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Sports

Biracee, Tom – Wilma Rudolph (Olympics, 111 pages)

Brooks -- The Moves Make the Man (basketball) L1150

Carter, Alden R. – Bull Catcher (baseball, 285 pages) L750

New: Chabon, Michael – Summerland (500  pages)

Krakauer, Jon – Into Thin Air    L1320       

Paulsen, Gary – Woodsong (dog sledding, 132 pages) L930

Pele – My Life and the Beautiful Game (autobiography – soccer)

Pfetzer, Mark – Within Reach: My Everest Story (nonfiction,

224 pages) L970

Romain, Joseph – The Mystery of Wagner Whacker (baseball - 208 pages),  Maradora (soccer, 108 pages)

Spinelli, Honus and Me  L690