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Tumbling After: Pedaling Like Crazy After Life Goes Downhill
Susan Parker
Crown, 2002
Susan, keep up the good work please.
I am sorry it took me so long to discover this book. I have been a fan of Ms. Parker since I first began reading her columns in the SF Chronicle. This book is one of those you want to read slowly so that it lasts longer but find you can't put it down. Susan has a ...
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Downhill All The Way: An Autobiography Of The Years 1919 To 1939
Leonard Woolf
Harvest Books, 1989
Leonard Woolf's recollections of his life with Virginia Woolf during the years when she wrote her major novels; also an account of the growth of the Hogarth Press, as well as portraits of Sigmund Freud, T. S. Eliot, and others. "There is a lucid probity in Leonard Woolf's writing" (Leon Edel, Saturday Review). Index; photographs.
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Downhill: Life Cycle of a Gravity Goddess, The
Marla Streb
Plume, 2003
Goddess finds way along the bikepath
"Until I started down this path I was lost". So Marla Streb begins "The Life Story of a Downhill Gravity Goddess." Anybody, who's maybe lived a little bit, poked around in the dark for more years than necessary, doing what never felt right in the first place, will ...
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The Essential Cross-Country Skier
Rick Lovett, Paul Petersen
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1999
Good Beginning
I am finding this book an excellent one for someone who has been away from the sport for years, having been a novice in the past. Have just recently decided to renew this interest and the book is providing good guidelines for me.
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Performance Skiing: Training and Techniques to Make You a Better Alpine Skier
George Thomas
Stackpole Books, 1992
Excellent book on training
I ordered this book because I am looking for training tips for my son -a young ski racer. The book is 80% devoted to training excercises, both on/off snow. The author is correct that the new shaped skiis have little effect on the validity of the training taught ...
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It's All Downhill From Here (For Better Or for Worse Collection)
Lynn Johnston
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1987
It Hasn't Been Downhill
This book was first released in 1987 and I really don't think there's been any downhill in the quality of work Lynn does.
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
Carl Hiaasen
Knopf, 2008
nostalgia
Hiassen's recollections of golf with his father and golf with his young son struck a nostalgic chord. It seems that he knew he was being a real pain sometimes with his dad but at this point he cherishes the memory of Sundays playing golf with dad--- and then he enjoys ...
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It's All Downhill From Here (How I Survived Middle School)
Nancy Krulik
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2009
It's wintertime at Joyce Kilmer Middle School, and everyone is thrilled when school is closed because of a huge snowstorm. Everyone except Jenny, that is! Addie's mom has to work, so Addie's spending the day at Jenny's house. Jenny's stuck hanging out with her former BFF while her friends all go sledding. Thinking about the upcoming ...
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Alpine Ski Maintenance and Repair
Seth Masia
Contemporary Books, 1987
good chapter on maintenance; not much on repair
Technicals: about 140 pages, about 60 of them about maintenance (tuning) of skis, 20 pages on boot fit and maintenance, 15 pages on bindings, and about 5 on poles and goggles. Impression: the section on ski tuning and repair is very good, extensively illustrated and ...
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Colorado Weddings: A Winning Match/Downhill/The Wedding Planner (Heartsong Novella Collection)
JOYCE LIVINGSTON
Barbour Publishing, Inc, 2007
Contemporary Romance: Three Colorado career women are determined that old ways - even those that have failed - are safer than facing change and romance.Shelly would rather fail as a single parent than let a handsome stranger work with her troubled son. Stormi will quit her job and leave town before renewing friendship with an old love. Tula will ...
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Skiing and Snowboarding Fitness: Reach Your Potential on the Slopes
Mark Hines
Firefly Books, 2007
A valuable guide to pre -season training. Proper training and conditioning are the best safeguards for an enjoyable and injury-free holiday of skiing or snowboarding. Unlike most sports, skiing and snowboarding put huge demands on both body and mind. A momentary lapse in coordination, concentration, flexibility or reflexes can lead to ...
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Downhill Challenge (Game on)
Stephen D. Smith, Lise Caldwell
Standard Publishing Company, 2006
Great Book!
This book is a great one for kids who are in the flow of the cool kids and trying to go in an oposite direction. It shows that you schould really follow your dreams and who knows? You might be famous for it one day.
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Downhill Chance: A Novel
Donna Morrissey
Mariner Books, 2003
she did it again!!!!!!!
2 for 2, her first novel "Kits Law" had me "up all night". Now "Downhill Chance" did the same.
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Cross-Country Downhill and Other Nordic Mountain Skiing Techniques
Steve Barnett
Pacific Search Press, 1983
The original book of XC downhill techniques
Barnett's book was the first to describe the downhill techniques- noteably the Telemark turn- to the modern generation of XC skiers. It was written long befor ethe current crop of edged "Telemark" skis, plastic boots and heavy cable bindings, which is an advantage, as ...
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DOWNHILL LIES
Robert Mulshine
1st Books Library, 2003
Not about Golf: Gripping, Entertaining and Gut Wrenching
I purchased this book purely on impulse as I knew nothing about the author or the story in advance. From the first paragraph on, this book grabbed me and captivated me through a story that is unpredictable but completely believable. Mulshine's gift for distilling his ...
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