Patch and poster included!
#hardcover #hardcover #baseball #mlb #sports #faithinsports 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Florida

Keeping Faith in Every Inning of Life

Passion for the Game hits a grand slam home run with inspirational text by author Steve Riach and stunning action photography by Tom Henry. The simple message of facing life with faith, courage, and determination is a winner for baseball fans of all ages.This stunning full-color gift includes a 49" fold-out action photo, a Heart of a Champion embroidered patch, and a full-color wall poster.The classic photos and words of encouragement from America's favorite baseball heroes--including Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, John Smoltz, Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel, among others--help you keep your faith in every inning of life."Passion for the Game includes quotes from players saying what the love of Jesus means to them and a heartwarming section on how the legendary Mickey Mantle accepted Christ as his Savior late in his life.Foreword written by noted baseball analyst Harold Reynolds.

Passion for the Game

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#nonfiction #sports #hardcover #uga #gymdogs

Georgia

The UGA GymDogs and the Rise of Women’s College Gymnastics in America

🌀 Perfect 10

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#nonfiction #yankees.              #pictures #baseball #sports #hardcover            

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

South Carolina

The Education of a Pitcher

Full Count

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#juvenilenonfiction #hardcover #sports #figureskating #uschampion

Pennsylvania

my life on the ice

Figure skating icon and U.S. National Champion Karen Chen tells the amazing story of her rise to the top, featuring never-before-seen photos and behind-the-scenes details from her journey on and off the ice! At seventeen years old, Karen Chen has already achieved what some girls only dream of—and yet it’s only the beginning for this incredibly talented athlete. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Karen began to figure skate at just five years old. Ten years and many grueling training sessions later, she broke out at the 2015 US Championships with a bronze medal. This was after sustaining a nearly career-ending ankle fracture a year earlier. In 2017, Karen became the US National Champion, winning gold in two programs and receiving the highest score ever recorded for the short program at the US National level. Now for the first time, Karen shares the story of how she got where she is today—and where she’s going next. Karen has already overcome astounding obstacles, and her grit, determination, and positive attitude have made her future truly limitless. In Finding the Edge, she shares, in her own words, what it’s like to be Karen Chen—and what it takes to achieve the impossible. Features a foreword from Kristi Yamaguchi, the Olympic champion, two-time World champion, and U.S. champion.

Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice

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New York

For Yankee Fans Only

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Maryland

A Real Guy's Guide to Chopping Ten Strokes off Your Score

If you know anything at all about John Daly--and if you don't, what in the hell are you doing with this book in your hands?--you know he approaches the game of golf from an, uh, slightly different perspective than your average two-time major winner.

How different? Well, for starters, Long John thinks the PGA Tour ought to permit Bermuda shorts, make carts mandatory, let him wear his hair down to his butt if he wants to, and strip-search tournament patrons at the entrance gate to keep cameras and cell phones off the course.

In Golf My Own Damn Way, you'll take a virtual ride on Big John's magic bus as he tells you the best way to grip it so you can rip it. Looking for a sure cure to bunkerphobia? It's here. A one-hour golf lesson that's 100 percent guaranteed to make you a better golfer? Ditto. Want to know why you should occasionally leave your big dog in your trunk, how to watch your weight, and what golf and sex have in common? You came to the right book.

And while he's busy explaining all these and many other things, Daly also tells you why you should keep your head out of the game, let your belly lead your hands, listen to your right foot, check your ball position--and buy a hybrid (the club, not the car).

Following in the spike prints of his 2006 bestselling autobiography, My Life In and Out of the Rough, Golf My Own Damn Way is an off-the-wall and intensely personal yet imminently practical and accessible tip sheet on how to cut ten strokes off your score--now.

Two things are certain: you've never seen a golf instructional book quite like this one, and you'll never need another one.

Fairways and greens, Pard!

Golf My Own Damn Way

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#hardcover #highschool #fiction #nonfiction #football #sports #grisham #Bleachers #Novel box 47

Texas

A Novel

Story of high school All - American Neely Crenshaw and relationships on the team and with the coach Eddie Rake. When Coach Rakes "boys" come home to bury him, sitting in the bleachers, Neely knows he must forgive his coach and himself to finally move on with his life.

Bleachers

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#hardcover #activeadults #lifestyle #nonfiction #pickleball #goldenpickle #sport #sports #active #exercise 

The Complete Guide to Feeding Your Obsession





The ultimate keepsake for every pickleball fan--from a dink shot to the kitchen, everything a pickleballer needs to know in this fully illustrated guide to the world's greatest recreational sport, packed with lots of joy, good humor, and even a little bit of wisdom.



Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America. Easy to learn, but impossible to master, it's no wonder that nearly 5 million people nationwide have picked up their paddles and taken to the court. But people aren't just dabbling in this up-and-coming activity, they are obsessed; some hit the court as many as five, six, even seven times a week. As Vanity Fair put it, pickleball has "won over everyone, from Leonardo DiCaprio to your grandparents."

Pickleball Is Life is the first book of its kind celebrating the weird and wonderful world of pickleball. It will take readers on a journey from the sport's quirky origins to its modern-day cult following. Along the way, visual info graphs and illustrations will share even more pickleball knowledge, including etiquette tips, a DIY court, obscure rules, and pointers for (good-natured) trash talk. Also included are interviews with members of the three founding families from Bainbridge Island who are still very much involved in the sport and its growth.

People of all ages, athletic abilities, and backgrounds have fallen in love with pickleball. Sure, it's a good workout, but it's also a cheerful way to interact with others--something folks crave now more than ever. So, whether they're uninitiated or obsessed, this book will help readers find even more to love about the world's greatest sport.

Pickleball Is Life

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#hardcover #fiction #highschool #grisham #sports first edition 

Virginia

Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli 
•Pages: 322 pages, in addition to a page with resources 
•Publisher: Razorbill 
•Format: Hardcover 
•Condition: Great 
•Comes from a smoke free and pet free home
 
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 #breakthefall #jenniferiacopelli #gymnastics #sports #team #hardcover  #friends #teamwork #fiction #razorbill 

Illinois

A year after being nearly paralyzed, Audrey Lee is going to the Olympics but the United States' gymnastics team is on the verge of collapse and Leo, her new coach's cute son, is another distraction.

Break the Fall

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#mystery #sports #childrensbook  #zachandzoe #series 

Hawaii

While playing lacrosse, third-grade twins Zach and Zoe search for the culprit who damaged Mateo's lacross stick.

The Lacrosse Mix-Up

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#hardcover #marksalter #football #sinsofthetribe #sports #fiction #contemporary #literaryfiction #collegefootball 

Arkansas

TRIBE FOREVER



Sins of the Tribe, by author Mark A. Salter, explores the impact of intense tribalism and its resulting dehumanization in a setting that's popular, wildly flawed, and hiding in plain sight: college football. Wally Hestia is on top of the world when he becomes a member of the Bastille University Tribe football team, a six-time national champion powerhouse with a pristine reputation and a nationwide following. But he's only on the team as the holder for his mentally deficient brother, Henry, a kicking prodigy and the person who gives Wally purpose. But over time, Wally sees morality trampled for the larger cause of tribal dominance. When Wally finds himself in opposition to Bastille to the point where he and Henry are in danger, he must choose between the adulation of the larger tribe or embrace the idyllic virtues Bastille had draped itself in, even if it means losing everything.



Sins of the Tribe explores these hard truths: morality is subordinate to tribalism and the need for domination through violent proxies is real. Sins of the Tribe will appeal to football fans as well as fans of fiction.

Sins of the Tribe

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#hardcover #michiganstate #sports #football #msu #boardbook #firstwords #fanclub 

Michigan

Go State is an introduction to the Michigan State University for little ones. Colorful pages, combined with simple words, enhance a learning atmosphere for both child and parent. Early association with the spirit of State provides knowledge and excitement for future years.

My First Michigan State Words Go State

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#RG3 #football #WashingtonRedskins #sports #Redskins #biography #RobertGriffinIII #quarterback #Heisman #NFL

The Promise

He’s been called many things—Heisman Trophy winner, MVP, the savior of the Washington Redskins franchise, the next face of the NFL—but to his millions of fans across the country, Robert Griffin III is known simply as RG3.
 
Robert Griffin III was a preternaturally gifted athlete from a young age, but in those days he played nearly every sport except football. He seemed pointed toward stardom, but would it be in basketball, his true favorite, or maybe in track, where he qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials as a hurdler? As for playing football, the only sport that really mattered in Griffin’s small Texas town, first he had to overcome his mother’s objections to the violence and danger—which he did by making a “Pinkie Promise” with her that no one would catch him. Eventually, he began to realize that all of his remarkable talents—unrivaled speed, pinpoint accuracy, exceptional intelligence, single-minded drive—combined into a potent force that few quarterbacks could rival. What followed seemed almost destined: a football scholarship to Baylor University, three exceptional seasons capped by winning the Heisman Trophy, and the 2012 draft—where Griffin, as the second overall pick, became the franchise quarterback for one of the oldest and most storied football teams in the country.

In RG3: The Promise, Washington Post reporter Dave Sheinin provides an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at Griffin’s first year in the NFL, from his record-breaking first game to the frightening knee injury that ended the Redskins’ playoff hopes. An award-winning journalist himself, Sheinin has reported on Griffin’s rookie season every step of the way, and now has written a unique, intimate look inside the transformation of one of the NFL’s brightest young stars.

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Idaho

The Rock says. . . "Know your damn role--and shut your mouth!" But that simple catch-phrase, embraced by the millions ñand the millions--of The Rock's fans, can't begin to capture the spirit and larger-than-life personality of the most electrifying man in sports-entertainment." In this action-packed, revealing and outrageously funny memoir, World Wrestling Federation Superstar The Rock recounts his life in and out of the ring with unapologetic honesty and inimitable style. From his boyhood days traveling around the world with his father (professional wrestler Rocky Johnson) to his years as a football player at the University of Miami to his meteoric rise through the ranks of the Federation, The Rock Says. . .chronicles in vivid detail the life story of one of sports-entertainment's most innovative and best-loved personalities. The Rock recalls his injury-plagued career at Miami and a subsequent foray to the Great White North, where he discovered that in Canada being a professional football player is not exactly a glamorous life. After a few months of sleeping on putrid, stained mattresses that he dug out of the garbage and subsisting on nothing but plain spaghetti, "D.J." ditched his cleats forever and set his sights on the path of his father and grandfather--wrestling. Performing first in the minors as plain old Dwayne Johnson, then as "Flex Kavana" and later as "Rocky Maivia," he quickly became one of the World Wrestling Federation's hopefuls. But no matter how he tried to get over with the fans, the stadiums greeted him with chants of "Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!" He then adopted the brash persona of The Rock--a snorting, spitting, snotting, swearing son-of-a-bitch with the soul of a smart-ass comic and the body of an Adonis--and he found his true calling as the "People's Champion." The Rock will take fans on a guided tour of big-time professional wrestling, a highly competitive business in which a handful of gifted and lucky performers dominate, and all others dream of a moment in the spotlight. He provides a breathtaking, minute-by-minute account of Wrestle Mania, the Super Bowl of pro wrestling, including an intimate backstage look at rehearsals with his opponent, Stone Cold Steve Austin. And he discusses in heartfelt detail the loss of his friend and co-worker, Owen Hart. Filled with genuinely touching stories of love and strife, hilarious anecdotes, inside accounts of an industry whose machinations have long been shrouded in secrecy and dozens of previously unpublished photographs from The Rock's personal collection, The Rock Says. . .is--as The Rock himself might put it--"the coolest thing since the other side of the pillow if you smell what The Rock is cookin'."

The Rock Says

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#hardcover #fiction #contemporaryromance #disability #highschool #romance #sports #youngadult 

Everyone has secrets. Everyone is a secret. Parker Grant is a junior in high school who loves to run, has great friends, and isn't afraid to speak her mind--especially when it comes to how stupid some people can be around a blind person like her. The only topic to avoid is how Parker feels about the boy who broke her heart in eighth grade... who has just transferred to her school. And as long as she can keep giving herself gold stars for every day she hasn't cried since her dad's death three months ago, she'll be just fine. Right? Combining a fiercely engaging voice with true heart, debut author Eric Lindstrom's Not If I See You First sheds light on the metaphorical blind spots that are a part of life, whether you're visually impaired or not.

Not If I See You First

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Sports Writing from David Halberstam

Everything They Had

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A story of professional football as a sport and as a business that details the lives of quarterback Taylor Rusk and his teammates on the Texas Pistols

The Franchise

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #comingofage #ya #teen #lgbtq #sports 

Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, 14-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers; falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid; and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dormmates, including the biggest bully on the team.

Winger

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#hardcover #fiction #highschool #grisham #sports #football 

West Virginia

#hardcover #fiction #basketball #juvenile #sports

California

Four players at the Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament struggle with the pressures of tournament play and the expectations of society at large.

The Final Four

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#hardcover #sports #fiction #sportsfiction #chriscleave #gold #littlebee #olympics #womensfiction #contemporaryfiction 

North Carolina

Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.

Gold

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 #hardcover #AmericanGirl #fiction #baseball #girls #sports 

HH

The American Girls Collection

Kit plays baseball under the disapproving eye of Mrs. Howard, who doesn't think she is much of a team player. But when Kit needs help, she may have to learn what team work really is. Illustrations.

⭐ Kit's Home Run

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Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball

From the acclaimed #1 bestselling author . . . a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball

"No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they're pitching or hitting in Triple-A." —Chris Schwinden, Triple-A pitcher

"If you don't like it here, do a better job." —Ron Johnson, Triple-A manager


John Feinstein gave readers an unprecedented view of the PGA Tour in A Good Walk Spoiled. He opened the door to an NCAA basketball locker room in his explosive bestseller A Season on the Brink. Now, turning his eye to our national pastime, sports journalist John Feinstein explores the colorful and mysterious world of minor-league baseball—a gateway through which all major-league players pass in their careers . . . hoping never to return.
     Baseball's minor leagues are a paradox. For some players, the minors are a glorious launching pad toward years of fame and fortu≠ for others, a crash-landing pad when injury or poor play forces a big leaguer back to a life of obscure ballparks and cramped buses instead of Fenway Park and plush charter planes. Focusing exclusively on the Triple-A level, one step beneath Major League Baseball, Feinstein introduces readers to nine unique men: three pitchers, three position players, two managers, and an umpire. Through their compelling stories, Feinstein pulls back the veil on a league that is chock-full of gifted baseball players, managers, and umpires who are all one moment away from getting called up—or back—to the majors.
     The stories are hard to believe: a first-round draft pick and pitching ace who rocketed to major-league success before finding himself suddenly out of the game, hatching a presumptuous plan to get one more shot at the mound; a home run-hitting former World Series hero who lived the dream, then bounced among six teams before facing the prospects of an unceremonious end to his career; a big-league All-Star who, in the span of five months, went from being completely out of baseball to becoming a star in the ALDS, then signing a $10 million contract; and a well-liked designated hitter who toiled for eighteen seasons in the minors—a record he never wanted to set—before facing his final, highly emotional chance for a call-up to the big leagues.
     From Raleigh to Pawtucket, from Lehigh Valley to Indianapolis and beyond, Where Nobody Knows Your Name gives readers an intimate look at a baseball world not normally seen by the fans. John Feinstein gets to the heart of the human stories in a uniquely compelling way, crafting a masterful book that stands alongside his very best works.

Steve Riach

Passion for the Game

Suzanne Yoculan; Bill Donaldson

🌀 Perfect 10

David Cone; Jack Curry (As told to)

Full Count

Karen Chen

Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice

Rich Wolfe

For Yankee Fans Only

John Daly; John Daly

Golf My Own Damn Way

John Grisham

Bleachers

Erin McHugh

Pickleball Is Life

John Grisham

Bleachers

Jennifer Iacopelli

Break the Fall

Mike Lupica

The Lacrosse Mix-Up

Mark A. Salter

Sins of the Tribe

Connie McNamara

My First Michigan State Words Go State

Dave Sheinin

RG3

The Rock; WWF

The Rock Says

Eric Lindstrom

Not If I See You First

David Halberstam

Everything They Had

Peter Gent

The Franchise

Andrew Smith; Sam Bosma (Illustrator)

Winger

John Grisham

Bleachers

Paul Volponi

The Final Four

Chris Cleave

Gold

Valerie Tripp; Walter Rane (Illustrator); Philip Hood (Illustrator); Susan McAliley (Illustrator)

⭐ Kit's Home Run

John Feinstein

Where Nobody Knows Your Name