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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Amazing Olympic athlete Wilma Rudolph Amazing Olympic athlete Wilma Rudolph Mary Dodson Wade "This entry-level biography describes how Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio and competed in the Olympics"--Provided by publisher. OL1001251W
Running from the devil Running from the devil Jamie Freveletti Emma Caldridge, a chemist for a cosmetics company, is en route from Miami to Bogotá when her plane is hijacked and spins out of control into the mountains near the Venezuelan border. Thrown unhurt fr… OL11958513W
Aim high Aim high 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… OL12302615W
Sonia Sonia Sonia O'Sullivan Description information pending. OL13687473W
While My Sister Sleeps While My Sister Sleeps Barbara Delinsky A story of hope - a marathon runner in her final race, this time for her life, allows her three family members to face their demons and move on.When a woman in her early thirties, oldest of three sib… OL14919630W
A Man Like Mac A Man Like Mac Fay Robinson As Keely Wilson discovers, you don't often meet a man like Mac. He's overcome adversity and met challenges that could have destroyed him. He's not only handsome, determined and sexy, he knows exac… OL15123523W
Marathon Woman Marathon Woman Kathrine Switzer A memoir from the woman who challenged the all-male tradition of the Boston Marathon. OL1812083W
Girl running Girl running Annette Bay Pimentel Because Bobbi Gibb is a girl, she's not allowed to run on her school's track team. But after school, no one can stop her--and she's free to run endless miles to her heart's content. She is told no ye… OL19736956W
The life Lucy knew The life Lucy knew Karma Brown One woman is about to discover everything she believes--knows--to be true about her life...isn't. After hitting her head, Lucy Sparks awakens in the hospital to a shocking revelation: the man she's k… OL19748010W
Don't tell me you're afraid Don't tell me you're afraid Giuseppe Catozzella Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dr… OL20032904W
An Olympic dream An Olympic dream Reinhard Kleist Follows the Somalian Olympian's attempt to represent her country at the 2012 London Olympics, that ended in her untimely death while traveling to Europe. OL20039434W
Just a little run around the world Just a little run around the world Rosie Swale-Pope Heartbroken when she lost her husband to cancer, Rosie set off from Wales with nothing but a small cart of food and equipment, funded by the rent from her little cottage. So began a five-year solo jo… OL20891420W
Run for Your Life Run for Your Life Jenny Baker 192 pages : 20 cm OL21604177W
Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph Terre Lintner "When she was young, Wilma Rudolph just wanted to walk. When she was older, she wanted to run?"-- OL24308514W
Running with the girls Running with the girls Lacie Whyte "We all have our reasons to run. Running with the girls celebrates the runner in all of us. Run for fun. Run for sanity. Run for you"--Page [4] of cover. OL26200898W
Stick to it Stick to it David Conrad Profiles Wilma Rudolph, who overcame polio to become a runner, the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals, and the founder of a group that helps poor children to do better in school an… OL5951960W