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81) The bike ride
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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Meet Maudie, a plucky young girl, and her friend Bear, a gentle giant with a heart of gold. In The Bike Ride Maudie's endless planning is as tiring as the bike ride itself.
82) Together we ride
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Told in rhyming text, a young African American girl learns to ride a bike, with the help of her father.
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305 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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"As a teenager, Kate Harris realized that the career she craved--to be an explorer, equal parts swashbuckler and metaphysician--had gone extinct. From what she could tell of the world from small-town Ontario, the likes of Marco Polo and Magellan had mapped the whole earth; there was nothing left to be discovered. Looking beyond this planet, she decided to become a scientist and go to Mars. In between studying at Oxford and MIT, Harris set off by bicycle...
84) Get on your bike
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30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm
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When William and Bobby have a fight, William gets so frustrated he tells Bobby to leave. Bobby does just that, hopping on his bike and furiously riding away. As he travels through the city and into the countryside he begins to calm down. Maybe William had a point after all? Bobby bikes back into town, hoping William will forgive him, and discovers that he's not the only one who wants to apologize.
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Edición actualizada del indispensable libro de Peter Cossins sobre la historia de las grandes clásicas de un día.
El Tour de Francia se lleva la fama, pero son las pruebas de ciclismo de un día las que muchos ciclistas profesionales realmente valoran. Las más duras, largas y sucias de todas son las conocidas como Monumentos, las cinco carreras legendarias que son el equivalente ciclista de los majors de golf o los Grand Slams de tenis. La Milán-Sanremo,...
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In April 2006 the author became the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate Scotland by boat and bike. Setting out on this ultimate adventure from Kirkcudbright on the Solway Firth, Alan sailed around Scotland on a 50-foot yacht to the north-east coast of England. After 16 exhausting days on the yacht, he then cycled 163 miles back to the starting point in Kirkcudbright. The 1000-mile voyage took Alan in the yacht Pegasus to the wild open Atlantic...
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A path through cycling-specific information: slang, cycling stars, equipment, and nicknames The essential A-to-Z compendium of everything there is to know about the bicycle, this sports reference is full of amazing facts and enthralling anecdotes. Numerous entries have been updated for this paperback edition. A world of death-defying feats and obscure mechanical oddities, the nature of cycling is both heroic and geeky, and the perils of vicious dogs...
89) Sobre el deporte
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Además de uno de los más radicales y perdurables autores del cine moderno italiano, poeta, novelista y lúcido pensador, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) fue también tifoso del Bolonia FC el equipo de su ciudad natal y jugador de fútbol amateur Pasolini recuerda como las tardes más bellas de su vida aquellas en las que jugaba durante horas en los Prados de Caprara, en la periferia de Bolonia, de extremo izquierda. Fruto de esta pasión, la presente...
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Plunge down singletrack over the Allegheny Mountains in Maryland, or travel off-road through Virginia's scenic horse and wine country with this fully updated and revised Mountain Biking the Washington, D.C./Baltimore Area. Featuring the greatest off-road bicycle rides of Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., readers will find maps, color photos, GPS coordinates, and much more.
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The essential guide to the Tour de France, Speed Read Tour de France will make you an instant expert on its history, its winners and rivalries, the tactics necessary to win it, and the technology of its bicycles.
Le Tour has sometimes been called "chess on wheels" because of the complicated strategies used by the race's 22 teams and 176 riders. This book-written by award-winning cycling journalist John Wilcockson, who has covered the Tour 45 times-will...
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La intrahistoria del equipo que ha revolucionado el ciclismo mundial con sus innovaciones.
Las bases del llamado 'Ciclismo 2.0' en un apasionante relato que te descubrirá todos los secretos de la escuadra británica.
A finales de los 90, la selección británica de ciclismo en pista inició un proyecto que culminó en Pekín 2008 con el mayor dominio exhibido en la historia olímpica de la especialidad. Uno de sus responsables, Dave Brailsford, se...
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Linda Stager, Wellsboro, PA resident and author takes you on a mile-by-mile, narrated tour of the exceptional 62-mile Pine Creek Rail-Trail.
She shows you landmarks, tells stories about the history of the region and imparts practical advice for a successful trip along this award-winning, multi-purpose trail built along an unused railroad corridor.
Linda, a retired social worker, and human services assistant administrator has lived in Wellsboro,...
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This is the essential state-by-state guide to walking, jogging, biking, and cross-country skiing the finest destinations of New England's rail trail system. This easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of thirty-six of the region's most popular rural and urban rail trails, plus complete listings of its other rail trail offerings, including those in Providence and on Cape Cod. Inside, readers will find: full trail profiles, including length,...
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The Ultraman Triathlon, one of the most remarkable endurance races in the world, is a three-day, 320-mile race that circumnavigates the Big Island of Hawaii. With only 40 competitors allowed in each year, this invitation-only event hosts some of the most superlative athletes on the planet. The Race Within discusses the 30-year history of the sport and race director Jane Bockus, former Pan Am flight attendant who has never done a triathlon, yet has...
97) Lanterne Rouge
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Froome, Wiggins, Mercks-we know the winners of the Tour de France, but Lanterne Rouge tells the forgotten, often inspirational and occasionally absurd stories of the last-placed rider. We learn of stage winners and former yellow jerseys who tasted life at the other end of the bunch; the breakaway leader who stopped for a bottle of wine and then took a wrong turn; the doper whose drug cocktail accidentally slowed him down and the rider who was recognized...
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Los Angeles is home to some of the best paved roads, dirt roads, mountain bike trails, and bike paths. “Best Bike Rides Los Angeles” describes over forty of the most diverse recreational and scenic rides in the Los Angeles area. With most rides between 3 and 50 miles, ranging in altitude from just above sea level along the beaches to over 5,600 feet ascending a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, it's easy to find a ride that suits your tastes....
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For a race as long as the mighty Tour (three weeks of testing the limits of human endurance), to have the ultimate victory decided by a margin of just eight seconds almost boggles the mind. But that's exactly what happened between American legend Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon. And LeMond did it on the final stage, as the two sprinted through down the Champs Elysees. It remains the smallest margin of victory in the Tour's 100+ year history. But as...
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“Best Rail Trails Pacific Northwest” is the complete guide to walking, jogging, biking, and cross-country skiing more than sixty of the best rail trails in one of the most beautiful and geographically varied reaches of America. Written by a local author with expert knowledge of the region, this easy-to-use book provides mile-by-mile descriptions of the most popular rural and urban rail trails in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, plus complete listings...
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