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1) Murderball
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 86 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documents the personal stories and fierce competition of American and Canadian wheelchair rugby players as they struggle toward the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The United States' most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-countryskiing, and road cycling competitions.
Oksana was born in Ukraine-- in the shadow of Chernobyl. She was born with one kidney, a partial stomach, six toes on each foot, webbed fingers, no right bicep,...
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
59 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"...meet 34 artists, thinkers, athletes, and activists with disabilities, from past and present. From Frida Kahlo to Stephen Hawking, find out how these iconic figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences, and paved the way for others by making their bodies and minds work for them."--
Author
Publisher
Basalt Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 312 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tom Haig recounts his amazing international diving adventures, heartbreaking accident, excruciating recovery, and eventually, his extraordinary return to always pushing limits, despite the wheelchair. In the process, he bares the unvarnished reality of permanent paralysis and inspires us all to take risks and live remarkable, generous, lives"--
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A one-handed pitcher who became one of the select few to pitch a no-hitter in Major League Baseball explains how he rose above his disability to excel at the sport he loved in high school, college, and adulthood.
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