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Author
Series
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Lance Armstrong achieved what no other cyclist ever had. He won the grueling 2,000-plus-mile Tour de France-a famous bicycle race through the towns and mountains of Europe-seven times. And he did it all after a life-or-death struggle with cancer. As he stepped onto the victor's podium for the seventh time, he left experts amazed and opponents in awe . Learn how this champion made it to the top.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of Gino Bartali, a famous Italian cyclist who won the Tour de France twice and who used his skills in cycling to help Jews escape persecution during the Second World War. Chronicles his early life, his first Tour de France, and how he pretended to train in order to transport documents for a secret organization. Includes an afterword that lends further details of Bartali's life.
Author
Series
Posadas County mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The town of Posadas is preparing to host the first annual Posadas 100, a cycle-cross bicycle race, and if the injuries from the pre-race practice are any indication, the race promises to be an exciting one. But on the day of the race, a terrible tragedy occurs and Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman doesn't think it was an accident. She believes it has something to do with the bodies of three strangers discovered on a private airstrip in Posada County...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the seven-time Tour de France champion through a review of his formative years, early inspirations, and personal battles, including insight from Armstrong himself as well as commentary from close friends and family members.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-four-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she's lived since college still looks like she just moved in. But she's got good friends, she's got her bike, and her bike club in Philadelphia. She's at peace with her plus-size body--at least, most of the time--and she's on track to marry her childhood sweetheart. Abby and Mark met at the weight-loss camp Abby's...
10) Jamie Bestwick
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jamie Bestwick has proven that age doesn t matter in the X Games. The 42-year-old British BMX riding legend is a master on the vert. For nearly a decade, nobody can beat him. This title is complete with high-impact photos, a timeline, glossary, and more. It is a can't-miss for any action sports fan. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
12) Lance Armstrong
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
13) Lance Armstrong
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A once top-ranked cyclist chronicles his downfall after testing positive for doping after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics while also addressing the practice's pervasiveness in the sport and his relationship with Lance Armstrong.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Though many traverse the entire United States in hours or days by plane, train or car, what is it like to go coast-to-coast at human-powered speed, totally exposed and connected to the land and people? To Get to the Other Side describes that experience, chronicling a 3-month, 4,700-mile self-supported bicycle tour following the TransAmerica Trail, an Oregon-to-Virginia route conceived to celebrate America's Bicentennial. Although author Tom Yuska...
18) A shore thing
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Former painter and unreformed rake Kit Griffith is forging a new life in Cornwall, choosing freedom over an identity that didn't fit. He knew that leaving his Sisterhood of women artists might mean forfeiting artistic community forever. He didn't realize he would lose his ability to paint altogether. Luckily, he has other talents. Why not devote himself to selling bicycles and trysting with the holidaymakers? Enter Muriel Pendrake, the feisty New-York-bound...
19) BMX greats
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people -- but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability....
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