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Inside Passage

Living with Killer Whales, Bald Eagles, and Kwakiutl Indians

By: Michael Modzelewski

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Inside Passage

Living with Killer Whales, Bald Eagles, and Kwakiutl Indians

By: Michael Modzelewski

Where the sky is his ceiling and the mountains his walls, Michael Modzelewski describes his adventures as he forms unusual friendships with passing yachters, salmon fishermen, Kwakiutl Indians, loners and the owner of the house he is staying at, Will Malloff, a man of oversized personality-a healer, builder, woodsman, and thinker. Modzelewski writes with a love for nature and gentle humor about his interactions with the native animals (eagles, whales wolves), as well as local animals(cats, dogs, "tame" wild boars), and other settlers.

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Boynton Beach, Fla. : Adventures Unlimited

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0966062507

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9780966062502

Fighting As Real As It Gets

A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

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Fighting As Real As It Gets

A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

Michael Staack’s multi-year ethnography is the first and only comprehensive social-scientific analysis of the combat sport ‘Mixed Martial Arts’. Based on systematic training observations, the author meticulously analyses how Mixed Martial Arts practitioners conjointly create and immerse themselves into their own world of ultimate bodily combat. With his examination of concentrative technique demonstrations, cooperative technique train-ings, and chaotic sparring practices, Staack not only provides a sociological illumination of Mixed Martial Arts culture’s defining theme – the quest of ‘Fighting As Real As It Gets’. Rather further-more, he provides a compelling cultural-sociological case study on practical social constructions of ‘authenticity’.

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Springer

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3476049914

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9783476049919

Poland, Solidarity, Walesa

By: Michael R. Dobbs,K. S. Karol,Dessa Trevisan

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Poland, Solidarity, Walesa

By: Michael R. Dobbs,K. S. Karol,Dessa Trevisan

Poland: Solidarity: Walesa is a three-chapter book that details the life and significant contribution of Lech Walesa of Poland. Lech Walesa is the leader of an independent labor organization - Solidarity. The book begins with the background of crisis in Poland. The peaceful revolution is then described. The last chapter elaborates on the concept of Lech Walesa as the symbol of Polish August.

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Elsevier

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1483153460

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9781483153469

The Game Before the Money

Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL

By: Jackson Michael

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The Game Before the Money

Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL

By: Jackson Michael

The Game before the Money recounts the National Football League’s story and the evolution of America’s most popular sport in the vivid words of men who built the NFL. This unprecedented look at football history from the players’ perspective combines the stories of icons such as Frank Gifford and Bart Starr with those of journeymen who shared the huddle with Johnny Unitas and rallied to halftime speeches from legendary coaches Vince Lombardi and George Halas. Featuring players from the 1930s through the 1970s, these personal accounts trace professional football in its journey from post-barnstorming days through the first two decades of the Super Bowl. The Game before the Money offers backstories to classic games and the men who made history in them before multi-million dollar contracts. Insights into life in the NFL come from those most capable of providing it, NFL legends themselves. Forty former players open windows onto their own lives, their triumphs and tragedies, and the hardship and the glory that make them the people they are both on and off the field.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803262973

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9780803262973

New York Evidence Handbook

Rules, Theory, and Practice

By: Michael M. Martin,Daniel J. Capra,Faust F. Rossi

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New York Evidence Handbook

Rules, Theory, and Practice

By: Michael M. Martin,Daniel J. Capra,Faust F. Rossi

If you litigate or preside in any court in the state of New York, you know just how confounding the state's evidence law can be. New York Evidence Handbook is the new, comprehensive guide to all of the rules and principles of evidence applicable in New York courts. This new 1,000+ page handbook presents a practical, contemporary approach to evidence -- written with the real-world challenges of the New York trial lawyer and judge in mind. It gathers into one, easy-to-use handbook all of the rules, the leading decisions and the significant statutes you need to consider when assessing the admissibility of evidence. The book walks you through all the rules and their operation (as they relate to judicial notice, presumptions, relevance, the best evidence rule, etc.), discussing all of the leading authorities and citing numerous trial examples. Throughout New York Evidence Handbook, special attention is paid to helping you quickly solve commonly encountered, but difficult, evidence questions.

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Wolters Kluwer

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0735529817

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9780735529816

From the North Sea to the Baltic

Essays in Commercial, Monetary and Agrarian History, 1500-1800

By: Michael North

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From the North Sea to the Baltic

Essays in Commercial, Monetary and Agrarian History, 1500-1800

By: Michael North

The Baltic in the early modern period has been called a 'Nordic Mediterranean'. In the studies collected here, Professor North is concerned to examine the ways in which this Baltic region became integrated into the international division of labour and the emerging world economy. The volume opens with a new introductory essay, and the first section then focuses on commodities exported to Western Europe - grain, timber, flax, hemp and other raw materials. The following studies examine how this ever growing bulk trade stimulated a flow of money and payments in the opposite direction, and led to the formation of the manorial economy and second serfdom in the grain-producing countries of the Baltic hinterlands.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040244696

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9781040244692

Solidarity

The Great Workers Strike of 1980

By: Michael M. Szporer

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Solidarity

The Great Workers Strike of 1980

By: Michael M. Szporer

In the summer of 1980, the eyes of the world turned to the Gdansk shipyard in Poland which suddenly became the nexus of a strike wave that paralyzed the entire country. The Gdansk strike was orchestrated by the members of an underground free trade union that came to be known as Solidarnosc [Solidarity]. Despite fears of a violent response from the communist authorities, the strikes spread to more than 750 sites around the country and involved over a million workers, mobilizing its working population. Faced with crippling strikes and with the eyes of the world on them, the communist regime signed landmark accords formally recognizing Solidarity as the first free trade union in a communist country. The union registered nearly ten million members, making it the world's largest union to date. In a widespread and inspiring demonstration of nonviolent protest, Solidarity managed to bring about real and powerful changes that contributed to the end of the Cold War. Solidarity:The Great Workers Strike of 1980 tells the story of this pivotal period in Poland's history from the perspective of those who lived it. Through unique personal interviews with the individuals who helped breathe life into the Solidarity movement, Michael Szporer brings home the momentous impact these events had on the people involved and subsequent history that changed the face of Europe. This movement, which began as a strike, had major consequences that no one could have foreseen at the start. In this book, the individuals who shaped history speak with their own voices about the strike that changed the course of history.

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Lexington Books

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0739174886

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9780739174883

The Little Giant Book of Football Facts

By: Michael J. Pellowski

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The Little Giant Book of Football Facts

By: Michael J. Pellowski

Contains more that 1,000 interesting and odd football facts and feats, from remakable records to goofy gridiron mishaps.

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1402723903

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9781402723902

The Baltic

A History

By: Michael North

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The Baltic

A History

By: Michael North

In this overview of the Baltic region from the Vikings to the European Union, Michael North presents the sea and the lands that surround it as a Nordic Mediterranean, a maritime zone of shared influence, with its own distinct patterns of trade, cultural exchange, and conflict. Covering over a thousand years in a part of the world where seas have been much more connective than land, The Baltic: A History transforms the way we think about a body of water too often ignored in studies of the world’s major waterways. The Baltic lands have been populated since prehistory by diverse linguistic groups: Balts, Slavs, Germans, and Finns. North traces how the various tribes, peoples, and states of the region have lived in peace and at war, as both global powers and pawns of foreign regimes, and as exceptionally creative interpreters of cultural movements from Christianity to Romanticism and Modernism. He examines the golden age of the Vikings, the Hanseatic League, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and Peter the Great, and looks at the hard choices people had to make in the twentieth century as fascists, communists, and liberal democrats played out their ambitions on the region’s doorstep. With its vigorous trade in furs, fish, timber, amber, and grain and its strategic position as a thruway for oil and natural gas, the Baltic has been—and remains—one of the great economic and cultural crossroads of the world.

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Harvard University Press

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0674426045

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9780674426047

The Origins of Democratization in Poland

Workers, Intellectuals, and Oppositional Politics, 1976-1980

By: Michael H. Bernhard

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The Origins of Democratization in Poland

Workers, Intellectuals, and Oppositional Politics, 1976-1980

By: Michael H. Bernhard

Home to the New York Yankees, the Bronx Zoo, and the Grand Concourse, the Bronx was at one time a haven for upwardly mobile second-generation immigrants eager to leave the crowded tenements of Manhattan in pursuit of the American dream. Once hailed as a "wonder borough" of beautiful homes, parks, and universities, the Bronx became -- during the 1960s and 1970s -- a national symbol of urban deterioration. Thriving neighborhoods that had long been home to generations of families dissolved under waves of arson, crime, and housing abandonment, turning blocks of apartment buildings into gutted, graffiti-covered shells and empty, trash-filled lots. In this revealing history of the Bronx, Evelyn Gonzalez describes how the once-infamous New York City borough underwent one of the most successful and inspiring community revivals in American history. From its earliest beginnings as a loose cluster of commuter villages to its current status as a densely populated home for New York's growing and increasingly more diverse African American and Hispanic populations, this book shows how the Bronx interacted with and was affected by the rest of New York City as it grew from a small colony on the tip of Manhattan into a sprawling metropolis. This is the story of the clattering of elevated subways and the cacophony of crowded neighborhoods, the heady optimism of industrial progress and the despair of economic recession, and the vibrancy of ethnic cultures and the resilience of local grassroots coalitions crucial to the borough's rejuvenation. In recounting the varied and extreme transformations this remarkable community has undergone, Evelyn Gonzalez argues that it was not racial discrimination, rampant crime, postwar liberalism, or big government that was to blame for the urban crisis that assailed the Bronx during the late 1960s. Rather, the decline was inextricably connected to the same kinds of social initiatives, economic transactions, political decisions, and simple human choices that had once been central to the development and vitality of the borough. Although the history of the Bronx is unquestionably a success story, crime, poverty, and substandard housing still afflict the community today. Yet the process of building and rebuilding carries on, and the revitalization of neighborhoods and a resurgence of economic growth continue to offer hope for the future.

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Columbia University Press

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023108093X

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9780231080934

The End of the Communist Power Monopoly

By: Michael Waller

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The End of the Communist Power Monopoly

By: Michael Waller

This work analyzes the internal weaknesses and the external pressures that led to Communism's terminal crisis in Europe. It systematically links the history of Euro-Communism and the Prague Spring to the momentous events of 1989 to 1991.

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Manchester University Press

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0719038197

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9780719038198

Jackpot

How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All

By: Michael Mechanic

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How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All

By: Michael Mechanic

A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"--

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Simon and Schuster

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1982127228

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9781982127220

The Colts' Baltimore

A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s

By: Michael Olesker

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The Colts' Baltimore

A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s

By: Michael Olesker

A nostalgic chronicle of 1958 recaptures the city of Baltimore's love affair with the the Baltimore Colts after the team defeated the New York Giants in a dramatic overtime game, bringing together a series of colorful anecdotes and reflections on notable figures and events of a time in a city on the eve of a cultural revolution.

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JHU Press

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0801890624

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9780801890628

Professionals, Power and Solidarity in Poland

A Critical Sociology of Soviet-Type Society

By: Michael D. Kennedy

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Professionals, Power and Solidarity in Poland

A Critical Sociology of Soviet-Type Society

By: Michael D. Kennedy

The Solidarity movement of the early 1980s not only triggered a transformation in Polish society, it forced a fundamental reconsideration of the nature of socialism throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Seen as one of the most important social movements of the century, this pathbreaking study analyses Solidarity's significance in Soviet societies.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521390834

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9780521390835

Share and Grow Rich

The Dottie Walters Effect

By: Michael MacFarlane,Warren Jamison

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Share and Grow Rich

The Dottie Walters Effect

By: Michael MacFarlane,Warren Jamison

Experience the inspirational story of legendary speaker, author, and marketing genius Dottie Walters though the eyes of those who loved her. Share and Grow Rich captures events that shaped the life of those who transformed the speaking world and shares the lessons she learned along the way. Walters paved the way for women in business and for the profession of speaking. She launched countless successful careers and touched many hearts in the process. Allow her story to touch your heart too!

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Advantage Media Group

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1601940084

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9781601940087

Inside Passage

Living with Killer Whales, Bald Eagles, and Kwakiutl Indians

By: Michael Modzelewski

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Inside Passage

Living with Killer Whales, Bald Eagles, and Kwakiutl Indians

By: Michael Modzelewski

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Boynton Beach, Fla. : Adventures Unlimited

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0966062507

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9780966062502

The Redskins Encyclopedia

By: Michael Richman

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The Redskins Encyclopedia

By: Michael Richman

The definitive history of the Washington Redskins.

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Temple University Press

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1592135447

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9781592135448

Communism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in Poland, 1944-1950

By: Michael Fleming

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Communism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in Poland, 1944-1950

By: Michael Fleming

This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944–1950. It shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different groups were both coerced and were able to consent to the new unfolding social and political order. Drawing on extensive archival research, including national and regional archives in Poland, it provides a detailed and nuanced understanding of the early years of communist rule in Poland. It shows how after the war the communist Polish Workers Party (PPR) was able to redirect widespread anger resulting from the actions of the NKVD, Soviet Army and the communists to more ‘realistic’ targets such as minority communities, and that this displacement of anger helped the party to connect with a broader constituency and present itself as the only party able to protect Polish interests. It considers the role played by the West, including the endorsement by the Grand Alliance of homogenising policies such as population transfer. It also explores the relationship between the communists and other powerful institutions in Polish society, such as the Catholic Church which was treated fairly liberally until late 1947 as it played an important function in identifying who was Polish. Finally, the book considers important episodes – hitherto neglected by scholars – that shed new light upon the emergence of the Cold War and the contours of Cold War geopolitics, such as the ‘Westphalian incident’ of 1947–48, and the arrival of Greek refugees in Poland in the period 1948–1950.

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Routledge

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1135276374

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9781135276379

A Sacred Kingdom

Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship, 300-850

By: Michael Edward Moore

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A Sacred Kingdom

Bishops and the Rise of Frankish Kingship, 300-850

By: Michael Edward Moore

Drawing on the records of nearly 100 bishops' councils spanning the centuries, alongside royal law, edicts, and capitularies of the same period, this study details how royal law and the very character of kingship among the Franks were profoundly affected by episcopal traditions of law and social order.

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CUA Press

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0813218772

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9780813218779

In the Shadow of the Holocaust

Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice

By: Michael Fleming

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In the Shadow of the Holocaust

Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice

By: Michael Fleming

Examines the struggle to ensure that war crimes which took place during the Second World War were prosecuted.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009098985

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9781009098984

New York Giants

By: Michael Eisen

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New York Giants

By: Michael Eisen

Relive Classic Moments in Giants History! Thrilling victories, crushing defeats, comical mishaps, and colorful coaches, players, and fans-these are the legendary moments and larger-than-life personalities that have made the New York Giants a gridiron favorite. In Stadium Stories: New York Giants, veteran journalist Michael Eisen shares his favorite memories of this beloved team. Together you'll relive the highs and lows and become reacquainted with some of the team's all-time greatest heroes and legends including: "Wellington Mara, the beloved owner who has been there every step of the way "Sam Huff, Frank Gifford, Y. A. Tittle, and the championship years of the 1950s and early '60s "The "Crunch Bunch"-Harry Carson, Brad Van Pelt, Brian Kelly, and Lawrence Taylor "Two Super Bowl victories with The Tuna (Bill Parcells) "Michael Strahan, Tiki Barber, and the Giants hopes for future glory

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0762737786

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9780762737789

ESPN Sports Almanac 2008

America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2008

America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

For over 10 years, the ESPN Sports Almanac has been the definitive source for answers to most every sports question. From record-holders to champions, auto racing to the Iditarod, ballparks, business news, and Who's Who to the dearly departed athletes of the year past, the ESPN Sports Almanac 2008 tracks them in hundreds of photos, thousands of tables, countless facts and figures, plus expert analysis from ESPN's most popular personalities (Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Stuart Scott, Mike Golic, Mike Greenberg, Dick Vitale, et al.). Add fan input from ESPN.com's SportsNation polls, along with ESPN's unique brand of humor, and this latest edition will keep the ESPN Sports Almanac the reigning champion and a New York Times best-seller.

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ESPN Books

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1933060387

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9781933060385

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