City Travel Guides > Books > Sports

Average Rating:

.The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: David Seidman

March 01, 1995
As a non-sailor just getting into the world of sailing, I've found this book extremely helpful and easy to digest. The explanations are accompanied by beautiful drawings, which helps explain topics such as wind direction. My boyfriend, who is a competitive sailor, says that the book is very accurate and explains important topics well. We both give this book five stars.
>>See More Reviews & Details on The Complete Sailor: Learning the Art of Sailing

Used Price: $7.94

Average Rating:

.YOU: On a Walk
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
from: Simon & Schuster Audio

May 22, 2007
Great music and motivational! I'm just starting to work out again after 3 years off, it gives me that push and incentive to achieve.
>>See More Reviews & Details on YOU: On a Walk

Used Price: $9.49

Average Rating:

.Complete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 200 Self-Defense and Combative Techniques
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Darren Levine, John Whitman

May 28, 2007
This is a great supplement to any student that is taking Krav Maga. Its impossible to get "it" all in class and having something to use as a manual at home is an asset to your training.

Most instructors I have talked to also have this book and it covers a lot of what is in the instructors manual. its not all the trade secrets mind you but trimmed down and explained in a way that is perfect for the student in question.

Just getting in to Krav Maga? Current student that is looking for a supplement guide? Getting ready for the belt/level test? This is the book to get
>>See More Reviews & Details on Complete Krav Maga: The Ultimate Guide to Over 200 Self-Defense and Combative Techniques

Used Price: $13.78

Average Rating:

.Chi Walking: The Five Mindful Steps for Lifelong Health and Energy
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Danny Dreyer, Katherine Dreyer

March 21, 2006
Chi Running is one of my favorite running books because it taught me to run in a way that is effortless and natural. In Chi Walking, running coach Danny Dreyer applies the same principles to walking, but in my experience this does not work. The basic method in both books is to let the body tilt forward slightly so gravity pulls you along. In running this works fine because your feet land more on the toes thus absorbing the weight of the body with no shock. In walking however you land more on the heels or midfoot, so if you are tilted forward falling towards gravity, the full weight of the body slams the knees with each step.

After trying this method of walking for half an hour I was feeling this slamming and tension in my knees, ... Read More:
>>See More Reviews & Details on Chi Walking: The Five Mindful Steps for Lifelong Health and Energy

Used Price: $5.64

Average Rating:

.The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Ian Spector

November 29, 2007
Nice and funny, the drawing are really well made too, worth the price i paid it
>>See More Reviews & Details on The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human

Used Price: $5.52

Average Rating:

.Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: The Mountaineers

2003-09
This is an incredible mounaineering text, and it is well put together.
The item was in perfect condition, as described, and arived promptly. Thank you!
>>See More Reviews & Details on Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

Used Price: $9.87

Average Rating:

.Maximum Strength: Get Your Strongest Body in 16 Weeks with the Ultimate Weight-Training Program
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Eric Cressey, Matt Fitzgerald

May 12, 2008
Maximum Strength by Eric Cressey is an excellent book which gives an extremely detailed step by step program to build strength.

As a regular gym goer who has just been turning up and doing my routine without making significant gains for a while, I found this book easy to relate to. The book is geared to those that want to get stronger, not necessarily bigger. It was exactly the book I was looking for.

I was a little sceptical of the book when I first flicked through it at the bookstore because it went against what I've been conditioned to think about working out. However, after seeing so many positive reviews on Amazon and online forums I thought I would buy it and try it out.

It reads easily, the pictures and diagrams ... Read More:
>>See More Reviews & Details on Maximum Strength: Get Your Strongest Body in 16 Weeks with the Ultimate Weight-Training Program

Used Price: $11.75

Average Rating:

.Night
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Elie Wiesel

March 01, 1982
Wow...every page is like a sock in the gut, and like many memoirs full of twisted events, I find myself hoping it isn't true. But what's most remarkable is Wiesel's legacy, how he survived and lived to tell about it as a respected intellectual (this isn't a part of the story). Historically relevant, brutally tragic, painfully morbid. A true story about hanging on to life, and literally losing everything but. It's small enough to read in a day, and that might be the best way to go about it. I read it in small, painful chunks. As I read it, I often felt ashamed of humanity for it's self-destructive cruelty. This story includes the extra detail they didn't put in your history book.
>>See More Reviews & Details on Night

Used Price: $0.01

Average Rating:

.The Book of Five Rings
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Miyamoto Musashi

January 11, 2005
Musashi, like every great warrior, knew that strategy was as important as tactics and techniques in combat. This book will teach you things that were learned in combat and will enhance your survival potential on the battlefield, street and life.

It is not the easiest book to interpret and understand, but that hardly matters, as for the information in this book is worth your time and effort. One good book is worth a hundred crummy ones, and this book is one outstanding book. This book is divided into various distinct sections, and the serious and professional warrior should extract as much information as possible from each section. Every time I pick this book up I learn something new. This is the warrior's bible.

I highly recommend this book ... Read More:
>>See More Reviews & Details on The Book of Five Rings

Used Price: $3.79

Average Rating:

.The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story
City Travel Guides > Books > Sports
by: Mark Frost

September 01, 2005
This I believe was Frost's 1st golf history book and previously all his other work had been fiction. Which explains the fictional feel of this book. Frost cites conversation and internal thoughts from the characters to an exent that he can't possibly know if that's what happened. In addition to compromising accuracy, it also makes for a book that's about 2x as long as it needs to be. I found myself often scanning large sections rather than reading every word.

Even with that flaw he still produced a must-read golf history book, that many non-golfers will also enjoy. He excels at putting things in historical and social context, and building fiction-like edge of your seat tension. He's also a master at researching the lives of the main characters, from their ... Read More:
>>See More Reviews & Details on The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story

Used Price: $4.91