Courtesy of Michael Schaub and Timothy Bracy, http://www.mensjournal.com/sports/collections/the-64-best-sports-books-of-all-time-w500930, Men’s Journal.
Muhammad Ali, Jesse Owens, Walter Peyton, Babe Ruth, Bill Bradley, 1960 Olympics, race horses like Seabiscuit,
#46 – Find a Way, Diana Nyad
Swimmer Nyad, then 64 years old, shocked the world in 2013 when she swam from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage; she writes about her journey in this inspirational memoir.
#48 – The Wave, Susan Casey
The Wave, Susan Casey
Part scientific inquiry, part renegade quest, Casey’s 2010 book explores the factors that create giant waves and communes with the adventurers who seek them out at their own peril. Chronicling the surfers who volitionally pursue the near-suicidal specter of 100-foot waves, Casey encounters Laird Hamilton, whose dedicated commitment to riding the biggest and the baddest in existence marks him as fearless, deranged or both. In the meantime, leading researchers explain the changing climate and its impact in generating ever larger and larger waves. Good for thrill seekers, bad for the rest of us.
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