Sports & Recreation

In Fair Game , women's soccer hero and Nike spokesperson Lorrie Fair offers young readers her knowledge of the fundamental skills, playing tactics, training techniques, and mental toughness that helped her become one of the top soccer players in the world. Peppered with anecdotes about and from well-known teammates such as Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy, Fair Game will be an inspiration to young women, coaches, and other sports fans. more...

Price: $16.95

Most fighters' worst nightmare is being pinned on their back. This book deals with defences and attacks from that position and shows that it can often be a favourable position when you have the knowledge. It shows you how to escape and finish with strikes, chokes, broken strangles, bars and butts. more...

Price: $17.99

This training guide diminishes the dangers and doubles the thrill--and safety--of flying single-engine aircraft at high altitudes in mountainous regions. Logically organized by phases of flight--from preflight preparation to landings--the author combines statistics, techniques, and examples of actions (correct and incorrect) that real pilots have taken in actual flight scenarios. * Details training that offsets mountain flying mistakes. * Describes the effects of altitude on pilots and aircraft. * Outlines cold weather operations and precautions. * Includes search and rescue operation procedures. * Reviews take-off conditions from airport mountains more...

Price: $29.95

Their names are legendary: Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hit Man Hearns, and Roberto Duran. They were exceptional boxers with unique combinations of power and speed. In another era, with few rivals of equal caliber, each might have held championship belts for years on end. But as it was, they matured together in the 1980s and fought each other as middleweights. With unforgettable courage and skill, they ruled the ring and ushered in the last Golden Age of boxing. George Kimball takes an authoritative look at the rivalries that fueled this great era in sports history. Veteran sports journalist Kimball reported on every one of the Four Kings' nine internecine fights. Here his eye-witness coverage is enhanced by recent interviews with each of the boxers and other seasoned analysts. The result is a fast-paced, blow-by-blow account of four extraordinary adversaries and a remarkable boxing epoch. more...

Price: $9.99

The Gold's Gym Guide to Getting Started In Bodybuilding provides newcomers with a sound,. systematic approach to realizing their muscular potentials through proper weight lifting. Designed. to get beginners motivated and keep them motivated while providing them with a solid foundation on which to build, it:.:.; Coaches readers in bodybuilding fundamentals, such as proper form and the best numbers of reps and sets.; Describes specialized routines for different muscle groups.; Provides step-by-step instructions and dozens of charts, graphs, and checklists. more...

Price: $18.95