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Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
ix, 278 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Runners need to eat well in order to perform, and what they eat can have a direct influence on how they run. The Runner’s World Cookbook is the perfect combination of performance-boosting nutrients to maximize performance with easy, delicious, and quick recipes. This cookbook contains 150 recipes sourced primarily from the authoritative voice in running itself, Runner’s World magazine, along with exciting additional content. These recipes are...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
291 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An expert ultrarunner describes how he set out to break the speed record for the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189 mile journey that took an unforeseen physical and emotional toll, but also offered him unexpected rewards.
Author
Publisher
Yonder/Restless Books for young readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
viii, 275 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A talented young runner, Santino lives in Palermo, Sicily--a beautiful region of Italy that's dominated by the Mafia. With Santino's first communion approaching, his father and grandfather carry out a theft to pay for the party--but they steal from the wrong people. A young, cocky Mafioso summons them to a meeting, and they bring the boy. As Santino wanders off into the old abandoned neighborhood, he hears shots and runs back to see two armed men...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"The Navajo tribe, the Din©♭, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Din©♭ people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return. Edison...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Alexi Pappas was four years old, her mother committed suicide, drastically altering the course of Pappas's life and setting her on a perpetual search for female role models. When her father started signing her up for sports teams as a way to keep his bereaved daughter busy, female athletes became some of the first women Pappas looked up to, and she became a girl with a goal: to be an Olympian. Despite setbacks and hardships, Pappas held fast...
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