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Amazing Olympic athlete Wilma Rudolph
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Mary Dodson Wade |
"This entry-level biography describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics"--Provided by publisher. |
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Jack Lovelock - Athlete & Doctor
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Graeme Woodfield |
Superb biography which fully addresses the suicide theory. The book is written from a medical standpoint and includes contributions from a variety of medical specialists. |
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Aim high
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Tanni Grey-Thompson |
Aim High is an inspirational book written by the UK’s leading wheelchair athlete. She has won 16 medals, eleven of which are gold, countless European titles, six London Marathons and over 30 world re… |
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A Race Like No Other
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Liz Robbins |
When 39,195 competitors thunder over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to begin the thirty-eighth running of the famed New York City Marathon, they experience one of the most exhilarating moments in sport… |
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Blade Runner
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Oscar Pistorius |
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF THE FIRST PARALYMPIAN TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES: FOR LANCE ARMSTRONG IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BIKE; FOR OSCAR PISTORIUS IT'S NOT ABOUT THE LEGSAt eleven months old, Oscar… |
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Track's magnificent milers
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Nathan Aaseng |
Biographies of world record-breaking mile runners, including Glenn Cunningham, Roger Bannister, Herb Elliott, Jim Ryun, Kip Keino, John Walker, Filbert Bayi, Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, and Mary Deck… |
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World-class marathoners
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Nathan Aaseng |
Outlines the history of the marathon and the careers of seven great marathon runners, including Emil Zatopek, Abebe Bikila, Frank Shorter, and Bill Rodgers. |
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Running to paradise
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Frances Bremer |
While preparing to run in a marathon, a priest realizes the reasons for his vocation. |
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Running the rift
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Naomi Benaron |
Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of becoming the first Rwandan to run in the Olympics, but Jean is a Tutsi and his kind are not supposed to win. But when the president's sudden assassination plummets the co… |
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An accidental athlete
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John Bingham |
"John Bingham is a beloved evangelist of running. Known by fans as "The Penguin" for his gentle humor and back-of-the-pack speed, Bingham's memoir An Accidental Athlete explores with wit and poignanc… |
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Run!
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Dean Karnazes |
A'Running with Karnazes is like setting up one's easel next to Monet or Picasso.' The New York Times In his follow-up to the bestselling Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes is back with more mind-blowin… |
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Running with the Kenyans
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Adharanand Finn |
""A dusty road stretches into the distance like a pencil line across the arid landscape. Lions, rhino, and buffalo roam the plains on either side. But I haven't come to Kenya to spot wildlife. I've c… |
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Usain Bolt
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Usain Bolt |
Since the heady days of the Beijing Olympics in August 2008, Usain Bolt has lowered both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records. At a stroke the Jamaican has become the greatest sports star in t… |
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Blade runner
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Oscar Pistorius |
Oscar Pistorius is a world-renowned athlete holding two Paralympic world records for the 100m and 200m. This title charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspira… |
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Chase your shadow
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John Carlin |
"Ending Reeva's life, and in the same instant annihilating his own, had condemned him in the end to the shadow existence he had fought so hard to avoid -- inspiring compassion in some, derision in ma… |
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Seconds
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Sylvia Taekema |
Jake does everything right when it comes to cross-country running. Determined to win, he pushes himself even more. But with the help of his coach, he begins to rediscover what he used to love about r… |
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Eric Liddell
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Janet Benge |
A biography of the Scottish missionary and runner who won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics and went on to do missionary work in China. |
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Ghost
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Jason Reynolds |
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"-- |
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The Bolt supremacy
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Richard Moore |
Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the 100-meter finals, well ahead of his nearest rival. His face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to hi… |
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Footnotes
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Vybarr Cregan-Reid |
"When Vybarr Cregan-Reid set out to discover why running means so much to so many, he began a journey which would take him out to tread London's cobbled streets, the boulevards of Paris, and down the… |
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