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All athletes have to retire at some point. Yet, they rarely have a plan for what will come next. After excelling in one area of their lives, it might surprise athletes to find out what it feels like to be a rookie again.
Many don't talk about the difficulties they run into and or know how to adapt to life as an everyday athlete. That's where Elite to Everyday Athlete comes in.
Author Emily Coffman helps athletes make this transition and learn how...
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'In his debut book, The IF in Life: How to Get Off Life's Sidelines and Become Your Best Self, former NFL running back and Dancing with the Stars champion Rashad Jennings shares his inspiring story and experiences that will encourage readers to follow their dreams. As a kid, Rashad was overweight, had poor vision, asthma, and a 0.6 GPA yet he still hoped to one day play in the NFL. The odds were stacked against him, but through hard work and determination,...
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Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
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[2021]
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"Passive programming is a cheap, quick, fun way to make all library customers feel like part of the community. It can support reading initiatives, foster family engagement, encourage visit frequency, and coax interaction out of library lurkers-while barely making a dent in your programming budget. Passive programming can be targeted at children, adults, seniors, or teens; used to augment existing programs; and executed in places where staff-led programming...
7) Sidetracked
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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"Seventh-grader Joseph Friedman is friendless and puny, with ADD to boot. He spends most of his time avoiding the class bully and hiding out in the Resource Room. But the Resource Room teacher encourages (i.e., practically forces) him to join the school cross country team, and he meets Heather, a new student who's tough and athletic and refuses to be pushed around by anybody"--
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Warren Updegrove's best "friend with benefits" is Thom Lodge, a geeky grad student who tutored him in math when he was a struggling undergrad on the football team.After playing in the NFL for a year, Warren is released from the team and returns to South Florida, where he drinks too much and loses his pro conditioning. When he meets former Olympian Victor Ragazzo and joins Victor's gay rugby team, he falls hard-but will Victor's baggage bring down...
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Women are told to step up and lean in…but how? Every day, talented, hardworking women are passed over for promotions. While it's easy to blame a corporate culture that favors men, seasoned executive Grace Killelea identifies another culprit: a surprising disparity in confidence. Men are prone to overestimate their abilities, while women too often sell themselves short. The Confidence Effect helps women speak out, take risks, and assume leadership...
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Teacher leaders are the most valuable players on the education field and the most overlooked when it's time to write the playbook. But, after years of watching how the game has been played, master teachers in this book have come off the sidelines. Their strategic ideas, solutions, and voices must be heard. It's time to put school problems related to curriculum, inequity, parent support, student behavior, evaluation and more in the hands of academicians...
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One of the greatest enemies of every dreamer is fear. Fear, not the lack of good ideas, is usually, what keeps a person standing on the sidelines. Throughout history, we find several examples of men and women, who stepped out of their comfort zones, faced their fears, and accomplished something outrageous that would ultimately change their world.
In Outrageous Dreamer, best-selling author Joseph Foster shares 12 practical strategies that will teach...
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Civil War volume 19
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The Royal Couple, King T'Challa and Queen Ororo, embark on a diplomatic tour that will have them spanning the globe - and beyond! Stops include Latveria (Dr. Doom), the Moon (Black Bolt and the Inhumans), Atlantis (Namor the Sub-Mariner) and the Civil War-ravaged United States, for a meeting with none other than the point man for the U.S. government's implementation of the Superhuman Registration Act: Tony Stark, T'Challa's former Avengers teammate....
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Stuck is no longer an option. The unstuck are unstoppable. Tired of watching other peoples dreams come true? Isnt it time you got off the sidelines and started playing the game? Youll never score points in a game you dont play. Life is waiting for you. Learn how to finally get started! Make your dreams become reality by first believing that you have what it takes to succeed! In You Have What it Takes, youll learn: How to punch fear in the face How...
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Selwood boys volume 1
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Four future AFL stars under one roof!?
Go back to where it all began with The Selwood Boys ...
In the Selwood house, there's madness and mayhem every day -- and footy, of course!
Meet the Selwood boys ... There's the twins, Troy and Adam, pulling pranks and making mischief, then Joel with his sneaky, cheeky antics, and finally little Scott, who just does his best (or make that his worst!) to keep up.
Can Joel finally get off the sidelines...
15) Do it scared: finding the courage to face your fears, overcome adversity, and create a life you love
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Do It Scared, by popular blogger and podcast host Ruth Soukup, is the essential handbook for any woman who has ever felt like she is sitting on the sidelines of her own life and is finally ready to jump in, dream big, and go after her goals.
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The creator of Gingercake Patterns shows you how to share your passion for sewing with the world by starting a successful home business.
Maybe you started sewing just for fun. But now you've developed the skills and vision to turn your creative outlet into something more. Making the leap from hobbyist to professional can be intimidating-but Virginia Lindsay is here to help you get off the sidelines and sew your way to a job you truly enjoy.
Drawing...
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This clear, actionable guide provides a four-week program for becoming an ally who makes a real difference in the racial justice fight, offering the tools needed to get off to the frontlines of allyship, combat racism while supporting Black women, and become anti-racist instead of passively "not racist."
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Mystery bookshop volume 2
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"To the town of North Harbor, Michigan, MISU quarterback Dawson Alexander is a local hero. To Samantha Washington, owner of the Market Street Mysteries Bookstore, Dawson is more than a tenant--he's like an adopted son. But to the police, he is their prime suspect after his ex-girlfriend is found murdered. It's more than enough real-life drama for Sam to tackle, but her role as a mystery writer also calls"--Amazon.com.
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This is a story of triumph over adversity. Of the impact of youthful vision and leadership. A young girl musters up the courage to launch a movement of real consequence. A movement that wages war on behalf of undernourished poor kids all across America. The success of the movement requires overcoming severe limitations, and recognizing the national child hunger crisis for what it is: an intolerable blight on our society. Even though the bright, vivacious...
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Animosity, confrontation, confusion-from cable news right down to our kids' classrooms, Christians are waking up to a world very different from the one we once knew. We are quick to blame everyone else from Hollywood to Washington, but it is not the culture's fault God is sidelined.
If God is missing from the conversation, then it is because His people have failed to represent Him there. Christians have been far too silent for far too long, retreating...