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No Limits: The Will to Succeed
Michael Phelps - Free Press
Format: Print book
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"When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get there."Michael Phelps is one of the greatest competitors the world has ever seen. From... |
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Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
David Diaz - Harcourt Brace
Format: Print book
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This is the dramatic and inspiring true story of runner Wilma Rudolph, who overcame childhood polio and eventually went on to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. "A triumphant story, triumphantly relayed."--Publishers Weekly |
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Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
Audrey Vernick - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseballteam . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brotherteam in baseball history. They... |
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Babar's Celesteville Games
Laurent de Brunhoff - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Babar and his family are thrilled that Celesteville is hosting the Games! This is their chance to see the best athletes from all over the world compete and to meet new people from other countries. Everyone is wide-eyed as gymnasts fly through the air, divers make a splash, and cyclists... |
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The Mud Flat Olympics
James Stevenson - Greenwillow Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Beginning readers will cheer such events as the Deepest Hole Contest, the High Hurdle (with five intrepid snail participants), the Smelliest Skunk Contest, and the River-cross Freestyle. And when it's over, everyone will agree that the Mud Flat Olympics have been perfect. Let the games... |
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Gold: A Novel
Chris Cleave - Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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What would you sacrifice for the people you love? KATE AND ZOE met at nineteen when they both made the cut for the national training program in track cycling - a sport that demands intense focus, blinding exertion, and unwavering commitment. They are built to exploit the barest physical... |
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
David Goldblatt - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games -- by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. Renowned sportswriter David Goldblatt has been hailed by the Wall Street Journal for writing "with the expansive eye of a social and cultural critic"... |
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Tumbling
Caela Carter - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Make It Or Break It, a novel about the road to Olympics for the world's most elite gymnasts.Work harder than anyone. Be the most talented. Sacrifice everything. And if you're lucky, maybe you will go to the Olympics. Grace lives and breathes... |
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The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for the next generation. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics... |
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G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet
Brad Herzog - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the world of Olympic sports. Now in G is for Gold Medal: An Olympics Alphabet, writer Brad Herzog showcases those athletes and events... |
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