A captivating natural science memoir, unravelling the many mysteries of the European eel and the author's complex relationship with his father. 'This is one of those special books . . . Even if it were only a book about eels, it would be wonderful.' – Sunday Times 'I never thought I would see myself in an eel, until...

"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance." ーEvan Solomon In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure w...

“Jack Ohman takes a sport that is already intrinsically hilarious and makes it even funnier.” ーTed Leeson Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist (and fanatical fly fisher) Jack Ohman takes a light-hearted look at one of America’s favorite pastimes. With over 50 of his black and white cartoonsーnewly colorizedーOhman set...

"Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."ーJanet Maslin, New York Times One day Michael Oher will be among the most highly paid athletes in the National Football League. When we first meet him, he is one of thirteen children by a moth...

KYRIE IRVING This book aims to serve as a biography of the legendary NBA player, Kyrie Irving, and his career so far. Inside, we will dive into the life and career of Kyrie. You will learn about his childhood, his high school and college experiences, his time in the NBA, and what might be next for the NBA champion! ...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Top Basketball Shoes Ever Made: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating Top Basketball Shoes E...

For the first time, this book examines the strategies of leaders of emerging nations to use sport as a tool for reaching social, economic, cultural, political, technological or environmental goals and gaining international prestige. It assesses whether sport can really be an effective tool in international developme...

Making an oven with a cardboard box and alminium foil? I want to devour meat...A man is ordered to make roast beef by a mystery dragon girl who trespassed his house. But there's no oven at his home... Then, let's make an oven! Make roast beef from to make an oven for roasting! Then, thou shalt lay stones...Why dost ...

Named a Best Baseball Book of 2020 by Sports Collectors Digest In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships. But as the decade came to a close, the A's were in free fall, having lost 108 games in 1979 while ...

While rivalry is embedded in any sporting event or performance, soccer, the world’s most popular mass spectator sport, has been an emblem of such rivalries since its inception as an organized sport. Some of these rivalries grow to become long-term and perennial by their nature, extent, impact and legacy, from the lo...

Memorialized in countless books and movies, the history of Japan's fearsome samurai warriors is known all over the world. Who can forget these Japanese masters' skills with the sword? Today, samurai warriors no longer exist, but their legacy of swordsmanship endures. Now, the way of the samurai sword is learned in t...

Weight training is the most popular type of fitness training activity in the world. But if you are new to the weight room, how can you ensure you are training properly to reap the most benefits while also avoiding injury? Weight Training: Steps to Success, Fifth Edition, takes the guesswork out of weight training an...

Mickey Muñoz has been called the surfer’s surfer,” and is loved and respected among the cognoscenti for his contributions to surfing and the surfing life for the past 60 years as a surfer, a pioneer of Waimea Bay, a stuntman (stand-in for Gidget), a board shaper and designer, and as a sailor and boatbuilder (Americ...

It is now widely recognized that recreation is as important as work. This revealing book analyzes leisure and outdoor recreation in terms of both their management and their wider importance to society. Specifically, it: clarifies the link between leisure, recreation, tourism and resource management reviews contempo...

Packrafting! is about exploring wilderness and whitewater by packraft, a lightweight, portable boat usually weighing less than five pounds. Readers will learn about packrafting gear and technique as well as the many applications for packrafting. Packrafting can be combined with mountaineering, backcountry skiing, mo...

Ed Jaworowski has spent his life learning, practicing, understanding, teaching, perfecting, and writing about casting. He is an acclaimed and widely recognized expert of the subject with an exhaustive list of credentials. This, his third book, is his tour de force. Filled with his 60+ years of casting wisdom, it exp...