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Released: Sept. 6, 2011
"A finely crafted tale of the enigmatic world of big-wave surfers."
ESPN: The Magazine sportswriter Kreidler (Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant, 2008, etc.) goes inside the sport and business of big-wave surfing, covering the 2010 Maverick's Surf Contest on the coast of Northern California.
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Released: June 1, 2011
"A real-life golf fantasy year, boldly lived and exuberantly told."
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Released: May 10, 2011
"By the time the big race rolls around, Leerhsen has already spun a fascinating tale."
On the centennial of the Indy 500, controversy still reigns over who won the inaugural race, as this lively account of a tumultuous event makes plain.
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Released: May 3, 2011
"A biography as sensationalist and superior as the daredevil himself."
Inside the life and entertainment career of America's greatest daredevil, who lived "as if his pants were on fire."
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Released: April 12, 2011
"Destined to take its place among the classics of baseball literature."
New York Times columnist Barry (
City Lights: Stories About New York, 2007, etc.) delivers an all-angle take on the longest, and surely the strangest, game in baseball history.
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Released: March 29, 2011
"An excellent visual reference that can be stored in a golf bag for use on the course."
A picture-heavy instruction manual from PGA Hall of Famer Watson that pays particular attention to improving posture and swing.
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Released: March 21, 2011
"Quirky, idiosyncratic, oddly balanced and surpassingly entertaining."
This entry in the Penguin Lives series focuses on Branch Rickey's game-changing efforts to bring Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, shattering baseball's race barrier.
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Released: March 8, 2011
"A fine baseball book and an expert social history."
Sports Illustrated senior editor Kennedy follows the days of Joe DiMaggio's immortal hitting streak, evoking the mood of a long-gone America to which DiMaggio was a central figure.
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Released: March 1, 2011
"For golf fans, of course, but also for anyone who cherishes signature moments in sports history."
