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This novel explores the real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women's Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. It is a chronicle of three athletes who defied society's expectations of what women could achieve.
In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago's Betty Robinson competed as a member of the first-ever women's delegation in track and field, and was feted as America's Golden Girl--...
2. Fast Girls
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AMC Networks
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
3. Fast Girls
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Aufbau Audio
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
German
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Drei Heldinnen der Geschichte und ihr Traum vom Laufen als Weg zur Freiheit 1936 - trotz aller Vorbehalte gegen die Teilnahme von Frauen gelingt es drei jungen Amerikanerinnen, mit dem Olympischen Team nach Berlin zu reisen: Betty Robinson muss sich nach einem schweren Unfall an die Spitze zurückkämpfen. Die burschikose Außenseiterin Helen Stephens träumt davon, sich als Sprinterin zu beweisen. Und die Schwarze Louise Stokes sieht im Laufen ihre...
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Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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3.5 stars
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In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.
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Hay House
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER!
Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one!
A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women's needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination...
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!
PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER!
Includes a 30-Day fasting reset that uses the power of your cycle—even if you no longer have one!
A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women's needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination...
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Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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They say you can never go home again. And sometimes, you shouldn't. Following a semi-successful career as a teen model in New York City, Danielle Greer has moved back to the mountains of North Georgia and is living in her childhood home with her husband and four daughters. One stifling, lazy afternoon, the girls are exploring the ravine behind the house when they come across a body. Danielle knows the body doesn't belong to Benji Law, a younger local...
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Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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"A go-to fasting manual created specifically to address women's needs based on their hormones and menstrual cycle by Dr. Mindy Pelz, a well-known expert on women and fasting, whose fast-growing YouTube channel has become the destination for women who want to learn about fasting"--
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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"The next cookbook from the #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the Hungry Girl brand! Lisa Lillien is back with her fastest and easiest recipes ever -- each one is ready in 30 minutes or less! With full-color photos of every recipe, Hungry Girl Fast & Easy consists of quick and simple meals and snacks made with everyday ingredients. Get ready for... * sheet-pan recipes * one-pot recipes * stir-frys skillet meals * salads slaws * 10-minute...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former middle distance Olympic runner and high-end escort speaks out for the first time about her battle with mental illness, and how mania controlled and compelled her in competition, but also in life. This is a heartbreakingly honest yet hopeful memoir reminiscent of Manic, Electroboy, and An Unquiet Mind. During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was the darling of American track and field. An outstanding...
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Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Liz Jones is Fashion Editor of the Daily Mail, and a columnist for the Mail on Sunday. She is the former editor of Marie Claire, which sounds quite an achievement, but she was sacked three years in. A psychotherapist once told her, 'What you brood on will hatch', and she was right. Nothing Liz ever did in life ever worked out. Nothing. Not one single thing. Liz grew up in Essex, the youngest of seven children. Her mother was a martyr, her dad so dashing...
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Sista Cassie
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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I want to turn Black Girls Green! After years of enduring obesity and obesity related illnesses I was able to end my food addictions to Dairy and processed foods and lost an amazing 100 pounds. Juice Fasting was the cure and paved the way for me to eat a diet of whole organic foods. In my new Ebook, "Black Girls Guide to Juice Fasting" readers will be able to find out exactly what I juiced and how I made it through an extended Juice Fast. The book...
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Basic Books
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
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Life in Ingrid Steffensen's New Jersey suburb was safe, comfortable, and predictable. A college professor, wife, and mother of a preadolescent daughter, her carefully cultivated world was comprised of the usual suspects: family, work, book clubs, yoga classes, and date nights. Then, one day, thinking she'd be a good sport and maybe learn something about what made her car-crazed husband tick, she put a helmet on her head, took her Mini Cooper to the...
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