A Sport and a Pastime

"A Sport and a Pastime is as nearly perfect as any American fiction I know, " Reynolds Price wrote of James Salter's 1967 novel that tells of the m...

Reducere. "As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know, " is how Reynolds Price (The New York Times) described this classic that has been a favorite of ...

Reducere. James Salter (1925-2015) has been known throughout his career as a writer's writer, acclaimed by such literary greats as Susan Sontag, Richard Ford...

Play, watch, and understand America's favorite pastime Baseball continues to be a popular game both as a spectator sport and as a pastime. Since th...

A graphic novel-style history of baseball, providing an illustrated look at the major games, players, and rule changes that shaped the sport. This ...

Reducere. Running races was Annie's favorite pastime until her anxiety got the best of her. Annie's fear and anxiety began taking away the joy for the sport ...

Create over 1 captivating visual puzzles with this brilliant dot to dot book. This thrilling collection of puzzles introduces adults to the magical...

Lift yourself into the world of bouldering and teach the body and mind new extremes. Bouldering goes beyond being just a pastime, it is a sense of ...

Reducere. Through more than 200 stunning photographs, Hockey In Pictures charts the history of the sport across more than a century of action on the ice. Exp...

Reducere. Oklahoma's central location and ranching tradition gave it a unique connection to the rodeo industry as it grew from a local pastime to an internat...

DescriptionDeep in the heart of America, one feels transported to the war-torn regions of the Middle East. The recreational use of military-grade w...

Reducere. Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in whic...

Reducere. Why do we sometimes refer to a left-handed pitcher as a "southpaw?" Why are major league pitchers normally limited to 100 pitches per game? Why was...

Reducere. North America's Indian peoples have always viewed competitive sport as something more than a pastime. The northeastern Indians' ball-and-stick game...

Reducere. DescriptionOne Nation Under Baseball highlights the intersection between American society and America's pastime during the 1960s, when the hallmark...

Reducere. Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's nationa...

Reducere. In the Best Interests of Baseball? is a thoughtful, balanced look at the impact of the ninth commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, on the sport as w...

DescriptionRunning is America's most popular participatory sport, yet more than half of those who identify as runners get injured every year. Falli...

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DescriptionThis baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in th...

Reducere. The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe Nationa...

Reducere. Professional wrestling is a strange beast full of contradictions--part live soap opera, part hypermasculine violent spectacle. It is an indelibly A...

Reducere. DescriptionBUILD - RACE - WIN - REPEAT...The Rise & Fall of the Golden Years of Slot Car Racing Explained. Text includes articles from the main mag...

Reducere. From its roots as the quintessential Western pastime, rodeo has grown into an international, prime-time television sport. Steeped in tradition and ...

Reducere. In his classic tribute to America's pastime--now with a new introduction--political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sp...

The Hitting Coach for the New York Yankees, Kevin Long trains power-hitters in the fine art of hitting a baseball well--a talent the legendary Ted ...

Reducere. DescriptionHorse racing and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are synonymous. The equine industry in the state dates as far back as the eighteenth centu...

Reducere. John J. Miller delivers the intriguing, never-before-told story of how Theodore Roosevelt saved American Football--a game that would become the nat...

Reducere. At the turn of the twentieth century, among the patchy meadows, dusty sandlots, and ramshackle municipal parks situated among the unassuming cornfi...

Reducere. Pigeons and man enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship dating back to Ancient Egypt and beyond. The birds have served their human keepers as mess...

Reducere. This expanded edition features the best-loved short stories from the 20th century as well as new tales from some of the 21st century's most iconic ...

A new edition of the classic tale of a barnstorming Jewish baseball team during the great depressionBefore penning his acclaimed graphic novel Mark...

On any given spring evening, 360, 000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds and grassy fields of a Little League field. With m...

Reducere. Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding, and e...

Gone are the days when golf was a quaint and old-fashioned pastime. Back on the Olympic program since 2016, the sport has had a rebirth like none o...

Reducere. From pioneering superstars like Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby and Negro League standouts Smokey Joe Williams and Willie Well to present-day lumin...

Reducere. Description"As much as Scalzi has the scientific creativity of a Michael Crichton, he also has the procedural chops of a Stephen J. Cannell to craf...

Forget the steroid-addled, overpaid, and unmotivated players: America's pastime is still alive and well, and is still the heartfelt sport it's alwa...

Reducere. Race Horse Men recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator spo...

Reducere. You'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any fan worthy of the name, Nine Innings dissects a...

Reducere. The Bronx Is Burning meets Chuck Klosterman in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade The Major Leagues...

Reducere. Conventional wisdom holds that youth sports are a positive experience for our children. Unfortunately, 70% of kids drop out of organized athletics ...

Reducere. An unorthodox history of baseball told through the enthralling stories of the game's objects, equipment, and characters. No sport embraces its wild...