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Wheelchair field events / by Little, James R.(CARDINAL)642804;

Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.Introduces wheelchair field events, relates the history of these activities for the physically handicapped, and discusses the rules, equipment, and training needed to participate safely.760LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: People with disabilities.; Wheelchair track and field.; Wheelchair track and field;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Wheelchair track events / by Labanowich, Stan.(CARDINAL)642803;

Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.Introduces wheelchair track events, relates the history of these activities for the physically handicapped, and discusses the rules, equipment, and training needed to participate safely.790LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Wheelchair track and field.; Wheelchair track and field; Sports for people with disabilities.; People with disabilities.;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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The Girl Who Figured It Out / by Dentler, Minda,author.(CARDINAL)884064; Dehennin, Stephanie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)631909;

"The uplifting true story of Minda Dentler, the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the Ironman World Championship triathlon. Minda Dentler made history when she became the first female wheelchair athlete to complete the world's toughest triathlon, using only her arms to finish a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and 26.2 mile marathon. But the journey there wasn't easy. Minda was paralyzed as an infant in India after contracting polio, and was left in the care of an orphanage. After she was adopted by an American family and moved to Washington, she underwent surgeries to enable her to walk with leg braces and crutches. As she grew, she faced many challenges, but remained undeterred by her disability. Her decision to begin training and competing in triathlons was no different. Despite the obstacles and failures she experienced along the way, Minda's persistence and determination in the face of setbacks helped her to make sports history and inspire people around the world to rethink what's possible!"--

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Dentler, Minda; Wheelchair track and field; Women athletes with disabilities; Women triathletes; Ironman triathlons; Orphans; Poliomyelitis; Dentler, Minda.;

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Unbeatable Betty : the first female Olympic track & field gold medalist / by Kimmel, Allison Crotzer,author.(CARDINAL)610693; Stone, Joanie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)631875;

Includes bibliographical references.A picture-book biography of Betty Robinson, who "at only sixteen years old ... became the first female gold medalist in track and field in the 1928 Olympics and an overnight sensation. She was set for gold again and had her eyes on the 1932 Olympics. Her plans changed forever when a horrible plane crash left her in a wheelchair, with one leg shorter than the other. But Betty didn't let that stop her. In less than five years, she relearned how to stand, to walk, and finally to run again and try to taste gold once more in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin"--Publisher marketing.Ages 4-8.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Biographies.; Picture books.; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Olympics; Perseverance (Ethics); Runners (Sports); Women athletes; Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;

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25 women who defied limitations / by Berne, Emma Carlson,1979-author.(CARDINAL)352645;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Discover 25 women whose disabilities did not stand in the way of their great achievements. Each woman profiled in this collection faced the challenge of a disability while pursuing excellence in her field, including the arts, sciences, sports, and politics"--1010L

Subjects: Biographies.; Case studies.; Humor.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Ondrasek, Naomi.; Shanahan, Jesse.; Grandin, Temple.; Saks, Elyn R., 1955-; Duckworth, Tammy, 1968-; Chandran, Suda.; Glennie, Evelyn.; Matlin, Marlee.; Gordy, Sarah.; Kihungi, Jane.; Thom, Jessica.; Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-; Loughner, Jared Lee, 1988-; Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970-; Young, Stella.; Mabhena, Prudence.; Kahlo, Frida; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Claiborne, Loretta.; Fryke, Wendy.; Runyan, Marla, 1969-; Nemati, Zahra.; Keller, Helen, 1880-1968; Sullivan, Annie, 1866-1936; Werner, Chelsea.; Hamilton, Bethany.; McClammer, Chelsea.; Jordan, Barbara.; Jamison, Kay R.; United States. Congress. House; United States. Congress. Senate; Special Olympics, Inc.; Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Immigrant experience.; Memoirs and biographies.; African-American biographies.; Cerebral palsy; Scientists; Scientists; Scientists; Scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Inflammatory bowel diseases.; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.; Genetic disorders; Astronomers; Astronomers; Astronomy; Women astronomers; College teachers.; Science teachers.; College teachers; Women college teachers; Mental illness; Psychiatrists; Psychiatry.; People with bipolar disorder; Autistic people; Autism.; Autism spectrum disorders.; Animal scientists; Animal specialists; Sensory disorders.; Schizophrenics; Schizophrenia; Murder; Firearms and crime.; Women legislators; Legislators; Firearms; Schizophrenia.; Mental health laws; Veterans; Multiracial families; Women veterans; Multiracial people; Multiracial people; Asian Americans; Asian American women; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Women and the military; Women and war; Feminism.; Discrimination.; Prejudices.; Racism.; Classism.; Sexism.; Multiculturalism.; Race discrimination; Social justice.; Immigrants.; Politicians; Women political activists.; Women politicians; Women political candidates; Women lawyers; Lawyers; National characteristics, American.; Justice, Administration of; African American women legislators; African American women; Mothers; Women veterans; African American families; Social justice; Civil rights workers; Civil rights.; Poliomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Lawyers; African American women lawyers; African American women; African American women politicians; African American women; African American women political activists; African American women educators.; African American women; African American women; African American women civil rights workers; African American women civil rights workers; African American women; African American politicians.; African American political activists; African American politicians; African American political activists.; African-American Interest.; African American feminists; African American families.; Women; African Americans; Revolutionaries; African American women; African American women social reformers.; Women; African American women social reformers; African American women social reformers; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women's rights; African Americans; African Americans; Civil rights workers; Civil rights workers; Deaf women.; Women authors.; Deaf people.; Blind.; Deaf children; Deaf people; Deaf children; Deafblind women; Deaf people; Deafness.; Deafblind people; Deafblind women; Deafblind people; Blind people; Women authors, American.; Women authors, American; Women; Women; Women authors, American; Women authors; Biography; Biography; Deafness in children.; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Models (Persons); Iranian Americans; Iranian Americans; Women athletes; Stargardt disease.; Equus; Horsemanship; Horsemanship; Horsemen and horsewomen; Horses; Dressage.; Shark attacks.; Surfing; Surfers; Extreme sports; Women surfers.; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Olympics; Olympic athletes.; Children with cerebral palsy; People with cerebral palsy; Cerebral palsy; Tourette syndrome.; Comedians.; Archery; People with disabilities; Women with disabilities.; African Americans; African American athletes.; Track and field athletes; African American track and field athletes; African American track and field athletes.; Biography; African American interest.; Authors; Editors; Women editors; Women comedians; Comedians; People with mental disabilities; People with mental disabilities; Down syndrome; Down syndrome; African American singers; African American entertainers; African American entertainers; Down syndrome; Painters; Success.; Osteogenesis imperfecta.; Actors; Television actors and actresses; Actresses; Actors; Actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture actors and actresses; Amputees.; Hard of hearing people.; Hard of hearing children.; Blindness.; Musicians; Women musicians.; Musicians; Dancers; Dance; East Indians.; Women artists.; Women artists; Women artists; Women painters; Self-actualization (Psychology); History, Modern; Feminists; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminism; Feminism; Television actors and actresses; Actors; Communism.; Biography.; Painters; Wheelchairs; People with disabilities; Feminism.; Women's movement.; Racism.; Sexism.; Mothers.; Women.; Womyn.; Feminists.;

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25 women who dared to compete / by Stanborough, Rebecca,author.(CARDINAL)622087;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Discover 25 women who challenged the stereotypes of what it means to play like a girl. These women worked to even the playing field and steppped up to score points for women all around the world"--Grades 7-9Ages 11-14990L

Subjects: Biographies.; Fiction.; Guidebooks.; 1976 Yale Women's Rowing crew.; Edwards, Tracy.; Ellis, Jill.; Jennings, Walsh Kerri.; Krone, Julia.; Nichols, Alana.; Treanoe-May, Misty.; United States Women's National Soccer Team.; White, Georgie.; Zaharias, Didrikson Mildred "Babe"; Biles, Simone, 1997-; Brown, Georgia Thompson, 1893-1978.; Ederle, Gertrude, 1906-2003.; Fukuda, Keiko.; Guthrie, Janet, 1938-; Heinerth, Jill.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969; Muhammad, Ibtihaj, 1985-; Palmer, Violet, 1964-; Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-; Richards, Renée.; Shriver, Eunice Kennedy.; Taurasi, Diana.; Thomas, Sarah (Sarah A.); Tyus, Wyomia.; Visser, Lesley, 1953-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Serena, 1981-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Williams, Venus, 1980-; Kennedy family.; All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.); NASCAR (Association); National Football League; Nike (Firm); Special Olympics, Inc.; U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.; Yale University; Olympic Games 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Wimbledon Championships.; African-American biographies.; Adoptees; African American athletes.; African American baseball players; African American baseball players; African American children.; African American families; African American girls; African American interest.; African American political activists.; African American political activists; African American track and field athletes; African American women political activists; African American women tennis players; African American women; African American women; African American women; African American women; African Americans.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Air pilots; Air pilots; Air shows; Aircraft accidents; Airplanes; Airplanes; Airplanes; Argentine Americans; Athletes; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing; Automobile racing; Automobile rallies; Baseball fields; Baseball players; Baseball players; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Baseball; Cave diving; Classism.; Deep-sea ecology.; Discrimination.; Earth sciences; Equal pay for equal work.; Erosion.; Feminism.; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminism; Feminists; Feminists; Fencing.; Foster children.; Foster home care.; gay & lesbian interest.; Girls; Glaciers.; Global warming.; Global warming; Global warming; Golf; Golfers; Golfers; Gymnasts; Gymnasts; Hispanic American women.; Hispanic Americans; Homosexuality.; Horse racing; Horsemen and horsewomen.; Hot air balloons; Immigrants.; Immigrants; Immigrants; Immigrants; Islam; Jockeys.; Journalists; Judo; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; Lesbians; Martial artists.; Martial arts; Multiculturalism.; Muslim families.; Muslim women.; Muslim women; Muslim women; Muslims; Ocean bottom; Ocean; Oceanography; Oceanography; Olympic athletes.; Olympic athletes; Olympics; Olympics; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; People with disabilities; Philanthropists; Photographers; Political activists.; Political activists; Political activists; Political activists; Prejudices.; Presidents; Race discrimination; Race relations.; Racism in sports.; Racism.; Rafting (Sports); Rowing; Sailing ships; Scientists; Scientists; Scuba divers; Scuba diving.; Segregation.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Sisters; Skateboarding; Skiers; Skis and skiing; Skydiving; Snowboarding; Soccer coaches; Soccer players; Social justice.; Sports; Surfing.; Swimmers; Swimming; Tennis players.; Tennis players; Tennis; Tennis; Tennis; Track and field athletes; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transgender people; Transsexualism.; Transsexuals; Twins.; Volleyball players.; Volleyball.; Wheelchairs; Women air pilots; Women athletes; Women baseball players.; Women gymnasts.; Women gymnasts; Women journalists; Women Olympic athletes.; Women philanthropists; Women physicians; Women physicians; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women scientists; Women soccer players; Women surfers.; Women surgeons.; Women tennis players; Women tennis players; Women with disabilities.; Women's rights; Women; Women; Women; Women; Women; Biography.; Feminism.; Feminists.; Girls.; Homosexuality.; Lesbianism.; Lesbians.; LGBTQ+ people.; Racism.; Sexism.; Sexual minorities.; Transgender identity.; Transgender people.; Transsexual people.; Transsexualism.; Women.; Women's movement.; Womyn.;

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The arbornaut [large print] : a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us / by Lowman, Margaret,author.(CARDINAL)309096; Kim, Na(Illustrator),illustrator.; Earle, Sylvia A.,1935-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)151267;

Foreword / by Sylvia A. Earle -- Ten tips of field biology for every aspiring astronaut -- Prologue: How to see the world tree (and what that means for the forest) -- From wildflower to wallflower : a girl naturalist in rural America -- Becoming a forest detective : first encounter with temperate trees from New England to Scotland -- One hundred feet in the air : finding a way to study leaves in the Australian rain forests -- Who ate my leaves? : tracking -- and discovering! -- Australian insects -- Dieback in the outback : juggling marriage and investigations of gum tree death in Australia's sheep country -- Hitting the glass canopy : how Strangler figs and Tall poppies taught me to survive as a woman in science -- Arbornauts for a week : citizen scientists explore the Amazon jungles -- Tiger tracks, tree leopards, and Vedippala fruits : exporting my toolkit to train arbornauts in India -- A treetop bioblitz : counting 1,659 species in Malysia's tropical forests in ten days -- Building trust between priests and arbornauts : saving the forests of Ethiopia, one church at a time -- Classrooms in the sky -- for everyone! : wheelchairs and water bears in the treetops -- Can we save our last, best forests? : promoting conservation through Mission Green."Welcome to the eighth continent! As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Meg Lowman realized that she couldn't monitor her beloved leaves using any of the usual methods. So she put together a climbing kit: she sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees. Forty years later, Lowman remains one of the world's foremost arbornauts, known as the "real-life Lorax." She planned one of the first treetop walkways and helps create more of these bridges through the eighth continent all over the world. With a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as it is practical in its optimism, The Arbornaut chronicles Lowman's irresistible story. From climbing solo hundreds of feet into the air in Australia's rain forests to measuring tree growth in the northeastern United States, from searching the redwoods of the Pacific coast for new life to studying leaf eaters in Scotland's Highlands, from conducting a BioBlitz in Malaysia to conservation planning in India and collaborating with priests to save Ethiopia's last forests, Lowman launches us into the life and work of a field scientist, ecologist, and conservationist. She offers hope, specific plans, and recommendations for action; despite devastation across the world, through trees, we can still make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change." --

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Large print books.; Lowman, Margaret.; Plant ecologists; Botanists; Women botanists; Rain forest ecology; Forest canopy ecology;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6

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Mathletics : a scientist explains 100 amazing things about the world of sports / by Barrow, John D.,1952-2020.(CARDINAL)331265;

Includes bibliographical references.How Usain Bolt could break his world record with no extra effort -- All-rounders -- The archers -- The flaw of averages -- Going round the bend -- A question of balance -- Anyone for baseball, tennis, or cricket? -- Bayes watch -- Best of three -- High jumping -- Having the right birthday -- Air time -- Kayaking -- Do you need a cox? -- On the cards -- Wheels on fire -- Points scoring -- Diving -- The most extreme sport of all -- Slip slidin' away -- Gender studies -- Physics for ground staff --What goes up must come down -- Left-handers versus right-handers -- Ultimate pole-vaulting -- The return of the Karate Kid -- Leverage -- Reach for the sky -- The marathon -- All that glitters is not gold -- Don't blink first -- Ping-pong is coming home -- A walk on the wild side -- Racing certainties -- What is the chance of being disqualified? -- Rowing has its moments -- Rugby and relativity -- Run rates -- Squash : a very peculiar practice -- Faking it -- A sense of proportion -- Cushioning the blow -- Breaststrokers -- That crucial point -- Throwin' in the wind -- The two-headed league -- What a racket -- Size matters -- A truly weird soccer match -- Twisting and turning -- The wayward wind -- Windsurfing -- Winning medals -- Why are there never world records in women's track and field? -- The zigzag run -- Cinderella sports -- Wheelchair racing -- The equitempered triathlon -- The madness of crowds -- Hydrophobic polyurethane swimsuits -- Modern pentathlon -- Keeping cool -- Wheelchair speeds -- The war on error -- Matters of gravity -- Googling in the Caribbean -- The ice-skating paradox -- Throwing the discus -- Goal differences -- Is the premier league random? -- Fancy gear : does it help? -- Triangles in the water -- The illusion of floating -- The anti-Matthew effect -- Seeding tournaments -- Fixing tournaments -- Wind-assisted marathons -- Going uphill -- Psychological momentum -- Goals, goals, goals -- Total immersion -- The great British soccer team -- Strange but true -- Blade runner -- Pairing people up -- Ticket scalpers -- Skydiving -- Running high -- The archer's paradox -- Bend it like Beckham -- Stop-go tactics -- Diving is a gas -- Spring is in the air -- The toss of the coin -- What sports should be in the Olympics? -- The cat paradox -- Things that fly through the air with the greatest of ease -- Some like it hot -- The bounce of the superball -- Thinking inside the box.A math professor shows how math and physics can offer unexpected insights into the world of sports, from the g-forces experienced by gymnasts during the "giant swing" maneuver to an explanation as to why left-handed boxers have a strategic advantage.

Subjects: Sports; Sports sciences.; Force and energy.;

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