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  SAS Survival Guide: The Ultimate...

  John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman

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  THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLER 
  THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING ANYWHERE 
  The SAS Survival Guide is an essential companion for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets, be prepared on land or sea. SAS legend John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman’s unrivalled guide will teach you: 
  Preparation – Understanding and assembling latest, most resilient, kit. 
  Navigation – Skills, technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain. 
  Food and Health – Finding resources in your environment, feeding yourself, healing yourself and avoiding disease. 
  Safety and Security – Recognising dangerous situations, defending yourself and saving others. 
  Disaster Survival – Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire. 
  This book is a special reference for those interested in military history, outdoor recreation, and emergency preparedness. As a self-help guide, it offers top survival techniques used in sports and by forces around the world, making it a must-have for anyone seeking to be ready for any situation. 
  For fans of Dave Canterbury (The Bushcraft Essentials Field Guide), Ted Riley (When Crisis Hits Suburbia), Bear Grylls (Mind Fuel), Thomas Erikson (Surrounded by Liars), and Ryan Holiday (The Obstacle is the Way).

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  Life in the G - Minor League...

  Alex Squadron, Andre Ingram

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  Welcome to the G League—the official minor league of the National Basketball Association. Life in the G is about the arduous quest to achieve an improbable goal: making it to the NBA. 
   
   
   
  Life in the G League is far from glamorous. Players make enormous sacrifices and work unimaginable hours in the hope that someone in the NBA will give them a chance. To this day, very few fans—even the most passionate followers of the NBA—know much about the G League. In the fall of 2021, the Birmingham Squadron granted author Alex Squadron complete access to the team to capture the experience of playing in the league. 
   
   
   
  That year, with hundreds of NBA players sidelined by the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the G League saw a record number of call-ups. Sports Illustrated labeled it "the year of the NBA replacement player." Many of those players stayed in the NBA, earning life-changing contracts and taking on significant roles for their new teams. In addition to recounting the organization's inaugural season, Squadron's access to the Birmingham Squadron enabled him to document the incredible journeys of G League players and to tell the larger story of life in the G. This is the inspiring tale of an unforgettable season and the emotional roller coaster for everyone involved in the chase for an NBA dream.

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  Rigged Justice - How the College...

  John Vandemoer

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  The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.  
   For eleven years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing program in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Though the hours were long and the program struggled for funding, sailing gave Vandemoer’s life shape and meaning.  
  But early one morning, everything came crashing down when Vandemoer, still in his pajamas, opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep. He quickly learned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising—and wealthy parents looking for an edge for their college-bound children.  
  Vandemoer was summarily fired, kicked out of campus housing, his children booted from campus daycare. The next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape, and though he was an innocent man who never received a dime was the first person to be convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.  
  A true story that reads like a suspense novel, Rigged Justice lays bare how a sophisticated scheme could take advantage of college coaches and university money—and how one family became collateral damage in a large government investigation that dominated national headlines.

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  Racing Against Time - On Ironman...

  Jeffrey Weiss

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  Racing Against Time is the inspiring true story of Jeff Weiss's incredible transformation in midlife. At 48 years old, out of shape and searching for new purpose, Weiss took on his first 10K-an event that would spark a profound personal evolution. What began as a simple challenge soon turned into an extraordinary journey of endurance, perseverance, and self-discovery. Within a decade, he pushed beyond perceived limits, becoming an Ironman and ultramarathoner, proving that age is no barrier to strength and ambition. 
  Kirkus calls Racing Against Time: “An engaging and reflective life journey that captures the grit, grace, and quiet triumphs of endurance sports.”  It compares Racing Against Time to one of the great running books of recent years: “The memoir’s honest reflections on physical challenges and mental resilience resonate alongside classics like Haruki Murakami’s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, blending the physical demands of sport with introspective growth.”   
  “If you’re looking for inspiration and motivation, Racing Against Time will get you going!” 
  New York Times Bestselling Author and legendary ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes 
  “Part memoir and all inspiration, Racing Against Time has it all: family, life, midlife transformation, tragedy with triumph, and, thankfully, a whole lot of UltraRunning.  I’m stoked about another book from Jeff, and I think you will be too.”   
  Travis Macy, author of The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion’s 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life. 
  “Weiss’s story illustrates the power and joy of mid-life transformation.”   
  Chip Conley, bestselling author of Learning to Love Midlife and Founder, Modern Elder Academy

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  The Umpire Strikes Back

  David Fisher, Ron Luciano

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  Ron Luciano takes you out on the ballfield and into the clubhouse in the biggest and funniest baseball bestseller ever! 
  Here is Ron Luciano, the funniest ump ever to call balls and strikes. A huge and awesome legend who leaps and spins and shoots players with an index finger while screaming OUTOUTOUT!!! Now baseball’s flamboyant fan-on-the-field comes out from behind the mask to call the game as he really sees it. 
  There’s the day the automatic umpire debuted at home plate—and struck out. The time Rod Carew stole home twice in one inning, and Earl Weaver stole second base—and took it back to the dugout. The pitch Tommy John dropped on the mound, which Luciano called a strike. And there’s the fantastic phantom double play, the impossible frozen ice-ball theory, and, another first, Luciano picking Harmon Killebrew off second base. 
  From brawls to catcalls, from dugout jokes to on-the-field pratfalls to one-of-a-kind conversations with baseball’s greats, Ron Luciano, the only umpire who confessed to missing calls, takes a few grand slam swings of his own. It is baseball at its best.

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  On Thin Ice - A BRAND NEW hockey...

  Kelly Jamieson

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  The BRAND NEW steamy hockey sports romance from USA Today Bestseller Kelly Jamieson 💥⛸️💙⭐️ Perfect for fans of spicy hockey romances with heart from Elle Kennedy, Chelsea Curto and Heated Rivalry! ⭐️Marek's world is on the ice, Nicki's is on the stage. But their worlds collide in one steamy night in Vegas...🌶️ 
  Marek 
  Playing for the New Jersey Storm I know how to handle the heat – on and off the ice. But nothing compares to Nicki Sullivan. We collided in Vegas: One wild night, no strings and a spark I couldn’t shake. We went our separate ways, but I never stopped thinking about her. When I see she’s involved in an accident that nearly takes her life, I drop everything and drive to New York. She’s broken, shaken… but still the woman who set my world alight. So I bring her home with me — to recover, to breathe… and maybe, to see if that spark between us still burns. 
  Nicki 
  After the accident, I can’t face the music — or the world. The last person I expect to show up is Marek — sinfully hot, too good to be real, and suddenly my rescuer. I should push him away. Instead, I let him take me to his apartment, where everything feels dangerously safe. But it’s not just comfort — it’s him. The heat between us is impossible to ignore and being with him feels right. But I can’t hide away forever. Falling for him is a risk because this time the ice beneath us may just crack. 
  A high-heat, emotionally charged hockey romance about a protective, obsessed hockey hero, and a love that saves them ❤️‍🩹 
  THE NEW JERSEY STORM SERIES WILL BECOME YOUR NEW OBSESSION 
  🥅 Hockey romance x celebrity romance 
  🥅 Protective / alpha male MMC 
  🥅 He Falls First 
  🥅 'Who Hurt You' 
  🥅 One night stand 
  🥅 Spicy af! 
  THE NEW JERSEY STORM SERIES WILL BECOME YOUR NEW OBSESSION 
  'An elite hockey romance written by a pro. Top shelf, unexpected and swoon worthy all at once. I devoured it!' Laura Carter 
  'No one does hockey romance like Kelly Jamieson!' Kate Meader 
  'Another beautiful story from the amazing Kelly Jamieson' Reader Review 
  'I freaking LOVE this series.' Reader Review 
  'Kelly Jamieson never ever disappoints' Reader Review 
  'If you love a hot hockey romance, you'll love this series.' Reader Review 
  'Can’t wait to read more from this author!' Reader Review

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