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Discover how footballer Lionel Messi defied the odds and became the G.O.A.T. in this inspiring story teeming with excitement, emotion, and Messi facts galore!
How did a small, shy, soccer-obsessed child with a serious medical condition become a goal-scoring, record-breaking, once-in-a-generation sensation?
For everyone who loves soccer, dreams big, and is inspired by heroes who prevail against the odds, Messi's Magic delivers a thrilling, deeply...
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"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was ayoung English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and natural...
3) Bonefish
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Five years ago, I had never heard of a bonefish. The first man who ever spoke to me about this species said to me, very quietly with serious intentness: 'Have you had any experience with bonefish?' I said no, and asked him what kind that was. His reply was enigmatical. 'Well, don't go after bonefish unless you can give up all other fishing.'
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There may be no better example of American individualism and rugged outdoorsman than the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. In this volume we find two of Roosevelt's works on hunting, "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman", and "The Wilderness Hunter", combined into one volume. Roosevelt, who as President would bring some 230 million acres of land under the protection of the National Parks and Forest Services, was an avid naturalist and...
5) Baseball
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"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to baseball through simple, predictable text and related photos"-- Provided by publisher.
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It is with great honor that I serve as Executive Director of the ISPA. My academic background is in psychology where I have a BA in Psychology from the University of Chicago. My sports background spans over 15 years. From the age of 9 I have competed in quite a few Triathlons and was often the youngest competitor in these races. Over the course of my career, I have completed 4 Ironman Triathlons and 15 Marathons. I have placed in the top three in...
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In Loving the Champion, you will learn how to guide your young golf champions (sons and daughters) and help them at each phase of their young careers as they grow and develop into the champions they are meant to be. A well-known golf coach, Jorge offers specific information on how to make this process effective, easygoing, and fun. He includes tips on how to create a successful "sports team" for your champion, the right role for you as parents, the...
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The Science of the Marathon and the Art of Variable Pace Running encourages you to rediscover running by gradually slowing down, running at your own pace, and learning to accelerate. This book is about Veronique Billat's 30-years of research, life studies, and practical experience. This research takes place in real life and extreme racing situations; it does not take place on treadmills, rather in marathon races and the high mountains. It's about...
9) Fair Go, Sport: Inspiring and Uplifting Tales of the Good Folks, Great Sportsmanship and Fair Play
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Sport was never meant to be complicated. No gibberish, no statistics, no talk of green-zones, black-zones, channels and percentage plays, no cheating, no grubbiness, and certainly no ball-tampering.
Peter FitzSimons celebrates the good, the generous and the kind in Australian sport, the genuine characters, the national treasures and the special moments when the losers were the true champions and the game, whichever game, was done proud.
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Das Erarbeiten der Grundlagen des Stossens und Gegenstossens im Angriff ist Hauptbestandteil dieser Trainingseinheit. Die Ballgewöhnung und das Torhüter einwerfen haben bereits diesen Schwerpunkt. Schritt für Schritt wird das Thema bis hin zum Hauptteil erarbeitet
Insgesamt besteht die Trainingseinheit aus folgenden Schwerpunkten
- Einlaufen/Dehnen (Einzelübung: 15 Minuten / Gesamtzeit im Training: 15 Minuten)
- Ballgewöhnung (7/22)
- Ballgewöhnung...
11) Adventures in the Ditch: A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal Waterway
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As a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of a Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldn't get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch, he shares one story of a family nautical adventure. Hoping to rekindle the wanderlust and excitement of earlier sailing experiences, Coile, his thirty-seven-year-old brother Andrew, and their eighty-one-year-old...
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A woman with an obsession, a man with a weakness, a girl with a dream. This contemporary romance novel series develops around a mother/daughter/young man romantic triangle. The story traces the figure skating career of a newly formed pairs team from their rocky startup, working their way up the competition ladder all the way to the Olympics. This second book in the series covers the early competitions and the maturing of the relationships between...
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Throughout his entire amateur boxing career Muhammad Ali was 'Good'. Nobody really new that he was 'Great', until he turned professional. When he told the 'World' that he was, 'The Greatest'. Not only inside the ring was he considered 'The Greatest' boxer of his era, but the 'Greatest' boxer of 'All Time'. Even outside the ring, he captivated his audiences, with his razor-sharp wit and lightning- quick tongue. He had a 'Way' with words, which impacted...
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Want to lose weight? Listen to the next pop-culture fad diet or exercise routine and youre bound to end up where most Americans are; done with diets, bored with working out, and out of options. But then David Beares, Primitive Health and Fitness Expert, and owner of 39 Minute Workout, comes along and shatters all of our assumptions. And he has the audacity to point out something painfully obvious. We were healthy and lean for the bulk of human history....
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In an age dominated by overhyped athletes who are sometimes short on character, JoJo Whites story offers a refreshing look back at one athletes careera career that was the product of genuine good values. In Make It Count, author Mark C. Bodanza presents a biography of a man who triumphed both on and off the basketball court. Whites story is interwoven with ours as a nation. His basketball days were shaped byand in a few cases, helped shapeevents of...
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Five Days in White Flannels is a quizzical tribute to Test cricket, the holy grail of achievement on the cricket field. It is also a nostalgic journey that venerates the five-day duel between the bat and the ball partaken by men clad in cream clothing on an idyllic cricket ground, and is a far cry from the environs of other forms of cricket that now-a-days deliver instant gratification. This is a comprehensive trivia book that tickles the brain of...
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You want to be a winning coach, Where do you start? This book provides answers. Work from the five points winning coaches do and learn how you take the four steps for baking a cake, and by following them, you can coach a team or individual to success. Inside is an easy to understand training system with innovative concepts and ideas and presents them in a format that anyone can apply to their own level and ultimately become a winning coach. In whatever...
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Major League Baseball has a problem. Over the past couple of decades batting averages have slumped severely, strikeouts have doubled, and OBP has plummeted. Soaring costs and skyrocketing salaries are accompanied by widespread cheating, 1 and 2 tool players, elongated game times, and the emergence of an exclusive baseball "club" that has fans collectively dismayed.
"Winning the Day - Saving Baseball" is the true story of a young boy's quest to...
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Durch einfache Kreuzbewegungen und Weiterspielmöglichkeiten soll die gegnerische Abwehr im Trainingsschwerpunkt so in Bewegung gebracht werden, dass ein Torerfolg möglich ist. Die Weiterspielmöglichkeiten werden Schritt für Schritt erarbeitet.
Insgesamt besteht die Trainingseinheit aus folgenden Schwerpunkten
- Einlaufen/Dehnen (Einzelübung: 15 Minuten / Gesamtzeit im Training: 15 Minuten)
- Kleines Spiel (10/25)
- Ballgewöhnung (10/35)
- Torhüter...
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Kirkus Review A competitive runners instruction manual for young athletes and their parents. Internationally ranked runner and professional sports advisor Reid, in her debut, presents an upbeat, thoroughly detailed guide for parents who dream of shepherding their children into the world of professional sportsor who already have a child entering that world. Using charts, photos and inspirational quotes, Reid takes her readers through the basics of...
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