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by: Johnson, Derek,
The complete guide to pitching /
Human Kinetics, c2013.
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by: Bucklin, Gincy Self.
The gentle art of horseback riding /
Human Kinetics, c2013.
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by: Ours, Dorothy.
Battleship : a daring heiress, a teenage jockey, and Americas horse /

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by: Nagrath, Sumati.
Incredible ascents to Everest : celebrating 60 years of the first successful ascent /
Interlink Books, 2013.
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by: Connors, Jimmy,
The outsider : a memoir /
HarperCollins, c2013.
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by: Barra, Allen.
Mickey and Willie : Mantle and Mays, the parallel lives of baseballs golden age /
Crown Archetype, c2013.
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View DescriptionCulturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents, and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didnt know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship–and that each was the only man who could truly understand the others experience–
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