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  Mint Condition - How Baseball...

  Dave Jamieson

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  “An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post   When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards were selling for next to nothing online. What had happened?   In Mint Condition, his fascinating, eye-opening, endlessly entertaining book, Jamieson finds the answer by tracing the complete story of this beloved piece of American childhood. Picture cards had long been used for advertising, but after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping them into cigarette packs as collector’s items. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped transform the baseball players association into one of the country’s most powerful unions, dramatically altering the game. In the eighties and nineties, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing, surviving today as the rarified preserve of adult collectors. Mint Condition is charming, original history brimming with colorful characters, sure to delight baseball fans and collectors.   “Jamieson explores the history of card collecting through an entertaining cast of characters . . . For anyone who can recall being excited to rip open their newest pack of cards, Mint Condition is a treat.” —Forbes

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  Arsenal 101 - A Pocket Guide in...

  Rab MacWilliam

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  Arsenal 101 is an entertaining compendium of Arsenal's fascinating history, facts, games, stories, personalities, legends and footballing adventures.  Rab MacWilliam has revisited the club's history from its early years as Woolwich Arsenal at the end of the nineteenth century to its status as one of the leading European teams of the present day. Rab has distilled Arsenal's history into 101 facts, moments and stories, examining many of the key characters, matches, controversies, innovations, and dazzling instances of brilliance that have illuminated the proud history of this great, if occasionally erratic, club.  Funny, irreverent, fascinating and insightful, Arsenal 101 is the ideal handbook for Gunners fans of all ages.

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  The Pompey Quiz Book - 1000...

  Mart Matthews

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  How much do you really know about Portsmouth FC? You can find out by exploring the 1,000 questions set out in 100 categories that make up the new Pompey Quiz Book.
  This latest quiz book from Mart Matthews is a quirky, challenging affair for real Pompey fans who can test themselves or take each other on, with the emphasis on enjoyment and discovery.
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  •Which two post-second world war Portsmouth managers had, as players, scored a goal in an FA Cup Final?
  •Who is the only player with a colour for a surname to appear in an FA Cup Final for Portsmouth?
  •Which is the only ground that Pompey have played on in an FA Cup semi-final replay?

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  Double Play

  Ben Zobrist, Julianna Zobrist,...

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  All-Star player Ben Zobrist (Tampa Bay Rays), considered one of the best all-around players in baseball, writes about the importance of his faith, life, and athletic career in Double Play. Written with his wife, Christian singer Julianna Zobrist, and MikeYorkey, best-selling author of Every Man's Battle and Linspired: The Remarkable Rise of Jeremy Lin, the book gives fans a first look into the heart of an athlete whose talent and devotion to God, family, and baseball make him one of the most loveable figures in the Major League today.

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  Surf UK - The Definitive Guide...

  Alf Alderson

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  This is your ultimate guide to Britain's surf beaches. It's packed with the local knowledge you need to discover exciting waves in unexpected places. Discover the hidden spots that make the UK a surfing paradise. From the beach breaks of the UK's surfing epicentre - the South West - to the slab reefs of the North East, each chapter deals with a particular section of the coastline and each 'break' is discussed together with details about the beach including access, facilities and accommodation. Using this book, you should always find the best waves going, whatever your standard. There are also hints as to where you might discover your own 'secret spot' for those surfers eager to get off the beaten track.

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  Along the Divide - Walking the...

  Chris Townsend

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  Winner of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book 2019Chris Townsend embarks on a 700-mile walk along the spine of Scotland, the line of high ground where fallen rain runs either west to the Atlantic or east to the North Sea. Walking before the Independence Referendum of 2014, and writing after the EU Referendum of 2016, he reflects on: nature and history, conservation and rewilding, land use and literature, and change in a time of limitless potential for both better and worse.

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