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The Grasshopper Trap
by Patrick F. McmanusThe bestselling author of They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? is at it again with more of his zany spoofs of The Great Outdoors.
A March to Madness: The View from the Floor in the Atlantic Coast Conference
by John FeinsteinJohn Feinstein, one of the best sports writers around, and a writer without peer when it comes to writing about college basketball, chronicles one ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) college basketball season from the inside. Feinstein takes you inside the locker rooms of the different ACC teams in this book. You'll go inside the team huddles during exciting key games and get rare insights into the coaches and teams of what may be perhaps the greatest college basketball Conference.
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Bitterroot Wilderness
by Pete Fromm"The wardens climbed into their truck, ready to leave. 'You'll need about seven cords of firewood. Concentrate on that. You'll have to get it all in before the snow grounds your truck.'" "Though I didn't want to ask, it seemed important. 'What's a cord?'" So begins Pete Fromm's seven winter months alone in a tent in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness guarding salmon eggs. After blundering into this forbidding errand as a college lark, Fromm gradually come face to face with the blunt realities of life as a contemporary mountain man. Brutal cold, isolation, and fearful risks balance against the satisfaction of living a unique existence in modern America. This award-winning narrative is a gripping story of adventure, a rousing tale of self-sufficiency, and modern-day Walden. From either perspective, Fromm lives up to his reputation as one of the West's strongest new voices.
Running North: A Yukon Adventure
by Ann Mariah CookAlaska is more than just the largest state in the Union; it's also a state of mind, as Ann Mariah Cook found out. Together with her husband, 3-year-old daughter, and 32 purebred Siberian huskies, she moved there from New Hampshire in order to train for the legendary Yukon Quest, the most rigorous sled-dog race in the world. Her tough, thoughtful memoir, Running North, chronicles the ordeals as well as the rewards of their mushers' life. In the course of their transformation from cheechakos, or greenhorns, to sourdoughs, or seasoned Alaskans, Cook and her husband learned to defend themselves and their dogs from extreme weather, adapted to mushing in Alaskan conditions, and even absorbed the niceties of Yukon social customs (hint: always put on a pot of coffee for visitors). The book ends with a harrowing account of the race, complete with packs of wolves, howling blizzards, minus-60-degree temperatures, and a few narrow escapes. But this is as much Ann's story as it is her husband's, and as a result it goes far beyond the confines of a simple adventure story. Full of intriguing glimpses into sled-dog (and musher) psychology as well as lyrical observations about the beauty of the Yukon landscape, Running North is as much concerned with the who and why of adventure as with its how and when. Leaving behind the comfort and security of Cook's New England life required a multitude of adjustments, from the design of the dogs' booties to a new appreciation of interior decorating, Alaska-style. In the end, however, it was going home that proved hard: "Returning to New Hampshire, I saw my life as a stranger might view it. I could not get used to so many houses, so many neighbors, so many social demands. Everything in my life had been redefined in only seven and a half months."
Once a Bum, Always a Dodger: My Life in Baseball from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
by Don Drysdale Bob VerdiThe Los Angeles Dodgers were one of the dominant teams of the late 1950s and the 1960s,winning four pennants and three World Championships. Baseball in the West was a homecoming for Drysdale, and he started with Sandy Koufax as the most dominant pair of pitchers in the National League....<P> When the young rookie righthander first walked into the clubhouse, there they were, the Boys of Summer--Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella--his heroes, the pride of Brooklyn. Now Hall of Famer Don Drysdale recounts his pitching career with one of the most popular teams in baseball, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the victories and the heartbreaks.
Monday Night Mayhem the Inside Story of Abc's Monday Night Football
by Marc Gunther Bill CarterFollows the history of Monday Night Football from 1970 to 1988
The Who, What, Where, Why, and How of Baseball
by Jim CharltonEverything you want to know about baseball. Statistics, records, trivia. Includes chapters on -.400 hitters. -Heavy Hitters. -Batting Titles. -And much much more.
It's Not About the Bike - My Journey Back to Life
by Lance Armstrong Sally JenkinsThe emotional, courageous story of an American World-Class bicyclist who is stricken with testicular cancer and his journey back to the peak of his sport - Tour de France winner.
Eight Men Out
by Eliot AsinofIn 1919 eight players for the Chicago White Socks conspired with gamblers to fix the World Series. This book relates details of the fix and the aftermath.
The Curse of the Bambino
by Dan ShaughnessyIt's all here. If you are into masochism, you can relive again the ground ball through Buchner's legs or the innumerable almost but not quite experiences of the Boston Redsox since that fateful day in 1919 when the owner traded away the greatest baseball player of all time, Babe Ruth. The writing is excellent and the history is fascinating. This is very highly recommended.
We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
by Arthur RansomeJohn, Susan, Titty and Roger, Arthur Ransome's Swallows from Swallows and Amazons, go on an unexpected sea voyage.
Daytona 500
by Eric EthanDiscusses the background, events, and rules of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious of the NASCAR Winston Cup racing series.
The Snake in the Sandtrap
by Lee Trevino Sam BlairAutobiography of one of the PGA Tour's most colorful characters, "The Merry Mex," Lee Trevino.