Being Extreme Thrills and Dangers in the World of High-Risk Sports

Name: Being Extreme Thrills and Dangers in the World of High-Risk Sports
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ISBN: 9780806523545

ISBN-10: 0806523549

ISBN-13: 9780806523545

Edition: 2003

Authors: Bill Gutman, Shawn Frederick

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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.96" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

BILL GUTMAN is a sportswriter who is the author of more than 200 books, including Tales from the 1969-1970 New York Knicks, What if the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox? and Yankees by the Numbers.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



There Were Always People Being Extreme



The Psychology of Risk



The Adventure of the Extreme--Jumping and Flying



The Adventure of the Extreme--Climbing



The Adventure of the Extreme--Riding



Coping With and Overcoming Fear



The Addiction of the Rush



Life, Injury, and Death



The Extreme With a Higher Calling



Why Smart People Sometimes Do Stupid Things



Earning an Extreme Living



Living on the Edge--The Lifestyle of the Extreme


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