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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry, and Britt-Marie Was Here, comes a poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten...
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Seasoned pro golfer Travis McKinley is cruising toward a new season when he misses a putt on the 18th green. Just like that, he's down and out and off the Senior Tour, his career all but dead. Then Travis is visited by a mysterious stranger whose vision is clear. Go back to the beginning. The very beginning. Taking his advice both literally and to heart, Travis and his family travel to their ancestral home - Scotland. In the place where golf was born,...
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Go Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"In her first book, popular runner blogger Amanda Brooks lays out the path to finding greater fulfillment in running for those who consider themselves "middle of the pack runners" -- they're not trying to win Boston (or even qualify for Boston); they just want to get strong and stay injury-free so they can continue to enjoy running. Run to the Finish is not your typical running book. While it is filled with useful strategic training advice throughout,...
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Lorenz Books, an imprint of Anness Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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The ancient art of tai chi has long-recognized benefits, which range from improved muscular strength to promoting health and longevity. Respected for centuries in China, it has established itself in the West as a simple and accessible aid to coping with the pressures of modern living. This book illustrates the popular, accessible Wu style, giving instructions on how to perform the short form with clear, step-by-step photographs. It explains the Taoist...
6) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Once upon a time, Dicky Eklund was known as the pride of Lowell, Massachusetts. There isn't a person in Lowell who doesn't know about the time that Dicky knocked down the great Sugar Ray Leonard. By the early 1990s, Dicky's crack addiction has soured everything, although he dreams of making a comeback. The real contender is his half-brother Micky Ward. 31-year-old Micky is an unassuming nice guy, long regarded as little more than a stepping-stone...
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Falcon Guides
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Ultralight Survival Kit is the first book of backpacking tips that is itself ultralight! It focuses on all of the skills and techniques that hikers and backpackers would want at their fingertips while in the outdoors. Perfect for backpackers from beginner to advanced, this book contains:
10) Gran turismo
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Based on the unbelievable true story of a team of unlikely underdogs, a struggling working-class gamer, a failed former racecar driver, and an idealistic motorsport executive. Together, they risk it all to take on the most elite sport in the world. It is an inspiring, thrilling, and action-packed story that proves that nothing is impossible when you're fueled from within.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1097
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A couple who have known each other since childhood and who taught each other how to play basketball, reach a crossroads in their relationship.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
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"In 2015, the U.S .Women's National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick—three goals in one game—during the first sixteen minutes. But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling,...
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Louv talks with parents, children, teachers, scientists, religious leaders, child-development researchers, and environmentalists to find ways for children to experience the natural world more deeply.
Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression, arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology have led them to...
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Wilderness Press
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English
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Ever since the Wild West days of Kit Carson and the Comstock Lode, visitors have been drawn to Reno-Tahoe in search of adventure. Today, the best adventures are found outdoors, where hikers can take lakeside strolls, mountain ascents, or simple walks with dogs and kids. Afoot and Afield: Reno-Tahoe, by local author Mike White, features more than 175 trips in a diverse range of terrain around Lake Tahoe and the communities of Reno, Sparks, Carson...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Tells the story of the Mighty Mites high school football team that originated within a Freemason orphan-and-widow home and was able to reach dominant status in the 1930s and 1940s and play in prestigious state-champion competitions.
16) One life
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English
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The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements, and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
17) Dino-basketball
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Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Plant-eating dinosaurs face meat-eating dinosaurs in a basketball game at Mastadon Square Garden.
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Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The book offers the latest science-based guidelines for identifying, healing, and preventing the most common injuries experienced by road and trail runners. Readers will discover how the runner's body functions and responds to training, how to identify an injury, when rest is necessary, and when to seek professional treatment. Specific information on the feet and toes, ankles, knees, hips, and low back, including ways to keep these areas of the body...
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