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  Playing in Time - Essays...

  Carlo Rotella

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  From jazz fantasy camp to running a movie studio; from a fight between an old guy and a fat guy to a fear of clowns—Carlo Rotella’s Playing in Time delivers good stories full of vivid characters, all told with the unique voice and humor that have garnered Rotella many devoted readers in the New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, and Washington Post Magazine, among others. The two dozen essays in Playing in Time, some of which have never before been published, revolve around the themes and obsessions that have characterized Rotella’s writing from the start: boxing, music, writers, and cities. What holds them together is Rotella’s unique focus on people, craft, and what floats outside the mainstream. “Playing in time” refers to how people make beauty and meaning while working within the constraints and limits forced on them by life, and in his writing Rotella transforms the craft and beauty he so admires in others into an art of his own. Rotella is best known for his writings on boxing, and his essays here do not disappoint. It’s a topic that he turns to for its colorful characters, compelling settings, and formidable life lessons both in and out of the ring. He gives us tales of an older boxer who keeps unretiring and a welterweight who is “about as rich and famous as a 147-pound fighter can get these days,” and a hilarious rumination on why Muhammad Ali’s phrase “I am the greatest” began appearing (in the mouth of Epeus) in translations of The Iliad around 1987. His essays on blues, crime and science fiction writers, and urban spaces are equally and deftly engaging, combining an artist’s eye for detail with a scholar’s sense of research, whether taking us to visit detective writer George Pelecanos or to dance with the proprietress of the Baby Doll Polka Club next to Midway Airport in Chicago. Rotella’s essays are always smart, frequently funny, and consistently surprising. This collection will be welcomed by his many fans and will bring his inimitable style and approach to an even wider audience.

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  Tony Carr - A Lifetime in...

  Tony Carr

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  'A man who had such a huge impact on my career and so many other young players at West Ham United. I highly recommend this fantastic read.'FRANK LAMPARD JR
  'This man passed on the West Ham DNA to the best generation of academy graduates to come through the West Ham system.' RIO FERDINAND
  'A West Ham United man, a must read for every West Ham United fan.' MARK NOBLE
  The autobiography of a West Ham legend - including exclusive interviews with Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and Mark Noble.
  
  Tony Carr is one of the most influential coaches of all time. Having achieved his boyhood dream of signing with West Ham United in 1966 and training alongside the inimitable Bobby Moore, a leg break forced Carr to end his playing career before it had even begun. Not to be deterred, he decided to forge himself a new path and was appointed director of youth football at West Ham in 1973, aged just 23.
  
  As Carr tells in this book the very first time, over the next 43 years he honed his craft, becoming hugely admired for identifying and nurturing young talent, guiding multiple generations of international starlets through the ranks at The Academy of Football.
  
  In his brilliant, understated style, Tony tells the incredible story of his footballing life. He recounts the highs and lows of his time with West Ham, with tales of the twelve managers he coached under. This unique evocation of a coach's craft includes exclusive interviews with Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and current West Ham captain Mark Noble as they talk frankly about football and their place within it.

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  Practice

  Ross Gay, Noah Davis

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  A 45-year-old Black man. A 24-year-old white man. Both writers. One a teacher; the other his student. Before the pandemic separated them, Ross Gay and one of his graduate poetry students, Noah Davis, met regularly to play one-on-one basketball. It was a real hard workout. After each session they were moved to exchange letters about basketball and so much more. Gay and Davis, who both attended college on sports scholarships, have taught and coached basketball, and love the sport—its beauty, its athleticism—see their letters as a way to work through some of the larger issues inherent in sports, from misogyny to race to competition, and as their friendship deepens, basketball becomes a springboard for talking how men relate to each other and to the world. All while never losing sight of how playing games brings them delight, which is, of course, Gay’s signature subject.

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  Inside The Empire - The True...

  Bob Klapisch, Paul Solotaroff

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  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with the New York Yankees, the most famous and wealthiest sports franchise in the world   Using the 2018 baseball season as the backdrop, Inside the Empire gives readers the real, unvarnished “straight-from-the-gut” truth from Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone, Giancarlo Stanton, C.C. Sabathia—even Hal Steinbrenner and Randy Levine—and many more.   This is baseball’s version of HBO’s award-winning NFL series “Hard Knocks.” Klapisch and Solotaroff take you deep into the Yankees clubhouse, their dugout, and the front office and pull back the curtain so that every fan can see what really goes on. Bottom line? You may think you know everything about the storied franchise of the New York Yankees and what makes them tick. But Inside the Empire will set the record straight, and drop bombshells about iconic figures along the way. There’s never been a baseball book quite like it.

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  How To Be Your Own Bodyguard -...

  Nick Hughes

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  MASTER THE SKILLS OF A BODYGUARD AND REDUCE YOUR RISK OF EVER BEING A CRIME VICTIM 
  Now you don't have to be rich enough to hire your own bodyguard. You can learn the skills in this book and take care of yourself the way the pros do. 
  WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? 
  “How To Be Your Own Bodyguard” is an invaluable reference for: 
  • Anybody who wants to significantly reduce their risk of ever being a victim of a crime. 
  • People smart enough to figure out there’s more to self-defense than learning how to fight 
  • Anyone who travels for business or pleasure. 
  • Professional Close Protection Agents 
  • People who want to try and avoid trouble rather than fight their way out of it. 
  • Teens going off to college. 
  • Martial artists 
  • Law Enforcement Officers 
  Not only does the book explain how to keep you and your loved ones safe from criminals, but it also covers mindset training, which martial arts to pick, resources used by professional bodyguards, and more. There are chapters on where you should stay in a hotel, the safest places on an aircraft, how to conduct a threat analysis like a pro, staying safe in your car, and dealing with blue light bandits. 
  THIS BOOK WILL TEACH YOU: 
  • That your car windows are actually stronger if they’re down a quarter of an inch if a mob is trying to break them. 
  • Why riots and contact lenses don’t mix 
  • The four unconscious things that bad guys do before they attack you 
  • Why RUN HIDE FIGHT during an Active Killer Event is wrong, and what works better. 
  • How criminals select their victims 
  • Why “Soft Skills” constitute 75% of self-protection, and exactly what they are 
  • A less than $10 security kit that will keep you safe in sketchy hotels and much more. 
  Critically acclaimed by industry professionals, it includes a bonus home security checklist.

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  Thrilling Sporting Moments -...

  Jeremy Daniel

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  Sport is all about thrilling moments. It takes just a few seconds of inspiration and talent to change the course of sporting history. A kick, a pass, a burst of speed and courage in the right place at the right time — that's what separates winners from losers. Great athletes spend their whole careers preparing for when a career highlight might happen. Nobody can predict them. But, once in a while during a match, out on the track or in the pool, all the elements line up perfectly.
  In Thrilling Sporting Moments you'll read about some of the most exciting moments in our sporting history.
  Featuring: Lungi Ngidi, Quinton de Kock, Akani Simbine, Faf de Klerk, Ernst van Dyk, Luvo Manyonga, Kevin Anderson, Cheslin Kolbe, Chad le Clos, Percy Tau, Louis Oosthuizen, Lucas Radebe, Josia Thugwane, Bongiwe Msomi, Caster Semenya, Janine van Wyk, Sunette Viljoen, Tatjana Schoenmaker.

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