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Meg Langslow mysteries volume 7
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The hilly terrain next to the old Sprocket house that Meg Langslow and her fiancé, Michael, are refurbishing is the perfect location for an extreme croquet field?even the legs of cows and sheep are convenient extra wickets. Croquet has become all the rage in Caerphilly…until it appears someone in town has taken the rage a bit too literally. While stumbling down a steep bank after her ball, Meg encounters the body of a fresh female corpse with...
3) Thrill me
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Maya Farlow learned the hard way to depend only on herself, so when she fell too deeply for the bad-boy charms of Del Mitchell, one of five brothers, she did the only thing she could--she ran. Stunned, Del left Fool's Gold to make his name and fortune in extreme sports. Now ten years later, Maya's been hired to promote her hometown's new slogan, The Destination for Romance. The celebrity spokesman is none other than Del, the man she dumped but never...
4) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. Mountains were places of peril, not beauty, an upper world to be shunned, not sought out. Why do mountains now hold us spellbound, drawing us into their dominion, often at the cost of our lives? From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers,...
6) Steep
Publisher
Ubisoft Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
Ride the massive open world of steep, where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends.
Best Sports Game ; 2016 Best of ; Game critics Award Winner.
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Pub. Date
2014
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"While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean's surface on a single breath of air and returning four minutes later, unharmed and smiling. This man was a freediver, and his amphibious abilities inspired Nestor to seek out the secrets of this little-known discipline. In Deep, Nestor embeds with a gang of extreme athletes and renegade researchers who are transforming...
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Extreme Ice Cross Downhill presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations,...
10) Ski superpipe
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Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Introduces the extreme sport, discussing the history of ski superpipe, the equipment used, and notable athletes.
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Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
High interest, edgy activities fill the pages of Nailed It! Extreme Snowboarding. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written in the high-low format, this series has a HIGH interest level to appeal to a more mature audience but maintains a LOW level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Extreme Snowboarding presents the thrills and...
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Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier: Roger Bannister was a young English medical student who epitomized the ideal of the amateur; John Landy the privileged son of a genteel Australian family; and Wes Santee the swaggering American, a Kansas farm boy and...
14) Motocross racing
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"Photographs of amazing feats accompany engaging information about motocross racing. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended to engage readers in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Alone on the Wall recounts the most astonishing achievements of Honnold’s extraordinary life and career, brimming with lessons on living fearlessly, taking risks, and maintaining focus even in the face of extreme danger. Now Honnold tells, for the first time and in his own words, the story of his 3 hours and 56 minutes on the sheer face of El Cap, which Outside called "the moon landing of free soloing…a generation-defining climb. Bad...
16) Descent
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Peak volume 4
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"Peak and his team descend into Tibet after surviving an avalanche on the remote and isolated mountain of Hkakabo Razi. The only catch is that Peak's famous mountaineering father, Josh, and climbing guide, Zopa, are both wanted by the Chinese government. As a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse ensues, making it off the mountain won't be the end of this team's struggles, only the beginning... Heart-pounding action and political drama converge in this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Extreme Tightrope presents the thrills and spills of this intriguing extreme sport. The carefully written, considerate text will hold the readers' interest and allow for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience, these books maintain a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index...
20) Daring BMXers
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Looks at the sport of bicycle motocross racing, including some of the different elements that compose it, the competitions that are held, and several of the top riders.
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