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Pushing the limits. Extreme sports vigorously test the limits of an individual's strength, agility, and courage. One's adversary in these sports is not another athlete but the forces of nature, particularly gravity. Extreme Sports celebrates the wild world of high adrenaline sports with concise profiles of forty-one sports. The sports range from bungee jumping to whitewater rafting. Each sport is described with lively text and illustrated with dynamic action photography. The sports featured in Extreme Sports are organized alphabetically in three major sections: - Nine Air Sports: BASE jumping, ballooning, hang gliding, sky diving, sky surfing, etc. - Seventeen Land Sports: Ice climbing, ice yachting, mountain boarding, skateboar [More..] | |
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Stimulate reading excitement with nonfiction crafted for middle-level readability This best-selling series motivates with high-interest selections at middle-level readability Emphasis is on reading nonfiction Critical thinking questions prepare students for state and national tests The Wild Side, a perennial favorite among struggling readers, mesmerizes with astonishing tales of true-life adventures. One appreciative teacher notes: "I have difficulty removing the books from their hands at the end of the period!" Comprehension questions reinforce literal understanding, while critical thinking questions encourage students to consider the author's purpose, make inferences, identify cause and effect, and make predictions. With all t [More..] | |
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Students and extreme sport enthusiasts will not only learn about the sports themselves, but also about the techniques, innovations, engineering, and physics behind them. How do ice yachters achieve speeds of up to 150 MPH? What does take to become a pro snowboarder? Other parts of the encyclopedia highlight key areas of study, such as extreme sports and the media, the controversies surrounding, and the impact of extreme sports on our culture. A resource guide of print and electronic sources, competitions, organizations offers students an insider's guide to all things extreme.Inside readers will discover BASE (Building, Antenna tower, Span, Earth) Jumping. What's more dangerous than leaping off of a tall building? Jumping off a structure tha [More..] | |
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Dare to read the extreme! The Ultimate Sports Extreme Reader explores the world of extreme sports – in water, on land, and in air! This unique level 3 nonfiction reader for grades 1 and 2 learners will help them explore reading on their own. Dramatic photographs, graphic illustrations, and an amazing “Extreme Facts” list will keep them turning the page. The fact-based approach also makes this book a valuable resource. Children will love to learn to read when given this Extreme Reader! The best-selling Extreme Readers is an exciting series for early readers to explore reading on their own. Th [More..] | |
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Often challenging, sometimes dangerous, but always thrilling, extreme sports have become high profile. While taking a sport to its highest degree of intensity offers incredible exhilaration, it also requires extraordinary daring. This wall calendar features gripping action photography of extreme sports such as rock climbing, ice climbing, paragliding, kayaking, and motocross, among others. [More..] | |
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In this personal narrative, former couch potato Michael Bane begins an incredible journey that takes him from the abyss to the highest, storm-swept mountains and, ultimately, changes his life forever. Bane's insights have come from participating in such high-risk sports as mountaineering and cave diving. [More..] | |
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