New Sports Books

How is it that someone who gets seasick and loves her two showers a day attempted to sail across the Pacific in a small yacht with her new husband and baby? It can be summed up in two words. Love. Adventure. Yep, there is the love of adventure, which is pretty self explanatory. And then there is lo...

Bowling is a one-stop shop for all cricket coaches, teachers and players looking for ways to improve play. It sets out coaching advice in clear, jargon-free language, with plenty of photographs to add further explanation. Content includes: The basics, e.g. the run-up, the delivery stride Technique ...

 Map covers Cape Colville in the north to Waihi Beach in the south. The fishing Consultant for this chart is "Mavis" a surf, rock and land based game fishing guide based in Kuaotunu. This map includes a close up of the fishing spots, fitness and skill level required to fish each spo...

The book that you are considering buying is nothing short of a VIP Pass to Enlightenment, written by the UFC's most infamous and feared destroyer of men--Chael P. Sonnen. Backwoodsmen and unlearned folk call him the Walking Thesaurus. His contemporaries have bestowed upon him the title Sir Sonnen. A...

Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old. Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper...

The book shows the basics of the challenging sport Muay Thai. Learn the techniques and understand how to apply them. Numerous exercises guarantee a varied and interesting training. Besides the total workout of the body, the sport improves personal awareness, stamina and physical control. Muay Thai ...

When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote "The Book of Five Rings," a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to...

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering and martial arts, which led the young adventurer to the foothi...

In "Warrior Cardio", world-renowned fitness expert Martin Rooney delivers the solution for what most people at the gym are seeking: an easy-to-follow workout and diet plan that burns fat and builds muscle in less time. This is a comprehensive look at cardiovascular training using scientifically prov...

The fast and easy way to pin down the sport of wrestling Wrestling is a fast-paced sport with many technicalities, rules, and ways to score points--making it difficult for spectators to follow the score and understand whistles and restarts. In Wrestling For Dummies, author and 2008 Olympic Gold meda...

Batting is a one-stop shop for all cricket coaches, teachers and players looking for ways to improve batting play. It sets out coaching advice in clear, jargon-free language, with plenty of photographs to add further explanation. Content includes: The basics, e.g. getting a good position, the grip ...

The first quick-and-easy composite construction method for canoes and kayaks This book is certain to appeal to any paddler with a DIY bent. Master craftsman Sam Rizzetta presents three attractive innovations: a new building method that makes Kevlar and carbon-fiber boats cheap and feasible for home ...

Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as 'Henry's Hammer') sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguably Britain's greatest e...

Today's rugby players are bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. A focused conditioning programme has become essential to on-field success. "Complete Conditioning for Rugby" features a comprehensive training approach that builds players' physical abilities as well as the rugby-specific skills...

Living and dying with bravery and honor is at the heart of "Hagakure," a series of texts written by an eighteenth-century samurai, Yamamoto Tsunetomo. It is a window into the samurai mind, illuminating the concept of "bushido" (the Way of the Warrior), which dictated how samurai were expected to beh...

With the success of the critically-acclaimed, Academy Award-winning film "The Fighter," the world stood up and cheered for the inspiring true story of Micky Ward--a heart-and-soul warrior who overcame the odds to make history in the ring. But that was only part of the tale... Now, in his own words, ...

The astonishing feats of Sir Jack Hobbs continue to resonate more than a century after he first played Test cricket. During his long career that stretched from the age of W.G. Grace to the era of Don Bradman, he scored more first-class runs and centuries than any player. Even today, he remains Engla...

Forty cars lined up for the first Indianapolis 500. We are still waiting to find out who won. The Indy 500 was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men risked life and limb by driving automobiles at the astonishing speed o...

This is the only independent biography of Bruce Lee, and it is complete in terms of both the martial arts and the movies.Author BiographyBruce Thomas is the author of Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit -- the definitive full-length biography of Bruce Lee. He trained in Kung Fu with the late master Derek Jon...

The Wave is a collection of world-class surfing images from acclaimed surf photographer and writer David Sparkes. Capturing the fleeting instant of a wave, recording a particular surfing location at a precise moment and following a surfer as they try to ride their perfect wave. Dave brings together ...

Retrievers are the most popular dog breed in America and Tom Dokken is the most respected name in the retriever training field. Using proven tips, readers can field train their dog in just minutes a day and bring new levels of fun and excitement to the hunt. Dogs will love the challenge and owners w...

The Laser is a one- or two-person high performance sailing dinghy widely used for racing. First introduced in the late 1960s, the boat has enjoyed tremendous popularity: with 180,000 boats built (and over 100,000 sold in North America alone), the Laser continues to be the world's most popular single...

"Australian Football: Steps to Success" provides the essential skills players and coaches need to master the game and build successful teams. This book contains comprehensive instruction on the techniques and tactics that have helped top player Andrew McLeod become a two-time Norm Smith medallist an...

A thorough introduction to this wildly popular combat sport--in FULL COLOR! Mixed martial arts, or MMA, is a combat sport that combines practices from several martial arts, including boxing, wrestling, karate, jiu jitsu, muay thai, and judo. Featuring more than 150 step-by-step, full-color photos i...

This is an A--Z for multihull sailors. There are many textbooks on the market which detail general seamanship principles. This is not one of them. Multihull seamanship is about catamarans and trimarans and the skills needed to understand and enjoy them to their utmost. Both racing and cruising yacht...

This is the only book to provide straightforward advice, tips, and techniques to the thousands of new parent/volunteer coaches who each year are charged with introducing the sport of soccer to preschoolers and kindergartners in school, club, and parks - and - recreation programs across the country. ...

Collected for the first time in Nights of Ice, these eight true stories recount the harrowing ordeals of those who haul fish aboard Alaskan fishing vessels. As workers in one of the world's most dangerous - and lucrative - professions, the crewmen in Nights of Ice face a constant onslaught of roarin...

Mark Todd's eventing career is the stuff of legend and encompasses one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. When he 'retired' from competing in eventing in 2000, he had already been named 'Rider of the Century' for his natural empathy with a horse and his extraordinary success, which incl...

"Power Boating For Dummies" is a guide to power boating for both new and experienced boaters. It advises readers of necessary boating supplies, safety concerns and equipment, accessories, and includes locations of boating facilities, and how to safely pilot the ship. Author Biography ...

In an age dominated by overhyped athletes who are sometimes short on character, JoJo White's story offers a refreshing look back at one athlete's career-a career that was the product of genuine good values. In "Make It Count," author Mark C. Bodanza presents a biography of a man who triumphed both o...

Softcover reprint of Spalding's Football Guide for 1892 includes photographs of Walter Camp and 1891 All Americans. The introduction to the book is a basic explanation of the game for beginers written by Walter Camp. The rules to be in effect for the 1892 season comprise an entire chapteras does the...

The limited-edition, commemorative 2012 Lady Bears Book. With 96 pages of official four-color photography, player profiles, and game-by-game summaries and highlights, 'Invincible' follows the 2011-2012 Lady Bears as Coach Kim Mulkey guides them to a 40-0 record and the NCAA championship. From the p...

This memoir of Coach David Vince is an inspirational walk through his 29-year coaching career. He is a double amputee from birth who never was able to play sports, yet he coached baseball and other sports at the high school and college level and was names Coach of the Year ten times.

This book is a biography of the life and times of an enigmatic and unforgettable high school football coach in the 1950's as told by one of his players, Gale Maag. The book recounts the exploits of both coach and student as they negotiate life's challenges.

In 1962 a small Morgan sports car TOK258 created history by defeating factory teams run by leading international manufacturers in the famous 24 hour race at the Le Mans circuit. The car crossed the finishing line on Sunday 24th June having completed 2256 miles in the twenty four hours from the start...

The Earth is your frontier. Rediscover it on your tricycle! Only a minuscule handful of humans would dare venture out cross country on a human powered tricycle. Most believe it's sheer madness, fraught with life threatening perils. Have these beliefs kept you prisoner despite an inner call to pedal ...

The Hungry Dog is a steel shrimp boat, eighty feet long, converted into a swordfish longline boat capable of setting thirty miles of longline and gear. It was one of a fleet of eighteen shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The author Edward C. Mueller experiences "the t...

Good horsemanship is not about domination, but leadership and having the horse volunteer for a partnership with the handler. That summarizes the focus of trainer and author Mark Bolender. In Bolender's Guide to Mastering Mountain and Extreme Trail Riding, he spells out his philosophy and training re...

Kristina Lansing is a Harvard educated MBA employed as an executive for the Boston Bobcats, a professional baseball team. As the lone woman in management working at Arborway Park, she struggles to prove herself daily, even though - or maybe because - her family owns the team. To complicate matters, ...

Emily loves to play on her Little League baseball team. She visits the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York and learns about the Negro Leagues that were formed when black players were banned from major league teams. Emily's report includes information about the early players, the greatest ...