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Dottir : my journey to becoming a two-time CrossFit Games champion / by Davidsdottir, Katrin,author.; McKernan, Rory,author.;
Dottir is two-time consecutive CrossFit Games Champion Katrin Davidsdottir's inspiring and poignant memoir. As one of only two women in history to have won the title of "Fittest Woman on Earth" twice, Davidsdottir knows all about the importance of mental and physical strength. She won the title in 2015, backing it up with a second win in 2016, after starting CrossFit in just 2011. A gymnast as a youth, Davidsdottir wanted to try new challenges and found a love of CrossFit. But it hasn't been a smooth rise to the top. In 2014, just one year before taking home the gold, she didn't qualify for the Games. She used that loss as motivation and fuel for training harder and smarter for the 2015 Games. She pushed herself and refocused her mental game. Her hard work and perseverance paid off with her return to the Games and subsequent victories in 2015 and 2016. In Dottir, Davidsdottir shares her journey with readers. She details her focus on training, goal setting, nutrition, and mental toughness.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Davidsdottir, Katrin.; CrossFit, Inc.; CrossFit Games.; Women athletes; Physical fitness; Exercise;

Double take / by Keene, Carolyn.; Pamintuan, Macky.;
Reading level : ages 6-9
Subjects: Competition; Lost and found possessions; Detective and mystery stories.;
© c2009., Aladdin Paperbacks,

A killer edition / by Barrett, Lorna,author.;
With her assistant, Pixie, picking up more responsibility around the shop, Tricia Miles suddenly has a lot more time on her hands. Tricia decides to join the local animal-rescue board and enter the Great Stoneham Bake-Off, but neither pans out as smoothly as she'd hoped. Balancing a bake-off that's heating up with a frosty reception from the board, Tricia stops by Joyce Whitman's romance bookstore looking for a book to get her fired up. She stumbles on something hot, but it's an argument between Joyce and her neighbor Vera Osborn instead of a steamy read. When Vera turns up dead in Joyce's garden hours later, Tricia has to wonder--could Joyce be the killer? Or is the culprit still lurking in town? One thing is for sure, someone in Stoneham is stirring up something more sinister than sweet. Tricia is determined to win the cutthroat cooking contest, but first she will have to make sure no one else is in danger of getting burned.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Recipes.; Miles, Tricia (Fictitious character); Murder; Women booksellers; Mystery bookstores; City and town life; Baking;

Robot zombie Frankenstein! / by Simon, Annette(Annette Dauphin);
Two robots engage in a game of one-upmanship.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Robots; Competition (Psychology); Costume; Shapes;
© 2012., Candlewick Press,

Step up. [videorecording] / by Boss, Stephen.; Evigan, Briana.; Gabriel, Misha,1987-; Guzman, Ryan,1987-; Miko, Izabella,1981-; Sevani, Adam G.,1992-; Sie, Trish.; Stoner, Alyson,1993-; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Offspring Entertainment.; Summit Entertainment.;
Stephen Boss, Alyson Stoner, Ryan Guzman, Adam G. Sevani, Briana Evigan, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Izabella Miko.In the next exciting chapter of the international phenomenon Step up, all-stars from previous installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Dance films.; Dance; Dancers; Feature films.; Man-woman relationships; Romance films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Distributed by Entertainment One,

Little cruelties / by Nugent, Liz,author.;
A novel "that delves into the darkness visited upon a family of three working-class Irish brothers, exploring the ways in which families can wreak emotional damage across generations and doom men to give in to their own worst impulses in service to a culture that has abandoned them"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Brothers; Brothers; Sibling rivalry; Competition (Psychology); Families;

eSports superstars / by Pettman, Kevin.;
The world's fasting-growing sport is live video gaming and it's taking on football in terms of popularity and prize money. This book introduces this new global phenomenon, explains how the tournaments work, profiles teams, players and games, and gives all the facts and stats the next generation of fans are waiting for.LSC
Subjects: Video games; Electronic games; Sports;

The Queen's gambit / by Tevis, Walter S.,author.;
Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Chess; Chess; Competition (Psychology); Orphans; Women chess players;

Dying for a cupcake / by Swanson, Denise.;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Sinclair, Devereaux (Fictitious character); Cooking; Murder; Cooks; Variety stores; Storekeepers; Homecoming; Cooks;

Fatal reservations / by Burdette, Lucy.;
Hayley is excited about judging on a cooking show until she realizes that the big shot businessman and owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review is also on the panel, and she investigates his death when he is murdered.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Snow, Hayley (Fictitious character); Restaurateurs; Cooking; Murder; Food writers;