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"Recovery-physical and mental-is a red-hot topic, and the worlds of sports, technology, and commerce have all taken note. This second edition of The Athlete's Guide to Recovery helps readers sort through the hype to focus on the practices and devices that really make a difference in recovery and lead to peak performance"--
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Step Over the Ropes and into 1990s wrestling. Set in a fictional world, Over the Ropes dives into sports entertainments biggest era. A young high-flyer named Jason Lynn goes off-script in a match to win the world title and sets the southern territory on fire as the face-painted wrestler, Phoenix. Jasons battles between the ropes are only outperformed by his struggles outside the ring. First dates. Crooked promoters. Cage matches. Factions and families....
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiagos instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21 chronicles Clementes life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished Puerto Rican childhood to the majesty of his...
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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In the future, Europe has united under one man, The Autocrat. He rules the apocalyptic landscape from corporate monopolies with a vision of unity that is gospel to some, but hollow to others. To distract the 99% from their poor and empty lives, they are given the opportunity to compete in the Grand Race. A marathon street race through Europe where only one driver can make it to the end and win a life of luxury.Our hero, Sebastian Valencia enters with...
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A Tale of Two Arthurs is an impressionistic chronicle of two very different men: Jack Arthur Johnson, the black American boxer, and Arthur Cravan, the white French poet and provocateur. These two men fought an improbable boxing match in Barcelona in 1916 which acts as the pivot point of this double-portrait which is also a kind of mirror: for despite their differences they were both fiercely independent individuals who in their own ways defied the...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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The story behind the controversial late 1990's Florida surf brand begins here! Third Wave 99 follows surf shop owners Rob Cutler and Jack Reed, along with hotheaded teenager Matt Hurley. This popular surf shop doubles as a support group that helps troubled individuals use surfing as a replacement for other negative and self-destructive habits. Matt's temper has not only hampered his promising college baseball career, but also acts as a catalyst for...
13) Meet T J Watt
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T. J. Watt learned to chase down quarterbacks at the University of Wisconsin. In 2021, he led the NFL in sacks and won the Defensive Player of the Year award. Learn all about Watt's training, his personal bests, and his life off the field.
14) Monster Trucks
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Monster trucks are loud and monstrous. People go to shows to see the painted cars flip in the air. Carefully leveled text and full-color photographs help these vehicles jump off the page.
17) Dirt Bikes
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Dirt bikes are built to ride on bumpy ground and jump over sandy hills. Engaging photographs and carefully leveled text take readers along for a ride on these awesome motorcycles.
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