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Serendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that underpinned warnings about the mountain. Those warnings saved thousands of lives when the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history blew apart Mount St. Helens but killed Johnston on the ridge that now bears his name. Melanie Holmes tells the story of Johnston's journey from a nature-loving Boy Scout to a committed geologist.

In With God in Russia, Ciszek reflects on his daily life as a prisoner, the labor he endured while working in the mines and on construction gangs, his unwavering faith in God, and his firm devotion to his vows and vocation. Enduring brutal conditions, Ciszek risked his life to offer spiritual guidance to fellow prisoners who could easily have exposed him for their own gains.

Gone Bush is about a lifetime of walking the backcountry. It tells stories of the eccentric characters he met along the way, some of the 1200 huts he's visited, and his most unforgettable journeys, including his 'long walk home' from deepest Fiordland to the top of Golden Bay. It's also a book about the powerful effects of being in the natural environment, doing what matters and living authentically.

Robert Dean Emslie (1859–1943) spent fifty-six of his eighty-four years in professional baseball—eight as a player and forty-nine as an umpire. When arm problems ended his career as a Major League pitcher, he turned to umpiring, serving in that capacity for thirty-five seasons, then as an umpire supervisor for thirteen years. Emslie endured the rough-and-tumble umpire-baiting 1890s, the Deadball era, injuries from thrown and batted balls, physical and verbal assaults from players and fans, and criticism in the press.

A wild bull on the field, a fly ball caught by a train conductor, a pitcher taking the mound barefoot—Minor League Baseball has been played across the country in cities large and small for more than a century, and there are thousands of entertaining and improbable stories to tell from it.

Hansons Marathon Method lays out the smartest marathon training program available from one of the most accomplished running groups in the world. Using their innovative approach, runners will mold real marathon muscles, train their body to never hit the wall, and prepare to run their fastest marathon.

Collectively, Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams have won more than 2,300 games and six national championships and reached thirteen Final Fours. Before Pitino became the face of the Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville programs, before Calhoun turned UConn into a national power, and before Williams brought Maryland to its first national championship, these coaches cut their teeth in front of modest-sized crowds in college gymnasiums of Boston during the '70s and '80s. Boston Ball charts how this trio of coaches, seemingly out of nowhere, started a basketball revolution

In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a relaxing trip, a chance to "read thick books in the remote quiet and, not least, sleep to my heart's content," but when Christiane arrives she is shocked to realize that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, battling the elements every day, just to survive.

With no camping or RV experience, author Sue Ann Jaffarian decided to chuck her life in Los Angeles for a life on the road in a van. Newly retired from her long-time career as a paralegal, she got rid of most of her belongings, packed up her laptop, and embraced a new adventure of traveling the country and writing full-time, adding travel writing to her career as a popular mystery novelist. Not always sunshine and unicorns, her experiences gave her more self-reliance, a new appreciation of nature, and a love for the quirky, interesting, and thought-provoking.

Is now the time for you to start running? In a comedic and self-deprecating approach, Lessons from Running will help show you how to start and keep you motivated to keep running. If you are a new or beginner runner, this book will help you choose the right shoes and clothes, as well help you set goals for better success.

Sage advice distilled from a Hall of Fame coach’s years of interactions and astute observations, this straight-to-the-point guidebook for parents of young athletes describes how to support your child’s journey to their dreams and capture their heart.

In 1955, the AP thrummed with the news of Lulu Bell Parr's death. The incongruity of her final years as a pauper in a shack with her time as a Wild West star could not be ignored. Then, she was forgotten. Nearly fifty years later, small town history buffs stumbled upon her unmarked grave and set out to give her the recognition she deserved. They raised over seven thousand dollars, erected a monument on her grave (with a parade through town and celebration), and then went on to have her inducted in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

More tales from the road, told by full-time traveler Colin Wright. An unexpected relationship turns into an unconventional adventure that spans Reykjavík, Kolkata, and the vast highway system of the United States.

Regain your independence, mobility, balance, and achieve weight loss in just 10 minutes a day with a straightforward 28-day program—all from the comfort of your chair! Are you over 60 and seeking an accessible, low-impact exercise routine that could restore your mobility, independence, and zest for life? Have you ever felt overwhelmed by conventional fitness methods, scared about injuries, or given up on your physical fitness due to limited mobility or chronic pain?

Im zweiten Teil ihrer Schweden-Dilogie erzählt Tine Nell eine wunderschöne Enemies-to-lovers-Romance. Die quirlige Liv lebt in Stockholm und liebt ihre Arbeit als Touristenführerin. Zweimal im Jahr verbringt sie Auszeiten bei ihrer Tante Edda in der Kleinstadt Nora. Bei ihrem letzten Besuch hat sie Cai geküsst, den sie eigentlich nicht leiden kann. Diesmal muss sie ihren Aufenthalt in Nora unfreiwillig verlängern. Sie braucht einen Übergangsjob und bekommt ihn ausgerechnet im Elchpark, den Cai betreibt. Er ist abweisend und scheint wegen Livs fluchtartigen Verschwindens nach dem Kuss verärgert zu sein.

In 1999, the bestselling video game Tony Hawk’sPro Skater was released, and a new generation was exposed to skateboarding culture right in their very own homes. Kids and adults alike could now spend hours playing as actual skateboarders, learning the vernacular, listening to the music skateboarders loved, and having fun onscreen before trying to skate IRL in the driveway.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

A comprehensive guide for in-home fitness for seniors. Detailed information about health and fitness for seniors including example routines.

Operated on as an infant, without anesthesia, Wendy P. Williams began life at war with her body. There were tubes everywhere, in and out of every opening, her mother reminded her on every anniversary of her surgery. Autobiography of a Sea Creature takes listeners on Williams’ difficult sensory journey toward healing, as she communes along the way with horseshoe crabs, dolphins, and other marine life that taught her the restorative power of beauty, resilience, and interdependence.

La biografía del campeón y fenómeno mundial de Fórmula 1. Max Verstappen es la nueva y sensacional estrella de la Fórmula 1. Nacido en el seno de una familia automovilista, empezó a correr en karts a los 4 años y, en 2015, menos de seis meses después de su decimoséptimo aniversario, se convirtió en el piloto más joven en sentarse al volante de un Fórmula 1. Tras su primera victoria en Grandes Premios en 2016, se convirtió en candidato al título mundial, corona que se ciñó por fin con la escudería Red Bull en 2021 y nuevamente en 2022.