Product Description: NATIONAL BESTSELLER   Veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this twenty-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves. Stan Musial is the definitive portrait of one of the game’s best-loved but most unappreciated legends—told through the remembrances of those who played beside, worked with, and covered “Stan the Man” over the course of his nearly seventy years in the national spotlight...read more

One of the great bards of America's Grand Old Game gives a rousing account of baseball, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day. Vecsey casts a fresh eye on the sport, illuminates its foibles and triumphs, and makes a classic story seem refreshingly new. This book is a narrative of America's can-do spirit, in which stalwart immigrants could transplant cricket and rounders in the fertile American culture and die-hard unionist players could later become the tightfisted avatars of the game's big-money establishment. It's a celebration of champions and underdogs. But most of all, it is a testament to the unbreakable bond between our nation's pastime and the fans, who've remained loyal through the fifty-year-long interdict on black athletes, the Black Sox scandal, franchise relocation, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs by some major stars.--From publisher description.Blends insights and anecdotes into a detailed history of baseball, capturing the iconic events, players, and games, as well as the sport's integral role in American history, culture, and society, from the Civil War era to the big business and drug scandals of the present day.

One of the great photographers of the human form turns his camera lens toward athletes from a variety of sports fields, capturing spectacular images of Alonzo Mourning, Alan Houston, Stephon Marbury, and many others.

Celebrates the baseball season of the New York Mets and the New York Yankees including the playoffs and focusing on the 2000 Subway Series.

Product Description: Every volt of the 2000 Subway Series will be captured within the pages of this book. With a look at the distinguished history of the event, from Ruth to Gehrig to Robinson and Newcombe to DiMaggio and Mantle; an overview of how the teams got to the 2000 Series; and a detailed account of the World Series itself...read more

In a New York Times best-seller, the popular country western singer recounts her turbulent, painful marriage to singer Keith Whitley, as well as her love affairs with quarterback Troy Aikman and Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. Reprint.

The famed Chinese activist who made headlines in 1995 when he was accused by the Chinese government of being a spy traces his courageous efforts to return to China to expose its labor camps and other human rights abuses. Reprint.

Product Description: To her millions of fans around the world she is beautiful, blond, and talented. A multifaceted performer whose music strikes a chord of truth. A loving wife and mother whose traditional values and tremendous faith touch the heart...read more

Product Description: A Cy Young Award-Winner recounts his greatest victory

Offers excerpts from the country music star's autobiography

Chronicles the experiences during one year of a sportswriter for the 'New York Times,' during which he covered everything from amateur boxing to the Super Bowl

Depicts the personal life of Martina Navratilova and describes her struggle to achieve success as a tennis player

Recounts the highlights of the first twenty Super Bowl games, describes the festivities connected with the game, and lists individual and team statistics

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