Go to your corner and come out fighting

Do you know anyone who boxes for recreation or professionally? Not a sport for everyone, only a small group of men become professionals.

Inside the Ropes, written by Arthur Mercante and Phil Guarnieri, brings us inside stories of some of the greatest prizefights of all time, including Floyd Patterson–Ingemar Johansson II, Joe Frazier–George Foreman I, and The Fight of the Century: Muhammad Ali–Joe Frazier I.

Referee and elder statesman of boxing Mercante gives behind-the-scenes glimpses into his world and into the lives and careers of the greatest boxers of all time. Mercante has officiated more championship fights than any other referee, and his blow-by-blow accounts are peppered with grit and telling details.

For boxing fans, Inside the Ropes is available today for only $4.28.

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Cricket, politics and a sports writer

Some people would consider writing for Sports Illustrated a dream job. Others fantasize about living idyllically in the South of France. S. L. Price got to do both. Assigned by Sports Illustrated to cover sports in Europe, Price relocated his family to a small hamlet in Provence, and then set out to uncover the soul of world athletic competition.

In an attempt to comprehend the planet's most intense and bloody sports, he immersed himself in the cricket rivalry between India and Pakistan. He spent time with Lance Armstrong as the cyclist fended off rumors of performance-enhancing drugs. He argued politics with Olympic athletes in Athens, covered Austria's beer-drenched version of the Super Bowl, and caught basketball fever in Belgrade—as he, his wife, and children tried to adjust to life in a Europe convulsed by terrorism, anti-Americanism, and George Bush's war in Iraq.

Far Afield is an extraordinary memoir of growth, family, and games people play worldwide. Today you can purchase this e-book for only $1.83.

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Baseball - the all-American pasttime

We enjoy baseball in our family and often spend an evening at the park watching a game and taking in the atmosphere. What great summertime fun we can do together.

Here's the perfect leisure-time and take-along book for baseball fans: a compendium of challenging quizzes, crossword puzzles, rules interpretation problems, brain teasers, humorous anecdotes, cartoons, and eye-opening statistical charts, all about baseball and all drawn from more than sixty years of the most popular baseball publication in America, Baseball Digest.

Tumbling from its pages are the stories of old-time stars like Ruth, Feller, DiMaggio, and Williams as well as such recent luminaries as Cal Ripken, Nolan Ryan, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Derek Jeter. Trivia buffs will be challenged by questions such as What manager has been ejected from the most games? What pitchers have recorded three wins in one World Series? What St. Louis Cardinal hit two grand slams in one inning?

Note: I would not recommend that you work the crossword puzzles on your Kindle screen.

For great summertime fun, purchase The Baseball Entertainer , written by Robert Kuenster, today for only $4.40.

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Basketball's least favorite men on the court

The 2010 NBA Champion will soon be crowned as the Lakers and Celtics are playing the final game either Tuesday or Thursday, depending on who wins what games. To basketball fans everywhere, we have a cheap book for you.

Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: He becomes a referee.

Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider’s look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it means to face life in post-atomic America.

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SuperCheap Free! Golf's Sacred Journey

SuperCheap Free today! Golf's Sacred Journey by David L. Cook from Christian publisher Zondervan.

Description:
Golfers and non-golfers alike will be moved by the powerful transformation that takes place in Golf's Sacred Journey.

This book is about influence. The story is based on thousands of athletes the author has counseled, and the great mentors and teachers from whom he has learned, told through the lives of two characters-a rancher with a passion for teaching truth and a young golf professional at the end of his rope.

They represent each of us in the various stages of growth. In life we must be willing to coach and be coached, for either one alone will leave us empty.

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How many mornings in 75 years?

Ever had any desire to be at the same job for 20 years? 30 years? 40 years? Some folks find the job they love early in life and they don't ever leave. 50 years? 60 years? Goodness, isn't it time to retire?

Shirley Povich was the Dean of American Sportswriters. As a columnist for The Washington Post for more than seventy-five years, he was an eyewitness to the most thrilling moments in American sports, including: the legendary 1927 Dempsy-Tunney "long count"; the celebrated 1938 race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral; the 1946 signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers; Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series; the Ali-Frazier fight of 1971; and the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

But Povich's columns were about more than sports; they reflected the dramatic changes in American society over the course of the 20th Century. Driven by a strong sense of social justice, Povich called for the integration of major league baseball in 1939, and twenty years later he was still at it, attacking Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall for having an all-white team.

For the 100th anniversary of his birth, Povich's children-David, Maury, and Lynn-and his colleague at the Post, former sports editor George Solomon, have pulled together this panoramic collection of Povich's most beloved columns. The result is a front-row seat to the most awe-inspiring sports moments of our American Century.

All Those Mornings is available today for only $2.23.

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Baseball season is well underway and the football books are cheap

We are college football fans at our house, but we become pro football fans when the championship game is played. As we don't have a pro team we regularly follow, we tend to cheer for the underdog.

More than Just the Catch, written by David Tyree and Kimberly Daniels, is the story of the underdog. The awesome catch made by Tyree to win the championship for the New York Giants in 2008 was one of the most spectacular plays in football history.

In this book, Tyree gives you an inside look at life and faith of players in the NFL, the physical program that got him where he is today, and a behind-the-scenes account of the catch that positioned the Giants for their Super Bowl win. Let his story inspire you to a life of perseverance, faith, and success. You may never be a Super Bowl hero, but you CAN be a hero every day in your own life.

You can purchase More than Just a Catch today for only $3.49.

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Steeler's Glory is the story of Pittsburgh Steelers football as told by the players, coaches, opponents, fans, and the media. It salutes the great stars, teams, moments, rivalries, venues, fans, and traditions of the Steel City, including a chapter on the Steelers' all-time team. In addition, all five Super Bowl-winning rosters are presented.

From Bradshaw to Big Ben, Layne to Lambert, Bullet Bill to the Bus, Harris to Ham, and Stautner to Stallworth, it's all about the Steelers.

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Maybe I'll take in a baseball game this weekend

A lazy spring evening at the ballpark. I want to be there - watching the guys who will be heroes in tomorrow's newspaper story or showing us how to do the impossible on the play of the day.

Phillip Hoose was eight years old, living in a new town when he discovered the importance of baseball. However, health issues kept him from school and the baseball field.

Then one day his mother told him he should ask for help from his cousin, a pitcher for the New York Yankees. Hoose wrote to him and began a long-distance relationship with Don Larsen, a man on the verge of greatness.

Hoose met Larsen and such Yankee greats as Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel; he saw the loner Mickey Mantle from across the room. In a satisfying close to this story, the author visits with his now 80-year-old cousin.

Hoose's story, Perfect, Once Removed is available for the Kindle today for only $3.72. I love reading a story about true life heroes to little boys.

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Buy me some popcorn and Cracker Jacks!

Take me out to the ballgame! If you love the game of baseball, the stats, the great players, the history, you will love one or both of these books.

Cubs Pride spans 129 years of Chicago Cubs ups, downs, and almosts. Ernie, Gabby, Billy, Fergie, Cap and Hack, Rhino and Santo, Andre and Sammy, Wrigley, the ivy. Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance, tossing back opposing teams’ homers, the Billy Goat Curse, Bartman’s ball. Sixteen National League pennants, two World Series crowns, but … 95 years and counting. This book is home plate to the outfield fence full of Cubs Baseball.

Cubs Pride is available today for only $3.96.

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White Sox Glory gives you the best seat in the stadium to relive all the greats of the Second City's "second" diamond nine. There's reminiscing about the White Sox's epic milestones, the voices of players, coaches, fan, opponents, and sportswriters. Include is a special tribute to the Sox's seven-decade man—Minnie Minoso—and complete rosters from the White Sox's world championship teams.

If you prefer the American League, then White Sox Glory is available for $3.58. Cheap reads; not cheap seats!

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From waterboy to owner - it can happen to you

Bob Ackles started his football career as a water boy for the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League. His career took him to the NFL and XFL in the United States, before going back to the Lions over fifty years after he worked there as a water boy. Ackles is the only man to hold executive positions in all three football leagues.

Ackles' memoir, The Water Boy: From the Sidelines to the Owner's Box: Inside the CFL, the XFL, and the NFL , is available today for only $4.81. A great read about a man passionate about football - and we all know a few men who are passionate about football, don't we?

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Buying out of season means cheap!

St. Patrick's Day isn't even here and I'm thinking Christmas, because now is the time to buy Christmas things cheap. Kindle books are no different. An anthology of NASCAR-themed romance stories centered around a Christmas theme is going cheap today. A NASCAR Holiday features three stories by Kimberly Raye, Roxanne St. Claire, and Debra Web and is selling today for $2.78.

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Catchers and Pitchers have reported to spring training. . .

If the team is getting ready for opening day, then spring is definitely in the air.

Kate Angell's Richmond Rogues series is featuring a few bargains. The series follows the members of the team through their romantic adventures. The series has been given high reveiws, so if you like a light romance, grab these while they are cheap. Cheap reads, not cheap seats.

Book 1 - Squeeze Play - is going for only $2.56.

Book 4 - Sliding Home - is only $2.99.

The other two books in the series, Curve Ball and Strike Zone, are available for $4.79 each.

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