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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Helsinki, 1947. Finland teeters between the Soviet Union and the West. Everyone is being watched. A wrong look or a wrong word could end in catastrophe. Natalya Bobrova, from Russia, and Louise Koski, from the United States, are young wives of their country's military attachés. When they meet at an embassy party, their husbands, Arnie and Mikhail, both world-class skiers, drunkenly challenge each other to a friendly-but secret-cross-country wilderness...
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"Veteran ski journalist and former ski bum Heather Hansman takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the hidden history of American skiing, offering a glimpse into an underexplored subculture from the perspective of a true insider"--
Blossoming from the Tenth Mountain Division in World War II, the sport of skiing was driven by adventurers seeking the rush of freedom that only cold mountain air could provide. As skiing gained in popularity, mom-and-pop...
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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Gavin once loved Melanie--a long time ago. Returning to Taylor's Crossing, he wants only to forget her and the promises she broke the moment he left to secure their future. To Melanie, seeing the infamous world-class skier was like lightning striking again--thrilling but terrifying. There's passion--and bitterness. He thought she'd betrayed him, but he hadn't known of her desperation, hadn't known of the child they'd conceived. Dare she bare herself...
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In January 1959, ten experienced young skiers set out to travel to a mountain named Mount Otorten in the far north of Russia. Otorten translates to "don't go there" in the local Mansi language. During the trip, one of the skiers fell ill and returned. The remaining nine lost their way and ended up on another mountain slope known as Kholat Syakhl, or "Mountain of the Dead." On the night of February 1, 1959, something or someone caused the skiers to...
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English
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Competitive skier Mindy Wright is a superstar in the making until a spectacular downhill crash threatens not just her racing career but her life. During surgery, doctors discover she's suffering from a severe form of leukemia, and a stem cell transplant is her only hope. But when her parents are tested, a frightening truth emerges. Mindy is not their daughter. The race to save Mindy's life means unraveling years of lies. Was she accidentally switched...
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Doug Coombs was one of the greatest skiers of his generation-arguably, the greatest. Winner of the very first World Extreme Ski Championship, he helped pioneer major steep-skiing destinations in Wyoming, Alaska, and France. He guided, taught, starred in ski movies, and inspired countless fellow skiers and friends through his effortless grace on the slopes. But who, exactly, was this unlikely skiing phenom from New England? At the age of sixteen, Coombs...
9) Brave enough
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English
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"In her new memoir Brave Enough, 2018 Olympic Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins shares her story for the first time. The core of Brave Enough traces her amazing journey from the heartland of the United States into the history books of sports. The memoir details her childhood in Afton, Minnesota (an idyllic small town nestled in a virtual snow globe), her meteoric rise as an elite youth athlete (she turned pro straight out of high school), and her dazzling...
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Publisher
Turning Point International
Pub. Date
©2022
Language
English
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Pat West Turner, who survived a near-fatal car accident as a high school senior in 1965 that resulted in the amputation of her right leg, has never let her disability define her being. Now, Turner has written a heartfelt memoir, Skiing Uphill, to share what she went through following the accident and the ways she continuously found ways to meet life with a sense of adventure and personal courage. Turner, an avid skier before the accident, returned...
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Warren Miller Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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An autobiography of one of the film industry's most innovative and outstanding producers. Born in Hollywood, Miller recalls growing up in the Los Angeles area, his early love of skiing, his entrée into the film-making business, and his world-wide travels of filming skiiing and other outdoor sports.
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Pine Hollow (Lizzie Shane) volume 5
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Kendall Walsh has exactly one second to save a fancy, five-tiered wedding cake and any possibility of being a wedding planner--not to mention her family's struggling ski resort. All because of one very cute, very furry, golden menace of a retriever who has a serious thing for butter chiffon icing. Which is exactly when Olympic skier Brody James shows up and saves the day . . . and the cake. Brody makes Kendall feel about a million indecipherable...
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English
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From Paralympic ski racer and YouTube star Josh Sundquist, comes an always-funny (and sometimes-awkward) memoir about teenage misadventures.
When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock.
Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each of...
When I was twenty-five years old, it came to my attention that I had never had a girlfriend. At the time, I was actually under the impression that I was in a relationship, so this bit of news came as something of a shock.
Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down each of...
16) Run or die
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Publisher
Velo Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Kilian Jornet has conquered some of the toughest physical tests on the planet. He has run up and down Mount Kilimanjaro faster than any other human being and struck down world records in every challenge that has been proposed, all before the age of 25. Redefining what is possible, Jornet continually pushes the boundaries of endurance, astonishing fans with near-superhuman fitness and ability. Jornet adores the mountains as fiercely as he runs them....
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"A young woman follows winter across five continents on a physical and spiritual journey that tests her body and soul, in this transformative memoir, full of heart and courage, that speaks to the adventurousness in all of us. Steph Jagger had always been a force of nature. Dissatisfied with the passive, limited roles she saw for women growing up, she emulated the men in her life--chasing success, climbing the corporate ladder, ticking the boxes, playing...
19) Rise: my story
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English
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"The first ever memoir from the greatest female ski racer of all time, revealing never before told stories of her life in the fast lane, and the bold decisions that helped her break down barriers for athletes around the world"--
20) Winners: a novel
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English
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WINNERS
Lily Thomas is an aspiring ski champion training for the Olympics, a young woman with her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily’s future is changed forever, her hopes for the Olympics swept away in a tragic accident.
Dr. Jessie Matthews, the neurosurgeon who operates on her that night, endures a tragedy of her own, and instantly becomes the sole support of her four young children, while her own future hangs in the balance....
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