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Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a...
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"A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this small-town love story in the vein of It Happened One Summer--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception. Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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2023-06 - New Biographies & Memoirs
Athletic Excellence: Celebrating Sports Legends
NYT Nonfiction Bestsellers
Athletic Excellence: Celebrating Sports Legends
NYT Nonfiction Bestsellers
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"Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes. Lauren Fleshman has grown up in the world of running: one of the most decorated collegiate athletes of all time and a national champion as a pro, she was a major face of women's running for Nike before leaving to shake up the industry...
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Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Swedish
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Britt-Marie is a 63-year-old housewife who has just left a 40-year marriage. The small town of Borg has lost its pride, except for the young soccer team, which Britt-Marie now has to coach to have a job. This journey will be filled with struggles and challenges, but also warmth and love.
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Henery Press
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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While on vacation in South Carolina, Tj Jensen receives a call that her father has been left in a coma after a devastating car crash. Back home in Paradise Lake, Tj learns the accident that killed family friend Judge Harper and left her father clinging to life wasn't an accident at all; someone cut their brake lines. To make matters worse, her friend and police contact, Deputy Roy Fisher, is working with a new partner who has no intention of letting...
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Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"From a woman known as "the Bill Belichick of cheerleading" (The Cut)-the breakout star of the Netflix series, CHEER-a motivational and inspiring guide to becoming a champion in all areas of your life. In FULL OUT, the breakout star of Netflix's CHEER, Monica Aldama, shows how she built one of the most successful, beloved-and now also the most famous-cheerleading programs in the country. Coach Monica tells her story and shares her advice on leadership,...
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Spiegel & Grau
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2009.
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English
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This volume recounts the story of Luma Mufleh, a young Jordanian emigre who created a soccer program in Georgia (U.S.) for young refugees from war-torn nations, telling the story of a determined woman profoundly impacting the lives of dozens of impoverished families. Mufleh forged a team, the Fugees, out of recruits from such disparate lands as Liberia, Sudan, Zaire, Kosovo and Afghanistan. She offered youngsters traumatized by civil war and genocide...
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Eighth-grader Ethan Isaac is looking forward to the soccer season, but he gets a shock when he finds out that their new coach is Ms. Brezinka, his tough seventh grade science teacher--some of the players quit the team, but Ethan does not have that option, and he soon learns that Ms. Brezinka is as demanding a soccer coach as she was a teacher.
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Zebra Books
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2016.
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English
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Pierce Harrison-yes, that Pierce Harrison, black sheep of the wealthy Harrison clan-has come home to his family's luxurious Long Island compound. The big question is why the dangerously sexy soccer star agreed to coach a kids' soccer team. His co-coach Abby McCord should be grateful. Instead she's fending off some seriously smoldering advances from the scandal-ridden athlete. Good thing bad boys are so not her type ...
Abby is definitely not lacking...
10) The playbook
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Bancroft Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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In the heart of a small mountain town where football reigns supreme and tradition casts long shadows, Ms. Chelsea Deal defies the norm. Amid the echoes of clashing helmets and the roar of a crowd, Chelsea, a former big-city lawyer now cast as the interim head coach for the undefeated Rabon Knights, becomes the unexpected mentor for two young players whose dreams echo her own. Palmer, a reclusive teenager brimming with untapped talent, and Ty, an old...
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Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Based on the Instagram account @TheUnsungHeroines, a celebration of the pioneering, forgotten female athletes of the twentieth century that features rarely seen photos and new interviews with past and present gamechangers including Abby Wambach and Cari Champion"--
12) Amor en juego
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Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
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Español
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"Adalyn Reyes siempre ha estado centrada en su carrera dentro de los Miami Flames. Sin embargo, su impecable recorrido se ve afectado cuando el vídeo de un altercado con la mascota del equipo se hace viral. En consecuencia, el dueño del club (que es también su padre) la envía a un pueblo en mitad de la nada para reflotar el equipo de fútbol local y Adalyn está dispuesta a dejarse la piel para conseguirlo. Pero no contaba con que sus jugadores...
13) Backwards
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Phase 4 Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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When a fiercely competitive rower fails to make the Olympic team for the second time, she reluctantly takes a high school coaching job. However, adjusting to life off the race course is not easy, when someone else is living your dream.
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PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"From the head coach of the United States Women's National Team and legendary coach of Chelsea FC comes a book of hard-won lessons for leading a team to success on and off the field. Few places will test your leadership skills more than the global soccer stage. For more than twenty years, Emma Hayes has led her teams to championship after championship, coaching her players through personal and professional setbacks, and becoming a powerful advocate...
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HarperCollinsEspañol
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Español
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"Tras dejar a su esposo infiel, Britt-Marie encuentra trabajo como encargada en el casi clausurado centro cívico de Borg, un abandonado y ruinoso pueblo del que lo único bueno que puede decirse es que tiene una carretera. Esta quisquillosa mujer se verá envuelta en la vida de sus nuevos vecinos, un grupo de malhechores, borrachos y holgazanes que le demostrarán que la vida va más allá de tener un cajón de los cubiertos ordenado. Pero su reto...
16) The long game
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Otwarte
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Polish
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Back cover: "Adalyn Reyes ma idealnie zaplanowany każdy dzień: wstaje o świcie, jedzie do siedziby drużyny piłkarskiej Płomienie Miami, ciężko pracuje, wraca do domu. Kiedy nagranie jej starcia z maskotką drużyny wycieka do internetu i staje się wiralem, ta rutyna się kończy. Właściciel klubu nie zwalnia Adalyn, tylko daje jej nowe zadanie--by odzyskać dobre imię, ma odbudować drużynę Zielonych Wojowniczek. Sęk w tym, że klub...
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PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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Español
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Go for the goal with this text, which examines fascinating female sports heroes who've proved to the world that gender is no barrier to athletic success. Readers will delight in learning about the lives of Mia Hamm, Wilma Rudolph, and the Williams sisters, as well as other important women who've broken barriers in sports. Readers will be inspired to pursue a career in athletics after learning about how others have achieved success in spite of great...
20) Nine for IX
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Team Marketing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Features nine documentary films about women in sports, directed by an extraordinarily diverse group of female filmmakers. Executive produced by Jane Rosenthal and Robin Roberts, these critically-acclaimed films celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX and highlight the achievements and challenges of women in sports. The films include a highlight of Pat Summitt's remarkable story, Venus Williams' fight for equal pay and the 1999 US Women's World...
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