Travel World guide

Belongs on the bookshelf of every cruising vessel Blue Water Sailing If you are serious about that extended voyage, read ‘The Voyager’s Handbook’ Sailing In her own journey, Beth Leonard has become not only a wonderful sailor, but also a fine teacher Cruising World Required reading. Beth Leonard is a fresh and authoritative voice SAIL ‘This book will help you manage your life afloat… offering in-depth technical information based on real-life experience covering everything from finding equipment, to selecting crew members, finance, passage planning, heavy weather sailing and mid-ocean repairs.’ Yachting Monthly (October 2007) –This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

“When other boats scurry back to their berths just ahead of the setting sun you want to keep sailing. You want your tracks to be the only ones on a perfect sand beach of a deserted tropical island. You want to see the green flahs, taste coconut milk from the husk, watch the fish dance at dusk, and share a feast with new friends from other cultures. Perhaps you have cruised for a few months along one of the coasts, for a season in the Caribbean, or for a year in the Atlantic. You probably returned relaxed and contented–full of plans for someday. This book can help you get there. It is written for coastal and limited offshore cruisers who want to make the transition to long-term voyaging. I have tried to capture everything I wish I had known when we set sail that June day.”

–from the Prologue by Beth Leonard

Here’s how to see the world from your boat. More and more people are taking off on their cruising boats for a few months or even a year. After they’ve tasted the cruising life, prepared and equipped their boats, and developed some experience, many cruisers begin to dream of voyaging farther–maybe even an around-the-world voyage.

The Voyager’s Handbook offers specific information for cruisers considering such a vast undertaking. An experienced circumnavigator, author Beth Leonard shows cruisers how to prepare their boat and themselves. She offers complete, up-to-date information on the latest gear and techniques and detaile, hard-earned advice from dozens of experienced sailors, about boats, crew, and costs as well as crucial but easily overlooked aspects of long-distance passagemaking such as health, safety, weather, provisions, fresh water, and foreign port protocol.

With a balanced, down-to-earth approach, The Voyager’s Handbook tells it like it is, for any cruiser considering that voyage of a lifetime.

Belongs on the bookshelf of every cruising vessel Blue Water Sailing If you are serious about that extended voyage, read ‘The Voyager’s Handbook’ Sailing In her own journey, Beth Leonard has become not only a wonderful sailor, but also a fine teacher Cruising World Required reading. Beth Leonard is a fresh and authoritative voice SAIL ‘This book will help you manage your life afloat… offering in-depth technical information based on real-life experience covering everything from finding equipment, to selecting crew members, finance, passage planning, heavy weather sailing and mid-ocean repairs.’ Yachting Monthly –This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

The Voyager’s Handbook: The Essential Guide to Blue Water Cruising

World Cruising Routes: Sixth Edition

‘By the time a book reaches it’s sixth edition you can be pretty sure it’s worth buying’ Sailing Today (November 2008) ‘Jimmy Cornell’s ‘World Cruising Routes’ has been my principle source for planning my circumnavigation and weather routing. It simply told me when I can safely be in any ocean of the world and for how long.’ Mike Harker, circumnavigator on ‘Wanderlust’ ‘Jimmy Cornell is without a doubt a foremost authority on world cruising … Cornell’s new book is the perfect companion for World Cruising Routes and like Cornell’s guidebook to the world’s oceans, World Cruising Destinations is sure to become a well-worn classic’ John Snyder, Ocean Navigator Online, (March 2011) –This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Find your way around the globe with expert advice

World Cruising Routes covers more than 1,000 sailing routes through the worlds oceans with descriptions of winds, currents and weather, chart recommendations, GPS waypoints, entry ports, navigational hazards, and more. This book is updated with information gathered from the authors website, noonsite.com, as well as from his recent circumnavigation.

World Cruising Routes: Sixth Edition

“At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.” Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early ’70s, sets its tone. What follows only gets better, deeper, more sentimental, and more bittersweet. The team, of course, is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience. It is the rare sports book that cannot be contained by the limitations of its genre; it is equal parts journalism, memoir, social history, and poetry. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

“To writer Roger Kahn, the old Brooklyn Dodgers National League baseball team is a forever a priceless violin and he is the bow which must play upon it. This isn’t a book; it’s a love affair between a man, his team, and an era.” — Christian Science Monitor

“A work of high purpose and poetic accomplishment. The finest American book on sports. I commend it without qualification.” — James Michener

“Kahn’s book is marvelous…a splendid historical work. It is about youthful dreams in small American towns and big cities decades ago, and how some of these dreams where fulfilled, and about what happened to those dreamers after reality and old age arrived. It is also a book about ourselves, those of us who shared and identified with the dreams and glories of our heroes.” — Gay Talese

“Roger Kahn has achieved the near impossible in his The Boys of Summer by writing two splendid books in one, neither of which, strangely enough, is a sports book although baseball is the central theme of both. To Mr. Kahn, ‘people’ is the name of the game, and it’s a game he plays with brilliance, insight and thoughtfulness. To say that I ‘enjoyed’ the book is to say that winning a World Championship is ‘interesting’, owing a derby winner ‘nice’, and starring in the Super Bowl ‘fun’.” — Bill Veeck

“What most people look for in a book is a good story. Roger Kahn gives us about fifteen of them woven into one coherent narrative that is moving and funny and sentimental (about people and things that merit sentiment) and cynical (about those that don’t).” — Ring Lardner, Jr. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the color barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book about America, about fathers and sons, prejudice and courage, triumph and disaster, and told with warmth, humor, wit, candor, and love.

“At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.” Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early ’70s, sets its tone. What follows only gets better, deeper, more sentimental, and more bittersweet. The team, of course, is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience. It is the rare sports book that cannot be contained by the limitations of its genre; it is equal parts journalism, memoir, social history, and poetry. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Boys of Summer

Ball Four

As a player, former hurler Jim Bouton did nothing half-way; he threw so hard he’d lose his cap on almost every pitch. In the early ’70s, he tossed off one of the funniest, most revealing, insider’s takes on baseball life in Ball Four, his diary of the season he tried to pitch his way back from oblivion on the strength of a knuckler. The real curve, though, is Bouton’s honesty. He carves humans out of heroes, and shines a light into the game’s corners. A quarter century later, Bouton’s unique baseball voice can still bring the heat.

Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton.

When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and “social leper.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And serious critics called it an important social document. Today, Jim Bouton is still not invited to Oldtimer’s Days at Yankee Stadium. But his landmark book is still being read by people who don’tordinarily follow baseball.

Ball Four

*Starred Review* Most of the memoirs written about golf trips to Scotland generate in the reader as much envy as pleasure. Canadian golf writer Rubenstein’s trip to Dornoch in the Scottish Highlands certainly inspires envy, but his quietly evocative prose forces us to focus on the charms of the place rather than the melancholy fact that he was there and we weren’t. Because of its isolation in the far north of Scotland, Royal Dornoch Golf Club remains relatively free of the hordes of American tourists who clog the fairways on St. Andrews’ Old Course. That may change after enough golfers read Rubenstein’s account of spending an entire summer in the village of Dornoch, living above a bookshop, immersing himself in the rhythms of the community, and playing golf both casually (a few holes after dinner) and seriously (trying to qualify for the club’s annual amateur tournament). It is the village life (evocative of the film Local Hero) even more than the golf that imbues this memoir with its seductive tranquility–that elusive quality we search for but rarely find in either our daily lives or our vacations. Whether Rubenstein is recounting fascinating bits of Highlands history or offering vivid character sketches of Dornoch natives, the prose breathes a kind of atmospheric calm that works on the reader like a mild summer breeze. Golfers interested only in assaulting the great courses of Scotland with their titanium drivers won’t respond to this book at all, but for those who would rather play a quiet hole or two in the twilight, Rubenstein opens the door to a linksland version of Brigadoon. Bill Ott
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James Dodson author of Final Rounds The wee sea-blown village of Dornoch is a special, if somewhat cloistered, holy place of golf that is known by many but probably truly understood by only a few. With A Season in Dornoch, Lorne Rubenstein, one of golf’s gifted modern writers, has done every fan of the game a great and entertaining service by taking us with him on a magical mystery tour of Royal Dornoch’s surprising history and rich social lore, revealing far more than the area’s soulful landscape and unforgettable local characters. Part sporting travelogue, part memoir of a summer magnificently spent, this tale of discovery will linger in the mind of any lover of the auld sod long after it’s finished — taken down and savored, winter after winter (at least by me) for years to come. — Review

The town of Dornoch, Scotland, lies at nearly the same latitude as Juneau, Alaska. A bit too far removed for the taste of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club has never hosted a British Open, but that has hardly diminished its mystique or its renown. In an influential piece for “The New Yorker” in 1964, Herbert Warren Wind wrote, “It is the most natural course in the world. No golfer has completed his education until he has played and studied Royal Dornoch.”

If any town in the world deserves to be described as “the village of golf,” it’s Dornoch. You can take the legendary links away from St. Andrews, and you’ll still have a charming and beautiful university town with great historic significance; take the links away from Dornoch and it would be as little noted or known as its neighbors Golspie, Tain, and Brora. (The town is forty miles north of Inverness, generally thought of as the northernmost outpost of civilization in Scotland.) The game has been played in Dornoch for some four hundred years. Its native son Donald Ross brought the style of the Dornoch links to America, where his legendary, classic courses include Pinehurst #2, Seminole, and Oak Hill.

Lorne Rubenstein decided to spend a summer in Dornoch to clear the muddle from his golfing mind and to rediscover the natural charms of the game he loves. But in the Highlands he found far more than bracing air and challenging greens. He found a people shaped by the harshness of the land and the difficulty of drawing a living from it, and still haunted by a historic wrong inflicted on their ancestors nearly two centuries before. Rubenstein met many people of great thoughtfulness andspirit, eager to share their worldviews, their life stories, and a wee dram or two. And as he explored the empty, rugged landscape, he came to understand the ways in which the thorny, quarrelsome qualities of the game of golf reflect the values, character, and history of the people who brought it into the world.

“A Season in Dornoch” is both the story of one man’s immersion in the game of golf and an exploration of the world from which it emerged. Part travelogue, part portraiture, part good old-fashioned tale of matches played and friendships made, it takes us on an unforgettable journey to a marvelous, moody, mystical place.

James Dodson author of Final Rounds The wee sea-blown village of Dornoch is a special, if somewhat cloistered, holy place of golf that is known by many but probably truly understood by only a few. With A Season in Dornoch, Lorne Rubenstein, one of golf’s gifted modern writers, has done every fan of the game a great and entertaining service by taking us with him on a magical mystery tour of Royal Dornoch’s surprising history and rich social lore, revealing far more than the area’s soulful landscape and unforgettable local characters. Part sporting travelogue, part memoir of a summer magnificently spent, this tale of discovery will linger in the mind of any lover of the auld sod long after it’s finished — taken down and savored, winter after winter for years to come. — Review

A Season in Dornoch : Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands

Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas: A Golfer’s Pilgrimage to the Courses of Ireland

Few men know the golf courses of Scotland and Ireland better than Jim Finegan, and no man writes of them more movingly. On one level this is an indispensable guidebook; on another — in the tradition of Bernard Darwin — it is simply a great read. — George Peper, Editor-in-Chief, Golf Magazine –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Every golfer dreams of making a pilgrimage to the British Isles, to play the exhilarating game to be found on the ground that links land and sea. Increasingly, golfers on this side of the Atlantic have discovered that some of the most magnificent courses in the world — and some of the most beautiful countryside — are to be found not in Scotland, but in its near neighbor, Ireland.

From the opening drive at Lahinch, just thirty miles from your arrival point at Shannon International Airport, to the spectacular dune-framed holes at Ballybunion, Ireland boasts an extraordinary collection of seaside links. Royal Country Down, Royal Portrush, Portmarnock, Portstewart, Waterville and the Island, the European Club and Baltry — any one of these would be reason to cross an ocean, and the concentration of all of them on a land mass smaller than the state of Maine makes for a golfer’s paradise limited only by your budget and your time.

For the tourist or the dreamer, there can be no better guide than James W. Finegan. A passionate advocate and a charming storyteller, Finegan combines a writer’s eye, a historian’s knowledge, and a golfer’s sense of wonder and apprehension to provide an impossibly ambitious grand tour of this beautiful land. In a loop that begins in the West at Lahinch and continues clockwise through both the Republic and Northern Ireland, Finegan covers more than fifty courses, visiting those that have become true shrines of the game, the courses that are well known and respected, and the little-known gems you might otherwise pass right by. He shares the history of the courses, and writes marvelously about the scenic and strategic charms to be found as you play them yourself. And he provides all the information you need to make your arrangements to do just that — because unlike most championship courses in the United States, the great courses of Ireland are available to the public.

In addition to his delightful descriptions of the golf to be found there, Finegan gives us his recommendations for places to stay, ranging from the most modest bed and breakfast to the most magnificent palace — some thirty accommodations in all. He describes the pleasures to be found off the beaten track: the spectacular views from a country road, or the ancient cathedral that’s worth a stop on the way to the first tee. And because all the travel within the country is done by car, he spells out the actual route from town to town and course to course, as he lays out an itinerary that will surely encounter almost all of the fabled “40 shades of green.”

Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas is a book to be read, to be savored, and to be tucked away in your suitcase when you finally undertake the journey of your dreams.

Emerald Fairways and Foam-Flecked Seas: A Golfer’s Pilgrimage to the Courses of Ireland

There is absolutely no better guide for haunted Wisconsin than Linda S. Godfrey. With her smooth journalistic style and her keen sense of what makes a good ghost story, she has the ability to send chills up and down your spine. –Brad Steiger, Author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

Full of atmosphere and foreboding. –William Zinkus, American Road

Linda S. Godfrey lives in Wisconsin and is an author, artist, and researcher of strange subjects, eccentric people, and unknown creatures. Her previous books include Hunting the American Werewolf (978-1-931599-66-1), Weird Wisconsin (978-0-7607-5944-8), and Strange Wisconsin (978-1-931599-85-6), winner of a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher’s 2008 Best Book Awards.

Wisconsin’s leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state, from witches in the Wisconsin Dells to spirits in the State Capitol. Readers will encounter Kenosha’s Headless Nun, the Man Bat of Lacrosse, Rocky the Rock Lake Monster, and John Dillinger’s phantom. They will explore Aztalan’s ancient mounds, the ghostly bars and taverns of Madison and Milwaukee, and the creepy town of Caryville, one of the most haunted places in America.

There is absolutely no better guide for haunted Wisconsin than Linda S. Godfrey. With her smooth journalistic style and her keen sense of what makes a good ghost story, she has the ability to send chills up and down your spine. –Brad Steiger, Author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places

Full of atmosphere and foreboding. –William Zinkus, American Road

Haunted Wisconsin: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Badger State (Haunted (Stackpole)) (Haunted Series)

Monsters of Wisconsin: Mysterious Creatures in the Badger State

Linda S. Godfrey lives in Wisconsin and is an author, artist, and researcher of strange subjects, eccentric people, and unknown creatures. Her previous books include Hunting the American Werewolf (978-1-931599-66-1), Weird Wisconsin (978-0-7607-5944-8), and Strange Wisconsin (978-1-931599-85-6), winner of a bronze medal in the Independent Publisher’s 2008 Best Book Awards.

* Sasquatch in Dairyland
* Rocky of Rock Lake
* Dragons of Green Bay
* Other bizarre creatures, including werewolves, flying lizard men, out-of-place kangaroos, goat men, and lake serpents

Monsters of Wisconsin: Mysterious Creatures in the Badger State

Oliver Dewar was introduced to sailing at an early age. Sailing on his parent’s boat quickly led to dinghy racing and then to handling larger, inshore yachts. Racing with various teams, he competed in events in Europe, North America and Asia sailing a diverse range of boats. In 1998 he entered the professional ocean racing circuit at its highest level with sailing events involving numerous transatlantic races and offshore events all over the world. Dewar has been to many of the world’s emptiest oceans and most remote locations, enabling him to see nature at her most wild and savage and the effect this can have on both men and boats. In 2003, he began to build a career in yachting journalism, as editor of a racing team’s website and a regular contributor to thedailysail.com. He has provided a column for Yachting World magazine and provides web, print and radio commentary for a number of major sailing events. Most recently, he was broadcast news producer for Ellen MacArthur’s team during her successful, round-the-world record attempt. Oliver Dewar is 45 and lives on the Isle of Wight.

The subculture of sailing thrives on adrenaline, with sailors vying to see just how far they can push their boats and crew. Todays competitors have an insatiable desire to smash records and make history, as they conquer treacherous waters and near-impossible weather conditions. And maritime marathons, in which sailors race to circumnavigate the globe, are drawing more and more fearless competitors. This stunning book offers a look at sailings most extreme featsincluding The Americas Cup, the Vende Globe, the Sydney-Hobart, and the Ostarwith spectacular color photographs capturing the true spirit of the sport. Extreme Sail also features an engaging text, commentary from those who have competed in extreme events, and a directory of all the races, events, and competitions featured in the book.Extreme Sail

The Race: Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred

Experienced sailor and Outside correspondent Zimmermann brings readers to a maritime marathon that circumnavigates the globe in sailing ships that travel up to 50 mph. With winning skippers grabbing monthly purses in excess of $20,000 and massive corporate sponsorship (PlayStation, Team Phillips and Club Med were some of the ships in the running), it should be no surprise that the event drew international recognition. Zimmermann elucidates the technical advancements of racing vessels from clipper ships to yachts to today’s high-tech “maxi-catamarans.” Armed with GPS systems, the personalities of multimillionaires and crews of 20, six such ships embarked from Barcelona on New Year’s Eve 2000, racing past the equator and through the treacherous Southern Ocean to round Cape Horn and onward to port in Marseilles. Zimmermann keeps up the pace with a rapid play-by-play of the race as its contenders fight doldrums, stomach bland diets and dodge gigantic icebergs; he describes how the delicately balanced twin hulls of the maxi-catamarans faced easy damage in severe waves and poor weather. In the end, only two of the ships completed the voyage. Despite Zimmermann’s technical moxie, the dramatic flair here is surprisingly lackluster and the story floods into an obligatory tale of man’s embittered drive to conquer the elements. A sure bet for maritime racing fans and extreme sporting enthusiasts, the book might not have enough ballast to float the open waters of mainstream readers.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

An invigorating behind-the-scenes look at the world of extreme sailing, The Race is also a taut, engrossing account of the first running of the competition called The Race, which began on December 31, 2000, in Barcelona and ended sixty-two days later in Marseilles. The most intense event of its kind — a nonstop circumnavigation of the globe in the fastest boats ever built — The Race attracts some of the world’s best sailors and arguably its most eccentric personalities. Tim Zimmermann, an experienced blue-water sailor, relates in knuckle-whitening detail how and why sailors risk millions of dollars and their lives to dash around the world in record time. He garnishes this story with a chronicle of the tumultuous history of extreme sailing from the nineteenth century to today. Zimmermann “puts the reader right on board with the tough, colorful crews as they take a crash course in how to handle these astonishing machines” .

The Race: Extreme Sailing and Its Ultimate Event: Nonstop, Round-the-World, No Holds Barred

The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards is sweeter then a Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich. Here in the Big Apple it may be the Bronx Bombers 100th Anniversary, but this book is indeed a flavorful recipe about one of the Yanks arch A.L. Divisional opponents. Patterson also places in his work numerous images of yearbooks, programs, scorecards, and other Bird memorabilia that enables the reader to fully feel they are part of THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards. (Http://Www.Johnnyvsports.Fws1.Com/ )

The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards is sweeter then a Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich. Here in the Big Apple it may be the Bronx Bombers 100th Anniversary, but this book is indeed a flavorful recipe about one of the Yanks arch A.L. Divisional opponents. Patterson also places in his work numerous images of yearbooks, programs, scorecards, and other Bird memorabilia that enables the reader to fully feel they are part of THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards. (Http://Www.Johnnyvsports.Fws1.Com/ )

Here is the official, team-sponsored celebration of the four decade history of the Baltimore Orioles.

The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards is sweeter then a Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich. Here in the Big Apple it may be the Bronx Bombers 100th Anniversary, but this book is indeed a flavorful recipe about one of the Yanks arch A.L. Divisional opponents. Patterson also places in his work numerous images of yearbooks, programs, scorecards, and other Bird memorabilia that enables the reader to fully feel they are part of THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards.

The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards is sweeter then a Maryland Crab Cake Sandwich. Here in the Big Apple it may be the Bronx Bombers 100th Anniversary, but this book is indeed a flavorful recipe about one of the Yanks arch A.L. Divisional opponents. Patterson also places in his work numerous images of yearbooks, programs, scorecards, and other Bird memorabilia that enables the reader to fully feel they are part of THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards.

The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards

Oriole Magic: The O’s of ’83

The 1982 baseball season ended in bitter disappointment for the Baltimore Orioles. After a brilliant stretch run put them in position to claim the Eastern Division title, the entire campaign came down to one game – winner take all. But the Oriole Magic ran out on the final day of the season, and the team’s World Series dreams were put on hold for the duration of a long winter.

It was during that winter that the Orioles named Joe Altobelli their new manager, replacing retired legend Earl Weaver. Altobelli had enormous shoes to fill come spring training, but he also had a veteran ballclub that had something to prove. With everyday players like Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray, Ken Singleton, and Rick Dempsey, and a pitching staff that included Mike Flanagan, Scott McGregor, Mike Boddicker, Dennis Martinez, and Jim Palmer, the Orioles were poised to achieve the glory that had eluded them the previous season.

It wouldn’t be a walk in the park, though. In fact, from the season’s Opening Day – an embarassing loss to start the “Altobelli Era” – to the final out of the World Series, the Baltimore Orioles’ 1983 season was a virtual roller-coaster ride. Together the team experienced dramatic highs and lows and held on during the many twists and turns on the way to their ultimate goal.

What made the 1983 championship all the more special – though nobody knew it at the time – was that it would be the franchise’s last title to date, marking the end of a proud era that dated back to 1966. Younger players like Ripken and Boddicker, as well as the legions of Baltimore fans, naturally expected to be in another World Series before long, as the franchise had been to six Series in the past 18 years.

But things didn’t turn out that way, and the franchise bottomed out five years later after starting the 1988 season at a record 0-21 en route to a franchise-worst 107 losses. Years later we are finally seeing signs of that Oriole Magic again and feeling what it was like to be linked to the Orioles in the summer of ’83.

Oriole Magic is the first book that introduces us to all of the subplots and personalities that contributed so greatly to that unforgetable summer. Orioles fans will not only relive one of the proudest times in Baltimore’s sports history, they will also get a true, inside look into the machinations of the franchise’s last world championship.

That great season is resurrected with candid, colorful interviews and stories from every key member of the 1983 Orioles World Series Championship team along with detailed narrative about the major events throughout the season.

Oriole Magic: The O’s of ’83

Corey Sandler, author of more than 150 books on business and travel topics, created the Econo Guides series. He lives well above his means in Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Dont get ripped off in the capital!

Native Washingtonians and tourists alike know that its easy to get cheated in our nations capital. With a rich heritage and the best collection of historical museums in the country, Washington attracts high prices as surely as it attracts newcomers and tourists. Fortunately, theres Mr. Cheap and his team of unstoppable bargain hunters to provide a complete insiders guide to finding good prices and high quality.

Mr. Cheaps Washington D.C., thoroughly revised and updated for this second edition, saves you weeks of time that would have been wasted going to overpriced malls and tourist traps. In this handy, accessible volume, you can find all the best outlets, department stores, and deep discount stores-none of which youll find in standard guides to Washington.

Mr. Cheaps saves you a bundle with insider tips on how to:

-Have a romantic dinner with good ambience and spectacular food-at the cost of takeout!

-Hunt down cool vintage clothing-without raking up credit card debt!

-Stay at a four-star hotel-at a no-frills price!

-Buy everything from gifts to necessities-without getting rooked!

With Mr. Cheaps in hand, youll go home with money left in your wallet!

Mr. Cheap’s Washington, D.C.: Bargains, Factory Outlets, Deep Discount Stores, Cheap Places to Stay, Cheap Eats, and Cheap Fun Things to Do (Mr. Cheap’s Series)

Frommer’s Washington, DC Free and Dirt Cheap

The cheapskate’s way to see the Capital

Can you really have a great time in one of the most expensive cities in the world on just a few bucks a day? Yes! And this is the guidebook that will show you how. Whether you live in Washington, DC or are just visiting, you’ll find everything you need to live large without spending bigon shopping, food, entertainment, places to stay, and more.

Free Speech: Classic and experimental theater, quick-witted comedy, and poetry readings.

Free Music: Jazz groups, classical concerts, military bands, and rock music.

Free Food: The best happy hours and cafs, plus where to score delectable dirt-cheap eatsfrom the city’s best burger spots to power dining on Capitol Hill.

Free Films: From indies to cult faves and discussions with filmmakers.

Free Classes & More: Find out where to take a cooking class, join a group for a historic run, and dance under the stars.

Check out DC’s national treasureswithout depleting your own cash reserves!

Praise for New York City Free & Dirt Cheap

“Make your dollars go farther.”
New York Times

Written by longtime residents who are also savvy travel writers, the book targets not only tourists looking for a budget-minded travel guide but also District residents who are eager to discover D.C.s secret deals.
In October 2009, Washington D.C. ranked as the tenth most expensive city in America according toForbes making iteven more important to find good deals.

Frommer’s Washington, DC Free and Dirt Cheap (Frommer’s Free & Dirt Cheap)

Forty-some years after the barrier was broken it’s difficult to imagine how daunting a challenge the four-minute mile once was, but for a generation of world-class runners it represented the impossible dream. Roger Bannister, the British middle-distance runner who finally achieved the epic quest in 1954, wrote this stunning memoir of his life as a runner a year later; intelligent, analytical, dramatic, and graceful, it remains a sporting classic. Though two introductions have been added in years since, it’s a shame that Bannister, a remarkable man who graduated from Oxford to a distinguished medical career, has never penned a more complete memoir. Still, his achievement as a young man remains one of the pivotal moments in 20th-century sports, and his account of that achievement is as good a glimpse into a runner’s race toward greatness as has ever been written. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

“Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs-with rippling smoothness, eye-catching grace, and spectacular effectiveness.” –The New York Times

“…makes for compelling reading…”– New York Runner

“Bannister writes in much the same fashion as he runs-with rippling smoothness, eye-catching grace, and spectacular effectiveness.” -The New York Times

“It is strange that the intrinsically simple and unimportant act of placing one foot after another for 1,760 yards, as fast as possible, should become such an important sporting achievement. I think the appeal lies in its simplicity-it needs no money, no equipment, no particular physique, no knowledge, no education-and in a world of increasingly complex technology, it stands out as a naive statement about the nature of man. A man can, with his own two feet, overcome severe difficulties to reach a pinnacle upon which he can declare, ‘No one has done this before.’ ” -Roger Bannister, from the Introduction

All sports have pivotal moments, single events that change perceptions forever after. For the sport of running, such a moment occurred on a blustery May afternoon in 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. This is the story of that epic run.

Today, fifty years later, lovers of the sport–runners and non-runners alike–will be moved by this modest but impassioned story of one of sport’s true heroes.

Forty-some years after the barrier was broken it’s difficult to imagine how daunting a challenge the four-minute mile once was, but for a generation of world-class runners it represented the impossible dream. Roger Bannister, the British middle-distance runner who finally achieved the epic quest in 1954, wrote this stunning memoir of his life as a runner a year later; intelligent, analytical, dramatic, and graceful, it remains a sporting classic. Though two introductions have been added in years since, it’s a shame that Bannister, a remarkable man who graduated from Oxford to a distinguished medical career, has never penned a more complete memoir. Still, his achievement as a young man remains one of the pivotal moments in 20th-century sports, and his account of that achievement is as good a glimpse into a runner’s race toward greatness as has ever been written. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Four-Minute Mile, Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition

Once a Runner: A Novel

“The best novel ever written about running.” — Runner’s World

“Part training manual, part religious tract, part love story, and all about running, Once a Runner is so inspiring it could be banned as a performance-enhancing drug.” — Benjamin Cheever, author of Strides: Running Through History with an Unlikely Athlete

“By far the most accurate fictional portrayal of the world of the serious runner…a marvelous description of the way it really is.” — Kenny Moore, Sports Illustrated

“There is a remarkable parallel between the pacing of this novel and a well-run race.” — Ed Ayres, Running Times

“Perhaps the best novel ever written about running. There are parts of Once a Runner that are pure poetry. I enjoyed it thoroughly and have never read descriptions of what it is to run and race as accurate and compelling as Parker’s.” — Tom Jordan, Track & Field News

“The best piece of running fiction around. Beg, borrow, or buy a copy, and you’ll never need another motivator.” — Dave Langlais, Runner’s World

Originally self-published in 1978, Once a Runner captures the essence of competitive runningand of athletic competition in generaland has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published..

Inspired by the authors experience as a collegiate champion, the story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his schools athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life against the greatest miler in history. .

A rare insiders account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners, Once a Runner is an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one mans quest to become a champion..

Once a Runner: A Novel

“Mark Titus knows a lot of personal secrets of mine. If he revealed any of them in this book, I will kick him right in the testicles. Im not joking.”
-Greg Oden (#1 overall pick in 2007 NBA Draft, 2007 1st Team All-American)

Of all the players Ive coached in my career, Mark Titus is one of them.
-Thad Matta (head basketball coach at Ohio State)

You want me to give you a quote? I guess I shouldnt be surprised. Youve been riding my coattails for years, so of course you want to put my name on your book to sell more copies.
-EvanTurner (#2 overall pick in 2010 NBA Draft, 2010 college basketball National Player of The Year)

I havent read this book and probably never will, but the cover looks pretty cool I guess.
-Mike Conley Jr. (#4 overall pick in 2007 NBA Draft, 2007 NCAA Tournament South Regional MVP)

“If Mark Titus had been able to play basketball the way he can write, he would have joined his Ohio State team mates in the NBA. No kidding. This is nothing less than a modern-day basketball version of Ball Four, a terrific look behind the locker room door, funny and profane and real. Great stuff.”
-Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams and Evel

MARK TITUS’s blog, http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com, has recorded over 3.6 million views since its debut in late 2008. He has been featured in the New York Times, ESPN.com, Yahoo.com, the Associated Press, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He has recently attempted to enter the NBA draft and tried out for the Harlem Globetrotters. Titus graduated from Ohio State in 2010, a hero to millions.

An irreverent, hilarious insider’s look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation’s most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game. You would think Titus would be all over the highlight reels. You’d be wrong.

In 2006, Mark Titus arrived on Ohio State’s campus as a former high school basketball player who aspired to be an orthopedic surgeon. Somehow, he was added to the elite Buckeye basketball team, given a scholarship, and played alongside seven future NBA players on his way to setting the record for most individual career wins in Ohio State history. Think that’s impressive? In four years, he scored a grand total of nineyes, ninepoints.

This book will give readers an uncensored and uproarious look inside an elite NCAA basketball program from Titus’s unique perspective. In his four years at the end of the bench, Mark founded his wildly popular blog Club Trillion, became a hero to all guys picked last, and even got scouted by the Harlem Globetrotters. Mark Titus is not your average basketball star. This is a wild and completely true story of the most unlikely career in college basketball. A must-read for all fans of March Madness and college sports!

“Mark Titus knows a lot of personal secrets of mine. If he revealed any of them in this book, I will kick him right in the testicles. Im not joking.”
-Greg Oden

Of all the players Ive coached in my career, Mark Titus is one of them.
-Thad Matta

You want me to give you a quote? I guess I shouldnt be surprised. Youve been riding my coattails for years, so of course you want to put my name on your book to sell more copies.
-EvanTurner

I havent read this book and probably never will, but the cover looks pretty cool I guess.
-Mike Conley Jr.

“If Mark Titus had been able to play basketball the way he can write, he would have joined his Ohio State team mates in the NBA. No kidding. This is nothing less than a modern-day basketball version of Ball Four, a terrific look behind the locker room door, funny and profane and real. Great stuff.”
-Leigh Montville, New York Times bestselling author of Ted Williams and Evel

Don’t Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

The Big Dance: The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament

The Big Dance is a great chance to hear and learn from the sports best teachersJohn Wooden, Coach K, Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemmaand hear the opinions of a man who helped make the game so popular: Dickie V. And Im on page 163.

(O’Connell, Jim )

…[S]erves as a nice primer for the 2012 tournament…

(Publishers Weekly )

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Covered by four networks, allowing every game to be televised, March Madness has become an American phenomenon as anticipated as the Super Bowl. This is the story of the tournament from its beginnings seventy-three years ago as just an eight-team bracket to todays sixty-eight-team format. From the Cinderella teams like Butler and Gonzaga to perennial powerhouses such as UCLA and Kentucky, covering buzzer-beaters, upsets, and dynasties, the story of one of the most-followed sporting events in history is comprehensively told here.

The Big Dance: The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament

Highly educational. If you are into ice climbing, this is your guide. — The Cascadian

ALEX KRAWARIK has been climbing rock and ice throughout the world for more than a decade. He lives in Seattle. JASON D. MARTIN is a guide with the American Alpine Institute in Bellingham, Washington.

From established ice areas such as Alpental and Leavenworth to routes being developed (or rediscovered) around Coulee City and Wenatchee, the word is finally out: There are ample opportunities for quality ice climbing in Washington state! Arctic Grail, The Drip, and Hanging Curtain are just a few of the hottest ice routes that await yon. Even more exciting, there are many, routes yet to be conquered! Veteran ice climber Alex Krawarik and mountain guide Jason D. Martin have consulted with ice climbing experts around the state to ensure the greatest accuracy and the best selection of routes.

Highly educational. If you are into ice climbing, this is your guide. — The Cascadian

Washington Ice: A Climbing Guide (Climbing Guides)

Selected Climbs in the Cascades Volume II

When the authors of the first volume of Selected Climbs in the Cascades were choosing ascents to include in Vol. II, their criteria was simple: that the routes be fun and aesthetically outstanding. Nearly every climb in the book offers amazing views of snowfields, glacier-carved valleys, or craggy peaks shrouded in mist. And although there are technical climbs involving aids, grade V alpine ascents, and waterfall climbs rated WI5, these are balanced by easier routes that require nothing more than bouldering skills. This is not a collection of the most radical, derring-do challenges in the Cascades but rather climbs that are simply a blast.

Vol. II differs from Vol. I in that it includes not just alpine routes but sport climbs and crag climbs–great for folks who want to take their rock-gym skills outside. The book also rates the approach to each climb from the car, whether it be a 10-minute walk or a grueling, two-day hike to a frozen waterfall. It’s a practical consideration, as some of the approaches are more physically demanding than the actual route. Climbs covered begin in the southern Cascades, dominated by volcanoes Hood, Adams, and Rainier, and move northward to Snoqualmie Pass, with its easily accessible sport climbs and occasionally tough alpine routes. The guide finally moves into the North Cascades. Here, the mountains lose their volcanic character and take on the glacial-carved ruggedness of spots like Forbidden Peak and Mount Fury. More than 500 glaciers dot the area, and serious alpinists will find plenty in this section to occupy them.

Anyone who climbs in the Pacific Northwest should find Vol. II useful, whether they prefer rock or ice. It’s a good entry-level guide, though it’s not a how-to-climb manual; get your climbing fundamentals down, then pick up a copy. –Demian McLean

100 completely separate routes from Vol. I. A great mix of walk-ups, scrambles plus rock, ice, crag & sport climbs for all skill levels.

Selected Climbs in the Cascades Volume II