New @ the Library: Olympic Summer Sports
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This page features topical lists of items from our print books, ebooks, and DVD collections. Ebooks are accessible to all Central Penn students, faculty, and staff--any time, anywhere you have an internet connection. If you have questions/problems accessing the ebooks, please contact the Library.
Olympic Summer Sports: Books on Display
Ergonomics in Sport and Physical Activity: Enhancing Performance and Improving Safety by Call Number: 613.71 REIISBN: 9780736069328Publication Date: 2009
Any Given Monday: Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them for Athletes, Parents, and Coaches by Call Number: 617.1027 ANDISBN: 9781451667097Publication Date: 2014
Sports Medicine (Health & Medical Issues Today) by Call Number: 617.1027 MINISBN: 9780313338946Publication Date: 2007
How Did I Get Here?: The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO by Call Number: 658.4092 HAWISBN: 9780470631492Publication Date: 2010
Million Dollar Arm: Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game by
Basis for the feature film "Million Dollar Arm" (DVD 791.43 MIL)
Call Number: 796.0694 BERISBN: 9781476765884Publication Date: 2014
The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley by Call Number: 796.3 RILISBN: 9780806135069Publication Date: 2002
Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years by Call Number: 796.323 PETERISBN: 9780803287723Publication Date: 2002
The Hoops Whisperer: On the Court and Inside the Heads of Basketball's Best Players by Call Number: 796.323 RAVISBN: 9781592408917Publication Date: 2014
The Game and the Glory: An Autobiography by Call Number: 796.334 AkersISBN: 9780310235293Publication Date: 2000
More Than Just a Game: Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told by Call Number: 796.334 KORISBN: 9780312596170Publication Date: 2010
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey -- and Even Iraq -- Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport by Call Number: 796.334 KUPISBN: 9781568584812Publication Date: 2014
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) by Call Number: 796.334 TOMISBN: 9780415498319Publication Date: 2014
On the Right Track: From Olympic Downfall to Finding Forgiveness and the Strength to Overcome and Succeed by Call Number: 796.4209 JONISBN: 9781451626308Publication Date: 2011
Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball by Call Number: 796.35 SIMOISBN: 9780471261537Publication Date: 2002
Arnie: The Life of Arnold Palmer by Call Number: 796.352 CALLISBN: 9780062439727Publication Date: 2017
Tiptoeing Through Hell: Playing the U.S. Open on Golf's Most Treacherous Courses by Call Number: 796.3526 StregeISBN: 9780060934255Publication Date: 2003
The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players by Call Number: 796.357 LINISBN: 9781541698949Publication Date: 2019
Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary by Call Number: 796.357 LOM 1860-1901ISBN: 9780815607861Publication Date: 2003
Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues by Call Number: 796.357 LOM 1902-1931ISBN: 9780815610397Publication Date: 2014
The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France by Call Number: 796.6209 HAMISBN: 9780345530417Publication Date: 2012
Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold by Call Number: 796.812 SCHISBN: 9780525955030Publication Date: 2014
Jacobs Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties by Call Number: 796.8309 MITISBN: 9781605981239Publication Date: 2010
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Call Number: 797.123 BROISBN: 9780143125471Publication Date: 2014
Chicken Soup for the Sports Fan's Soul by Call Number: LDR 796 CHIISBN: 9781558748750Publication Date: 2000
The One Minute Golfer: Enjoying the Great Game More by Call Number: LDR 796.3 BLAISBN: 9780688168490Publication Date: 1999
The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching by Call Number: LDR 796.32 SMIISBN: 9780143034643Publication Date: 2005
Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Call Number: LDR 796.323 JACISBN: 9780143125341Publication Date: 2014
Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success by Call Number: LDR 796.323 KRZISBN: 9780446580496Publication Date: 2006
Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life by Call Number: LDS 796.3236 KRZISBN: 9780446676786Publication Date: 2001
Sports: Ebooks
American Hoops: U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball from Berlin to Beijing by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780803222939Publication Date: 2010
Baseball's Power Shift: How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780803255234Publication Date: 2016
Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780803234703Publication Date: 2012
Boxing: A Concise History of the Sweet Science by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781442229907Publication Date: 2014
Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780520279100Publication Date: 2014
Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Gymnastics by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781118357538Publication Date: 2013
Historical Dictionary of Basketball by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780810867635Publication Date: 2010
Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780810867758Publication Date: 2010
Historical Dictionary of Soccer by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780810871885Publication Date: 2011
A People's History of Baseball by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780252036804Publication Date: 2012
The Science of the Perfect Swing by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780199382194Publication Date: 2015
Skateboarding LA: Inside Professional Street Skateboarding by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9780814769867Publication Date: 2017
The World Through Soccer: The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport by Call Number: Ebook CentralISBN: 9781442234734Publication Date: 2014
Sports: DVDs
42: The Jackie Robinson Story by Call Number: DVD 791.43 42ISBN: 0883929316526Publication Date: 2013
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