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  Take Me Out to the Ballgame

  Timothy B. Shutt

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  Baseball has been celebrated as “America’s National Pastime”  for more than one hundred and fifty years, and recalls what, at  least in retrospect, seems to be an earlier, more innocent age—  long summer afternoons and sandlot ball, fresh rural air or  brownstone stoops. In part, this is because most of those who  love the game played as children and followed their favorite bigleague  teams as children. It is not a game one grows out of, and  once smitten, most baseball lovers remain true, passing on their  love of the game to their children.  And the game itself is ever young, the succession of baseball  heroes unbroken: Honus Wagner to Ty Cobb to Babe Ruth and  Lou Gehrig, to Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, to Henry  Aaron, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays, to Mike Schmidt, and  Cal Ripken, and Tony Gwynn, to the stars of the present. Cy  Young, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Bob  Feller, Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, and Bob Gibson, each  generation has its heroes and cherishes the memory of those  gone before as an ongoing counterpart to daily life—through  the War and the Depression, through the fifties and sixties, and  so on to the present day. This course is a celebration of baseball’s  rich past—and of a game stronger than ever.

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  Running on Empty - An...

  Marshall Ulrich

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  A fascinating glimpse into the mind of an ultramarathon runner and the inspirational saga of his run across America.The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall Ulrich has run more than one hundred foot races averaging over one hundred miles each, completed twelve expedition-length adventure races, and ascended the seven summits-including Mount Everest. Yet his run from California to New York-the equivalent of running two marathons and a 10k every day for nearly two months straight-proved to be his most challenging effort yet. In Running on Empty he shares the gritty backstory of his run and the excruciating punishments he endured on the road. Ulrich also reaches back nearly thirty years to when the death of his first wife drove him to run from his pain.Ulrich's memoir imbues an incredible listen with a universal message for athletes and non-athletes alike: face the toughest challenges, overcome debilitating setbacks, and find deep fulfillment in something greater than achievement.

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  Into the Bermuda Triangle -...

  Gian J. Quasar

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  Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories.  
  A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if calling from a void, he is heard 600 miles away. He requests permission to land, then vanishes forever. A freighter steaming over placid seas disappears without a trace. A pleasure yacht ghosts past without a soul on board. A pilot calls for help because a "weird object" is harassing his plane. A jet collides with an "unknown" and is never found. . . .  
  Into the Bermuda Triangle is the first comprehensive examination of these baffling disappearances in more than a generation. Drawing on official reports from the NTSB and other investigative agencies as well as interviews with scientists, theorists, and survivors, leading authority Gian Quasar not only sets the record straight on previously examined cases, he also offers a bulging file of new cases, the collective results of his twelve-year investigation. In meticulous detail this unflinching account:  Documents confirmed disappearances of airplanes and ships Gathers new testimony and reexamines old interviews from eyewitnesses and survivors Explores possible explanations ranging from zero-point energy to magnetic vortices Challenges our assumptions with the sheer weight of accumulated evidence   
  In this age of technological and scientific discovery, there are still mysteries that transcend understanding. The Bermuda Triangle is one.  
  "The best book I've ever read on this important subject."—Andrew Griffin, The Town Talk

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  The Complete Guide to Freshwater...

  international Creative Publishing

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  A manual for recreational fishing, with guidance on gear, rigging and information on the most common fish found in North American lakes and streams. 
   
  The Complete Guide to Freshwater Fishing offers the nearly forty million freshwater anglers in the US with a comprehensive fishing resource. From the highly respected The Freshwater Angler series, this title covers all the major freshwater species in North America. It includes tips and techniques for catching gamefish throughout the country under every conceivable on-the-water situation. 
   
  In developing this book, the writers, editors and researchers traveled from Alaska to Mexico to fish with veteran guides and nationally known tournament anglers. The tips and techniques they uncovered are fully explained and illustrated in the book. 
   
  This giant book features:Over 500 spectacular fishing photographs that have never before been published.Extensive step-by-step visuals for learning every important fishing skill, including advanced fishing techniques for many species.The best how-to instruction ever found in any fishing book.Guide-tested tips from some of North America’s top experts.

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  Mirror horse

  Tamara Williamson

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  English/Canadian indie musician Tamara Williamson offers an unbridled account of a life in the world of horses. 
  From her first clever little bay pony, Stroller, to brilliant ribbon-winning Fletcher, Tamara Williamson recalls the many significant horses in her life, grappling with what it means to be horse-obsessed and what drives this desire to connect with horses. As Williamson discovers, during the tumultuous years of relationships with people and horses, these complicated equine creatures reflect back to us our best and worst selves. 
  Woven throughout the stories of individual horses in Williamson’s life is her own story of a creative, chaotic, challenging and adventurous life. Raised by an eccentric family, with a distant mother who disappeared into alcoholism and a charismatic father who left one sunny morning with a younger woman, Williamson struggles with dyslexia and a sense of increasing detachment. Horses, and the exacting sport of dressage, provide her with opportunities to connect, sometimes imperfectly. Her drive for accomplishment in equestrian sports, whether as a trainer or a rider, is regularly at odds with the fear that lingers from a traumatic childhood riding accident. 
  While reckoning with the financial and psychological expense of training and competition, and with the multitude of industries that benefit from horses, Williamson never loses sight of the enormous burden of responsibility she feels toward horses and the respect she has for their individual characters, memories and instincts. On the surface, The Mirror Horse is a book about horses—but beyond the bridles and braided manes, Williamson crafts a complex story about courage, family, and the unexpected places where we find a reflection of our souls: As a rider you can confuse yourself with being the teacher, but horses are constantly showing us something important. They are holding up a mirror.

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  The Immortals - The Story of...

  Harry Harris

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  Written by the legendary soccer writer Harry Harris the fairy tale account of how the team rose from the very bottom of the league in the previous season to triumph against all odds.

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