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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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Gianluigi Buffon
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Arturo Contró |
Introduces the life and career of star Italian goalie Gianluigi Buffon, one of the tallest players in professional soccer. |
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Little giants of pro sports
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Nathan Aaseng |
Biographies of seven sports figures who have excelled despite being small in stature. Includes Calvin Murphy, Greg Pruitt, Tracy Austin, Pelé, Marcel Dionne, Joe Morgan, and Fred Patek. |
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From Peanuts to the Pressbox
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Eli Gold |
In this behind-the-scenes look at sports broadcasting Eli Gold tells how a kid from Brooklyn, New York, went from selling peanuts at Madison Square Garden to being one of the most recognizable voices… |
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Hawk
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Tony Hawk |
The grand master of extreme skateboarding, a.k.a. "The Birdman", shares the trials and tribulations that have made him a legend in skateboarding. |
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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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Nadia Comăneci
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Gloria D. Miklowitz |
A brief biography emphasizing the training and gymnastic achievements of the fourteen-year-old Romanian who earned a perfect score seven times in the 1976 Olympic Games. |
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Women of sports
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Rachel Rutledge |
Discusses the past and future of women's gymnastics and presents biographies of eight of the sport's most famous players: Simona Amanar, Vanessa Atler, Dominique Dawes, Ling Jie, Svetlana Khorkina, K… |
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Cash and carry
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Jim Reisler |
"C.C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle was a true American original. A dreamer and a schemer, Pyle made several fortunes by representing professional football and tennis players before quickly losing everything… |
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Running with Raven
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Laura Lee P. Huttenbach |
The Amazing Story of One Man, His Passion, and the Community He Inspired. In 1975 Robert "Raven" Kraft, a high school dropout and aspiring songwriter, made a New Year's Resolution to run eight miles … |
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The ride of my life
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Mat Hoffman,Mark Lewman |
I had seriously reached a point in my life where I wasn't scared of anything. Panic was replaced by awww, shit, how can I fix this before I hit the ground? Childhood for Mat Hoffman was packed with h… |
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Called again
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Jennifer Pharr Davis |
In 2011, Davis became the overall record holder on the Appalachian Trail. By hiking 2,181 miles in 46 days-- an average of 47 miles per day-- she became the first female to ever set that mark. But th… |
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Rowing for my life
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Kathleen Saville |
By the first woman to row across the North Atlantic and to row across two oceans, an account of seeking adventure and fulfillment on the high seas in a twenty-five-foot rowboat, of her Guinness Book … |
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Epic Athletes
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Dan Wetzel,Marcelo Baez |
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Eagle Huntress
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Liz Welch,Aisholpan Nurgaiv |
In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Liz Welch (I Will… |
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Top 101 athletes
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Jeanne Nagle |
This biography introduces some of the most remarkable women, musicians, athletes, philosophers, artists, and world leaders of all time--individuals who are well worth knowing on a personal and profes… |
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GIMP
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Mark Zupan,Tim Swanson,Mark Zupan |
Mark Zupan was a college soccer star, out drinking one night with friends. Tired from the game and from a few too many beers, he decided to take a nap in the back of his best friend's pickup truck. S… |
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The Reggie Jackson story
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Bill Libby |
A biography of the controversial baseball player who has led teams to five pennants and four World Series championships and who has been Most Valuable Player in two World Series and his own league. |
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Jimmy Connors
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Larry Batson |
A brief biography of a dedicated young tennis star who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1974. |
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Always By My Side
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Jim Nantz |
From February to April 2007, starting with his play-by-play call of Super Bowl XLI, Jim Nantz had a historic 63-day broadcasting run as he became the first commentator to broadcast the Super Bowl, th… |
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