General Sports
BLACK BALL: KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, SPENCER HAYWOOD, AND THE GENERATION THAT SAVED THE SOUL OF THE NBA
Written by Runstedtler, Theresa
A vital narrative history of 1970s pro basketball, and the Black players who shaped the NBA Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation's imagined descent into disorder.
1998 YANKEES: THE INSIDE STORY OF THE GREATEST BASEBALL TEAM EVER
Written by Curry, Jack
Discover the inside story of the Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from a reporter who was there for the team's 125 wins. The visiting clubhouse in San Diego was soggy, sweaty and sticky after the 1998 Yankees swept the Padres in four games and celebrated winning their 24th World Series title.
BASEBALL 100
Written by Posnanski, Joe
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year "An instant sports classic." --New York Post * "Stellar." --The Wall Street Journal * "A true masterwork...880 pages of sheer baseball bliss." --BookPage (starred review) * "This is a remarkable achievement." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
BALL IN THE AIR: A GOLFING ADVENTURE
Written by Bamberger, Michael
After a lifetime of writing about the professional sport, Michael Bamberger, "the poet laureate of golf" (GOLF magazine), delivers an exhilarating love letter to the amateur game as it's played--and lived--by the rest of us. Over Michael Bamberger's celebrated writing career, he has written a handful of books and hundreds of Sports Illustrated stories about professional go
LEBRON
Written by Benedict, Jeff
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods comes the definitive biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews. LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century, and he's in the conversation with Michael Jordan as the greatest of all
COMPLETE HORSE RIDING MANUAL
Written by Micklem, William
Learn all there is to know about horse riding, from horse care and show jumping to mastering dressage.
AGE OF FOOTBALL: SOCCER AND THE 21ST CENTURY
Written by Goldblatt, David
The Age of Football proves that whether you call it football or soccer, you can't make sense of the modern world without understanding its most popular sport.
BARCELONA COMPLEX: LIONEL MESSI AND THE MAKING--AND UNMAKING--OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SOCCER CLUB
Written by Kuper, Simon
With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world--and how that era is now ending FC Barcelona is not just the world's highest grossing sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organizations on the plane
REMARKABLE FOOTBALL GROUNDS
Written by Herman, Ryan
Remarkable Football Grounds is a collection of some of the most memorable places to watch and play football around the world. They range from the stellar stadiums of the Premier League to windswept islands in the Scottish Hebrides or the far-flung Pacific, including stadia that resemble flying saucers, a crocodile and an armadillo!
RED ON RED: LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER UNITED AND THE FIERCEST RIVALRY IN WORLD FOOTBALL
Written by White, Jim
The untold story of the most contested fixture in world football 'A must read.' Henry Winter 'Superb.' Daniel Taylor