The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.

For wrestling fans, Jim Ross’ voice is the soundtrack of an era. This book is your ringside ticket to wrestling’s most unforgettable moments—from the announcer who made them iconic. In the last 50 years, professional wrestling has risen up from a collection of regional territories to become a global phenomenon—and Jim Ross has been there for it all. From the grit and glory days of the 1970s with NWA, to the rise of WCW and the heyday of WWF and WWE, to signing on as on-air talent and senior advisor for wrestling’s newest chapter at AEW, Jim Ross has long had the best seat in the house.

Over 50 years later, Ben Hogan's book Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf is still considered one of the premier instructional books on the fundamentals of the game of golf. Renowned for his swing, Ben Hogan methodically describes his technique through his lessons. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, this famous book is a must-have reference guide for any golfer.

If you want to get bigger, leaner, and stronger without steroids, good genetics, extreme dieting, or wasting ridiculous amounts of time in the gym...you want to listen to this book. Because here’s the deal: Building lean muscle and burning stubborn fat isn't nearly as complicated you’ve been led to believe. This book is the shortcut.

If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After 17 years - and countless broken bones and broken promises - she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close. But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she's spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.

Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 2016. Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life.

Let’s face it: fitness is hard. Have you ever gotten into the car after a long day at work and headed straight for the couch instead of the gym? Have you ever been unable to stop hitting the snooze button in the morning? Have you even felt secretly afraid you just don’t have what it takes to transform your body and health? Welcome to the club.

All over America, families are investing blood, sweat, tears, and retirement savings in their children’s sports careers, all with the ultimate goal of…what exactly? A college scholarship? A professional contract? Simply the taste of victory? Through the lens of the highly competitive world of girls’ softball, Lewis reveals the youth sports industrial complex that has arisen to aggressively monetize after-school pastimes.

Champions aren’t born. They’re built. Greg Harden spent over 30 years building them at the University of Michigan, including 400 future professional athletes, 50 NFL first-round draft picks, and 120 Olympians from over 20 countries. He gained national recognition when 60 Minutes Sports profiled him as “Michigan’s Secret Weapon.” Now, in his first book, Greg Harden is reaching out to help anyone who wants to live their best life by offering powerful and practical advice.

A revolutionary approach to the techniques of working with horses, by a renowned instructor. In Horses Never Lie, renowned horse trainer Mark Rashid challenges the conventional wisdom of "alpha leadership" and teaches the listener to become a "passive leader" - a counterpart to the kind of horse other members of a herd choose to associate with and to follow. Applying Rashid’s principles and techniques helps cultivate horse personalities that are responsive and dependable regardless of the rider.

In early 2018, Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was sentenced to serve out the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to a variety of sex crimes. New York Times best-selling author Mary Pilon and Carla Correa chronicle the scandal from its inception, tracking the institutions that Nassar hid behind, the athletic culture that he benefited from, and the women who eventually brought him to justice.

The biggest paradox in golf is that the harder you try to hit the ball, the worse you do so. In The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing, Michael McTeigue offers you a simple system of sequential body movements that produces a true swinging motion with every club in the bag. The result is increased distance and greater accuracy for all sizes, shapes, and ages of golfers for a minimum investment in learning time.

In 1997, World Championship Wrestling was on top. It was the number-one pro wrestling company in the world, and the highest-rated show on cable television. Each week, fans tuned in to Monday Nitro, flocked to sold-out arenas, and carried home truckloads of WCW merchandise. Sting, Bill Goldberg, and the New World Order were household names. Superstars like Dennis Rodman and KISS jumped on the WCW bandwagon. It seemed the company could do no wrong.

When Ball Four was published in 1970, it created a firestorm. Bouton was called a Judas, a Benedict Arnold and a “social leper” for having violated the “sanctity of the clubhouse.” Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force Bouton to sign a statement saying the book wasn’t true. Ballplayers, most of whom hadn’t read it, denounced the book. It was even banned by a few libraries. Almost everyone else, however, loved Ball Four.

Many poker players can make good decisions at the table with a reasonable frequency. Nevertheless, there are numerous situations where even very experienced players behave in predictable ways. These deeply-ingrained habits lead them to make mistakes. The problem is that these situations won't often arise at the table by chance - you have to make them happen. Exploitative Play in Live Poker is a ground-breaking work that teaches you how to create the circumstances where your opponents will be likely to blunder and how to exploit them when they do.

He’s back. My small town’s hockey god and my brother's best friend. The one who took my V-card and vanished without a word. Max Decker. Cocky, self-centered, he looks every bit the man I remember—and more. His white T-shirt clings to his powerful arms. And his hands... strong, big, and thick, reveal his well-endowed nature. Now an NHL star, Max needs a fake fiancée to seal a multi-million-dollar deal. I'm not eager to play pretend with the boy who broke my heart, but my parents are about to lose their home, and Max can save them. Our charade sparks old flames. Stolen glances sizzle ...

The world yearns for my billionaire's riches… But I'd trade it all for my first love, my sister's best friend. After an injury shattered her Olympic dreams, Emma Matthews is back in town to make a living from her family-owned skating rink. She didn’t know her father sold it to the hockey team owner: me. I didn’t know she’d returned with dark secrets and scars… Her presence reignites something inside me, a flicker of hope I thought long lost. Every glance, every shared moment, stirs up a storm of emotions I can't contain. She's back, and with her, the promise of something I've been...

If my brother knew I hooked up with his best friend, he’d kill us both. Now we’re in a fake relationship. At least he can’t kill us twice. Ryder Lafferty is unfairly perfect—broad shoulders that taper into a narrow waist, sculpted muscles, arresting blue eyes framed by thick lashes, lips that beg to be kissed… …I couldn’t resist. And he didn’t disappoint. He touched me like a starving man at a buffet where my body was the main course. But then he left me wanting more and disappeared. Years later, I return to our small town and run into Ryder, now a billionaire hockey star ...

He’s the type of guy I’ve always been warned about: ambitious, too hot to handle, and my grumpy boss to boot! And yet, I jump willingly into that fire. . . I knew better. I mean, I’m a Badass Queen, ruling in a male-run world. But even Queens need to have fun, and what I needed was a dirty, flirty one-night stand. Enter Dominic "Dom" Steele, billionaire hockey legend. At 6’ 3", his presence is commanding. Each muscle finely sculpted, his body is pure perfection. He moves with a confidence that screams, “I’m a man who knows what I want.” He wanted me and I wanted him. Simple ...

Mistake #1: Hooking up with a stranger when my life’s in danger. Mistake #2: Not recognizing he’s my brother’s best friend whom I’ve always hated. Mistake #3: When I do know, becoming his fake fiancée anyway. Targeted by a dangerous gang because I know military secrets, I’m fleeing to my small town to hide. Traveling in disguise, I stop to find a stress-relief partner. Whoah, do I find him— a tall, hot, brooding hunk with a killer smile and a body to die for who looks at me with hunger and devotion as he pleasures me like no one ever has before. Once at my brother’s, I ...

From my emergency patient to my fake boyfriend. This bad boy protector is about to find out he’s going to be a daddy. The hottest man I’ve ever laid eyes on is my ER patient. Sandy blonde hair ruffled. Bumps and bruises all over his perfectly chiseled face. His hazel eyes undressing me as I stitch him up. He asks me to provide him with extra PT care on the side, and I can’t say no. The money he offered doesn’t hurt. This girl’s got medical school bills to pay and a sick niece to support. When the wrong guy dies on my operating table, Mr. Big Bad & Bruised-up insists I stay with ...

Jobless and loveless, I sit at Del’s, drooling over the hot bartender, until he turns my world around and I find out I’m pregnant. Every time I feel his gaze upon me, heat builds up in my body, and my breath catches in my throat. His mysterious eyes and his sculpted, inked arms captivate me like nothing else. I muster the strength to ask for a job, and to my surprise I receive a job offer, Killing two birds with one stone. Our connection deepens with each passing moment, igniting a whirlwind romance that leaves my heart forever changed. We kiss, we’re falling for each other fast. But ...

Christine Berth has always had an eye for her next-door neighbor, Donovan Arche. Being an independent woman, however, she takes into consideration that their worlds don’t match…and she’s had her fair share of relationships with men of superior financial background to prove, her last relationship having her going through a heart-stopping STI escape from how promiscuous the man was. Hence, she demarcates a fine line of friendship between them, until she wakes up from the best sex of her life to see Donovan sleeping beside her.

Roman Mashir was the man that stepped out of shadowed corners wearing a smile. Cruelty and laughter were synonymous in his world. Roman was the devil who caught your gaze and grinned back at you in your nightmares. Fear was what he liked to see, expected even—bright eyed infatuation was not. Rahina Chopra was persistent, annoying, naïve, and beyond foolish. While she danced happily in moonlight he was the devil who aimed his sights and pulled triggers. She had no business fluttering carelessly into his world, he had made too many enemies, laughed in the face of one too many dying men to ...

I move to Branson to be on my own, and end up with a billionaire, fake fiance. I'm excited to leave the rodeo life and drama behind and move to Branson. I find a perfect job in a perfect town, where I can disappear. Until I crash my car into Raylan Whitmore. Raylan and his brothers ARE Branson’s drama. Bad boys with reputations of leaving broken hearts wherever they go. When my ex finds me at work, Raylan steps in and claims to be my fiancee to protect me. I begin to see he has redeeming qualities beyond his good looks and rock hard body. As I am forced into the spotlight and Raylan’s ...

As the NHL's notorious bad boy, a casual hook-up with the nanny is part of the game - until a fake engagement has me playing for keeps. The new nanny ends up in my bed the first night, and something tells me she is different from all the rest. Her rocking body and sensual lips keep me coming back for more. When my buddies bust me eying her, they make a bet I can’t refuse - I have to figure out a way to make her agree to be my fake fiancée. Once on board, fantasy and reality merge and I don't stand a chance. Little did I know she never had any intention to stick around. Now not only am I ...

I hire my best friend’s daughter as an intern to get her away from a toxic ex. What isn’t in the job description is sleeping with her and getting her pregnant. Being the owner of a pro hockey team, I'm accustomed to heat on the ice. But this woman brings the fire, burning the clothes right off my back. If her father finds out we are sleeping together, he will cut my pucks off. Every time I try to block the shot it finds a way to slide in. As a single father with a daughter at home, this can’t continue. Especially considering I’m twice her age and we still have to work together. I ...

Eyes wide shut and legs wide open..I lost my v-card to the Boss I despise, in between conference calls. I have an addiction to arrogant guys but Jack Sterling is the exception, not the rule. He’s my Brother’s best friend and should be totally off limits, but his rock hard abs and hypnotic eyes pierce through my soul. At first, I was begging for his approval but now I am literally on my knees. When a competitor attempts to destroy his company, we become an inseparable duo in tracking down the culprit, bringing us closer than we should be. Embarking on this new career path was my way to ...

Imagine my surprise when my hot one-night stand is my boss - and he does not recognize me. James Wilder, CEO of Kings Corporation always look like he just jumped out straight out of a magazine cover. Attractive and wealthy, he is every female employees' imaginary lover. I did not count on him being attracted to me since he has conveniently forgotten about the passionate night we shared. But just when I decided to embark on a secret affair with him, I find out that he is looking for his mystery one-night stand woman. What happens when he finds out that his secretary and the mystery woman is ...

Blindfolded and frisky, I wrapped my legs around a tall muscled stranger- releasing all inhibitions in a dark room at a masquerade party. My walk of shame was forgiven and forgotten once I opened my eyes to a sun-filled room and an empty bed. As a Matchmaker I am hired to find the perfect match for others, yet my own track record with men is questionable. When I am referred to the high profile Billionaire Dylan Pierce - to help him find love, it becomes my job to pretend to be his girlfriend. Cocky, Arrogant, and absolutely mouthwatering are the only ways to describe this blue eyed menace ...