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  Strong Boy - The Life and Times...

  Christopher Klein

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  "I can lick any son-of-a-bitch in the world." 
  So boasted John L. Sullivan, the first modern heavyweight boxing champion of the world, a man who was the gold standard of American sports for more than a decade and the first athlete to earn more than a million dollars. He had a big ego, a big mouth, and even bigger appetites. His womanizing, drunken escapades, and chronic police-blotter presence were godsends to a burgeoning newspaper industry. The larger-than-life boxer embodied the American dream for late nineteenth-century immigrants as he rose from Boston's Irish working class to become the most recognizable man in the nation. In the process, the "Boston Strong Boy" transformed boxing from outlawed bare-knuckle fighting into the gloved spectacle we know today. 
  Strong Boy tells the story of America's first sports superstar, a self-made man who personified the power and excesses of the Gilded Age. Everywhere John L. Sullivan went, his fists backed up his bravado. Sullivan's epic brawls, such as his seventy-five-round bout against Jake Kilrain, and his cross-country barnstorming tour in which he literally challenged all of America to a fight are recounted in vivid detail, as are his battles outside the ring with a troubled marriage, wild weight and fitness fluctuations, and raging alcoholism. Strong Boy gives readers ringside seats to the colorful tale of one of the country's first Irish American heroes and the birth of the American sports media and the country's celebrity obsession with athletes.

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  Female Soccer Player 101 - A...

  HowExpert, Adriana Rodrigues

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  You'll find 101 secrets from someone who went through the journey of becoming a professional soccer player and made it. Now, she wants to give back to the game by giving back to the girls. With this guide, you have everything you need to know and a few funny anecdotal stories from a girl who's done it all before.  
  Each one of our journeys is different, but you will be able to take something from her words and make them your own. If not, draw some inspiration from her story as she tells about making her way onto two national teams, two Division I university teams, and three professional teams with more to come. By listening to her struggles that every player has at some point - from sitting on the bench and feeling discouraged to battling negative female player stereotypes to problems she hopes no one has to go through, like hip surgery - she hopes that you can give yourself the best chance of making it as a professional soccer player in a world where they encourage anything but. 
  About the expert: 
  Adriana Rodrigues is a professional soccer player with a Bachelor's degree in journalism. She is a freelance writer. This is her third book. Her two other books published are Protect These Streets and From Beneath the Ashes. She currently lives traveling from Europe to her hometown in Florida. 
  She's played in Switzerland, Portugal, and Hungary and has also played for team Brazil and team Portugal. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Raised Hunting - True Stories of...

  Karin Holder, David Holder,...

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  Succeed on the Hunt and in Life 
   
   
    
  In bow hunting, being at full draw is the height of adventure, the moment when you're poised to take your best shot. Hunting enthusiasts and popular Discovery Channel personalities David and Karin Holder believe you can live the same way you hunt—at full draw, excited, and ready for whatever God has in store for you. 
   
   
    
  Each chapter is designed to help you take aim spiritually, physically, mentally, and on the hunt. You will go behind the scenes of David and Karin's television show, Raised Hunting, join them in their thrilling outdoor journeys, and learn how to prepare and cook healthy wild game with easy-to-follow recipes. 
   
   
    
  This book will help you become a better hunter. But more important, it will help you become a better parent, spouse, friend, and child of God, which is what living at full draw truly means. Discover that real fulfillment is a successful life, not a successful hunt. However, when you can find a way bring those two things together, now you've really got something to smile about.

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  T-dola 21

  Jason Yonai

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  T-DOLA 21 is 18 chapters that talks about what are some of the rules of the G-Code, streets, gang culture, prison cars, etc.

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  Thrills Spills and Belly Laughs

  Jon Parkin

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  A riotous peek into the off-beat world of one of football’s most recognisable 
  characters, Jon Parkin. 
  The much-travelled journeyman striker played for more than 20 clubs during a 
  career that stretched over two decades, and he has since become a co-host of the 
  hugely popular Undr The Cosh podcast. 
  Known as ‘The Beast’ due to his height and weight, this gentle giant has a 
  mischievous and irrepressible sense of humour that has won him thousands of fans. 
  Now, Parkin turns his focus to the world of football and celebrity in his own 
  inimitable way. 
  With more than 100 stand-along anecdotes, observations and the occasional rant, 
  Parkin has created a football book for ages, destined to poke fun at The Beautiful 
  Game, the people who run it and the world in general. 
  With Parky, everything is on the table in a hilarious, sideways look at football and 
  the wonderful characters he’s come across so far.

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  The Greatest Gambling Story Ever...

  Mark Paul

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  The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told is an inspiring personal narrative about a filly who broke through the male-dominated world of horseracing and inspired crowds of men and women alike, along with a trio of gamblers who embark on an unforgettable adventure that’s as epic as the historic victory of Winning Colors. It’s Seabiscuit meets Narcos, and the best true-life gambling story ever told. 
  In the late 1980s, a spectacular 3-year-old female racehorse named Winning Colors was being groomed for success under her famous “Hollywood” trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, and the billionaire owner of the San Diego Chargers pro-football team, Eugene Klein. Meanwhile, three fun-loving gamblers, Miami Paul, Dino Mateo, and Big Bernie believed that Winning Colors could be the unlikely female winner of the 1988 Kentucky Derby. 
  When the gamblers unknowingly place their longshot bet with members of a suspected drug cartel at a racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico, they must figure out how to claim their prize - without getting killed in the process. In a heart-pounding race of their own across the U.S.-Mexico border, the trio come face-to-face with suspected killers, are arrested by the Border Patrol, and fumble their way through the riskiest bet of their lives. 

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