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18th & Grand. by DeBro, Stephen,film director.; Enberg, Dick,actor.; LeBell, Gene,actor.; Ellroy, James,actor.; Cesar Chavez, Julio,actor.; Van Doren, Mamie,actor.; Piper, Roddy,actor.; Stadium Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Dick Enberg, Gene LeBell, James Ellroy, Julio Cesar Chavez, Mamie Van Doren, Roddy PiperOriginally produced by Stadium Media in 2021.The Olympic Auditorium was a hub of visceral entertainment for generations, with heroes and villains who often came from the neighborhoods of Southern California and Mexico. Told through the voices of wrestlers, boxers, skaters, and punk rockers, 18th & GRAND dynamically recalls the larger-than-life characters who captured the imagination of the city and the world.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; Violence.; California.; Biography.; Olympics.; Boxing.; Mexico.; Athletes.;
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The dictator's muse / by Farndale, Nigel,author.;
It is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler's grip on power tightens, preparations are being made for the Berlin Olympics. Leni Riefenstahl is the pioneering, sexually liberated star film-maker of the Third Reich. She has been chosen by Hitler to capture the Olympics on celluloid but is about to find that even his closest friends have much to fear. Kim Newlands is the English athlete 'sponsored' by the Blackshirts and devoted to his mercurial, socialite girlfriend Connie. He is driven by a desire to win an Olympic gold but to do that he must first pretend to be someone he is not. Alun Pryce is the Welsh communist sent to infiltrate the Blackshirts. When he befriends Kim and Connie, his belief that the end justifies the means will be tested to the core. Through her camera lens and memoirs, Leni is able to manipulate the truth about what happens when their fates collide at the Olympics. But while some scenes from her life end up on the cutting room floor, this does not mean they are lost forever ...
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Riefenstahl, Leni; Olympic Games 1936 : Berlin, Germany); Athletes; Communists; Fascists; Women motion picture producers and directors;
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September 5 [videorecording] / by Binder, Moritz,screenwriter.; David, Alex,screenwriter.; Benesch, Leonie,1991-actor.; Chaplin, Ben,actor.; Fehlbaum, Tim,1982-film director.; Magaro, John,1983-actor.; Sarsgaard, Peter,actor.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.;
Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch.September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage. Through this lens, September 5 provides a powerful new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Historical films.; Feature films.; Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad; Israel. Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali; Olympic Games 1972 : Munich, Germany); Athletes; Jewish athletes; Hostages; Israelis; Journalism; Broadcast journalism; Terrorism;
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The hard parts : a memoir of courage and triumph / by Masters, Oksana,author.; Randall, Cassidy,author.;
The United States' most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-countryskiing, and road cycling competitions.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Masters, Oksana.; Paralympic Games.; Athletes with disabilities; Intercountry adoption; Intercountry adoption;
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The heart is the strongest muscle : know your why and take your mindset from great to unstoppable / by Toomey, Tia-Clair,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.'Atomic Habits' meets CrossFit in 'The Heart is the Strongest Muscle', in which legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete Tia Toomey shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals. Toomey addresses the challenges and rewards of being a woman in sport and she talks about how physical fitness is only a small part of overall strength: more important is building mental toughness.
Subjects: Biographies.; Self-help publications.; Personal narratives.; Toomey, Tia-Clair.; Athletes; Change (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Success.;
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Dialed in : do your best when it matters most / by Sinclair, Dana,author.;
"For readers of Atomic Habits and Grit, a top performance psychologist, who has coached elite athletes, surgeons, and business leaders, shares her proven plan to getting the best results when the pressure is on. For more than twenty years, Dr. Dana has worked with the best of the best to improve results, from MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL teams to IndyCar drivers and Olympic athletes. She helps performers of all stripes shift their focus and deliver their best in the high-pressure moments that define greatness. But her methods also work for students and teachers, business leaders and managers, and anyone motivated to improve. Her approach is simple: figure out what gets in your way, develop actions to address it in the moment, and then stick to the plan. It's not about how you feel, it's about what you do! Now, for the first time, her method to improve performance is available to everyone"--
Subjects: Achievement motivation.; Positive psychology.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-realization.; Stress management.;
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One life / by Rapinoe, Megan,1985-author.; Brockes, Emma,author.;
The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements, and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Rapinoe, Megan, 1985-; Women soccer players; Soccer players;
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Playing the long game : a memoir / by Sinclair, Christine,1983-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
For the first time in depth and in public, Olympic soccer gold-medalist Christine Sinclair, the top international goal scorer of all time and one of Canada's greatest athletes, reflects on both her exhilarating successes and her heartbreaking failures. 'Playing the Long Game' is a book of earned wisdom on the value of determination and team spirit, and on leadership that changed the landscape of women's sport. Sinclair was born and raised in Burnaby, BC.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Sinclair, Christine, 1983-; Soccer players; Women soccer players;
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Girl Runner A Novel [electronic resource] : by Snyder, Carrie.aut; cloudLibrary;
Girl Runner is the story of Aganetha Smart, a former Olympic athlete who was famous in the 1920s, but now, at age 104, lives in a nursing home, alone and forgotten by history. For Aganetha, a competitive and ambitious woman, her life remains present and unfinished in her mind. When her quiet life is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of two young strangers, Aganetha begins to reflect on her childhood in rural Ontario and her struggles to make an independent life for herself in the city. Without revealing who they are, or what they may want from her, the visitors take Aganetha on an outing from the nursing home. As ready as ever for adventure, Aganetha’s memories are stirred when the pair return her to the family farm where she was raised. The devastation of WWI and the Spanish flu epidemic, the optimism of the 1920s and the sacrifices of the 1930s play out in Aganetha’s mind, as she wrestles with the confusion and displacement of the present. Part historical page-turner, part contemporary mystery, Girl Runner is an engaging and endearing story about family, ambition, athletics and the dedicated pursuit of one’s passions. It is also, ultimately, about a woman who follows the singular, heart-breaking and inspiring course of her life until the very end.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Biographical; Sports;
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Ordinary love / by Rutkoski, Marie,author.;
"A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and bisexuality, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at her first love. Emily has, by all appearances, a beautiful life: a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side, two healthy children, and a husband who showers her with attention. But the truth is more complicated: Emily's marriage is in trouble, her relationship with her parents is fraught, and she is still nursing a heartbreak from long ago. When Emily runs into her high school best friend, Gen, at a cocktail party, that heartbreak comes roaring back. But Gen Hall is no longer the lanky, hungry kid with holes in her shoes who Emily loved in her youth. Instead, Gen is now a prominent Olympic athlete with sponsorship deals and a string of high-profile ex-girlfriends. Emily and Gen circle one another cautiously, both drawn together by a magnetic attraction and scarred by their shared history. Once upon a time, Gen knew everything about Emily. And yet, she still abandoned her. Can Emily trust Gen again? Can they forgive each other for mistakes they made in their youth? Can Emily risk her children, her privacy, and the fragile peace she has found with her family just to be with a woman she loved long ago? A sweeping queer romance, Ordinary Love is the beautiful, wrenching, completely seductive story of two people trying to forge a path through fear, bound by a love they discovered when they were too young to understand its power"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Ambition; Bisexuality; First loves; Lesbians; Social classes; Woman-woman relationships;
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