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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan

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What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the... (read more)
 
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Football General

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
by H G Bissinger

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The classic, best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, with a new afterword that looks at the players and the town ten years later. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa — the... (read more)
 
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Walking

Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness Walks
by James D. Thayer

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Here are twenty wilderness hikes within twenty miles of downtown Portland, Oregon, less than a half hour's ride from the city. Adventurers at all skill levels will be surprised by the remoteness and remarkable beauty of these easy woodland escapes. Just... (read more)
 
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Sports Writing

Deep Survival : Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why (03 Edition)
by Laurence Gonzales

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Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way readers understand themselves and the great outdoors.... (read more)
 
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Running

Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
by Dean Karnazes

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Ultrarunning legend Dean Karnazes has run 262 miles-the equivalent of ten marathons-without rest. He has run over mountains, across Death Valley, and to the South Pole-and is probably the first person to eat an entire pizza while running. With an insight,... (read more)
 
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Sports General

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by Franklin Foer

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Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross-currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide-ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a... (read more)
 
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Baseball General

Summer of '49
by David Halberstam

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David Halberstam's New York Timesbestselling classic chronicle of baseball's most magnificent season, as seen through the battle royale between Joe DiMaggio's Yankees and Ted Williams's Red Sox for the heart of a nation. With incredible skill, passion... (read more)
 
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Pacific Northwest Bicycling

Road Biking Oregon (Road Biking)
by Lizann Dunegan

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From the rocky promontories and wide sandy beaches of the coast to the heights of Mount Hood and the Three Sisters, enjoy the dramatic diversity of Oregon on two wheels. Grab this guidebook, put on your helmet, and hit the road on forty carefully... (read more)
 
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Miscellaneous Sports

Gimp: The Story Behind the Star of Murderball
by Mark Zupan

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College soccer star Mark Zupan had been out drinking one night and had passed out in the back of his best friend's pickup truck when his friend got in the driver's seat, decided to take the truck for a spin, and accidentally crashed it. Thrown into a... (read more)
 
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When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
by David Maraniss

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More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience. The son of an Italian immigrant butcher, Lombardi toiled for twenty frustrating years as a high school coach and then as an assistant at... (read more)
 
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The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship
by David Halberstam

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Now in paperback, the New York Times bestselling The Teammates -- David Halberstam's stirring tribute to the golden age of baseball and to friendship. The Teammates is the profoundly moving story of four great baseball players who have made the passage... (read more)
 
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Baseball Biographies

Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big
by Jose Canseco

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When Jose Canseco burst into the Major Leagues in the 1980s, he changed the sport — in more ways than one. No player before him possessed his mixture of speed and power, which allowed him to become the first man in history to belt more than forty... (read more)
 
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Bicycling General

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintena 2ND Edition
by Lennard Zinn

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Road bikes are surprisingly complex machines, but there’s no need to spend excessive amounts on repairs and maintenance. The cost of a copy of Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance should be sufficient in most cases. This well-organized and... (read more)
 
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Bicycle Touring

Catfish & Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
by Andrew X. Pham

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Winner of the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award A Seattle Post-Intelligencer Best Book of the Year Catfish and Mandala is the story of an American odyssey—a solo bicycle... (read more)
 
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Basketball General

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
by Mark Kriegel

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Pistol is more than the biography of a ballplayer. It's the stuff of classic novels: the story of a boy transformed by his father's dream -- and the cost of that dream. Even as Pete Maravich became Pistol Pete -- a basketball icon for baby boomers -- all... (read more)
 
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Martial Arts

American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China
by Matthew Polly

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The raucously funny story of one young Americanas quest to become the baddest dude on the planet (and possibly find inner peace along the way) Growing up a ninety-eight-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, Matthew Polly... (read more)
 
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Scuba Diving

Diver Down: Real-World Scuba Accidents and How to Avoid Them
by Michael R Ange

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One diver, after a seemingly brief period below the surface, discovers that his gas supply has run perilously low. Another, paralyzed, bobs helplessly on the surface, and when a poorly trained divemaster attempts rescue, things go from bad to worse. Two... (read more)
 
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