Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing: A 7-Point Plan for Building a Better Swing and Shaping Your Shots Reviews
February 20, 2012 by admin
ISBN13: 9780470407486 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. “Hank knows more about ball flight and what controls it than anyone in the game.” —Masters and British Open champion Mark O’Meara Get back to basics and build your best possible golf swing Lots of golf instructors can show you tricks to correct a hook or to stop hitting the ball fat, but these are just quick fixes that leave you with a swing built on mistakes. In Hank Haney’s Essentials of the Swing, the world’s premier expert on the golf swing takes you back to step one to...
Racing Weight: How to Get Lean for Peak Performance
November 23, 2011 by admin
Endurance athletes are weight-conscious and given the miles and hours spent training, there’s a lot at stake. Weighing in just five or ten pounds over the ideal weight can dramatically impact race results. Author Matt Fitzgerald shows athletes how to identify their optimal weight and body composition to realize their goals. This 5-step plan to get lean is the key to faster racing and better health. With tools to improve diet, manage appetite, and time important nutrients, Racing Weight will inspire and equip athletes to make the subtle changes they need to start their next race at their optimal...
Chosen By a Horse
November 18, 2011 by admin
When she agrees to take on the care of one of the abused horses just rescued by the local SPCA, a new chapter opens in Susan Richards’s difficult life. She lost her mother at the age of five and was raised by uncaring relatives; married unhappily and divorced; and suffered from alcoholism. While trying to capture another horse assigned to her, Lay Me Down, a skeletal mare, walks into Susan-s horse trailer of her own volition. Susan already owns one mare and two geldings — the diva-like Georgia, boyish Tempo and hopelessly romantic Hotshot — but it is with Lay Me Down that she...
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks
October 10, 2011 by admin
ISBN13: 9780307280329 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Whether you’re a major league couch potato, life-long season ticket-holder, or teaching game to a beginner, Watching Baseball Smarter leaves no territory uncovered. In this smart and funny fan’s guide Hample explains the ins and outs of pitching, hitting, running, and fielding, while offering insider trivia and anecdotes that will surprise even the most informed viewers of our national pastime. What is the difference between a slider and a curveball?At which stadium did “The Wave” first make an appearance?...
Fade Away (Myron Bolitar)
September 17, 2011 by admin
ISBN13: 9780739340981 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. The home was top-notch New Jersey suburban. The living room was Martha Stewart. The basement was Legos–and blood. For sports agent Myron Bolitar, the disappearance of a man he’d once competed against was bringing back memories–of the sport he and Greg Downing had both played and the woman they both loved. Now, among the stars, the wanna-bes, the gamblers and groupies, Myron is unraveling the strange, violent life of a sports hero gone wrong, and coming face-to-face with a past...
Power Boating For Dummies
July 13, 2011 by admin
ISBN13: 9780470409565 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Power Boating For Dummies is a guide to power boating for both new and experienced boaters. It advises readers of necessary boating supplies, safety concerns and equipment, accessories, and includes locations of boating facilities, and how to safely pilot the ship. Rating: (out of 5 reviews) List Price: $ 21.99 Price: $ 12.77 Read More →
Once a Runner: A Novel
June 1, 2011 by admin
ONCE A RUNNER IS AN INSPIRING, FUNNY, AND SPOT-ON TALE of one man’s quest to become a champion. Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author’s car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner, to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence....
Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game
May 7, 2011 by admin
ISBN13: 9780385504461 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion, says, “ZEN GOLF is the best book there is for connecting golf and the mind together. It’s for everyone, and you’re going to enjoy it. I keep it in my golf bag and take it with me everywhere.” Charles Howell III says, “The techniques in ZEN GOLF for working with negative thoughts are better than any other psychological approach.” In chapters such as “Never Keep More Than a Hundred Thoughts in Your Mind During Your Swing”,...
Perfect Storm
April 28, 2011 by admin
October 1991. It was “the perfect storm”–a tempest that may happen only once in a century–a nor’easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish center.The unabridged audio version of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, read by Richard M. Davidson,...
The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy Reviews
April 27, 2011 by admin
ISBN13: 9780345511768 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. There is only one writer on the planet who possesses enough basketball knowledge and passion to write the definitive book on the NBA.* Bill Simmons, the from-the-womb hoops addict known to millions as ESPN.com’s Sports Guy, is that writer. And The Book of Basketball is that book. Nowhere in the roundball universe will you find another single volume that covers as much in such depth as this wildly opinionated and thoroughly entertaining look at the past, present, and future of pro basketball. From the...