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Guys Read: Max Swings For the Fences
by Anne UrsuMaximilian Funk is the new kid in school, and not much of a baseball fan, a deadly combination. He has to figure out a way to impress Molly Kinsman, the best pitcher in the city and the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. One little lie couldn't hurt, could it? This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: The Choice
by James BrownCBS NFL Today anchor James Brown recounts the true story of how the decision he made as a young college basketball star shaped his life forever. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: The Distance
by Jacqueline WoodsonCJ just blew the half-mile relay for his track team, but the race on his mind is the one that's happening off the field in this short story from all-star author Jacqueline Woodson. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: The Meat Grinder
by Chris CrutcherIf Devin Mack can't actually fight his father, he's going to fight everyone he can find on the football field. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys Read: The Sports Pages
by Tim Green Jon Scieszka Gordon Korman Joseph Bruchac Dan Gutman Jacqueline Woodson Anne Ursu Chris RylanderA lineman with something to prove -- A vendetta against a baseball legend -- The rise of a real-life NHL all-star -- The luckiest grapefruit in sports history... Open up The Sports Pages, the third volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading, and you're in for all of this and more. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are ten stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field. Compiled by kid-lit all-star Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a thrilling collection of brand-new short stories from some of your favorite authors and athletes.
Guys Read: The Trophy
by Gordon KormanLucas and his friends are still reveling in their city-wide middle school basketball championship when the trophy they won goes missing. Foul play is afoot, and it's going to take all their basketball and detective skills to find it. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
Guys, Dolls, and Curveballs: Damon Runyon on Baseball
by Jim ReislerGuys, Dolls, and Curveballs is a delightful collection of ballpark dispatches from one of the game's most unique chroniclers--Damon Runyon, the legendary reporter and creator of such mythic gangster icons as Nathan Detroit and the Lemon Drop Kid. Best known as the bard of Broadway for turning two-bit hustlers and deadbeat horseplayers of Jazz Age New York City into literary legend, Runyon was first and foremost a newspaperman. After arriving in New York from Colorado in 1911, Runyon went to work for Hearst News Service as a baseball beat writer. It was at the ballpark that he honed his legendary skills for finding the story where no one else bothered to look. A master wordsmith, Runyon covered giants of the era such as Ty Cobb, and a Boston Red Sox pitcher named Babe Ruth. In addition, he brought an influential style to observing the rituals and rhythms of the ballpark, wryly commenting on everything from the gamblers and bookies doing business to the particular style of hat worn by a woman in the crowd. Editor Jim Reisler collects Runyon's writings on every facet of the game, making this a unique and indispensable look at our beloved pastime.
Guía Ilustrada del Fútbol (Superstars of Soccer SPANISH)
by Paco ElzaurdiaTambién conocido como "soccer" en los Estados Unidos, el fútbol es el deporte más popular del mundo. Aunque los juegos de patear pelotas pueden datar de hasta la antigua Grecia y China, el fútbol moderno se originó en la Inglaterra del siglo 19. La Asociación de Fútbol escribió las primeras reglas en 1863 y la primera liga organizada fue establecida en 1888. El fútbol se convirtió en un deporte olímpico en los juegos de 1908. En 1930, la FIFA organizó la Copa del Mundo, un torneo llevado a cabo cada cuatro años para determinar la supremacía internacional del fútbol. El fútbol se juega de acuerdo a unas reglas básicas universales. Este libro es una guía ilustrada de las reglas del fútbol, sus regulaciones, y la historia de este emocionante deporte.
Guía de Supervivencia Callejera: Técnicas de Pelea, Evasión y Alerta para la Defensa Personal
by David Arieta Galván Rory ChristensenDeshazte de las tonterías y confusión de aprender defensa personal. Este libro será tu guía de supervivencia callejera y simplificará el proceso de aprendizaje de defensa personal. Si quieres saber sobre este tema, este libro te ayudará a ello. Aquí aprenderás: *Cómo defenderte y NO ser arrestado en el proceso *Cómo evitar ser una víctima de la violencia *Cómo detectar y evitar problemas antes de que sucedan *Cómo manejar el problema cuando ya está presente *Cómo manejar la sensación de miedo y la adrenalina *Cómo lidiar con las secuelas de la violencia *Y mucho más Si justo estás comenzando tu viaje en la defensa personal, este libro te ayudará diciéndote exactamente que necesitas saber en simples y concisos términos. No son sandeces sobre defensa personal.
Guía del Prepper: ¡La guía esencial del preparacionista para la supervivencia!
by The BlokeheadLos desastres ocurren con frecuencia sin avisar. Una simple tormenta puede terminar siendo devastadora en un lapso de horas. Un terremoto puede suceder a cualquier hora sin ninguna clase de aviso. Cualquier cosa puede ocurrir sin dejar mucho tiempo para prepararse. Por eso es importante estar listos con mucha antelación, incluso sin noticias o signos de que un desastre vaya a ocurrir. La preparación es la clave para la supervivencia. Este libro te permitirá prepararte adecuadamente para un desastre. Se requiere conocimiento y entendimiento para una buena preparación, además de una planificación cuidadosa y una ejecución efectiva para lograr el éxito. Nadie quiere hacer todo el trabajo duro para luego darse cuenta de que no eligió los suministros correctos o que no alcanzó para protegerse a sí mismo y a su familia en los días críticos. Este libro también te mostrará la mejor forma para prepararte sin que sea una carga pesada para tu bolsillo. Todo esto y más podrás aprender aquí. Solo debes continuar leyendo.
Gym Bodies: Exploring Fitness Cultures (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
by Amy Clark Ian Wellard James BrightonDrawing on empirical research, this fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of ‘gym goers’ and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces. Gym Bodies offers a personal, interactive, ethnographic account of the multiplicity of contemporary gym practices, spaces and cultures, including bodybuilding, CrossFit and Spinning. It argues that gym bodies are historically constructed, social, sensual, emotional and political; that experience intersects with multiple embodied identities; and that fitness cultures are profoundly important in shaping the body in wider contemporary culture. This is important reading for students, tutors and researchers working in sport and exercise studies, sociology of the body, health studies, leisure, cultural studies, gender and education. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers and practitioners within the fields of sport, leisure, health and education.
Gym Candy
by Carl DeukerMick Johnson is determined not to make the same mistakes his father, a failed football hero, made. But after being tackled just short of the end zone in a big game, Mick begins using "gym candy," or steroids. His performances become record-breaking, but the side effects are terrible: Mick suffers 'roid rage, depression, and body acne. Gym Candy's subject matter is just as hard-hitting as its football scenes. You'll find yourself unable to look away as Mick goes down a road that even he knows is the wrong one to travel.
Gym Climbing: Improve Technique, Movement, and Performance
by Matt BurbachClimbing has become a mainstream sport with more participants than skiing or snowboarding and, among the different types of climbing, gym climbing is the most popular. Where gyms were once a training ground for rock and alpine climbers, many participants now regularly climb indoors with no plans beyond tackling the ever-changing routes of their neighborhood hangout. <P><P>When Mountaineers Books published the first edition of this title in 2004 there were approximately 250 climbing gyms in the United States. Today there are more than 650. In this completely revised second edition, author Matt Burbach focuses his instruction on climbers who want to excel on indoor routes and problems. <P><P>The new edition includes: Step-by-step training for beginners - Strategies for progressing to dynamic movements to top out on ever more difficult new-school routes and problems - Both bouldering and top-roping instruction -Physical conditioning, mental training, and kinesiological assessment and theory -The latest belay and safety techniques - Explanation of equipment, which is safer, lighter, and more comfortable than ever. <P><P>This edition also includes entirely new photos (now in color), with professional climbers Emily Harrington and Matt Segal demonstrating the moves and gym climbing techniques throughout the book.
Gym Climbing: Maximizing Your Indoor Experience
by Matt BurbachGym climbing has evolved into a sport in its own right and Matt Burbach has been there to spur it on. Burbach covers all aspects of indoor rock climbing in detail, including what to look for in a gym, analysis of equipment and how it works, proper top-rope systems management, and movement technique. More advanced indoor climbers will appreciate chapters on topics such as indoor leading, performance, competition climbing, and bouldering. For outdoor rock climbers now training in gyms, this guide aids the "reverse" transition from climbing on real rock to pulling on plastic. Throughout, Burbach not only demonstrates the proper techniques and skills, but goes one step further to explain why those practices are better.
Gym Culture, Identity and Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Tracing a Typology of Steroid Use (Ethics and Sport)
by Ask Vest ChristiansenThis book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. Building on the international research literature and in-depth interviews with men who have experience of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the book explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects. The book examines what the altered body does to the men&’s identity, self-image and relationships with peers and partners. Taking an evolutionary psychological approach, it also investigates the biological and psychological foundations of the fascination with the muscular body and discusses the notion of precarious manhood. Building on these analyses the book considers the political and regulatory initiatives in place to prevent the use of IPEDs and assesses those strategies&’ potential to reach their aims. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the issue of drugs in sport, the ethics of sport, sociology of sport, sociology of the body, masculinity or public health.
Gym-Free and Ripped: Weight-Free Workouts That Build and Sculpt
by Nathan JendrickThe ultimate low-cost, low-maintenance workout-no gym or weights required. Gym-Free and Ripped is for people needing workouts and exercises that can be performed without a gym-and with no, or minimal, equipment. Whether one is traveling, at home, or for whatever reason cannot go to a gym, these exercises-organized into workouts-provide one with gym- equivalent bodybuilding and toning. The author, both a certified fitness trainer and a photographer, carefully shows each exercise with step-by-step instructions. Multiple workouts are provided so that the reader can keep things fresh by varying routines. Additionally, the author offers nutrition and supplementation guidance to ensure maximum benefits from the body-building and toning workouts.
Gym-Free and Toned: Weight-Free Workouts That Slim and Sculpt
by Nathan JendrickGet toned and slim without the gymThis book provides workouts and exercises that can be performed with minimal-to-no equipment. No matter what reason you can&’t go to a gym, Gym-Free and Toned will provide you with an array of options so you can get an invigorating and effective workout. Olympic trainer Nathan Jendrick takes you through 160 exercises organized into 35 complete workouts and 12 cardio routines, providing you with a bodybuilding and toning system that gives gym-equivalent results. Step-by-step photographs carefully show each exercise with detailed instruction. Multiple workouts are provided so that you have many routines to choose from and won&’t get bored. You&’ll also find nutrition and supplementation guidance to ensure you get the maximum benefit out of the bodybuilding and toning workouts. So whether you&’re traveling or just can&’t afford an expensive gym membership or at-home equipment, you&’ll be able to get the body you always wanted with Gym-Free and Toned.
Gymnast Commandos (The Gymnasts #17)
by Elizabeth LevyEveryone is playing the new commando game and soon Darlene will be, too...whether she wants to or not.
Gymnastic Exercises For Horses
by Eleanor RussellThis exceptional book, Gymnastic Exercises for Horses Volume II is now available in the Xenophon Press Reprint program. This great work explains how to gymnastically develop your horse and how to address problems that will inevitably arise along his path of training. The exercises are for green horses to Grand Prix and everything in between. Each section in this unique edition is complete with "HELP ! It didn't happen" assistance advice. Over 140 pages with more than 65 exercises are clearly explained, with easy-to-follow diagrams and text written in basic rider's language. The diagrams are simple to follow with an emphasis on imaginatively changing these exercises to keep you and your horse working in a happy and interesting way. In 1985, Eleanor Russell published Gymnastic Exercises for Horses which became a best seller. Now we haveGymnastic Exercises for Horses Volume 2 which includes the diagrams from Volume 1 and the long running series of articles from Hoofs and Horns, which included a 'HELP ! It didn't happen' section.
Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body, & Spirit
by Betsy SteinerA multifaceted training system for riders and horses of all levels. Most books discuss the physical aspects of riding: horse position, rider position, use of aids, schooling exercises, and movements. Betsy Steiner, however, an international rider and trainer, believes that the physical is just one-third of the riding equation, and that two equally important vital components—the intellectual and the psychological—are often ignored. Her approach to riding and training is to use the body, mind, and spirit, all working together to create a rich experience she call gymnastic training that addresses horse and rider as the three-dimensional beings that they are. This training system is geared toward maintaining proper form and alignment—crucial for human and equine athletes alike. Progress is achieved by use of inventive gymnastic schooling exercises for the horse, and a tailored program of Pilates exercises enabling the rider to become athletic, lithe, energetic, and flexible.
Gymnastic Rings Workout Handbook: Over 100 Workouts
by Michael VolkmarOver 100 of the best gymnastic rings workouts for fat burning, strength, and power.Gymnastic rings have fast become go-to's for at-home and on-the-road workouts, in addition to enhancing workout routines with challenging new dynamics. Developed by best-selling fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar, this workout collection will introduce you to the exciting and effective world of gym rings. The Gymnastic Rings Workout Handbook is a great way to change up your routine and break through plateaus. Your workouts will never be boring again, guaranteed! The book is results-oriented and goal-based, giving you all the information you need for maximum effectiveness.
Gymnastica Fantastica!
by Briony StewartAn exuberant picture book that encourages kids to bend, stretch, tumble, and flip!"Quick! Come and see! Somthing fabulous, it's...me!"Meet Gymnastica, a small person with big energy, as they bend and balance, bounce and roll, attempt a cartwheel and a spectacular trapeze flip-out finale. Written in playful rhyming text and with bright and energetic illustrations, this high-spirited picture book is sure to be an irresistible read aloud that inspires kids to embrace the tumbles that come with putting on a perfectly imperfect show.
Gymnastics
by Dan GutmanHow did Kerri Strug go from Olympic hopeful to Olympic champion? How does Dominique Moceanu spend a typical day? This thorough, fun-to-read book answers those questions and many more. You?ll learn the ins and outs of the equipment and events, find out how scoring is done, read about the history of the sport, and lots more! Dan Gutman?s insider look at gymnastics has been fully updated to include the 1996 Olympics and is sure to enthrall aspiring gymnasts and devoted fans alike. ?A glossary, a chronology, and an entertaining chapter of gymnastics trivia round out this easily read, timely overview of a popular sport. ?-- Booklist Dan Gutman is the author of many books for children, including Ice Skating, Taking Flight: My Story by Vicky Van Meter, and World Series Classics. He lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey. .
Gymnastics
by J. S. McintoshOver half a million people in the United States participate in gymnastics, making it an extremely popular sport. The risks of injury, however, are high. This easy-to-read guide will teach you ways to keep gymnastics safe through procedures such as equipment safety checks and comprehensive warm-up routines before exercise. This book includes information on: * Rehabilitating sprained ankles and wrists. * Maintaining focus at competitions. * Exercises used to strengthen damaged limbs or joints. * Warning signs of wear-and-tear injuries. * The importance of good nutrition. * The dangers of performance-enhancing drugs.
Gymnastics Challenge (Jake Maddox Graphic Novels)
by Jake MaddoxHarper’s passion is parkour. Moving over, under, and around obstacles in unique ways makes her feel like a superstar. But when the big parkour competition is cancelled, Harper has no place to compete—unless she joins a gymnastics team. Will Harper find the same passion for gymnastics as parkour?