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  • Training for the New Alpinism

    A Manual for the Climber as Athlete

    by Steve House, Scott Johnston ...
    In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber and Patagonia ambassador, and Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions and World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House and Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed ... Read more

    12,29 €

  • The Mental Game of Poker

    Proven Strategies for Improving Tilt Control, Confidence, Motivation, Coping with Variance, and More

    by Jared Tendler ...
    The mental game may be more important in poker than in any other form of competition. It’s one of the only games in the world where you can play perfectly and lose—again and again. Hundreds of poker players have turned to mental game coach Jared Tendler’s revolutionary approach to help them play their best, no matter how badly they’re running. In this book you’ll find simple, step-by-step ... Read more

    10,29 €

  • Science of Strength Training

    Understand the Anatomy and Physiology to Transform Your Body

    by Austin Current ...
    Series series The Science of Fitness
    Packed with research and exercises that support you to build your strongest body - at home or in the gym.Is it time to lose weight, tone and sculpt, gain muscle and speed up your metabolism? This book gives you practical advice on how to do just that. It also gives you valuable insight into how nutrition and exercise can improve your health.Inside the pages of this strength training book, you'll ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • The Inner Game of Tennis

    The ultimate guide to the mental side of peak performance

    by W Timothy Gallwey ...
    **The timeless multimillion-copy phenomenon. 50th anniversary edition featuring a new foreword by Bill Gates.'Groundbreaking . . . I still give it to friends today' – Bill Gates'One of the most powerful mindset books ever written' – Daniel Pink, bestselling author of Drive**With unparalleled insights into the mental landscape of performance, The Inner Game of Tennis provides you with the ... Read more

    11,76 €

  • On Tennis

    Five Essays

    by David Foster Wallace ...
    From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster**: a collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers.**A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis player in his youth, David Foster Wallace wrote about the game like no one else. On Tennis p... ... Read more

    3,99 €

  • The Book of Basketball

    The NBA According to The Sports Guy

    by Bill Simmons ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The wildly opinionated, thoroughly entertaining, and arguably definitive book on the past, present, and future of the NBA—from the founder of The Ringer and host of The Bill Simmons Podcast“Enough provocative arguments to fuel barstool arguments far into the future.”—The Wall Street JournalIn The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons opens—and then closes, once and for a. ... Read more

    5,82 €

  • Klopp: Bring the Noise

    by Raphael Honigstein ...
    Updated with a new chapter on Klopp's emotional final season at LiverpoolJürgen Klopp was confirmed as manager of Liverpool FC in October 2015 to a rapturous reception. His super-sized personality and all-or-nothing style of football and management made him the perfect choice to pump up the volume at Anfield and lift Liverpool out of a slump.Fans and club officials were delighted to get the coach ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing

    by Philip Maffetone ...
    Are you a triathlete, runner, cyclist, swimmer, cross-country skier? Learn how to stay healthy, achieve optimal athletic potential, and be injury-free.Dr. Philip Maffetone’s approach to endurance offers a truly “individualized” outlook and unique system that emphasizes building a strong aerobic base for increased fat burning, weight loss, sustained energy, and a healthy immune system. Good ... Read more

    18,33 €

  • The Inner Game of Tennis

    The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

    by W. Timothy Gallwey ...
    “A Zen classic” (The Washington Post) about achieving the state of “relaxed concentration” that’s not only the key to peak performance in tennis but the secret to success in life itself—now in a 50th anniversary edition with an updated epilogue and a foreword by NFL coach Pete Carroll“The Inner Game of Tennis is not just a tennis book . . . because inner voices torture all of us—not just country ... Read more

    7,83 €

  • Sleep

    Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read

    by Nick Littlehales ...
    Proven solutions for better ZZZZ, from an elite sleep coach'Nick Littlehales wants to redefine the very meaning of the word sleep' - Daily Telegraph__________________________One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood, motivation and decisio... ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • The Masters

    Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia

    by Curt Sampson ...
    The Masters golf tournament weaves a hypnotic spell. It is the toughest ticket in sports, with black-market tickets selling for $10,000 and more. Success at Augusta National breeds legends, while failure can overshadow even the most brilliant of careers. But as Curt Sampson, author of the bestselling Hogan, reveals in The Masters, a cold heart beats behind the warm antebellum façade of this famous ... Read more

    10,27 €

  • Endure

    Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance

    by Alex Hutchinson ...
    THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Foreword by Malcolm GladwellLimits are an illusion: discover the revolutionary account of the science and psychology of endurance, revealing the secrets of reaching the hidden extra potential within us all."A voyage to the outer reaches of human capacity.” —David Epstein, author of Range"Reveals how we can all surpass our per... ... Read more

    9,21 €

  • The Secret Race

    Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs

    by Tyler Hamilton, Daniel Coyle ...
    WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDOn a fateful night in 2009, Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle met for dinner in Boulder, Colorado. Over the next eighteen months, Hamilton would tell Coyle his story, and his sport's story, in explosive detail, never sparing himself in the process. In a way, he became as obsessed with telling the truth as he had been with winning the Tour de ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Lewis Hamilton: My Story

    by Lewis Hamilton ...
    Lewis Hamilton’s explosive arrival on the Formula 1 scene has made front-page headlines. In My Story, for the first time Lewis opens up about his stunning debut season, including the gripping climax to the 2007 F1 World Championship, as well as his dad Anthony, his home life and his early years. The only book with the real story, as told by Lewis.In his first season in F1, Lewis Hamilton has ... Read more

    10,91 €

  • Range

    Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

    by David Epstein ...
    The #1 New York Times bestseller that has all America talking, from the author of the highly anticipated Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better.“The most important business—and parenting—book of the year.” —Forbes“Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.” —Daniel H. PinkShortlisted for the <e... ... Read more

    8,68 €

  • Strength Training Diet & Nutrition : 7 Key Things To Create The Right Strength Training Diet Plan For You

    Diet Tips for Weight Training

    by Jason Scotts ...
    Whether you're trying to enhance your performance as an athlete or just attempting to lose weight, including some form of strength training into your exercise regime is crucial. However it's also important you make sure you're following the right sort of strength training diet and nutrition plan to really reap the benefits. If you aren't eating the right kinds of foods then you won't actually make ... Read more

    4,70 €

  • The Psychology of Software Teams

    by Cat Hicks ...
    To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Read more

    24,28 €

  • The Live Music Business

    Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals

    by Andy Reynolds ...
    The Live Music Business: Management and Production of Concerts and Festivals, Third Edition, shines a light on the enigmatic live music business, offering a wealth of inside advice and trade secrets to artists and bands looking to make a living in the industry. Previously published as The Tour Book, this new edition has been extensively revised, reorganized, and updated to reflect today’s music ... Read more

    44,93 €

  • The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

    The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revis

    by Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
    From elite bodybuilding competitors to gymnasts, from golfers to fitness gurus, anyone who works out with weights must own this book -- a book that only Arnold Schwarzenegger could write, a book that has earned its reputation as "the bible of bodybuilding."Inside, Arnold covers the very latest advances in both weight training and bodybuilding competition, with new sections on diet and nutrition, ... Read more

    34,37 €

  • Two Hours

    The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon

    by Ed Caesar ...
    WINNER OF THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR'Lyrical and passionate ... a celebration of the human spirit and what it can achieve' ObserverTwo hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the human body. But now we have reached the ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Plant-Based Athlete

    A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

    by Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe only research-based sports nutrition guide for connecting a plant-based diet with peak athletic performance, featuring interviews with professional athletes who've made the switch from meat to plants.The Plant-Based Athlete by Matt Frazier and Robert Cheeke reveals the incontrovertible proof that the human body does not need meat, eggs, or dairy to be strong. ... Read more

    16,10 €

  • Breath

    Improve your health and wellbeing by discovering the lost art of breathing

    by James Nestor ...
    AN UPDATED EDITION OF THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEAS HEARD ON STEVEN BARTLETT'S 'DIARY OF A CEO''Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' Dr Rangan ChatterjeeThere is nothing more essential ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Bicycling Guide to Complete Bicycle Maintenance & Repair

    For Road & Mountain Bikes

    by Todd Downs, Editors of Bicycling Magazine ...
    The fully revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to bike maintenance from the world's leading authority on cyclingWhether they own the latest model or a classic with thousands of miles on it, beginner and experienced cyclists alike need a guide that will help them get their bikes out of the shop faster and keep them on the road longer. For more than 20 years, The Bicycling ... Read more

    5,82 €

  • The Ball is Round

    A Global History of Football

    by David Goldblatt ...
    THE DEFINITIVE, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL'Football conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest ... Read more

    12,99 €