Nathan Aaseng
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Description
Park Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Hubbard County, Minnesota, United States. It is near Itasca State Park, the source of the Mississippi River, as well as the beginning of the Heartland State Trail. The city was founded in 1890 near the Fish Hook River rapids and is along U.S. Highway 71 and Minnesota State Highway 34. The population was 4,142 at the 2020 census.
Books
Baseball
Florence Griffith-Joyner
A biography emphasizing the running career of the Olympic gold medalist who set new records in the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Genetics
Key to life - Cells - Genes - DNA - Baby blueprint - Genetic traits - Genetic diseases - Nature and nurture - Genetic engineering - Cloning and choosing - Genetic medicine - DNA mapping - DNA debates.
The inventors..
Discusses eight inventions or discoveries (X ray, radio, EKG, phase contrast microscope, transistor, radiocarbon dating, laser, and CT scan) which brought the Nobel prize to their developers.
Paris
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Describes the attempts to protect the rights of Cherokees living in Georgia beginning in the colonial period, including the landmark Supreme Court cases, Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, and Worcester vs. Georgia
Comeback stars of pro sports
Professional athletes including football's Jim Plunkett and Woody Peoples, baseball's Steve Stone and Matt Keough, basketball's James Silas, hockey's Reggie Leach, racing's Niki Lauda, and tennis champ Virginia Wade, encountered setbacks but were able to make it to the top again.
College basketball--you are the coach
The reader is invited to make coaching decisions for ten crucial situations in NCAA tournament games. Presents the coaches' actual decisions and their results.
Sports great Michael Jordan
A biography of the star player for the Chicago Bulls who led the team to their first ever NBA championship in 1991.
The Marine Corps in Action
The Marine Corps in Action presents the history of the United States Marine Corps and provides an overview of career opportunities in this service. The book explores structure and size, careers and pay, boot camp, life in the service, as well as how to join the U.S. Marine Corps. One chapter focuses on women and minorities in the military.
Pete Rose, baseball's Charlie Hustle
A biography of the major league baseball player who is one of the select group to have hit 3,000 times and have had 10 seasons of more than 200 hits.
The Titanic
Measures 4 1/2 by 5 1/2. Relates the sinking of the Titanic. Begins: "it is a night of a thousand stars. The date, Sunday, April 14, 1912. The Time, 11:20 P.M. The Place, off Cape Race - that Cemetary of the Sea.
Football's cunning coaches
Includes biographies of eight professional football coaches: George Halas, Paul Brown, Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Bud Grant, George Allen, and Chuck Noll.
Winning women of tennis
Brief biographies of eight famous women on the international tennis scene including Helen Wills, Althea Gibson, Margaret Smith Court, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert Lloyd, Evonne Goolagong, Martina Navratilova, and Tracy Austin.
College football--you are the coach
The reader is invited to make coaching decisions at crucial moments in ten college bowl games. Provides the actual decisions and their outcomes.
Football
"Describes the science behind the sport of football, including offense, defense, special teams, and arenas"--Provided by publisher.