Format:Audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe’s Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opioids to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high schoolContinue reading “Hometown Victory: A Coach’s Story of Football, Fate, and Coming Home”
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Beautiful on the Outside
Format:Audiobook Publisher’s Synopsis:Former Olympic figure skater and self-professed America’s Sweetheart Adam Rippon shares his underdog journey from beautiful mess to outrageous success in this hilarious, big-hearted memoir. Your mom probably told you it’s what on the inside that counts. Well, then she was never a competitive figure skater. Olympic medalist Adam Rippon has been makingContinue reading “Beautiful on the Outside”
Jump!
One got the sense that man had launched himself into the heavens, and only then remembered that he couldn’t float. Daniel EngberJump! Format:Audiobook, included borrow via Amazon Prime, Kindle Unlimited, or Audible Plus. Publisher’s Synopsis:In the first few years of the twentieth century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. This breathtaking true storyContinue reading “Jump!”
Code Name: Lise
I think the Germans are very obedient and very gullible. Their tragedy—and Europe’s—is that they gladly allow themselves to be hoodwinked into believing evil to be good. Odette SansomFrom Code Name: LiseBy Larry Loftis Format:Audiobook. Publisher’s Synopsis:The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in herContinue reading “Code Name: Lise”
The Electricity Fairy
I suppose I am the only person who is known as a dancer but who has a personal preference for Science. Alex MarThe Electricity Fairy Format:Audiobook, included borrow via Amazon Prime. 9/27/2020: It has been added to Audible Plus catalogue. Publisher’s Synopsis:The inspiring true story of Loïe Fuller, a radical nineteenth-century art nouveau icon whoContinue reading “The Electricity Fairy”
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