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  To Catch a Fish - Essays on the...

  Mark Kurlansky

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  From the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, To Catch a Fish is an entertaining and beautifully written illustrated collection of essays that explore a lifetime fascination with fishing.    For as long as there have been humans, there have been humans trying to catch fish. The two species—fish and man—live in constant tension. One chases the other. One tries to get away. Some of us—author Mark Kurlansky included—are hard-wired for that chase. Guiding readers through the waters and into the mind of the fish, Kurlansky considers who fish are and why they behave the way they do, and along the way delves into the many approaches to catching a fish, their ecology, and the ins and outs of cooking and eating your catch.      Whether you’re a seasoned angler or a novice, or simply want to explore the world of fish, the forty short essays in this collection and the dazzling illustrations by Bri Dostie, shed new light on these creatures and our relationship to them.  

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  Beyond Toughness for Young...

  Toni Bold

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  Train your mind. Unlock your edge. Crush your goals… 
  Want to go beyond grit and guts? Want to tap-in to the frontier of athletic potential ?  In Beyond Toughness, Toni Bold introduces the game-changing approach top athletes use to transcend “mental toughness.” By cultivating flow state and leveraging powerful tools like somatic mindfulness, this guide empowers young athletes to unleash peak performance and find the zone that turns good into unstoppable. 
  Inside, you’ll discover:The keys to reaching “flow state” and why it’s the ultimate advantage of champions…How somatic mindfulness builds real mental strength, emotional resilience, presence, and clarity…Simple ways to master your nerves and keep your cool, even in high-stakes moments…Science-backed strategies that go beyond toughness and mindset training…A simple pre-competition alignment practice to help you get grounded and ready to perform…And so much more! 
  Blending simple exercises with relatable insights, Beyond Toughness is your guide to leveling up in ways that traditional coaching often leaves out.  
  No matter where you’re starting from, or what your goals are, discover the frontier of athletic training with this easy-to-read essential guide for athletes, parents and coaches.   
  Are you ready to train your mind, develop your embodied awareness, and unlock your full potential? Start here and see just how powerful your flow can be.

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  The Brave Ones

  Michael A. Orona

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  Rampant social and racial discrimination in the American Southwest during the 1940s offered little opportunity for a community of Yaqui miners from Sonora, Mexico.
  The choice was clear: labor in the dangerous copper mines like previous generations and dream of someday making it big on the baseball diamond.
  One group of men and women, however, had the courage to challenge the status quo and forge a new way of life.

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  America Tees Off - True Tales of...

  David Sowell

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  In 1887 a linen salesman from New York City visited the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, considered to be the oldest golf course in the world. While there, he visited the shop of golf legend Old Tom Morris. Soon after his return home, this purchase triggered a golf explosion that would soon see America not only take up the game but also take it over. America Tees Off tracks golf's impact on the country and the game since this historic purchase, with dozens of wide-ranging stories from when the game first took hold in the United States to the present day.These stories cover both the great amateur and professional players, as well as the golf adventures of average players and the not-so-average, like U.S. presidents, athletes in other sports, Hollywood stars, and the mega-wealthy. You'll hear about what was thought to be a highly questionable land purchase in the Sandhills of North Carolina in 1895 that led to the golf mecca of Pinehurst, how Babe Didrikson Zaharias’s husband used his cigar to give her assistance during tournament play, and how the scientist who worked on the atomic bomb at Los Alamos helped President Eisenhower improve his game.These lesser-known, behind-the-scenes true stories will entertain and inform the most serious golf enthusiasts as well as those just getting into the sport's colorful history.

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  Woman Up - 'One of the most...

  Carrie Dunn

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  With the triumph of England’s Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women’s game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying unprecedented media attention.

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  Playing through Pain - The...

  Daniel Sailofsky

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  For many fans and casual observers, professional sports and violence are deeply connected. Violence on the field has real consequences for players, notably in the form of life-altering injuries from concussions. Off the field, in the last several decades, scores of athletes have committed violent acts, from domestic abuse and sexual assault to animal abuse and murder. Beyond athletes, sport also serves as a site of political and structural violence, from the displacement and hyperpolicing of everyday people for mega-events to the "sportswashing" of environmentally harmful industries. 
   
   
   
  Daniel Sailofsky examines the endemic violence in professional sports and argues that—while related to masculinity, misogyny, and individual factors like alcohol consumption and gambling—it is most intimately tied to capitalism and to capitalist modes of consumption and profit. Sailofsky explains how capitalism creates the conditions for violence to thrive and uncovers how sports leaders—coaches, league officials, and team owners—obfuscate these relationships to avoid accountability. 
   
   
   
  From minor league baseball exploitation to spectator hooliganism, Sailofsky shows the connections between the business of sports and violence, but also, more importantly, he imagines new forms of sport that are not places of harm.

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