Singing cowboys

By Green, Douglas B

Publishing Date: c2006

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.43 GRE

Singing Cowboys tells the fabled story of the men and women who shone brightly during the magical era of the singing cowboy movie star. It was an era when Western heroes sang and yodeled as well as threw punches and drew six-guns; an era where for a time nearly half the Western films churned out in Hollywood's golden age either featured a singer as a hero, or had singing second leads or singing ranch hands to provide that dreamy, romantic, exquisitely beautiful music we now think of as western. - (Gibbs-Smith)

John Wayne: American

By Roberts, Randy

Publishing Date: c1995

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.43 ROB

Based on over five years of interview and archival research, John Wayne: American explains the appeal of Wayne's abiding Americanness. Indeed, we cannot understand America itself without understanding John Wayne. Born in a dyed-in-the-wool Republican town in Iowa, a football star and student leader, and a scholarship boy at USC, Wayne went to Hollywood because it was the truest meritocracy in America, the one place where his lack of wealth and connections could not hurt him. After spending the first decade of his career on Poverty Row, he emerged as a star in Stagecoach. But it was during World War II that Wayne - and America - emerged as superpowers. Wayne came to politics reluctantly, joining the mainstream of America in its confrontation with communism - and maintaining his opposition ever since. At heart, however, Wayne was a nonideological conservative. He loved his freedom, his friends, his women, and his booze. He believed in simple justice, and common decency, and he will always be beloved as a result. - (Blackwell North Amer)

Lucky me: my life with--and without--my mom, Shirley MacLaine

By Parker, Sachi

Publishing Date: [2013]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4302 PAR

Shirley MacLaine's only child shares shocking stories from her out-of-this-world childhood with the famously eccentric and award-winning actress.

Hollywood enigma: Dana Andrews

By Rollyson, Carl E.

Publishing Date: 2012

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4302 ROL

The complete story of a great actor, his difficult struggle to overcome alcoholism while enjoying the accolades of his contemporaries, a successful term as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and the love of family and friends that never deserted him.

Fantastic beasts and where to find them: the original screenplay

By Rowling, J. K.

Publishing Date: 2016

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.437 ROW

While attending the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1926, Newt Scamander is pursued by the wizarding authorities when dangerous beasts and their habitats escape from his magical briefcase.

Paddle your own canoe: one man's fundamentals for delicious living

By Offerman, Nick

Publishing Date: [2013?]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 791.4502 OFF

The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.

Big game: the NFL in dangerous times

By Leibovich, Mark

Publishing Date: 2018

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.332 LEI

Like millions of Americans, Mark Leibovich has spent more of his life tuned into pro football than he'd care to admit. Being a lifelong New England Patriots fan meant growing up on a steady diet of lovable loserdom. That is, until the Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era made the Pats the most ruthlessly efficient and polarizing sports dynasty of the modern NFL, and its fans the most irritating in all of Pigskin America. Leibovich kept his obsession quiet, making a nice career for himself covering that other playground for rich and overgrown children, American politics. Still, every now and then Leibovich would reach out to Tom Brady to gauge his willingness to subject himself to a profile. He figured that the chances of Brady agreeing were a Hail Mary at best, but Brady returned Mark's call in summer 2014 and kept on returning his calls through epic Patriots Super Bowl victory and defeat, and a scandal involving Brady--Deflategate--whose grip on sports media was as profound as its true significance was ridiculous. So began a four-year odyssey that took Mark Leibovich deeper inside the NFL than anyone has gone before. From the owners' meeting to the draft to the sidelines of crucial games, he takes in the show at the elbow of everyone from Brady to big-name owners to the cordially despised NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell. Ultimately, BIG GAME is a chronicle of "peak football"--the high point of the sport's economic success and cultural dominance, but also the time when the dark side began to show. It is an era of explosive revenue growth, but also one of creeping existential fear. Players have long joked that NFL stands for "not for long," but as the true impact of concussions becomes inescapable background noise, it's increasingly difficult to enjoy the simple glory of football without the buzz-kill of its obvious consequences. And that was before Donald Trump. In 2016, Mark's day job caught up with him, and the NFL slammed headlong into America's culture wars. BIG GAME is a journey through an epic storm. Through it all, Leibovich always keeps one eye on Tom Brady and his beloved Patriots, through to the 2018 Super Bowl. Pro football, this hilarious and enthralling book proves, may not be the sport America needs, but it is most definitely the sport we deserve.

The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the story of golf

By Frost, Mark

Publishing Date: [2004]

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.352 FRO

Presents a study of the life and career of golf icon Bobby Jones, focusing on his accomplishment of winning four major golfing championships during the sumer of 1930 and his sudden retirement from competition at the age of twenty-eight.

For all who love the game: lessons and teachings for women

By Penick, Harvey

Publishing Date: c1995

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.352 PEN

The famous golf pro shares his insight into golf for women players, showcasing his unique view of the game and life in general - (Baker & Taylor)

The best team money can buy: the Los Angeles Dodgers' wild struggle to build a baseball powerhouse

By Knight, Molly

Publishing Date: 2015

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.357 KNI

"The inside-the-clubhouse story of two tumultuous years when the Los Angeles Dodgers were re-made from top to bottom, from the ownership of the team to management to the players on the field, becoming the most talked-about and most colorful team in baseball"--

Jackie Robinson: an intimate portrait

By Robinson, Rachel

Publishing Date: 1996

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.357 ROB

In an evocative and personal memoir enhanced by hundreds of photographs, the widow of Jackie Robinson provides an intimate portrait of her husband, his rise to success, the impact of his fame on the family, and his life after baseball. - (Baker & Taylor)

Everyday wisdom: 1001 expert tips for hikers

By Berger, Karen

Publishing Date: c1997

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.51 BER

More Everyday Wisdom is an easy-to-use collection of useful advice, timesaving tips, problem-solving techniques, and practical inventiveness--all delivered in an engaging Q&A format. Author Karen Berger answers the questions she's been asked by people she's net hiking, in lecture halls, and in the Internet. This book addresses the issues that hikers really want to know about.

Trekker's handbook: strategies to enhance your journey

By Tilton, Buck

Publishing Date: 2003

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.52 TIL

The shortest straw: Search and rescue in the high sierra

By Rosnau, Dean

Publishing Date: 2017

Classification: 700

Call Number: 796.522 ROS

World whitewater: a global guide for river runners

By Cassady, Jim

Publishing Date: c1999

Classification: 700

Call Number: 797.122 CAS

Whether you're up for the most challenging runs in the remotest places on earth, or are just looking for a lovely flatwater float, you will find them all here. World Whiteware is the only complete international guide to the legendary rivers of the world. It gives you all theinformation you need to plan your expedition. Wherever you picture yourself, World Whitewater can get you there. - (McGraw Hill)

The longest silence: a life in fishing

By McGuane, Thomas

Publishing Date: 2001

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.1 MCG

In a compilation of thirty-three essays, the author reflects on the world of angling as he shares his observations on his quarry, great fishing spots around the world, and fishing equipment.

Upriver and downstream: the best fly-fishing and angling adventures from the New York times

Publishing Date: c2007

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124

A compilation of essays from the popular "Outdoors" column from The New York Times features contributions from Nick Lyons, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, Patricia Leigh Brown, Robert H. Boyle, and Thomas McGuane that reflect on the unique joys of fishing around the globe. - (Baker & Taylor)

The art of fly fishing: an illustrated history of rods, reels, and favorite flies

By Fersen, Paul

Publishing Date: c2000

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124 FER

Contents: The world of fly fishing -- Five hundred years of tradition : the history of fly fishing -- Mechanical aesthetics : wood, steel, and aluminum reels -- Art of the rod : willow to bamboo to graphite -- Natural artificials : fly-tying magic.

Fifty places to fly fish before you die: fly-fishing experts share the world's greatest destinations

By Santella, Chris

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124 SAN

The fifty essays included a background of each site, how-to hints, and colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities' experiences. The book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel and tackle information so that they, too can start planning fishing excursions around the globe.

My Moby Dick

By Humphrey, William

Publishing Date: 1979

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.1755 HUM

From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fisherman In the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows of a roadside stream. Between three and four feet long and weighing more than thirty pounds, it is a fish too big not to be fished for. It is also, therefore, a fish too big to be caught. Yet Humphrey resolves to do just that, and with a dry fly, no less. What follows is a season-long pursuit of the impos.