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21) Mikaela Shiffrin
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Learn about Mikaela Shiffrin, Winter Olympic gold medalist.
22) Slope of love
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Love in bloom volume 13
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The Remingtons are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger series. This contemporary romance series features alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy contemporary romance and women's fiction. While each book may be read as a standalone, you might enjoy reading the entire Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. In SLOPE OF LOVE......
23) Lindsey Vonn
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Presents the life and career of the Olympic skier, from her childhood and early career to her Olympic gold wins and World Cup championships.
24) Winter's dream
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A former ski champion reenters the competitive world when a sixteen-year old downhill racer asks for help, leading her to reawaken an old passion and find a new love.
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"Raised in a skiing family, Mikaela Shiffrin seemed destined to be a skiing star from birth. In her very first Olympics, she became the youngest Olympic champion in her event. She would go on to compete in three more Olympic games. Learn about her journey to the Olympics, the challenges she faced, and how she has become an American Olympic skiing legend"--
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Madeline is on the ski team with her twin brother Parker (who goofs around and enjoys himself), and their friend Sarah, but Maddie cannot help comparing herself to Sarah, the fastest skier on the team, and it is starting to make her angry and spoil her fun--until her father warns her that her attitude could cause problems and ruin her friendship.
27) Brave enough
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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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Perhaps no sporting event has told more amazing stories than the Olympic Games. Great Moments in Olympic Skiing tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in skiing, Great Moment sidebars, and frequent subheads. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
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"In the Swedish ski resort of Åre, crime is rare. Certainly nothing so brutal as the murder of Johan Andersson, a former Olympic skier found bound and beaten to death in the forest. According to his distraught wife, he didn’t have any enemies in the world. To Detective Inspectors Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog, the crime proves otherwise. But what could have provoked such rage? And in whom? As Hanna and Daniel search for answers, Rebecka Ekvall,...
31) Downhill racer
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Criterion collection volume 494
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A skier desperate to win gold in the Olympics joins an American team only to find that his new coach doesn't agree with how he goes about getting it.
32) Nancy Greene
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Nancy Greene is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult basic education students. Nancy Greene (1943- ) is the best known name in Canadian skiing. As a teenager, she was nicknamed "Tiger" for her speed and courage....
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The perseverance of Lindsey Vonn is inspiring. This engrossing narrative describes how Vonn overcame the estrangement from her father, numerous debilitating injuries, and difficult personal relationships to blossom into arguably the greatest World Cup alpine skier of all time. Readers understand the importance of setting goals, as Vonn did at age eight when she wrote of her desire to win Olympic gold. They learn as well about the need to battle through...
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"Covers the history, rules, fundamentals and significant personalities of the sports of women's skiing and snowboarding. Topics include: techniques, strategies, competitive events, and equipment. Glossary, additional resources and index included"--Provided by publisher.
35) Double exposure
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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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"Harnessing nature's most powerful forces, elite downhillers descend icy, rugged slopes at speeds cresting 90 miles per hour. For decades, American skiers struggled to match their European counterparts, and until this century the US Ski Team could not claim a lasting foothold on the roof of the Alps, where the sports legends are born. Then came a fledgling class of American racers that disrupted the Alpine racing world order. Led by Bode Miller and...
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Ghost twins volume 3
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The ghost twins watch an expert skier playing an adventure skiing game on a computer. Their St. Bernard goes into the computer. Will they get him out?
40) Meet Eileen Gu
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"Eileen Gu is a freestyle skier, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and the first Olympian to win three freestyle skiing medals in one Olympics. Zoom into the life and career of this free-ski champion"--
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