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A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later the Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life.

This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of...

Tom Mahoney is the golden boy everyone knew in school: good-looking, charming, an athlete---sought after by women, the envy of men. His success in life seems a foregone conclusion. In "The Appearance of a Hero, "Tom navigates the passage into adulthood, his story chronicled from every perspective but his own.

Tom crisscrosses the country in search of direction, affecting the lives of everyone he meets. The recounting of his illicit affair with an older colleague...

If you are suffering chronic pain--even after years of surgery, rehabilitation, and medication--only one question matters: How do I find lasting relief? With Freedom from Pain, two pioneers in the field of pain and trauma recovery address a crucial missing factor essential to long-term healing: addressing the unresolved emotional trauma held within the body.

Informed by their founding work in the Somatic Experiencing(R) process and unique insights gleaned from decades of clinical success, Drs. Levine and Phillips will show you how to:

• Calm the body's overreactive...

Peter Levine's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and restore citizens' public role. After offering a novel theory of active citizenship, a diagnosis of its decline, and a searing critique of our political institutions, Levine-one of America's most influential civic engagement activists-argues that American citizens must address our most...

The Mechanics of Happiness shows you how to live an enhanced life. Happiness, fulfillment and personal growth are the first steps on a journey of discovery that will revolutionize the way you view yourself and the world. Throughout the ages powerful knowledge has been kept hidden. Secrecy has prevented people from enjoying the proven benefits of having access to the greatest knowledge of all. Now you too can use these tools previously only available to the elite few to better understand your own life and its possibility.
The most fundamental questions in all our lives are addressed...