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MANKIND: HAVE A NICE DAY: A TALE OF BLOOD AND SWEATSOCKS

MANKIND: HAVE A NICE DAY: A TALE OF BLOOD AND SWEATSOCKS

by Mick Foley

Mick Foley is a nice man, a family man who loves amusement parks and eating ice cream in bed. So how to explain those Japanese death matches in rings with explosives, golden thumbtacks and barbed wire instead of rope? The second-degree burn tissue? And the missing ear that was ripped off during a bout-in which he kept fighting? Here is an intimate glimpse into Mick Foley's mind, his history, his work and what some... (more)

Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story

Heartbreak & Triumph: The Shawn Michaels Story

by Shawn Michaels

Winning and losing. Heels and babyfaces. Kliqs and Curtain Calls. Tearing down house shows and tearing up hotel rooms. Ladders and cages. Vacated titles and unwarranted suspensions. Works and screwjobs. Heartaches and backbreaks. Forced retirements and redemption. Rock 'n' roll and Graceland. There are two sides to every story; for Shawn Michaels, there is Heartbreak & Triumph. World Wrestling Entertainment... (more)

Pinned

by Alfred C. Martino

Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane couldn't be more different--they come from different backgrounds, different lifestyles, and they have very different values and ways of looking at the world and dealing with people. Yet they both have the drive, determination, and commitment to self-sacrifice necessary to become a champion. In the end, though, only one will stand in the center of the mat with his arms raised in victory. ... (more)

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

by Bret Hart

In his own words, Bret Hart’s honest, perceptive, startling account of his life in and out of the pro wrestling ring. The sixth-born son of the pro wrestling dynasty founded by Stu Hart and his elegant wife, Helen, Bret Hart is a Canadian icon. As a teenager, he could have been an amateur wrestling Olympic contender, but instead he turned to the family business, climbing into the ring for his dad’s western... (more)

The Stone Cold Truth

by Steve Austin

He's wrestled under many names, "Stunning" Steve Austin™, The Ringmaster, he even wrestled for a time under his own name, Steve Williams. But to fans he is and will always be Stone Cold Steve Austin™. The wrestler with the f-u attitude, the working-class guy who stood up his boss, a multimillionaire, and told him where he could put it. His quick wit and colorful use of language combined with his everyman character... (more)

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex

by Peter Fornatale, Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been called one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. Now retired, he is writing his memoir, telling the story of his journey from wrestling school in Canada to his time in leagues in Mexico and Japan to his big break in the WCW. He'll dish the dirt on how he worked his way through the ranks alongside major wrestling... (more)

Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

Four Days to Glory: Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

by Mark Kreidler

Somewhere beyond the circle of money, glitz, drugs, and controversy that characterizes professional sports in America, remnants of an ideal exist. In Iowa, that ideal survives in the form of high school wrestling. Each a three-time state champion, Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere have a chance in their senior year to join the sport's most elite group: the "four-timers," wrestlers who win four consecutive state... (more)

The Hardy Boyz : Exist 2 Inspire

by Matt Hardy, Michael Krugman

Matt and Jeff Hardy have proven that a relentless drive for success can make your wildest dreams come true. While still in high school, Matt and Jeff decided to become professional wrestlers at any cost. In a business that usually prizes giants, they were told their aspirations were unreasonable and impossible. But after the tragic loss of their mother, they began to pursue their goals with unstoppable... (more)

Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas (WWE S.)

Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas (WWE S.)

by Michael Krugman, Amy Dumas

A portrait of the WWE champion woman wrestler describes her origins as a rock musician and martial arts student, efforts to challenge limited perspectives about women in the wrestling circuit, struggles to overcome a debilitating injury, and development of personalized moves. Reprint.

Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling

Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling

by Mick Foley

In Foley Is Good, Mick Foley -- former Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation, aka Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind -- picks up right where his smash #1 New York Times bestseller Have a Nice Day! left off, giving readers an inside look at the behind-the-scenes action in the Federation. With total honesty and riotous humor, Mick Foley shines a spotlight into some of the hidden corners of the World... (more)

Hardcore Diaries

by Mick Foley

What does it feel like to fall through a flaming table for the very first time? Or the umpteenth time for that matter. In the fresh off-the-cuff style that has earned him legions of admirers and made his previous wrestling books massive worldwide bestsellers, Foley gives readers a blow-by-blow first-hand account of exactly what it is like to step into the wrestling ring. As a champion wrestler he was known both... (more)

Unscripted (WWE S.)

by Mark Vancil

The fans in their seats are barely able to contain themselves. The buzz of the crowd rises higher and higher until that first Superstar walks onto the stage and into the ring. It doesn't matter where you are in the arena-ringside or high above the floor you know that it's going to be an exciting night. There are signs everywhere, the people in their seats chant for their favorite wrestler. You get caught up in the... (more)

Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash (WWE)

Eric Bischoff: Controversy Creates Cash (WWE)

by Jeremy Roberts, Eric Bischoff

Under Eric Bishoff's watch as president of WCW, the company went head to head with Vince McMahon's WWE and beat them at their own game before WCW itself spectacularly imploded. But by then, Bishoff had made an indelible mark on televised wrestling, producing shows that had appeared more dangerous, more sexy, and more edgy than anything that had come before. He did this to such an extent that in 2002, McMahon... (more)

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment

Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment

by Shaun Assael

“Current fans and recovering Hulkamaniacs alike should find <Sex, Lies, and Headlocks> as gripping as the Camel Clutch.” — Maxim Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the backstabbing, scandals, and high-stakes gambles that have made wrestling an enduring television phenomenon. The man behind it all is Vince McMahon, a ruthless and entertaining visionary whose professional... (more)

WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling

WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling

by R. D. Reynolds, Randy Baer

Outrageous costumes, cartoonish characters, and scripted storylines are featured in this retrospective look at the no-holds-barred stunts pro wrestling promoters have used to attract viewers. Covering such entertainment catastrophes as an evil one-eyed midget, George Ringo the Wrestling Beatle, and Goobledy Gooker, the wrestler who emerged in the arena from an egg, this merciless evaluation of such organizations... (more)

Rock Say, The

by Wwf, Joseph Layden, Rock

The Rock says. . . "Know your damn role--and shut your mouth!" But that simple catch-phrase, embraced by the millions ñand the millions--of The Rock's fans, can't begin to capture the spirit and larger-than-life personality of the most electrifying man in sports-entertainment." In this action-packed, revealing and outrageously funny memoir, World Wrestling Federation Superstar The Rock recounts his life in and out... (more)

Wrestling Sturbridge

by Rich Wallace

As the second-best 135-pound wrestler in his high school, Ben watches as a friend's future becomes brighter and his turns dim. Eager to leave his home town of Sturbridge, Pennsylvania--and to avoid a dismal future working in a cinder block factory--Ben looks for a way out.

Batista Unleashed

by Jeremy Roberts, Dave Batista

People around the world know Dave Batista as World Wrestling Entertainment's "the Animal," the rope-shaking, spine-busting World Heavyweight Champion, one of the most popular Superstars in recent years.The crowd turned Batista from heel to babyface after they were electrified by his awesome physique and physical wrestling style. Few fans, however, know that Batista didn't join the profession until he was thirty... (more)

Adam Copeland On Edge (WWE S.)

by Adam Copeland

Not since Mick Foley with Foley is Good has a wrestler written his own story and like Foley, Edge captures the raw intensity of the world of professional wrestling, a world you can only truly know -- and write about -- if you have experienced it in the ring. It was while sidelined with a neck injury that Edge began to write a weekly column for wwe.com giving fans an insight into the life of one of their favourite... (more)

The Death of WCW

by Bryan Alvarez

This detailed tell-all of the demise of the former top pro wrestling company World Championship Wrestling explores the colorful personalities and flawed business decisions behind how WCW went from being the highest-rated show on cable television in 1997 to a laughable series that lost 95 percent of its paying audience by 2001. Behind-the-scenes exclusive interviews, rare photographs, and probing questions... (more)

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by Mick Foley

by Shawn Michaels

by Alfred C. Martino

by Bret Hart

by Steve Austin

by Peter Fornatale, Chris Jericho

by Mark Kreidler

by Matt Hardy, Michael Krugman

by Michael Krugman, Amy Dumas

by Mick Foley

by Mick Foley

by Mark Vancil

by Jeremy Roberts, Eric Bischoff

by Shaun Assael

by R. D. Reynolds, Randy Baer

by Wwf, Joseph Layden, Rock

by Rich Wallace

by Jeremy Roberts, Dave Batista

by Adam Copeland

by Bryan Alvarez