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  Hidden Nature - Wild Southern Caves

  Michael Ray Taylor

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  Reed Environmental Writing Award Finalist, Southern Environmental Law Center, 2021More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In Hidden Nature, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. In addition to describing the sheer physical majesty of the region’s wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural history and scientific import, their relationship to clean water and a healthy surface environment, and their uncertain future.As a longtime caver and the author of three popular books related to caving—Cave Passages, Dark Life, and Caves—Taylor enjoys (for a journalist) unusual access to this secretive world. He is personally acquainted with many of the region’s most accomplished cave explorers and scientists, and they in turn are familiar with his popular writing on caves in books; in magazines such as Audubon, Outside, and Sports Illustrated; and on websites such as those of the Discovery Channel and the PBS science series Nova.Hidden Nature is structured as a comprehensive work of well-researched fact that reads like a personal narrative of the author’s long attraction to these caves and the people who dare enter their hidden chambers.

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  Why Baseball Matters

  Susan Jacoby

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  Baseball, first dubbed the "national pastime" in print in 1856, is the country's most tradition-bound sport. Despite remaining popular and profitable into the 21st century, the game is losing young fans. Furthermore, baseball's greatest charm — a clockless suspension of time — is also its greatest liability in a culture of digital distraction.These paradoxes are explored by the historian and passionate baseball fan Susan Jacoby in a book that is both a love letter to the game and a tough-minded analysis of the current challenges to its special position — in reality and myth — in American culture. The concise but wide-ranging analysis moves from the Civil War — when many soldiers played ball in northern and southern prisoner-of-war camps — to interviews with top baseball officials and young men who prefer playing online "fantasy baseball" to attending real games.Jacoby argues forcefully that the major challenge to baseball today is a shortened attention span at odds with a long game in which great hitters fail two out of three times. Without sanitizing this basic problem, Why Baseball Matters reminds us that the game has retained its grip on our hearts precisely because it has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to reinvent itself in times of immense social change.

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  Real Footy Fans Quiz Book - 1000...

  Mart Matthews

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  Mart Matthews is the author of an acclaimed series of football quiz books that have featured Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Spurs, West Ham United and Wolves.
  This book concerns itself with football in general and, like all Mart's previous books, comprises 1,000 questions in 100 categories, with a bonus section on the 2022 World Cup.
  Try these for size:
  Political football
  1. A British Prime Minister shares a surname with the man who opened the scoring in the 1986 World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany. What was that surname?
  2. A member of Manchester United's FA Cup-winning sides of 1996 and 1999 shared his surname with a future British Prime Minister. Who was that player?
  3. The first name of a player who scored a winning goal for Chelsea in an FA Cup final is also the surname of an earlier British Prime Minister. Who are the two men?
  4. Chelsea won the FA Cup in 1970, Arsenal followed suit the following year and Sunderland took the trophy in 1973. Each of these sides contained the surname of a British Prime Minister. Which three surnames were involved?
  Ties in with the release of Mart Matthew's quiz books on Manchester City, Newcastle, Southampton, Portsmouth, Blackburn and West Brom.

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  Billion-Dollar Ball - A Journey...

  Gilbert M. Gaul

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  A hard-hitting examination of the many ways college football has been transformed into a money-making spectacle that is hurting higher education  
  In the spring of 2013 a study showed that despite huge economic problems, twenty-seven states were awarding their highest salaries to college football coaches. College football has doubled in size in the last decade, thanks to generous tax breaks, lavish TV deals, and corporate sponsors eager to slap their logos on everything from scoreboards to footballs and uniforms. In one recent year the ten biggest programs took in $800 million from football, with profit margins far surpassing those of Fortune 500 companies. Little of this money goes to academics. Instead, it sustains a wildly profligate infrastructure of coaches, trainers, marketing gurus, tutors, and a growing cadre of athletic department bureaucrats whose sole purpose is to ensure that players remain academically eligible to play.  
  In Billion-Dollar Ball, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gilbert M. Gaul offers a surprising, incendiary examination of how college football has come to dominate some of our best, most prestigious universities, reframing campus values, distorting academic missions, and transforming athletic departments into astonishingly rich entertainment factories.

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  Core Exercises for Seniors:...

  Scott Hamrick

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  Are you tired of feeling physically frail and lacking the strength you once had? 
  Do you yearn for the vitality of your youth? 
  Do you find it increasingly challenging to stay active and enjoy life to the fullest? 
  "Core Exercises for Seniors" is the ultimate guide to enhancing your physical well-being and overall quality of life in your golden years. 
  Say goodbye to misconceptions and hello to a new, simple, and powerful way to stay fit, active, and independent in your golden years! 
  Inside this audiobook, you'll find:The 20 Essential Core Exercises for Seniors: Learn the most effective exercises tailored to seniors, designed to strengthen your core and improve your balance, posture, and overall well-being.The #1 Mistake You Must Avoid: Identify and avoid the biggest mistake that most people make in their core exercise routines.5 Harmful Myths Debunked: Get the truth about the common misconceptions that have been holding you back from reaching your full potential as a senior.The Incredible Time and Money-Saving Tips: Learn how just one simple change in your fitness routine can save you valuable resources while enhancing your health.How to Boost Your Strength and Flexibility Without Sacrifice: We'll show you how to achieve your fitness goals without exhausting yourself or risking injury.The 4 Vital Principles of Senior Fitness: Discover the four key concepts that will revolutionize your approach to staying active and healthy as you age. 
  Whether you're a fitness enthusiast or just starting your journey, "Core Exercises for Seniors" will empower you to age gracefully and live a life full of energy and strength. 
  Pick up your copy today and take the first step towards a healthier, happier you!

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  Once In The Jungle

  Daniel Zalewski

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  Daniel Zalewski is the features director of The New Yorker. He edits the work of many staff writers, including David Grann, Jane Mayer, Alex Ross, Lawrence Wright, Ian Parker, George Packer, and Rebecca Mead. Zalewski began his career as an intern at Harper’s. He became an editor at Lingua Franca and then moved to the New York Times Magazine, where he worked as a story editor for five years. He has been at The New Yorker since 2003, and has contributed his own writing to the magazine, including profiles of Rem Koolhaas, Werner Herzog, Ian McEwan, Guillermo Del Toro, and Christian Marclay. He has also written for the Times Book Review, Slate, and Salon. 
   
  Daniel Zalewski's essay "Once In The Jungle" chronicles American Tobias Schneebaum, a painter-turned adventurer who hitchhiked to Peru, walked into the Amazon jungle and came to live with an isolated native Indian tribe, the Arakmbut people, for seven months in 1956, and his defining moment of participating in cannibalism. 
   
  Gary Telles has been narrating audiobooks for the past ten years. A veteran stage actor, he has performed classical, contemporary and original theatre across the country, in addition to appearing on television, radio and CD-ROM.

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