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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen (Vintage) by Christopher McDougall Staff Pick Born to Run is the one of those books you just can't keep to yourself. In fact, it's probably the one title I've recommended more than any other in the last two years. It has a little bit of everything: adventure, travel, history, science, and sport, all... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper 
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FreeDarko Presents... The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History by Bethlehem Shoals and Big Baby and Dr. Lawyer IndianChief and Billups and Silverbird 5000 Staff Pick The guys at FreeDarko have delivered another outstanding basketball book, this time about the history of the game. While not a complete history, they hit many of the highlights of the sport, including the first organized leagues, the Celtics of the 1960s,... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet by Alicia Silverstone Staff Pick The Kind Diet is a fabulous introduction to the vegan lifestyle. Not only are Alicia Silverstone's vegan recipes delectable, but she teaches readers, with honesty and warmth, how to attain a new, healthier body. All without harming the planet — and, in... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall Staff Pick Born to Run is the one of those books you just can't keep to yourself. In fact, it's probably the one title I've recommended more than any other in the last two years. It has a little bit of everything: adventure, travel, history, science, and sport, all... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen Staff Pick I read Winterdance while camping in the mountains of eastern Oregon when it was cold, very cold (though I was snug and warm in my sleeping bag), but I was glad to not be experiencing the Arctic climes in the book. Gary Paulsen describes cold and snow the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stretching (20th Anniversary Revised Edition) by Bob Anderson Staff Pick "It doesn't require equipment, it's not fancy or exotic, and it feels so good; learn what your cat already knows. This book is the easiest, most accessible guide to stretching I've found. Even sitting at a desk all day can put all sorts of kinks and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran (10 Edition) by Dirk Hayhurst Staff Pick Dirk Hayhurst may well be the antithesis of the stereotypical athlete, and his book, The Bullpen Gospels, is unlike any other sports memoir of late. Chronicling the uncertain and often frustrating life of a professional ballplayer as he ascends and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey Staff Pick It has long been asserted that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the vast seascapes that cover some 70 percent of our planet. Susan Casey's seductive book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, goes a... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne Staff Pick Talking Heads fans will flock to this book. Bicycle enthusiasts will shove each other out of the way to get the first copy. But it's the cyclists who are also Talking Heads fans that you really have to watch out for, because they're going to be... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes Staff Pick Mapes's fantastic and inspiring Pedaling Revolution deserves to be read by everyone, from the cycle-curious to the cycle-phobic. Love it or hate it, the pedaling revolution is upon us — read all about it!... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam Staff Pick Portland: Read this. The Breaks of the Game, finally back in print, is almost certainly one of the best books ever written about the NBA, but that statement hardly does it justice. Halberstam's subject far transcends any action on the court. In 1979... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ball Four by Jim Bouton Staff Pick Baseball Season is upon us. I-CHI-RO! I-CHI-RO! Youngsters, you really need to read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. A season in the bigs with the expansion Seattle Pilots (Milwaukee Brewers for those that don't know.) Joe Schultz, Sal "The Barber" Maglie and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey Staff Pick It has long been asserted that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the vast seascapes that cover some 70 percent of our planet. Susan Casey's seductive book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, goes a... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil and Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches Staff Pick I just finished rereading We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families because after reading Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning I thought that the atrocities committed in Rwanda might make more sense to me. There are eerie... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne Staff Pick Talking Heads fans will flock to this book. Bicycle enthusiasts will shove each other out of the way to get the first copy. But it's the cyclists who are also Talking Heads fans that you really have to watch out for, because they're going to be... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox Staff Pick The first to swim the Strait of Magellan, the Bering Strait, and the Cape of Good Hope, Lynne Cox, from the age of fourteen, began forcing the world's best long-distance swimmers to reconsider what might be possible in the water. Dive in and brace... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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It's All about the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Robert Penn Staff Pick If you're not already enchanted by the idea of two-wheeled adventure, you will be by the time you finish It's All about the Bike. Lifelong cycling enthusiast Robert Penn recounts his quest to build the perfect bike in this funny, engaging, and... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Hardcover
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Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game by John Thorn Staff Pick As the official historian for major league baseball and chief consultant to Ken Burns' magnificent 10-part documentary series Baseball, John Thorn surely ranks as one of the most knowledgeable individuals on our national pastime. His familiarity with and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Game Time: A Baseball Companion by Roger Angell and Steve Kettmann and Richard Ford Staff Pick In the spring of 1962, New Yorker editor William Shawn sent Roger Angell to Florida to write about spring training. Forty-one years later, Angell still covers baseball for the magazine. No one writes as well about the sport. (Few people write as well... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Locavore Way: Discovering the Delicious Pleasures of Eating Fresh, Locally Grown Food by Amy Cotler Staff Pick There's more to mindful eating than the "natural foods" aisle of the grocery store, but if that's the farthest you've ever ventured, you may not know where to begin. Not to worry. In The Locavore Way, Amy Cotler demystifies the steadily growing locavore... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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