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Williams, perhaps baseball’s greatest hitter, was a controversial figure during his playing years. His baiting of the press, especially in Boston where he spent 19 years with the Red Sox, is almost as legendary as his swing. Seidel, author of Streak: Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of ’41 (LJ 5/1/88), researched contemporary records and interviewed Williams’s acquaintances for this book. Many of Williams’s cohorts had few positive things to say about the legendary ballplayer. However, Seidel manages to keep his account balanced, painting a larger picture of the nature of baseball in the 1940s and 1950s. Others have chronicled Williams’s life, most notably the ballplayer himself in the classic My Turn at Bat ( LJ 8/1/69), but Seidel’s work should stand the test of time as an accurate, evenhanded portrait. This is recommended for young adults and general collections.
- Cindy Faries, Pennsylva nia State Univ. Lib., University Park
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

“There have been dozens of books on the Splendid Splinter over the years; Seidel”s is one of the best at capturing the many facets of Williams” mercurial personality and the rhythms of Boston society during his years as baseball”s finest hitter.”USA Today Baseball Weekly (USA Today Baseball Weekly ) –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Michael Seidel is a professor of English at Columbia University, and the author of several books including “Streak: Joe DiMaggio” and the “Summer of ’41″.

“There have been dozens of books on the Splendid Splinter over the years; Seidel”s is one of the best at capturing the many facets of Williams” mercurial personality and the rhythms of Boston society during his years as baseball”s finest hitter.”USA Today Baseball Weekly –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Ted Williams: A Baseball Life

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?: A Remembrance

Richard Ben Cramer won the Pulitzer Prize for Middle East reporting in 1979. His journalism has appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of How Israel Lost: The Four Questions and the classic of modern American politics What It Takes: The Way to the White House. He lives on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

When legendary Red Sox hitter Ted Williams died on July 5, 2002, newspapers reviewed the stats, compared him to other legends of the game, and declared him the greatest hitter who ever lived. Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner and acclaimed biographer of Joe DiMaggio, decodes this oversized icon who dominated the game and finds not just a great player, but also a great man.

In 1986, Richard Ben Cramer spent months on a profile of Ted Williams, and the result was the Esquire article that has been acclaimed ever since as one of the finest pieces of sports reporting ever written. Given special acknowledgment in The Best American Sportswriting of the Century and adapted for a coffee-table book called Ted Williams: The Seasons of the Kid, the original piece is now available in this special edition, with new material about Williams’s later years. While his decades after Fenway Park were out of the spotlight — the way Ted preferred it — they were arguably his richest, as he loved and inspired his family, his fans, the players, and the game itself. This is a remembrance for the ages.

What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?: A Remembrance

Brad Herndon, published since 1987, writes several articles appearing in a number of popular outdoor publications, including Deer & Deer Hunting, Turkey & Turkey Hunting, Outdoor Life, Petersons Hunting, North American Whitetail, and more.Plus, Brad and his wife are outdoor photographers for Realtree and Advantage camouflages national ads. Brad and his wife live in Brownstown, Indiana.

Using Topographic Maps to Find Deer

Topographic maps and aerial photos can lead you right to the biggest bucks you’ve ever seen. You just have to know how to use them.

Brad Herndon takes the mystery out of finding deer with maps. Through years of dedicated hunting and careful study of maps and photos, Herndon has perfected the use of maps to find the routes deer travel. And once you know where the deer will be headed you can establish the perfect ambush site.

Maps are often the forgotten link in scouting prime deer habitat. Yet because they show you all the hills, gullies, rivers and ridges, you can learn the lay of the land without walking mile after unproductive mile. Maps won’t eliminate the need to get in the woods, but they will tell the best places to start your search for the buck of your dreams.

Herndon also shows hunters how to use the latest Internet and computer technology to personalize any map. Mark your stand locations, the locations of deer sign, even note the best possible wind direction to make your hunt a success.

If you hunt deer, let Mapping Trophy Bucks lead you right to where the big boys hide. The rest is up to you.

Mapping Trophy Bucks

Precision Bowhunting: A Year-Round Approach to Taking Mature Whitetails

John Eberhart is an experienced whitetail deer hunter from the heavily hunted state of Michigan.

Chris Eberhart is a lifelong bowhunter and author of numerous hunting articles.

Another must-have title from the authors of the bestselling Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails Lays out a hunting program for the entire year, including preparation and training during the off-season Especially useful for hunting high-pressure areas and it explains how to best take advantage of the rut

Father-and-son team John and Chris Eberhart have joined once again to share cutting-edge information and advice on hunting whitetail bucks in increasingly hard-hunted environments. Their year-long program starts early in the off-season, where careful scouting, training, and planning create the foundation for a successful hunting year. Then, once the fall rolls around, the authors explain the scent control and scouting tactics that have helped them to bag trophy bucks in some of the most pressured parts of the country. They also cover hunting in the rain, suburban hunting, and various other special situations. Packed with vital information and fresh insights, Precision Bowhunting belongs on the bookshelf of every serious bowhunter.

Precision Bowhunting: A Year-Round Approach to Taking Mature Whitetails

This collection of essays focuses on Daviss enthusiasm for bird hunting and the people and places, sights and sounds he associates with his sport of choice. These essays transcend the sometimes mundane “see it, shoot it” nature of nonfiction hunting stories. Instead, with their lyrical prose, subtle morality and bittersweet endings, Daviss essays are reminiscent of Hemingway short stories. Having read his Hemingway, Davis knows that to be a hunter one must come to terms with the paradoxical nature of a sport that embraces the beauty of nature while at the same time seeking to destroy it. Daviss ability to convey his love and understanding of the woods and animals as well as communicating the thrill of the hunt and the beauty of a bird he has just shot is the literary representation of this paradox. The cyclical nature of hunting seasons (along with Daviss obsession with his setters) does make the essays repetitive in parts, but the repetition is more of a reaffirmation of Daviss beliefs than an annoyance to the reader. As a hunter, Davis says he is “grateful for whatever portion, meager or generous, comes his way,” but his readers will find this collection leans heavily towards generosity. Illus.
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In these fine essays, Tom Davis lyrically reflects on gundogs and gamebirds; on the prairies, fields, and woodlands where they meet; on the delights of upland bird hunting and the dilemmas posed by the summons of blood. Far more literary than most chroniclers of the sporting experience, his work stands squarely in the tradition of outdoor writing
represented by such greats as Aldo Leopold, Gordon MacQuarrie, Gene Hill, and Robert F. Jones.

More than recounting the highlights of a sporting life, these twenty-five essays, spanning two decades, act as a finely etched memoir. We come to know the bird dogs that have been central to Daviss life, including the irrepressible Maggie in Blood, an endearing yet doomed English setter pup with the distinct aroma of a chicken. We meet family and friends, observe a marriage and its dissolution, and join in the resumption of life and love. With Davis, we are swallowed up by the immense prairies of Nebraska and South Dakota; awed by the late afternoon light in the Wisconsin northwoods; and moved by the devotion of an old dog on point. Through Daviss deft pen, we, too, are bone weary at the end of a long day afield, and we, too, feel the elemental connection a hunter has to wild birds and the unspoiled places they inhabit.

A lively new collection of essays about sporting life, dogs, and the natural world.

The Tattered Autumn Sky: Bird Hunting in the Heartland

The Fragrance of Grass

Guy de la Valdenes memoir, The Fragrance of Grass, soars like a condor high above the arid landscape of our eras largely flimsy, narrow and shallow sporting books.It is an extraordinary stew of poignant reflections, deeply felt sentiment and sensitive introspection having equal measures of pride and regret.Time and again there is demonstrated a fearless willingness to stare deeply into the human conscience while the whole is sewn together with absolutely impeccable language. In my view, this may well be the defining masterpiece of this genre in our time.

-Russell Chatham

The love of hunting and the love of animals in cultivated people gives rise to a
sometimes rueful, sometimes triumphant intensity of spirit which has rarely been
so well expressed as in Guy de la Valdene’s book. Few have had as wide an
opportunity–so unpretentiously expressed–to find out what drives, rewards and
worries us about hunting.
-Thomas McGuaneValdene’s wondrous field memoir is a rich sportsman’s miscellany — memorable and
erudite fowling lore, camp etiquette, ballistics, poaching ethics, glorious anecdote,
bloody ducks, persistent bawdiness, and better wine than you or I’ll ever drink –
all elegantly spun as an affectionate and sentimental education of loss and renewal. It’s
a terrific book.
– Richard Ford

“The Fragrance of Grass is an exquisite, big-heartedcelebration ofalife grandly spent outdoors. Any novelist who’d try to invent a character like Guy de La Valdenewould bedoomed tofall short.He is a uniquephilosopher- scoundrel with awise, gentle heart, and he writes like a dream.

–Carl Hiaasen

THE FRAGRANCE OF GRASS is destined to become one of the very small
number of true hunting classics. Valdene’s writing is lovely indeed and the book is fresh,
direct and utterly original.
– Jim HarrisonCapturing Proust and honoring both Thoreau and Hemingway,Guy de la Valdene has carved out a new and delightful voice in American beauty both for outdoorsman and mere observers alike. The recipes for a seasoned hunter’s delight in the joys of his life are inspirational and delicious and the succulent prose a true pleasure to savour, morsel after morsel. This is quite simply the most tasty, satisfying and fascinating ragout thatI have tasted in years.
– Mario Batali
You won’t find a living writer who knows more than Guy de la Valdene on his three favorite subjects: birds on the wing, birds on the table, and the short, happy lives of bird dogs. And in crisply lyrical prose, his memoir confronts the haunting question of whether the beauty of the hunt can ever justify its savagery.
— Howell Raines
“La Valdne lyrically recounts a rugged lifetime fortified by the land, offering . . . resonant and beautifully written memories of his time in the fields. . . . Savory recipes close out the authors light, lovingly crafted fare. A compact, delightful feast for the senses.”
-Kirkus Reviews

An ode to one mans lifelong love affair with hunting

Valdnes wondrous field memoir is a rich sportsmans miscellany memorable and erudite fowling lore, camp etiquette, ballistics, poaching ethics, glorious anecdote, bloody ducks, persistent bawdiness, and better wine than you or I’ll ever drinkall elegantly spun as an affectionate andsentimental educationof loss and renewal.Its a terrific book.

Richard Ford

The Fragrance of Grass

Preface

Tokyo, originally known as Edo, began as a small fishing village that was first mentioned in historical records near the end of the 12th century. The village entered the mainstream of Japanese history in 1457 when a minor provincial lord named Dokan Ota built a castle there.

In 1590 another fief lord, Ieyasu Tokugawa, look over the Ota castle. In 1603 he emerged as the supreme military power in the country, and made Edo the administrative capital of the newly established Tokugawa Shogunate government. By 1700 Edo was one of the largest urban areas in the world, consisting of several hundred interconnected villages and towns.

Many of the original communities of the early Edo period are still recognizable by their names and distinctive identities, and dozens of them have grown into virtual cities within the city of Tokyo.

The primary districts of Tokyo, which number over 100, are linked by twelve subway lines that form one of the largest urban transportation systems in the world. The twelve lines have over 300 stations, many of which represent a population and business center that corresponds to one of the communities of old Edo.

This book illustrates the largest and most important of these station areas.

Boye Lafayette De Mente

This bilingual guide to using the subway system of the Tokyo conurbation offers: information on the 12 subway lines and 300 stations; 40 bilingual station maps with major landmarks, public buildings and hotels marked; and information on zonal tickets, travelcards, hotels, embassies and airlines.

The Pocket Tokyo Subway Guide

Laminated Tokyo Map by Borch

Borch, a cartographic publishing company from Germany, makes tough, long-lasting maps with non-toxic, environmentally responsible lamination material.

Folded street and travel map in color. Scale 1:17,000. Legend includes sights, museums, churches, monuments, beaches, ski areas, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, hospitals, Subway, bus stations, parking, landing places, regional airports, waterfalls, national parks, hotels, markets. Includes inset map of Tokyo Bay & Shinagawa , Greater Tokyo and Tokyo Subway Route map. Climate charts show the average daily temperatures, humidity, hours of sunshine and precipitation for each month.

Laminated Tokyo Map by Borch (English Edition)

Harrap is a leading publisher of language titles, including the bestselling bilingual dictionaries and phrasebooks in France.

Bring your Spanish language skills to life with vocabulary!

From the publisher of leading bilingual dictionaries, here is a handy, high-quality reference covering essentials that you need to know about Spanish vocabulary. Thematically organized into 65 subject areas, this guide provide thousands of essential terms and phrases that will quickly help you to increase your word power.

Harrap’s Pocket Spanish Vocabulary (Harrap’s language Guides)

Harrap’s Pocket German Vocabulary

Harrap is a leading publisher of language titles, including the bestselling bilingual dictionaries and phrasebooks in France.

Your portable resource for German vocabulary

Thematically organized into 66 subject areas, Harrap’s Pocket German Vocabulary provides thousands of essential terms and phrases that will quickly help you increase your word power.

This pocket-sized guide is ideal for study or review and is particularly useful for essay writing and other homework exercises, while the handy format makes it perfect for quick reference.

Harrap’s Pocket German Vocabulary (Harrap’s language Guides)

Applied Sport Psychology has been waiting for a text such as this one; theoretically grounded, but experientially based.” — Dr. Keith Henschen, current President of the International Society of Sport Psychology, back cover quote

Ralph Vernacchia has translated a massive body of empirical work in the sciences of sport into an imminently practical volume. — Dr. Brenda Bredemeier, Mendelson Center for Sports, Charachter, and Community at the University of Notre Dame / back cover quote

This book is really good, I will definitely incorporate it as my Mental Training Book of choice. — Dr. Dave Yukelson, Pennsylvania State University / back cover quote

Ralph Vernacchia is one of the true leaders in sport psychology today, leading the charge of translating the massive body of empirical work done in the field into straight forward advice that can be used by the serious athlete.

Ralph A. Vernacchia directs the undergraduate and graduate programs in sport psychology at Western Washington University, as well as WWU’s Center for Performance Excellence. He is a fellow and certified consultant of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP). He is also co-chair of the USA Track and Field (USATF) Sport Psychology Sub-Committee and has traveled as a performance consultant with several USA track and field teams,including the 2000 USA Olympic Track and Field Teams. He has been selected as a 20032004 Distinguished Visiting Professor in Physical Education at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Inner Strength is for sport psychology professionals, coaches, and especially athletes who desire to enhance athletic performance through mental skills training.

Developing your Inner Strength requires sincere and earnest participation with the Mental Keys to Success training concepts and Peak Performance Exercises throughout the book. The book is based on solid research and basic common sense. It presents a realistic performance model which focuses first and always on consistently delivering effective performances. “Peak Performances” are just that, spikes in the course of effective performances.”

Key topics to fuel athletic performances include: Establishing Foundational Beliefs Dreaming Your Athletic Destiny Fueling Your Dream Understanding Your Own Motivations The Power of Visualization A Goal Attainment Plan Quality Practice Coverage of personal excellence, commitment, and quality of life.

Applied Sport Psychology has been waiting for a text such as this one; theoretically grounded, but experientially based.” — Dr. Keith Henschen, current President of the International Society of Sport Psychology, back cover quote

Ralph Vernacchia has translated a massive body of empirical work in the sciences of sport into an imminently practical volume. — Dr. Brenda Bredemeier, Mendelson Center for Sports, Charachter, and Community at the University of Notre Dame / back cover quote

This book is really good, I will definitely incorporate it as my Mental Training Book of choice. — Dr. Dave Yukelson, Pennsylvania State University / back cover quote

Inner Strength: The Mental Dynamics of Athletic Performance

Flow in Sports: The keys to optimal experiences and performances

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“”"For many years, I’ve admired Dr. Csikszentmihalyi’s pioneering work and tried to apply his concepts on the football field. Some people have labeled my approach as ‘intense, ‘ but the more accurate term might be ‘in flow.’ Being totally absorbed in the task at hand is essential to becoming a sports champion. Flow in Sports tells you how to get into that positive, winning mindset.”"”
Jimmy Johnson
Head Coach and General Manager, Miami Dolphins
Head Coach, Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys (1992 and 1993)
Head Coach, NCAA National Champion University of Miami (1987)
“”"Flow in Sports is a fascinating read. Finally, someone has put into print what I always strive for when I work out and compete. For athletes who are looking for a book that shows how to maximize their sense of enjoyment and unleash their true potential, this is a goldmine of information.”"”
Dan O’Brien
1996 Olympic Decathlon Champion
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The experience of flow is still one of the least understood phenomena in sport. And yet it is one of the richest, most memorable experiences an athlete will ever know.

Some call it a natural “”high.”" Others refer to it as being “”in a zone.”" Whatever it’s called, flow is an elusive and very sought-after psychological state that athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists have tried to understand, harness, and employ to their benefit since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first coined the term back in the early 1970s.

Now, in the first book devoted exclusively to flow in sports, the pioneering legend Csikszentmihalyi and sport psychology researcher Susan Jackson attempt not only to explain the phenomenon but also to identify the key conditions associated with its occurrence.

The book begins with a description of what flow is and is not. Flow is defined as a person’s total absorption into an activity. While it is always a peak, satisfying experience, it is not necessarily associated with peak performance on every occasion.

Most of the book delves deeply into the key factors leading up to and accompanying the flow experience. The authors also recommend certain actions on the part of the athlete or coach to optimize the conditions in training and performance that allow flow to occur. The book is full of vivid examples, captivating quotes, and revealing research findings that enhance the authors’ clear and insightful text.

The sport setting is rife with opportunities to experience flow-be it in pick-up games or the Olympics. But until now, flow has been an infrequent, accidental, and even mysterious phenomenon to most athletes. With Flow in Sports, this optimal experience becomes both more familiar and more achievable. Get to know flow, and get into it. Find out what you’ve been missing.

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Flow in Sports: The keys to optimal experiences and performances

“Advanced Marathoning will be an invaluable tool to any runner wishing to apply world-class training methods to their program, regardless of what level they’re competing at.”
Alberto Salazar
Former marathon world record holder
Two-time U.S. Olympic team member
Former American-record holder, 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs
Nike sports marketing consultant
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

“After retiring from competition as an elite middle-distance runner, I decided to try marathons. All of my training has been based on what I learned in Advanced Marathoning, and I haven’t been disappointed. Read this book, stick to the program, follow their advice, and I guarantee that you will be ready to run a great marathon.”

Steve Holman
1992 U.S. Olympic track and field team member (1,500 meters)
Ranked fourth in the world in 1995 and fifth in 1994

“For anyone serious about running, Advanced Marathoning offers the latest information for optimizing performance. If you are preparing for a marathon, I highly recommend this book.”

Meb Keflezighi
2004 Olympic Marathon Silver Medalist

Shave minutes off your time using the latest in science-based training for serious runners. Advanced Marathoning has all the information you need to train smarter, remain injury free, and arrive on the start line ready to run the marathon of your life.

Including marathon-pace runs and tempo runs, Advanced Marathoning provides only the most effective methods of training. You’ll learn how to complement your running workouts with strength, core, flexibility, and form training; implement cutting-edge nutrition and hydration strategies and recovery techniques; and taper properly to reach peak performance.

With easy-to-understand day-by-day training schedules for 18- and 12-week preparation for weekly distances of 55, 55 to 70, 70 to 85, and 85-plus miles, Advanced Marathoning is simply the most comprehensive and efficient approach to marathoning. If you’re ready to achieve your personal best, this book is for you.

“Advanced Marathoning will be an invaluable tool to any runner wishing to apply world-class training methods to their program, regardless of what level they’re competing at.”
Alberto Salazar
Former marathon world record holder
Two-time U.S. Olympic team member
Former American-record holder, 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs
Nike sports marketing consultant
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Advanced Marathoning – 2nd Edition

Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons

Though the running boom appears to have peaked and even tapered off somewhat, the marathon is still the ultimate running experience for many runners. Higdon’s book, although well written, offers very little in the way of new information on training for or running the marathon. Previously published works such as Joe Henderson’s Complete Marathoner (Anderson World, 1978), Andy Friedberg’s How To Run Your First Marathon (S. & S., 1987), and Ricard Benyo’s Making the Marathon Your Event (Random, 1992) offer very similar advice. However, Higdon’s anecdotal style provides entertaining reading and may inspire aspiring marathoners. The author provides details of many of his personal marathon experiences as well as those of other top American marathoners such as Bill Rodgers, Don Kardang, and Dick Buerkle. This book will appeal to general readers seriously considering training for their first marathon. For large sports collections.
- Susan L. Patton, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Especially in tough economic times, running offers an affordable and positive way to relieve stress
and gain a sense of accomplishment. Marathons andmore than everhalf-marathons are the ultimate achievement for runners and have experienced an unprecedented boom in the last several years.

Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons

From family photos to important historical events about her hometown of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Jeri Holland has dedicated passion, time, knowledge and colossal effort in the pursuit of compiling and documenting the treasured past. She has joined several historical societies, including the Cuyahoga Falls Historical Society and the Summit County Historical Society, to share this past with anyone who wishes to know it.

From this love of history comes a love of paranormal history. Jeri has spent many hours studying firsthand what goes bump in the night, be it in the dark woods or run-down sanitariums and prisons. She believes that without historical context, the stories and legends of the haunted present wouldn’t be nearly as fascinating or spooky. Jeri is the creator and director of the paranormal group Cuyahoga Valley Paranormal. She uses this perspective when speaking about the paranormal world on radio and television and in print, like with WNIR, 19 Action News and Cleveland Scene magazine. For those who share her passion for historical hauntings, she currently provides a variety of classes about the paranormal at the Quirk Cultural Center in Cuyahoga Falls throughout the year and delivers information through lectures at public libraries. Jeri also shares her experience of investigating eerie places by organizing community events such as haunted scavenger hunts and hikes. Imparting the fact that the world is far more mysterious than what we see and hear every day is Jeri’s goal; the goose bumps aren’t bad either.

Run down the apparitions that float about Rubber City streets and facades like the shadow of a passing blimp. Stroll along forgotten canals amid the restless chatter and clank of spirits cut down before their hard lives became easier. Catch a show at the Civic Theater with a “former” engineer who prophesied that death wouldn’t keep him from work. A more restive spirit is that of John Tedrow, a twentysomething mauled and murdered during a drunken brawl in 1882; he wails for help and resolution. In this ghostly tour through Akron’s haunted and sometimes brutal past, paranormal specialist and historian Jeri Holland digs into the ghost tales and local legends that linger here like this city’s industrial heritage.

Haunted Akron, Ohio

Wicked Akron (OH): Tales of Rumrunners, Mobsters and Other Rubber City Rogues

Kymberli Hagelberg is a writer, award-winning journalist and native northeast Ohioan. Her work has appeared in newspapers and magazines including the Akron Beacon Journal, the (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, the (Biloxi) Sun Herald and Billboard and on National Public Radio.

The searchlight finds Akron’s darkest days, when citizens burned city hall to the ground and members of the Ku Klux Klan called the shots from the schoolhouse to the courthouse. Meet a grave robber who became a political leader, a mobster who ordered police murders and a beloved bootlegger turned bail bondsman. Say hello to Frank Hurn, a flashy, frenetic, fast-talking con man who was looking for suckers to invest in the Vulcans, an NFL team he promised to bring to Akron. From city saloon to suburban hideout, this is an alternative history lesson of the sometimes dicey coexistence of the well-heeled and the workers, men and women who lived big lives during Akron’s fledgling days as a canal port, its pre-Depression heyday and zenith as a midwestern industrial success story.

Wicked Akron (OH): Tales of Rumrunners, Mobsters and Other Rubber City Rogues

“A book of unexpected brilliance . . . subtle, funny, stimulating and original.” — Patrick French

“A frantic, very funny, urban quest.” — – Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday

“His fine eye for eccentricities makes this an entertaining travelogue.” — The Observer

Robert Twigger was educated at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Poetry Prize. In 1996 Twigger trained as a bullfighter in Spain, went looking for bona fide zombies in Haiti, and reported for the Daily Telegraph on chain gangs in Arizona. In 1997 he spent four months in Indonesia, attempting to capture the longest snake in the world. In addition to writing books, he is a regular contributor to Esquire, Maxim, the Daily Telegraph, and the Financial Times. He lives in London.

Adrift in Tokyo, translating obscene rap lyrics for giggling Japanese high school girls,, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger comes to a revelation about himself: He has never been fit nor brave. Guided by his roommates, Fat Frank and Chris, he sets out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is drawn into the world of Japanese martial arts, joining the Tokyo Riot Police on their yearlong, brutally demanding course of budotraining, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against bloodstained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. In Angry White Pyjamas, Twigger blends, the ancient with the modern–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the dojo (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s–to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of life in contemporary Japan.

Adrift in Tokyo, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Riot Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. In this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the modern–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the “dojo” (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s–to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of contemporary Japan.Adrift in Tokyo, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the author is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Riot Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. In this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the modern–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the “dojo” (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s–to provide a brilliant, bizarre glimpse of contemporary Japan.

“A book of unexpected brilliance . . . subtle, funny, stimulating and original.” — Patrick French

“A frantic, very funny, urban quest.” — – Simon Garfield, Mail on Sunday

“His fine eye for eccentricities makes this an entertaining travelogue.” — The Observer

Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police

The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo

‘Excellent… a classic in its genre’ Robert Twigger, Sunday Times ‘One of the year’s most entertaining sports books, and the best one to be written about a martial art since Robert Twigger’s Angry White Pyjamas. It’s lively, it’s witty and, above all, so persuasively enthusiastic that by the end you’ll find yourself feeling an intense urge to try it for yourself’ James Delingpole, Mail on Sunday ‘This is damn fine stuff, and will entertain and enlighten an audience far beyond the confines of the dojo’ Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph

Following the history of the sport back to its Samurai beginnings, this study on the most popular and enduring of the martial arts profiles the history of the sport and the legends of judo. From the Japanese Kimura to the giant Dutchman Geesink, this superbly written, intellectually rigorous, and surprisingly witty account is a magisterial exploration of a sport practiced by thousands across the globe, and illustrates how it remains one of the most enigmatic of pastimes.

The Pyjama Game: A Journey into Judo

All of us have our own secret spots in Boston, writes hotelier extraordinaire Robin Brown in his foreword to this one-of-a-kind book about this remarkable city. Some are obviouswho can miss the Bunker Hill Monument?but others need to be discovered.
Bostons Secret Spaces offers tantalizing peeks into places ordinary mortals rarely see. Published in partnership with The Boston Globe and based on its exceedingly popular Boston.com feature, this unparalleled compilation of evocative words and beautiful photographs illuminates fifty of greater Bostons most intriguing spaces.
Within these pages youll go behind the scenes at athletic hot spotssuch as inside the scoreboard at Fenwayand historical landmarks, including JFKs private dining room at Locke-Ober. Youll also visit such offbeat locales as MITs nuclear reactor and a drag queens dressing room. How about a heart-stopping ride in a souped-up Corvette, compliments of the state police? A long abandoned underground train station, anyone?
These secret spaces represent places we locals might like to explore ourselves, writes David Beard, editor of Boston.com, in his introduction, if we didnt have to trudge to work, or do family chores, or complain about the commute or the weather. We hope the fifty sites selected here, chosen from more than a years worth of persistent investigation, capture your imaginationand help reawaken a sense of adventure for this City on a Hill.

A beautifully photographed journey behind the scenes to some very special, little-known spaces in and around Bostonfrom athletic spots to historical attractionsAs a hotelier, I have enjoyed access to the inner sanctums of many great cities of the world. None of them matches Boston. . . . It takes a while, however, to know this city. . . . Boston is subtle, a beautiful woman with a soft voice. When youre not looking, she steals your heart.
In these pages, The Boston Globe and Boston.com have done the homework for us by scouting the secret settings that make Boston special. . . . Boston is a kaleidoscope, and we just turn it to find another wonder. Robin Brown, from the Foreword
The secret spaces include:
Inside the Bruins locker room
Feeding the lions at Franklin Park Zoo
Sleeping at Lizzie Bordens home
The mummy at Mass General
Inside the tank at the New England Aquarium
In the orchestra pit at Blue Man Group
Inside the steeple at Old North Church
Behind the scenes at the Boston Ballet
Underground at the Broadway train station
At the air traffic control tower, Logan Airport
Behind the scenes with a mounted police unit
At the NASA training center, Northeastern University
In the cockpit, WBZ traffic helicopter
At the Breyers ice cream factory
Inside the Christian Science Centers Mapparium
Beneath the Citgo sign
Underneath the Zakim Bridge
Cruising in the state police Corvette
Inside Bob Krafts box at Gillette Stadium
Visiting a nuclear reactor

Bostons Secret Spaces offers tantalizing peeks into places ordinary mortals rarely see.Boston’s Secret Spaces: 50 Hidden Corners In and Around the Hub

WalkBoston: Walking Tours of Boston’s Unique Neighborhoods

Here is the ultimate guide to the streets of one of the nation’s most historic and fascinating cities, written by the people who know them best. Compiled by the tour guides of WalkBoston, the city’s well-known pedestrian advocacy group, this new guide reveals the secrets and charms of the real Boston. Inside you’ll find 30 walks that explore the city’s unique neighborhoods, waterfronts, and famous suburbs, from the hidden hill paths of Brookline and the South End’s brownstones to the bakeries of Roslindale Square. Step-by-step directions, along with historic and cultural highlights, make each walk easy to follow for locals and visitors alike and all are accessible by public transportation
Inside you’ll find: 30 walks that explore the real Boston; historic and cultural highlights; detailed maps and step-by-step directions; accessibility to every walk by public transportation.
WalkBoston is the ideal guide for locals, newcomers, and visitors alike.

At last, here’s a guide to the streets of the real Boston, written by the people who know them best. Compiled by the reputed tour guides of WalkBoston, the city’s pedestrian advocacy group, this new guide reveals the secrets and charms of a Boston usually overlooked by other guides-sometimes even by residents themselves. More than 25 walks stretch the usual Boston tourist map and explore the city’s unique neighborhoods, sights, and famous suburbs, from the South End’s cobblestone sidewalks and the city’s revitalized harbor to the hidden hill paths of Brookline. Detailed maps and step-by-step directions, along with historic and cultural highlights, make each walk easy to follow for locals and visitors alike. Distance and difficulty, plus directions by public transportation-by which all of the walks are accessible-are also provided. For weekend visitors, newcomers, and natives, WalkBoston is an essential addition to any explorer’s library.

WalkBoston: Walking Tours of Boston’s Unique Neighborhoods