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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On the last night of the 2021 CrossFit Games, ten thousand fans watched in horror as Brooke Wells' elbow dislocated under the weight of a 190-pound barbell. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: How Wells pulled off a highly improbable comeback that transformed her mentally and physically into one of the fittest women in the world. In Resilient, Wells provides a refreshingly honest, authentic account of how she overcame fear, self-doubt,...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The story of a hummingbird's early life and how they make their way into the world"--
"From the beloved New York Times bestselling, Sibert Honor-winning author of the National Book Award finalist The Soul of an Octopus author comes a "beautiful, captivating" (Booklist, starred review) nonfiction picture book about the most exquisite and extraordinary of winged creatures - hummingbirds. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are capable of...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the 'walking wounded,' facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother's battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate...
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