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Dr. Disaster's Guide to Surviving Everything
Torres, John Format: electronic resource
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A practical, all-encompassing guide to disaster preparedness, from avalanches and blackouts to pandemics and wildfires. An emergency room physician and U.S. Air Force veteran, Dr. Torres, aka “Dr. Disaster,” has spent his career on the front lines, saving lives in all sorts... |
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Naomi Osaka: Her Journey to Finding Her Power and Her Voice
Ben Rothenberg - Dutton Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the untold story behind her Grand Slam-winning career, her headline-making advocacy for racial justice and mental health, and the challenges of a life in the international spotlight Naomi Osaka... |
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Resilient: The Untold Story of CrossFit's Greatest Comeback
Brooke Wells - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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On the last night of the 2021 CrossFit Games, ten thousand fans watched in horror as Brooke Wells' elbow dislocated under the weight of a 190-pound barbell. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: How Wells pulled off a highly improbable comeback that transformed her mentally... |
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The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State
Aime Alley Card - Lyons Press Format: Hardcover
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The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story of desire, success and failure - of beating the odds - against the backdrop of a changing America,... |
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The Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We Love
Gotham Chopra - Simon & Schuster Format: Book
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From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports, a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming power of sports and how they provide meaning and purpose in people's lives all over the world. Sports is a religion. This isn't a metaphor... |
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Gold from Iron: A Humble Beginning, Olympic Dreams, and the Power in Getting Back Up
Nick Baumgartner - Triumph Books Format: Hardcover
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A daring and improbable story of Olympic gold from blue-collar origins. Every summer in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Nick Baumgartner went to work pouring concrete, taking on the harsh physical conditions of the construction trade to support his professional snowboarding dreams come... |
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