Nature, recreation and sports / Sports & recreation

Instant surfing: Tips and techniques for riding the waves

von Infinite Ideas

This handy little guide is packed with tips and techniques for the surfing beginner. Clearly the best place to learn to surf is on a board in the ocean but we hope these ideas will give you background on kit,...

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

von James Andrew Miller & Tom Shales

It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local sporting events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, ESPN is arguably the most successful network in modern television history,...

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Cricket

von Brian Levison

This essential companion for all cricket lovers documents the illustrious history of the gentleman's game. It is crammed full of fascinating feats, sticky wickets and intriguing trivia, so even if you don't...

The Best Calf Exercises You've Never Heard Of: Shape and Strengthen Your Calves

von Nick Nilsson

If you've reached a plateau in your workout and your training routine has become stale and boring, it's time to shake things up. The Best Calf Exercises You've Never Heard Of is the essential workout guide for...

The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

von W. Timothy Gallwey, Zach Kleinman & Pete Carroll

The Inner Game of Tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. Now available in a revised paperback edition,...

101 Things You May Not Have Known About World Wrestling

von Paul White

Are you a fan of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)? Do you watch in awe as the giant competitors throw themselves and each other around the ring? Are you familiar with the terminology of WWE? Would you like...

The Science of Sports: Winning in the Olympics

von Scientific American & Scientific American Editors

The Olympics are the world's most prestigious stage for athletic competition. Fans both casual and hardcore tune in religiously every few years to watch as men and women push themselves to the limits of human...

Take Your Eye Off the Ball: How to Watch Football by Knowing Where to Look

von David Seigerman, Pat Kirwan & Pete Carroll

Today's NFL fans have more viewing options than ever before. Each and every week, football addicts plant themselves in front of big-screen, high-definition TVs and watch the game they love unfold via slow-motion...

The American Practical Navigator

von Nathaniel Bowditch

This is the best selling boating book ever. 1,000,000 copies sold over 200 years. Everything a marine navigator could possibly need to know. Updated by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency USA Government...

Aim High

von Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

Aim High is an inspirational book written by the UK's leading wheelchair athete, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Football Rules & Positions In A Day For Dummies

von Howie Long & John Czarnecki

Tackle football basics in a day? Easy.

If you've ever wanted to know the difference between a touchdown and a touchback, or how a running back's role differs from a linebacker's, this handy guide gets you up-to-speed...

Triathlete Magazine's Essential Week-by-Week Training Guide: Plans, Scheduling Tips, and Workout Goals for Triathletes of All Levels

von Matt Fitzgerald

From Triathlete magazine - the most popular and extensivesource for triathlon information - comes this guidebook of weeklytraining plans for triathletes of all skill levels.

Through My Eyes

von Tim Tebow & Nathan Whitaker

Over the course of the last five years, Tim Tebow established himself as one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of college football and a top prospect in the NFL. During that time he amassed an unparalleled...

Born to Run

von Christopher Mcdougall

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt?

Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians have honed the ability to run hundreds of miles without...

Hardcore Circuit Training for Men: Body Weight Workout

von Jim McHale & Chohwora Udu

Think circuit training is for the feeble and faint-of-heart? Think again. Hardcore Circuit Training for Men: Body Weight Workout is a no-nonsense approach to high intensity fitness training. This workout is...

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back

von Josh Hamilton & Tim Keown

Josh Hamilton was the first player chosen in the first round of the 1999 baseball draft. He was destined to be one of those rare "high-character " superstars. But in 2001, working his way from the minors to...

Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique For Running With More

von Roy Wallack & Ken Bob Saxton

"Barefoot Ken Bob is The Master. Long before anyone else was even talking about barefoot running, he was perfecting the art . . . Now, after twenty years of teaching, experimenting, and "merry marathoning" (as...

Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook: The Portable Guide to Getting Out Alive

von Mykel Hawke

U.S. Special Forces Captain and outdoor survival expert Mykel Hawke provides the most practical and accessible survival skills and information necessary to survive in the outdoors. These methods are based on...

Ultimate Mind Control

von Dr. Haha Lung & Chris Prowant

Drawn from sources deep in China and India, the long-lost secrets of mastering the mental arts of Ame-tsuchi-jitsu are now revealed by martial-arts master Dr. Haha Lung. Those with the courage to explore these...

Down The Road in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam: A Bicycle Tour Through War, Genocide and Forgiveness

von Tim Travis & Cindie Travis

"Freedom is addictive" Bicycle touring, for the Travises, is the purest realization of a free life. Tim and Cindie travel farther outside their comfort zone than ever before. They encountered oppressive communism,...