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Everyone loves an underdog. That’s why we’re drawn to sports movies—there’s something special about the magic depicted in Remember The Titans, Miracle, or even something silly like The Waterboy. But good sports books, and we mean good ones, go even deeper.
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As fast-paced as a freefall from a roaring airplane, as thrilling as a towering jump off a ski slope, Being Extreme is a fascinating examination of the adrenaline rush of extreme sports. Here is a world where living life on the edge is the only option, where you are only as good as your last jump . . . and where one false move can take you out of the game permanently. From mountain climbing and freestyle motocross to skydiving and snowboarding and...
3) ATV Cheat
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A young ATV rider and his friend set out to solve a race-day mystery in this action-packed installment of the Jake Maddox JV chapter book series.
Teen ATV riders Josh and Christyna are revving up for a big race. Unfortunately, someone has sabotaged the trails, putting the safety of ATV racers-and mountain bikers-in jeopardy. Josh suspects his archrival, Adam, but he needs proof! Can Josh and Christyna dig up the dirt to solve this ATV mystery, or...
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The ultimate book for young sports fans is back with the past year's top sports stories.
Look back on another year in sports with Scholastic, featuring exciting and all-new coverage for 2022. Get up close and personal with the top athletes in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and more in this perfect book for sports fanatics and newbies alike. James Buckley Jr. is one of the top authors of sports books for young readers. He has...
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When it comes to climbing mountains, there's no greater challenge than Mount Everest. At nearly 30,000 feet (8,848 m) above sea level, it's the tallest mountain on Earth. With a challenging terrain and extreme cold, only the bravest attempt to climb Mount Everest each year. In this book, young readers will learn all about what makes this mountain so dangerous and why some climbers may choose to tackle it. Informative sidebars and vivid photographs...
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For as long as stories have been told, we've had a peculiar fascination with the wayward among us, with those we call the fools.
Our histories are flush with those who stand at the edge of reason, of those who see what others cannot. Among the archetypes, the Greater Fool holds a most special place within the canon. Standing there unphased after the dust and the punchlines settle, the Greater Fool is the one who hangs on when all others let go,...
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Technically Speaking Volume 1 is the latest book from best-selling Scuba series author Simon Pridmore. It is a series of themed talks telling the early history of technical diving-where it came from, how it developed, how it expanded across the world, who the important movers were and how, in the decade from 1989 to 1999, the efforts of a few determined people changed scuba diving forever.These ten years saw the greatest shake-up the sport has ever...
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As bareknuckle fighting is poised to steal MMA's spotlight, its greatest modern-day champion tells his story of rising to the top in the brutal sport.
Steeped in the tradition of his Irish Traveller ancestry, Bartley Gorman also embraced its dangerous subculture: bareknuckle fighting. Though it gave birth to boxing as we know it today, the sport has remained underground-and illegal in most developed countries. But that didn't stop Gorman from rising...
12) Aperture Alike
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Aperture Alike began when the author first walked into a rock-climbing gym, and soon after, a community, more than a decade ago. A community held up by friends, mentors, and unlikely prophets of the steep, which quickly presented a fantastic, intoxicating path; a lifestyle without equal. While the sensational, rugged, and itinerant chapters - from high peaks to depraved inner landscapes – of the outdoor life came together, one facet soon became...
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Jeb Corliss is one of the most iconic BASE jumpers and wingsuit pilots of our time, and his autobiography is an odyssey into madness. Corliss breaks and rebuilds himself time and again, learning what only pain and daring can teach. The tales he brings back offer insight into the darkness that exists within the mind as well as his own unique way of coping. Many grapple with mental illness in one way or another, and Corliss gives a glaringly honest...
14) Skate park plans
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Avani Patel loves to skateboard, but there is no skate park in her town so she does not get to practice tricks often--but now that the idea is under consideration in the city council Avani and her friends set out to convince the skeptical politicians the town really needs one.
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How do you pick extreme sports GOATs? Is it snowboarder Chloe Kim or skateboarder Tony Hawk? Or maybe it's BMX legend Dave Mirra. With so many sports, how do you choose? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of extreme sports and see if you agree that they're the greatest of all time.
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My First Dirt Bike is about a kid that really wants a dirt bike. He gets a dirt bike, but he needs to have good grades to be able to keep riding. After a lot of practice, he goes to his first race with his parents. The book helps instill the importance of goals, hard work, and to never give up.
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The history behind the advent of urethane wheels and the birth of the modern movement of skateboarding, as told by a man who lived it.
One crazy year on the California coast-in 1975 a hippie skunkworks, bred in garages and shacks, launched the modern skater movement. Strap in for a wild ride replete with two car chases, two plane crashes, a massive truck bomb, Colombian narcos, the Mafia, senior White House staff, a gypsy fortuneteller, three straight-up...
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