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"Ever since café owner Krissy Hancock settled into a relationship and--mostly--forgot about old flames, life has become surprisingly serene. Too bad her father, famed mystery writer James Hancock, had to pay an unexpected visit to Death by Coffee and brew up a batch of trouble... While caught off-guard by her dad's presence, Krissy never dreamed he'd become the biggest murder suspect in town. But that's exactly what happens when James's boorish agent--a...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Like all sisters, Molly and Robin Snow share a deep bond that sustains them through good times and bad. In the prime of their lives, their careers are flourishing when Molly receives the shocking news that Robin has suffered a massive heart attack, and the prognosis is grim. At the hospital, the Snow family is informed that Robin may never regain consciousness again. As the family struggles to cope, the complex nature of the sisters' relationship...
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Lexile measure
HL 710L
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English
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To honor her dead boyfriend and cope with her grief and guilt, college student Annie trains for a marathon with athletic Jeremiah, who flirts with Annie on the trails and makes her feel alive and happy and guilty all at the same time.
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Series
Geronimo Stilton volume 30
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
98 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton is entered in the Mouse Island Marathon by his friend Champ Strongpaws who then forces him to train for it.
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Allergic to group activities of any kind, all her life Serenata has run, swum, and cycled on her lonesome. But now that she's hit 60, all that physical activity has destroyed her knees. As she contemplates surgery with dread, her previously sedentary husband Remington, recently and ignominiously redundant, chooses this precise moment to discover exercise. Which should be good for his health, right? Yet as he joins the cult of fitness that seems increasingly...
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"It has been fifteen months since Eva and Angela lost their thrill-seeking husbands in a scuba diving accident. Both women are trying to navigate their way through the grief, but neither one is making much progress. Angela is barely making ends meet, angry at her husband for leaving her to raise three children on her own. Meanwhile, Eva is stuck, unable to move forward after losing the love of her life and her source of inspiration. But then Eva gets...
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Series
Peter Diamond mystery volume 19
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Through a particularly tragic series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly, an elementary school teacher whose mother always assured her "curvy" girls shouldn't waste their time trying to be fit, has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath's springtime half-marathon. The training is brutal, but she must disprove her mother and collect pledges for her aunt's beloved charity. What Maeve doesn't know is just how brutal some of the other runners...
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Lonely Planet Global Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
328 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Put on your running shoes--it's time to hit the road, the trails and the great outdoors. In this comprehensive runner's companion, you'll find 50 of the world's greatest running routes--from short city runs and must-do marathons to cross-country trails and challenging ultras--plus a further 150 courses around the globe to satisfy runners of all abilities. Each run is accompanied by stunning photos and a map and toolkit of practical details--where...
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Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Drew was never much of a runner -- until his dad's unexpected diagnosis. Mia has nothing better to do -- until she realizes entering Half Moon Bay's half-marathon could solve her family's housing problems. And just like that they decide to spend their entire summer training to run 13.1 miles. Along the way, they both discover it takes a lot more than a good pair of shoes. Drew and Mia may have very different reasons for running, but these two twelve...
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Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Emma Caldridge, a chemist for a cosmetics company, is en route from Miami to Bogotá when her plane is hijacked and spins out of control into the mountains near the Venezuelan border. Thrown unhurt from the wreckage, she can do nothing but watch as guerrillas take the other passengers hostage. An endurance marathon runner, Emma silently trails the guerrillas and their captives, using her athletic prowess and scientific knowledge to stay alive. Those...
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The Marathon des Sables is considered the most grueling foot race on the planet, and you're about to run it. Over six days and some 150 miles in the Sahara Desert, you will make decisions that will test your mettle. These decisions could bring you glory, bring you shame, or even send you to an early grave. Only You Choose how this adventure story ends." -- Page [4] of cover.
12) Run, fatboy, run
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Full screen and widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dennis is a clueless and slightly overweight guy. Five years ago, he left Libby, his pregnant fiancée, on their wedding day. Realizing he made a mistake, Dennis tries to persuade her that he loves her and wants her to accept him back into his life, but he meets with failure at every turn. When he discovers that Libby has found Whit, the new man in her life, the frustration Dennis feels grows. Denise vows, that for once in his life, he will finish...
13) Tyson's run
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unathletic boy with autism strives to become an unlikely marathon champion giving his unfulfilled father purpose and a second chance at putting his family first.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When it is first announced, Chicken Little is not interested in the marathon featuring Hare--until the rest of the flock falls for Hare's fraudulent methods and she becomes determined to prove that Hare is a total fraud.
17) Marathon
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Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
GN 700L
Physical Desc
186 pages : chiefly illustrations (part color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel form, tells the story of Eucles, the Athenian messenger who, in 490 B.C., ran twenty-seven miles from Sparta to Athens, preventing the fall of Greece to the Persian Empire.