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  • The Mosquito Bowl

    A Game of Life and Death in World War II

    by Buzz Bissinger ...
    SOON TO BE A NETFLIX FILMInstant New York Times Bestseller · Winner of the General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation“Buzz Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights is an American classic. With The Mosquito Bowl, he is back with a true story even more colorful and profound. This book too is destined to become a classic. I devoured ... ... Read more

    Was R396,62 Now R187,21

  • Underdogs

    How Two Indian Athletes Beat the Million Dollar Arm and Became Professional Baseball Players

    by Fergus Mason ...
    Baseball players come from Cuba, Korea, Japan...India? India is the least likely place anyone would expect a professional baseball player to come from, but one man saw potential, and gave two men a chance to prove themselves.After a strong display of athletics on the Indian television show Million Dollar Arm, two pitchers (Rinku Singh and Dinsesh Patel) were invited to America by the Pittsburg ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Calico Joe

    The unforgettable family drama from the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

    by John Grisham ...
    THE TRACY FAMILY ARE ABOUT TO BE THROWN A CURVEBALL.Thirty years have passed since the day that changed eleven-year-old Paul Tracy's life: he watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash violently with Joe Castle, star of the Chicago Cubs and Paul's hero.Now Warren Tracy is dying - and his son has decided it's time for them to face what really happened on that ... Read more

    R227,34

  • Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

    by Michael Lewis ...
    "One of the best baseball—and management—books out....Deserves a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame."—ForbesMoneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball. Following the low-budget Oakland Athletics, their larger-than-life general manger, Billy Beane, and the strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts, Michael Lewis has written not only "the single most influential baseball ... Read more

    R260,69

  • Mind Gym : An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence

    by Gary Mack, David Casstevens ...
    Drawing on his work with some of the top teams in professional sports, noted sport psychology consultant Gary Mack shares with you the same techniques and exercises he uses to help elite athletes build mental "muscle." These 40 accessible lessons and inspirational anecdotes will help you gain the "head edge" over the competition. ... Read more

    R275,30

  • Changing The Game: Play-By-Play Book 2

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 2 - Play-By-Play
    Changing The Game is the second steamy hot tale in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton*.* Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.Playing by the rules isn't for everyone... Win at any cost. That's always been the mantra of sports agent Liz Darnell. When she carries things too far, she loses a major client in Mick Riley and figures his ... Read more

    R211,13

  • Thrown By A Curve: Play-By-Play Book 5

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 5 - Play-By-Play
    Thrown By A Curve is the fifth erotically charged book in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton*.* Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.This player has a few surprise moves... Alicia Riley's love for her job as a sports therapist for the St Louis Rivers baseball team is tested when she has to work with star pitcher Garrett Scott. Out of ... Read more

    R211,13

  • Holiday Games: A Play-By-Play Novella 6.5

    by Jaci Burton ...
    Series Book 6 - Play-By-Play
    Holiday Games is a sexy holiday novella in the Play-By-Play series from New York Times bestselling author Jaci Burton. Perfect for fans of Lori Foster, Maya Banks and Jill Shalvis.All Elizabeth and Gavin Riley want for Christmas is a baby. Despite over a year of trying, conception hasn't been successful. But for a high-achiever like Elizabeth, she must succeed at everything. That means making the ... Read more

    R38,03

  • The Art of Fielding

    by Chad Harbach ...
    ‘Sensational’ OBSERVER‘Terrific’ JONATHAN FRANZEN‘Exceptional’ GUARDIAN‘Pure fun’ JOHN IRVING‘Outstanding’ THE TIMESA disastrous error on the field sends five lives into a tailspin in this widely acclaimed debut novel of love, life and baseball.Henry Skrimshander, a shy, small-town kid, arrives at Westish College w... ... Read more

    R123,27

  • Pitching Strategies Explained

    A Parent's Guide

    by Dan Russell ...
    Pitching Strategies Explained is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book in the world today on the mental strategies used by top collegiate and professional pitchers. It is a must-have for any player, parent or coach hoping to maximize success at any level of the game.Pitching Strategies Explained leaves no stone unturned as it delves into every aspect of a pitcher’s strategic universe. In ... Read more

    R190,93

  • Savage Summit

    The Life and Death of the First Women of K2

    by Jennifer Jordan ...
    Though not as tall as Everest, the "Savage Mountain" is far more dangerous. Located on the border of China and Pakistan, K2 has some of the harshest climbing conditions in the world. Ninety women have scaled Everest but of the six women who reached the summit of K2, three lost their lives on the way back down the mountain and two have since died on other climbs.In Savage Summit, Jennifer Jordan ... Read more

    R219,52

  • Jim Brown

    A Hero's Life

    by Mike Freeman ...
    The first, definitive biography of one of the most important, controversial, and outspoken athletes of the 20th century.He intimidated people on and off the football field. He was brutal yet brilliant, narcissistic yet magnanimous, relentless yet unyielding. Most of all, he was the greatest football player of all time. He was Jim Brown. A legend in his own time, Jim Brown was revered as an athlete ... Read more

    R219,52

  • Slider

    A Novel

    by Patrick Robinson ...
    Each summer, on the fields of glorious Cape Marlin, off theNew England coast, the nation's best college players gatherto play the most important baseball of their lives.Jack Faber is a young hotshot pitcher with an unhittable slider and a rocket for a fastball. He plays for the fabled Seapuit Seawolves and dreams of making the Big Show. But a new coach, the scowling Bruno Riazzi, a former pro ... Read more

    R243,90

  • I Don't Care If We Never Get Back

    30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever

    by Ben Blatt, Eric Brewster ...
    Two friends take a wild month-long road trip to hit every Major League Baseball stadium in America: "A fun ride" ( The Boston Globe).Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible dream of every pitch of thirty games in thirty stadiums in thirty days, who will he call on to take ... Read more

    R249,19 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From The Stick to The Cove

    My Six Decades with the San Francisco Giants

    by Mike Murphy, Chris Haft ...
    Day in, day out, Mike Murphy has been a constant presence with the San Francisco Giants since the team moved west in 1958. The clubhouse at Oracle Park bears his name, and in the jubilant aftermath of the team's 2010 World Series victory, Buster Posey told Murphy, "We did it for you, we got your ring." If you know the Giants, you know "Murph."In From the Stick to the Cove, the beloved longtime ... Read more

    R224,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Invisible Men

    Life in Baseball's Negro Leagues

    by Donn Rogosin ...
    On Feb. 13, 1920, a group of independent black baseball team owners held a meeting at a YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. While they couldn’t have known at the time that they were about to change the course of American history, it was out of that meeting that the Negro National League was born.The league flourished throughout the 1920s and beyond, becoming the first successful, organized professional ... Read more

    R305,08

  • Early Baseball in New Orleans

    A History of 19th Century Play

    by S. Derby Gisclair ...
    In the 1800s, New Orleans' local economy evolved from rural-agrarian into urban-industrial. With this transformation came newfound leisure time, which birthed the concept of organized sport. Though first considered a game for children, baseball became New Orleans' most popular pastime, and by 1859, numerous baseball clubs had been established in the city. This book traces the development of ... Read more

    R422,27

  • After Many a Summer

    The Passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a Golden Age in New York Baseball

    by Robert E. Murphy ...
    By the mid-1950s, New York had been the unrivaled capital of America’s national pastime for a century, a place where baseball was followed with truly fanatical fervor. The city’s three teams—the New York Yankees, the New York Giants, and the Brooklyn Dodgers—had over the previous decade rewarded their fans’ devotion with stellar performances: from 1947 to 1957, one or more of these teams had ... Read more

    R442,74

  • For Boston

    From Worst to First, the Improbable Dream Season of the 2013 Red Sox

    by The Boston Globe ...
    When John Farrell was introduced as the new Red Sox manager in the fall of 2012, he took over a last-place team lacking talent and cohesion. A franchise that once made Boston proud had become an embarrassment. Just one year later, the Red Sox have won the World Series, their third title in a decade.There were many keys to the team's success: General manager Ben Cherington remade the roster with a ... Read more

    R140,38 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Can You Believe It?

    30 Years of Insider Stories with the Boston Red Sox

    by Joe Castiglione, Douglas B. Lyons ...
    Joe Castiglione is one of a few select announcers whose voice harkens fans back to the home field of their favorite team. After 30 years, his commentary has become as much a part of Boston Red Sox lore as the Green Monster, the Pesky Pole, and Yawkey Way. In this chronicle, the beloved broadcaster offers his insider account of one of the most dominant baseball teams of the past decade—from the ... Read more

    R245,87 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • New Mexico's Pueblo Baseball League

    by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell, Marie A. Cordero ...
    Series series Images of Baseball
    Baseball began in the New Mexico pueblos before 1900. The game was learned by watching soldiers and settlers and by playing in the Indian schools throughout the country. The first competition was with Albuquerque teams, mining teams, other pueblo teams, and the state penitentiary. Today, the game has evolved into a family and tribal tradition. The games are played on barren fields with ... Read more

    R230,15 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • When in Doubt, Fire the Skipper

    Midseason Managerial Changes in Major League Baseball

    by Gary Webster ...
    The book chronicles almost 300 in-season changes of managers in the major leagues since 1900. It elaborates on the circumstances that led to the change, whether it was a firing or a resignation and includes, in many cases, remarks of the dismissed manager, the manager who replaced him, and the executive (owner or general manager) who orchestrated the change. It then examines how the team fared ... Read more

    R422,27

  • Mega Bíceps: Entrenamiento Científico de bíceps, Trices y Hombro

    by Ing. Iván S.R. ...
    Los brazos, ya seas hombre o mujer, sin duda es uno de los grupos musculares del cuerpo que más sobresalen y llaman la atención, que sin duda se ven muy bien cuando están bien trabajados. En este libro aprenderás a realizar un entrenamiento de bíceps, tríceps y hombros (deltoides) basado en ciencia, para explotar al máximo su desarrollo, aprenderás las técnicas de los mejores ejercicios, obtendrás ... Read more

    R66,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African-American Athletes in Arkansas

    Heritage of Sports

    by Evin Demirel ...
    Series series Heritage of Sports
    Sports has long been a powerful agent for change in American society. For the first time, the heritage of one region is examined through these lens. African-American Athletes in Arkansas brings to light forgotten figures and cultural giants who helped change the nation. These narrative non-fiction, primary sourced stories include:An in-depth look at the evolution of various strands of black ... Read more

    R166,03 or Free with Kobo Plus