Touchstone: 629 books
No-Fall Snowboarding
7 Easy Steps to Safe and Fun Boarding
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Gain Without Pain. Learning to snowboard can be easy and painless—with the right instruction.
In this groundbreaking book, Danny Martin, the most sought-after snowboarding instructor today, teaches you how to snowboard in just three days—and without falling. While the American Association...
by Eugene Sloane
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Eugene A. Sloane, one of the leading authorities on bicycles and bicycling, has completely revised and expanded his invaluable Bicycle Maintenance Manual, adding all new information on equipment, tools, and the latest in bicycle technology. With more than 250 photographs, many of them detailing step-by-step...
Long May You Run
all. things. running.
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
You are a runner. You know how hard it is to make time to run. So you go out at 5:30 a.m. . . . in the rain. You remember every strain, sprain, ache, and pain you’ve ever felt. You ran through it then. You’ll run through it now. You have great runs. You have not-so-great runs. You run fast. You...
The Motion of the Ocean
1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will change in different light.
Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long tango (together, apart, together, apart), they're back in love -- but...
Total Immersion
The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Swim better—and enjoy every lap—with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water.
Terry Laughlin, the world’s #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master....
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders
A Complete Guide to the Worst Decisions and Stupidest Moments in Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
BLOOPER: BALL SQUIRTS THROUGH BILLY BUCKNER'S LEGS.
BLUNDER: BILLY BUCKNER'S MANAGER LEFT HIM IN THE GAME.
Baseball bloopers are fun; they're funny, even. A pitcher slips on the mound and his pitch sails over the backstop. An infielder camps under a pop-up...and the ball lands ten feet away....
by Kurt Aschermann
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
COACHES AND PARENTS OF SOCCER PLAYERS OF ALL LEVELS, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!
Revised and updated with new information, drills, diagrams, and photos, this friendly, easy-to-use, fully illustrated guide shows coaches how to run a successful soccer team -- no matter how much experience they...
The Mountain
My Time on Everest
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In national bestseller The Mountain, world-renowned climber and bestselling author Ed Viesturs and cowriter David Roberts paint a vivid portrait of obsession, dedication, and human achievement in a true love letter to the world’s highest peak.
In The Mountain, veteran world-class climber...
Character Driven
Life, Lessons, and Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
The Three Time NBA Champion and starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers shares his Christian faith and inspirational values for success and happiness.
Since his inaugural season with the NBA in 1996, Derek Fisher has had a dramatic impact on the great success of the Lakers. Playing...
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers
An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2008
Pitchers, the pitches they throw, and how they throw them -- these days it's the stuff of constant scrutiny, but there's never been anything like a comprehensive source for such information. That's what preeminent baseball analyst Bill James and ESPN.com baseball columnist Rob Neyer realized over...
Rollergirl
Totally True Tales from the Track
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2007
The 1950s phenomenon of Roller Derby is back in full force, and it's definitely not your grandma's game anymore. With leagues in more than one hundred cities across the country, a national tournament, and major sponsors, the new wave of the sport has gone mainstream. No one is better qualified to...
by John Ouelette, Vincent Fortanasce
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The first book endorsed by AYSO -- the organization that soccer moms and dads trust most -- that presents all the basics of youth soccer
If you are a soccer parent, coach, or referee, or just a youth soccer enthusiast, The Official American Youth Soccer Organization Handbook is for you. Dr....
Tropical Nature
Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Seventeen marvelous essays introducing the habitats, ecology, plants, and animals of the Central and South American rainforest.
A lively, lucid portrait of the tropics as seen by two uncommonly observant and thoughtful field biologists. Its seventeen marvelous essays introduce the habitats,...
Living on the Edge of the World
New Jersey Writers Take On the Garden State
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Mobsters. Big hair. The smelly Turnpike. The poor cousin of its glittering neighbor Manhattan. Could that really be all there is to New Jersey? In Living on the Edge of the World, the best and brightest young writers from the much maligned state answer back with edgy, irreverent pieces of nonfiction...