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Runner's World How to Make Yourself Poop: And 999 Other Tips All Runners Should Know

Meghan Kita · Rodale Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Every runner knows how important it is to clear out before they head out -- and Runner's World How to Make Yourself Poop can show them how.With tips on training, nutrition, gear, motivation, health, and racing delivered with humor and clarity, it's essential reading for any runner...
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Deep End of the Pool Workouts: No-Impact Interval Training and Strength Exercises

MELISENDA EDWARDS · Ulysses Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

A guide to the hottest new trend in full-body, no-impact exercise - pool workouts where your feet never touch the bottomFor years, pool exercise meant swimming laps or performing slow and deliberate water aerobics while standing in the shallow end. With Deep End of the Pool Exercises, the intensity...
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Dude Making a Difference: Bamboo Bikes, Dumpster Dives and Other Extreme Adventures Across America

Rob Greenfield · New Society Publishers, 2015.
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

You want to do something for the planet, but what? Change a light bulb, install a low-flow faucet, eat organic? How about ride forty-seven hundred miles across America on a bamboo bicycle, using only water from natural sources, avoiding fossil fuels almost completely, supplying your few electrical...
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Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail

Debbie Clarke Moderow · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 262
Format: Print book

A captivating memoir of one woman's attempt to finish the Iditarod, led by her team of spunky huskies with whom she shares a fascinating and inextricable bond At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Moderow was not your average musher in the Iditarod, but that's where she found herself...
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Walking on the Wild Side: Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail

Kristi McLeod Fondren · Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Pages: 164
Format: Print book

The most famous long-distance hiking trail in North America, the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail - the longest hiking-only footpath in the world - runs along the Appalachian mountain range from Georgia to Maine. Every year about 2,000 individuals attempt to "thru-hike" the entire...
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September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series

Skip Desjardin · Regnery History
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

One hundred years ago, in September 1918, three things came to Boston: war, plague, and the World Series. This is the unimaginable story of that late summer month, in which a division of Massachusetts militia volunteers led the first unified American fighting force into battle in France,...
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Woodlawn: One Hope. One Dream. One Way.

Todd Gerelds · Howard Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

This riveting true story of courage, strength, and football at the height of racial tension in Birmingham, Alabama, inspired the motion picture Woodlawn, and tells the story of Coach Tandy Gerelds, his running back Tony Nathan, and a high school football game that healed a city. Woodlawn...
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The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training

Dawn Dais · Seal Press; 1 edition
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Dawn Dais hated running. And it didn't like her much, either. Her fitness routine consisted of avoiding the stairs in her own house, because who really has the energy to climb stairs? It was with this exercise philosophy firmly in place that she set off to complete a marathon.The Nonrunner’s...
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Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life

Anna Brones · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

An inspirational and encouraging illustrated guide to the world of bicycles and cycling, with practical information on bike buying, riding, repairs, and maintenance.Bicycling is one of life's simple joys--it's fun, freeing, and good for the planet and our health. Yet, the world of cycling...
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Yes!: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

Daniel Bryan · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

One of the most popular WWE champions tells his behind-the-scenes story for the first time.Daniel Bryan has whipped the WWE universe into a frenzy. In 2014, as the biggest week of his life unfolds, Aberdeen, Washington's bearded son reflects in full detail on his incredible path to the top and gives...
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In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages

Max Adams · Pegasus Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

A cultural exploration of the Dark Age landscapes of Britain that poses a significant question: Is the modern world simply the realization of our ancient past? The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain and the death of Alfred the Great have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers,...
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Sheep No More: The Art of Awareness and Attack Survival

JONATHAN T GILLIAM · Post Hill Press
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

Former US Navy SEAL and FBI Special Agent Jonathan T. Gilliam brings his unique professional perspective to teach you the art of awareness and attack avoidance by sharing unconventional warfare techniques and how to think like an attacker. Fight back, because we are sheep no more This personal...
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Life Is Not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention

Jay Williams Ph. D. · Harpercollins
Pages: 255
Format: Print book

This big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out of the darkness.Ten years...
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The Cyclist's Training Bible: The World's Most Comprehensive Training Guide

Joe Friel · VeloPress
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback

The Cyclist's Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive guide for aspiring and experienced cyclists. Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world and his proven cycling training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in the sport.Joe has completely rewritten...
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What tennis pros don't teach

Manuel S Cervantes · Xlibris
Pages: 541
Format: Print book

What Tennis Pros Don't Teach encompasses a World of information threading Tennis and life at work. It talks about the forces of Tennis under all different scenarios. This book is based on the love of Tennis as the foundation to tackle philosophy, mental toughness, discipline, strategy,...
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