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Runner's World Your Best Stride: How to Optimize Your Natural Running Form to Run Easier, Farther, and Faster--Wi th Fewer Injuries (Runner's World)
by Jonathan BeverlyRun the Way You Were Born to RunEvery runner wants a smooth, light, powerful, and resilient stride. But there isn't one ideal form all runners should try to emulate. Instead, research and experience show that people can run effectively in a wide variety of patterns with some universal elements.In lively, accessible prose, author Jonathan Beverly details his search for common ground among physical therapists, podiatrists, biomechanics researchers, and coaches, and reveals how individual runners can apply those principles and improve their performance, avoid injury, and enhance their enjoyment on the run. With specific, illustrated exercises that show how to counteract tight muscles from excessive sitting, improve limited arm mobility from hunching over electronic devices, strengthen your feet for better balance, and improve speed by lengthening your stride, Runner's World Your Best Stride is an approachable guide to human movement and a practical tool for improved running performance.
Baeoh and the Bully (Team Taekwondo #2)
by Master Taekwon Lee Jeffrey NodelmanBreak out your uniforms and tie your belts! In this Team Taekwondo graphic novel for kids, it's time to tackle bullying!ATA Team Taekwondo class clown Baeoh is excited for the dojo's Buddy Day! Normally, bringing a buddy to class would be all fun and laughs. But with a new bully in his life who won't leave him alone, Baeoh doesn't feel much like a buddy. Worse yet, he may be turning into a bully himself. Can Baeoh figure out how to turn this tough situation into a win?Baeoh and the Bully tackles how to deal with class bullies in a positive way. With plenty of humor and insight into the struggles children face, this installment is sure to be a fan favorite—passed from one reader to another.
How to Be Cheeri (Team Taekwondo #3)
by Master Taekwon Lee Jeffrey NodelmanBreak out your uniforms and tie your belts! Team Taekwondo is back with Cheeri, an over-achieving cheetah who must learn that having FUN is just as important as HARD WORK!Cheeri likes to work hard and do everything perfectly. Baeoh likes to have fun…and usually forgets to work at all! When Master Jahngsoo teams them together for their next challenge, Cheeri isn't exactly happy. Baeoh doesn't take anything seriously! But they'll have to learn to work together, or they could be stuck with the same belts forever!In full-color scenes, How to Be Cheeri tackles the importance of balancing hard work and fun. With plenty of humor and insight into the struggles children face, this installment is sure to be a fan favorite--passed from one reader to another.
I Am Strong: A Positive Power Story (Rodale Kids Curious Readers/Level 2 #3)
by Suzy CapozziI Am Strong follows a young boy on a fun-filled day as he learns what it means to be strong. Despite his small size, he surprises his teammates and himself when he demonstrates mental, emotional, and physical strength to become the Field Day champion! This third title in the Positive Power series will get kids excited about their own strengths—whether it’s learning to read or running really fast. And it includes 2 sheets of stickers!About the Positive Power Series: Short on words and long on empowerment, the Positive Power early reader series teaches kids and parents alike the power of positive affirmations and how to incorporate them into their daily lives.
Runner's World Race Everything: How to Conquer Any Race at Any Distance in Any Environment and Have Fun Doing It (Runner's World)
by Bart Yasso Erin StroutHow to be prepared no matter where running might take youMillions of runners around the US are interested in special experiences, whether it means running a bucket-list event like the Boston Marathon, or competing in beautiful and challenging locales such as Rome or Death Valley. Whatever race you choose, there is no one better to guide you on your journey than Bart Yasso, chief running officer at Runner’s World magazine. Over the past 40 years, Yasso has run more than 1,000 races, across all seven continents, at every conceivable distance, from local 5Ks to grueling ultramarathons and Ironman triathlons. He’s truly done it all, and in Race Everything, he shares the secrets of how he trained, the particularities of each course, and the specific insights he has gleaned to help you run your best no matter the distance.This book offers tried-and-true advice on how to train and what to do on race day to make the best use of your training. It provides everything you need to know to succeed at the most popular race distances, including general training principles, targeted training plans for beginners and experienced runners alike, and insider tips based on Yasso’s own experiences and those of other top runners he has known and run with. The goal is to inform and inspire runners eager to challenge themselves by tackling the world’s signature races. You will also learn Yasso’s methods for winning the greatest race of all, longevity, so that you can remain healthy, fit, and able to race for decades to come.Whether your goal is to complete a 5K or 10K race in your hometown or conquer the Antarctica Marathon, Runner's World Race Everything will be your guide.
Revenge of the Trout Zombies
by Bruce CochranAll day you drift through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, yet you see it not, writes Bruce Cochran.The majestic bluffs, the soaring bald eagle, the snow-capped mountains all go unnoticed because your world consists only of your strike indicator.You stare at it, hypnotized, as it floats in the current, carrying with it all your hopes, your dreams, and yes your humanity.You have ceased to function as a living person.Yes, you have become a TROUT ZOMBIE!In this, his seventh book, Cochran uses hilarious words and cartoons to expose the follies and foibles of fly fishing.All elements of this hugely popular sport are lampooned, including the equipment, the characters, the flies,even the clothing.(Rule #1: No more pink shirts. And yes, they're PINK! Not coral or salmon. If you want to betaken seriously, stop buying your clothes at Victoria's Secret.)
The Girls' Bicycle Handbook
by Caz NicklinThe Girls' Bicycle Handbook is for women cyclists everywhere who need practical no-nonsense advice and information on cycling, but don't want to dispense with style in the process.Whether you're a committed bike commuter or a complete novice, blogger, entrepreneur and passionate cyclist Caz Nicklin gives the low-down on making cycling part of your lifestyle. From choosing the right bike for your needs to looking stylish and comfortable whatever the weather, and from combatting dreaded "helmet hair" to road safety and fast repairs, The Girls' Bicycle Handbook tells you everything you need to know about life on two wheels.
100 Places You Will Never Visit
by Daniel SmithEver wondered what it takes to get into Fort Knox? Fancied a peek inside the Coca-Cola Safety Deposit Box? Would you dare to visit Three Mile Island? The world is full of secret places that we either don't know about, or couldn't visit even if we wanted to. Now you can glimpse the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan, visit the Tucson Titan Missile Site, tour the Vatican Archives, or see the Chapel of the Ark. This fascinating guide book takes a look at 100 places around the world that are either so hard to reach, so closely guarded, or so secret that they are virtually impossible to visit any other way.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Blue (Blue #1)
by Lisa GlassSurfing is sixteen-year-old Iris's world, and when the ultra-talented Zeke walks into her life, it soon becomes her passion. Over one amazing summer, as she is drawn into his sphere, she experiences love, new friendships, but also loss, with an intensity she never dreamed of. But is Zeke all he seems? What hides beneath his glamorous and mysterious past? When Iris decides to try for her own surfing success, just as her ex-boyfriend comes back into her life, she will test her talent, and her feelings for Zeke, to the limit...
An Epic Swindle
by Brian ReadeAN EPIC SWINDLE is the inside story of how Liverpool FC came within hours of being re-possessed by the banks after the shambolic 44-month reign of American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. It is the tale of a civil war that dragged Britain's most successful football club to its knees, through the High Court and almost into administration. Players Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher tell of their anger at the broken promises, as well as their pain at watching loyal fans in open revolt. Manager, chief executive, board members, leading fans and journalists reveal the turmoil at a revered sporting institution run by two men at war with each other, who trampled Liverpool's cherished traditions into the gutter. No story sums up the naked greed at the heart of modern football quite like Hicks' and Gillett's attempt to turn a buck at Liverpool. No-one has had as much access to the truth, or tells it with as much passion, wit and insight as Brian Reade. bAN EPIC SWINDLE is the riveting story of how close one of the great football clubs came to financial implosion. b
Burning Rubber: The Extraordinary Story of Formula One
by Charles JenningsIn Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to the brave new world of Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Vettel in the 2000s. In a narrative bristling with anecdote and incident, he explores the lost world of the 1950s racetrack, the rise of British constructors in the 1960s, the impact of technological changes from the late 1970s, the advent of the high-profile team boss in the 1980s and the revolution wrought on Formula One by computers in the 1990s. Throughout, sparkling and incisive profiles shed revelatory light on the drivers who have risked life and limb: the brilliant but inscrutable Juan Manuel Fangio, the ebullient Stirling Moss, the champagne-gargling James Hunt, the cerebral Alain Prost and mercurial Ayrton Senna, the adenoidal Nigel Mansell, the metronomic Michael Schumacher, the precocious Lewis Hamilton and the reborn Jenson Button.Burning Rubber takes the reader on a white-knuckle drive through the bends, straights, chicanes and pit stops of Formula One's chequered history.b
Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten Tribe
by Anthony ClavaneJews don't do football. Or, at least, they don't play it. This, at any rate, is the myth. Apart from the relatively recent appearance of high-profile foreign owners like Roman Abramovich, Randy Lerner and the Glazers, the Jewish impact on the game has appeared to be on the light side. Anthony Clavane uncovers a secret history of Jewish involvement in English football. Featuring interviews with fans, directors, agents, hangers-on, players and managers it analyses and explains, but above all it entertains. Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here? takes a long hard look at how and why Jews - from Gutmann to Grant, from Goldberg to Glazer - have changed the game; and been changed by it in turn.
Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up
by David ConnRicher Than God is an authoritative, emotional, provocative account of Manchester City's takeover by Sheikh Mansour, culminating in their remarkable last minute Premier League title victory in May 2012.By placing the club's extraordinary current rise in the wider context of its patchy modern history, this is also the story of English football's transformation--from the battlegrounds of the 1980s to today's moneyed, seated, global entertainment. Conn is led to question the very nature of football clubs and being a supporter, the underlying values and running of what used to be called "the people's game."A labor of love, this powerfully told account of Manchester City's fall and rise, based on meticulous research over many years, and exclusive access and interviews with key figures, is written in the gripping, revelatory style Conn has made his trademark.
Harold Larwood
by Duncan HamiltonWinner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first ever biography of Harold Larwood. Larwood, one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time is mainly remembered for his role in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-3 which brought Anglo-Australian diplomatic relations to the brink of collapse.Larwood was made the scapegoat--and despite the fact he was simply following his captain's instructions, he never played cricket for England again. Devastated by this betrayal, he eventually immigrated to Australia, where he was accepted by the country that had once despised him.Acclaimed author Duncan Hamilton has gained unprecedented access to the late sportsman's family and archives to tell the story of a true working-class hero and cricketing legend.
Darkness Descending
by Ken JonesIn January 2003, Ken Jones, an adventurer and former British Special Forces soldier, was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed deep in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Carpathian Mountains. Swept over the edge of a 75-foot cliff, he plummeted to the rocks below. Against all odds, he survived the fall--regaining consciousness shrouded in darkness and sub-zero temperatures, separated from his supplies, and in excruciating pain from a broken leg and shattered pelvis. With frostbite and internal bleeding beginning to take their toll, Jones summoned his deepest will to live and began three agonizing days dragging himself over frozen terrain to safety--only to discover that his true ordeal was yet to begin. The doctors who initially treated him were astonished that any person could sustain such massive trauma and exposure and still be alive. Then, after an initial round of extensive surgeries and recoveries that equaled if not exceeded the pain of the injuries themselves, Jones was told he would almost certainly never walk again. Over the next two years he endured constant physical therapy and additional surgery, with latent effects from the fall still threatening his life. At one point, he slipped into unconsciousness under anesthesia just as he heard a doctor telling his mother he was going to die. But with a soldier's heart he made his way to recovery, regained full mobility, and has made his story known in this remarkable book. In the bestselling tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, Darkness Descending is a classic tale of triumph over adversity and what it means to never give up. Jones's remarkable feat has already been featured on Animal Planet's hit series I Shouldn't Be Alive, and stands tall as an unforgettable testament to the strength of the human spirit.
Loser's Corner
by Antonin VarenneParisian street cop and amateur boxer George "The Wall" Crozat is racking up an impressive knockout record in the world of underground boxing. Failing to translate his small-time boxing success into a decent source of income, however, and unable to finance his nasty prostitution habit with his meager earnings as a police officer, he contemplates a drastic career change. Finally, unable to resist a tempting offer to make some cash using his fists as en enforcer, he unwittingly becomes a pawn in a very dangerous game. Meanwhile, we learn the unsettling story of the young socialist Pascale Verini, exiled to the Algerian front during the 1957 Algerian War. As soon as he gets to Algeria, Verini is transferred to a nightmare "farm" in deepest Sahara, where North African prisoners of war are mercilessly tortured and killed by the French, away from prying eyes and ears. Prix Quais du Polar winner Antonin Varenne draws on his father's experiences of France's colonialist past to illuminate one of the darkest pages of France's colonial history, even as he details the grim reality of being a beat cop in present-day Paris. The result is a darkly personal, elegantly gritty tale of conspiracy, torture, corruption, and revenge.
Winter Ball (Winter Ball)
by Amy Lanea Winter Ball novelThrough a miserable adolescence and a lonely adulthood, Skipper Keith has dreamed of nothing but family. The closest he gets is the rec league soccer team he coaches after work—and his star player and best friend, Richie Scoggins.One brisk night in late October, a postpractice convo in Richie’s car turns into a sexual encounter neither of them expected—nor want to forget. Soon Skip and Richie are living for the weekends and their winter league soccer games—and the games they enjoy off the field. Through broken noses, holiday decorating, and the killer flu, they learn more about each other than they ever dreamed possible. Every new discovery takes them further beyond the boundaries of the soccer field and into the infinite possibilities of the best relationship of Skipper’s life.Skipper can’t dream of a better family than Richie—but Richie’s got real family entanglements he can’t shake off. Skipper needs to convince Richie to stay with him beyond winter ball so the relationship they started on the field might become their happy future in real life!
The Encyclopedia of Sports and Recreation for People With Visual Impairments
by Andrew LeibsNot long ago, most blind and visually impaired people grew up without ever playing sports; they sat on the sidelines, and kept score during gym-protected rather than included. In the 1980s, few people had ever heard of the Paralympic Games or accessible recreation. <P> Today, promising blind athletes can receive residency at the US Olympic Training Center; runners compete for prize money and national championships, and most ski resorts offer adaptive programs throughout the year where blind people can ski, cycle, and kayak-often for free. The Paralympic movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and ever-increasing expectation for inclusion among the disabled have inspired an explosion of accessible sports, fitness, and recreation programs that accommodate the blind. <P> The Encyclopedia of Sports & Recreation for People with Visual Impairments is the first consumer- focused, action-oriented guide to this new world of accessible activity, profiling the people, programs, and products that are helping move blind and visually impaired people from the sidelines into the game. This groundbreaking guide profiles every accessible blind sport and recreation activity with entries that outline how athletes (both novice and elite) got involved in the sport and how participation has shaped their life. The book also profiles major blind sports organizations and includes chapter and resource listings on camps and accessible recreation providers. Through this book, blind people will be inspired to embrace sports as the rest of society does-as a vital component of personal expression and human interaction that opens paths to adventure,
The Campfire Capers (Storm Cliff Stables Series)
by Lisa MullarkeyAvery, Bree, Esha, and Jaelyn—the Core Four are ready for the perfect summer at Storm Cliff Stables! No campfire is complete without scary stories, and Esha is convinced hers will be the best one ever. Her tale of a thieving ghost spooks everyone, so Esha starts helping the story along by becoming a thief herself. But when Avery's horseshoe necklace goes missing for real, things get out of hand. Will Esha be able to tell the truth? Will her friends ever forgive her? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. <p>Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Gold Medal Glitch (Storm Cliff Stables)
by Lisa MullarkeyAvery, Bree, Esha, and Jaelyn - the Core Four - are ready for a perfect summer at Storm Cliff Stables! Avery is especially anxious for this summer's adventures to start, because Olympic gold medalist Anna Wainwright is coming to camp. Riding lessons from a pro! Autographed boots! But when the girls arrive, Anna is nowhere to be found. Everyone says not to worry, but Avery is convinced something has happened to her equestrian hero. Will #1 fan Avery be able to find Anna? And what happens if she does? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Horsenapped! (Storm Cliff Stables)
by Lisa MullarkeyAvery, Bree, Esha, and Jaelyn - the Core Four - are ready for the perfect summer at Storm Cliff Stables! After a bad fall, Bree decides she's never going to ride again. But that doesn't stop this barn rat from returning to camp and learning everything she can to work toward her dream of becoming a vet. Bree cares for the horses as well as all the other quirky, adorable animals at camp. Then one by one, the animals go missing. No one believes Bree until Avery's horse, Sapphire, is the next to disappear. Can Bree and her friends find Sapphire before it's too late? Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Steroid Nation: : Juiced Home Run Totals, Anti-aging Miracles, and a Hercules in Every High School: The Secret History of America's True Drug Addiction
by Shaun AssaelThey are the drugs that make millionaires, and cause careers to crash. They lurk at the cross-section of science and scandal, and the list of stars who've been laid high and low by them grows every day. In Steroid Nation, Shaun Assael traces the history of America's steroid-mania, and demonstrates why it is still such a stubborn, enduring phenomenon. Beginning his epic story in 1981 with Dan Duchaine, the godfather of America's steroid movement, Assael follows the drug as it journeys from the Venice Beach gyms christened by Arnold Schwarzenegger to NFL locker rooms to the world of MLB, which found itself paralyzed in the 2000s by a parade of perp walks and hand-wringing headlines. From Barry Bonds to Marion Jones, Lance Armstrong to A-Rod, Steroid Nation tells the story of wildly ambitious athletes who felt they couldn't compete without a chemical edge. Part detective story, part medical investigation, and part sociological examination, Steroid Nation is a groundbreaking work on the most compelling story in the sports world today.
Pig Tales and Other Hunting Adventures
by Mike E. NeilsonPig Tales and other Hunting Adventures is a collection of hunting stories from around the country and around the world. Share the adventure as the author stalks Cape buffalo in Africa with a bow and arrows. Come along with Mike as he hunts blackbuck antelope in Texas and musk ox above the Arctic Circle. Climb into the hides of Africa while hunting gemsbok, kudu and jackal. Dust off your boots for stalks on zebra in South Africa, brocket deer in Argentina and wild hogs in Oklahoma. Along the way, swing back to the Midwest for coyotes, ducks, geese as well as deer and turkey in Indiana. Join him in his adventures as Mike takes the reader to the fields and forest in search of game.
300-Mile Man: Tuscobia, Arrowhead, Actif Epica
by Phillip Gary SmithThe Triple Crown of Winter Endurance treks freezing trails with tough endurance athletes braving hundreds of miles in winter's arduous elements: blowing snow, bitter temperatures, blustery winds. Discover the polar secrets of these blizzardy behemoths. Face 366 miles of the big three of international winter ultras--Tuscobia Winter Ultramarathon, Arrowhead 135, Actif Epica. Trace how they constitute membership in one of sport's toughest awards: The Order of the Hrimthurs. Learn how you can win the famous Antarctica explorer "Ernest Shackelton Award" or a free Iditarod Trail Invitational Ultra Distance entry. Discover the world of "Doubles." Only here, the "300-Mile Man: Triple Crown Edition." Chocked full of frigid photos that may warm your heart. Learn this extreme sport now.
Jerry on the Line
by Brenda SeabrookeLatchkey kid Jerry Johnson lives for soccer. He plans to be a soccer star/sports hero and needs to practice soccer as much as he can out of season. In his neighborhood the first kid to the playground chooses the game for the day. Jerry is always first until he gets phone calls from a latchkey first-grader who is afraid of bears and has problems with her school projects that she enlists him to help her solve such as how many humps a camel has. "...Camels have to have the same number of humps. One or Two? Which is it?" He is late to the playground because of this girl and his problems begin to pile up. Jerry is on the line between the first-grader and his game. He must solve this dilemma without hurting her or giving up his soccer.