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Carl Hiaasen
The Downhill Lie
978-0-307-26653-8 | $22.00 |
Knopf | HC
The inimitable Hiaasen on learning to play the game that has obsessed him and much of the rest of the country— golf. Hilarious, of course, but also touching. Carl writes about every aspect of the game, culminating in his ultimate nightmare: playing a real tournament.
Tim Wendel and Jose Luis Villegas
Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America
978-1-4262-0216-2 | $28.00 | National Geographic | HC
With extraordinary photographs and fact-filled essays, Far From Home gives the sports fan and the historian alike reason to celebrate the incredible rise of the number of Latino players in American baseball and the courage and conviction they have needed to accomplish the feat of getting there.
Leigh Montville
The Mysterious Montague
978-0-385-52033-1 | $26.00 |
Doubleday | HC
Three-time New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Montville, tells the riveting story of the "Mysterious Montague" —an elusive trick golfer who never played professionally but was known in the 1930's as "the greatest golfer in the world," ...until his criminal past caught up with him and the world finally understood why his background was such a mystery.
Nicklaus Suino
The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship
978-1-59030-483-9 | $24.95 | Weatherhill/Shambhala | TR
The original purpose of iaido was to slay an opponent with one stroke of the sword upon unsheathing. This manual of Eishin-Ryu or "Pure Faith" iaido teaches the most widely practiced sword style, and is illustrated with step-by-step drawings to help students, from beginners to advanced, hone their forms and techniques.
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Kenny Mayne
An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport
978-0-307-39615-0 | $24.95 |
Crown | HC
ESPN anchor Kenny Mayne offers exactly what his fans have grown to love. In this part sports dictionary, part memoir, Kenny offers both factual and completely made up histories of the world's most beloved sports (fishing, cricket) as well as hilarious tangents about his life and loves (neither fishing nor cricket).
978-1-58394-205-5 | $16.95 |
Frog/North Atlantic | TR
No baseball team has ever captured America’s imagination like the New York Mets. Alternately the “Lovable Losers” and the “Miracle Mets,” New York’s "other" team offers fascinating fodder for seasoned writer Richard Grossinger in this thoughtful collection of essays.
Brandon Toropov
The Olympics For Beginners
978-1-934389-33-1 | $14.95 |
Steerforth | TR
A brand-new addition to the "For Beginners" series, The Olympics For Beginners offers a clear, concise, entertaining assessment of the Olympic Games, traveling back in time to the original Olympics in Greece, explaining and simplifying some of the rules of the games, and highlighting some of the most important moments in Olympic history.
Brad Hudson and Matt Fitzgerald
Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon
978-0-7679-2822-9 | $13.95 |
Broadway | TR
This top-of-the-line running training manual by Brad Hudson, former elite runner and current coach to America's top Olympic distance runners, shows the reader how to craft a highly personalized training plan for running faster in everything from 5K races to marathons.
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