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Author: MurphyISBN-10: 0071836683ISBN-13: 9780071836685Publisher: McGraw-HillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2001Pages: 338Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

How does it feel to climb - the touch, ethics, companionship, landscape and language? A Feeling for Rock explores a range of topics in this clever mix of poetry, cartoons, photographs, essays and interviews. Fun for dipping into or a more immersive read, it...

This book, regardless of what styles or methods of martial arts you train in, "Jeet Kune Do: Guide to Equipment Training" offers comprehensive and cohesive training information that will help you maximize your combat skills and achieve your full potential as a martial artist...

As a sporting event planner, how do you keep up with the trends of the ticket buying public, sponsorship and merchandising while at the same time attending to the hundreds of management and operational details required to execute the event? A successful sports event...

With the seconds ticking down on the clock, the 1981 Mercer Island High School Boys' Basketball team appeared poised to win their first state championship after seven previous attempts.As the final buzzer rang out, their opponent threw up a last-second shot that was initially...

Focus To Win is a journey of building a strong foundation for success. Words and the actions we put forth regarding those words are the building blocks for the foundation of our lives. Maximum Velocity Performers (MVPs) know that success is often found on...

The Science of Splits and Bridges is a comprehensive look at flexibility from muscle function to nervous system. What are the benefits? Can anyone be flexible? What things can actually restrict range? How can you get injured and how do you train safely? What...

Convictions of an Old Coach is a book about basketball.It's also much more.It's about heart and soul.It's about the will to achieve.It's about the game of life. In this collection of anecdotes, Coach Joe North passes the ball and the wisdom from his storied...

Fifty years ago, when fiberglass won the sailboat wars, the several thousand-year old industry of wooden boat-building died. With it died the sailor's intimacy with his craft. Sailing changed. However, from the metaphorical ashes of that death, little noticed by the public, a phoenix...

"All-around beautiful and worth picking up for anyone interested in fashion, theatre, theatrical costuming, and art." --Looking for a Good Book"This book is an absolute delight for any fan of costume design history, and it is sure to inspire budding theatrical designers. Brilliant and...

This little book swept maple sugarin' buffs off their feet when it first appeared and is still the top-selling guide to the craft after over 40 years in print. Backyard Sugarin' tells you how you can make maple syrup right in your own backyard...

In The Anatomy of Stretching, full-color illustrations demonstrate 50 common stretches and show exactly what happens in the body during each one. With more than 100 full-color anatomical illustrations and clear, concise instructions for each stretch, The Anatomy of Stretching is an ideal manual...

The Unavowable Community is an inquiry into the nature and possibility of community, asking whether there can be a community of individuals that is truly "communal." The problem, for Blanchot, is that the very terms of an ideal community make an "avowal" of membership...

"Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers features prominent Hawkeye football and men's basketball players by their jersey numbers, and it's bound to be a hit with Hawkeye fans as they recall all the fine players in Iowa football and men's basketball history who wore those...

The most famous rodeo champion of all time tells his amazing true story -- and opens a fascinating window into the world of the professional cowboy. Ty Murray was born to be a rodeo star -- in fact, his first words were "I'm a...

Author: Claude HopkinsISBN-10: 0071832823ISBN-13: 9780071832823Publisher: McGraw-Hill CompaniesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1966Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Growing up in a family active in promoting civil rights, Anita L. DeFrantz knew the importance of letting her voice be heard as an African American and as a woman. Her activism for individual rights and her ascent as a leader began in earnest...

This book is written for esports teams, organizations and sports clubs working with esports. It exists to provide a wide range of ideas and suggestions of potential revenue streams so you can develop and run profitable esports teams and organizations. You will get a...

In this book, beginning readers are introduced to the ice rink, rules of play, and hockey equipment and gear. High-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns work together with strong visual references to support the earliest readers and create a fun first nonfiction reading experience....

Touchdown! In this book, beginning readers are introduced to the football field, rules of play, and football equipment and gear. High-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns work together with strong visual references to support the earliest readers and create a fun first nonfiction reading...

Growing up in a family active in promoting civil rights, Anita L. DeFrantz knew the importance of letting her voice be heard as an African American and as a woman. Her activism for individual rights and her ascent as a leader began in earnest...

The athletes of the Alaska Native games aren't just returning to their roots. They've never left them. In this beautifully illustrated book, readers learn the history of twenty-five Native games that have been handed down through generations, how each one relates to the subsistence...

Discover the path to inner peace with this guidebook that combines hatha yoga and meditation strategies from world-renowned yoga master Erich Shiffmann. World-renowned yoga master Erich Schiffmann offers an easy-to-follow, exciting new techniques--the first to combine hatha yoga and meditation--to all who are seeking...

Crush your weight loss goals with the ultimate workout and diet planner from The 12-Week Fitness Journal. If you want to lose weight, you need a plan--and the 12-Week Fitness Journal is the best way to make one. Setting targets from your own personal...

Bring family and friends together for hours of entertainment and real social interaction. The Big Book of Family Games: 101 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging brings people together for hours of hilarious, interactive, technology-free fun that requires virtually nothing more than pens...

The Delaware Valley Women's Fly Fishing Association has nourished a passion for fly-fishing in hundreds of women since 1996. This was when women were rare participants in outdoor sports, but during the club's first two decades, this has changed dramatically. So many women are...

The first and only guide to shinrin-yoku for the outdoor adventurer! With techniques tailored for hiking, mountain biking, paddling, climbing, trail-running, and cross-country skiing, this is the definitive guide to applying the healthy and rejuvenating practice of forest bathing to your favorite activities. Forest...

Jenell Maranto chronicles her experience of learning to ballroom dance. From beginner to National Professional Champion. She shares her up's and downs and the difficult problem of changing bad habits. Jenell and her partner Jim had literally hundreds of lessons from the ballroom dance...

Fishing tales on the Pacific, where one man encounters the massive whales.Author: Josh ChurchmanISBN-10: 0359225977ISBN-13: 9780359225972Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2018Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? See what it means to play on a team. Practice, play, win, and lose with your teammates. Pairs with the fiction title Reiko's Team. Explore these and...

WHOOSH! Nothing gets fans' hearts racing more than an extreme athlete launching high into the air or zipping along on the track--except when that big stunt sets a new record! Behind every big-time record is a dramatic story of how an extreme athlete achieved...

They Played Through the Echo of the Whistle shares the stirring story of the Valdosta State basketball dynasty which won 11 GIAC championships between 1960-72. The book traces the roots of the basketball program from 1954 through their climb to the mountaintop as a...

No single instructional method can meet all of the student learning needs expressed in the SHAPE America National Standards for Physical Education. This new edition provides pedagogical knowledge and resources that support physical education teachers' selection and use of instructional models and gives physical...

Most Iowa Hawkeyes fans have attended a basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, seen highlights of "The Catch" that beat LSU in 2005, and were thrilled by the school's run to the 2014-15 Big Ten Football Championship Game. But only real fans know how many...

A first-of-kind book on marble collecting for beginners interested in learning about how to identify and value old marbles.Author: Richard MaxwellISBN-10: 1479119482ISBN-13: 9781479119486Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2012Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d

Author: James MendelsohnISBN-10: 0071837906ISBN-13: 9780071837903Publisher: McGraw-HillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/1990Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

THERE IS NO BETTER WAY to enjoy the United States of America than to explore some of the country's 63 national parks. Journey to two parks above the Arctic Circle, three in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, eight on the Colorado Plateau, and...

The information in this book will save your life. Intelligence reports and military experts have concluded long ago that an attack on the United States by an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) won't just be devastating, it might be inevitable. If an EMP were to burst...

Featuring Pure Power, Power Endurance, Drilling, Kicking, Post-Activation Potentiation, Other Forms of Power & Resistance, and much more, Power & Towers & Swimming: The Guide is the complete and illustrated authority on power training for swimming. With over 100 sample sets, 56 illustrations, and...

How Running Saves Lives: The Story of Dickie Longo: A Man for Our Times as Told by Sue OaksBy: Dickie Longo & Sue OaksBeginners Walk/Run ProgramThis program was designed by Dickie Longo, an 83 year old everyday runner who runs a race every weekend....

Ospreys in Falconry: Lessons Learned is a book detailing one falconer's attempts at keeping ospreys healthy and flying them as successful falconry birds. After experience with several birds, the authors describe husbandry and falconry training techniques which are tailored specifically for ospreys--a bird with...

There are countless prospecting books out there. They all teach the same general theories and show the same diagrams. While they are not bad books, in fact many are great and no collection should be without them, this book is written to take a...

This book is a continuation of praise and information on the classic side by side. In part two you will learn information about side by sides that is evasive in today's modern world.In part two, Doug gets more in-depth about Damascas barrels and hammer...

In the competitive world of post high school athletics, conditioning is everything. From muscle mass to lung capacity to endurance to speed, athletes who can get an edge have a better chance of moving up the ladder to more and more elite levels of...

This textbook provides a method that allows freedivers and spearfishermen to identify a training path, aimed at optimizing their results. Detailed guidance is provided on how to structure the various stages of specific preparation for Static, Dynamic, Deep Freediving and Spearfishing.It contains innovative training...

Untamed. Unsupervised. Uncontrolled. Boyhood in the 1960s and '70s was a time for exploration and mischief. Author Michael Tougias found more than his share of misadventures in the woods and on the water: some life-threatening but others innocently hilarious. Over time - and after...

Over one hundred devotionals from Marty Mayer written to encourage and motivate coaches to pursue coaching God's way through the lens of His Word. Achieve your true potential by maximizing the gifts God has given you Perfect for coaches at any level, parents and...

Skin, sun, and incredible curves. Further fun and frolics in volume two of Nudist Camp Follies - a photographic peek at naturism in 1950s Britain. The book features well-known models such as Naturism's Ambassador, Elizabeth Walker, wife of Edward Craven Walker, the inventor of...

Author: Tim ErnstISBN-10: 1882906128ISBN-13: 9781882906123Publisher: Tim Ernst PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

This guide covers the full 114 miles of the George S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and those 8 towns through which the trail runs. It provides handy maps, photographs and complete descriptions of distinctive features along the way. It...