books by Breakaway Books     books:     Breakaway Books      Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster & Go Farther Carol Goodrow Breakaway Books, 2008 Turn off the TV and channel your energy: RUN and get this book! Carol Goodrow breaks through the finish line with a gold medal finish again! Recommended for grades 1 to 6, this 82-page gem has content stimulating enough for adult readers, yet colorful, clever and charming enough to read to toddlers. The information is ...             The Working Guide to Traditional Small-Boat Sails: A How-to Handbook for Builders and Owners David Nichols Breakaway Books, 2006 A good general resource for the small traditional sailboater I like this book for its enoyable writing style and practical information on the rigging of traditional small wooden boats. The various sails documented are the lovely and functional products of centuries of European and American boating tradition, and what is good in ...             Racing for Recovery: From Addict to Ironman Todd Crandell, John Hanc Breakaway Books, 2006 Todd Crandell is a true inspiration & roll model since his recovery Racing for Recovery: From Addict to Ironman is an inspirational story. How it conveys that if a dream exists, even the darkest depths of addiction can be overcome once you decide to and make the effort to get help. The way Todd Crandell brought himself from these ...             Boatbuilding for Beginners (and Beyond): Everything You Need to Know to Build a Sailboat, a Rowboat, a ... Jim Michalak Breakaway Books, 2002 Honey? Where's the electric screwdriver? So far I've built two of Jim Michalak's boats, including the pirogue that's in this book. And I've cut out the plywood pieces for a third one, a 15-foot canoe. I figure it will take a weekend to put it together stich-and-glue style. The pirogue was a hit with everyone ...             Happy Feet, Healthy Food: Your Child's First Journal of Exercise and Healthy Eating Breakaway Books, 2004 Fight the obesity epidemic where it starts As Amby Burfoot notes in his introduction, we're hearing about the increasingly obese American on a daily basis now, particularly how the problem is starting with our children. Carol Goodrow's solution starts with our children as well, and it is neither overly ...             Training for Mortals: A Runner's Logbook and Source of Inspiration John Bingham, Jenny Hadfield Breakaway Books, 2007 Great programs tailored for the "mortal" runner Last year, I trained and ran a half marathon. Injured myself in the process by going too far too soon - plantar fasciitis. This time I am (hopefully) wiser and going slower with my training this time around. Thank goodness for the practical advice and programs ...             Again to Carthage John L. Parker Jr. Breakaway Books, 2008 Frustrated throughout - until Cedar Mountain I had to put this book down a few times because I did not believe that a sequel to OAR had little to do with running. However, as I was reading about his law practice, his vacation in Bermuda, his lack of relationships and on and on...I realized that this is the ...             Running Through the Wall: Personal Encounters with the Ultramarathon Neal Jamison Breakaway Books, 2003 Great Book I am just getting into marthathons, but see myself running at least a 50 miler. This book is great for giving you real people's experiences with ultras. You truly get a taste of the good, the bad, and the ugly. You begin to understand that you can do far more than ...             Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America Joe Kurmaskie Breakaway Books, 2006 I started bike riding again - Thanks Joe! I was in the middle of another book (a book by Neil Peart - I'm back to it now) when I picked this up -- 3 days later I put it down! Although Joe comes off as a bit of a cynic at times, dealing with life on the road would probably do that to you. The book flows ...             Cheap Outboards: The Beginner's Guide to Making an Old Motor Run Forever Max Wawrzyniak Breakaway Books, 2006 You can save a lot of money with this book I read a review of this book in Messing About it Boats and had to order it. It is a clearly written, easy-to-follow guide to handling one of the last relatively simple machines available to consumers. There are a lot of old outboards around because many of them ...             Small Boats on Green Waters: A Treasury of Good Reading on Coastal and Inland Cruising Breakaway Books, 2007 Much nautical literature focuses on the high seas, circumnavigations, big races, or great ships. Small Boats on Green Waters takes the other tack: It gathers the best writing on small boats-sailboats, canoes, kayaks, and rowboats-having grand adventures on rivers, lakes, and near shore on the ocean. This is for anyone who finds, as Ratty so ...             Becoming an Ironman: First Encounters with the Ultimate Endurance Event Breakaway Books, 2002 Ironman inspiration! This book is filled with the inspiring first-person accounts of Ironman participants. It provides a personal insight into the struggles and aspirations of a wide variety of competitors, from first-time amateurs to seasoned professionals. The stories are compelling and ...             Bannister and Beyond: The Mystique of the Four-Minute Mile Jim Denison Breakaway Books, 2008 A Powerful Insight Into Some Very Fast Men This book is a gem. Jim Denison invites us to hear these remarkable runners tell their side of their first four minute mile. He captures their spirit, philosophies and, occasionally, ego, brilliantly. Some broke four minutes by accident, others to humble an opponent. ...             The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor Breakaway Books, 2001 Spark the Runner in Your Life "The Quotable Runner: Great Moments of Wisdom, Inspiration, Wrongheadedness, and Humor" is a gift book, but for the runner, it is a fun gift. Runners aren't known for effusive Knute Rockne sorts of locker room speeches, or Yogi Berra witticisms, but, as seen here, ...             God on the Starting Line: The Triumph of a Catholic School Running Team and Its Jewish Coach Marc Bloom Breakaway Books, 2007 Bloom's Quest to Make Small School Champs with Interfaith Twist This a very personal real story of an expert on Track and Field (Bloom) and empty nester with a desire to coach the pure running sport of Cross-Country. Remarkably, his only taker in New Jersey is St. Rose, a private Catholic School. Although Jewish, there is a prompt ...          products you might be interested in search for books boatbuilding, four-minute, inspiration, traditional, ultramarathon, wrongheadedness      toavi.com    web we recommend I started bike riding again - Thanks Joe! randomly chosen book: David Busch's Nikon D60 Guide to Digital SLR Photography