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Lucky couldn’t get Eddie to love him if he paid the Aussie. So why does he keep showing up at all the shifter parties as his plus one when Lucky only invited him to that first one back in September? The man is an Aussie god, but he’s probably straight. Eddie’s careful. He doesn’t get involved with people, and yet things are different when it comes to Lucky. If only he could keep the man separate from his new shifter family, even if Lucky’s the one who introduced him to them. He was there first, even if the man isn’t even a shifter. He is the best friend of the writer. Ever since...

The contrast is striking. As the United States Women’s National soccer team has long dominated the sport—winners of four World Cups and four Olympic gold medals—the men’s team has floundered. They failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and three consecutive Olympics, and have long struggled when facing the world’s best teams. How could a country so dominant in other men’s team sports—and such a global powerhouse in women’s soccer—be so far behind the rest of the world in men’s soccer?

The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once declared "the ideal limit of aquatic sports...is waterskiing". The avid surfer and lavishly credentialed academic philosopher Aaron James vigorously disagrees, and in Surfing with Sartre he intends to expound the thinking surfer's view of the matter, in the process elucidating such philosophical categories as freedom, being, phenomenology, morality, epistemology, and even the emerging values of what he terms "leisure capitalism".

Nuclear war, hurricanes, pandemics, global economic collapse, or the power grid goes down. Name your disaster - you need to be prepared. The best way to be as prepared as possible is to build an emergency bunker. I will teach you how! Then, I’ll explain why you’re likely listening to this book. I'll go in-depth into how to plan, design, build and prepare your emergency shelter. I will cover all aspects so you can find a shelter that meets your needs and living situation.

Nobody's Gonna Die Today is a story that seems too crazy to be true. In this pause-resistant memoir, you will laugh, you will cry, and you will see how life, no matter its condition or circumstance, is always worth fighting for. Matt Branch is a former college athlete who played football at LSU from 2008-2012. In 2018, he was involved in a near death experience that resulted in the amputation of his left leg. This book reveals the details of that story—how his football career at LSU and his faith gave him the foundation to begin the process of turning darkness into light.

Mo Sarda carefully guards his peaceful life from other people’s messy feelings. He co-parents his daughter with no drama, sits quietly at family gatherings, tends to his beloved plants, and volunteers to teach blacksmith skills at the local Folk School. No one seems to get him, except for his family, and that’s completely fine with Mo—there’s no one else he needs. Then along comes Jessica Anderson and her damn crossbow.

In the late 1990s, John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey. Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack's improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save their corks, corrals a brilliant but disorganized partner, and eventually cajoles more than one hundred volunteers who help build the boat until their fingers bleed.

Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history - the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner, and an ego-driven all-star cast that included everyone from slugger Reggie Jackson and All Star catcher Thurman Munson to Cy Young Award winners Sparky Lyle and Catfish Hunter.

Babe Ruth was more than baseball's original superstar. For 85 years, he has remained the sport's reigning titan. He has been named Athlete of the Century...more than once. But who was this large, loud, enigmatic man? In The Big Bam, Leigh Montville brings his trademark touch to this groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the Babe.

If it bleeds…it leads! Golf writer Hacker is now TV golf broadcaster Hacker with a sweet new gig on a national network. He has to learn the ins and outs of televising golf, and how to deal with the hyper-intense executive producer and director, Ben ‘the Assassin’ Oswald, as they get ready to broadcast the PGA Championship, staged at international developer Conrad Gold’s luxury club in upstate New York. And then the bodies begin to pile up. First is a fellow announcer on the crew, then the assistant to Oswald in the control room. So as Hacker trades quips in the booth with Billy Joe ...

La historia y las ideas del director técnico que refundó la selección y logró la primera copa del mundo para la Argentina. Del Huracán del 73 al Barcelona de Guardiola, de Boca y River hasta los clubes mexicanos donde terminó su carrera, de la grieta menottismo versus bilardismo hasta el papel del Flaco en la Scaloneta.

Retrato íntimo de Marcelo Gallardo, único hombre en la historia de River que ganó la Copa Libertadores como jugador y entrenador. ¿Quién es? ¿Qué piensa? ¿Cómo lo hace? Lo cuenta el propio protagonista en un recorrido apasionante por su vida y obra.

This guide is aimed at those wand to learn yachting. It is full of essential information and useful pointers and tips to help get you started. The book is a complete reference for every level of sailor, if you are a beginner and need a straightforward, easy-to-understand guide. This book is the way to learn and develop and refresh your skills. It is the ideal book to keep on board your yacht.

From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of Major League Baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests. Costas answers each problem he cites with an achievable strategy for restoring genuine competition and rescuing fans from the forces that have diluted the sheer joy of the game.

Santiago Lange, uno de los más grandes regatistas mundiales, recorre en detalle su vida; desde su infancia en San Isidro, donde dio sus primeros pasos como navegante, hasta los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro, en los que ganó su primera medalla de oro luego de haberse sometido a una operación de cáncer de pulmón.

Fearless is about how you reclaim life when all feels lost. It’s about learning to reach out for help and healing. It’s about speaking up and the power of sharing our stories. In past years Jelena has dealt with disordered eating and reclaimed her body; she has stood up to body shaming and online abuse. She has faced her mental health demons head-on to find stability in the chaos of life. She has endured a devastating relationship breakdown. This audiobook is about starting at the bottom and building yourself back up.

As transfer deadline day looms, Ander Anaia is about to make the deal of a lifetime. All that stands in his way is a rival agent. Or so he thinks. The Table, a secret cabal of super agents involved in "off-pitch" criminal activities, have other ideas. And they’ve kidnapped his daughter, Joska, as collateral. David Miller is about to make his first serious deal. A deal that would bring Ander’s world crashing down around him. Now Ander must do everything in his power to stop him. Or risk losing the deal—and his daughter.

When Joe Torre was fired as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1995, he thought his career in baseball was over. After more than three decades and 4,200 games as a player and manager, one thing had always eluded him: winning a World Series. He had all but given up his dream when the New York Yankees made him an offer to manage their 1996 club. Encouraged by his wife and others, he accepted, and so began one of the greatest seasons in the fabled history of the New York Yankee franchise.

Sports Romance trifft auf Forbidden Love und Enemies to Lovers – der TikTok-Hype als Hörbuch. Frauenheld und Badboy Zanders lebt seinen Traum: Er spielt in der National Hockey League für Chicago, reist mit seinem Team durchs Land und nimmt fast jeden Abend eine andere Frau mit ins Bett. Für die neue Saison gibt es erstmals eine feste Crew für den Privatjet und damit eine goldene Regel: Finger weg von den Flugbegleiterinnen! Doch das ist hart: Crewmitglied Stevie ist schlagfertig, anders, ihre Art zieht Zanders an und vor allem ihre Kurven bekommt er nicht mehr aus dem Kopf.

Mi once ideal va más allá de lo biográfico y extrae de los éxitos y las caídas del mismo Oribe los principios por los que este jugador ejemplar se ha guiado dentro y fuera de la cancha. En este libro encontrarás una guía y el conocimiento necesario para avanzar paso a paso para cumplir cualquier sueño que desees alcanzar, sin importar cuántas dificultades surjan en el camino.