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  The Story of Football in 100...

  National Football Museum

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  The captivating story of football told through 100 amazing objects collected from its rich history – a must-read for any football fan 
  What do a Paul Gascoigne puppet, the 1895 British Ladies’ kit, John Motson’s coat, an inflatable unicorn or the 1966 World Cup Final ball tell us about the beautiful game? 
  Carefully selected from the unique archive of Manchester’s National Football Museum, these and many other artefacts give an amazing account of football itself, but also of the clubs, players and fans at all levels. They take us inside moments of high drama, crushing heartbreak and euphoric success, and together reflect a diverse, inclusive and surprising vision of the world’s favourite sport. 
  Perfect for fans of all ages, this compendium of cup glories and bittersweet away-days will appeal to anyone with a love of the game. 
  A popular non-fiction history rooted in Britain and reaching across Europe, this book shows how football sits at the heart of social culture, sports and recreation. Through these objects, the National Football Museum traces how the game’s moments of glory and heartbreak became shared history for generations of fans. 
  HarperCollins 2025

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  Tightrope - Inside a High-Wire...

  Armen Keteyian

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  Before a great investigative story reaches the page or screen, there is another story the audience almost never sees. 
  There are sources to win over, doors to knock on, documents to find, editors to convince, lawyers to satisfy, powerful people pushing back—and countless leads that go nowhere. There are also lines a reporter has to decide whether they are willing to cross. 
  In Tightrope, award-winning investigative journalist Armen Keteyian reveals that hidden world for the first time, retracing more than four decades at Sports Illustrated, ABC News, CBS Sports, Real Sports, CBS News, 60 Minutes, 60 Minutes Sports, and The Athletic. Along the way, he takes readers inside landmark reporting involving Tiger Woods, Bill Belichick, Nick Saban, Steve McNair, Isiah Thomas, Penn State, Baylor, the NFL, the NBA, college football, sports gambling, steroids, sexual abuse, and more. 
  These are not simply stories about famous athletes. They are stories about how stories are found—and what happens when the pursuit of truth collides with money, celebrity, institutional power, fear, loyalty, and ambition. 
  Keteyian also chronicles an extraordinary era when news organizations invested deeply in investigative sports reporting and reporters were expected not merely to cover the games but to hold the people who controlled them accountable. 
  Candid, suspenseful, funny, and deeply personal, Tightrope is both a memoir of a remarkable career and a behind-the-scenes education in reporting: how to gain trust, protect a source, conduct a difficult interview, survive a dry hole, challenge the official story, and know when to keep digging. 
  Above all, it is about the value of a good name—and what it takes to keep one while walking the wire.

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  Water Borne - A 1200-Mile...

  Dan Rubinstein

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  In June 2023, writer Dan Rubinstein lashed camping gear to his stand-up paddleboard and embarked on an improbable solo voyage from Ottawa to Montreal, New York City, Toronto, and back to Ottawa along the rivers, lakes, and canals of a landlocked region. Over 1,200 miles and 10 weeks, he explored the healing potential of “blue space” — the aquatic equivalent of green space — and sought out others drawn to their local waters.
  		 
  But the farther Rubinstein paddled, the more he realized that being in, on, or around water does more than boost our mental and physical health and prompt stewardship toward the natural world. He discovered that blue spaces are also a way to connect with the kaleidoscopic cross-section of people he met and the diverse geographies and communities he passed through.
  		 
  Weaving together research, interviews, and an unmacho, malodorous, anticolonial adventure tale, Water Borne shows us that we don’t need an epic journey to find solutions to so many modern challenges. Repair and renewal may be close at hand: just add water.

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  At the Mercy of the Sea - The...

  John Kretschmer

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  A "normal" Caribbean hurricane travels from east to west, but Lenny was anything but normal. Spawned south of Cuba in 1999, this late-season storm defied all predictions by moving steadily east toward the Leeward Islands. Eventually building almost to Category 5 strength, Lenny squatted for two days between the Virgin Islands and St. Martin, whipping the ocean with 155 mile-per-hour winds and sixty-foot seas. 
   
   
   
  In its path in the Anegada Passage were three sailboats and their unfortunate crews: La Vie en Rose, a forty-one-foot sloop captained by ex-army lieutenant colonel Carl Wake; English Braids, a tiny twenty-one-foot racer skippered by would-be elite competitive sailor Steve Rigby; and Frederic-Anne, a sixty-five-foot schooner skippered by ambitious Guillaume Llobregat. None of the men knew each other, yet they converged by fate in a tiny circle of the sea in the midst of a storm no boat could withstand. And even as he battled for survival, Carl Wake lived the crowning hours of his life. 
   
   
   
  John Kretschmer's At the Mercy of the Sea retraces the journeys of these three sailors through life and across oceans. It is a taut, suspenseful re-creation that seeks to make sense of the improbable intersection of three lives at the height of a storm, and a gripping reconstruction of Carl Wake's search for meaning and, ultimately, for his soul.

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  A Rare Recording of Baseball...

  Roberto Clemente

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  Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 - December 31, 1972) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a right fielder. On December 31, 1972, Clemente was killed when his Douglas DC-7 airplane, which he had chartered for a flight to deliver emergency relief goods for the survivors of a massive earthquake in Nicaragua, crashed and plunged into the water off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. He was 38 years old. After his death, the National Baseball Hall of Fame changed its rules so that a player who had been dead for at least six months would be eligible for entry. In 1973, Clemente was posthumously inducted, becoming the first Latino and Caribbean player and second of Hispanic descent (after Lefty Gomez in 1972) to be honored in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Clemente was an All-Star for 13 seasons, selected to 15 All-Star Games, and a two-time World Series champion (1960, 1971). He was the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1966, the N.L. batting leader in 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1967, and a Gold Glove Award winner for 12 consecutive seasons from 1961 through 1972. His batting average was over .300 for 13 seasons and he had 3,000 hits during his major league career. Clemente was the first player from the Caribbean and Latin America to win a World Series as a starting position player (1960), to receive an NL MVP Award (1966), and to receive a World Series MVP Award (1971). The following recording is from the last interview before his untimely death.

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  Self-Hypnosis for Rapid Weight...

  Ravina Chandra

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  Are you a woman struggling with weight loss and dieting?Do you catch yourself wondering why it couldn't be easier? 
  Self-Hypnosis for Rapid Weight Loss is designed for women like you who need that extra tool in the toolbox to help you fine-tune your eating habits and significantly improve the way you experience life. 
  There are no dress rehearsals or do-overs in life, so now is the time to make these changes so you can be your ideal size and shape, and have the healthy body you deserve. 
  In Self-Hypnosis for Rapid Weight Loss, you will explore:What is self-hypnosis, and how does it differ from meditationHow does self-hypnosis actually workHow to access the subconscious mind in a safe and effective wayA daily self-hypnosis session for reinforcing positive change in your subconsciousA booster session for high-stress days when you need extra motivationAnd so much more! 
  Put on your headphones, select your session, and let the power of these words guide your transformation. Every repetition and suggestion your subconscious hears takes you one step closer to redefining your future and becoming the calmer, more balanced individual you desire.

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