Books
Mariah Burton Nelson is a professional communicator dedicated to clear, compelling, creative writing and speaking. She has authored many books, the latest of which are included below and can be purchased online at Amazon.com.

"Mariah is a courageous, compelling writer." - Billie Jean King
"Nelson writes with knees and elbows flying. One of the most consistently provocative voices in the field. Powerful, smart, important, touching, and fascinating." - Robert Lipsyte, New York Times
"Mariah offers wisdom for people who want to win in life, business, and politics." - Muffin Spencer-Devlin, three-time LPGA Tour winner
"Nelson does not shy away from the hard questions; she does not insist on "politically correct" answers. She doesn’t hedge." - Philadelphia Inquirer

	MAKING MONEY ON THE SIDELINES Mariah Burton Nelson's latest book, Making Money on the Sidelines is for coaches, teachers, professors and other physical activity professionals who want to earn the revenue they desire and deserve. Business skills for non-business people. A simple, user-friendly guide to pricing, promotion, and profit. $19.95 ($17.95 for AAHPERD Members) | Order Online at AAHPERD Store
	WE ARE ALL ATHLETES: Bringing Courage, Confidence, & Peak Performance Into Our Everyday Lives (Dare Press, 2004). In this warm, witty, and engaging book, award-winning author and pioneering athlete Mariah Burton Nelson offers 26 entertaining and thought-provoking essays on discipline, endurance, humility, integrity, joy, mind games, quitting, strength, winning, and other life lessons from the playing fields. She shows readers how to approach life with an athletic mentality, bringing courage, confidence, commitment, leadership, and teamwork to everyday endeavors. $15.00 |
	THE UNBURDENED HEART: 5 Keys to Forgiveness & Freedom (Harper San Francisco, 2000). Featured on Good Morning America and the Diane Rehm Show, and named a New York Times Gift Book of the Year, The Unburdened Heart teaches people how, when, and why to forgive. The book was nominated for the Christopher Award, presented annually to books, movies, and television shows that "affirm the highest values of the human spirit." Previous award winners include Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Bob Hope. $22 |
	THE STRONGER WOMEN GET, THE MORE MEN LOVE FOOTBALL: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports (Dare Press, 2005; updated from Harcourt Brace edition). Astute, provocative, and full of original research, The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football describes women's growing economic, political, and athletic strength and explains why some (not all) men take refuge in the ultra-masculine world of football, one of the few places where "men are still brutes and women are still cheerleaders. Download Chapters of the Book in PDF (note that the shopping cart for these downloads is different than for the books - see link below): Chapter 1: We Don't Like Football, Do We?, 7 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 2: Feminism and Football: Then and Now, 16 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 3: Stronger Women, 26 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 4: Boys Will Be Boys and Girls Will Not, 24 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 5: Scoring, What's Sex Got to Do With It?, 22 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 6: Men in Tight Pants Embracing, 20 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 7: Sexual Assault as a Spectator Sport, 34 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart Chapter 8: My Coach Says He Loves Me, 33 pages, $4.95 - Add to Cart View PDF Download Cart
	EMBRACING VICTORY: Life Lessons in Competition and Compassion (William Morrow 1998; Avon Paperbacks 1999). How and why to honor your own ambitions - and those of your opponents. Order online at amazon.com.
	ARE WE WINNING YET? : How Women Are Changing Sports and Sports Are Changing Women (Random House 1991). Groundbreaking look at the empowerment of women through sports. Order online at amazon.com.
Mariah has also contributed chapters or introductions to more than three dozen other books, including: Representative American Speeches (The Reference Shelf, 2006): Mariah's speech ("Redefining Aging,") delivered to AARP's National Leadership Conference, was published in this collection, along with speeches by Barack Obama, Robert Reich, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, and George W. Bush. Sports and Inequality, edited by Michael J. Cozzillio and Robert L. Hayman, Jr. (Carolina Academic Press 2006). Includes Mariah's "Paid to Play" chapter. Shattering the Glass: The Dazzling History of Women's Basketball from the Turn of the Century to the Present, by Susan Shackelford and Pamela Grundy (2005) Includes Mariah's basketball stories The Girls’ Guide to Life, by Catherine Dee (Little, Brown 1997; 2005) Includes article by Mariah. GirlWise: How to Be Capable, Cool, and In Control, by Julia DeVillers, 2002 Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports, edited by Lissa Smith (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998) Intro by Mariah Whatever It Takes: Women on Women's Sport, edited by Joli Sandoz and Joby Winans (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY, 1999) Includes chapter by Mariah Crossing Boundaries: An International Anthology of Women's Experiences in Sport, edited by Susan Bandy and Anne Darden (Human Kinetics, IL, 1999) Sexual Harassment in Sport: Impact, Issues, and Challenges, by Karin A.E. Volkwein-Caplain and Gopal Sankaran (Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2001) Intro by Mariah Letters of Intent: Women Cross the Generations to Talk About Family, Work, Sex, Love and the Future of Feminism, edited by Anna Bondoc and Meg Daly (Free Press, NY, 1999) Play Like a Girl: A Celebration of Women in Sports, edited by Sue Macy and Jane Gottesman (Henry Holt, 1999) Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America, edited by Carole A. Oglesby et. al (Oryx Press 1998), intro by Mariah A Whole Other Ball Game, edited by Joli Sandoz (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1997), includes poem by Mariah A Kind of Grace: A Treasury of Sportswriting by Women, edited by Ron Rapoport (Zenobia Press, 1994), includes chapter by Mariah Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: Women Writers on Baseball, edited by Elinor Nauen (Faber and Faber, Boston), 1994 Includes chapter by Mariah Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers, edited by Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon (Bedford/ St. Martin's 2006) ...and several dozen other college textbooks on writing Mariah's work is referenced in more than 200 books.