Lyons Press: 836 books
by Kevin O'Connell, Josh Pahigian
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
Why I Hate the Yankees offers a humorous take on the most beloved--and at the same time, most reviled--franchise in American professional sports. The book attempts to answer the question: Do we hate the Yankees merely because they always win, or is there more to it than just that?
The authors...
Seventh Inning Stretch
Baseball’s Most Essential and Inane Debates
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
The Seventh Inning Stretch, by noted baseball expert Josh Pahigian addresses all of the most interesting baseball arguments, however frivolous, that fans have been engaging in for decades, and even a few they may have never stopped to consider before.
by Josh Pahigian
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Now in paperback! From sandlots and skyboxes to TV rooms and sports bars, America’s love for baseball has inspired too-numerous-to-count memories, discussions, and tributes. Josh Pahigian takes us on a road trip across America to honor the game’s players, fans, and ballparks. Through a series of...
Be IronFit
Time-Efficient Training Secrets for Ultimate Fitness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
The third edition of the best Ironman triathlon training book in the market, this updated volume contains time-efficient training methods that have been honed over the years and have been proved to aid anyone in achieving their athletic dreams—from beginners to experienced competitors. This edition...
Triathlon Training Fundamentals
A Beginner's Guide to Essential Gear, Nutrition, and Training Schedules
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Triathlon Training Fundamentals caters directly to the beginner. Triathlon Training Fundamentals presents all of the basic information needed in plain language, from why and how to get started and what events to select, to what equipment to get and how to maintain it, to how to train for each leg...
Thief-Taker Hangings
How Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard Captivated London and Created the Celebrity Criminal
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
After the Glorious Revolution, a not so glorious age of lawlessness befell England. Crime ran rampant, and highwaymen, thieves, and prostitutes ruled the land. Execution by hanging often punished the smallest infractions, and rip-roaring stories of fearless criminals proliferated, giving birth to...
by Boy Scouts of America
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
A Followup to the Highly Successful Best of Boys' Life
Boys’ Life, the magazine for Boy Scouts of America, was launched in 1911 and became one of the most popular youth magazines in America. Every month it features news, stories, jokes, and practical how-to instructions invaluable to all...
DiMag & Mick
Sibling Rivals, Yankee Blood Brothers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
DiMag & Mick is a portrait of DiMaggio and Mantle as the old and young exemplars of what was a more confident, masterful age not only in baseball but in the country where they were held up as cultural heroes over two generations, symbolic of an America celebrating its recent triumph over Nazism...
A Fine Team Man
Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Jackie Robinson famously said that a life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives. As we celebrate Robinson’s 100th birthday in January 2019, Stealing Home profiles nine figures whose lives were altered by the “great experiment,” as the integration of baseball was called...
Haunted Baseball
Ghosts, Curses, Legends, and Eerie Events
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Baseball and ghost stories are as American as apple pie. Haunted Baseball combines both with this fun and freaky collection of otherworldly yarns. Collected from baseball players, stadium personnel, umpires, front-office folks, and fans, the tales told here explore the spooky connection between baseball...
Breaking History: Lost America
Vanished Civilizations, Abandoned Towns, and Roadside Attractions
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Breaking History books offer a front row seat to history as it broke (like “breaking news”) and give the blow-by-blow of historical discovery—what we learned, when we learned it, who made the discovery, and how. Lost America is an illustrated look at fascinating places in the United States that...
Dunks, Doubles, Doping
How Steroids Are Killing American Athletics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
Steroids have been made out to be the modern plague of the day. The media chastize athletes who use them and sentence users to an early death. Outspoken critics claim there's a laundry list of horrific, irreversible side effects. But the truth, as HBO may have summed up best in their special programming...
Showing for Beginners, New and Revised
A Guide For Novice Hunter-Seat Show Riders Of All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
In the ten years since this book was first published, the USEF, American horse sport's governing body, has revised and added rules and regulations that affect novice hunter-seat riders. This user-friendly and encouraging guide reflects those changes and offers invaluable advice for riders, parents,...
101 Western Pleasure and Horsemanship Tips
Basics Of Western Riding And Showing
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Western Horsemanship requires balance, finesse, and above all, effective communication between horse and rider. Not only is Western Horsemanship an important and popular horse show class, but it is also the foundation for such other competitive events as reining, roping, trail, and working cow horse.From...