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The pocket guide to table tennis tactics
The pocket guide to table tennis is designed to help players who already have a basic understanding of the game to improve their performance through match analysis and better tactical planning.
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- 071352538X
- Collation
- 94 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Call Number
- 796.3 FAI
The encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics
Discusses the origins and history of the winter Olympics, describes the development and rules of each sport, profiles stars from earlier games, and offers statistics and lists of winners.
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- 0531154521
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- 160 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 796.9 WUK
Tennis
What is it about sport that appeals to so many people? Is it the excitement of watching a team of players work together like a well-oiled machine? Is it the admiration of players' endurance as they strive to be the very best? Do you dream of playing your sport at the highest level? Would you like to try a different sport?
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- 0732932289
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- 46 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- Great Australian Sports
- Call Number
- 796.3 CHA
The Olympic Games : some surprising events
A tug-of-war. Chariot sabotaging. Events ruined by the weather, cheating, disqualified competitors, and protests. Does this sound like the Olympic Games to you? The "modern" Olympic Games were founded as a friendly sporting competition between nations. Although most competitors across the centuries have taken part in the Olympics in a friendly spirit, The Olympic Games : Some Surprising Events …
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- 0439648998
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- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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- 796.4 DAW
Theatre
This book which is part of a series that examines the creative arts is an introduction to the world of theatre from many different cultures all over the world and is intended to encourage young people to experience theatre for themselves. It traces the history of theatre from its origins, based on religious rituals of antiquity, to the present day. It looks at the different kinds of theatre, th…
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- 1852103442
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- The Arts
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- 792 LOX
Cloth Lullaby : the Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman, stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise’s own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tap…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781419718816
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- 730.92 NOV
Guess whose shadow?
Now in paperback and filled with stunning full-color photographs, Steve Swinburne's concept book introduces children to the basics of shadows. He then leads them on a shadow hunt, playing a game called "Guess Whose Shadow?," in which young ones will discover there's more to shadows than first meets the eye.
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439266513
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- 770 SWI
From slave ship to freedom road
Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the slave experience. From the Middle Passage to the auction block, from the whipping post to the fight for freedom, this book presents not just historical facts, but the raw emotions of the people who lived them. Inspired by Rod Brown's vivid paintings, Julius Lester has written a text that places each o…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 0439056535
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 759 LES
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