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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed EverythingDiscover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy...
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Catch That Pass!Only one thing keeps Jim from being the best linebacker in the team - his fear of getting tackled. But his friend Chuckie knows Jim isn't a coward. With Chuckie's special courage as an example, can Jim find the strength to face his fears...
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Heads UpAmanda Caler comes to realize she's afraid of the soccer ball, and as if that weren't enough, it looks as if someone is trying to steal her spot at halfback. Illustrations.Author: Matt ChristopherPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublished: 04/01/2003Pages: 60Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize:...
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Cool as Ice11 year old Chris is small for his age, so he can't believe it when he learns he's been selected for the all-star hockey team. It's not fun and games playing for the Arctic Wolves, however, as Chris and his teammate, Derek, find out.Author:...
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Face-OffFACE-OFF A jealous teammate can lead to danger on the ice.... When it comes to skating, Scott Harrison can't be beat. Still, he can't believe it when he's asked to play for the Golden Bears hockey team. But soon his excitement turns to doubt,...
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The Hit-Away KidBarry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.Author: Matt ChristopherPublisher: Little...
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Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPNIn the exclusive behind the scenes look, sports fans can unlock the fascinating history of the channel that changed the way people watch and interact with their favorite teams. It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise...
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Michael Phelps: The Untold Story of a ChampionA revealing biography of the Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps that includes exclusive interviews with his family, teammates, and friends and never-before-revealed details about his life.Michael Phelps is an American sports hero, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete the world has ever known. His unprecedented...
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Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball TeamAn oral history of the New York Mets, by the New York Times bestselling baseball writer of Bums and The Bronx Zoo.From Tom Seaver to Gary Carter, Ron Swoboda to Al Leiter, from the team's inception to the current day, the New York Mets'...
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Mets Fan BookYa Gotta Believe!: The 40th Anniversary New York Mets Fan Book is the perfect gift for the ultimate fanAre you a true Mets fan? Were you there when they won the 1986 World Series in the seventh game? Did you stand and cheer as...
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The Final Season: Fathers, Sons, and One Last Season in a Classic American BallparkTom Stanton's The Final Season offers a powerful memoir of fathers, sons, and the end of a baseball era. Maybe your dad took you to ball games at Fenway, Wrigley, or Ebbets. Maybe the two of you watched broadcasts from Yankee Stadium or Candlestick...
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The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--The World's Deadliest PeakThe bestselling author of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top chronicles his three attempts to climb the world's tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made--or attempted--the ascent. "Viesturs and Roberts have written...
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Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball -- And America -- ForeverThe extraordinary story of the 1968 baseball season--when the game was played to perfection even as the country was being pulled apart at the seams.From the beginning, '68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later...
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Climber's Guide to Devil's LakeDevil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin is the most popular rock-climbing area in the Midwest. It features spectacular cliffs and other rock formations where the Ice Age glacier's terminal moraine meets an ancient landscape of rock. This third edition of the popular Climber's Guide...
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Football Weekends at Notre Dame: Snapshots and TraditionsWhen people ask the question, "What makes a football weekend at Notre Dame so special?"members of the Notre Dame family know that it could take an entire book to give the whole answer. This is that book. It tells the gameday story with over...
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The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman on the Global StageThe 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in the young nation of Zaire and dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, was arguably the biggest sporting event of the twentieth century. The bout between an ascendant undefeated champ and an outspoken master...
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Boost!: How the Psychology of Sports Can Enhance Your Performance in Management and WorkTo perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups,...
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A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20sJack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and...
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Catch Me If You Can!He has huge claws and enormous feet. He has a big tail and great big teeth. He's fierce, and everyone runs and hides from the biggest dinosaur of them all. But one little dinosaur doesn't hide--she knows her gargantuan grandpa is the sweetest dinosaur...
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Marco's RunMarco is a fast runner. Is he as fast as a rabbit? A bobcat? A horse? Who is the fastest runner of all? This quick-moving story runs wild in the hands of award-winning illustrator Reynold Ruffins. Author: Wesley CartierPublisher: Clarion BooksPublished: 08/01/2003Pages: 24Binding Type:...
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