Here are two recent reviews of Boxing: A Worldwide Record of Bouts and Boxers by Herbert G. Goldman and of The Poetry Gymnasium by Thomas C. Hunley.
Links to reviews:
Category: Sports
Newly Published Books for July 27
Three new books today: Baseball State by State by Chris Jensen, Civil War Courts-Martial of North Carolina Troops by Aldo S. Perry and Hood’s Texas Brigade in the Civil War by Edward B. Williams.
Digital Catalogs
Introducing the digital versions of our Sports and Military History catalog. You can also browse Sports and Military History on our website.
www.mcfarlandbooks.com/pdfs/Sports
www.mcfarlandpub.com/pdfs/Military-Catalog
Daily Deal: 20% off Hardball Legends and Journeymen
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On July 16th get 20% off Hardball Legends and Journeymen when you enter the coupon code LEGENDS. This discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Graphic Novels by McFarland: McFarland has brought its 33 years of publishing experience to the graphic format. To browse them all, both nonfiction and fiction, see the McFarland Graphic Novels webpage. If you are an author or artist interested in submitting a book proposal, guidelines are offered on the McFarland Graphic Novels webpage.
Daily Deal: 50% off Hutch
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
Special Today: 50% off!
On July 13th get 50% off Hutch when you enter the coupon code HUTCH. This discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Graphic Novels by McFarland: McFarland has brought its 33 years of publishing experience to the graphic format. To browse them all, both nonfiction and fiction, see the McFarland Graphic Novels webpage. If you are an author or artist interested in submitting a book proposal, guidelines are offered on the McFarland Graphic Novels webpage.
Newly Published Book for July 12
New book today, Duke Slater: Pioneering Black NFL Player and Judge by Neal Rozendaal.
Newly Published Book for June 29
New book in today, Addie Joss on Baseball, a new addition to the McFarland Historial Baseball Library series.
Newly Published Books for June 26
More New Books June 25
Daily Deal: 20% off Boxing: A Worldwide Record of Bouts and Boxers
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On June 25, get 20% off Boxing when you enter the coupon code BOXING. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Newly Published Books for June 19
Daily Deal: 20% off Hit by Pitch
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On June 18, get 20% off Hit by Pitch when you enter the coupon code PITCH. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Daily Deal: 20% off Football/Soccer
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On June 14, get 20% off Football/Soccer when you enter the coupon code GOAL. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Daily Deal: 20% off Bargaining with Baseball
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On June 12, get 20% off Bargaining with Baseball when you enter the coupon code NLRB. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Behind the scenes of Hit by Pitch
Listen to a podcast interview with the charming Molly Lawless and check out the video footage showing her at work: http://www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/2012/03/25/the-bookshelf-podcast-molly-lawless/
Daily Deal: 20% off The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
On May 29, 2012, get 20% off The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail when you enter the coupon code AT. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Ty Cobb Book Out
A new book out today, a combination of two biographies fit into one book. It covers the career of Ty Cobb, the Detroit Tigers outfielder, and also his legacy 25 years later, comparing him to another great baseball player, Babe Ruth.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/Ty-Cobb
New Titles This Week
Two more new titles in, This Day in American History and The Tiger Woods Phenomenon. Day in History is a day by day chronology of the whole year, with important events that happened on each day, from the 1500s to today. Tiger Woods is about both his good and bad effect on the game of golf, and his cultural impact and significance.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/American-History
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/Tiger-Woods
Daily Deal: 20% off Understanding Sabermetrics
Introducing new Daily Deals: every weekday, McFarland will offer one title at 20% off the list price. Check back every day, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for updates about the Daily Deal!
Now through May 21, get 20% off Understanding Sabermetrics
when you enter the coupon code SABERMETRICS. The discount will be applied in the shopping cart prior to checkout.
Newly Published Books
Haig Bosmajian’s Burning Books and Donald Dewey’s Ray Arcel are two newly published books this week. Burning Books gives a 2000 year history of the practice of burning subversive and heretical books. Ray Arcel is a boxing biography telling of the life and travels of Ray Arcel, a boy from Indiana that moved to NYC and became a prominent name in boxing.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/burning-books
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/ray-arcel
Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman
Congratulations to Molly Lawless (Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball) on the wonderful review in USA Today.
Major League Bride
Author Kathleen Lockwood will be involved in the following upcoming events:
• She will be discussing the book with Gene Pitts on the Professional Sports Lives Radio show Saturday, March 25th from 1:00 to 2:00
• She will be participating in the Celebrate Pink Expo in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on April 14th.
• She will be joining her husband Skip Lockwood at the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park Open House on Thursday, April 19th.
• She will be speaking and participating in the 50th Anniversary of the NY Mets Conference at Hofstra University Cultural Center from April 26-28.
Pro Football Championships
Nov 17: Author Joe Page (Pro Football Championships Before the Super Bowl and Primo Carnera) will be a guest author at the grand opening reception of Parnassus Books of Nashville.
The Greatest Minor League
Congratulations to author Dennis Snelling whose book (The Greatest Minor League), has received a Finalist Nomination for the 2011 CASEY Award.
Peanuts and Crackerjacks
Wed Nov 30: Author Meir Ribalow (Peanuts and Crackerjacks), will read from his newly published book at The Players, at 7:30 pm. RSVP at New River Dramatists.
