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Chris Santella

Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die

Stewart, Tabori & Chang

In this volume of Chris Santella’s popular Fifty Places to…Before You Die series, Santella provides beautiful photographs and descriptions of the fifty best sites for fly-fishing—from Bristol Bay, Alaska to the Zambezi River in Zambia—straight from fly-fishing experts. Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die has been reviewed by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Publishers Weekly, USA Today and Men’s Journal, who called it, “a lavishly photographed dreambook of the world’s top angling spots.”

Alan Black

Kick the Balls

Hudson Street Press/Penguin

An abrasive Scottish immigrant’s abrasive and hilarious soccer memoir. Alan Black missed the PC-movement, missed the "winning isn't everything" lecture, and missed the Time cover story on soccer moms ruining competitive sports. When the story opens, he's foolishly accepted a coaching position in Berkeley, CA.. SNAFU doesn't come close to describing the fallout. Among other things, his wheat-grass-fed 10-year-old players have never heard the words "What a load of rubbish!" directed at themselves. We think soccer buffs will eat it up, as well as weekend warriors, pent-up Dads, sportscasters, and inmates.

Ben Applebaum and Dan Di Sorbo

The Book of Beer Pong

Chronicle Books

Long considered a mere leisure pursuit by fraternity brothers and barbecue guests, Ben Applebaum and Dan DiSorbo have designated beer pong an official sport, complete with rules and regulations, with The Book of Beer Pong: The Official Guide to the Sport of Champions.  From table set-up to smack talk, The Book of Beer Pong, a funny guide to the great American pastime, has it covered.

Roberto Borgatti

A Swing You Can Trust

Atria/Simon & Schuster

Between his seminars for professionals, his clinics for amateurs, and his corporate outings for Fortune 500 companies, Borgatti is a highly sought-after golf instructor with foolproof methods that are now being used around the world.  In A Swing You Can Trust, Borgatti shows proven techniques to readers of any skill level, alongside step-by-step instructions and illustrative full-color photographs.  Former executive editor of Golf Connoisseur magazine Ken Baron says, “this book makes sense of all those frustrating elements in golf that seem counterintuitive to those of us who have struggled through lesson after lesson and book after book.”

John Wilcockson

23 Days in July

Da Capo

Longtime Tour de France reporter John Wilcockson follows Lance Armstrong through his sixth victory in this day-by-day record of the demanding 2004 race. According to Publishers Weekly, “As the race revisits stages and locations from previous Tours, Wilcockson smartly looks back at some of the Tour's great moments and explores how it has changed because of its recent ‘Lance-ification.’" 23 Days in July: Inside the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s Record-Breaking Victory has been featured in Sports Illustrated and the International Herald Tribune and dubbed one of “The Best Sports Books of 2004” by ESPN.com.

Chris Santella

Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die

Stewart, Tabori & Chang

A classic for passionate golfers and armchair travelers, this book presents the world's greatest golf venues, the personal favorites of renowned players, course architects, and other experts in the sport. From Ballyliffin, Ireland's northernmost course, whose rumpled fairways wander along the North Sea in the shadows of Glashedy Rock, to New Zealand's Cape Kidnappers, perched atop dramatic cliffs some 500 feet above the ocean, the book's beautiful photographs capture what makes these courses standouts for ardent golfers.