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Product Description: In Unplayable Lies, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of the links as only he can do it. Here, Dan delves into the greatest rounds of golf he's ever seen, the funniest things said on a golf course, the rivalries on tour and in the press box, the game's most magical moments—and its most absurd...read more

Hardcover:

9780385539753 | Doubleday, March 17, 2015, cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9781101873076 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, April 5, 2016), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: In Unplayable Lies, Dan Jenkins takes us on a tour of the links as only he can do it.

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9781622316489 | Unabridged edition (Highbridge Co, March 17, 2015), cover price $29.99

By Gerald Batchelor and E. W. Mitchell (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781408182611 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, July 9, 2013, cover price $9.99

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Product Description: This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as those who have established themselves as aficionados through their writing or commentary all offer their stories from both on and off the course...read more
By Julie Ganz (editor)

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9781620875704 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, June 1, 2013, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf.

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Product Description: From the Links is a golf hall of fame, shame and the arcane. Collected in this handsome volume are more than a hundred of golf's greatest moments - from the famous to the long forgotten; from the links of Scotland in the 1800s to the 1938 US Open; from the 1954 US Women's Open to the 2010 Masters, and even to the little known Martini Invitational in 1971 - and starring the giants of the game down to the struggling pros and amateurs...read more

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9781849545150 | Gardners Books, April 4, 2013, cover price $21.65 | About this edition: From the Links is a golf hall of fame, shame and the arcane.
9780762782932 | Lyons Pr, November 6, 2012, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: It’s a golf hall of fame, shame, and arcane.

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Product Description: Whether readers are relatively new to the game of golf or old hands with impressive handicaps, most golfers share an unbridled enthusiasm for the game as proven by the blockbuster success of the first Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul...read more

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9781623611088, titled "Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul: The 2nd Round: More Stories of Insight, Inspiration and Laughter on the Links" | Simon & Schuster, October 2, 2012, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Whether readers are relatively new to the game of golf or old hands with impressive handicaps, most golfers share an unbridled enthusiasm for the game as proven by the blockbuster success of the first Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul.

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By Jeff Silverman (editor)

Hardcover:

9781616083816 | 1 edition (Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, April 12, 2012), cover price $16.95

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Product Description: Everybody loves a celebration, and golfers are no exception. It has long been a tradition after a round of golf to gather together and celebrate a win or merely enjoy the company of friends, new and old, with a second round at “the 19th hole,” a slang term used in golf that refers to a pub, bar, or restaurant on or near the golf course...read more

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9781616086411 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, December 1, 2011, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Everybody loves a celebration, and golfers are no exception.

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Product Description: Pinehurst, a pinpoint on the map of North Carolina, is a 100-year-old course beloved by all true golf fans. In Pinehurst, golf is more than a game; it’s a way of life. In Tales From Pinehurst, readers will experience historical tales and lore from those that have witnessed the growth of one of golf’s most endearing playing ?elds—from the infamous Donald Ross creation No...read more

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9781613210437 | Reprint edition (Perseus Distribution Services, April 1, 2012), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Pinehurst, a pinpoint on the map of North Carolina, is a 100-year-old course beloved by all true golf fans.
9781582615516 | Sports Pub, April 1, 2004, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Certain places in the American sports lanscape have an immediate impression on our awareness as sports fans.

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Product Description: Based on the common aphorism that golf is a microcosm of life, this is a collection of 50 valuable lessons that great golfers have learned from the game, including perseverance, courage, perspective, patience, and self-belief. Presenting morals that apply to all people—golfers and nongolfers alike—in their daily lives, this compilation draws from legends of the sport and their noteworthy matches such as Arnold Palmer at the 1960 U...read more

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9780522858495 | Melbourne Univ Pr, October 1, 2011, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Based on the common aphorism that golf is a microcosm of life, this is a collection of 50 valuable lessons that great golfers have learned from the game, including perseverance, courage, perspective, patience, and self-belief.

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Product Description: When Steve Friedman was a child growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, the game of golf was, to him, mysterious and dark. His father’s passion for it caused friction in his marriage and eluded the interest of his youngest son, who was devoted instead to basketball...read more

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9781605291253 | Rodale Pr, May 10, 2011, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: When Steve Friedman was a child growing up in the suburbs of St.

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Product Description: David Feherty, ex-pro golfer and current commentator at NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, delivers a laugh-out-loud funny and totally uncensored collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up golfers everywhere.   Have you ever wondered where the weaknesses are in Tiger's game? Or what would happen if there were PGA Tour cheerleaders? Or how Old Tom Morris would play if he came back from the dead? In The Power of Positive Idiocy, readers will be treated to Feherty's answers to these questions, as well as his distinctive commentary on aging, Texas, the Irish, parenting, addiction, Charles Barkley, and, of course, every pro golfer and golfing situation you can imagine...read more

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9780767932318 | Anchor Books, May 3, 2011, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: David Feherty, ex-pro golfer and current commentator at NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, delivers a laugh-out-loud funny and totally uncensored collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up golfers everywhere.

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Product Description: This must-have book presents the ultimate fantasy golf course! From hole 1 to hole 18, celebrated golfers discuss legendary golf holes and what makes them extraordinary. Golf greats Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Amy Alcott, Tom Weiskopf, and others share their experiences of these memorable holes, making this the perfect gift for armchair golfers...read more

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9781416205807 | Sellers Pub Inc, October 12, 2010, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This must-have book presents the ultimate fantasy golf course!

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Product Description: A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf's best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game - birdies, bunkers and all! Read hilarious stories covering everything from caddies to the clubhouse by the game's all-time great characters, including Peter Alliss, Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Sam Torrance and Ian Woosnam...read more
By John Ireland (illustrator) and Barry Johnston (compiler)

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9780340919354 | Hodder & Stoughton, August 1, 2010, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf's best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game - birdies, bunkers and all!

Paperback:

9780340919361 | Hodder & Stoughton, December 1, 2010, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A bumper bag of humorous anecdotes and amusing tales from golf's best-loved personalities that proves golf is a funny old game - birdies, bunkers and all!

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Product Description: Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. He has been reporting on golf for more than thirty years, and this is a collection of Rubenstein’s best and favourite pieces from 1993 to 2008, selected from thousands of newspaper, magazine, and Internet articles...read more

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9780771078583 | McClelland & Stewart Ltd, March 30, 2010, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Lorne Rubenstein is the preeminent figure in the world of Canadian golf journalism and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.

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Hardcover:

9780811863599, titled "Straight Down The Middle: Shivas Irons, Bagger Vance, and How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Golf Swing" | 1 edition (Chronicle Books Llc, February 17, 2010), cover price $23.95

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Product Description: The world of golf is rife with unexplainable happenings that seemingly defy the rules of gravity and logic: There are those badly hit shots last seen disappearing into a grove of trees, only to be rediscovered on the putting green...read more
By Peter Oosterhuis (foreword by)

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9780762750702 | 1 edition (Lyons Pr, April 14, 2009), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The world of golf is rife with unexplainable happenings that seemingly defy the rules of gravity and logic: There are those badly hit shots last seen disappearing into a grove of trees, only to be rediscovered on the putting green.

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