BREAKAWAY BOOKS
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Running, triathlon, and walking books         

THE RUNNER’S HIGH: Illumination and Ecstasy in Motion. True stories of running’s most exalted moments—the joy and awe and transcendence it can bring. 256 pages, paperback, $14, ISBN: 1-891369-49-0

GOD ON THE STARTING LINE: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach, by Marc Bloom “A classic, a tribute to all those who pursue excellence with talent, pride, courage, and the ability to endure.  It’s the best sports book I’ve read in years and should be required  reading.”  —Bud Greenspan, Emmy Award-winning Olympic filmmaker. 240 pages, hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-891369-53-9

THE GREATEST: The Haile Gebrselassie Story. Two Olympic 10,000m golds; 8 world championships indoors and outdoors; 17 world records over four different distances; a fifty-four race winning streak—Haile Gebrselassie utterly dominated a decade of distance running. The Greatest  is his authorized biography—a rise from hard poverty to fame and fortune. 288 pages, paperback, $14, ISBN: 1-891369-48-2.

HOW RUNNING CHANGED MY LIFE: True Stories of the Power of Running. 43 moving personal stories about the power of running to elevate, improve, and inspire us. Paperback, 208 pages, $15. ISBN: 1-891369-30-X.

MY DAD IS AN IRONMAN, by Ray Hoese, illustrated by Coreen Steinbach.  A beautifully illustrated true story of a girl who helps her dad train for an Ironman triathlon. 32 pages, full color, hardcover, $15. ISBN: 1-891369-51-2.

RUN, DAD, RUN!  A children’s book about a dad who loves to run, and one day runs to the rescue. A beautiful and inspiring book for kids 2 to 7. 32 pages, full color, hardcover, $15. ISBN: 1-891369-44-X.

HAPPY FEET, HEALTHY FOOD: Your Child’s First Journal of Exercise and Healthy Eating. Written and illustrated by Carol Goodrow. A running log for kids, with recipes for healthy snacks, ideas for cross-training, and a great spirit of adventure and encouragement.  112 pages, hardcover, $14.95. ISBN: 1-891369-46-6.

SEE MOM RUN, by Kara Douglass Thom and illustrated by Lilly Golden. The first kids’ book about running! For children age 2-6. A funny and heartwarming story of Penny, who helps her mom train for her first marathon—Penny takes much of the credit  for her mom’s accomplishment. ISBN: 1-891369-40-7. $15, hardcover, 32 pages.

RUNNING IN LITERATURE: A Guide for Scholars, Readers, Runners, Joggers, and Dreamers. By Roger Robinson. A brilliant, readable, funny survey of runners through all of literature. “Every page is a treasure trove,” says Amby Burfoot, Executive Editor of Runner’s World. 304 pages, hardcover, $22, ISBN: 1-891369-41-5.

ZENDURANCE: A Spiritual Guide for Endurance Athletes. By Shane Alton Eversfield. Foreword by Paula Newby-Fraser, 8-time World Ironman Champion. Using some simple Zen techniques to remove the obstacles to attaining “effortless power.” A fascinating book for athletes of all abilities. 328 pages, paperback, $20. ISBN: 1-891369-43-1.

RUNNING THROUGH THE WALL: Personal Encounters With the Ultramarathon. By Neal Jamison. 320 pages, paperback, $14. ISBN: 1-891369-37-7.  Tales of what it’s like to run 30, 50, or 100 miles. This book will push you farther than you’ve ever gone!

THE SPIRIT OF THE MARATHON: What to Expect in Your First Marathon, and How to Run Them for the Rest of Your Life. By Gail Kislevitz. 272 pages, paperback, $14. ISBN: 1-891369-36-9. A companion to First Marathons: more great stories and advice.

BANNISTER AND BEYOND: The Mystique of the Four-Minute Mile. By Jim Denison. Hardcover, 256 pages, $22. ISBN: 1-891369-35-0.   Great milers speak about the most intense race.  Includes Landy, Ibbotson, Elliott, Snell, Coghlan, Walker, Ryun, Tanui, and many more.

THE PENGUIN BRIGADE TRAINING LOG, 2^nd Edition. An all-new look and all new format for John Bingham’s extremely popular running log. 160 pages, spiral bound, $14.95, ISBN: 1-891369-38-5.

THE RUNNER’S LITERARY COMPANION: Great Stories and Poems about Running. 336 pages, hardcover, $23. ISBN: 1-55821-335-X   “A literary treasure trove.” —USA Today There's also a paperback edition available, published by Penguin Books, for $15. ISBN: 014025353X

THE RUNNER AND THE PATH: An Athlete’s Quest for Meaning in Postmodern Corporate America. 272 pages, hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-891369-28-8.  A brilliant philosophical inquiry into balancing love, life, work, family, and running: how to find true quality.

THE QUOTABLE RUNNER: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness and Humor. Edited by Mark Will-Weber. Brief quotes and anecdotes from the greats of the sport.  304 pages, hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-55821-420-8   Paperback, $13, ISBN: 1-891369-26-1. "Keep this book close to you at all times. It can't help but improve your spirits and your running.” —Runner's World.

THE ELEMENTS OF EFFORT: Reflections on the Art and Science of Running. By John Jerome. 240 pages, $20, hardcover. ISBN: 1-55821-614-6 Lucid, philosophical short essays. “Shows runners the deep structure of their passion.”—Runner's World

FIRST MARATHONS: Personal Encounters with the 26.2-Mile Monster. Edited by Gail Kislevitz. 304 pages, $23, hardcover. ISBN: 1-55821-673-1. Paperback, $15.00. ISBN: 1-891369-11-3.   “Inspiring reading.” —The Wall Street Journal.

BECOMING AN IRONMAN: First Encounters With the Ultimate Endurance Event. Edited by Kara Douglass Thom. Personal stories of athletes’ first Ironman. 288 pages. Hardcover, $23, ISBN: 1-891369-24-5. Paperback, $14, ISBN: 1-891369-31-8.

WOMEN RUNNERS: Stories of Transformation. Edited by Irene Reti and Bettianne Shoney Sien. Stories of how running has changed women’s lives. 256 pages, hardcover, $23. ISBN: 1-891369-25-3   Paperback: $14, ISBN: 1-891369-42-3.

THE OTHER KINGDOM, by Victor Price. Classic Irish running novel about a young miler. 220 pages, paperback, $14.95. ISBN: 1-55821-451-8 “An intriguing novel concerning the metaphysics of sport, and of excellence in general.” —The New York Times Book Review

THE QUOTABLE RUNNER TRAINING LOG. A functional version of the very popular book The Quotable Runner, featuring large inspirational quotes each week, and running trivia. Spiral-bound, $14.95, 192 pages. ISBN: 1-55821-613-8.  (Temporarily out of stock.)

STAYING SUPPLE: The Bountiful Pleasures of Stretching, by John Jerome. 160 pages, paperback, $13. ISBN: 1 -891369-03-2. An intelligent and very useful stretching book for all athletes.

BONE GAMES: Extreme Sports, Shamanism, Zen, and the Search for Transcendence, by Rob Schultheis. 188 pages, paperback, $12.95. ISBN: 1-55821-506-9. A fascinating inquiry into visionary, spiritual, and preternatural experiences induced by ultra-endurance sports.

 THE WAL:KER'S LITERARY COMPANION, by Gilbert, Robinson, and Wallace—great walks and walking in literature. $24, hardcover, 1-891369-19-9.

 THE QUOTABLE WALKER: Great Moments of Wisdom and Inspiration for Walkers and Hikers. Edited by Roger Gilbert, Jeffrey Robinson, and Anne Wallace.  All the wisest, funniest thing said about bipedal locomotion. Take a hike. Hardcover, 288 pages, $22. ISBN: 1-891369-22-9

 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE!  Personal Stories of Staying Young Through Sports. By Gail Waesche Kislevitz. Personal testaments from people who discovered their athletic passion late in life, and how it kept them young, vigorous, and alive. Hardcover, 304 pages, $23, ISBN: 1-891369-21-0

Cycling books

BICYCLE LOVE: Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat. Moving, funny, inspiring stories of love for bicycles and bicycling, from childhood joy to adult obsession. 320 pages, paperback, $14. ISBN: 1-891369-45-8.  

THE LONG SEASON:  One Year of Bicycle Road Racing in California, by Bruno Schull. 240 pages, paperback, $14. ISBN: 1-891369-32-6   A beautiful memoir of one intense season on the amateur racing circuit: love, death, suspense, and some stunning writing on cycling..

METAL COWBOY: Tales from the Road Less Pedaled, by Joe Kurmaskie. 304 pages, $23.00, hardcover, ISBN: 1-891369-10-5.  “An  incredibly entertaining, vivid account of the people met and experiences collected during his trips bicycling around the world.” —Foreword

 THE QUOTABLE CYCLIST: Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom, Inspiration, and Humor. Edited by Bill Strickland. 360 pages, hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-55821-563-8.  Paperback, $13, ISBN: 1-891369-27-X. A splendid collection of quotes, in a beautiful hardcover volume, with Keith Haring  art.

 THE LITERARY CYCLIST: Great Bicycling Scenes in Literature Edited by James E. Starrs. 392 pages, paperback, $16.95. ISBN: 1-55821-562-X “A sparkling anthology.” —The Washington Post (temporarily out of stock)

 SPOKESONGS: Bicycle Adventure on Three Continents, by Willie Weir $21, hardcover, 1-891369-17-2. Cycling through India, South Africa, and the Balkans—and telling the tales with great humor. 

THE WHEELS OF CHANCE: A Bicycling Idyll, by H. G. Wells. Classic 1896 cycling novel—funny, pastoral, dramatic, and romantic—by renowned author.  Delirious good fun, and good literature.   284 pages, paperback, $12.95. ISBN: 1-55821-564-6

NORTH WIND IN YOUR SPOKES: A Novel of the Tour De France, by Hans Blickensdorfer  $23, hardcover, 1-891369-18-0. Paperback: ISBN: 1-891369-39-3, $13.    “Here it is—the great sports novel. It couldn’t get any more exciting.” –The World on Sunday

THE YELLOW JERSEY, by Ralph Hurne. 285 pages, paperback, $14.95. ISBN: 1-55821-452-6    “The greatest cycling novel ever written.”    —Bicycling. (Rather boorish hero, but great cycling scenes.)

Various other sports

 PERFECT SILENCE, by Jeff Hutton.  A novel of baseball and the Civil War. An extraordinary debut novel—Cold Mountain meets The Natural. 320 pages. Hardcover, $23, ISBN: 1-891369-20-2. Paperback, $13, ISBN: 1-891369-34-2. 

 TENNIS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE: A Literary Anthology of the Game. Edited by Jay Jennings. 336 pages, hardcover, 336 pages. ISBN: 1-55821-378-3 “It will be a delight—and perhaps a surprise—to those who know and care about literature.” —The New Yorker  Paperback edition available from Harvest Books. ISBN: 0156004070

 CHANCE by Steve Shilstone. A literary baseball novel. 224 pages, $20, hardcover. ISBN: 1 -55821 -450-X. Paperback 1-891369-16-4, $13.    “A distillation of everything good having to do with the game of baseball. . . . Written with overwhelming passion.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune

FULL COURT:  A Literary Anthology of Basketball. Edited by Dennis Trudell. All the best fiction and poetry on basketball. 360 pages, hardcover, $23. ISBN: 1-55821-504-2 hc.  Paperback ISBN: 1-891369-12-1, $15.00.

HOCKEY SUR GLACE  Stories by Peter LaSalle. 224 pages, hardcover, $20, ISBN: 1-55821-505-0   Paperback, $13, ISBN 1-891369-00-8. Playing hockey on ponds and rivers; hard times and strange characters. Enormous critical praise. “Hockey Sur Glace brims with affection for hockey—more accurately, for skating and winter.” —New York Times Book Review

CAVEMAN POLITICS, by Jay Atkinson. A rugby novel and thriller. 304 pages. Hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-55821-565-4. Paperback, $13,  ISBN: 1-891369-33-4. “A transcendent metaphor for life.” —Publishers Weekly

WIND, WAVES, AND SUNBURN: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming, by Conrad Wennerberg. 352 pages, paperback, $16.95. ISBN: 1-55821-615-4. “It should be in every coach’s and swimmer’s library.”—Swimming World

THE SWEET SPOT IN TIME: The Search for Athletic Perfection, by John Jerome. 352 pages, paperback, $16. ISBN: 1-891369-01-6. A fascinating book on how athletes achieve their greatest moments.

STAYING WITH IT: On Becoming an Athlete, by John Jerome. 240 pages, paperback, $14. ISBN: 1 -891369-02-4. The story of the author’s quest for excellence as a masters swimmer. What he teaches about human physiology is applicable to all sports and ages.

 THE ATHLETIC CLASSICS OF JOHN JEROME. Boxed set of The Sweet Spot in Time, Staying With It, and Staying Supple. $45 ISBN: 1-891369-04-0

TOWARD THE SUN: The Collected Sports Stories of Kent Nelson. 248 pages, hardcover, $20. ISBN: 1 -891369-05-9. Haunting stories about the pain and beauty of life and sports. One of our favorites.

EYE ON THE SEA: Reflections on the Boating Life, by Mary Jane Hayes. Poetic, insightful meditations on the joys of being afloat. 224 pages, hardcover, $22. ISBN: 1-891369-06-7     “Find this one and buy a few for gifts. It’s a keeper.” –Northeast Sailing Life

THE PIGSKIN RABBI, by Willard Manus. 288 pages. Paperback, $15, ISBN: 1-891369-23-7.  hardcover, $23. ISBN: 1-891369-07-5 Comic, ribald novel about a young orthodox rabbi turned star quarterback of the Giants. The team starts eating matzohball soup to emulate him, and the fans all chant in Yiddish.

GOLF WITHOUT TEARS, by P. G. Wodehouse. Humorist's short stories on golf and love.   320 pages, $12.95 pb,  ISBN: 1-891369-08-3

THE ENCHANTED GOLF CLUBS, by Robert Marshall. Classic humorous golf novel. pb, 160 pages, $10.95 pb, ISBN: 1-891369-09-1

THREE MEN ON THIRD   and   LOW AND INSIDE, by H. Allen Smith and Ira Smith. Humorous baseball lore, and an unforgettable tribute to our nation’s pastime, in its golden era. These two books are national treasures!             $13 each, pb, 1-891369-15-6   &   1-891369-14-8

KERI TARR: CAT DETECTIVE, by Wendy Lement, illustrated by Jeffrey Scott Burrows. One morning Keri Tarr, an otherwise normal girl, wakes to find that she can talk with cats. She opens a detective agency, solving pet mysteries with ease. And when she tries to find a cat who stowed away on a plane to Paris, she finds herself in the Catacombs, trying to avert a catfight of epic proportions. 96 pages, paperback, full-color throughout, $9.95.

HELL’S HALF MILE: River Runners’ Tales of Hilarity and Misadventure, edited by Michael Engelhard. Funny, ribald, wild tales of river trips gone wrong: canoes, dories, raft, kayaks—all find themselves in the worst sort of trouble. 272 pages, $15 paperback, ISBN: 1-891369-47-4.

 And don’t miss BOATBUILDING FOR BEGINNERS (AND BEYOND), by Jim Michalak. More a hobby than a sport, but a lot of fun, and a real problem here at our editorial offices, where someone is always working on a boat.  As Ratty said, “There’s nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats!”   $24.95   ISBN: 1-891369-29-6.  192 pages, 9x12 paperback with 11x17 foldout plans for building six different boats.

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