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Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment – With More Than 75 Yoga Poses and Meditations

Paul Denniston - ‎Chronicle Prism
Format: Paperback


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Beyond Possible: One Man, Fourteen Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime

Nims Purja - ‎National Geographic
Pages: Hardcover‏‎320
Format: Hardcover‏


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HWPO: Hard Work Pays Off Transform Your Body and Mind with CrossFit's Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth

Mat Fraser - ‎Rodale Books
Pages: Paperback‏‎320
Format: Paperback‏

Mat Fraser is undisputedly the fittest man in CrossFit history for winning the CrossFit Games an unprecedented five times. A student of engineering, Fraser optimized his body like a machine, and his absolute dedication to the training program he designed for himself is now legendary. For years,...
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Rise: My Story

Lindsey Vonn - ‎Dey Street Books
Pages: Hardcover‏‎336
Format: Hardcover‏

The first ever memoir from the most decorated female skier of all time, revealing never-before-told stories of her life in the fast lane, her struggle with depression, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers on and off the slopes.82 World Cup wins. 20 World Cup titles....
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Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World

Danielle Friedman - ‎G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: Hardcover‏‎352
Format: Hardcover‏

For American women today, working out is as accepted as it is expected, fueling a multibillion-dollar fitness industrial complex. But it wasn't always this way. For much of the twentieth century, sweating was considered unladylike and girls grew up believing physical exertion would...
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The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality

Mike Sielski - ‎St. Martin's Press
Pages: Hardcover‏‎384
Format: Hardcover‏

Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. The tragedy of that helicopter crash, which also took the life of his daughter Gianna, unveiled the full breadth and depth of his influence on our culture, and by tracing and telling the oft-forgotten...
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Fishing Glacier National Park: An Angler's Authoritative Guide to More than 250 Streams, Rivers, and Mountain Lakes

Russ Schneider - ‎Lyons Press; Third edition
Format: Paperback

Fishing Glacier National Park includes over 250 fishing locations from Waterton Lake to the Flathead River. This guide uncovers streams and lakes for Kokanee salmon, mountain and lake whitefish, arctic grayling, and trout--lake, brook, rainbow, and cutthroat. Novice as well as expert anglers...
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The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History

Dana O'Neil - ‎Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

The names need no introduction: Thompson and Patrick, Boeheim and the Pearl, and of course Gavitt. And the moments are part of college basketball lore: the Sweater Game, Villanova Beats Georgetown, and Six Overtimes. But this is the story of the Big East Conference that you haven't...
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Fodor's Las Vegas

Fodor's Travel Publications - ‎Fodor's Travel; 31st edition
Format: Paperback

Whether you want to gamble in a glitzy casino on the Strip, party at a happening club, or take a side-trip to Hoover Dam or the Grand Canyon, the local Fodor's travel experts in Las Vegas are here to help! Fodor's Las Vegas guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations,...
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Chair Yoga: Accessible Sequences to Build Strength, Flexibility, and Inner Calm

Christina D'Arrigo - ‎Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback

Improve stability and strength with easy chair yoga poses Adding a chair to your practice can provide a new level of accessibility and comfort that isn't available in other forms of yoga. Whether you have physical restrictions due to age, pregnancy, a health condition, or just limited...
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