B R E A K A W A Y  leop_y.GIF (3957 bytes)  B O O K S    
SPORTS, LITERATURE, LIFE        Click here to jump to the boat books.        In memory of John Jerome, 1932-2002

What's new:

Click on the book cover to buy "Mud, Sweat, and Gears" at Amazon.com

The new book from Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie, about his family bicycle trip across Canada.
Hardcover, 304 pages, $23.95

 

Click on the book cover to buy "Flotsam and Jetsam" at Amazon.com

All the best stories from the late Robb White: boats and boatbuilding, life on the coast and on the water. A treasure trove of unforgettable tales, practical wisdom, and flat-out hilarity.
568 pages, paperback, 6" x 9", $19.95. 

Click on the book cover to buy "Heart Monitor Training for the Compleat Idiot" at Amazon.com

The new revised edition of John L. Parker's book on heart monitor training.
It's like having John Parker for your own personal coach. Clear, concise, and entertaining.
Your running will improve!   272 pages, paperback, $19.95.

Click on the book cover to buy "Again to Carthage" at Amazon.com  

Again to Carthage, the sequel to the cult running novel Once a Runner, 
is a 344-page hardcover, $23.95.
Running books
(All the images below connect through to buy the book Amazon.com.)

 Click here to buy "Run for the Diamonds" at Amazon.com      THE GREATEST: The Haile Gebrselassie Story, by Jim Denison -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   Click here to buy Racing for Recovery at Amazon     Click here to order "American Miler" at Amazon     Click here to purchase RUNNING TRIVIA from Amazon    Click here to buy First Triathlons at Amazon.com    

The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of My Feet -- Tales from the World of Adventure Racing     GOD ON THE STARTING LINE, by Marc Bloom -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     THE RUNNER'S HIGH, edited by Garth Battista -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     HOW RUNNING CHANGED MY LIFE, edited by Garth Battista -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     BANNISTER AND BEYOND, by Jim Denison -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    RUNNING IN LITERATURE, by Roger Robinson -- click here to read more or buy it at AmazonRUNNING THROUGH THE WALL, by Neal Jamison -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     THE QUOTABLE RUNNER, by Mark Will-Weber -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     WOMEN RUNNERS, by Irene Reti and Bettianne Shoney Sien -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     FIRST MARATHONS, by Gail Kislevitz -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     THE SPIRIT OF THE MARATHON, by Gail Kislevitz -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon  THE OTHER KINGDOM, by Victor Price -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     Click here to buy "Training for Mortals" at Amazon.com     THE RUNNER AND THE PATH, by Dean Ottati -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     THE RUNNER's LITERARY COMPANION, by Garth Battista -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     BECOMING AN IRONMAN, by Kara Douglass Thom -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     ZENDURANCE: A Spiritual Fitness Guide for Endurance Athletes -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    STAYING SUPPLE, by John Jerome -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    THE SWEET SPOT IN TIME, by John Jerome -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     BONES GAMES, by Rob Schultheis -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   

Check out our new line of children's books:

Click here to buy KIDS RUNNING at Amazon.com   Click here to buy "The Treasure of Health and Happiness" from Amazon    HAPPY FEET, HEALTHY FOOD, by Carol Goodrow -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     RUN, DAD, RUN!, by Dulcibella Blackett, illustrated by Andy Yelenak -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon  

 SEE MOM RUN, by Kara Douglass Thom, illustrated by Lilly Golden -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     MY DAD IS AN IRONMAN, by Ray Hoese, illustrated by Coreen Steinbach -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon      KERI TARR: CAT DETECTIVE, by Wendy Lement -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon
(Bulk purchases of Happy Feet, Healthy Food and Kids Running for use in schools can be made through carolgoodrow.com.)

Cycling:

  Click here to buy "The Cycling Trivia Book" at Amazon.com      Click here to buy "Momentum Is Your Friend" at Amazon.com     METAL COWBOY, by Joe Kurmaskie -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     DANCING ON THE PEDALS The Found Poetry of Phil Liggett, The Voice of Cycling Edited by Doug Donaldson    BICYCLE LOVE, editedby Garth Battista -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon        

 THE LONG SEASON, by Bruno Schull -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon      THE QUOTABLE CYCLIST, by Bill Strickland -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     NORTH WIND IN YOUR SPOKES, by Hans Blickensdorfer -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     THE YELLOW JERSEY, by Ralph Hurne -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon      THE ART OF BICYCLING -- A Treasury of Poems Edited by Justin Daniel Belmont

 THE WHEELS OF CHANCE, by H.G. Wells -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     SPOKESONGS, by Willie Weir -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon      Click here to buy STUMPJUMPER at Amazon

Various other sports:

TENNIS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE, by Jay Jennings -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   CAVEMAN POLITICS, a rugby novel by Jay Atkinson -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   TOWARD THE SUN, literary sports stories by Kent Nelson -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   THE PIGSKIN RABBI, by Willard Manus -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   FULL COURT, basketball stories and poems, edited by Dennis Trudell -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon   HOCKEY SUR GLACE, stories by Peter LaSalle -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    Click here to buy ULTIMATE by Pasquale Anthony Leonardo at Amazon.com

Baseball:                                                                                               Swimming:

CHANCE, a baseball novel by Steve Shilstone -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    THREE MEN ON THIRD, hilarious baseball anecdotes by H. Allen Smith -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    LOW AND INSIDE, hilarious baseball anecdotes by H. Allen Smith -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon    PERFECT SILENCE, a Civil War baseball novel by Jeff Hutton -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon               WIND, WAVES, AND SUNBURN: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming, by Conrad Wennerberg -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon     STAYING WITH IT: On Becoming an Athlete, by John Jerome -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon

Golf:

GOLF WITHOUT TEARS: Stories of Golfers and Lovers, by P.G. Wodehouse      THE ENCHANTED GOLF CLUBS, by Robert Marshall (also known as The Haunted Major) -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon

And don't miss our boatbuilding and boating books.
It's a common affliction here at the offices of Breakaway Books, where someone is always
building a boat, or out sailing, rowing, or paddling (when not out running or cycling).

Click here to buy "The Journals of Constant Waterman" at Amazon.com        Click here to buy LAPSTRAKE CANOES at Amazon.com

 Click here to buy "Small Boats on Green Waters" at Amazon.com      BOATBUILDING FOR BEGINNERS (AND BEYOND), by Jim Michalak -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon      Click here to buy CHEAP OUTBOARDS at Amazon     Click here to buy THE WORKING GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL SMALL-BOAT SAILS at Amazon     HELL'S HALF MILE, by Michael Engelhard -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon       EYE ON THE SEA: Reflection on the Boating Life, by Mary Jane Hayes -- click here to read more or buy it at Amazon

and a fine landscaping book by our wonderful literary author
Jeff (Perfect Silence) Hutton, who is a landscaper by day:

Click here to buy INSIDE OUT at Amazon.com
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(Sorry to be so circumspect about it, but our old addresses got overrun by the spambots.)

Breakaway titles are available in bookstores everywhere,
and through Amazon and BN.com and other online sellers.

We offer bulk discounts to running stores, clubs, and other non-bookstore outlets.

Bookstores: We are distributed by the incomparable CONSORTIUM Book Sales & Distribution
Now part of Perseus Distribution, with our books shipping from the Jackson, TN warehouse.
For customer service, call (800) 283-3572  CBSD.com
And our titles are also available from Ingram, B&T, and other wholesalers.
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