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Vendor: J. E. Baker
Corbett Lake Diaries: Stories for the Fireside Angler
J.E. Baker's Corbett Lake Diaries will transport you on a nostalgic trip through the "Golden Age" of fly-fishing and five-star wilderness lodges from the era of Roderick Haig-Brown and General Money. Along the way you'll experience fishing for grayling in the waters that drain...- $11.95
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Though I Fall: A Motorsport Story
Born into a lineage of racing legends, Chad Watson was destined to carry on the family's legacy. Fate handed him a cruel blow, however, leaving him with not only a burden that still weighs heavy on his heart but also the physical limitations life...- $29.99
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Vendor: Henry Hughes
Fishing Stories
Fishing Stories nets an abundant catch of wonderful writing in a wide variety of genres and styles. The moods range from the rollicking humor of Rudyard Kipling's "On Dry-Cow Fishing as a Fine Art" and the rural gothic of Annie Proulx's "The Wer-Trout" to...- $25.00
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Vendor: Anonymous
The Wheelman; Volume 2
This gripping novel from the late 1800s tells the story of a young man caught up in the dangerous and competitive world of professional bicycling. Full of thrills, spills, and unexpected plot twists, this work captures the excitement and energy of a bygone era...- $29.95
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Vendor: Eve L. Mitchell
Ruthless Charm
She is his escape. He is her shelter. Mia's been on the sidelines her whole life. Her parents have never been interested in her, and the only constant in her life has been her best friend, Ava. But Ava's gone and fallen for a...- $14.99
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Vendor: Troon McAllister
The Green
The Ryder Cup. A biennial tournament considered the premier event in the golfing world, pitting the twelve best players in the United States against the twelve best of Europe in a contest so pressure-filled it can paralyze even the most battle-scarred tour veterans. United...- $19.00
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The Sweetest Game
The third (and final) installment in Jack & Cassie's epic love story is here "It's one hell of a sledgehammer to the chest when your baseball career comes to an end. It's like you finally realize that baseball never loved you back. All the...- $19.99
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Vendor: Susan Froderberg
Mysterium
A BBC Summer Read "Must-read . . . [Mysterium] ascends, literally and figuratively, vividly capturing the outer edge of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual travail." --The Washington Post Inspired by the true story of Nanda Devi Unsoeld's tragic 1976 death while climbing her namesake...- $20.00
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Execution
The move to World Cup Academy of Gymnastics is the greatest challenge Adrianna has encountered. Punished for Coach Kova's overwhelming desires, she's reeling with resentment while she sits out the first meet of the season. As Adrianna fights to regain her focus, he pushes...- $26.99
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Vendor: Cat Sebastian
You Should Be So Lucky
An emotional, slow-burn, grumpy/sunshine, queer mid-century romance for fans of Evvie Drake Starts Over, about grief and found family, between the new star shortstop stuck in a batting slump and the reporter assigned to (reluctantly) cover his first season--set in the same universe as...- $46.99
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Vendor: Brenda Rothert
The Proposal
They call me the Ice Queen. I take it as a compliment, because owning a pro hockey team requires a certain ruthlessness. But my penchant for ball busting has made me political enemies, and one of them has the clout to get me deported...- $35.99
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The Proposal
They call me the Ice Queen. I take it as a compliment, because owning a pro hockey team requires a certain ruthlessness. But my penchant for ball busting has made me political enemies, and one of them has the clout to get me deported...- $45.95
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Vendor: Woody Woodburn
The Butterfly Tree: An Extraordinary Saga of Seven Generations
One magical story across seven extraordinary generations--filled with love and faith and hope Twins born beneath an enchanted tree split by lightning--an enchanted door, enchanted table, enchanted bench A knife thrower, pistol duel, an heirloom opal ring---spectral soliloquies and premonitions that hit the mark...- $16.99
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Vendor: Jennifer Sucevic
Campus Flirt
From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Sucevic comes a sexy novella in the Campus Series.Know what the problem is with crushing on your best friend?That there's not a damn thing you can do about it. Especially if you don't want to blow up your...- $12.99
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Vendor: Ilario Pax
Imola the day after: What if Ayrton Senna had survived
On May 1, 1994, Ayrton Senna tragically lost his life in a devastating accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. With three world championship titles, 41 victories, and 65 pole positions, he left behind one of the most remarkable records in Formula 1 and...- $12.99
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Vendor: Lucia Franco
Balance
Adrianna Rossi is no stranger to the rigorous demands required of her body. Years of pain and determination make her one of the best. Olympic glory is the ultimate goal, and she'll do anything to achieve it. Even if that means leaving home to...- $24.99
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Vendor: C. W. Farnsworth
First Flight, Final Fall
Sometimes...scoring is the easy part. What do you do when you encounter the famous footballer voted "Sexiest Athlete Alive" three years running on a soccer field in Germany?If you're Saylor Scott, you challenge him to a shoot-out. And win.Saylor's goals have always involved the...- $16.99
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Vendor: Aven Ellis
The Bottom Line
After landing her dream job as an assistant buyer for a luxury fashion retailer in Minneapolis, Taylor Hartigan's life becomes a nightmare. Performing mundane tasks and catering to the ridiculous whims of the boss from hell, she sees no opportunity for advancement. Though she's...- $45.95
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Vendor: Aven Ellis
The Bottom Line
After landing her dream job as an assistant buyer for a luxury fashion retailer in Minneapolis, Taylor Hartigan's life becomes a nightmare. Performing mundane tasks and catering to the ridiculous whims of the boss from hell, she sees no opportunity for advancement. Though she's...- $45.99
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Vendor: Lori Foster
My Man Michael
Knocked out in one world, he?ll take on another. On the verge of a title shot match, fighter Michael ?Mallet? Manchester is injured in a car accident. And just as quickly as his career was taking off, it's over. Then Kaylie Raine appears, offering...- $8.99
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Vendor: Franklyn O'Connor
Decoto Kids: Tales from a white kid in the barrio.
Revised Edition. Book appriate for ages 14 and up.In a time before cell phones and helicopter parents, there was a time of freedom and adventure.When Freddy O'Brian's mother finally marries her Hispanic boyfriend Ronaldo, the family moves into Ronaldo's home in the Union City...- $14.95
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Vendor: Rob Murphy
Rotten to the Core
2009. Russia and England are bidding to stage the 2018 World Cup. FIFA Secretary-General, Fran ois Picard, has been offered a small fortune that will enable him to retire in luxury if he secures the World Cup for Russia. Picard works out that a...- $20.11
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Vendor: Neil F. Hadley
5585 One Leg Up
While visiting family in Michigan, Neil Hadley (81), a retired professor, discovers that he can kick a football distances that have never been seen or done before. There is absolutely no explanation for this bizarre ability, nor is there any assurance that this will...- $13.99
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Vendor: Emily Bunney
All She Needs
Hyper-organized and committed to her job, when Cam is left pregnant and confused following a hot hook up with the Whalers captain, she has no idea what to do. She's got a fast-paced career as Assistant to team's General Manager and has no time...- $19.99
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Vendor: Lisa B. Kamps
Playing His Part: A York Bombers Hockey Romance
This marriage of convenience is about to teach him a big life lesson...Ben Leach, a defenseman for the York Bombers, has everything in life he could want-except happiness. Terminally miserable, he's settled into his rut with the acceptance of someone who knows he doesn't...- $12.99
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Vendor: Pat Toomay
On Any Given Sunday
"Pat Toomay has mixed fact and fiction to produce a story that will make every armchair quarterback laugh and wince--and worry at his exposition of "the game's" most insidious reality: the prospect -- on any given Sunday--of a fix." --John Seigenthaler, USA Today "Toomay,...- $13.99
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Vendor: David Storey
This Sporting Life
A rugby player finds fame and fortune in a bleak mining town, but he cannot outrun the emptiness he feels inside in Man Booker Prize-winning author David Storey's seminal first novel On Christmas Eve, Arthur breaks his two front teeth. A teammate on the...- $18.99
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Vendor: Gregory Phipps
Year of the Puffin
The Puffins are not your typical college football team. Playing for the University of Iceland, they represent a tiny country where dreams and illusions run wild. Their head coach is a woman, their athletic director is an unqualified misfit, one of their star players...- $18.99
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Vendor: Matthew Salesses
The Sense of Wonder
From the author of PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelg舅ger Disappear and Craft in the Real World comes a "a smart, very meta take" (Kirkus Reviews) on the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when everything is stacked against them. An...- $17.99
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Vendor: Mike Magluilo
A Reason to Run
For fans of Jeff Zentner, John Green, Matthew Quick, and sports fiction classics like Once a Runner, Vision Quest, The Rider, and Breaking Away.Set in 1980s suburban Chicago, A Reason to Run is a thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who...- $18.99
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Vendor: Roddy Doyle
Mad Weekend
Dave, Pat and Ben have been best friends since they were kids. They do everything together, and they all love their dear Liverpool football club. On a trip to see their favorite team in action, they have a few too many drinks before the...- $12.00
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Vendor: Matthew Salesses
The Sense of Wonder
From the author of Pen/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelg舅ger Disappear and Craft in the Real World comes a searing masterwork on the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when everything is stacked against them. An Asian American basketball star walks...- $45.00
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Vendor: Victor Price
The Other Kingdom
Classic running novel about a young miler and his quest for excellence.Author: Victor PriceISBN-10: 1558214518ISBN-13: 9781558214514Publisher: Breakaway BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1999Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.18h x 5.39w x 0.63d- $14.95
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Vendor: B. Celeste
Dare You to Hate Me
From the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes the first in a raw, real romance series following the lives of the Lindon U football players and the complicated girls who change their lives forever.When Ivy asked her best friend to run away...- $17.99
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Vendor: B. Celeste
Beg You to Trust Me
From the fan-favorite author of Underneath the Sycamore Tree comes the next installment in a raw, real romance series following the lives of the Lindon U football players and the complicated girls who change their lives forever.When Skylar Allen decided to move across the...- $17.99
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Vendor: Jennifer Bonds
Catching Quinn
What's a girl have to do to lose her virginity around here? When I decided to ditch my V-card, I figured Greek Row was a sure thing. I didn't count on Cooper-the-cockblocking-jockhole-DeLaurentis or his misguided sense of bro code putting an embarrassing end to...- $15.99
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Vendor: Matthew Salesses
The Sense of Wonder
From the author of PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelg舅ger Disappear and Craft in the Real World comes a "a smart, very meta take" (Kirkus Reviews) on the ways Asian Americans navigate the thorny worlds of sports and entertainment when everything is stacked against them. An...- $28.00
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Vendor: Steve Shilstone
Chance
Wondering whether Nabokov might have left any unpublished manuscripts behind and if so, did they have baseball themes? If anyone reading this knows the answer, please check the files to see if there's a manuscript for a novel named Chance. . . . It's...- $20.00
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Vendor: Walter Tevis
The Color of Money
"Tevis in unequaled when it comes to creating and sustaining the tension of a high stakes game. Even readers who have never lifted a cue will be captivated." -- Publishers Weekly Twenty years after he conquered the underground pool circuit as The Hustler, "Fast"...- $21.99
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Vendor: Lori Foster
Hard to Handle
Sometimes Fate delivers a left hook. After Fate deals Supreme Battle Challenge (SBC) fighter Harley Handleman a sucker punch, his uncle secretly hires a pretty lifecoach to get Harley back in the ring of life. Anastasia Kelley has actually known Harley for years, but...- $7.99
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Vendor: Dick Francis
Crossfire
Shell-shocked after losing a foot during his tour in Afghanistan, Captain Tom Forsyth returns to his estranged mother's house. His mother has always put horses first and family last. But now she's being blackmailed for a hefty sum every week and being forced to...- $9.99
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Vendor: Nelson Algren
The Devil's Stocking
The Devil's Stocking is the story of Ruby Calhoun, a boxer accused of murder in a shadowy world of low-purse fighters, cops, con artists, and bar girls. Chronicling a battle for truth and human dignity which gives way to a larger story of life...- $14.95
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Vendor: Philip Roth
Philip Roth: Novels 1973-1977 (Loa #165): The Great American Novel / My Life as a Man / The Professor of Desire
This third volume of The Library of America's definitive edition of Philip Roth's collected works presents three markedly different novels that together trace a crucial period in the bold evolution of one of America's indispensable novelists. In The Great American Novel (1973), a hilarious,...- $40.00
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Vendor: Peter Lasalle
Hockey Sur Glace: Stories
Literary short stories on the place of ice hockey in our lives and imaginations.Author: Peter LasalleISBN-10: 1891369008ISBN-13: 9781891369001Publisher: Breakaway BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1999Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 7.51h x 5.08w x 0.57dReview Citation(s): New York Times 09/20/1998 pg. 40- $13.00
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Vendor: Eric Goodman
Curveball
A star rookie pitcher is making a statement in his first major league season--but will the secret he's been keeping derail everything he's been working toward? "Eric Goodman's Curveball dwells in its details in the most fascinating way--and it reaches far beyond its baseball...- $28.99
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Vendor: Jessica Buss
Clipped By You: Friends to Lovers Sports Romance
MonicaShe's his.Or she has been since her freshman year of college.According to Monica Fields, no man will ever hold a candle to Christian Fox. Too bad he's completely unaware. Or is he? Christian Since meeting her, a sweet dairy farm girl has captivated Christian...- $15.99
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Vendor: James C. Darnborough
The Gambler's Game: Based on the True Story of the Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Based on the True Story of the Only American to Break the Bank at Monte Carlo.★★★★★ " . . . a riveting exploration of a remarkable life." - Readers Favorite"Darnborough brings his grandfather's extraordinary story to life." - Frances Osborne, author of The Bolter,...- $35.99
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Lilly's Story: Making the Tour
Lilly Jarman comes from a small town in rural Virginia not the likely home of a tennis professional. Lilly is Eurasian and overcomes prejudice and isolation in her hometown. Because of her family income and costs of supporting 2 children in different sports, the...- $47.99
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Vendor: Marco Magiolo
Canine Legends: A Dog Agility Story
Marcus Machado, or Marquito, as his friends call him, is a young man who, along with his dog Arrow, find themselves in a sport called dog agility, giving them a new beginning after facing the traumas within his family.Alongside his canine partner, Marquito travels...- $16.99
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Cry Sorrowful for Bullocky: A novel of the first Australian cricket team to tour overseas
Andrew R. Cunningham had a passion for cricket and he has taken historical events and characters and re imagined them. He has produced a fascinating novel concentrating on certain aspects of the lives of individual players prior to and after the First IX Cricket...- $19.99
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Fiction Sports Books
Fiction sports books encompass a wide range of literature that combines the thrilling world of sports with imaginative storytelling. These collections are a treasure trove for sports enthusiasts and fiction lovers alike, offering a unique blend of athleticism, competition, and human drama. One of the primary characteristics of fiction sports books is their ability to transport readers into the heart of various sporting events, whether it's a high-stakes football game, an intense basketball match, or an adrenaline-fueled race. Authors skillfully weave together the physicality, strategy, and emotion of sports, creating narratives that captivate readers and keep them on the edge of their seats.
These books delve into the lives of athletes, coaches, and fans, exploring the triumphs and challenges they face both on and off the field. Through vivid character development, authors offer glimpses into the mental and emotional journey of these individuals, highlighting the personal sacrifices they make, the relationships they form, and the lessons they learn along the way. Fiction sports books also often examine broader themes beyond the game itself. They touch on topics such as teamwork, perseverance, determination, and overcoming obstacles. These stories celebrate the human spirit's resilience, inspiring readers to dream big, embrace their passions, and push their personal boundaries.
Moreover, fiction sports books appeal to a wide audience, attracting sports enthusiasts seeking an escape into fictional worlds as well as readers who are drawn to compelling narratives and character-driven stories. This makes them an excellent choice for both avid fans of a particular sport and those who simply appreciate well-crafted storytelling.
Whether you're a diehard sports fanatic or someone looking to explore new genres, fiction sports books provide an avenue to experience the thrill, passion, and intensity of sports through the power of literature. So, dive into these collections, step onto the field, and discover the captivating blend of fiction and sports that awaits.
Popular Fiction Sports Books
Fiction sports books have captivated readers for decades with stories of triumph, struggle, and the joy of competition. From tales of professional athletes striving for greatness to narratives of underdogs overcoming obstacles, these books offer a unique blend of athleticism and human drama that appeals to a wide audience. There are several popular books in this genre that have garnered critical acclaim and captured the hearts of readers worldwide.
1. "Friday Night Lights"
2. "The Natural"
3. "Underworld"
4. "The Art of Fielding"
5. "Seabiscuit"
6. "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game"
These popular fiction sports books showcase the power of storytelling and offer readers a captivating escape into the world of sports. Whether you're a sports fan or simply appreciate a well-crafted narrative, these books are sure to entertain, inspire, and leave a lasting impression.
Popular Sports Fiction Books AUTHORS
The world of sports captures the hearts and minds of millions of people around the globe. From the exhilarating moments on the field or court to the behind-the-scenes drama, the world of sports is a never-ending source of inspiration. For those who love both sports and literature, fiction sports books offer a unique and captivating reading experience.
Many authors have taken on the challenge of bringing the world of sports alive through their words, creating stories that resonate with readers of all ages. These popular authors have mastered the art of capturing the thrill, passion, and dedication that define the world of athletics. Let's delve into the world of fiction sports books and explore some of the most well-known authors in this genre.
1. John Grisham
2. Harlan Coben
3. Tim Green
4. Mike Lupica
5. Carl Deuker
These are just a few of the many popular authors of fiction sports books who have left an indelible mark on the genre. Whether it's exploring the world of professional sports or capturing the spirit of youth athletics, their books offer readers an escape into the thrilling world of sports, filled with passion, adversity, and triumph.
The fiction sports books collection at White Rain Book House is truly a hidden gem for those who appreciate the thrill and drama that sports bring, combined with the imaginative storytelling of fiction. Whether you are a die-hard sports fan or simply someone who enjoys a good narrative, this collection promises to captivate and entertain you.