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1) Sports cars
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Briefly explores the history of sports cars, highlighting fun facts about their characteristics, their capabilities on and off-road, and the kinds of races and competitions sports cars are used for. Includes a glossary.
2) Sports
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Explores the way STEAM principles are utilized in amateur and professional sports, from understanding how forces affect play, to utilizing technologies in machines, to engineering high-performance garments.
5) Air sports
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Explains some of the world's most extreme air sports.
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Examines a wide number of racial and gender stereotypes spoken about different sports, such as tennis being a white person's sport, or the fact that for a long time women simply did not have much opportunity to play sports at all before Title IX, and profiles players who have broken those stereotypes. Includes a glossary.
11) Sports camp
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Eleven-year-old Riley Liston tries to fit in at Camp Olympia, a summer sports camp where he is one of the youngest boys.
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The ultimate, kid-friendly, resource on sports including: profiles of the biggest names in sports, fun sports trivia, games, contests, amazing action photography, instructional tips from the pros, interactive sports cards, and hilarious Buzz Beamer cartoons. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED KIDS is a great way to encourage kids to read and has won highest honors from the Association of Educational Publishers and the Parents' Choice Awards.
15) Sports cars
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Discusses features of famous models of sports cars, including the Viper, Corvette, Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini.
16) Water sports
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Introduces readers to a variety of water sports, from jet skiing and surfing to white water rafting and bodyboarding. Features color photographs, accessible text, a glossary, further resources, and an index.
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Explores race in sports management past and present, and discusses the importance of diversity, the lack of minority owners, those who have broken the color barrier, and common stereotypes. Includes discussion questions, sidebars, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
20) Sports jokes
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Illustrated book of sports jokes and riddles. Includes resources for further information online.