Sports & Recreation

Pleasure Cycling

Read by TriciaG


Henry Clyde


"In this little book, the writer, looking back to his own days of inexperience in cycling, has endeavored to furnish some useful inform…

Diversions in Sicily

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Henry Festing Jones


Samuel Butler's biographer dedicates his urbane account of the culture and entertainments of rural Sicily to the unborn son of his guide to …

Girl Scout Collection

Read by Betsie Bush


Various


These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…

Pitching in a Pinch

Read by Lee Smalley


Christy Mathewson


In this book Mathewson is telling the reader of the game as it is played in the Big Leagues.... It’s as good as his pitching and some exciti…

Greek Athletics

Read by Heather Eney


Frederick Adam Wright


The history of Greek athletics as it pertains to the Olympics. Describes various activities such as boxing, wrestling, etc. and accounts fro…

An Angler's Hours

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Hugh Tempest Sheringham


One of the classic British books about angling. The author’s love was fly fishing—“…while there are trout, life is worth living…” but he was…

Good Hunting: In Pursuit of Big Game in the West

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Theodore Roosevelt


Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most passionate of natural conservationsts having establish five national parks, 18 national monuments, an…

Cycling in the Alps

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C. L. Freeston


A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular vi…

Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking

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Edmund Bert


An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good …

My Thirty Years In Baseball

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John McGraw and John Mcgraw


The autobiography of John Joseph McGraw, another one of the "greats" of baseball. McGraw, along with Casey Stengel, has managed t…

Forty Seasons of First-Class Cricket

Read by Phil Benson


Richard Gorton Barlow


R. G. "Dick" Barlow was one of the most accomplished all-round cricketers of the late 19th Century. For many years he opened the b…

With Swag and Billy: A Guide to Walking Trips in Tourist Districts of New South…

Read by Phil Benson


Henry J. Tompkins


A guide to hikes around Sydney, Australia, from the early years of the twentieth century. In 1895, Henry J. Tompkins and William Mogford Ham…

The Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia: A selection from the Sydne…

Read by Phil Benson


Sydney Morning Herald


In early 1907 the world of Australian rugby was rocked by the news that a professional New Zealand All Blacks team was set to tour the north…

A Ball Player's Career

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Adrian C. Anson


The biography of one of the greatest players that the game of baseball of his era, in his own words. "Cap" Anson, quite probably b…

Amid the High Hills

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Sir Hugh Fraser


A regular contributor to magazines and periodicals on outdoor pursuits, in this work, Fraser discusses salmon fishing, deer stalking, fauna …

A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleg…

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Henry L. Williams


Ever wondered how football has changed over the years? Look no further! This selection of rules, positions, and explanations of how football…

Toxophilus

Read by Clive Catterall


Roger Ascham


Toxophilus is a book about target archery using the English Longbow. The book is divided into two parts: The first part is an extended argum…

Base-Ball: How to Become a Player

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John Montgomery Ward


Base-Ball: How to Become a Player is a brief history of the game of baseball, with an explanation of the rules and positions. During the aud…

The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific

Read by Tatiana Chichilla


Lilian Whiting


Lilian Whiting, renowned journalist and editor, takes the reader on a grand circle tour of the American West. Beginning with Colorado, Ms. W…

Camp and Trail

Read by Ted Lienhart


Stewart Edward White


Stewart Edward White was a popular and respected novelist who set his stories on the western frontier and in the wilderness. For his novels …

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