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The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | May 14, 2024
"New York Times reporter Fuller debuts with a stirring account of how the football team from the California School for the Deaf, Riverside rocketed to a state championship in 2022. The start of the 2021 season looked inauspicious for the Riverside Cubs, who were..."
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Watford Forever: How Graham Taylor and Elton John Saved a Football Club, a Town, and Each Other
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | May 14, 2024
"Elton John granted journalist Preston (Fall) access to his personal archives for this stirring chronicle of how the musician turned the Watford Football Club’s fortunes around after buying the team in 1976. Watford was languishing in the Fourth Division at the time..."
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Drop In: The Gender Rebels Who Changed the Face of Skateboarding
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | April 29, 2024
"This animated report from journalist Stoll (Unvarnished) explores how “female, queer, bi, and nonbinary humans” have made skateboarding culture more inclusive. She traces how Marbie Miller, Alana Smith, Victoria Taylor, and Vanessa Torres became professional skaters and discusses the difficulties each has faced in a sport..."
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Stowaway: The Disreputable Exploits of the Rat
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | April 9, 2024
“In this entrancing report, Daily Telegraph columnist Shute (Forecast) considers humanity’s complex relationship with rats. In Paris, Shute reports on a public health project mapping the city’s rodent population..."
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Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in the Water
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | April 3, 2024
“Women swimmers have navigated tensions between athletics and performance, sport and spectacle, for generations,” according to this comprehensive debut history. Valosik, a synchronized swimmer and Georgetown University writing instructor, traces how women’s involvement in aquatic activities has evolved..."
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Fans: A Journey into the Psychology of Belonging
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | March 7, 2024
"In this buoyant report, science writer Bond (From Here to There) attends a Beatles convention in Liverpool; observes Bath, England’s annual Jane Austen Festival; and scrolls through online furry..."
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Golf Wars: LIV and Golf's Bitter Battle for Power and Identity
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | February 22, 2024
"BBC golf correspondent Carter (The 150th Open) delivers a propulsive account of how the establishment of LIV, a professional men’s golf tour created as an alternative to the PGA, upended the sport. He chronicles how..."
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Shadows of Glory: Memorable and Offbeat World Series Stories
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | February 12, 2024
"Brown (Drinking Coffee with a Fork) and Rodimer recount in this inessential outing 18 obscure moments from World Series games..."
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Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder's Lens
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | February 2, 2024
"In this pensive collection, essayist Vadi (Inter State) meditates on “how skateboarding gave me a new lens to see my world and myself differently.” In the eponymous essay, whose title refers to the small pieces of board that break off during a ride..."
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The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops
Reviewed for Publishers Weekly | January 5, 2024
"In this rousing history, sportswriter McCallum (Dream Team) chronicles how future NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson led Crispus Attucks High School’s basketball team to Indiana state championship titles in 1955 and 1956..."