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The athletes of the Alaska Native games aren't just returning to their roots. They've never left them. In this beautifully illustrated book, readers learn the history of twenty-five Native games that have been handed down through generations, how each one relates to the subsistence...

A handbook for showing a reining horse for beginners and professionalsAuthor: Don BoydISBN-10: 1715840720ISBN-13: 9781715840723Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2024Pages: 84Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.36lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

Discover the path to inner peace with this guidebook that combines hatha yoga and meditation strategies from world-renowned yoga master Erich Shiffmann. World-renowned yoga master Erich Schiffmann offers an easy-to-follow, exciting new techniques--the first to combine hatha yoga and meditation--to all who are seeking...

Who says you need to drive hours out of town to take a walk in the woods? Chicago's robust network of public transit means that the region's forest preserves, rivers, swamps, dunes, and even just the lakefront trail are all within easy reach. Featuring...

Crush your weight loss goals with the ultimate workout and diet planner from The 12-Week Fitness Journal. If you want to lose weight, you need a plan--and the 12-Week Fitness Journal is the best way to make one. Setting targets from your own personal...

Bring family and friends together for hours of entertainment and real social interaction. The Big Book of Family Games: 101 Original Group Games That Don't Need Charging brings people together for hours of hilarious, interactive, technology-free fun that requires virtually nothing more than pens...

The Delaware Valley Women's Fly Fishing Association has nourished a passion for fly-fishing in hundreds of women since 1996. This was when women were rare participants in outdoor sports, but during the club's first two decades, this has changed dramatically. So many women are...

The first and only guide to shinrin-yoku for the outdoor adventurer! With techniques tailored for hiking, mountain biking, paddling, climbing, trail-running, and cross-country skiing, this is the definitive guide to applying the healthy and rejuvenating practice of forest bathing to your favorite activities. Forest...

Jenell Maranto chronicles her experience of learning to ballroom dance. From beginner to National Professional Champion. She shares her up's and downs and the difficult problem of changing bad habits. Jenell and her partner Jim had literally hundreds of lessons from the ballroom dance...

Fishing tales on the Pacific, where one man encounters the massive whales.Author: Josh ChurchmanISBN-10: 0359225977ISBN-13: 9780359225972Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2018Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? See what it means to play on a team. Practice, play, win, and lose with your teammates. Pairs with the fiction title Reiko's Team. Explore these and...

WHOOSH! Nothing gets fans' hearts racing more than an extreme athlete launching high into the air or zipping along on the track--except when that big stunt sets a new record! Behind every big-time record is a dramatic story of how an extreme athlete achieved...

They Played Through the Echo of the Whistle shares the stirring story of the Valdosta State basketball dynasty which won 11 GIAC championships between 1960-72. The book traces the roots of the basketball program from 1954 through their climb to the mountaintop as a...

No single instructional method can meet all of the student learning needs expressed in the SHAPE America National Standards for Physical Education. This new edition provides pedagogical knowledge and resources that support physical education teachers' selection and use of instructional models and gives physical...

Most Iowa Hawkeyes fans have attended a basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, seen highlights of "The Catch" that beat LSU in 2005, and were thrilled by the school's run to the 2014-15 Big Ten Football Championship Game. But only real fans know how many...

A first-of-kind book on marble collecting for beginners interested in learning about how to identify and value old marbles.Author: Richard MaxwellISBN-10: 1479119482ISBN-13: 9781479119486Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2012Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d

Author: James MendelsohnISBN-10: 0071837906ISBN-13: 9780071837903Publisher: McGraw-HillLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/1990Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

THERE IS NO BETTER WAY to enjoy the United States of America than to explore some of the country's 63 national parks. Journey to two parks above the Arctic Circle, three in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, eight on the Colorado Plateau, and...

The information in this book will save your life. Intelligence reports and military experts have concluded long ago that an attack on the United States by an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) won't just be devastating, it might be inevitable. If an EMP were to burst...

Featuring Pure Power, Power Endurance, Drilling, Kicking, Post-Activation Potentiation, Other Forms of Power & Resistance, and much more, Power & Towers & Swimming: The Guide is the complete and illustrated authority on power training for swimming. With over 100 sample sets, 56 illustrations, and...

How Running Saves Lives: The Story of Dickie Longo: A Man for Our Times as Told by Sue OaksBy: Dickie Longo & Sue OaksBeginners Walk/Run ProgramThis program was designed by Dickie Longo, an 83 year old everyday runner who runs a race every weekend....

Ospreys in Falconry: Lessons Learned is a book detailing one falconer's attempts at keeping ospreys healthy and flying them as successful falconry birds. After experience with several birds, the authors describe husbandry and falconry training techniques which are tailored specifically for ospreys--a bird with...

There are countless prospecting books out there. They all teach the same general theories and show the same diagrams. While they are not bad books, in fact many are great and no collection should be without them, this book is written to take a...

This book is a continuation of praise and information on the classic side by side. In part two you will learn information about side by sides that is evasive in today's modern world.In part two, Doug gets more in-depth about Damascas barrels and hammer...

In the competitive world of post high school athletics, conditioning is everything. From muscle mass to lung capacity to endurance to speed, athletes who can get an edge have a better chance of moving up the ladder to more and more elite levels of...

This textbook provides a method that allows freedivers and spearfishermen to identify a training path, aimed at optimizing their results. Detailed guidance is provided on how to structure the various stages of specific preparation for Static, Dynamic, Deep Freediving and Spearfishing.It contains innovative training...

In This is Gyachung, Chris Dahlman unveils the fascinating story of a rare and storied Seiko watch. Through the dramatic story of the 1964 Japanese Himalayan Expedition to the fabled Gyachung Kang mountain, Dahlman presents the lost history of Seiko's first professional mountaineer's watch....

Solve chess problems and improve your chess tactical skills. This book of chess problems will certainly be of great benefit to beginners and children. By practicing day after day, they will progress, in a certain way, using the best tactical schemes. In chess, tactical...

Untamed. Unsupervised. Uncontrolled. Boyhood in the 1960s and '70s was a time for exploration and mischief. Author Michael Tougias found more than his share of misadventures in the woods and on the water: some life-threatening but others innocently hilarious. Over time - and after...

Over one hundred devotionals from Marty Mayer written to encourage and motivate coaches to pursue coaching God's way through the lens of His Word. Achieve your true potential by maximizing the gifts God has given you Perfect for coaches at any level, parents and...

Skin, sun, and incredible curves. Further fun and frolics in volume two of Nudist Camp Follies - a photographic peek at naturism in 1950s Britain. The book features well-known models such as Naturism's Ambassador, Elizabeth Walker, wife of Edward Craven Walker, the inventor of...

Author: Tim ErnstISBN-10: 1882906128ISBN-13: 9781882906123Publisher: Tim Ernst PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2010Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d

This guide covers the full 114 miles of the George S. Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and those 8 towns through which the trail runs. It provides handy maps, photographs and complete descriptions of distinctive features along the way. It...

The bodyweight exercises and training that you will find in this book are proof that you do not need money to build a strong, lean and muscular body. You can work out all your major muscle groups by choosing the right workout set for...

A complete and comprehensive training manual on how to use the Speed Bag as a unique fitness workout. Written for beginners to advanced users, it includes equipment, punching techniquesAuthor: Alan H. KahnISBN-10: 0964182769ISBN-13: 9780964182769Publisher: Rehabilitation & Sports ConsultingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/1995Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 10.92h...

4th Edition - If you are a fan of CrossFit you are going to love the WOD Handbook. All The Girl, Benchmark, Hero and Open WOD's are included and beautifully illustrated. It's the most comprehensive WOD guide in the world.Author: Peter KeebleISBN-10: 036816344XISBN-13: 9780368163449Publisher:...

The study of the structure, motion and function of the mechanical aspects of biological systems from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles using the methods of mechanics is referred to as biomechanics. It is a branch of biophysics. The study of biomechanics...

What does it mean to be an athlete? Why is mental health in sports so important?In The I of the Tiger, retired athlete and sports researcher, Kimberly Carducci, analyzes the psychology behind forming an athlete identity and its impact on mental health in today's...

Solve chess problems and improve your chess tactical skills. This book of chess problems will certainly be of great benefit to players of higher level. By practicing day after day, they will progress, in a certain way, using the best tactical schemes. In chess,...

Us Army Knife Combatives presents the knife fighting techniques taught to soldiers in the United States Army.Author: Fernan VargasISBN-10: 0359643280ISBN-13: 9780359643288Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/2019Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d

Fifteen years after the Nationals took the Expos and started playing in Washington for the 2005 season, author and Expos fanatic Danny Gallagher delivers a compelling, revealing book of franchise memories from 1969-2004. Through vignettes, some long, some short, you get to inhale never-before-told...

In this book, beginning readers are introduced to the ice rink, rules of play, and hockey equipment and gear. High-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns work together with strong visual references to support the earliest readers and create a fun first nonfiction reading experience....

Introduction to Kinesiology: Studying Physical Activity, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, offers students a comprehensive overview of the field of kinesiology and explores the subdisciplinary fields of study, common career paths, and emerging ideas that are part of this dynamic and expanding discipline. This...

SMACK! Nothing beats the excitement of a player slapping the puck into the goal for a game-winning goal--except when that big slap shot sets a new record! Behind every big-time hockey record is a dramatic story of how a player or team achieved greatness...

The Bull Pen Chronicles characterize the life and times of Stephen H. Porter. A compulsive outdoorsman since boyhood, his obsession with the natural world ultimately led to a purpose in the place he was meant to be, a wildlife enforcement officer stalking the remote...

This guide is the ultimate resource for true fans of the Golden Gophers. Whether you're a die-hard from the days of Herb Brooks or a more recent supporter, these are the 100 things every fan needs to know and do in their lifetime. Experienced...

TOUCHDOWN! Few things are as exciting as a football player making a one-handed grab to get a game-winning score--except when that big catch sets a new record! Behind every big-time football record is a dramatic story of how a player or team achieved greatness...

Motor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications provides an introductory study of motor learning and control for students who aspire to become practitioners in exercise science, physical education, and other movement-oriented professions. The text opens with an introduction to motor skills and control, continues...

Football legend Lyle Alzado was one of the most intimidating football players of all time is the only player to have an NFL rule named after him, One meant to prevent injury and to possibly save lives. Off the field, however he was a...

'Use It or Lose It' covers the incredible life of Lew Hollander, a champion senior ironman triathlete and endurance rider known worldwide. Lew still races in his 90s. The messages behind 'Use It or Lose It' teaches readers how Lew used his methods of...