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Horn of the Hunter

Sports & Outdoors

The story of the author and his wife's two-month safari in East Africa in the 1950s. Ruark's philosophies are intertwined in the hunting stories to make unforgettable reading.

Push the reset button to unleash your body’s power and endurance for running naturally. If you’re like 80 percent of runners, an injury is going to force you to stop your running routine at some point this year, and the demands of daily life only add to the wear and tear on your body. Life in the modern world has trashed and undercut dedicated runners’ ability to transform their running. The harsh effects of too much sitting and too much time wearing the wrong shoes has left us shackled to lower back problems, chronic knee injuries, and debilitating foot pain. What if you refocus the energy you put into maintaining your current running regimen on forming new habits that can improve your performance and reduce your risk of injury? With Ready to Run, you can take responsibility for what’s going on in your body, take care of business, and harvest any performance that’s hiding in the shadows.In a direct answer to the modern runner’s needs, Dr. Kelly Starrett, author of the bestseller Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance, has focused his revolutionary movement and mobility philosophy on the injury-plagued world of running. In this book, Starrett shares twelve performance standards that will prepare your body for a lifetime of top-performance running. You will learn • How to tap into all of your running potential and access a fountain of youth for lifelong running • How to turn your weaknesses into strengths • How to prevent chronic overuse injuries by building powerful injury prevention habits into your day • How to prepare your body for the demands of changing your running shoes and running technique • How to treat pain and swelling with cutting-edge modalities and accelerate your recovery • How to equip your home mobility gym • What mobility exercises to use for restoring optimal function and range of motion to your joints and tissues • How to run faster, run farther, and run better

On Tennis

Sports & Outdoors

From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster: a collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers. A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis player in his youth, David Foster Wallace wrote about the game like no one else. On Tennis presents David Foster Wallace's five essays on the sport, published between 1990 and 2006, and hailed as some of the greatest and most innovative sports writing of our time.This lively and entertaining collection begins with Wallace's own experience as a prodigious tennis player ("Derivative Sport in Tornado Alley"). He also challenges the sports memoir genre ("How Tracy Austen Broke My Heart"), takes us to the US Open ("Democracy and Commerce at the U.S. Open"), and profiles of two of the world's greatest tennis players ("Tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff About Choice, Freedom, Limitation, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness" and "Federer Both Flesh and Not").With infectious enthusiasm and enormous heart, Wallace's writing shows us the beauty, complexity, and brilliance of the game he loved best.

The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw

Sports & Outdoors

A collection of gut-busting, man vs. nature tales from America’s “most gifted outdoor humorist,” the Field & Stream and Outdoor Life columnist (Detroit Free Press).Patrick F. McManus’s hilarious and comic stories of camping and other nature-oriented activities reach ridiculous proportions in The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw. From teaching his stepfather the methods of madness behind farm work through his best friend’s grandmother’s fear of bears, McManus reveals that human behavior is even wilder than the wilderness.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

Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon

Sports & Outdoors

Learn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with this practical guide featuring training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians.“Reading this book can help take you to the next level and keep pushing you up as far and fast as you want to go.”—Sarah Toland, former NCAA All-American, USA National Cross-Country Team member, and Olympic Trials qualifier for the 5,000 and 10,000Brad Hudson is the most innovative running coach to come along in a generation. Until now, only a handful of elite athletes have been able to benefit from his methods. With Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon, Hudson shows all runners how to coach themselves as confidently and effectively as he coaches his world-class athletes. Becoming your own best coach is the ticket to running faster at any distance. First, you will learn to assess your abilities. Then you’ll learn how to devise a training program specifically geared to you. Filled with easy-to-follow sample training programs for distances ranging from the 5K to the marathon and abilities ranging from novice to advanced, this is the cutting-edge guide for optimal performance.With Hudson’s guidance, you can train smarter and more effectively—and avoid injury. And you’ll soon be running faster than you ever thought possible!

Unfaded Roses

Sports & Outdoors

Colonel Kelly brings us another classic volume of essays with UNFADED ROSES, Tom reminisces about the beginning of his timber career and takes his TENTH LEGION of turkey hunters through his full Spring season for 2012. There is a chapter on grave yard discoveries and several new short stories from the "poet laureate of modern turkey literature."

The Pointer and His Predecessors

Sports & Outdoors

Originally published in 1906, The Pointer and His Predecessors is a highly researched guide to anything and everything relating to the pointing hunting dog. These hunting dogs primarily fall under the setter and pointer breeds, and Arkwright has included everything that an owner would need to know. Anyone who has any interest in shooting and hunting culture will find this book of substantial use.The Pointer and His Predecessors includes topics such as:Characteristics of the PointerBreeding and SelectionShooting Over DogsBreaking and TrainingKennel ManagementAmidst the plethora of factual information are Arkwright’s own theories and anecdotes on the topic of pointing dogs. Arkwright discusses their origin as he pulls biblical quotes and examples to pinpoint where in history these hunting dogs were first spotted. He also recalls on his own experiences with the hounds to exemplify his passion for game dogs. The Pointer and His Predecessors is the top choice for anyone interested in hunting with dogs.Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, 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.

Bougez plus, vivez mieux

Sports & Outdoors

Michel Cymes et Kevin Mayer, le médecin préféré des Français et la star de l'athlétisme, nous expliquent, dans ce guide à deux voix, pourquoi " le sport, c'est la santé " et comment le pratiquer, à son échelle, pour profiter de tous ses bienfaits au quotidien. Le sport ? Il faut que je m'y (re)mette !Nous savons tous que l'activité physique et le sport sont bons pour la santé, mais de là à les intégrer dans notre quotidien, il y a un pas que beaucoup n'arrivent pas à franchir.Faut-il vraiment faire 10 000 pas par jour ? Le ménage ou le jardinage comptent-ils ? Comment caser l'activité physique dans mes journées déjà chargées ? Je suis fatigué, j'ai la flemme, je n'ai pas envie... comment me motiver et le rester ?Quant aux plus sportifs, êtes-vous sûrs de faire les bons gestes au bon moment pour optimiser vos performances et éviter les blessures ?Si vous pensez avoir déjà tout entendu sur la pratique physique et sportive, vous n'êtes pas au bout de vos surprises. Saviez-vous qu'on peut être sportif et sédentaire ? Qu'une activité physique régulière est un excellent antidépresseur et anxiolytique ? Qu'elle booste les performances scolaires, rajeunit votre peau, renforce votre microbiote et modifie l'expression de vos gènes ?Michel Cymes - par ailleurs ambassadeur santé des JO 2024 - et Kevin Mayer - recordman mondial du décathlon - alternent explications scientifiques rigoureuses et expérience personnelle du sport de haut niveau dans ce guide pratique inédit et accessible à tous, quels que soient votre âge, votre niveau ou votre forme.Protéger votre santé, être plus heureux, augmenter vos capacités physiques et intellectuelles, tenir vos objectifs, dompter vos émotions...Bouger plus va changer votre vie !

My Golden Lessons

Sports & Outdoors

He made his first cut in a professional major championship in the 1958 U.S. Open, at age eighteen. Forty years later, he had his most recent top-10 finish in a major at the Masters. In between, he won eighteen professional majors, a hundred tournaments worldwide, and provided countless thrills along the road to being named “Golfer of the Century” by his peers and by publications from America to Antarctica.In his unprecedented run at the top of the game, Jack Nicklaus has seen the importance of constant learning and constant refinement. Your game at age sixty cannot be the same as your game at age twenty; where you were once able to overpower the golf course, with time and wisdom you discover new ways to approach the challenges of the game that depend less on physical ability and more on mental agility. Along the way, you learn which fundamentals will always put you in good stead, and you see what advice has stood the test of time.In My Golden Lessons, the greatest golfer of them all takes the best from his many years of playing, practicing, and studying the game, and distills it into over 120 pieces of priceless instruction. Drawn from his immensely popular columns in Golf Digest and Golf Magazine, the topics cover the full spectrum of the game, from choosing the right equipment, on through the fundamentals of stance, grip, and setup, to the pursuit of power and the subtleties of the short game and putting. These techniques helped Nicklaus set the marks that future generations will strive to match, but it was his mastery of the mental side of golf that truly set him apart from his peers and his predecessors -- and he shares his advice on the mind game as well. In addition, the book presents a beautifully drawn sequence of the Nicklaus swing at its peak, alongside advice tailored to the needs of the better players who want to be better still.My Golden Lessons is a book that took a lifetime to prepare, but one that will improve your game from the first few minutes it spends in your hands. These are the techniques that made Jack Nicklaus the golfer he is, and his clear, bite-sized pointers will show you the path to hitting better shots, shooting lower scores, and enjoying the game more every time you play.

Around the Edges 2

Sports & Outdoors

Over the years Colonel Kelly has written short stories, titled, Short Spurs for the final pages of the National Wild Turkey Federation's magazine, Turkey Country. Now we are happy to announce the publication of a soft cover book, Tom has titled, Around the Edges 2. This 160 page 2nd edition is full of essays, poems, tall tales and some humor from the Colonel.

Metoda Run Walk Run, czyli maraton bez zmęczenia

Sports & Outdoors

Trzymasz w ręku książkę, dzięki której zapomnisz o dolegliwościach związanych z przeciążeniem mięśni i stawów. Opisana tu nowatorska technika pozwala na uniknięcie kontuzji i przemęczenia, a także na osiąganie lepszych wyników podczas zawodów. Metoda Run Walk Run

A Matter of Context

Sports & Outdoors

"What this book attempts to do, is to discuss some of the changes, and some of the changes to the changes, that occur from time to time for what appears to be no reason whatsoever. Nobody truly understands turkeys all of the time, in all of their configurations. Nobody--and that includes you and me. All we can do is swing the bat and hope."

Still Life with Brook Trout

Sports & Outdoors

Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.In Still Life with Brook Trout, John Gierach demonstrates once again that fishing, when done right, is as much a philosophical pursuit as a sport. Gierach travels to Wyoming and Maine and points in between, searching out new fly-fishing adventures and savoring familiar waters with old friends. Along the way he meditates on the importance of good guides ("Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good guide can't is write prescriptions"), the challenge of salmon fishing ("Salmon prowl. If they're not here now, they could be here in half an hour. Or tomorrow. Or next month"), and the zen of fishing alone ("I also enjoy where my mind goes when I'm fishing alone, which is usually nowhere in particular and by a predictable route"). On a more serious note, he ponders the damaging effects of disasters both natural and man-made: drought, wildfires, and the politics of dam-building, among others. Reflecting on a trip to a small creek near his home, Gierach writes, "In my brightest moments, I think slowing down...has opened huge new vistas on my old home water. It's like a friendship that not only lasts, but gets better against the odds." Similarly, Still Life with Brook Trout proves that Gierach, like fly-fishing itself, becomes deeper and richer with time.

Pêche À La Carpe

Sports & Outdoors

‘Pêche À La Carpe’ est le deuxième livre de l'auteur et il poursuit l'histoire de sa vie de pêche et sa quête des plus insaisissables poissons: les grosses carpes.Dans ce livre Steve décrit sa pêche sur beaucoup de lacs différents, tant en Angleterre qu'en France, et il décrit la capture de plusieurs carpes pesant plus de quarante livres.Au moment de la rédaction de ce livre l'auteur est un pêcheur depuis cinquante ans, et depuis vingt-cinq ans il a pêché presque exclusivement les carpes. Il a attrapé de nombreux gros poissons au cours des années y compris une carpe commune anglaise avec un record personnel de 42 lbs.8 oz. et une carpe miroir avec un record personnel de 48 lbs.6 oz. (22 kilos).Cet ouvrage décrit les meilleurs moments, mais aussi les plus dévastateurs qu'il éprouve à la recherche de son obsession, et aussi toutes les personnes qu'il a rencontré le long du chemin. Page après page il décrit le voyage à travers sa vie de pêche avec des détails fascinant, certaines parties sont pleines d'humour, d'autres sont tragiques et certaines remplient de pure joie.Ce livre est une traduction d'un livre très populaire, qui a été initialement écrit en anglais.

Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails

Sports & Outdoors

Learn how to scout and prepare sites while leaving minimal evidence of human presence, and how to read deer sign to find the most productive places to hunt. Comprehensive coverage of scent control, including the use of odor-eliminating clothing.

Sports Mega-Events in Asia

Sports & Outdoors

“Insightful, thorough and broad ranging, this book takes research on mega-events in exciting new directions. A path breaking work”. — Richard Gruneau, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada“This volume is a well-considered selection of works on the topic of sport mega events in Asia (East and West). It is a must read for all mega event scholars and Asia specialists alike”. — Dr., Dr. Barbara Holthus, Deputy Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, JapanThis book is the first comprehensive collection focusing on the hosting of sports mega-events within Asia and their impact on the politics, economics, and culture that shape, and are shaped by, the local idiosyncrasies of host cities and countries across this most culturally diverse continent. From the Olympic Games and single sport World Cups, to the Asian Games and their sub-regional variations, an increasing number of Asian countries have rapidly developed their capacity to host and mobilize large-scale sports events as a cornerstone of their economic growth, national identity formation, and international prestige. This book sets out to fill a gap in the literature and will be of particular relevance to those who are interested in globalization, sports studies, political economy, cultural studies, event management and policy, sociology, media studies, and Asian studies. Koji Kobayashi is Associate Professor in the Center for Glocal Strategy at Otaru University of Commerce, Japan, and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University, New Zealand.John Horne is Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.Younghan Cho is Professor of Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International and Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Jung Woo Lee is Programme Director of M.Sc. Sport Policy, Management and International Development, Research Director of the Scottish Centre for Olympic Research and Education, and Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

The Book of Olympic Lists

Sports & Outdoors

From the multi-million selling author of The Book of Lists and The Complete Book of the Olympics comes an entirely new take on the Games. Wallechinsky has a uniquely vast knowledge of the Olympics and an unrivalled head for arcane – now the two are combined in this collection of 150 unexpected Olympic lists, including: • The eight slowest Olympic competitors • The twelve strangest sports ever contested • The six most spectacular collisions and falls • The top ten shaven-headed Olympians Published for the 2012 Games, The Book of Olympic Lists is a quirky compendium of the unusual, the unknown and the downright bizzare. More than simply a book of lists, Wallechinsky elaborates and expands on the reason for an athlete or incident’s inclusion, to create a winning – and highly addictive – alternative history of the Olympics.

Dealer's Choice

Sports & Outdoors

Dealer's Choice, together with Tenth Legion, has made Tom Kelly the world's most revered writer on turkey hunting. The books concern themselves with the people who spend crazy time hunting this elusive bird - and Kelly especially takes time out in Dealer's Choice to write about "the Colonel's Daughter," Kelly's nickname for his daughter. Delightfully funny and always instructive, this book is another important installment in the Kelly legacy of turkey-hunting writing.

Open

Sports & Outdoors

«Odio il tennis, lo odio con tutto il cuore, eppure continuo a giocare, continuo a palleggiare tutta la mattina, tutto il pomeriggio, perché non ho scelta... Continuo a implorarmi di smettere e continuo a giocare, e questo divario, questo conflitto, tra ciò che voglio e ciò che ettivamente faccio mi appare l'essenza della mia vita...» Andre Agassi Uno dei piú grandi campioni di tennis di tutti i tempi si racconta senza pudore in un memoir che ha fatto scalpore nel mondo, non solo in quello del tennis, ed è diventato un caso editoriale senza precedenti. Un padre ossessivo e brutale che lo vuole numero uno al mondo a ogni costo. Gli allenamenti a ritmi disumani, contro il «drago» sputapalle. La solitudine assoluta in campo che gli nega qualsiasi forma di gioventú. E poi una carriera da numero uno lunga vent'anni e 1000 match. Punteggiata da imprese memorabili ma anche da paurose parabole discendenti. Con l'avversario di sempre: Sampras. E chiacchierati matrimoni: Brooke Shields e Steffi Graf. Una vita sempre sotto i riflettori. Ma non senza dolorosi lati oscuri.

The League

Sports & Outdoors

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in America The National Football League is a towering, distinctly American colossus spewing out $14 billion in annual revenue. But it was not always a success. In The League, John Eisenberg focuses on the pioneering sportsmen who kept the league alive in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when its challenges were many and its survival was not guaranteed. At the time, college football, baseball, boxing, and horseracing dominated America's sports scene. Art Rooney, George Halas, Tim Mara, George Preston Marshall, and Bert Bell believed in pro football when few others did and ultimately succeeded only because at critical junctures each sacrificed the short-term success of his team for the longer-term good of the league. At once a history of a sport and a remarkable story of business ingenuity, The League is an essential read for any fan of our true national pastime.

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