Best books by genre: Sports

William A. Williams in his work “The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved” unfolds the theme of everlasting strife of science and creationism. He tries, not without success, to prove that the evolution theory, so at variance with the facts and pernicious to the faith may be completely refuted. Quite an amazing reading, beginning with a discussion of the population of the world, a peculiar text book for every seeker of the truth.

“This book of out-door games for boys will make better boys, and they'll get a lot more joy out of life and be the better men in time, for having read it and carried out its rules as to wholesome, honest sport. The boy who plays an honest game will do an honest business, and he'll
win over "the sneak.” An amazing collection of games and funs from Alfred Rochefort includes marbles, kites, stilts, fishing boating, canoeing, swimming, diving, water games, ball games and many other fascinating active out-door pastime, that develops the ingenuity. An optimistic prescription for the kind of healthy, competitive, yet thoroughly wholesome boyhood, the book was originally published in 1910.

It is true that many have realized the great and undeniable truth that Physical Culture properly used is also mental culture, but it is also true that the masses are absolutely ignorant of this fact, and merely think that the person who believes so is a harmless lunatic. That it is within the means of the majority to have a powerful weapon to combat sins and vice that at present go rampantly on their way, I do most sincerely believe, and that weapon is a right understanding of the effect which Physical Culture has on the mind and body… By a dancer Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932).

Originally published in 1874, this early works is a comprehensive guide to the game of patience with much of the information still being useful and practical today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A baseball novel by a United States editor and scholar, Bliss Perry. The book deals with labor problems and other social dilemmas in an industrial town, issues of race, gender and sex, one of the first novels featuring racism in pro baseball.

The Late Mrs. Null is a great novel which was published for the first time in 1886. The author of this book Thonias Hewlings Stockton who wrote under the pseudonym Frank R. Stockton is known as a master of fairy tales intended especially for children. Among some of his other works it is possible to name the following: The Lady and the Tiger, Adventures of Captain Horne, Mrs. Null, The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, The Hundredth Man, Great Stone of Sardis, and Captain's Tollgate. The Late Mrs. Null is a wonderful piece of reading that will appeal not only to children but also to their parents who will read the book to their children aloud.

This is a very thorough and detailed book that gives its readers a good understanding of the mystery of this amazing country. From this study it is possible to learn more about the chronology of Chinese history, the most outstanding events that influence the turn of it, the most prominent figures, and of course, more about its culture and traditions.

Illustrated guide of various golf swing techniques, by Daryn Hammond. The book contains chapters on the grip, swing, action of the wrist, balance of body, stance, overswinging, socketing and some other enormities.

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Alexander and Janet Schaw, Scottish siblings, began a journey in 1774 that would take them from Edinburgh to the Caribbean Islands and then to America. Part of the early wave of Scottish colonization, the pair visited family and friends who had already established themselves in the colonies. Journal of a Lady of Quality is Janet Schaw’s account of this voyage through letters to a friend in Scotland. The letters describe the sights, scenery, and social life she encountered, but they also reveal the political atmosphere of an America on the verge of revolution. Stephen Carl Arch provides a new introduction for this Bison Books edition. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.