Bobby is sixteen years old, lives in a dangerous neighborhood, and has a raw talent for fighting that he discovers out of necessity rather than choice. When Raider, a former world champion hiding a violent, silent past, decides to train him, Bobby begins a two-year transformation that takes him from the underground basement where he earned fifty dollars a fight to the international professional circuit.Success comes fast, and with it, forgetting: of his people, of his mentor, of hi...

Alan calculates every minute of his trip home as if it were a precise equation: the transfer, dinner getting cold if the train is delayed. Tonight, the train doesn't stop at his station.What begins as a routine glitch plunges him into a subway with no schedule and no exit: trains that grow darker with every line, officers who age between one encounter and the next, windows that no longer show tunnels, but something breathing in the dark.On a nameless platform he finds other...

On the morning Bruno Becker closed the biggest deal of his life, he believed he'd reached the ultimate success. Millions of dollars, a company at its peak, and a future that finally seemed perfect. Everything changes when a tiny red dot appears on his chest. On the other end of the phone, an unknown voice gives him a single choice: obey, or die. From that instant on, Bruno is forced to make impossible decisions that destroy, one by one, the people he loves most and everything he spent year...

He lost everything in one turn. Thirty years later, he gets one shot to take it back.At fifteen, Tommy Fisher was the fastest thing Arvento had ever seen. Then his car spun out on the final lap — in front of the whole town — and it was over.Thirty years later, he's just the mechanic down the street. Nobody remembers his name.Until the biggest race in the world rolls into town, and Arvento can't find a single driver to represent it.Nobody, except him...

It is 2:14 AM. You are alone on the road.Nicolás pulls over next to a crashed car and hears thumping coming from the trunk. Inside, he finds a terrified young woman begging for help to escape her kidnapper. Together, they flee toward an abandoned farmhouse in the woods.But as the night wears on, Nicolás begins to notice details that don't quite add up. Before dawn breaks, he will discover that stopping to help might be the most dang...

In the heart of the city, on the terrace of an old house, a coffin glows every night—defying reason and awakening the curiosity of all who see it.Elías, marked by the loss of his wife Luna and by the promise he made to bring her "closer to the sky," will discover that true love knows no boundaries—not death, not time.As the stars align and the coffin's light beats like a hidden heart, Elías learns that staying by her side depends on the eternity they shared and the...

The perfect gift for baseball fans, now with a new epilogue by author R.A. Dickey, winner of the 2012 Cy Young award."An astounding memoir—haunting and touching, courageous and wise."—Jeremy Schaap, bestselling author, Emmy award-winning journalist, ESPNIn 1996, R.A. Dickey was the Texas Rangers’ much-heralded No. 1 draft choice. Then, a routine physical revealed that his right elbow was missing its ulnar collateral ligament, and his lifelo...

A captivating and candid memoir from one of the most beloved and colorful figures in Toronto Blue Jays historyOver 11 years and two separate managerial stints with the Toronto Blue Jays, John Gibbons endeared himself to fans with his folksy manner and his frequent battles with umpires: “Here comes Gibby!” Winning helped too. Under Gibbons’s management, the Jays made the American League Championship Series in 2015, ending a 22-year playoff drought; then they did it ...

A New York Times –bestselling author presents the definitive biography of arguably the last team to play old-fashioned tough-guy football.The 1970s Oakland Raiders were the NFL's badasses, black-clad iconoclasts whose machismo, brotherhood, and blue-collar values mocked pro football corporatism. In this entertaining biography, Peter Richmond tells the rollicking story of this motley crew of castoffs, psychos, and geniuses...

The legendary, record-breaking Hall of Fame pitcher tells his inspiring storyMariano Rivera never dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. He didn't grow up collecting baseball cards, playing Little League, or cheering on his home team at the World Series. He had never heard of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, or Mickey Mantle. One day, that all changed.From a childhood playing pickup games in Panama to an epic career with the New York Yankees, Maria...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today.The baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a ...

- Named the #1 book for Soccer Players and Coaches by Football.com- Named a Top 5 Book of the Year by the NSCAA Soccer Journal- A #1 best-seller in the U.S., Canada and Australia- Translated into nine languages- Includes links to free Soccer iQ companion videos that bring the lessons to life!Soccer iQ is the first book for soccer PLAYERS! In a world saturated with books about how to coach soccer, Dan Blank finally gives players a book on how to think it....