Farmer's Advocate and Home Journal
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Page : 870 pages
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Release : 1908
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 870 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Agriculture
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Author : Victoria Patterson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1619021773
Running so hard you think you'll choke on your next breath. Lungs burning like they're drenched in battery acid. Peripheral vision blurred by the same adrenaline that drowns out the cheers coming from the full stadium. And of course, the reporters. The men scribbling furiously on their notepads so they can publish every stumble, sprain, and sniffle in these historic games. This was the world of the female athletes in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, the first games in which women were allowed to compete (and on a trial basis, at that). Nicknamed "the Peerless Four," the Canadian track team included some of the strongest and most diversely talented women on the scene. Narrated by the team's chaperone—a former runner herself—the women embark on their journey with the same golden goals as every other Olympian, male or female. But as the Olympic tension begins to rise with unexpected injuries, heartbreaking disqualifications, and the pressure of supreme athletic performance, each woman discovers new fears and new priorities, all while the weight of women's future in the Olympics rests on their performance poise. The Peerless Four is more than a sports novel, more than a record of how far women's rights have come in the past 75 years. It's a meditation on sacrifice, loyalty, commitment, perseverance, and the courage to live a true underdog tale.
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Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,84 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Agriculture
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Page : 796 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Bookbinding
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Page : 768 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 1928
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Page : 1278 pages
File Size : 21,51 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Engineering
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Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Machinery
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Page : 770 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 1909
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Archaeology
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Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 1912
Category : American wit and humor
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