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Monday, November 29, 2010

Tales from the 5th Street Gym: Ali, the Dundees, and Miami's Golden Age of Boxing

Presents the history of the Miami boxing gym which during the 1950s and 1960s provided training for three champion fighters, Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, and Sugar Ray Leonard, as well as other notable boxers and was frequented by sport, music, and Hollywood celebrities.

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Field of Screams: Haunted Tales from the Baseball Diamond, the Locker Room, and Beyond

Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Field of Screems combines both in this fun and freaky collection of otherworldly yarns. From the authors of the successful Haunted Baseball, this is an all-new collection of more, scarier, creepier stories collected from ballplayers, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office people, and fans, exploring the sometimes amusing and often spooky connection between baseball and the paranormal. 

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Winning Craps for the Serious Player

Updated and revised, this is the “bible” for both beginning and serious craps players—in essence, a complete course on how to play and win at craps. Readers learn how and when bets can be placed, the chances of these bets winning, and the odds and payoffs involved. More than 100 pages alone are dedicated to winning strategies for every type of player—conservative, aggressive and super-aggressive—as well as how to bet with and against the dice and for games offering one, two, three and even ten times odds! Packed with tables, charts, examples, anecdotes and insider tips on every aspect of winning

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley


Minus 148 is one of the few true classics in the literature of mountaineering. It richly deserves a republication that will bring it a whole new generation of readers, hungry young climbers and armchair graybeards alike. It is an honor to salute the book's reappearance, and a pleasure to wish it well.

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