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Marathon Woman

Author : Kathrine Switzer

Publisher : Da Capo Press

Page : 422 pages

File Size : 13,45 MB

Release : 2017-04-04

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 030682566X

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A new edition of a sports icon's memoir, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's historic running of the Boston Marathon as the first woman to run. In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run what was then the all-male Boston Marathon, infuriating one of the event's directors who attempted to violently eject her. In one of the most iconic sports moments, Switzer escaped and finished the race. She made history-and is poised to do it again on the fiftieth anniversary of that initial race, when she will run the 2017 Boston Marathon at age 70. Now a spokesperson for Reebok, Switzer is also the founder of 261 Fearless, a foundation dedicated to creating opportunities for women on all fronts, as this groundbreaking sports hero has done throughout her life. "Kathrine Switzer is the Susan B. Anthony of women's marathoning."-Joan Benoit Samuelson, first Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon



Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World

Author : Kate Pankhurst

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 14,66 MB

Release : 2018-02-22

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1526601117

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Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards 'Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls' GUARDIAN 'It's hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who wouldn't be inspired' BOOKSELLER 'An absolute must-have for every young person's bookshelf' HUFFINGTON POST Now a stunning hit musical! Kate Pankhurst, descendent of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, has created a wildly wonderful and accessible book about women who really changed the world. Discover fascinating facts about some of the most amazing women who changed the world we live in! · Fly high with incredible explorer and pilot Amelia Earhart · Discover the Wonderful Adventures of medical pioneer Mary Seacole · Fight for your rights with legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks · Change the face of books forever with superstar novelist Jane Austen Bursting full of beautiful illustrations and astounding facts, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is the perfect introduction to just a few of the most incredible women who helped shaped the world we live in. A fantastic gift for girls and boys alike! List of women featured: Jane Austen, Gertrude Ederle, Coco Chanel, Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Amelia Earhart, Agent Fifi, Sacagawea, Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank



100 Greatest Women in Sports

Author : Phyllis Hollander

Publisher :

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 10,65 MB

Release : 1976

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN :

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Presents profiles of more than 100 women athletes who have made significant contributions to their respective sports.



Parallel Tracks

Author : Lynne Kirby

Publisher : Duke University Press

Page : 358 pages

File Size : 24,83 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780822318392

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In wide-ranging and provocative analyses of dozens of silent films - icons of film history like The General and The Great Train Robbery as well as many that are rarely discussed - Kirby examines how trains and rail travel embodied concepts of spectatorship and mobility grounded in imperialism and the social, sexual, and racial divisions of modern Western culture.



Detroit Area Test Tracks

Author : Michael W. R. Davis

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 42,9 MB

Release : 2009

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738560229

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The catastrophic failure of a new but unproven copper-cooled Chevrolet in 1923 led the General Motors Corporation to buy back the 100 cars it had sold to the public and recall another 400 in company and dealer hands. As a result, in 1924 General Motors started building the industry's first scientific proving ground to test new vehicle designs before they were released for production and sale. Before this, all automakers tested new cars haphazardly on public roads and within limited engineering laboratories. Better known by the public as test tracks, the proving grounds became a source of curiosity for decades about the secrets they might hold. Detroit Area Test Tracks goes behind the test track walls to show how the facilities evolved and what typically takes place inside.



Ebony

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Page : 160 pages

File Size : 42,32 MB

Release : 1982-10

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.



Ebony

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Page : 160 pages

File Size : 30,41 MB

Release : 1982-10

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EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.



Billboard

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Page : 104 pages

File Size : 24,6 MB

Release : 1999-07-31

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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.



The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010

Author : Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Publisher : Travelers' Tales

Page : 315 pages

File Size : 39,72 MB

Release : 2010-03-28

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1932361901

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Since publishing the original edition of A Woman’s World in 1995, Travelers’ Tales has been the recognized leader in women’s travel literature. The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 is the sixth book in an annual series that presents stimulating, inspiring, and uplifting adventures from women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples, and facets of themselves. The common threads connecting these stories are a woman’s perspective and fresh, compelling storytelling to make the reader laugh, weep, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. In The Best Women's Travel Writing 2010 readers will discover the hidden magic of Flamenco in Spain, walk the night and its terrors in Benin, have an excellent last day in Costa Rica, poke their way into the psyche of a security agent in Kabul, learn something new about death and Mexico in San Miguel de Allende, travel the darker side of the Hawaiian fantasy, draw a map of Argentinian tango, meet the best people in the world in Zimbabwe...and much more.



The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009

Author : Lucy McCauley

Publisher : Travelers' Tales

Page : 355 pages

File Size : 35,81 MB

Release : 2010-05-25

Category : Travel

ISBN : 1932361995

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This best-selling, award-winning series presents the finest accounts of women who have traveled to the ends of the earth to discover new places, peoples — and themselves. The common threads connecting the stories are a woman’s perspective and lively storytelling to make the reader laugh, cry, wish she were there, or be glad she wasn’t. From breaking the gender barrier on a soccer field in Kenya to learning the art of French cooking in a damp cellar in the Loire Valley to hitchhiking through Mexico in the 1960s, the points of view and perspectives are global and the themes eclectic, including stories that encompass spiritual growth, hilarity and misadventure, high adventure, romance, solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine.