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Una McCormack's The Undefeated is a thrilling space opera adventure featuring a no holds barred heroine on the front lines of an intergalactic war...
She was a warrior of words.
As a journalist she exposed corruption across the Interstellar Commonwealth, shifting public opinion and destroying careers in the process.
Long-since retired, she travels back to the planet of her childhood, partly through a sense of nostalgia, partly to avoid running...
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For three perfect seasons (1954-1956), the Oklahoma Sooners won every football game they played - home or away - and over the course of five years they won 47 straight games. This awesome record was the product of a genius and masterful coach named Bud Wilkinson and the spirited young men he led. The Undefeated will detail all the thrilling action on the field during this record winning streak, but it will also reveal all the behind-the-scenes tumult...
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As bareknuckle fighting is poised to steal MMA's spotlight, its greatest modern-day champion tells his story of rising to the top in the brutal sport.
Steeped in the tradition of his Irish Traveller ancestry, Bartley Gorman also embraced its dangerous subculture: bareknuckle fighting. Though it gave birth to boxing as we know it today, the sport has remained underground-and illegal in most developed countries. But that didn't stop Gorman from rising...
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"[Freeman is] an excellent storyteller. "-Sports IllustratedThe 1972 Miami Dolphins, under the expert leadership of legendary coach Don Shula, remain to this day the only team in the National Football League ever to enjoy a perfect season with no defeats and no ties. Now, 40 years after sports history was made, acclaimed sports writer Mike Freeman celebrates the Dolphins' singular achievement in Undefeated. A riveting story filled with heartbreaking...
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When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.
The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea-all when he was still just a teenager. By the time of his death at age 32, he had amassed an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River and...
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"Single mother of five, entrepreneur, and producer/creator of Basketball Wives, Shaunie Henderson (formerly Shaunie O'Neal, ex-wife of Shaquille O'Neal) opens up about finding love and partnership; gives advice for raising strong, smart, grounded Black children in today's world; and reveals how she defined her career and herself, all on her own terms. This inspirational memoir will appeal to Basketball Wives fans, Black moms, and all women who are...
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Get your game on in the second installment of the Dungeons & Dragons Harper Chapters series! This 96-page early chapter book features full-color art throughout.
When it comes to every monster's favorite game, Goreball, Zelli and the Danger Club are no match against the undefeated Waterdeep dragons. When all hope seems lost for the gang of misfits, an unlikely new friend steps up to teach them how to unlock their hidden talents.
Zelli and her friends...
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The Fernwood Valley Fuzzies have a baseball game set with the undefeated and impeccable Geartown Clankees. The Clankees perform like well-oiled machines…mainly because they are robots in disguise just wanting to fit in and feel the love of good sportsmanship deep inside their gears. It's a battle of bolts, brawn, and stamina as the Fuzzies must keep up with their robotic counterparts if they are to win the game. With their rookie, Blossom Honey...
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2020
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The Fernwood Valley Fuzzies have a baseball game set with the undefeated and impeccable Geartown Clankees. The Clankees perform like well-oiled machines...mainly because they are robots in disguise just wanting to fit in and feel the love of good sportsmanship deep inside their gears. It's a battle of bolts, brawn, and stamina as the Fuzzies must keep up with their robotic counterparts if they are to win the game. With their rookie, Blossom Honey...
11) Shadows of Silver: Legends of the Track: Untold Stories of Exceptional Racehorses and Their Legacy
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Unleash the thundering hooves of racing's most captivating legends in "Shadows of Silver: Legends of the Track."Step into the world of horse racing where history, courage, and the allure of the track converge in tales that will grip your heart and ignite your passion for the sport. From the mysterious mystique of white and grey-coated racehorses to their enduring legacies, every page is a journey into the heart of equine greatness.Meet Phar Lap, the...
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In this inspiring memoir, undefeated five-time world champion boxer Andre Ward-aka "Son of God"-shares the gripping narrative of his unforgettable career, his rock-solid faith, and why boxing was never the biggest fight of his life.
Andre Ward was the undefeated middle weight boxing champion of the world when he walked away from the ring and did not look back. Now that he has taken off his gloves for the final time, the Olympic gold medalist is ready...
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An affectionate satire of the culture of self-indulgence, The Final Days of Great American Shopping exposes the American obsessions with money, mass marketing, and material objects. In Belladonna, a gated subdivision in upstate South Carolina, readers meet acolorful cast of characters doing their best to buy happiness in a series of sixteen closely linked stories from the past, present, and future. Whether speed dating, test driving cars, upsizing...
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This is a unique selection of wide-ranging experiences of British and Commonwealth Bomber Command aircrew during World War II. Their endearing bravery and fortitude and sometimes their despondency and cynicism, shows through in these stirring, daring, often irreverent, humorous and sometimes sardonic but memorable stories. All reflect the ethos, camaraderie, fear and bravery of the largely ordinary men, most of whom were plucked from civvy street...
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Freddie Steinmark was starting safety for the undefeated University of Texas Longhorns in 1969. In the thrilling "Game of the Century," a come-from-behind victory against Arkansas that ensured Texas the National Championship, Steinmark played with pain in his left leg. Two days later, X-rays revealed a cancerous bone tumor so large that it seemed a miracle Steinmark could walk, let alone play football. Within a week of the Arkansas game, his leg was...
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"When it comes to every monster's favorite game, Goreball, Zelli and the Danger Club are no match against the undefeated Waterdeep dragons. When all hope seems lost for the gang of misfits, an unlikely new friend steps up to teach them how to unlock their hidden talents"--
17) Undefeated
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You're innocent, but you just spent 5 years in prison. Would you be okay with never learning the truth?Xander Reinerman barely made it out of prison alive. Someone framed him for steroid sales and drugging his university soccer players. Now he's out to show the world especially his family that he isn't the monster the media made him out to be. Doing that in a new town with no money, no friends, and a felon record will take every weapon in his arsenal...
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Dive into 'Undefeated Hearts,' a riveting tale where love's resilience is tested against shattered dreams. Follow Dianna Lopez and Daryl Gauthier as their promise of a forever crumbles with a devastating text message. Yet, as fate would have it, the threads of their lives intertwine once more through Ezra, a young boy whose admiration for his hockey idol, Daryl, reveals long-buried truths and kindles a quest for redemption.Set against the electrifying...
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A nineteenth-century family saga set during the Irish potato famine, in which a young woman must marry and emigrate to England to make a new life.
Maggie is sixteen years old and barely keeping her family alive in the throes of the Irish famine. As her mother is on her deathbed, Maggie is pressed to accept a proposal from their neighbor, Jack. With few options beyond marry or starve, Maggie weds Jack and they travel from their home in County...
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In 1943, the West Point basketball team, the Cadets, had only managed a 5-10 record, and for the 1944 season, coach Ed Kelleher's hopes of reversing Army's fortunes rested on his five starters. They consisted of three seniors-team captain "Big Ed" Christl, John "Three Star" Hennessey, and class president Bobby Faas-and two juniors, Dale Hall and Doug Kenna.
As the new season opened in January of 1944, Kelleher's strategy paid handsome dividends....