Surviving the Extremes | A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance

Author Kenneth Kamler Description Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth’s surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them?Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked […]

Toughness | Developing True Strength On and Off the Court

Author Jay Bilas Description ESPN basketball analyst and former Duke player Jay Bilas looks at the true meaning of toughness in this New York Times bestselling book that features stories from basketball legends.If anyone knows tough, it’s Jay Bilas. A four-year starter at Duke, he learned a strong work ethic under Coach Mike Krzyzewski. After […]

Unbreakable

Author Jelena Dokic Description This is a story of Jelena Dokic’s survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell.Jelena was a prodigious talent, heralded as Australia’s greatest tennis […]

What Doesn’t Kill Us | How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

Author Scott Carney Description What Doesn’t Kill Us, a New York Times bestseller, traces our evolutionary journey back to a time when survival depended on how well we adapted to the environment around us. Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, and oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats […]

Legacy

Author James Kerr Description When the going gets tough, the tough start changing.Difficult times call for different solutions.In his global bestseller, Legacy, James Kerr goes deep into the heart of the world’s most successful team, the New Zealand All Blacks, to help understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity and still reach the […]

Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Organizations (4th ed.) | A Multilevel Perspective

Author George B. Cunningham Description Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which people differ—including race, gender, age, mental and physical ability, appearance, religion, sexual orientation, and social class—and the importance of these differences for sport organizations. It offers strategies for managing diversity in work and […]

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book | Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf

Author Harvey Penick Description The twentieth anniversary edition of this classic work—the bestselling golf instruction book of all time and hailed as “the golfer’s equivalent of The Elements of Style” (The New York Times)—includes a new introduction by a prominent golfer, twenty new illustrations, and never-before-published materials from the Penick family archives.The most beloved golf […]

80/20 Running | Run Stronger and Race Faster By Training Slower

Author Matt Fitzgerald Description TRAIN EASIER TO RUN FASTERThis revolutionary training method has been embraced by elite runners—with extraordinary results—and now you can do it, too.Respected running and fitness expert Matt Fitzgerald explains how the 80/20 running program—in which you do 80 percent of runs at a lower intensity and just 20 percent at a […]

The Meaning Of Sports

Author Michael Mandelbaum Description In The Meaning of Sports, Michael Mandelbaum, a sports fan who is also one of the nation’s preeminent foreign policy thinkers, examines America’s century-long love affair with team sports. In keeping with his reputation for writing about big ideas in an illuminating and graceful way, he shows how sports respond to […]

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