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Dr. Disaster's Guide to Surviving Everything

Torres, John
Format: electronic resource

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

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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The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Daniel James Brown - Penguin Audio
Format: Paperback

The number one New York Times best-selling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of '36, broadcast to coincide with the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys' gold medal race.For readers/listeners...
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Resilient: The Untold Story of CrossFit's Greatest Comeback

Brooke Wells - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

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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Toxic Lake: Environmental Destruction and the Epic Fight to Save Onondaga Lake

Thomas Shevory

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The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State

Aime Alley Card - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover

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

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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Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

Marcus du Sautoy - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

An award-winning mathematician explores the math behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?. Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries...
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Trash Talk: The Only Book About Destroying Your Rivals That Isn't Total Garbage

Rafi Kohan - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

"You're mad at me, but I am killing you." - NBA star Gary Payton"Find the hate." - NFL star Warren Sapp"Why can't you be more like Rafi Kohan?" - your mom, probably . Whether in basketball, football, or MMA, athletes talk trash to each other - and sometimes...
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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

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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