Swimming Giants

Swimming Giants

Author: Monica Hughes

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2007-08

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1597165425

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Provides information about enormous reptiles who swam the seas during the dinosaur age.


Swimming with Giants

Swimming with Giants

Author: Anne Collet

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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In Swimming with Giants, Anne Collet describes the power and majesty of being close to some of nature's most magnificent creatures. Combining science with a sense of adventure, she conveys the sheer excitement of her work, from riding the tail of a white whale to saving animals harmed by drift nets or toxic spills.


Flying Giants

Flying Giants

Author: Monica Hughes

Publisher: Bearport Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1597165417

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Introduces the physical characteristics and diet of eudimorphodon and similar winged dinosaurs.


Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks

Author: Heather Lang

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2016-12-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0807521884

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2017 Amelia Bloomer List, Early Readers Nonfiction This picture book biography follows the life of Eugenie Clark, the Japanese-American scientist, researcher, and diver, who became famous as "The Shark Lady" for her groundbreaking discoveries about shark behavior. Before Eugenie Clark's groundbreaking research, most people thought sharks were vicious, blood-thirsty killers. From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Japanese-American Eugenie was enthralled. Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water. After she became a scientist—an unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940s—she began taking research dives and training sharks, earning her the nickname "The Shark Lady."


Open Fantasy

Open Fantasy

Author: Anthony Uyl

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-08-14

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1988297117

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The crawling dungeon awaits. Dark terrors lurk within its depths that need brave adventurers to go and clean out. In Open Fantasy you can take the role of a wide variety of non-class based characters to clean out as many dark and dangerous places as your heart may desire. Of course the game master may have something to say about this, depending on whether youOve bribed her with enough soda and chips tonight. Open Fantasy is an OpenD6 system that allows for great flexibility and character building options. Literally anything is possible within the options listed within these pages, the only limiting factor is your own imagination along with the dungeon your game master builds for you to explore."


Just Add Water

Just Add Water

Author: Katie Ledecky

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-06-11

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1668060221

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New York Times Bestseller A candid and inspiring memoir from Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and one of the best swimmers ever to compete: Katie Ledecky. Katie Ledecky has won more individual Olympic races than any female swimmer in history. She is a three-time Olympian, a seven-time gold medalist, a twenty-one-time world champion, eight-time NCAA Champion, and a world record-holder in individual swimming events. Time and again, the question is posed to her family, her coaches, and to her—what makes her a champion? Now, for the first time, she shares what it takes to compete at an elite level. Again and again, Ledecky has broken records: those of others and, increasingly, her own. She is both consistent and innovative—consistent at setting goals and shattering them, and innovative in the way she approaches her training. A true competitor, she sets her goals by choosing the ones that feel the scariest. But, crucially, she never sacrifices the joy of competition, even in the face of adversity. Her positive mental outlook and a great support system provides the springboard to her success. Just Add Water charts Ledecky’s life in swimming. It details her start in Bethesda, Maryland, where she played sharks and minnows and first discovered the joy of the pool; her early foray into the Olympics at the tender age of fifteen where, as the youngest member of the American team, she stunned everyone by winning her first gold medal; her time balancing competition and her education at Stanford University; how she developed a champion’s mindset that has allowed her to persevere through so many meets, even under intense pressure; and how she has maintained her dominance in a sport where success depends on milliseconds. You learn how every element of her life—from the support of her family to the tutelage of her coaches, from her childhood spent in summer league swimming to the bright lights of Olympic pools in London, Rio, and Tokyo—set her up to become the champion she is. In the end, Katie’s story is about testing yourself against the difficult, and seeing who you become on the other side.


Breakthrough Swimming

Breakthrough Swimming

Author: Cecil M. Colwin

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2002-02-20

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1492585009

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Never before has one book taken such a comprehensive look at the evolution, science, and coaching application of competitive swimming. In Breakthrough Swimming, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques. Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you’ll also gain these valuable skills: • Improve your stroke technique, starts, and turns. • Improve your feel of the water by learning to anticipate and effectively manipulate the reacting flow of the water. • Understand the hydrodynamics of swimming and learn how water reacts to the forces you apply with each swimming stroke. • Improve your conditioning and develop a better training program by understanding the principles of training. • Learn how to design different types of workouts to produce specific physiological effects. • Learn how to plan a seasonal program and how to relate your training to the pace of the race you intend to swim. The book includes a chapter contributed by Dr. David Pyne, sport physiologist to the 2000 Australian Olympic swimming team. Pyne covers the physiology of modern swimming training and the preparation of swimming teams for top-flight international competition. Breakthrough Swimming covers every aspect of competitive swimming from its spawning ground in early 19th-century England to the present day, including the profound changes that occurred in the last decade of the 20th century. The book also explains the societal changes of recent years, such as the advent of professional swimming and the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. Combining history with the latest innovations, Breakthrough Swimming is the definitive work on the past, present, and future of competitive swimming.


The Monsters: A Doc Savage Adventure

The Monsters: A Doc Savage Adventure

Author: Lester Bernard Dent

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-08-16

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Monsters: A Doc Savage Adventure" by Lester Bernard Dent. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.


All About Asian Giant Water Bugs

All About Asian Giant Water Bugs

Author: Josh Barrer

Publisher: EZ Readers

Published: 2023-06-11

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 1545758107

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Just how big do Giant Water Bugs get? Where do they live? How do they catch animals like fish, salamanders, and snakes? Find out the answers to these questions and more in All About Asian Giant Water Bugs. You’ll also find amazing photos that bring you up close to these gigantic insects. Giant Water Bugs is one of six books in our Insects Around the World series. Be sure to check out all six to learn more about the fascinating bugs that live in our world.