The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10

Trade Paperback | 480 pages | Mainstream Publishing | Sports & Recreation - Soccer
978-1-84596-474-0 (1-84596-474-8)

March 30, 2010 | $45.95

This Round's On Me

Trade Paperback | 296 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Sports & Recreation - Golf; Sports & Recreation
978-0-7710-7858-3 (0-7710-7858-7)

March 30, 2010 | $21.00



Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He has been reporting on golf for more than thirty years, and this is a collection of Rubenstein’s best and favourite pieces from 1993 to 2008, selected from...

90% of the Game Is Half Mental

Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Villard | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-345-50175-2 (0-345-50175-6)

March 16, 2010 | $18.95



Yogi Berra once said: “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” But for lifelong baseball aficionado Emma Span, it hasn’t always been that simple. Now, in this winning collection of essays, Span chronicles her love of the sport, from childhood hobby to full-blown obsession, from big break...

Upriver and Downstream

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Three Rivers Press | Sports & Recreation - Fishing
978-0-307-38259-7 (0-307-38259-1)

March 16, 2010 | $18.95



Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and...

The Baseball Codes

Hardcover | 304 pages | Pantheon | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-375-42469-4 (0-375-42469-5)

March 9, 2010 | $29.95



Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate regulations, but it turns out to be even more complicated than we realize. What truly governs the Major League game is a set of unwritten rules, some of which are openly discussed (don’t steal a base with a big lead late in...

Chasing the Wind

Hardcover | 288 pages | Virgin Books | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation
978-1-85227-234-0 (1-85227-234-1)

March 9, 2010 | $48.50

The Complete Game

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage | Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-307-39058-5 (0-307-39058-6)

March 9, 2010 | $18.95



World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics, and from moments...

GameFace

Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Virgin Books | Sports & Recreation
978-0-7535-1328-6 (0-7535-1328-5)

March 9, 2010 | $25.95

The Piranha Club: Power and Influence in Formula One

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Virgin Books | Sports & Recreation - Motor Sports
978-0-7535-0965-4 (0-7535-0965-2)

March 9, 2010 | $25.95

The Yankee Years

Trade Paperback | 528 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation - Baseball
978-0-7679-3042-0 (0-7679-3042-8)

March 9, 2010 | $21.00



The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.
 
When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series title in eighteen years. In that time seventeen others had tried to take the helm of...

The Grudge

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Yellow Jersey Press | Sports & Recreation - Rugby
978-0-224-08276-1 (0-224-08276-0)

March 8, 2010 | $34.95



In spell-binding prose, Tom English tells the story of the 1990 Calcutta Cup when an England-Scotland rugby match became one of the most significant games in recent rugby history – and much more than a game.

Simon Shaw: The Hard Yards

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Mainstream Publishing | Sports & Recreation - Rugby
978-1-84596-571-6 (1-84596-571-X)

March 8, 2010 | $21.95



In this candid autobiography, Simon Shaw recounts his bittersweet memories of his eventful rise to the top, from the early days playing for Bristol to lasting success at both club and international level. Simon Shaw is a big man with an even bigger story to tell, and no stone is left...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye

Trade Paperback | 384 pages | ESPN | Sports & Recreation
978-0-345-52012-8 (0-345-52012-2)

February 23, 2010 | $18.95



THEY’RE GOING, GOING, GONE. . . .
 
Their names roll off the tongue, a litany of the damned: the Providence Steam Roller, the Wilmington Quicksteps, the Cincinnati Porkers. They are the lost squads of professional sports history—teams forsaken by fans, fleeced by owners, or forgotten by time. Until now. 

Kiss ’Em Goodbye unearths...

Fu Zhen Song's Dragon Bagua Zhang

Trade Paperback | 184 pages | Blue Snake Books | Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense
978-1-58394-238-3 (1-58394-238-6)

February 16, 2010 | $22.00



The Dragon Bagua Zhang system of third-generation master Fu Zhen Song was one of the most powerful martial arts styles to emerge from 1920s China. Fu Zhen Song had a reputation as a skilled fighter and uncompromising teacher, and his Dragon Bagua style was renowned for its extensive catalog of whirling...

The Complete Guide to Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu

Trade Paperback | 184 pages | Blue Snake Books | Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense
978-1-58394-240-6 (1-58394-240-8)

January 19, 2010 | $22.00



Developed by Wang Lang over 300 years ago, Praying Mantis Kung Fu is the only martial art based on the fighting skills of an insect. This fascinating system utilizes swift, methodical movements for defense and offense, and is well respected as an art that helps practitioners develop great strength and perseverance...