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Publisher
Twelve, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way. No announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the Pennant, The Giants Lose The Pennant!" Such moments are indelibly etched upon the mind of every sports fan. Or rather,...
2) Home
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A decade ago, kidnappers grabbed two boys from wealthy families and demanded ransom, then went silent. No trace of the boys ever surfaced. For ten years their families have been left with nothing but painful memories and a quiet desperation for the day that has finally, miraculously arrived: Myron Bolitar and his friend Win believe they have located one of the boys, now a teenager. Where has he been for ten years, and what does he know about the day,...
Author
Series
Stink volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Second-grader Stink's parents tell him he must play a sport after he gets an unsatisfactory grade in physical education, and so he masters thumb wrestling, as seen on a sports channel.
7) LeBron James
Author
Series
Publisher
Kaleidocope Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
This series introduces readers to some of today's most famous and most dominant athletes. Each title features informative sidebars, detailed infographics, vivid photos, and a glossary.
9) Sports cars
Author
Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Offers readers a close-up look at sports cars via colorful spreads, fun facts, sidebars, labeled diagrams, and a "how it works" feature, Includes glossary and comprehension quiz.
13) Snowboard
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
This book explains how snowboarding evolved from a sport for rebels and "bad boys" to an Olympic sport, along with the basics of the sport and some of the more well known tricks performed.
14) Bobsled and luge
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus High Interest/Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about Olympic bobsled, luge, and skeleton events, [including] descriptions of each of these men's and women's sliding sports. Readers will get a primer to some rules and athletes that may participate in the 2018 Peyong Chang, South Korea, Winter Olympic Games"--
17) Long lost
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sports agent Myron Bolitar answers a call for help from former lover Terese Collins who has become a suspect in the murder of her ex-husband in Paris, and soon finds himself on the run from Homeland Securty, Interpol, Mossad, and someone who does not want the truth about Terese's long-believed dead daughter to come to light.
18) Basketball break
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Lucas loves basketball, but he repeatedly takes shots that are either too far away or from a bad spot, and the whole team is mad at him--will a benching remind his that sometimes he has to pass the ball?
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Jim Dent pens the compelling story of how a black and white player came together to break the color barrier in Texas football in 1965. Jerry LeVias and Bill Bradley bonded as friends at the Big 33 high school all-star game, producing a dramatic finish that fans still talk about. Jim Dent takes the reader to the heart of Texas football with the incredible story of how two young men broke the chain of racism that had...
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