"Still Running" tells a true and inspiring story of football and civil rights. "Still Running", by Nathaniel Northington, shares one African American man’s fight against racism on a seemingly unlikely battleground: the football field.... Read More

Easy-to-follow tennis tips help players at all levels get into the swing of things. Roger W. McKee knows tennis. Raymond O. Loen knows organizational training. Together, they’ve intermingled three decades worth of experience in their... Read More

Rowan offers an entertaining documentation of the Cubs’ influence on American history. At a key moment in It’s a Wonderful Life, the angel Clarence tells a despondent George Bailey how each life touches so many others. That seems to... Read More

Discussion of abstract tai chi concepts helps develop a deeper understanding of the philosophy behind the practice. Yang, Jwing-Ming has written more than thirty-five books on martial arts, the latest an informative overview of the... Read More

A wealth of information and smartly organized chapters put a scholarly bent on this form of Eastern exercise. Simple Qigong may be a curious title for Yang, Jwing-Ming’s manual of Chinese exercises for improving health. A regimen... Read More

Putting a focus on the runners instead of the tragedy, this account of the 2013 Boston Marathon offers hope and a keep-going attitude. The 2013 Boston Marathon will inevitably be remembered for the two bombs that went off and the deaths... Read More

With a focus on “drunkle,” incapacitating without hurting a “drunk uncle,” this book finds a niche beyond most martial arts manuals. Kris Wilder has black belts in Goju-Ryu karate, taekwondo, and judo; and Lawrence A. Kane is a... Read More

Miller and Kane show how techniques of handling potentially violent individuals can apply to a range of real situations. Whether dealing with a belligerent drunk at a bar or facing down a potential mugger, surviving a fight with minimal... Read More