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Ryan hated the move. He hated being uprooted from his home in New York to the rural outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee. But little did he know what was in store for him, as he becomes wrapped up in two worlds, and in two conflicts. After touching a baseball bat found in the attic of his new home, the Belle Meade Plantation, Ryan is transported back in time to the Civil War. It is here that he takes part in a baseball game between Union and Confederate soldiers on the eve of the Battle of Nashville. It would be a summer unlike any other.

Tri had anxiously been waiting for this day throughout the entire school year: The beginning of summer, when his days would be filled with beach volleyball, surfing, and more beach volleyball. But when he signs up for summer beach volleyball at Outrigger Beach with his best friend and partner, Trevor, he discovers the devastating news that Trevor has teamed up with his arch-rival, Ricardo. Now Tri, with the help of his tough-love auntie, must befriend a misfit named Travis, building a new team, a new partnership, and a deep friendship that changes his view on beach volleyball and life.

Danny Esposito and Eddie Banks are two men taking different paths in pursuit of the same goal. When their two worlds literally collide in a vicious hit that leaves one of them unconscious on the ice with a concussion, they are forced to reevaluate their lives, as well as their futures. Taking the same road down different paths, they both discover the world of para hockey and meet the men and women who overcome enormous trials daily for the simple love of the game. Suddenly, their lives are forever changed.

Book two in The Horse Girls of St. Croix County.

Le Cipolline sono riuscite a battere l'Accademia Blu nella finalissima di campionato! Per festeggiare,Tommi e i suoi amici sono arrivati a Roma, dove disputeranno il Torneo delle Regioni. Lino è al colmo della gioia: è riuscito a intervistare niente meno che Francesco Totti, e forse riuscirà a vedere pubblicato il suo articolo!

Il girone di ritorno del campionato è finito e non resta che la finalissima. Come l'anno scorso, a contendersi la coppa sono Cipolline e Accademia Blu. Questa volta, però, i ragazzi di Champignon sono intenzionati a conquistare la vittoria. Perché chi si diverte non perde mai, è vero... ma è anche vero che chi vince si diverte il doppio!

Il girone di ritorno del campionato è iniziato e le Cipolline sono più cariche che mai: Tommi è di nuovo tra loro e l'insopportabile Loris è tornato all'Accademia Blu. Eppure qualcosa non va... Tommi litiga con tutti, Champignon ha uno strano dolorino al petto e i ragazzi sembrano tanti petali, ma non un fiore! Riusciranno a giocare la finalissima?

Seventeen-year-old Meg Barnes is all about control. However, the only kind of control she can find is with a razor. As if life wasn't hard enough, an accident has forced her to view everything from a wheelchair. Then a promise to an old friend forces her to resume her martial arts training and save the Little Ninja Program. While relearning self defense and pushing the limits of her body, new friends drag her to church

Emmeline Escot knows that she was born to ride in Seren's cutthroat velocipede races. The only problem: She's female in a world where women lead tightly laced lives. Emmeline watches her twin brother gain success as a professional racing jockey while her own life grows increasingly narrow. Ever more stifled by rules, corsets, and her upcoming marriage of convenience to a brusque stranger, Emmy rebels - with stunning consequences. Can her dream to race survive scandal, scrutiny, and heartbreak?

Danny es alto y delgado. A pesar de no ser fuerte, sus brazos son lo suficientemente largos como para lanzar un balón de fútbol americano con tanta fuerza, que cualquier cazatalentos lo contrataría sin pensarlo dos veces. Pero Danny ni siquiera es parte de un equipo. Cada vez que se entra en el campo, es como si perdiera sus poderes.

En Sidro juga a l'equip de futbol del seu poble i marca tants gols que crida l'atenció dels observadors dels equips més importants de Primera Divisió. Vol rendir al màxim, sobretot ara que el partit crucial que podria definir el seu futur s'acosta, però en Sidro no pot evitar pensar que l'única cosa que a ell realment li agradaria és jugar a bàsquet i estar amb la Clàudia... Un entranyable relat sobre l'adolescència, l'amistat, l'honestedat i el camí de la recerca interior.

With a rocky start to senior year, cheerleaders and lifelong best friends Eleanor and Chanel have a lot on their minds. Eleanor is still in physical therapy months after a serious concussion from a failed cheer stunt. Chanel starts making questionable decisions to deal with the mounting pressure of college applications. But they have each other's backs - just as always, until Eleanor's new relationship with star quarterback Three starts a rift between them.

Escaping his troubled past - including a deadly one-on-one basketball league - Troy Blake confronts his inner demons by working on a commercial fishing boat in the Bering Sea. A year later, having fished the most dangerous waters in the world, he's a changed man, and no longer resorts to violence to solve his problems.

Amberlyn didn’t realize her boyfriend was spending more time with her best friend than with her. Betrayed and publicly humiliated, she needed a box of tissues and a shoulder to cry on. Aiden was happy to supply them. Having a crush on Amberlyn for years, he was secretly glad her boyfriend had dumped her.

Winnaar van de Prijs van de Jonge Jury 2020! "Met Match wil ik een verhaal vertellen over doorzetten, over alles opgeven om dat ene doel te bereiken. Om er dan achter te komen dat er één ding nog veel belangrijker is." Buddy Tegenbosch. Vanaf het moment dat Jim voor het eerst op het voetbalveld staat, weet hij dat hij er thuishoort. Met succes doorloopt hij de jeugdopleiding van PSV en als hij zeventien is, krijgt hij tijdens zijn zomervakantie in Zeeland bericht dat hij eindelijk mee mag op trainingskamp.

Japan, Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts: Der junge Engländer Jack erlernt auf der Samurai-Schule des berühmten Masamoto Takeshi die Kunst des Schwertkampfs. Schneller als erwartet muss Jack seine Fähigkeiten unter Beweis stellen, denn außerhalb der Schulmauern lauert Gefahr. Ein Geheimbund will alle Europäer aus Japan vertreiben und hat es auch auf Jack abgesehen. Ein junger Engländer. Gestrandet in Japan. Ausgebildet zum Samurai. Bereit für den Kampf seines Lebens.

A Franc piace da impazzire il basket, ma non sa giocare. Ci prova e ci riprova, ma - deluso perché non riesce mai a fare canestro - è pronto a darsi per vinto. Quando si avvia col padre verso il campetto per un'ultima partita, avviene qualcosa di inatteso e sconvolgente che lo catapulterà in un mondo di fantasia, animato da personaggi oscuri e inquietanti che cercheranno di approfittarsi di lui. Per riappropriarsi di quel che è suo sarà necessario sconfiggere la paura, riconquistare il corpo e i desideri, fare un canestro decisivo: usare al meglio il suo cuore.

Una sera, per caso, Mario Balotelli incontra Jack, un quindicenne che vive a testa in giù come un fante delle carte, ma fa rovesciate fantastiche. A scuola, in chiesa, con le ragazze, Jack deve affrontare i bulletti che gli lanciano banane, un sindaco sceriffo e le "Ronde della tranquillità". Poi un giorno Mario, dalla tv, gli dedica un gol. Un romanzo intelligente, comico ed emozionante sulla lotta di un ragazzo e di un campione contro la stupidità e la violenza degli altri. Che culmina in un'indimenticabile partita "capovolta" con altri campioni: Ibra, Buffon, Gattuso, Santon e Totti.

After living away for years, Sandy Lafonde returns to her childhood home at the Watishka First Nation reserve. Little has changed since she left - a local gang menaces the area, the community is splintered, and the Cree youth are left restless and frustrated. Sandy realizes that she needs to do something to help, so she proposes to start a junior hockey team. Drawing on her own past, Sandy steps in as coach and tries to reign in the star player, hot-headed Sheldon Lambert, a 15-year-old hockey prodigy who just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Five kids with one dream: to become the greatest sports stars in the world! Follow Kim as she trains to be the best at her favourite sport: rugby! Kim has been at the best – and most mysterious – sports academy in the world for a few months now. She and the rest of her class were selected because they all shared a determination and willingness to improve. Now the gang are on their way to Japan for the rugby World Cup – but they’re going to need some more teammates.