Thursday, June 24, 2021

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Sports & Outdoors 2021-06-24

Christopher Nyerges & Al Cornell - Guide to Making Fire without Matches artwork Guide to Making Fire without Matches
Tips, Tactics, and Techniques for Starting a Fire in Any Situation
Christopher Nyerges & Al Cornell
Genre: Outdoors
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: March 03, 2020
Publisher: Skyhorse
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

Learn How to Start a Fire, Even When It Seems Impossible! Since the dawn of mankind, fire has been a staple of survival. Whether it is used to keep warm, cook food, or scare away predators, fire is an essential element, one that is almost impossible for humans to live without. But with society's current dependence on modern tools and technology, many persons would have no idea how to start a fire without matches or a lighter. In an emergency situation, a lack of knowledge about it could easily prove fatal. In Guide to Making Fire without Matches , survival expert Christopher Nyerges provides readers with all the skills that they may need to start a fire without modern tools. The book begins by covering the history and lore surrounding fire, and then moves on to describe, in detail, the four main methods through which fire is made: friction, the sun, electricity, and chemistry. Additional topics include:   • How to make a fire in the rain • The best locations to build a fire • Safety precautions to take when around fire • How to tend your fire • How to make a signal fire • Different ways to cook with fire • And much more! With helpful diagrams, illustrations, and sidebars, Guide to Making Fire without Matches is the ultimate reference book for learning about an essential element.



Kobe Bryant - The Mamba Mentality artwork The Mamba Mentality
How I Play
Kobe Bryant
Genre: Basketball
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: October 23, 2018
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Seller: Macmillan

The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant’s personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fitting legacy from the late Los Angeles Laker superstar. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe “The Black Mamba” Bryant decided to share his vast knowledge and understanding of the game to take readers on an unprecedented journey to the core of the legendary “Mamba mentality.” Citing an obligation and an opportunity to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it “the right way,” The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most intelligent, analytical, and creative basketball players ever. In his own words, Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel. Readers will learn how Bryant studied an opponent, how he channeled his passion for the game, how he played through injuries. They’ll also get fascinating granular detail as he breaks down specific plays and match-ups from throughout his career. Bryant’s detailed accounts are paired with stunning photographs by the Hall of Fame photographer Andrew D. Bernstein. Bernstein, long the Lakers and NBA official photographer, captured Bryant’s very first NBA photo in 1996 and his last in 2016—and hundreds of thousands in between, the record of a unique, twenty-year relationship between one athlete and one photographer. The combination of Bryant’s narrative and Bernstein’s photos make The Mamba Mentality an unprecedented look behind the curtain at the career of one of the world’s most celebrated and fascinating athletes.



Bob Holtzman - The Field Guide to Knots artwork The Field Guide to Knots
How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits
Bob Holtzman
Genre: Outdoors
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: December 22, 2015
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

A  fasten -ating guide to knots for every adventure, from the author of Wilderness Survival Skills and The Camping Bible . The perfect knot can make any job quicker, easier, and safer—whether you need to build a shelter, tether a horse, rappel down a cliff, or moor a boat. In  The Field Guide to Knots , veteran outdoorsman Bob Holtzman helps you:Select and tie the right knot for any taskIdentify and untie existing knotsChoose and maintain your rope, and more With more than  80 time-tested knots  and more than  600 color photos , this field guide is indispensable for backpackers, climbers, sailors, anglers, hunters, equestrians—and anyone else who’s ever needed to change a sail, reposition a climbing rope, or splice a tent pole! Praise for The Field Guide to Knots “A handy guide describing practical knots for outdoor enthusiasts.” — Library Journal “The text and illustrations are clear and precise.” — Manhattan Book Review



Mark Messier & Jimmy Roberts - No One Wins Alone artwork No One Wins Alone
Mark Messier & Jimmy Roberts
Genre: Winter Sports
Price: $18.99
Expected Publish Date: October 26, 2021
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

For the first time, the legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells the impressive story of his life and career, and shares the lessons he’s learned about leadership. Mark Messier is one of the most accomplished athletes and dynamic leaders in the history of professional sports. He won the Stanley Cup five times with the Edmonton Oilers during their dynasty years, and once more with the New York Rangers, ending the team’s fifty-four-year championship drought. He is second on the all-time career lists for playoff points, and third for regular season games played and for regular season points. Notably, he is the only player to have captained two different NHL franchises to championships. The amazing records are there for anyone to see, but few people know the real Mark Messier. This is his story. Messier reveals the astonishing journey he took to making NHL history, and the leadership philosophy he learned along the way. He recounts never-before-told tales from his childhood as the son of a hockey player, coach, and special education teacher; his years as a teammate and friend of Wayne Gretzky; and his evolution from a brash eighteen-year-old rookie to a distinctive captain and champion. Though bruising on the ice, he led teams with a deep understanding of what inspires and motivates people. He shares the advice he got from the inspirational leaders who had the greatest influence on him, and the lessons he gleaned from the pivotal successes—and sometimes failures—of his career. More than a book about hockey, No One Wins Alone demonstrates what it means to build a life, achieve dreams, and support the people around you. “My real wish,” Messier says, “is to inspire people to reach their full potential.”



Christine Conners & Tim Conners - Lipsmackin' Backpackin' artwork Lipsmackin' Backpackin'
Lightweight, Trail-Tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips
Christine Conners & Tim Conners
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $20.99
Publish Date: October 01, 2018
Publisher: Falcon Guides
Seller: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

Tasty backcountry cookbook filled with trail-tested recipes providing nutritional information, food preparation and meal-planning tips from experienced long-distance hikers. This edition is revised and updated with lots of new recipes.



Devan McConnell & Justin Roethlingshoefer - Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development artwork Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development
Devan McConnell & Justin Roethlingshoefer
Genre: Training
Price: $28.99
Publish Date: February 07, 2018
Publisher: Devan McConnell
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

Intent: A Practical Approach to Applied Sport Science for Athletic Development, by Justin Roethlingshoefer and Devan McConnell, takes you inside the world of two strength and conditioning coaches and how they continue to develop a holistic approach to sport science to work with their players to help them achieve their optimum levels of strength, power, and speed. Intent explains the different aspects of sport science to give players an edge and to assist head coaches in planning their practice and game strategies. Strength and conditioning coaches help provide head coaches with a physically and emotionally better-prepared athlete. This book does not talk about a set program but shows different components that enable strength and conditioning coaches to establish individual programming while maintaining team mentality. The methodology shared in Intent can be used from high school to all levels of professional sports. It takes a mindfulness on everyone’s part to make the elements of Intent work. It takes intent. When players and coaches are on the same page, that team can reach for the highest rung.



Danny Gallagher - Blue Monday artwork Blue Monday
The Expos, the Dodgers, and the Home Run That Changed Everything
Danny Gallagher
Genre: Baseball
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: October 13, 2018
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Seller: Dundurn Press Limited

Blue Monday: one of the most unforgettable days in Canadian baseball history. Danny Gallagher leads readers up to that infamous day in October 1981 when Rick Monday of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a home run off of Montreal Expos pitcher Steve Rogers in the ninth inning, giving the Dodgers a berth in the World Series. Readers will be taken back to 1976 when a five-year plan for winning the National League championship was set in place by the Expos with the hiring of experienced manager Dick Williams. Gallagher examines old narratives about Blue Monday and talks to all the key players involved in the game, unearthing secrets and stories never before told.



Terry Pluto - Loose Balls artwork Loose Balls
Terry Pluto
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: July 19, 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. What do Julius Erving, Larry Brown, Moses Malone, Bob Costas, the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs and the Slam Dunk Contest have in common? They all got their professional starts in the American Basketball Association. The NBA may have won the financial battle, but the ABA won the artistic war. With its stress on wide-open individual play, the adoption of the 3-point shot and pressing defense, and the encouragement of flashy moves and flying dunks, today's NBA is still—decades later —just the ABA without the red, white and blue ball. Loose Balls is, after all these years, the definitive and most widely respected history of the ABA. It's a wild ride through some of the wackiest, funniest, strangest times ever to hit pro sports—told entirely through the (often incredible) words of those who played, wrote and connived their way through the league's nine seasons.



Derek Lundy - Godforsaken Sea artwork Godforsaken Sea
Racing The World's Most Dangerous Waters
Derek Lundy
Genre: Water Sports
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: September 08, 1998
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm , an intensely gripping account of the round-the-world single-handed yacht race that claimed the life of Canadian sailor Gerry Roufs in a make-or-break dash through 12,000 miles of terror in the Southern Ocean.



Joseph Parent - Zen Putting artwork Zen Putting
Mastering the Mental Game on the Greens
Joseph Parent
Genre: Golf
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: April 05, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The bestselling author of Zen Golf (more than 100,000 copies sold) presents a new book of profound wisdom and proven techniques for achieving the confidence in putting that all golfers know is the key to peak performance on the greens. Blending Buddhist wisdom, modern psychology, and practical golf instruction, Dr. Joe Parent’s 2002 book Zen Golf broke out to become the top instructional book in golf, and continues to be a steady bestseller. Now, in the eagerly awaited follow-up, Dr. Parent provides readers with a new approach to the aspect of golf in which mental skills have the most impact: putting. Zen Putting takes a thinking-outside-the-box approach based on the idea that by tuning into the process of putting rather than worrying about the result , golfers can get out of their own way and maximize performance. Key principles include using mindful awareness to recognize and clear away distractions and negativity, and that confidence increases when golfers take the attitude that there is something fundamentally, essentially right with them rather than focusing on what’s broken or flawed. In succinct, informative chapters, Dr. Parent applies this Zen ideal to a variety of subjects for any putting situation. Chapters include: • “Unconquerable Confidence”: brimming with strategies to cultivate confidence and turn frustration into enjoyment. • “Get Out of Your Own Way”: exploring the obstacles we create for ourselves in putting, and how to recognize and overcome them to get the most out of our abilities. • “How to Make Every Putt”: on reading greens; visualization; putting routine; the key components of a putt—path, pace, and roll; and taking the ideal attitude before putting. Unlike rigid how-to books on putting or fad coaching techniques, Zen Putting stirs each reader to cultivate their own unique style for synchronizing body and mind to achieve peak performance.



Raphaël Trabelsi - 50 astuces pour se muscler facilement artwork 50 astuces pour se muscler facilement
Une musculature réussie
Raphaël Trabelsi
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: March 26, 2013
Publisher: Editions ASAP
Seller: EURO SERVICES INTERNET SAS

Des beaux biceps ? Un physique harmonieux ? Des abdominaux en béton ? Quels que soient vos objectifs, voici 50 astuces pour vous muscler facilement et obtenir des résultats. Exercices, alimentation ou motivation, ces astuces passent en revue l'essentiel de la musculation.



Kaja Sadowski - Fear is the Mind Killer artwork Fear is the Mind Killer
How to Build a Training Culture that Fosters Strength and Resilience
Kaja Sadowski
Genre: Martial Arts & Self Defense
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 18, 2019
Publisher: Kaja Sadowski
Seller: Ingram DV LLC

How do we cultivate inner strength? Martial arts and self-defence are about so much more than physical skills. Learning to fight is a catalyst for growth. It makes our students stronger, more confident, and more resilient — at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Too often, the students who need that strength the most struggle to find it. Learn how to build a training environment that helps all of your students grow. Help them face their fears, grapple with failure, test themselves, and come out far more capable than before. Fear is the Mind Killer covers the fundamentals of designing a healthy training culture, from policy-writing and classroom strategies, to building drills and stress testing. You’ll get a primer on the science of motor learning and motivation, and learn how to work more effectively with underserved populations, including women and survivors of violence. This system-agnostic guide gives you the tools you need to assess your existing school environment and make sure that it's serving the needs of all of your students, or to build a new school that is accessible, ethical, and effective. It will help you ask the right questions and find the answers that make the most sense for you and your community, and includes sample drills and planning exercises to get you started. You know what your students need. Here’s how to get it to them.



Joseph Parent - Zen Golf artwork Zen Golf
Mastering the Mental Game
Joseph Parent
Genre: Golf
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: May 14, 2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

The best players know that golf is a game of confidence, and most important, concentration–the ability to focus and block out distraction. The goal of achieving clear thought is also at the heart of Buddhist teachings. In his highly original and groundbreaking book, noted PGA coach and Buddhist instructor, Dr. Joseph Parent, draws on this natural connection and teaches golfers how to clear their minds, achieve ultimate focus, and play in the moment for each shot. Zen Golf presents a simple system for building “mental game mastery.” Dr Parent’s unique PAR Approach (focusing on Preparation, Action, and Response to Results) guides golfers with specific techniques for each aspect of their games. In chapters such as “How to Get From the Practice Tee to the First Tee”, “You Produce What You Fear”, and “How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf”, the author shares a personal teaching regimen that has helped improve the games of professionals and amateurs alike. By combining classic insights and stories from Zen tradition, Zen Golf helps eliminate the mental distractions that routinely cause poor shots and loss of concentration, allowing golfers to feel in “the zone” that professionals have learned to master. Clear, concise, and enlightening, Zen Golf shows golfers how to prepare for, execute, and equally important, respond the results of any golf shot. A different approach to golf instruction, this book shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings.



Tim S Grover - Relentless artwork Relentless
From Good to Great to Unstoppable
Tim S Grover
Genre: Basketball
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: April 16, 2013
Publisher: Scribner
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

For more than two decades, legendary trainer Tim Grover has taken the greats—Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of relentless competitors in sports, business, and every walk of life—and made them greater. Now, for the first time ever, he reveals what it takes to achieve total mental and physical dominance, showing you how to be relentless and achieve whatever you desire. Direct, blunt, and brutally honest, Grover breaks down what it takes to be unstoppable: you keep going when everyone else is giving up, you thrive under pressure, you never let your emotions make you weak. In “The Relentless 13,” he details the essential traits shared by the most intense competitors and achievers in sports, business, and all walks of life. Relentless shows you how to trust your instincts and get in the Zone; how to control and adapt to any situation; how to find your opponent’s weakness and attack. Grover gives you the same advice he gives his world-class clients—“don’t think”—and shows you that anything is possible. Packed with previously untold stories and unparalleled insight into the psyches of the most successful and accomplished athletes of our time, Relentless shows you how even the best get better . . . and how you can too.



James Duthie - The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys artwork The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys
...And Other Off-the-Wall Stories About Sports...and Life
James Duthie
Genre: Winter Sports
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: July 23, 2013
Publisher: Collins
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Although James Duthie’s daughter had hoped he would write a book featuring princesses, dragons or zebras, you won’t miss them in The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys. Instead Duthie interviews a prophet monkey who predicts games’ outcomes, confesses to the near-homicide of both Walter and Wayne Gretzky, and provides plenty of evidence of his unhealthy obsession with Anna Kournikova. He weighs in on famous athletes like Sidney Crosby, Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Derek Jeter, and tells his misadventures as a sportscaster, fan, father, husband and son.



Bret Contreras - Glute Lab artwork Glute Lab
The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training
Bret Contreras
Genre: Training
Price: $39.99
Publish Date: October 15, 2019
Publisher: Victory Belt Publishing
Seller: Victory Belt Publishing, Inc.

Improve your physique, build lean muscle, increase strength -- "Glute Lab" is the all-in-one glute training system that will teach you how to do all this and more. The gluteus maximus is the largest and most versatile muscle in the human body. In addition to being aesthetically appealing and controlling a wide range of functional movements, big, strong glutes set you up to lift heavier, jump higher, sprint faster, and swing harder and can even play a role in preventing knee, hip, and lower back pain and injuries. Your glutes influence every aspect of your physical life: from the way you look and how you feel to your ability to run, jump, cut, lift, and twist. Yet few understand how to properly build and develop this all-important muscle.   Enter "Glute Lab." In this book, Bret "The Glute Guy" Contreras -- PhD, personal trainer, and bestselling author -- lays out a glute training system that will help you reach your strength, performance, and physique goals. Through descriptive narrative, step-by-step images and illustrations, and easy-to-follow training programs, the Glute Guy distills the science and art of glute training into one comprehensive manual. Whether you're a bodybuilder, physique competitor, athlete, powerlifter, CrossFitter, personal trainer, physical therapist, or simply someone who wants to improve your physique, this book contains everything you need to know about building bigger, stronger, leaner, higher-performing glutes. In this book, you will learn:   - The fundamentals of optimal glute training - How to perform the most effective glute-building exercises - How to select exercises based on your goals and body type - Variations for the hip thrust, deadlift, and squat exercises - The science behind how muscle develops and grows - The anatomy and function of the glutes - How to design a customized glute-training program - Techniques and programs for sculpting rounder, stronger glutes - The importance of glute training for aesthetics, health, strength, and performance - How glute training can prevent knee, hip, and low back injuries and pain - Strategies for targeting different areas of the glutes and lower body - More than 30 glute burnout circuits and workouts.



Don Giffin - Advanced Sailing Skills - A Sail Canada Athlete & Coach Training Manual artwork Advanced Sailing Skills - A Sail Canada Athlete & Coach Training Manual
Sail Canada
Don Giffin
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1979
Publisher: Sail Canada
Seller: Sail Canada / Voile Canada

This renowned manual was written to support any sailor looking to understand more to enjoy sailing safely, farther & faster. With illustrations and non-technical language, the reader gains a complete understanding of fundamentals and theory affecting boat speed & handling. This resource serves as an excellent basis for those who wish to go on to learn to race, improve their racing, teach sailing, coach, or comfortably enjoy sailboat cruising.



Brian Sparks - Positive Impact Golf artwork Positive Impact Golf
Brian Sparks
Genre: Golf
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: July 30, 2010
Publisher: Positive Impact Golf
Seller: Ingram DV LLC

This is the golf book anyone who plays the game must read. It will declutter your mind and free you to develop your own potential at whatever level you play, weekend amateur through to young aspiring tour player. Brian Sparks, a British PGA Pro since 1967, helps you to demystify all of the standard golfing jargon and show you how easily you can swing a golf club and hit a ball. This book is the natural antidote to the over-complex, mechanical way that most golf teachers now think you need to be able to improve. Scientific research now proves that this is not the way we learn. After showing you the power of traditional misconceptions about the golf swing Brian goes on to give you simple advice about how to cope with the bad shots this game will always throw your way. It is easy to understand and will prove to be the best purchase you ever made for your game. Although essential reading for all golfers it is particularly valid for women and for any man in the senior division. For you, it will take a lot of the unnecessary effort away from your game and leave you able to play 18 holes and go on to play another 9 with a smile on your face!



Jonathan Adler - Golf Psychology: When Positive Thinking Doesn't Work artwork Golf Psychology: When Positive Thinking Doesn't Work
Jonathan Adler
Genre: Golf
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: February 14, 2013
Publisher: Jonathan Adler
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

In this book there are practical exercises, psychological ideas and interesting stories to help you to; •Play your best golf when it matters •Stop getting so frustrated when you play •Develop a calm and equanimous mind •Understand how anxiety affects your game •Improve your concentration •Stop doubting your ability •Develop trust and confidence •Discover how you get in your own way •Strike the ball like you do in practice •Overcome anxiety •Chip it stiff •Develop confidence and feel on the putting green •Learn to concentrate under pressure What do you do when positive thinking stops working? Really, I’m serious. If you have ever tried being really positive while playing golf, you may have experienced some success but what do you do when you start playing poorly? It is very hard to keep positive when you have no idea where the ball is going. I tried the positive thinking route myself and when things got tough the only explanation for my poor performance was that I was not being positive enough. There had to be more to it than that I thought, so I went about trying to discover the truth about how our mind gets in the way of good performance. What I found changed the way I played and coached golfers forever. What I am going to share with you has the ability to do the same for your game. You have the opportunity to really understand what is causing your golf to be erratic. You can stop riding the roller coaster of emotions, from frustration to disbelief and back, and develop a way of thinking and playing that provides you with a calm confidence in your ability to play to your potential. By adopting this new way of practicing and playing you can find another level of performance that is not defined by your past levels but reaches new heights. Calm and confident, focused and enjoyable golf. I am sharing my techniques with you having practiced them with golfers of all abilities for the last ten years. While it must be stressed that these techniques will not appeal to everyone, the benefits of their use are universal and you need only bring an open mind, patience and persistence and you are bound to get good results. I have worked with amateurs who have struggled with the yips and the shanks and helped them overcome them using these techniques. I have worked with professionals who were not making their fair share of putts and they have turned their putting around to go on and win repeatedly. For the long game and the short game these techniques help you to overcome your doubts and play to your potential. The key skill that you will learn to improve is the skill that underpins peak performance in every walk of life, relaxed concentration. Golfers and golf commentators often talk about focusing well and good concentration, but there is little information about how to improve and perfect relaxed concentration, a skill that all agree is a prerequisite for good golf. This is not popular golf psychology. I will not encourage you to sit in a chair, close your eyes & imagine yourself playing really well. If you want the positive thinking route then don’t buy this book. I only deal with reality. In fact it has been said that my techniques are so simple that you actually think much less on the golf course & play better. Does that sound good to you? I am not going to give you 20 free bonuses if you buy today, nor am I going to offer you money back guarantees. There are no guarantees but I promise you that if you are patient & practice these simple exercises with an open mind you will get the benefits. You will also have direct access to me. Call or email me with any questions along the way. Are you ready to uncover your potential?



Michael Rapaport - This Book Has Balls artwork This Book Has Balls
Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash
Michael Rapaport
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: October 24, 2017
Publisher: Atria Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

The sports world according to Michael Rapaport—actor, Top 50 podcaster, award-winning film maker, and sports fanatic—from the greatest and downright worst athletes, players, teams, and jerseys, but minus statistics, analytics, or anything else that isn’t pure hustle in this “hell of a book” (Shaquille O'Neal). In 1979, nine-year-old Michael Rapaport decided he was going to do whatever it took to be a pro baller. He practiced and practiced, but by the time he was fifteen, he realized there was no place for a slow, white Jewish kid in the NBA. So, he found another way to channel his obsession with sports: talking trash. In the “crazy, passionate, funny and intense” (Colin Cowherd) This Book Has Balls , Rapaport uses his signature smack-talk style and in-your-face humor to discuss everything from why LeBron will never be like Mike, that Tiger needs the ladies to get his golf game back, and how he once thought Mary Lou Retton was his true love. And, of course, why next year will be the year the New York Knicks win the championship. This book is a series of rants—some controversial, some affectionate, but all incredibly hilarious. “Something is wrong with Michael Rapaport but that’s what makes him right,” (Charlamagne tha God).



Matt Hart - Win at All Costs artwork Win at All Costs
Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception
Matt Hart
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: October 06, 2020
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

"After years of rumors and speculation, Matt Hart sets out to peel back the layers of secrecy that protected the most powerful coach in running. What he finds will leave you indignant—and wondering whether anything in the high-stakes world of Olympic sport has truly changed." —Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Endure Game of Shadows meets Shoe Dog in this explosive behind-the-scenes look that reveals for the first time the unsettling details of Nike's secret running program—the Nike Oregon Project. In May 2017, journalist Matt Hart received a USB drive containing a single file—a 4.7-megabyte PDF named “Tic Toc, Tic Toc. . . .” He quickly realized he was in possession of a stolen report prepared a year earlier by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for the Texas Medical Board, part of an investigation into legendary running coach Alberto Salazar, a Houston-based endocrinologist named Dr. Jeffrey Brown, and cheating by Nike-sponsored runners, including some of the world’s best athletes. The information Hart received was part of an unfolding story of deception which began when Steve Magness, an assistant to Salazar, broke the omertà—the Mafia-like code of silence about performance-enhancing drugs among those involved—and alerted USADA. He was soon followed by Olympians Adam and Kara Goucher who risked their careers to become whistleblowers on their former Nike running family in Beaverton, Oregon. Combining sports drama and business exposé, Win at All Costs tells the full story of Nike’s running program, uncovering a corporate win-at-all-costs culture.



Manuel de la Torre - Understanding the Golf Swing artwork Understanding the Golf Swing
Today's Leading Proponents of Ernest Jones' Swing Principles Presents a Complete System for Better Golf
Manuel de la Torre
Genre: Golf
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: September 17, 2008
Publisher: Skyhorse
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

For the first time in paperback, this modern classic of golf instruction by renowned teacher Manuel de la Torre (the 1986 PGA Teacher of the Year and the #11 teacher in America as ranked by the editors of Golf Digest in 2007) presents a simpler approach to the golf swing based on Ernest Jones’ principles. Understanding the Golf Swing includes information on the philosophy of the golf swing (with emphasis on the development of a true swinging motion), the most thorough analysis of ball flights available, and analysis of the principles of special shot play (including sand play, pitching, chipping, putting, and playing unusual shots) and the mental side of golf and effective course management. The final chapter offers an organized approach to understanding golf courses and playing conditions. The result is a blend of philosophy and practical advice found in few golf instructional books. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, is proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. In addition to books on popular team sports, we also publish books for a wide variety of athletes and sports enthusiasts, including books on running, cycling, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, martial arts, golf, camping, hiking, aviation, boating, and so much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.



Owen Eastwood - Belonging artwork Belonging
The Ancient Code of Togetherness
Owen Eastwood
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: May 27, 2021
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Whakapapa . You belong here. Whakapapa is a Maori idea which embodies our universal human need to belong. It represents a powerful spiritual belief - that each of us is part of an unbroken and unbreakable chain of people who share a sacred identity and culture. Owen Eastwood places this concept at the core of his methods to maximise a team's performance. In this book he reveals, for the first time, the ethos that has made him one of the most in-demand Performance Coaches in the world. In Belonging , Owen weaves together insights from homo sapiens' evolutionary story and ancestral wisdom. He shines a light on where these powerful ideas are applied around our world in high-performing settings encompassing sport, business, the arts and military. Aspects of Owen's unique approach include: finding your identity story; defining a shared purpose; visioning future success; sharing ownership with others; understanding the 'silent dance' that plays out in groups; setting the conditions to unleash talent; and converting our diversity into a competitive advantage.



Sven Donaldson - Basic Sailing Skills artwork Basic Sailing Skills
Sven Donaldson
Genre: Sports & Outdoors
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1974
Publisher: Sail Canada
Seller: Sail Canada / Voile Canada

Basic Sailing Skills is a perfect manual to help anyone starting out in learning to sail. The original Basic Sailing Skills was written in 1974 by Don Giffin, an active instructor, Albacore racing competitor and dedicated volunteer. Over the next seventeen years it was used extensively by over 30,000 sailors as they were introduced to the jargon and theory of sailing. In 1990 the Learn to Sail Committee of the Canadian Yachting Association decided to have Basic Sailing Skills rewritten to reflect changes which had taken place with national sail training standards over time. Sven Donaldson, a Vancouver based sailing writer, was commissioned by the Canadian Yachting Association to write this next version of Basic Sailing Skills. Sven has two other sailing books to his credit (A Sailors Guide to Sails and the New Sail Theory) as well as many articles in Pacific Yachting Magazine, Sail, and Cruising World. In Basic Sailing Skills, Sven has simplified terminology so the reader gets a hands on appreciation of the enjoyment of sailing. Cedric Burgers, formerly a CYA senior sailing instructor and University of British Columbia architecture student from Vancouver drew the illustrations. The illustrations provide a level of detail rarely shown in other sailing instructional books. The sequence of drawings for the step progression of skills should make it easier for anyone learning to tack or gybe.



Michael Phelps, Brian Cazeneuve & Bob Costas - Beneath the Surface artwork Beneath the Surface
My Story
Michael Phelps, Brian Cazeneuve & Bob Costas
Genre: Water Sports
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: August 14, 2012
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

Prepare to peek into the mind of a champion, known as the most decorated Olympian of all time with 28 medals, including 23 gold, with this newly updated edition of Michael Phelps’s autobiography, Beneath the Surface . In this candid memoir, Phelps talks openly about his battle with attention deficit disorder, the trauma of his parents’ divorce, and the challenges that come with being thrust into the limelight. Readers worldwide will relive all the heart-stopping glory as Phelps completes his journey from the youngest man to ever set a world swimming record in 2001, to an Olympic powerhouse in 2008, to surpassing the greatest athlete of ancient Greece, Leonidas of Rhodes, with 13 triumphs in 2016. Athletes and fans alike will be fascinated by insights into Phelps’s training, mental preparation, and behind-the-scenes perspective on international athletic competitions. A chronicle of Phelps’s evolution from awkward teenager to record-breaking powerhouse, Beneath the Surface is a must-read for any sports fan.