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  Shut Up Legs! - My Wild Ride On...

  Jens Voigt, James Startt

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  Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn't a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour De France-and wore the yellow jersey twice-Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. European and American crowds were drawn to his aggressive riding style, outgoing nature, and refreshing realness.Voigt adopted a tireless work ethic that he carried throughout his career. In Shut Up, Legs! (a legendary Jensism), Voigt reflects upon his childhood in East Germany, juggling life as a professional cyclist and a father of six, and how he remained competitive without doping. Shut Up, Legs! offers a rare glimpse inside his heart and mind.

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  Bracketology - March Madness...

  David Smale, Joe Lunardi

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  March Madness has become the pinnacle of college sports.Whether you’re hoping your Cinderella school dances its way to the Sweet 16 or one of the millions of Americans hoping to win their office pool, it all starts with the 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket. After all, there is no true Madnesswithout the oft-debated question about what teams should be seeded where— from the Power Five blue blood with some early-season stumbles on its résumé to the mid-major that rampaged through its less competitive conference season. Theinventor of Bracketology himself, ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, is here to reveal the mystery and science behind it all. While going in depth on the ever-evolving Bracketology formula, Lunardi lifts the curtain on the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, detailing how it operates, the criteria it uses, and the data it analyzes while dispelling some of themajor misconceptions. In Bracketology: March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession, Lunardi not only gives the current formula, but also compares great teams from different eras, talks to the biggest names incollege basketball about their perception of Bracketology, and looks ahead to the future of the sport. After reading this book, you’ll understand why your alma mater is slated for a No. 1 seed in its home state, headed to the First Four in Dayton, Ohio, or about to have its bubble burst.

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  Tides - A climber's voyage

  Nick Bullock

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  Winner: Mountain Literature Award, Banff Mountain Book Festival 2018
  Shortlisted for the 2018 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature
  Nick Bullock is a climber who lives in a small green van, flitting between Llanberis, Wales, and Chamonix in the French Alps. Tides, Nick's second book, is the much-anticipated follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut Echoes.
  Now retired from the strain of work as a prison officer, Nick is free to climb. A lot. Tides is a treasury of his antics and adventures with some of the world's leading climbers, including Steve House, Kenton Cool, Nico Favresse, Andy Houseman and James McHaffie. Follow Nick and his partners as they push the limits on some of the world's most serious routes: The Bells! The Bells! on Gogarth's North Stack Wall; the Slovak Direct on Denali; Guerdon Grooves on Buachaille Etive Mor; and the north faces of Chang Himal and Mount Alberta, among countless others.
  Nick's life can be equated to the rhythm of the sea. At high tide, he climbs, he loves it, he is good at it; he laughs and jokes, scares himself, falls, gets back up and climbs some more. Then the tide goes out and he finds himself alone, exposed, all questions and no answers. Self-doubt, grieving for friends or family, fearful, sometimes opinionated, occasionally angry – his writing more honest and exposed than in any account of a climb. Only when the tide turns is he able to forget once more.
  Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one's life to climbing.

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  A Few Seconds of Panic - A...

  Stefan Fatsis

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  In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis infiltrated the insular world of competitive Scrabble players, ultimately achieving expert status (comparable to a grandmaster ranking in chess). Now he infiltrates a strikingly different subculture-pro football. After more than a year spent working out with a strength coach and polishing his craft with a gurulike kicking coach, Fatsis molded his fortyish body into one that could stand up-barely-to the rigors of NFL training. And over three months in 2006, he became a Denver Bronco. He trained with the team and lived with the players. He was given a locker and uniforms emblazoned with the number 9. He was expected to perform all the drills and regimens required of other kickers. He ws unlike his teammates in some ways-most notably, his livelihood was not on the line as theirs was. But he became remarkably like them in many ways: he risked crippling injury just as they did, endured the hazing that befalls all rookies, daily gorged on 4,000 calories, and slogged through two-a-day practices in blistering heat. Not since George Plimpton's stint as a Detroit Lion more than forty years ago has a writer tunneled so deeply into the NFL.At first, the players tolerated Fatsis or treated him like a mascot, but over time they began to think of him as one of them. And he began to think like one of them. Like the other Broncos-like all elite athletes-he learned to perfect a motion through thousands of repetitions, to play through pain, to silence the crowd's roar, and to banish self-doubt.While Fatsis honed his mind and drove his body past exhaustion, he communed with every classic athletic type-the afable alpha male, the overpaid brat, the youthful phenom, the savvy veteran-and a welter of bracingly atypical players as well: a fullback who invokes Aristotle, a quarterback who embraces yoga, and a tight end who takes creative writing classes in the off-season. Fatsis also witnessed the hidden machinery of a top-flight football franchise, from the God-is-in-the-details strategizing of legendary coach Mike Shanahan to the icy calculation with which the front office makes or breaks careers.With wry candor and hard-won empathy, A Few Seconds of Panic unveils the mind of the modern pro athlete and the workings of a storied sports franchise as no book ever has before.

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  Ice Hockey Guide for Beginners -...

  Miguel Clayton

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  Ice hockey is an intriguing game played during the winter and has been enjoyed by many for centuries. Are you a fan of ice hockey or a player just starting? This audiobook is all you need to get acquainted with all there is to master and enjoy the sport. 
  In this book, you will discover the answers to every question about the game of Ice Hockey. These questions are discussed clearly for amateurs to comprehend with detailed pictures and explanations. 
  What are you waiting for? Grab hold, sit tight and enjoy this book as it takes you step by step into the world of professional ice hockey. 
  A snippet of what you get in the audiobook includes: 
  Everything you need to know about the National Hockey League    
  NHL Season Structure  
  How Is An Ice Hockey Game Organized?   
  Dimensions and Markings on the Rink    
  Rink Lines and their significance    
  Parts of the Ice Hockey Rink   
  Ice Hockey squad and their roles    
  Ice Hockey Officials and their duties  
  Basic Rules and Regulations of Ice Hockey  
  Acts that result in Penalties   
  Signs pointing to delay of game     
  How High Can a Player Keep His Hockey Stick?  
  Referee Signals and their Meanings  
  Sessions in the NHL Playoffs  
  Number of Games in a Series  
  NHL Awards     
  NHL Player Awards    
  NHL Team Awards     
  Awards for NHL Coaches, Executives and The Hockey Community 
  85 Ice Hockey Trivia Questions and Answers 
  and Lots more

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  RYA Personal Watercraft Handbook...

  Royal Yachting Association

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  The RYA Personal Watercraft Handbook is the premier publication for learning how to use these exciting machines. 
  It supports the RYA Personal Watercraft Proficiency Course and the RYA Introduction to Personal Watercraft Safety Course. You will learn how to transport, launch, use, recover, and maintain your personal watercraft in a safe, fun, and thorough way. This edition has been updated with new photographs and illustrations, and is the best thing you can read before and after turning the ignition key.

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