Sports, Games and Recreation

We define ourselves not only by our work, but how we play as well. Here are gathered some tomes on gambing, sports and other efforts in the pursuit of fun.

Baseball

Perhaps no other sport is as closely tied to the the written word as is baseball. Baseball has fired the imagination of sportsmen, novelists and historians.

Chess

Collectible and unusual books on the game of royals.

Coinage / Numismatics

Coin collecting is a fine hobby (and investment) - these rare books will help you to complete your coin or currency collection.

The brook in the countryside with an angler before dawn pitted in battle with a trout. From the Compleat Angler to Old Man and the Sea, fishing has occupied a unique and hallowed place in the imagination and in literature.

Gambling and Gaming

Games of chance and of skill. From poker to the sport of kings. From Las Vegas to the casinos of Europe.

Golf

Since it's 15th Century invention in Scotland, the game of golf has produced countless books of instruction, memoir and flight of fancy. Here are a small selection of the most interesting of this singular diversion.

Hobbies & Crafts

The time we spend engaged in play defines us as much as what we do at work.

Hunting and Fire Arms

China is credited with both the invention of gunpowder and the first firearm, but the Western world has built a unique relationship with the guns that we use to hunt and defend. Here are some of the tomes that describe arms through history.

Martial Arts

Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, Karate and Kendo amoung just a small few. For self-defense, fitness or meditation, here are a small collection of books on martial arts.