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Instant running: Tips and techniques to get you moving

by Infinite Ideas

This book is all about running, health and fitness. The information is broken down into easy, bite-sized chapters that take you through your first few runs and on as far as you want to go. We begin with the...

Marathon Crasher

by David Davis

Marathon Crasher is David Davis’s stunning account of how Merry Lepper became the first American woman to complete a marathon

At a time when television was pushing male-dominated sports coverage into living...

Map Reading& Land Navigation

by U. S. Army

Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC . MAP READING AND LAND NAVIGATION Preface The purpose of this field manual is to provide a standardized source document for Armywide reference on map reading...

Joan Benoit Samuelson and Wilma Rudolph: Strength

by Fritz Knapp

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Joan Benoit Samuelson & Wilma Rudolph: Strength discusses the struggles and triumphs of Joan Benoit Samuelson's and Wilma Rudolph's lives. As with each story...

Joan Benoit Samuelson and Wilma Rudolph: Strength

by Fritz Knapp

As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Joan Benoit Samuelson & Wilma Rudolph: Strength discusses the struggles and triumphs of Joan Benoit Samuelson's and Wilma Rudolph's lives. As with each story...

Marion Jones: The Fastest Woman in the World

by Bill Gutman

Race for the record!

At the Sydney Games, Marion Jones strove to become the first person ever to win five gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics, making headlines for simply believeing she could...