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Once the upstart reference for fans, Total Baseball, now in its sixth edition, has
evolved into the official encyclopedia of Major League Baseball. It's not hard to see why.
Like its older cousin, the Baseball
Encyclopedia, it is a mammoth volume...Read more
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Filmed in the IMAX format, this film had the luck (or lack thereof) to be shot during the
same fateful and fatal climb of Mount Everest chronicled in Jon Krakauer's book, Into Thin
Air, in which a group of rich hobby climbers found themselves trapped...Read more
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The Wave, Leatherman's premier multipurpose
tool, offers more features and greater comfort in use than any of the tools in the
Leatherman line. The four external blades--the serrated and clip-point knives, saw, and
diamond-coated file--can be...Read more
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"To avoid creepy things that sting or bite, don't poke around in dark places.
Duh." On Foot: A Journal for Walkers, Hikers, and Trekkers is essential for
all avid wanderers. Small and sturdy, whimsically illustrated, brimming with sage and
witty...Read more
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Analyzing the legend and lore of golf's most celebrated tournament has become something of
a cottage industry of late, but Owen, who displayed his personal golfing affections,
frustrations, and obsessions so marvelously in My Usual Game,
now goes...Read more
Whether you're off to a sporting event or
hiking in the outdoors, the right pair of binoculars is essential. With their ergonomic,
weatherproof design of sturdy, black rubber, the Minolta 10x25 Pocket Binoculars are
perfect for almost any situation....Read more
The New York Times, Christopher
Lehmann-Haupt
...the book's prose makes you see the special greenness of English foliage and feel the
gentle current of its streams.... [a] beguiling volume... Read more
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Lloyd Johnson descends into the dusty catacombs of baseball's archives and emerges with a
multitude of first-time happenings--some obvious, some not, and some simply surprising.
Running from the sacred to the arcane, they range from categories like...Read more
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A religious shrine or a giant pinball machine? Museum or amusement park? Historical or
hysterical? These are just some of the puzzlers posed by Boston Globe columnist Dan
Shaugnessy in this lovely homage to the second oldest, single most complex...Read more
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As much a force of nature in sporting pursuits as John Grisham is on lawyers or Steven
King is on the weird, the dauntingly prolific John Feinstein once again steps up to take a
swing at golf. While A Good Walk
Spoiled chronicles the pressures and...Read more
Amazon.com World Mountaineering reaches a new summit. Organized by continent, this splendid,
large-format climbing guide features 52 of the world's most spectacular mountains and
their climbs, stepping far beyond the mere map-and-route delineations that define...Read more
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You'd think there wouldn't be much left to say about a living icon like Muhammad Ali, yet
David Remnick imbues King of the World with all the freshness and vitality this
legendary fighter displayed in his prime. Beginning with the pre-Ali days of...Read more
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One of baseball's most outspoken and articulate voices in the booth, Tim McCarver isn't
one to mince words in print either. "The year 1998 wasn't just the greatest in
baseball history," he states emphatically in The Perfect Season, "it was
the...Read more
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Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, Endurance
by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art that chronicles
"one of the greatest epics of survival in the annals of...Read more
Distant
Waters
by R. Valentine Atkinson(Editor), Valentine Atkinson (Photographer)
Amazon.com Distant Waters is a big, beautiful, full-color tour of the world's greatest places
to cast a fly, narrated by some of fly-fishing's best writers, including Nick
Lyons, Thomas
McGuane, and Russell
Chatham. Wade the saltwater flats of Christmas Island...Read more
Sports
and Outdoors Editor's Recommended Book
If the subtitle of this delicious collection of Yogi-isms has you scratching your head, it
has done its job as stunningly as Berra used to do his behind the plate at Yankee Stadium.
The Hall of Fame MVP catcher for the pinstriped dynasties of the...Read more
