LOST AND FOUND Product# 460766570 Selling for $3.99 "Comically clueless Detective Dinosaur and his loyal sidekick, Officer Pterodactyl, are back with three new cases to crack. But when Detective Dinosaur loses his way in the park, will he himself be found? Full color." |
| All You Need for a Snowman Product# 460767743 Selling for $16 "'One small snowflake fluttering down-- ' That's all you need for a snowman. Or is it? In these pages, an exuberant crew is summoned to create a snowman of heroic proportions. Starting with the very first flake, Alice Schertle's clever and energetic rhyming text details the steps these little sculptors take to create a chilly chum. Barbara Lavallee's bold and lively illustrations overflow with brisk winter energy. Snow, colorful clothes, and a dash of the miraculous combine to shape a winter experience that is both familiar and fantastic." |
 | Scouting for Boys; A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Product# 460767913 Selling for $16.95 "A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and Sherlock Holmes, of practical tips on health and hygiene and object lessons in woodcraft, Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and inspiration for the Boy Scout Movement. An all-time bestseller in the English-speaking world, second in its heyday only to the Bible, it is one of the most influential manuals for youth ever published, known and loved around the world. Including all of Baden-Powell's original illustrations, this new critical edition of Scouting for Boys serves up a wonderful hodge-podge of true crime stories, stern moralizing, stock adventure tales, natural history, first-aid tips, advice on observation and tracking, and much more. Readers will find a roughly composed pastiche of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction--from Rudyard Kipling and James Fenimore Cooper, to Alexander Dumas and Arthur Conan Doyle--and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration ('the fall of the Roman empire was due to bad citizenship') and a constant worry over imminent war. Alongside practical instructions on how to light fires, build a boat, or stalk animals (or men), it includes sections on chivalry, self-discipline, self-improvement, and citizenship. Indeed, the book brims with Baden-Powell's philosophy of life, one that replaces self with service, puts country before the individual, and duty above all. The introduction by Elleke Boehmer illuminates the book's maverick complexity and her notes clarify obscure references. Though almost a century old, Scouting for Boys continues to fascinate, surprise, and motivate readers today. It will delight anyoneinterested in popular culture, Victorian history, and literature for children." |