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Seabiscuit Laura Hillenbrand · 2001 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
Friday Night Lights H.G. Bissinger · 1990 Recommended Get it on Amazon →
Born to Run Christopher McDougall · 2009 Recommended See details →
The Sports Gene David Epstein · 2013 Recommended See details →
AMC White Mountain guide Appalachian Mountain Club · 1966 Recommended See details →
Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak Maurice Herzog · 1951 Recommended See details →
Back Spin Harlan Coben · 1997 Recommended See details →
Bleachers John Grisham · 2003 Recommended See details →
Casey At the Bat Ernest Lawrence Thayer · 1901 Recommended See details →
Darkest fear Harlan Coben · 2000 Recommended See details →
Deal Breaker Harlan Coben · 1995 Recommended See details →
Drop Shot Harlan Coben · 1996 Recommended See details →
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library Chris Grabenstein · 2013 Recommended See details →
Exercise physiology Scott K. Powers · 1990 Recommended See details →
Eyeshield 21 Riichiro Inagaki · 2005 Recommended See details →
Fade Away Harlan Coben · 1996 Recommended See details →
Fever Pitch Nick Hornby · 1992 Recommended See details →
Field of thirteen Dick Francis · 1998 Recommended See details →
Football in Sun and Shadow Eduardo Galeano · 1995 Recommended See details →
Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology Frederic Martini · 1989 Recommended See details →
Golf for dummies Gary McCord · 1996 Recommended See details →
Guide des mouvements de musculation Frédéric Delavier · 2001 Recommended See details →
Hans Brinker Mary Mapes Dodge · 1874 Recommended See details →
How to Get Rich Donald Trump · 1987 Recommended See details →
Human motor development V. Gregory Payne · 1987 Recommended See details →
Hustler (Alpha Books) Walter S. Tevis · 1959 Recommended See details →
Introduction to sports biomechanics Roger Bartlett · 1996 Recommended See details →
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Megan McDonald · 2011 Recommended See details →
Live Wire Harlan Coben · 2011 Recommended See details →
Lo strano caso dei Giochi Olimpici Elisabetta Dami · 2004 Recommended See details →
Long Lost Harlan Coben · 2009 Recommended See details →
Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli · 1990 Recommended See details →
Miller's Collectables Price Guide Judith Miller · 1989 Recommended See details →
Miracle in the Andes Nando Parrado · 2006 Recommended See details →
Monster Blood Robert Lawrence Stine · 1992 Recommended See details →
One False Move Harlan Coben · 1998 Recommended See details →
Peter Duck Arthur Michell Ransome · 1800 Recommended See details →
Playing for Pizza John Grisham · 2007 Recommended See details →
Promise Me Harlan Coben · 2006 Recommended See details →
Quidditch Through the Ages J. K. Rowling · 2001 Recommended See details →
Ralph S. Mouse Beverly Cleary · 1982 Recommended See details →
Shelter Harlan Coben · 2011 Recommended See details →
Soccernomics Simon Kuper · 2009 Recommended See details →
Sport Management Russell Hoye · 2007 Recommended See details →
Stink and the ultimate thumb-wrestling smackdown Megan McDonald · 2011 Recommended See details →
Strategic Sports Event Management Guy Masterman · 2004 Recommended See details →
The Abysmal Brute Jack London · 1913 Recommended See details →
The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown · 2013 Recommended See details →
The Final Detail Harlan Coben · 1999 Recommended See details →
The Game Jack London · 1905 Recommended See details →
The Gold Bat P. G. Wodehouse · 1923 Recommended See details →
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner Alan Sillitoe · 1959 Recommended See details →
The Visitor Katherine Applegate · 1996 Recommended See details →
The Young Pitcher Zane Grey · 1911 Recommended See details →
The boy's own book William Clarke · 1828 Recommended See details →
The heart of a goof P. G. Wodehouse · 1900 Recommended See details →
The ill-made knight T. H. White · 1940 Recommended See details →
The natural Bernard Malamud · 1952 Recommended See details →
Tom Clancy's Net Force Tom Clancy · 1998 Recommended See details →
Weight training for dummies Liz Neporent · 1997 Recommended See details →
Whistle! Daisuke Higuchi · 1998 Recommended See details →

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