Biographies

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....

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...

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...

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...

From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALS. This unspari...

The dramatic, hilarious, and controversial insider's look at what really happens on the sidelines and in the locker rooms of the NFL. Hired by the Los Ang...

Cnn Correspondent Tom Foreman's Remarkable Journey From Half-hearted Couch Potato To Ultra-marathon Runner, With Four Half-marathons, Three Marathons, And 2...

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...

"I'm not a scratch golfer. I don't know how to bowl. I can't read the stock market. Hell, I have a hard time remembering my wife's cell phone number. But I...

Michael Holley.Categories: History United StatesState & Local

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...

Authorized By Willie Mays And Written By A New York Times Bestselling Author, This Is The Definitive Biography Of One Of Baseball's Immortals. Alabama Roots...

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 ...

Bear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on a remote island off of Britain's windswept coast, he was taught by his father to sai...

Golf superstar Tiger Woods, one of the best-loved role models in shorts today, has attracted countless new young fans to the game with his record-breaking s...

The undisputed king of the literary ring is back with another handwritten, hardcore home run. Forget the ghost writer and the computer keyboard - this mesm...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Entertaining . . .an insightful and funny observer of pro wrestling's universe." - Publishers WeeklyIn this insightful, rivet...

The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her...

Chicago Bulls legend Bob Love was a great basketball player, but his story goes well beyond the court. It's a story about the rise and fall of a man who bec...

Michael Rapaport, actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic, is here to set the world straight on the greatest and downright wor...

Including two new chapters on Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the iconic 3,000-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. On June 3rd, 2017, Alex Honn...

The Olympic Track And Field Athlete Relates His Road To Victory And Offers Advice For Obtaining Similar GoalsCategories: Sports & OutdoorsBiographies

A Narrative Account Of The 2007 New York City Marathon Interweaves The Stories Of Professional And Amateur Participants, From Great Britain's World-record H...