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Get Fast!

Sports & Outdoors

Every cyclist wants to get faster. Whether they're a weekend warrior, a crit specialist, or a charity cruiser, speed is the X factor that lets a rider ride strong, feel fresh, and thoroughly enjoy each ride.Get Fast! is the cyclist's go-to guide for gaining speed. In it, author Selene Yeager addresses speed from every possible angle, including not only the standard chapters on riding techniques and bike maintenance tricks specific to getting fast but also stand-alone chapters on fitness and weight loss, stretching, nutrition and supplementation, motivation, and mental attitude. Together they present a complete and comprehensive guide to achieving one's top speed.Bolstered by a foundation in science and road-tested by Yeager and the editors of Bicycling magazine, the wisdom presented in Get Fast! will have riders and readers flying on the road, dirt, dirt roads, cross course, track—anywhere and everywhere they love to ride most—in no time at all.

Another Lousy Day in Paradise and Dances with Trout

Sports & Outdoors

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.“Good fishing and good writing use the same skills,” writes John Gierach, “whether you’re after a trout or a story, you won’t get that far with brute force. You’re better off to watch, wait, and remain calm…letting it all happen, rather than trying to make it happen.” As the wry and perceptive essays in Another Lousy Day in Paradise prove, Gierach knows his writing as well as his fishing.Paradise, Gierach shows us, is relative; it can be found in the guilty luxury of fishing private waters or when one is soaked to the skin, in a small canoe on a big lake in a storm a hundred miles from anywhere, exhilarated after a day’s fishing. There are also pleasures to be found in unexpected places: solitary fishing trips, fishing for less-appreciated fish like carp, or meeting a guide who at first seems like an inarticulate ax murderer but who proves to be a “Zen master among fishing guides.” The point is to let things unfold as they will—because after all, says Gierach, “Basically, the world is a big, dumb trout, and you’re a fisherman with all the time in the world.” As Gierach fans know, this is a description of paradise.

Fathers & Sons & Sports

Sports & Outdoors

Powerful stories about the way sports can bring together fathers and sons, to work out their differences and express their love for each other.Fathers & Sons & Sports presents a powerful lineup of real-world stories about fathers and sons playing one-on-one in the game of life, written by such great sportswriters and authors as Henry Aaron, as told to Cal Fussman • Michael J. Agovino • Buzz Bissinger • Jeff Bradley • John Ed Bradley • James Brown • Darcy Frey • Tom Friend • Bill Geist • Mike Golic • Donald Hall • Paul Hoffman • Mark Kriegel • Norman Maclean • John Buffalo Mailer • Ron Reagan • Peter Richmond • Jeremy Schaap • Lew Schneider • Dan Shaughnessy • Paul Solotaroff • John Jeremiah Sullivan • Wright Thompson • Steve Wulf The unforgettable accounts here include the stories of a professional football player passing on his father’ s secrets to his own sons, a severely disabled boy discovering joy on a surfboard, a wealthy NFL player taking his coddled children back to the mean streets that made him, and a major league manager who must face the hard fact that nothing, not even unconditional love, can save his son. Anyone who has ever been a father or a son will see himself in these moving snapshots of family life at its most emotional. Whether the stories take place on a diamond, a court, a gridiron, a fairway, or a chessboard, they’re all about the same subject: fatherhood, one of the world’s most intriguing sports.

Rebuilding Milo

Sports & Outdoors

Every athlete who spends time in the weight room eventually deals with pain/injury that leaves them frustrated and unable to reach their highest potential. Every athlete ought to have the ability to take the first steps at addressing these minor injuries. They shouldn’t have to wait weeks for a doctor’s appointment, only to be prescribed pain medications and told to “take two weeks off lifting” or, even worse, to “stop lifting so heavy.” Dr. Aaron Horschig knows your pain and frustration. He’s been there. For over a decade, Dr. Horschig has been a competitive weightlifter, and he understands how discouraging it is to tweak your back three weeks out from a huge weightlifting competition, to have knee pain limit your ability to squat heavy for weeks, and to suffer from chronic shoulder issues that keep you from reaching your goals. Rebuilding Milo is the culmination of Dr. Horschig’s life’s work as a sports physical therapist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and Olympic weightlifting coach. It contains all of the knowledge he has amassed over the past decade while helping some of the best athletes in the world. Now he wants to share that knowledge with you. This book, designed by a strength athlete for anyone who spends time in the weight room, is the solution to your struggles with injury and pain. It walks you through simple tests and screens to uncover the movement problem at the root of your pain. After discovering the cause of your injury, you’ll be able to create an individualized rehab program as laid out in this book. Finally, you’ll be on the right path to eliminate your pain and return to the activities you love.

Return to the River

Sports & Outdoors

Return to the River remains one of the finest books ever written about the salmon and has won its place as an angler’s and naturalist’s classic.Drawn back again to spawn in the stream that hatched them, the deep-sea salmon, the great silver chinooks, return as inevitably as the September rains. Return to the River captures the whole sweep of the chinook migration in every significant detail: the departure seaward of the millions of small fry in the spring of the second year, the saltwater life of the free-swimming schools in the deeps beyond Puget Sound, the later return of the survivors—sixty- and eighty-pounders that leap against every obstacle, striving to complete their lives at last among upland shallows barely deep enough to contain them.Roderick Haig-Brown, observing with the trained eye of the naturalist what he records with a novelist’s skill, here sets forth the dramatic life history of one salmon from her hatching through her mating—the fulfillment of her life cycle.“The supple, rapid style, vigorous as the great fish itself,” wrote Joseph Henry Jackson in the San Francisco Chronicle, “makes this account as easy reading as fiction.”Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for fishermen. Our books for anglers include titles that focus on fly fishing, bait fishing, fly-casting, spin casting, deep sea fishing, and surf fishing. Our books offer both practical advice on tackle, techniques, knots, and more, as well as lyrical prose on fishing for bass, trout, salmon, crappie, baitfish, catfish, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Solo - Intégral nouvelle édition

Sports & Outdoors

Il est au pied de la paroi, une paire de chaussons à la main et un sac à pof dans le dos, un océan de granit au-dessus de lui. L'histoire est sur pause. 3h56 plus tard, il se tient debout, sans corde, au sommet d'El Capitan au Yosemite. Il vient tout simplement de réaliser le solo du siècle. le grimpeur américain Alex Honnold vient d'ajouter un chapitre majeur à son destin.A l'occasion de cet exploit et de la sortie internationale du film événement Free solo, sélectionné cette année aux Oscars, Guérin réouvre les pages de Solo intégral, biographie publiée en 2016. Jamais une édition n'a autant mérité d'être revue et augmentée : revue par le rêve, augmentée de l'inimaginable.Acte I : Solo intégral d'Alex Honnold est la fascinante confession d'un adepte de forme la plus spectaculaire de l'escalade : le solo intégral consiste à grimper sans corde et sans matériel. La chute est inévitablement sanctionnée par la mort. Alex est le plus doué de ces soloïstes. Vous allez dire " fou ", " suicidaire " ? Dans ce livre autobiographique, Alex raconte le chemin qui l'a conduit à cette pratique et prouve que c'est l'exact contraire : il est un modèle de sang-froid, de lucidité, de raison.Lorsque nous avons traduit et publié la première édition du livre, en 2016, Alex était déjà une star aux États-Unis. Sur la scène du Grand Rex, il a tenu 2000 personnes en haleine par son charisme. Les lecteurs ont suivi. Solo intégral s'est vendu à ce jour à plusieurs milliers d'exemplaires.À la fin du livre, il passe en revue les défis susceptibles de l'inspirer et reconnaît penser au solo intégral d'El Capitan, joyau du Yosemite, en Californie, la plus grande paroi verticale du monde : 900 mètres de granit lisse, compact, minces fissures et écailles minuscules. Ceux qui en ont fait la première ascension dans les années 1960 y ont passé des semaines et ont planté des centaines de pitons. Un objet chutant de n'importe quel point de la paroi s'écrasera à son pied sans l'avoir touchée. Idem pour un corps.Acte II : Le 3 juin 2017, Alex Honnold a réalisé son rêve. En 3h56, sans corde, il a gravi la voie Freerider. " Le solo du siècle " ont dit beaucoup de connaisseurs. " Le plus dangereux jamais réalisé " a ajouté le National Geographic. Son ami Jimmy Chin l'a filmé, et a réalisé un film haletant, Free solo, en compétition pour l'Oscar du meilleur film documentaire le 25 février prochain.Après l'ascension, Alex a repris la plume. Il a écrit deux longs chapitres pour raconter cette ascension d'anthologie, et le tournage. Deux chapitres qui justifient à eux seuls de replonger dans le destin hors norme d'Alex Honnold.

Akiba Rubinstein

Sports & Outdoors

W książce, składającej się z części biograficznej oraz części poświęconej twórczości szachowej Rubinsteina, przedstawiono koleje losu, przebieg kariery oraz 70 partii najlepiej ilustrujących dokonania wielkiego Akiby w rozwoju królewskiej gry. Akiba Rubinstein, najwybitniejszy do dziś polski szachista, uważany jest za klasyka szachów. Jego kariera przypadła na pierwsze trzydzieści lat XX wieku. Chociaż nie pozostawił po sobie wielu prac teoretycznych ani zapisków, to o jego dokonaniach świadczą nazwy wielu wariantów szachowych otwarć.

Intangibles

Sports & Outdoors

From baseball to biology, an award-winning journalist highlights the power of team chemistry in this "terrific" data-driven investigation of human relationships (Billie Jean King).Does team chemistry actually exist? Is there scientific or mathematical proof? Is team chemistry as real and relevant as on-base percentages and wins above replacement?In Joan Ryan's groundbreaking book we discover that the answer to all of the above is a resounding yes. As Ryan puts it, team chemistry, or the combination of biological and social forces that boosts selfless effort among more players over more days of a season, is what drives sports teams toward a common goal, encouraging the players to be the best versions of themselves. These are the elements of teams that make them "click," the ones that foster trust and respect, and push players to exceed their own potential when they work well together.Team chemistry alone won't win a World Series, but talent alone won't win it, either. And by interviewing more than 100 players, coaches, managers, and statisticians, as well as over five years of extensive research in neuroscience, biology, physiology, and psychology, Ryan proves that the social and emotional state of a team does affect performance. Grit, passion, selflessness, and effort matter -- but never underestimate the power of chemistry.

Raise a Fist, Take a Knee

Sports & Outdoors

Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial inequality in professional athletics America has been waiting for.Commentators, coaches, and fans alike have long touted the diverse rosters of leagues like the NFL and MLB as sterling examples of a post-racial America. Yet decades after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a display of Black power and pride, and years after Colin Kaepernick shocked the world by kneeling for the national anthem, the role Black athletes and coaches are expected to perform—both on and off the field—still can be determined as much by stereotype and old-fashion ideology as ability and performance.Whether it’s the pre-game moments of resistance, the lack of diversity among coaching and managerial staff, or the consistent undervaluation of Black quarterbacks, racial politics impact every aspect of every sport being played—yet the gigantic salaries and glitzy lifestyles of pro athletes often disguise the ugly truths of how minority players are treated and discarded by their White bosses. John Feinstein crisscrossed the country to secure personal interviews with quarterbacks, coaches, and more, revealing the stories none of us have heard (but all of us should know).Seventy-five years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line, race is still a central and defining factor of America's professional sports leagues. With an encyclopedic knowledge of professional sports, and shrewd cultural criticism, bestselling and award-winning author John Feinstein uncovers not just why, but how, pro sports continue to perpetuate racial inequality. “None of us are trying to make race an issue. Race IS an issue.” (From the Foreword by Doug Williams)

Gimę bėgti

Sports & Outdoors

Neįtikėtinų veikėjų, stebėtinų atletinių pasiekimų, naujausių mokslo atradimų ir, svarbiausia – įkvėpimo kupina knyga Gimę bėgti yra įspūdingas nuotykis, prasidėjęs nuo paprasto klausimo: kodėl man skauda pėdą? Siekdamas rasti atsakymą Christopheris McDougallas iškeliauja ieškoti ištvermingiausių pasaulio bėgikų, ima aiškintis jų paslaptis ir įsitikina, kad viskas, ką žinojome apie bėgimą, yra netiesa. Izoliuoti atšiaurių Meksikos Vakarų Siera Madrės kalnų, Vario kanjone gyvena Bėgančiais Žmonėmis save vadinantys indėnai tarahumarai. Jie ilgus amžius išsaugojo bėgimo techniką, kuri leidžia įveikti šimtus mylių be poilsio ir persekioti elnią ar...olimpinio maratono bėgiką mėgaujantis kiekvienu kilometru. Ten bėga visi nuo jaunų vyrų iki močiučių ir išvengia to, kas persekioja šiuolaikinius žmones, – streso bei ligų. Padedamas Baltojo Žirgo, paslaptingo baltaodžio, gyvenančio tarp indėnų, autorius ne tik sugebėjo įminti tarahumarų paslaptis, bet ir atrado savyje ultraatletą ruošdamasis gyvenimo išmėginimui – 50 mylių lenktynėms per kalnuotą vietovę, kur indėnai varžėsi su geriausiu pasaulio ultramaratonininku, dailia banglentininke ir basakoju bėgiku.

Le Dim-Mak face à la science

Sports & Outdoors

Puisant ses principes dans la tradition thérapeutique chinoise, le dim-mak est l’art létal du combat. Une sorte d’acupuncture destructrice où les aiguilles sont remplacées par des coups qui perturbent le bon fonctionnement des organes et peuvent entraîner la mort de la victime. Ce livre a pour objectif de confronter les connaissances traditionnelles millénaires des Chinois en matière martiale au savoir scientifique occidental. Il s’agit d’un travail scientifique réfléchi et particulièrement fouillé. Pour les sceptiques, il étaye sur des preuves scientifiques le fonctionnement des points du dim-mak. Pour les adeptes du dim-mak, il s’avère une approche tout aussi essentielle car il présente, d’un point de vue médical, les fondements de cet art ainsi que les raisons pour lesquelles ces points provoquent les résultats qu’on leur connaît sur l’organisme. Que l’on soit initié ou non à l’art du dim-mak, cet ouvrage riche et précis, clairement illustré, nous apporte le regard qui manque souvent à la connaissance traditionnelle : l’objectivité. Un ouvrage qui changera votre vision des arts martiaux traditionnels. Le docteur Michael Kelly a étudié à la Rutgers University (New Jersey, États-Unis) où il obtient un diplôme en biologie avec mention. Au New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, il entreprend un doctorat et obtient le titre de Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Officier de police, le docteur Kelly poursuit ses recherches sur le dim-mak dans le cadre des affaires criminelles et met en pratique sa connaissance martiale. Il est aujourd’hui certifié en médecine du sport, médecine interne et médecine de combat (Ringside medicine). Michael Kelly a débuté dans les arts martiaux à l’âge de six ans. Il commence par étudier le Koeikan Karate puis le Shôrin-ryû Karate. Au lycée, il pratique la lutte et remporte plus d’une centaine de victoires en compétition. Parallèlement au karaté, il étudie l’aïkido, le tang soo do et le shiatsu. Cela fait maintenant près de vingt ans que le docteur Kelly poursuit ses recherches sur les effets du dim-mak sur le corps humain ainsi que sur les techniques d’attaque des points de pression cachées dans les formes de combat traditionnel.

Triathlon Science

Sports & Outdoors

Leave ’em in your wake, leave ’em in your trail, leave ’em in your dust. Get your brain as fit as your body and achieve your triathlon potential. Triathlon Science is packed with all the expertise you can handle, and more. From fine-tuning your physiology for each of the three disciplines to plotting the best race strategy for your fitness level, personal goals, and competitive conditions, you’ll find the insights and prescriptions typically available only from a top-level coach. With editors Joe Friel and Jim Vance and a who’s-who list of international experts on the sport, Triathlon Science offers you an unprecedented wealth of advanced yet accessible information on excelling in the sport.

Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers

Sports & Outdoors

Witty, shrewd, and always a joy to read, John Gierach, “America’s best fishing writer” (Houston Chronicle) and favorite streamside philosopher, has earned the following of “legions of readers who may not even fish but are drawn to his musings on community, culture, the natural world, and the seasons of life” (Kirkus Reviews).“After five decades, twenty books, and countless columns, [John Gierach] is still a master” (Forbes). Now, in his latest original collection, Gierach shows us why fly-fishing is the perfect antidote to everything that is wrong with the world.“Gierach’s deceptively laconic prose masks an accomplished storyteller…His alert and slightly off-kilter observations place him in the general neighborhood of Mark Twain and James Thurber” (Publishers Weekly). In Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers, Gierach looks back to the long-ago day when he bought his first resident fishing license in Colorado, where the fishing season never ends, and just knew he was in the right place. And he succinctly sums up part of the appeal of his sport when he writes that it is “an acquired taste that reintroduces the chaos of uncertainty back into our well-regulated lives.”Lifelong fisherman though he is, Gierach can write with self-deprecating humor about his own fishing misadventures, confessing that despite all his experience, he is still capable of blowing a strike by a fish “in the usual amateur way.” “Arguably the best fishing writer working” (The Wall Street Journal), Gierach offers witty, trenchant observations not just about fly-fishing itself but also about how one’s love of fly-fishing shapes the world that we choose to make for ourselves.

The Bear in the Attic

Sports & Outdoors

The beloved humorist delivers a “winsome collection of anecdotes and essays on fishing, camping, hunting and other outdoor activities and catastrophes” (Publishers Weekly).Overflowing with his trademark outdoorsman’s wit, Patrick F. McManus’s newest collection ponders the strange allure of the RV, the existential implications of being lost, the baffling tendency of animals to outsmart those who wish to hunt them, and the singular pleasure of doubling the size of every fish one doesn’t actually catch.Combining the curmudgeonly voice of Dave Barry and the sly humor of Garrison Keillor, McManus brilliantly captures the everyday absurdities that comprise our existence. Alongside his humor, McManus’s inimitable vision consistently evokes a childlike wonder at the natural world. Even if we are running low on food, the compass is broken, and we are fairly certain we have just spotted a family of Sasquatches frolicking in the treetops, The Bear in the Attic makes the outdoors seem irresistible.Praise for Patrick F. McManus“Patrick McManus is a treasure.” —The Atlantic“Everybody should read Patrick McManus.” —The New York Times Book Review“A style that brings to mind Mark Twain, Art Buchwald, and Garrison Keillor.” —People“Describing Patrick F. McManus as an outdoor humorist is like saying Mark Twain wrote books about small boys . . . the funniest writer around today—indoors or outdoors.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Sport Policy in China

Sports & Outdoors

Acknowledging China’s established status as a global sporting superpower, this is the first book to systematically investigate sport policy in that country. With a focus on sport development in the most recent three decades, Sport Policy in China explores a wide range of topics in Chinese sport, including elite sport development, professional sports, major sports events, sport for all, the political context within which sport is interiorised and the distinctive sporting status of Hong Kong. It examines the debates around policy, globalisation, diplomacy and soft power, as well as the significance of the principle of ‘one country, two systems’.With international appeal, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers in the fields of sport policy, sport management, sport development and sport sociology.

Ultimate Elk Hunting

Sports & Outdoors

The odds for a hunter bagging North America's premier game animal just became much greater,thanks to this book.Hunters view elk hunting as the pinnacle of the big-game hunting experience in North America. The average elk hunter is successful once in every eight years. Most of them are not happy with these odds and are continually seeking ways to shift the odds in their favor. This "how-to" book provides all the essential information that is critical to becoming successful at elk hunting.Chapters include:Understanding Elk BehaviorEquipment & GearWhat Makes a Great Elk Camp?Learning the HabitatWhere & How to Find Big BullsCalling & Other Strategies

Futni születtünk

Sports & Outdoors

Egy rejtőzködő indián törzs, néhány szuperatléta és minden idők legnagyobb ultrafutó versenyének története.(jó lenneha ezután a mondat után új sor kezdődne, ahogy itt) Egy egyszerű kérdéssel kezdődött minden: Miért fáj a lábam? A válasz után kutatva Christopher McDougall elképesztően izgalmas emberekkel találkozott, és hihetetlen atlétikai teljesítményeknek volt szemtanúja. A rejtélyes Caballo Blanco közvetítésével megismerte a világ legfantasztikusabb ultrafutóit, a Mexikóban élő tarahumara indiánokat, és közelebbi kapcsolatba kerülve velük rádöbbent, hogy mindaz, amit a nyugati világ a futásról tud, téveszméken nyugszik. McDougall útja a Harvard high-tech laboratóriumaiból Észak-Amerika napsütötte völgyein és hófödte csúcsain át vezetett a Réz-kanyonba. Elbeszélésmódja egyszerre személyes és tudományos; az egyéni sorsok pontos és empatikus leírása mellett ismerteti a tudomány aktuális állását is az emberi fiziológiáról, táplálkozásról, az evolúcióról. A Futni születtünk nem csupán a szellemünket mozgatja meg, hanem a testünket is arra ösztönzi, hogy tegyük próbára a lábunkat, és lássuk be: mindannyian futni születtünk. Chirstopher McDougall újságíró, hosszútávfutó, korábban az Associated Press haditudósítója volt, jelenleg pedig a Men’s Health magazin szerkesztője és szerzője. Háromszor jelölték szakmai díjra folyóirat kategóriában és szavazták be a döntőbe; dolgozott az Esquire-nak és a The New York Times Magazine-nek, Girl Trouble című önálló kötete pedig a The Times számára készült tudósításain alapul. A szerző fotóját készítette: Michael Lionstar

The Boat

Sports & Outdoors

Tom wrote this book about his desire to travel by boat to hunt Wild Turkeys, in his own damn boat. However, as in all Tom Kelly narratives, there is more to the story than just building a boat. His progress in construction and subsequent success and failure make up the chapters of The Boat. The people Tom encounters along the way are also part of the meat of the story. The wood used to build the boat, juniper, is of particular interest because is was stolen. Tom still has some of the original juniper under the rafters in Laura's playhouse in Spanish Fort. Read on, and enjoy this collection of priceless essays by Colonel Tom Kelly

Walks Through History Kent

Sports & Outdoors

Walks Through History: Kent is a celebration of the beauty and poetry of the county. Each walk in this book has been chosen not only because it is a pleasant walk in its own right, but also because it goes past sites which reveal the rich and varied history of the county. Each walk is arranged chronologically, and has a major historical theme. Together they take the walker through 4,000 years of Kentish history. The introduction shows how each of the walks fits into the overall history of the county, a history that is very much shaped by Kent’s proximity to Europe. For through migration, trade and invasion, Kent has had close contact with the continent throughout its history. As with all walking books detailed directions are given, including parking convenient stopping or resting places, and suggested diversions or alternatives. The book is sure to appeal to locals and tourist alike.About the author:John Wilks has been a professional historical guide and a history teacher, and is a branch secretary of the Historical Association. He is also an enthusiastic member of the Rambler's Association and has written a number of walking books with historical themes. If you like walking and writing and would like to contribute to the Walking Around Britain series JMD Media Ltd are developing, please contact steve.caron@jmdmedia.co.uk.

No Place to Hide

Sports & Outdoors

Tom Kelly gives us more 9 more chapters, continuing the themes of his previous 21 books. In this collection Tom explores the future of the Wild Turkey, the Hunt and the Habitat, which means the timber industry to Tom. No Place to Hide, is a fine example of Tom Kelly's thought process at 88 years young.

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