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Wrestling Tough

By: Mike Chapman

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Few sports are as intense as wrestling. The physical training demands total dedication. The mental side requires focus, anticipation and resilience. No letup. No excuses. Wrestling Tough, Second Edition, will inspire and guide you to achieve the mind-set of a champion. Whether you need to identify the flaws of an opponent, get optimally psyched for a big match, or overcome the adversity inherent in participating in the sport, Wrestling Tough will prepare you to excel and win. Mike Chapman, known for his unique expertise, analysis, and insight into the great sport of wrestling, has had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with many of America’s greatest amateurs and professional wrestlers. In the second edition of Wrestling Tough, he shares his insights to take you beyond the physical attributes needed to succeed on the mat: • Explore the attacking mind-set and the importance of psyching up for competition. • Gain perspective on the increasing popularity of the sport among women and girls and how female participants are proving their toughness on the mat at all levels. • Examine the rise and importance of funk-style wrestling, through which an individual’s personality is allowed—and encouraged—to shine. • Glimpse the key moments in the careers of many great wrestlers and the training methods they used to break through barriers and achieve ultimate success. Wrestling Tough is loaded with stories, insights, and coaching philosophies from legendary coaches and wrestlers such as Cael Sanderson, Dan Gable, Lee Kemp, John Smith, Tom Brands, and Steve Fraser, and even coaches from other sports such as basketball’s John Wooden and football’s Vince Lombardi. These stories will captivate wrestlers, coaches, and fans of wrestling alike. Make your mind a key weapon in your wrestling arsenal. Wrestling Tough provides you the ammunition to develop the mental firepower to win and dominate on the mat.

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Human Kinetics

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1492587206

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9781492587200

Iron Ambition

My Life with Cus D'Amato

By: Mike Tyson,Larry Sloman

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Iron Ambition

My Life with Cus D'Amato

By: Mike Tyson,Larry Sloman

From the former heavyweight champion and New York Times–bestselling author comes a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father. "[Iron Ambition] spells out D'Amato's techniques for building a champion from scratch." – Wall Street Journal When Cus D’Amato first saw thirteen-year-old Mike Tyson spar in the ring, he proclaimed, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.” D’Amato, who had previously managed the careers of world champions Floyd Patterson and José Torres, would go on to train the young Tyson and raise him as a son. D'Amato died a year before Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. In Tyson’s bestselling memoir Undisputed Truth, he recounted the role D’Amato played in his formative years, adopting him at age sixteen after his mother died and shaping him both physically and mentally after Tyson had spent years living in fear and poverty. In Iron Ambition, Tyson elaborates on the life lessons that D’Amato passed down to him, and reflects on how the trainer’s words of wisdom continue to resonate with him outside the ring. The book also chronicles Cus’s courageous fight against the mobsters who controlled boxing, revealing more than we’ve ever known about this singular cultural figure.

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Penguin

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052553363X

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9780525533634

Critical Race Theory and Education

A Marxist Response

By: Mike Cole

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Critical Race Theory and Education

A Marxist Response

By: Mike Cole

This book, now in its second edition, focuses on the challenge to Marxism posed by Critical Race Theory as this relates to educational theory, policy, and practices with respect to both the US and UK. Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the realm of Education has a long history in the US, and is now a burgeoning field of inquiry in the UK. Critical Race Theory and Education is the first book-length response to CRT from a Marxist perspective and looks at CRT's origins in Critical Legal Studies, critiques the work of major US and UK Critical Race theorists, and also looks at some of CRT's strengths. CRT and Marxism are contextualized with respect to both neo-liberal global capitalism and imperialism and to anti-racist socialist developments in South America. The book concludes with some suggestions for classroom practice.

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Springer

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1349950793

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Redemption Song

Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties

By: Mike Marqusee

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Redemption Song

Muhammad Ali and the Spirit of the Sixties

By: Mike Marqusee

Marqusee puts Muhammad Ali in his true historical context to explore the 1960s crossroads of popular culture and mass resistance. 16 photos.

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Verso

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185984717X

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Foul Play

The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport

By: Mike Rowbottom

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Foul Play

The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport

By: Mike Rowbottom

Foul Play dissects the age-old subject of cheating in all its absurdity. From plain old doping to claiming a marathon victory despite having driven the middle section of the race, from match-fixing to diving for a penalty - cheating in sport is as old as sport itself. There are plenty of well-known cases of cheats being found out in sport: Ben Johnson, for example, was stripped of his 100m Olympic medal after a positive drugs test; South African cricketer Hansie Cronje was banned from all cricket for life after admitting involvement in match-rigging; rugby union recently found itself having to deal with the "bloodgate" scandal. However, there are myriad other examples of bending the rules more subtly: pressuring the referee, demoralising an opponent with mind games, or shirt-pulling. But what constititues cheating and where do we draw the line? Are some sports cleaner than others? Is cheating in one sport the same as cheating in another or does each sport's distinctive culture set different standards? Is there such a thing as a sport without sin? Or, indeed, a sporting competitor? This book is not a catalogue of past sporting misdemeanours so much as an investigation into the lengths to which some sports people have gone, and will go, to get the better of others. And also the lengths to which they will not go.

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A&C Black

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1408166046

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9781408166048

That Tuesday in November

How Presidential Elections Changed History

By: Mike Henry

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That Tuesday in November

How Presidential Elections Changed History

By: Mike Henry

Like many aspects of the nation's history, its elections have had their share of behind the scenes activity and drama. This work is an examination of each of the presidential contests and some of the unusual events surrounding them such as the back room convention deals, compromised candidates, campaign strategies, both successful and failures; and major effects on the outcomes due to such inventions as television. In some cases, a swing of just a few votes to another candidate could have had a profound effect on America's future.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475858256

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9781475858259

The Ageless Warrior

The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore

By: Mike Fitzgerald

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The Ageless Warrior

The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore

By: Mike Fitzgerald

This beautiful, limited-edition volume is hand-numbered and autographed by boxing legends Archie Moore and Jake Raging Bull LaMotta. Certificate of Authenticity included, only 125 copies printed! There was only one man who fought both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. There was only one man who recorded 141 professional Knock-Outs. There was only one man who trained both a young Ali and heavyweight champion George Forman. There was only one Archie Moore. With a seven-decade boxing career, including 27 years as a prize fighter, Moore's vast career and exploits are finally chronicled in The Ageless Warrior. Author Mike Fitzgerald spent months with Moore before the boxer's death in an effort to capture the full life story of one of the 20th Century's most colorful and accomplished athletes. And what a story it was. Moore's opponent list reads like a who's who of boxing; he fought nine world champions and seven Hall-of-Famers.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582618461

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9781582618463

The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists

By: Mike Gastineau

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The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists

By: Mike Gastineau

With loyal fans supporting their major sports teams in the Seahawks (NFL), Mariners (MLB) - plus a rabid fan base for University of Washington jocks - Seattle is a great place for a sports debate. Local sports-radio talker Mike Gastineau teams up with longtime sportswriters Steve Rudman and Art Thiel to bring Seattle sports history to life with this provocative and enjoyable - not to mention debatable - book of lists. They also enlist list contributions by famous players, coaches, and Seattle celebrities including Mike Holmgren, Matt Hasselbeck, Ichiro Suzuki, George Karl, Pearl Jam, Kevin Calabro, Sir Mix-a-Lot, and more.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458779742

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Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976

By: Tracy Callis,Chuck Hasson,Mike DeLisa,Michael Delisa

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Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage 1876-1976

By: Tracy Callis,Chuck Hasson,Mike DeLisa,Michael Delisa

Philadelphia has long been called the number one fight town in the world. The relentless fighting style of its boxers has thrilled fans over the years. Twenty-seven champions have come from the city over the course of more than a century. Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage: 1876-1976 retraces the legacy of determined battlers such as Joe Frazier, Benny Bass, Gil Turner, Bob Montgomery, and Bennie Briscoe. Philadelphia has also produced legions of highly skilled craftsmen such as Tommy Loughran, Jack O'Brien, Midget Wolgast, Harold Johnson, and Joey Giardello. In 1926, the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsy heavyweight championship bout was witnessed by more than one hundred thousand fans. In 1956, Rocky Marciano brought his guns to town and won the heavyweight title from Jersey Joe Walcott. In 1971, Philadelphia-trained Joe Frazier won the "Fight of the Century" from Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York. Philadelphia's Boxing Heritage: 1876-1976 showcases these legends and retraces their championship bouts through more than two hundred dazzling photographs.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073851134X

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9780738511344

Black History

More than Just a Month

By: Mike Henry

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Black History

More than Just a Month

By: Mike Henry

Some of the most interesting people and events of the past often get bypassed in a classroom. This includes a large number of African-Americans who helped build this country. Black History: More Than Just A Month pays tribute to these forgotten individuals and their accomplishments. Some of the people included are war heroes, inventors, celebrities, athletes, etc. This book is a great supplement to any history class.

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R&L Education

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1475802625

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Psychonauts

Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

By: Mike Jay

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Psychonauts

Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind

By: Mike Jay

A provocative and original history of the scientists and writers, artists and philosophers who took drugs to explore the hidden regions of the mind Until the twentieth century, scientists investigating the effects of drugs on the mind did so by experimenting on themselves. Vivid descriptions of drug experiences sparked insights across the mind sciences, pharmacology, medicine, and philosophy. Accounts in journals and literary fiction inspired a fascinated public to make their own experiments--in scientific demonstrations, on exotic travels, at literary salons, and in occult rituals. But after 1900 drugs were increasingly viewed as a social problem, and the long tradition of self-experimentation began to disappear. From Sigmund Freud's experiments with cocaine to William James's epiphany on nitrous oxide, Mike Jay brilliantly recovers a lost intellectual tradition of drug-taking that fed the birth of psychology, the discovery of the unconscious, and the emergence of modernism. Today, as we embrace novel cognitive enhancers and psychedelics, the experiments of the original psychonauts reveal the deep influence of mind-altering drugs on Western science, philosophy, and culture.

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Yale University Press

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0300257945

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9780300257946

The Economics of Tourism

By: Mike J. Stabler,Andreas Papatheodorou,M. Thea Sinclair

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The Economics of Tourism

By: Mike J. Stabler,Andreas Papatheodorou,M. Thea Sinclair

This new edition of The Economics of Tourism reflects the tremendous changes that have occurred in the tourism sector in the last twelve years. It recognizes that the nature of tourism demand and supply is being transformed by innovations in information communication technologies, market liberalization and climate change. Paralleling this, there is much greater interest in the study of tourism by both students and researchers in mainstream economics. The text is now in four parts covering: demand; supply; national, regional and international matters and environmental issues. The concluding chapter appraises the state of the economic research into tourism. The increased interest in tourism has engendered the development of new methods of analysis and the refinement of established ones. Accordingly, the book has been extensively restructured, revised and expanded with two new chapters: chapter six of the first edition is now broken down into two and a new chapter has been added on environmental issues to take account of new developments, critically review the associated literature and consider future trends in tourism economics research. The reader-friendliness of the book has also been enhanced in various ways, such as the extensive chapter cross-referencing to refresh the reader’s memory and the inclusion of a detailed list of abbreviations. The Economics of Tourism will continue to make accessible for the non-specialist, the application and relevance of economics to tourism. Extensively revised and updated, including research and case studies the textbook will be an indispensable resource for both students and researchers.

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Routledge

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1135194963

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9781135194963

Unbeaten

Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

By: Mike Stanton

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Unbeaten

Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World

By: Mike Stanton

From the bestselling author of The Prince of Providence, a revelatory biography of Rocky Marciano, the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. The son of poor Italian immigrants, with short arms and stubby legs, Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary heavyweight champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson: He never lost a professional fight. His record was a perfect 49-0. Unbeaten is the story of this remarkable champion who overcame injury, doubt, and the schemes of corrupt promoters to win the title in a bloody and epic battle with Jersey Joe Walcott in 1952. Rocky packed a devastating punch with an innocent nickname, “Suzie Q,” against which there was no defense. As the champ, he came to know presidents and movie stars – and the organized crime figures who dominated the sport, much to his growing disgust. He may have “stood out in boxing like a rose in a garbage dump,” as one sportswriter said, but he also fought his own private demons. In the hands of the award-winning journalist and biographer Mike Stanton, Unbeaten is more than just a boxing story. It’s a classic American tale of immigrant dreams, exceptional talent wedded to exceptional ambitions, compromises in the service of a greater good, astounding success, disillusionment, and a quest to discover what it all meant. Like Suzie Q, it will knock you off your feet.

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Henry Holt

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1627799192

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9781627799195

The Night the Referee Hit Back

Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing

By: Mike Silver

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The Night the Referee Hit Back

Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing

By: Mike Silver

This collection of award-winning boxing journalist Mike Silver’s best articles from the past 40 years features a colorful mix of hard-hitting exposes and light-hearted stories that include legendary boxers such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya, and more. The boxing world has witnessed some spectacular and iconic moments, from the “Thrilla in Manila” to the last encounter between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta. In The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing, award-winning boxing journalist Mike Silver looks back at some of boxing’s most legendary fights, talks with Hall of Famers Archie Moore, Carlos Ortiz, Emile Griffith and Curtis Cokes, and analyzes the changes that have taken place in boxing since the Golden Age. This collection, drawn from the author’s best articles from the past 40 years, are a colorful mix of hard-hitting exposes, interviews, and light-hearted stories featuring boxers such as Floyd Mayweather Jr., Joe Frazier, Oscar De La Hoya, and Muhammad Ali. Mike Silver captures the essence, charisma, tragedy, and romance of boxing like no one else. Featuring numerous historical and iconic photographs, The Night the Referee Hit Back is a fascinating and valuable collection for boxing fans and sports historians alike.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538136910

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9781538136911

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sports History & Trivia

By: Mike McGovern

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sports History & Trivia

By: Mike McGovern

For the sports fan, this guide offers fascinating facts and tidbits on baseball, football, basketball, hockey, the Olympic Games, tennis, figure skating, soccer, and more. It contains special sections on women's sports, young people's sports, and the Special Olympics, and includes listings of winners of the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, and other major competetions.

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Penguin

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0028639634

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9780028639635

The 1995 Information Please Sports Almanac

By: Mike Meserole

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The 1995 Information Please Sports Almanac

By: Mike Meserole

Widely recognized by sportswriters and fans as the most complete and accurate annual sports record, this sixth edition promises to be the best volume yet. Impeccably researched, it features 64 additional pages and expanded sections on the Winter Olympics and World Cup soccer, 275 photos and cartoons, specially commissioned essays, complete statistics, thumb tabs, and much more.

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Mariner Books

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0395665655

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9780395665657

The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists, 1998

By: Mike Meserole

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The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists, 1998

By: Mike Meserole

Filled with fascinating facts on sports from baseball to boxing, and competitive venues from college to the Olympics, this new and definitive, illustrated annual sports reference manual includes a wealth of statistics--including the 1997 World Series--plus full-color photos.

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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

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0789421348

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9780789421340

The Big Book of American Heroes

A Young Person's Guide

By: Mike Janulewicz,Richard Widdows

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The Big Book of American Heroes

A Young Person's Guide

By: Mike Janulewicz,Richard Widdows

Contains brief biographies of well-known figures in American history, such as George Washington, John Glenn, Frederick Douglass, and Amelia Earhart.

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Seal Press

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0762403934

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9780762403936

Tin Men

A Crime Novel

By: Mike Knowles

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Tin Men

A Crime Novel

By: Mike Knowles

Three crooked cops going straight after a murderer Woody was working on getting high when the phone rang. Dennis was on a date — it was a date he paid for, but a date all the same. Os had blood on his hands from a little extracurricular law enforcement. All three men picked up their phones because they were cops, and cops are never really off-duty — not even when they’re crooked. Detective Julie Owen was savagely killed in her own bed, and the unborn child she was carrying is nowhere to be found. The grisly crime has the brass breathing down the necks of the three detectives tasked with finding Julie’s killer. Woody, Dennis, and Os each shared a bond with Julie that went deeper than the blue of their uniforms and have their own reasons to want to find the person responsible for her murder. Secrets drive the investigation — secrets that need to stay buried long enough to solve the case.

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ECW Press

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1773051911

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9781773051918

Dragon

The Bruce Lee Story : a Novel

By: Michael Jahn,Mike Jahn

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Dragon

The Bruce Lee Story : a Novel

By: Michael Jahn,Mike Jahn

Tie in to the electrifying new film from Universal Pictures about the all-time master of martial arts, Bruce Lee. He fought his way up from the streets of Hong Kong to become a legend--streetfighter, trainer, movie idol, and superstar. He lived a life as fast and furious as the films that made him an international sensation. Based on the screenplay by Edward Khmara, John Raffo and Rob Cohen.

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Berkley

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0515111716

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9780515111712

Inside Sports College Basketball

By: Mike Douchant

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Inside Sports College Basketball

By: Mike Douchant

Viewed by more fans than either the World Series or the Super Bowl, college basketball's championship series is the single biggest sporting event in America today. This is the most comprehensive source on the sport, covering not just the 17-day NCAA championship, but every aspect of college basketball in the U.S. as well. 200 photos.

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Gale Cengage

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078761033X

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9780787610333

Inside Sports College Basketball

By: Michael Douchant,Mike Douchant

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Inside Sports College Basketball

By: Michael Douchant,Mike Douchant

College basketball expert Mike Douchant's passion for the game is contagious.In this insightful and highly readable guide, he captures all the excitement, exploring college basketball in exhaustive detail from its early years to thepresent. 200 photos.

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1578590094

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9781578590094

Essential Greek Islands

By: Mike Gerrard

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Essential Greek Islands

By: Mike Gerrard

This value-packed, bestselling series has been redesigned and reinvigorated so that it now combines its time-tested features plus exciting new ideas -- all enhanced by easy-to-read layouts, a bolder look, and eye-catching covers. -- Customers perceive the value of comprehensive coverage at an affordable price -- At a glance topic organization makes it easy for readers to find what they need in a flash -- New features such as In the Know and Essence of ... for popular destinations

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0658006320

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