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  Hamish's Mountain Walk - The...

  Hamish Brown

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  Hamish Brown's account of his epic walk has been the inspiration for generations of hillwalkers. Sandstone Press is proud to present, not a mere reprint, but a complete reimagining of the book in a modern font, with a new introduction and appendix, and a new, extended colour plate section all provided by Hamish Brown. This will be a book that every lover of the Scottish hills, and everyone who has been touched by the spirit of the outdoors will want to read and reread

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  Hidden History of Horse Racing...

  Foster Ockerman

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  A behind-the-scenes history of the Bluegrass State’s iconic sport. Horse racing and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are synonymous. The equine industry in the state dates as far back as the eighteenth century, and some of that history remains untold. The Seventeenth Earl of Derby made the trip from England to Louisville for the famed Kentucky Derby. Many famous African American jockeys grew up in the area but fled to Europe during the Jim Crow era. Gambling on races is a popular pastime, but betting in the early days caused significant changes in the sport. Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky details the rich and the lesser-known history at the tracks in the Bluegrass State.

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  I Don't Care If We Never Get...

  Ben Blatt, Eric Brewster

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  Two friends take a wild month-long road trip to hit every Major League Baseball stadium in America: “A fun ride” (The Boston Globe).   Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of thirty games in thirty stadiums in thirty days, who will he call on to take shifts behind the wheel, especially when those shifts will include nineteen hours straight from Phoenix to Kansas City? Eric, of course.   On June 1, 2013, they set out to see America through the bleachers and concession stands of America’s favorite pastime. Along the way, human error and Mother Nature throw their mathematically optimized schedule a few curveballs. A mix-up in Denver turns a planned day off in Las Vegas into a twenty-hour drive. And a summer storm of biblical proportions threatens to make the whole thing logistically impossible, and that’s if they don’t kill each other first. I Don’t Care if We Never Get Back is a book about the love of the game, the limits of fandom, and the limitlessness of friendship.   “Moneyball-worthy mathematical algorithms and the sharp, hilarious prose that has made Lampoon alums famous for generations . . . Nate Silver numbers and James Thurber wit turn what should be a harebrained adventure into a pretty damn endearing one.” —Kirkus Reviews   “Evokes the spirit of sports stunt journalist George Plimpton and the dazed road-trip fever of Hunter S. Thompson, minus the mind-altering substances . . . . It’s great watching Blatt and Brewster race home.” —The Boston Globe   “A cross between The Cannonball Run and The Great Race, with portions of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World thrown in for good measure . . . The dynamic and back-and-forth tension and sarcasm between Blatt and Brewster is funny . . . Worth reading.” —The Tampa Tribune

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  Sports Audio Books Bundle

  My Ebook Publishing House

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  Now, for the first time ever, and only for a limited time, you can get this value-priced, limited edition box set.The Sports Audio Books Bundle includes six best-selling audiobooks.Audiobook #1: Ice Hockey Guide, by Steve RobertsonLearn more about the high powered, fast paced game of professional hockey. The rules are often misunderstood and confused. Ice Hockey Guide '" Basic Rules breaks down rules and rink configurations and explains penalties and other causes for the officials to stop play. This easy-to-read guide contains everything for the fan and non-fan alike to understand and enjoy the sport of ice hockey. Each section stands alone, so it can be used as a handy reference guide. The National Hockey League expansion of the last decade and the increased television coverage exposed millions of new fans to hockey. The Stanley Cup is now seen in over 170 countries, while annual sales of NHL merchandise today exceed $1 billion. Yet hockey remains one of the least understood sports. With the help of this guide, you can learn to follow the excitement of America's fastest-paced sport in no time at all.Audiobook #2: Poker: The Best Techniques For Making You A Better Player. Everything You Need To Know About Poker From Beginner To ExpertAre you the one who plays poker for fun? Somebody who earns a living out of it? Either way, you need the right skill and basic strategies to fully wrap your head around this tricky game. Improve your skills and learn how to win big. Are you stuck playing in lousy cash games versus lousy opponents? Despite your best efforts, do you manage to lose even at the smallest stakes? It's time to master small stakes cash games with a world-class poker champion as your guide. Poker: The Best Techniques For Making You A Better Player. Everything You Need To Know About Poker From Beginner To Expert is guaranteed to get you to the top! Audiobook #3: Bridge for BeginnersBridge is the ultimate card game. It is truly a mind sport, as taxing on the brain as a decathlon is to the body. Bridge for Beginners is the ultimate introduction.Learn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide. While good bridge classes are, of course, of great value, this book is itself the complete tutorial. It will help you to learn properly without other help and give you a solid foundation on which to start playing this absorbing game. Work at your own pace. Understand the key basic principles.Bridge for Beginners is the only guide a novice will ever need.Audiobook #4: Official Rules of TennisLearning to play tennis has never been easier than with this book. Including helpful interpretations in addition to the official rules and regulations, this is the singular resource to everything tennis. The book then takes the reader through the sport and discusses the hardware of the game - racquets, balls, nets and court surfaces. With detailed sections, this guide will prove an invaluable resource to players, officials, coaches, parents, and fans.Audiobook #5: Jump Rope Training: A Foolproof Jump Rope Workout PlanThe best f?rm of ??rdi? i? jum?ing r???. Jum?ing r??? burn? more ??l?ri?? per minut? th?n just ?b?ut ?n? ?th?r f?rm of ??rdi? exercise. If ??u'v? n?v?r tri?d it b?f?r? ??u ?r? r??ll? mi??ing ?ut. It does, however, take ??m? time t? g?t your rh?thm d?wn ?? w?ll ?? t? build up ?n?ugh ?t?min? to be ?bl? t? d? it for more th?n a f?w minutes ?t a tim?. But it is d?finit?l? a gr??t w?? t? get a fun, ?h?ll?nging, and intense workout. This book covers all the all the essential information when using the Jump Rope for training.Audiobook #6: Yachting For BeginnersThis guide is aimed at those wand to learn yachting. It is full of essential information and useful pointers and tips to help get you start

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  The Manaslu Adventure - Three...

  Mark Horrell

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  The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks. 
  Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against them. When they returned the next year, they were met with sticks and stones, stripped naked and sent home with red cheeks. 
  Mark Horrell and his two friends Mark and Ian shared a dream to climb an 8,000m peak, but it seemed the gods were against them too. They had made no fewer than eight attempts without success (though they had managed to return with their clothes on). 
  With towering ice walls, monsoon rainstorms, arm-twisting crevasses and – most dangerous of all – welcoming teahouses ready to entrap them, would it be different this time?

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  Play It Again II! - Duke...

  Bob Harris, Mike Waters

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  Play It Again II!, with voice of the Blue Devils Bob Harris and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Campbell, Iowa, Seton Hall, and edge Kentucky in what is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, before beating Indiana and the University of Michigan's Fab Five in the title game. Duke became the first team since UCLA, nineteen years earlier, to repeat as National Champions.

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