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Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Joe Simpson - Perennial; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower... |
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Self-defense for women : fight back
Loren W Christensen - Ymaa Pubns
Format: Print book
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Somewhere in America right now are four or five women who will be killed tomorrow. They are going about their day, and I know if they were prepared to counter attack in the ways Loren Christensen and Lisa Place teach, they'd have a far better chance of prevailing tomorrow. " Gavin... |
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Bones: Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream
JOE TONE - One World
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border - and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy Jos and Miguel Trevio were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different paths that would... |
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Eat. Lift. Thrive.
Sohee Lee - Human Kinetics
Format: Paperback
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Eat healthy. Exercise. Be happy. It sounds easy enough, so why is it so difficult? Because as millions of women know, it's not easy. There are challenges and obstacles, and health programs are not one size fits all. Sohee Lee understands, because she's faced the challenges and overcome... |
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Rigged Justice: How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man's Life
John Vandemoer - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways... |
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Breathe: A Life in Flow
Rickson Gracie - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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From legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA master Rickson Gracie comes a riveting, insightful memoir that weaves together the story of Gracie's stunning career with the larger history of the Gracie family dynasty and the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, showing how the connection... |
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Forward: A Memoir
Abby Wambach - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor." - NPR"Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves." - Sheryl Sandberg,... |
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