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Tiger Woods: A Biography, 2 edition (Greenwood Biographies)

Tiger Woods: A Biography, 2 edition (Greenwood Biographies)


Lawrence J. Londino



Review "Mandatory for all Tiger Woods fans, this impressively detailed, 232-page biography also offers a brief overview of ...
Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero

Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero


Jeff Pearlman



From Pearlman, former staff writer with Sports Illustrated and Newsday, delivers a fully realized, if hardly appealing, ...
Radiohead: Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the Death of the Classic Album

Radiohead: Welcome to the Machine: OK Computer and the Death of the Classic Album


Tim Footman



About the Author Tim Footman is the author of several biographies on bands, including Blink 182: The ...
The Danihers: The Story of Football's Favourite Family

The Danihers: The Story of Football's Favourite Family


Adam Mcnicol, Anthony Daniher, Chris Daniher, Neale Daniher, Terry Daniher



About the Author Terry Daniher has excelled as a country football ambassador for the AFL. ...
Ukrainian Americans (The New Immigrants)

Ukrainian Americans (The New Immigrants)


John Radzilowski



Ukrainian Americans (The New Immigrants)...
In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People

In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People


George Gmelch, J.J. Weiner



Amazon.com Review An oral history with academic credentials behind it, In the Ballpark is a clever hybrid of sober schol...
The Game

The Game


Ken Dryden



Review "The sports book of the year, or maybe the decade, or maybe the century." —The Globe and Mail "A work of ar...
Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland


Mark Kreidler



From Publishers Weekly Sportswriter Kreidler, a columnist for the Sacramento Bee, immerses himself in "the largest event...
Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar

Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Superstar


Brook Larmer



From Publishers Weekly The 7'5" Yao Ming didn't get where he is today because of some lucky genes and a good three-point ...
Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend


Bill Russell, Alan Steinberg



From First, let’s get the basketball credentials out of the way. Russell was the greatest team basketball player ...
In Rare Form: A Pictorial History of Baseball Evangelist Billy Sunday

In Rare Form: A Pictorial History of Baseball Evangelist Billy Sunday


W. A. Firstenberger



Review “A doubleheader . . . a collective biography of an influential Midwest couple and their material worlds . ....
Beyond the Red Door

Beyond the Red Door


Janet Shaw



Review Book Review: Beyond the Red Door, by Janet Shaw Reviewed by Sally Murphy An inspirational true story. BLIN...
On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell

On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell


Robert Lyons



Book Description Bert Bell, a native of Philadelphia, has been called the most powerful executive figure in the history o...
Traditional Archery from Six Continents: The Charles E. Grayson Collection

Traditional Archery from Six Continents: The Charles E. Grayson Collection


Michael J. O'Brien, Charles E. Grayson, Mary French



About the Author Charles E. Grayson is a physician who has studied archery as a historian, bowyer, and hunter. Now retire...
Ridin' High, Livin' Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories

Ridin' High, Livin' Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories


Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman, Ralph ''Sonny'' Barger



From Publishers Weekly The latest literary effort from Hell's Angels chieftain Barger is "a collection of true stories, m...
Pinball: The Making of a Canadian Hero

Pinball: The Making of a Canadian Hero


Perry Lefko



From the Inside Flap Perry Lefko has been a sports writer for the Toronto Sun since 1985, reporting on amateur sports, cu...
Octavio Paz (Modern Critical Views)

Octavio Paz (Modern Critical Views)


Harold Bloom



From School Library Journal Grade 11 Up-The essays collected here are intense and a bit esoteric but then so is the subje...
The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf

The Immortal Bobby: Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf


Ron Rapoport



Review "A thorough biography of Jones. Solid reporting." (St. Paul Pioneer Press) "Bobby Jones' golf Grand Slam, achieved...
Blakwidow: My First Year as a Professional Wrestler

Blakwidow: My First Year as a Professional Wrestler


Amanda Storm



From the Publisher An exciting behind-the-scenes story of what it takes to be a professional wrestler. This is a story o...
Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season

Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season


Bob Smiley



Amazon.com Review Book Description With his career at a standstill and his golf game a shadow of its former mediocrity, ...
Michael Jordan: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Michael Jordan: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)


David L. Porter



Review "Porter traces basketball star Jordan's career, starting with his formative years and education, then detailing his ...
The Medicis: A Ruling Dynasty (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)

The Medicis: A Ruling Dynasty (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)


Heather Lehr Wagner



The Medicis: A Ruling Dynasty (Makers of the Middle Ages and Renaissance)...
African American Icons of Sport: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence (Greenwood Icons)

African American Icons of Sport: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence (Greenwood Icons)


Matthew C. Whitaker



Review "African American Icons of Sport covers a wide range of sports and includes Shaquille O'Neal, Wilma Rudolph, George ...
No Finish Line

No Finish Line


Sally Jenkins, Marla Runyan



From Publishers Weekly "My whole life was `special.' I rode a `special' bus, went to a school with a `special' program......
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)


Harold Bloom, Various



Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)...
Blue Blood on the Mat

Blue Blood on the Mat


Athol Oakley



Blue Blood on the Mat...
Maya Angelou (Black Americans of Achievement)

Maya Angelou (Black Americans of Achievement)


Vicki Cox



Maya Angelou (Black Americans of Achievement)...
George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign Policy

George Kennan and the Dilemmas of US Foreign Policy


David Mayers



Review "This book has great possibilities as a focused survey to accompany Paterson's Meeting the Communist Threat, carry...
Open: An Autobiography

Open: An Autobiography


Andre Agassi



From Agassi has always had a tortured look in his eyes on the tennis court. In 1992, when he burst onto the world sports...
Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee (Sports and American Culture Series)

Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee (Sports and American Culture Series)


Arlene Howard, Ralph Wimbish



From Publishers Weekly Arlene Howard, Elston Howard's widow, details her husband's life from his St. Louis childhood thro...