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What's New in Sports? June 2019
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Cast Off - Everything Sailing
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Berserk : my voyage to the Antarctic in a twenty-seven-foot sailboat
by David Mercy
A funny, sometimes harrowing tale of a trip across the Roaring Forties from Tierra del Fuego to Antarctica retraces the voyage made by the author, a young Argentine who had just left his wife of one week, and a Norwegian sailor to the most dangerous destination on earth.
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Swell : a sailing surfer's voyage of awakening
by Liz Clark
In 2006, Liz Clark decided to follow the path that surfing, sailing and love of the ocean had presented to her. Embarking on an adventure that most only dream of taking, she set sail from Santa Barbara, solo, headed to the South Pacific. In stories overflowing with epic waves and at the whim of the weather, Liz captures her voyage in gripping detail, telling tales of self awareness, solitude, connection to the earth, and really great surf spots. More than 10 years, 20,000 miles, countless adventures, and one cat later, she's still out there.
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A voyage for madmen
by Peter Nichols
A compelling chronicle of courage and adventure at sea follows nine sailors on their historic 1968 attempt to sail around the globe non-stop--a voyage that would result in madness, failure, and death for all but one.
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The strange last voyage of Donald Crowhurst
by Nicholas Tomalin
Reconstructs the failed voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who entered his own untested trimaran design in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in early 1968. Through Crowhurst's logs and diaries the world learned that, although he had radioed messages from his supposed round-the-world course, he had in fact never left the Altlantic.
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Smokin' Joe : The Life of Joe Frazier
by Mark Kram
A gripping, all-access biography of Joe Frazier, whose rivalry with Muhammad Ali riveted boxing fans and whose legacy as a figure in American sports and society endures.
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Rough Magic : Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
by Lara Prior-Palmer
The author describes her experience participating in and winning, as the youngest and first-ever female, the Mongol Derby which pits riders against each other while racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1,000 miles of Mongolian grasslands.
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Play hungry : the making of a baseball player
by Pete Rose
A personal account by the iconic but controversial baseball athlete shares firsthand insights into the role of his father in his successes, the most memorable moments from his career and the scandal that resulted in his lifetime ban.
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