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  • Tropic of Football

    The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL

    par Rob Ruck ...
    **Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award“Everything that’s rousing and distressing about block-and-tackle football is encompassed in Tropic of Football. . . illuminating.”—NewsdayHow a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players—from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota—for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historian**Football is at a crossroads, its future imperiled ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Tropic of Football

    The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL

    par Rob Ruck ...
    Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award"Everything that's rousing and distressing about block-and-tackle football is encompassed in Tropic of Football. . . illuminating."— NewsdayHow a tiny Pacific archipelago is producing more players—from Troy Polamalu to Marcus Mariota—for the NFL than anywhere else in the world, by an award-winning sports historianFootball is at a crossroads, its future imperiled by ... En savoir plus

    $17.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Raceball

    How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game

    par Rob Ruck ...
    From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League BaseballAfter peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded to over one-quarter of all major leaguers and roughly half of those ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD

  • The Tropic of Baseball

    Baseball in the Dominican Republic

    par Rob Ruck ...
    In a new afterword Rob Ruck looks at the current state of baseball in the country that has produced Sammy Sosa and many other major league stars. ... En savoir plus

    $23.09 CAD

  • Mal Goode Reporting

    The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer

    Collections series
    Mal Goode (1908–1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead and Pittsburgh, he worked in the mills, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and went on to become a journalist for the Pittsburgh Courier and later for local radio. With his basso profundo voice resonating on the airwaves, Goode challenged the police, ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • Pittsburgh Rising

    From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920

    Collections series Regional
    Over 170 years, Pittsburgh rose from remote outpost to industrial powerhouse. With the formation of the United States, the frontier town located at the confluence of three rivers grew into the linchpin for trade and migration between established eastern cities and the growing settlements of the Ohio Valley. Resources, geography, innovation, and personalities led to successful glass, iron, and ... En savoir plus

    $25.59 CAD

  • Rooney

    A Sporting Life

    Born to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901–88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in playing sports but in promoting them. Though he was at the center of boxing, baseball, and racing in Pittsburgh and beyond, Rooney is best remembered for his contribution to the NFL, in particular to the ... En savoir plus

    $38.99 CAD

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    The New York Times –bestselling author of Evidence of Harm exposes the dark side of America's most beloved marine mammal park.Death at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the story of marine biologist and animal advocate at ... ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD

  • Alcatraz: 10,000 Years Of Life On The Rock

    par Nicky Leach ...
    Known as one of the most infamous penitentiaries in American history, Alcatraz Island has a history filled with intrigue, heartbreak, and surprising beauty. Nearly 10,000 years of human history are revealed in Nicky Leach's brilliant re-telling of the true history of Alcatraz Island. From early American Indian use, to Civil War garrison, to military prison, and finally to federal penitentiary. ... En savoir plus

    $0.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Killer Whale Who Changed the World

    The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale - a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll - as the ... En savoir plus

    $13.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Pele: Devotion

    par Fritz Knapp ...
    Collections series Sports Virtues
    As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Pele: Devotion discusses the struggles and triumphs of Pele's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading these stories is not only a greater understanding and ... En savoir plus

    $2.73 CAD

  • Demon Fish

    Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks

    par Juliet Eilperin ...
    Agroup of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in Indonesia and forges a deal with villagers so it and other species can survive.In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, Juliet Eilperin investigates ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $13.99 CAD Maintenant $6.99 CAD