Sports & Nautical

Drs. Leif Smith and Todd Kays offer practical training techniques and helpful strategies for anyone looking for that winning edge. From athletes and coaches to parents and even businesspeople, this friendly guide will help you take your performance to the next level.

“Not so much a subject matter, philosophy is a way of thinking. Thinking not just about the Big Questions, but about little ones too. This series invites everyone to ponder things they care about, big or small, significant, serious … or just curious.”—Philosophy for Everyone

Dip into any of the 200 tips in this handy book to make yourself a better yachtsman.

“Not so much a subject matter, philosophy is a way of thinking. Thinking not just about the Big Questions, but about little ones too. This series invites everyone to ponder things they care about, big or small, significant, serious … or just curious.”—Philosophy for Everyone

The disapperance of Legendary mountain climbers Mallory and Irvine may have due to previously unconsidered extreme weather conditions, reports the journal Weather. 

Whether you’re working to win the next big tournament with your league team or if you just want to impress your friends this weekend, Bowling For Dummies^® shows you how to rack up the points at the alley.

Avatars as sophisticated consumer marketing tools

Hall of Famer, Olympic Medalist, ESPN personality, and Coach Nancy Lieberman shares pages from her Playbook for Success.

Featuring the most popular feature of 2600 The Hacker Quarterly, this book plunges into the actual dialog between hackers. Similar to Mitnick's, Art of Deception for content and audience, Dear Hacker is scheduled to publish for Goldstein's 8^th Global Hacker Conference in NYC July 2010

From the treatment table to the pitch Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention is the first title to cover every stage of the injury and rehabilitation process and is the first book written exclusively for this growing discipline.

Richard O. Davies Presents the Top Ten American Sports Rivalries

How to demo from chapter 14 of the book.

Pool & Billiards For Dummies^® is the perfect “in” into the wonderful world of cue sports. Whether you aren’t sure which end is up on a cue stick or you’re looking to pick up some professional advice after hours at the table, this book will deliver the skill-building principles and strategic know-how to put you in total control.

Brian Hemmings’ and Tim Holder’s pioneering new title Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach takes us inside these inner battles to reveal the science behind sporting success.

As the world turns its sporting gaze towards Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, The Physiological Society journal Experimental Physiology marks the occasion with a special issue exploring the biological and environmental challenges elite winter athletes must overcome to win gold.

Cracking Codes & Cryptograms For Dummies features more than 300 different puzzles of varying skill levels, from the simplest substitution puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers.

The popularity of Dan Brown’s latest novel, The Lost Symbol, has opened up the secretive world of the Freemasons to millions of readers. The ancient society and puzzling ciphers featured in the book have sparked interest in finding out more about both.

The aromatic nose, the smooth taste, and the warm burn down the throat all characterize what makes drinking whiskey a passionate hobby for connoisseurs. Now, a new book unearths the philosophical underpinnings of this pastime.

Launched in 1987, Final Fantasy now ranks as one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. The beloved series’ next installment is currently set to release in early 2010, but not before the first, unauthorized book probes the philosophical themes behind the game’s compelling characters and stories.  

In Wilderness Survival For Dummies® (Wiley, 978-0-470-45306-3, July 2009), field experts John F. Haslett and Cameron M. Smith, PhD, teach readers how to navigate using both a compass and the sky, forage for food, create and use a solar still, and much more.