Diversion Books: 923 books
The Ice Bowl
The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys Season of 1967
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Some athletes never stop playing. Some rivalries transcend the gridiron. Some games last forever.
The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys engaged in a fierce rivalry in the 1966 season, culminating in the Packers defeating the Cowboys to win the NFL championship. The next year, they clashed...
by Bill James
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The man Newsweek once called “the guru of baseball” offers profiles of top managers, sidebars, statistics, and snapshots of each decade.
Widely considered to be one of the greatest minds in the history of the game, Bill James has changed the way we think about the sport of baseball. In...
There Is No Next
NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Thirty years after Michael Jordan’s first NBA game comes an oral history of his legendary career, told by the men who played with him and against him, coached him, and witnessed first-hand the iconic greatness of the most dominant athlete sports has ever seen.
Featuring interviews with:...
by Daniel Okrent, Steve Wulf
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2014
From its winners to its sinners, two bestselling sportswriters chronicle a dizzying trip through more than a century of baseball lore and legend.
Some of the stories are celebrated—from Ruth’s called shot to DiMaggio’s streak to Mays’s catch. Some of the men are titans of the game—Mantle,...
God's Coach
The Hymns, Hype, and Hypocrisy of Tom Landry's Cowboys
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
“No football fan will want to miss this one.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY“A searing character study…a breathless, can’t-put-it-down read.” —LOS ANGELES TIMES“As savvy, dirt-dishing expose.” —KIRKUS REVIEWSFrom nationally-acclaimed journalist and ESPN commentator Skip Bayless, the newly updated...
Golf School
The Tuition-Free Tee-to-Green Curriculum from Golf's Finest High End Academy
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Get the benefits of Jim McLean's four golf school curriculums—the Full-Swing School, the Short-Game School, the Management School, and the Mental School—without the four-figure cost.Jim McLean is known as golf's complete teacher, and his golf schools (The Doral Resort/Miami, PGA West/Palm Springs,...
The Jewish Jordan's Triple Threat
Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Lessons from the Court
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Reminiscent of Phil Jackson’s SACRED HOOPS, Tamir Goodman’s Triple Threat explores physical, mental, and spiritual lessons, on and off the court.Tamir Goodman was dubbed “The Jewish Jordan” by SPORTS ILLUSTRATED for the unorthodox combination of basketball prowess and devout faith that he brought...
by Jane Heller
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
What happens when a woman goes to Sedona to commune with New Age spirits and instead runs into the ex-husband she hasn’t seen in years? A suspenseful romantic comedy about finding love the second time around. No one craves order more than bean counter Crystal Goldstein. A partner at one of New York’s...
Turning the Pyramid Upside Down
A New Leadership Model
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
"The upside down pyramid is particularly important in customer facing organizations ... a good read for any leader."—Jim Estill, Partner at CanRock Ventures, owner of CEO Blog, Time Leadership Globalization and hyper-connectivity are significantly affecting the way all organizations are led, requiring...
The Heart of the Deal
How to Invest and Negotiate like a Real Estate Mogul
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The founder and CEO of Rapid Realty, New York City’s largest rental-based real estate brokerage, shares his story, his advice, and his tips for building a successful career in the ever-growing and lucrative world of real estate.
Anthony Lolli got his real estate license at age nineteen. By...
The Ryder Cup
Golf's Greatest Event
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Revised and updated, this in-depth look recounts The Ryder Cup’s rich history and venerated place in sports, its champions and its characters, and its status as golf’s greatest grudge match. From its humble origins in 1927 to its place today as golf’s most gentlemanly battle—and a multi-million-dollar...
Controlled Chaos
Chip Kelly's Football Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
The author of THE TAO OF CHIP KELLY returns with deep insight into the mind of one of the NFL’s most innovative and increasingly controversial coaches.
The 2014 off-season saw the excitement of Chip Kelly's NFL debut turn ugly fast. Before his second training camp even opened, the coach abruptly...
by Lynne Heitman
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2014
Black market airplane parts put countless lives at risk in this terrifying thriller: “The best white-knuckle ride I’ve taken in a long time” (Lee Child).
Alex Shanahan has accepted a new job with a Detroit start-up airline when the death of her friend John McTavish takes her on a detour...
Lynne Heitman's Alex Shanahan Series
Hard Landing, Parts Unknown, First Class Killing, The Pandora Key
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Four aviation thrillers from an author who “melds the maze of today’s airline industry with intrigue and mystery” (John J. Nance, New York Times–bestselling author of Final Approach).
The friendly skies are anything but in these expertly crafted novels of suspense set in the cutthroat...