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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling their epic journey to become World Series champions.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders: Each volume in this timely series provides essential information on a disease or disorder (symptoms, causes, treatments, cures, etc.); presents the controversies surrounding causes, alternative treatments, and other issues"-- Provided by publisher.
6) Concussion
Author
Language
English
Description
The riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America's favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football's most powerful corporation: the NFL.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring story of Pauline Davis, a Bahamian sprinter who fought through poverty, inequality, and racism to compete in five Olympic Games and become the first woman from the Caribbean to win Olympic gold. She would inspire an entire nation and go on to become the first Black woman elected to the international governing body of athletics"--
Author
Language
English
Description
Sharing the less “palatable” parts of her life, revealing her struggles with bulimia, mental illness and family, coaches and federation, the U.S. figure skating champion and Olympic medalist provides an intimate account of surviving as a young woman in a society that rewards appearances more than anything and demands perfection at all costs.
Publisher
Sports Illustrated Books
Pub. Date
2006, c2004
Language
English
Description
A fiftieth anniversary compilation of the best from the Sports Illustrated archives features photographs and articles from the popular sports magazine since its launch in 1954, offering a look at great moments in American sports history.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Identifies some of the greatest upsets in sports history, including America's victory over England in the 1950 World Cup and the Marlins' win over the Yankees in the 2003 World Series.
20) Promise me
Author
Series
Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger reveals the deadly consequences that can be born of the best intentions in this Myron Bolitar thriller.
As the school year winds down, Myron Bolitar is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe from the dangers of drinking and driving. So he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their...
As the school year winds down, Myron Bolitar is determined to help keep his friends’ children safe from the dangers of drinking and driving. So he makes two neighborhood girls promise him that if they are ever in a bind but are afraid to call their...
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