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How can you maximize success-and limit failure? Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen brilliantly investigates the mystery and science of streaks, from basketball to business.
"A feast for anyone interested in the secrets of excellence." -Andre Agassi
For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether streaks actually...
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Baseball Buddies volume 1
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"From the moment he first laid eyes on him, Luis knew he wasn't going to like Jimmie. But then they got to know each other, and they - along with the rest of their teammates - became good friends as they learned that building a team takes a lot more than practice and putting players in the correct positions on the field. It takes empathy, cooperation, and respect, lots of it!"
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2023.
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"A sapphic rivals to lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup. Grace Henderson has been a star of the US Women's National Team for ten years, even though she's only 26. But when she's sidelined with an injury, a bold new upstart, Phoebe Matthews, takes her spot. 22-year-old Phoebe is everything Grace isn't-a gregarious jokester...
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Good sports league volume 2
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Annabella Donatello loves softball and performing so she is thrilled when she gets cast in the school play, on top of being pitcher of her softball team, but when when practice conflicts with opening night of the show she hatches a plan putting her softball and acting skills to the test.
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Albatros Media
Pub. Date
2023.
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From the prehistory until today, this book provides young readers with a comprehensive overview of the most popular sports disciplines. Find out where the idea of a goal came from, and what the origin of the ball is. How did the first tennis racket look like? And did you know that hockey was played in Ancient Egypt? A lot of new information as well as fun facts from the world of sports is awaiting you on these pages.
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DK
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2023.
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"The Illustrated Sports Encyclopedia is the ultimate illustrated guide to the diverse world of sport, from the best known ball-sports, athletics, and water sports to the most obscure racket sports and races (anyone for a game of pickleball?). The book showcases different sports by grouping them into categories including team sports, target sports, winter sports, wheels and motors, horse sports, and extreme sports"
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The unusual sensation of freedom that comes with horseback riding is a large part of the sport's attraction. A burst of adrenaline will race through your veins as you mount a horse and direct it through broad pastures or down twisting trails. You feel an exceptional connection with the natural world as the brisk wind whips past your face, the rhythmic sound of hooves striking the ground reverberates, and the strength beneath you produces an extraordinary...
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Nandor Fodor was a British and American parapsychologist, psychoanalyst, author and journalist of Hungarian origin.
Fodor was one of the leading authorities on poltergeists, haunting and paranormal phenomena usually associated with mediumship. Fodor, who was at one time Sigmund Freud's associate, wrote on subjects like prenatal development and dream interpretation, but is credited mostly for his magnum opus, Encyclopedia of Psychic Science, first...
10) The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves
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In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, baseball writer for The Athletic and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game.
For years, Daniel Kahneman's iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has been required reading in front offices across...
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The ease with which one can participate in pickleball is one of the factors that contribute to the sport's widespread popularity. Pickleball is a sport that can be played with only a few fundamental items of equipment, in contrast to other sports that require a significant amount of specialized gear and extensive training. A pickleball paddle, a ball, and a court are all that are required to play the sport of pickleball. Because of this, it is a cheap...
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Godforsaken Sea is the hair-raising account of the world's most demanding, dangerous, and deadly sailing race. Around the world, one sailor, one boat, no stops, no assistance.
Author Derek Lundy's vivid book follows the field of the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe through the race's grueling four-month circumnavigation of the globe, most of it through the terror of the Southern Ocean.
Lundy narrates the race through the eyes and experiences of sixteen sailors-fourteen...
13) Creed III
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MGM
Pub. Date
[2023]
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After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.
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By spending a year with the New York Jets, Nicholas Dawidoff entered a mysterious and private world with its own rituals and language. Equal parts Paper Lion, Moneyball, Friday Night Lights, and The Office, this absorbing, funny, and vivid narrative gets to the heart of a massive and stressful collective endeavor.
Here is football in many faces: the polarizing, brilliant, and hilarious head coach; the general manager, whose job is to support (and...
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2024].
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"Mind Game takes a deep look at how the best of the best-including Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, Serena Williams, Terry Bradshaw, and so many more-have struggled with and persevered through mental illness, while working on their mental performance skills that make them the great athletes they are"
16) Snow!
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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Bundle up in snowsuits and boots, and out we go . . . Whump! Right into the fluffy, soft snow. We don't care! There's a hill to climb up and sled down, a snowperson to build, and skis to try out. Swish! Then-- brrr--inside, please! What better way to warm up than a bubbly tub and a snuggle on the couch to watch the storm? Everyone's favorite baby joins an adorable pal to revel in a seasonal adventure that will have little listeners eager to explore...
19) Football Leaks
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Dass es in der Welt des Fußballs immer weniger um den Sport und immer mehr um schmutzige Geschäfte geht, ahnen die Fans nicht erst seit den Skandalen um die Fifa und die vermeintlich gekaufte WM 2006 in Deutschland., , Die Football Leaks bieten nun erstmals Einblicke in die Schattenwelt der Branche, offenkundig wird die grenzenlose Gier, die hinter den Kulissen des Weltfußballs herrscht. Der Whistleblower John hat dem SPIEGEL 1,9 Terabyte geheimer...
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Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2024]
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"Once golf's fastest rising star, Wells Whitaker's career craters before his eyes, despite the ongoing support of a beautiful redhead who always cheers him on from the sidelines, who he eventually invites to be his new caddy"--
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