After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...

Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.

"Hotdog, Lizzie, and Kev are training for GAME DAY! They want to win the big prize--an awesome trip to Rainbow Island! That's where Kev's mom lives! They'll need skill, speed, and strength. Do they have what it takes to win?"--

In this vivid biography Geoffrey C. Ward brings back to life the most celebrated — and the most reviled — African American of his age.
Jack Johnson battled his way out of obscurity and poverty in the Jim Crow South to win the title of heavyweight champion of the world. At a time when whites ran everything in America, he took orders from no one and resolved to live as if color did not exist. While most blacks struggled simply to exist,...

When Myron Bolitar's best friend and partner is arrested for the murder of a client--a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback--Myron and his sidekick Win plunge into their most difficult and bizarre case yet.

An intimate and heart-warming look at the man behind the legend as we've never seen Ali before. The documentary is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of voice recordings combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, son, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy.

Based on the inspirational true story of a group of neighbourhood friends in a small town of 5,000 in rural Iowa. While growing up, the boys played basketball together in driveways and tournaments eventually going on to play basketball at different high schools. In an unusual event for a small town, both high schools simultaneously produce two state boys basketball championship teams. Despite the odds, the boys, their teammates and coaches are inspired...

The search for the perfect wave continues as a group of surfers travel the globe.

"Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country. Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the BritishHorseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organization--an informant who is passing on confidential...

"Short, to-the-point, and humorously illustrated by famed outdoor illustrator Mike Clelland, this book presents everything hikers and backpackers need to be safe, comfortable, and well fed while carrying a very small and lightweight pack"--