Ryan Hall
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From the fastest American-born marathoner of all time, here is an intimate, day-by-day account of what it takes-physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually-to be one of the best in the world. This journal chronicles Ryan Hall's 14-week preparation for the 2010 Boston Marathon, providing practical insights into the daily regimen of someone training at the absolute peak of human performance. It also reveals the spiritual journey of an elite athlete...
2) Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720–1877
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For the better part of two centuries, between 1720 and 1877, the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people controlled a vast region of what is now the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains. As one of the most expansive and powerful Indigenous groups on the continent, they dominated the northern imperial borderlands of North America. The Blackfoot maintained their control even as their homeland became the site of intense competition between white fur traders, frequent...
3) The 41st Day
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For five years we follow Ryan Hall, America's top marathoner, through athletic and spiritual redefinition as what once defined him began to elude him.
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Ryan Hall is an Olympic athlete and American record holder in the half marathon (59:43). But as a kid, Ryan hated running. He wanted nothing to do with the sport until one day, he felt compelled to run the 15 miles around his neighborhood lake. He was hooked. Starting that day, Ryan felt a God-given purpose in running. He knew he could, and would, race with the best runners in the world and that his talent was a gift to serve others. These two truths...
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Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Follow the adventures of David and his best friends as they discover a lost dinosaur egg in their grandfathers [sic] house! Along for the ride is the threatening game hunter Jackson Snide who will stop at nothing to have a baby velociraptor hatchling in his private collection of rare discoveries!"--Container.