Biographies

The Rock is layin' the smack down! With unapologetic honesty, and inimitable style, The Rock tells his story from his boyhood days traveling around the wor...

Chuck Norris With Joe Hyams.Categories: Sports & Outdoors Biographies Boxing, Wrestling & MMAMartial Arts

From the moment these two legendary players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. In Celtic green ...

Tells The Gripping True Story Of A U.s. Airman Who Was The Soul Surviver When His Bomber Crashed Into The Sea During World War Ii And Had To Face Thousands ...

A story with a big heart about a boy, a coach, the game of baseball, and the game of life. "There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind...

The true story of four siblings who lost their parents in the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami and how they turned tragedy into inspiration On December 26, 2...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA hockey life like no other.A hockey book like no other.Scotty Bowman is recognized as the best coach in hockey history, and one of the ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich’s book The Accidental Billionaires.” —The New York Times Best...

The epic tale of the five owners who shepherded the NFL through its tumultuous early decades and built the most popular sport in AmericaThe National Footba...

Award-winning Journalist Michele Weldon Provides A Potent Antidote To The Harried Single Mom Stereotype In This Beguiling Memoir Of Raising Three Sons Alone...

Inside the mind of a Canadian icon — the highs, lows, and miles he conqueredFeaturing excerpts from Terry’s very own Marathon of Hope journalIn 1976, wh...

"A must-have for hockey lovers." -- Library Journal Profiles, stories, artifacts and archival images of every player in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The g...

For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada'...

Elio Costa And Gabriele Scardellato. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Historical EuropeItaly

In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened?\Growing...

The Gruffest Man In Hockey Opens Up About The Challenges, The Feuds, And The Tragedies He's Fought Through. Brian Burke Is One Of The Biggest Hockey Persona...

When Steve Harvey Was Thirty-something, He Was Living In His Car. It Was A Sacrifice He Was Willing To Make To Give It His Best Shot At Becoming A Comedian....

When Jon Krakauer Reached The Summit Of Mt. Everest In The Early Afternoon Of May 10, 1996, He Hadn't Slept In Fifty-seven Hours And Was Reeling From The Br...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the 2024 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Finalist for the Ottawa Books Awards Into the Wild meets Born to Run me...

The Actress Best Known For Her Work On Parks And Recreation And Saturday Night Live Reveals Personal Stories And Offers Her Humorous Take On Such Topics As ...

This heartfelt book is the result of a need of Iniesta himself: to be able to explain himself as a soccer player, but more importantly, as a human being. To...

The Instant #1 National Bestseller--now In Paperback On April 6, 2018, Sixteen People Died And Thirteen Others Were Injured When A Bus Taking The Humboldt B...

To many people, Walter Gretzky is the ultimate dad, the father of the Great One, and the first inspired coach to a gifted young hockey player. Wayne Gretzky...

Originally published in 1995 to huge critical acclaim and a finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction, Madeleine Blais’s In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle...

The former coach of the Dallas Cowboys offers a personal look at his philosophy and faith, his management strategies, and his leadership standards, as well ...

In 2007, A Short Blog Post On Valleywag, The Silicon Valley-vertical Of Gawker Media, Outed Paypal Founder And Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel As Gay. Thie...

The Definitive Story Of One Of The Greatest Dynasties In Baseball History, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.when Joe Torre Took Over As Manager Of The Yankees I...

An Original Six Nhl Member, The Broadway Blueshirts Boast One Of The Most Renowned Histories In The Last Hundred Years Of North American Professional Hockey...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The popular ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player looks at the true meaning of toughness. If anyone knows tough, itâÂ...

In The High-octane Atmosphere Of The Formula One Pit Lane, The Spotlight Is Most Often On The Superstar Drivers. And Yet, Without The Technical Knowledge, C...

Lincoln Riley:Quarterback Whisperer,Back-to-back Big 12 champion,Head coach of the OU Sooners Legendary University of Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops shook...

On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he a...

In a court-side chronicle of the North Carolina State Wolfpack's unforgettable 1983 drive to win the NCAA championship, coach Jim Valvano discusses the ins ...

Was Golf Better (to Use One Of Tiger's Favorite Phrases) Back In The Day? In [this Book], Michael Bamberger, Who Fell For The Game As A Teenager In Its Wild...

Two Drives, Three Faces -- The Problem With Metaphors -- On The Avenue Of The Fleas -- The Big House -- An Instinct For Communion -- The Universe Of Quarter...

The classic autobiography of UCLA basketball's legendary coach "They Call Me Coach is grass-roots Americana, a story bigger than basketball. One of those ...

Explores the history of the trail and celebrated the frontiersmen and their dogs who braved its dangers.Categories: History United StatesState & Local ...

An Exemplary Biography--exhaustively Researched, Fair-minded And Easy To Read. It Can Nestle On The Same Shelf As David Mccullough's Truman, A High Complime...

Our Ancestors Crossed Deserts, Mountains, And Oceans-- Feats Of Endurance That Now Seem Impossible Without Modern Technology. Can We Hack Our Bodies And Use...

"Succeeds more than any previous book in bringing Ali into focus . . . as a starburst of energy, ego and ability whose like will never be seen again." —T...

A juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson--who has had a big, controversial life--as reported by longtime Sports Illustra...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The...

Every Path To Adulthood Is Strewn With Missteps, Epiphanies, And Hard-earned Lessons. Only Reggie Love's, However, Went Through The White House By Way Of Du...

Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star and volunteer coach for the Gilman high school football team, teaches his players the keys to successful defense: p...

In The Bad Guys Won, award-winning former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named ...

Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), the founder of Aikido-whose name means abundant peace-was undoubtedly the greatest martial artist who ever lived, according to ...

Boy wonders come and go, but Michael Owen has made the giant leap from sensational teenage star into one of the most consistent and respected strikers in wo...

Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby ...