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Rowing for My Life

Kathleen Saville
Rowing for My Life Book PDF

Author : Kathleen Saville
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781628726893

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In the tradition of Cheryl Strayed's Wild, one's woman's transformational journey rowing across the savage sea—twice. Just out of college, newly wed, and set up with her husband Curt in a small town in New York, Kathleen Saville quickly realized that an ordinary life working for a better used car and a home with a mortgage would never satisfy her thirst for freedom and adventure. The year before, she and Curt had retraced Henry David Thoreau's canoe journey through the Maine Woods, and both were veteran rowers. Inspired, she suggested that they row across the Atlantic Ocean. Returning to her hometown, living on a shoestring, they built their own twenty-five-foot ocean rowboat. They set out from Morocco and, tested by adverse currents, gales, and their own inexperience, accomplished the near impossible. Three years later, while they attempted to row across the Pacific, Curt was washed overboard and lost their sextant—their only means of navigation. Now, besides confronting fatigue, storms, sharks, and deadly reefs, they had to find a way to avoid becoming lost at sea and succumbing to starvation. Their ordeal in completing their crossing exposed the fissures in their marriage, and in this and subsequent adventures, Kathleen was forced to confront the difference between courage and foolhardiness. Cinematic, suspenseful, heartbreaking, and ultimately triumphant, her story of an unraveling marriage is also the account of finding her true self amid the life-and-death challenges at sea. “It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone.”—Henry David Thoreau

Mind Over Water

Craig Lambert
Mind Over Water Book PDF

Author : Craig Lambert
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780547526164

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Mind Over Water by Craig Lambert Pdf

In this wise and thrilling book, Criag Lambert turns rowing--personal discipline, modern Olympic sport, grand collegiate tradition--into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life.

Row Daily, Breathe Deeper, Live Better

D. P. Ordway
Row Daily Breathe Deeper Live Better Book PDF

Author : D. P. Ordway
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780595434374

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Row Daily, Breathe Deeper, Live Better by D. P. Ordway Pdf

Advance Praise for Row Daily "This book has the potential to change and lengthen your active life." -Jo A. Hannafin, MD ". . . shows the way to improve your fitness and quality of life through rowing." - Marlene Royle, OTR "I use the principles in this book to help train people to become Navy SEALS; you can use them to improve your fitness at your own pace, whatever that may be." -Michael Caviston, MS (Kinesiology) "A 'golden gateway' to the sport of rowing for those who know nothing about it and a demonstration of how easily you can find better health and a better life through rowing!" -Victoria Draper, Founder/CEO, Rowbics

Stop Drifting, Start Rowing

Roz Savage
Stop Drifting Start Rowing Book PDF

Author : Roz Savage
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401942632

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Stop Drifting, Start Rowing by Roz Savage Pdf

In 2007, Roz Savage set out to row 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean—alone. Despite having successfully rowed across the Atlantic the previous year, the Pacific presented the former office worker with unprecedented challenges and overpowering currents—both in the water and within herself. Crossing Earth’s largest ocean alone might seem a long way removed from everyday life, yet the lessons Roz learned about the inner journey, the ocean, and the world are relevant to all of us. She shares tales of the ups and downs of her voyage across the waves, while offering insights on how to find happiness through a meaningful and rewarding life.

Women Rowing North

Mary Pipher
Women Rowing North Book PDF

Author : Mary Pipher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781632869623

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Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher Pdf

New York Times Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller* Los Angeles Times Bestseller * Publishers Weekly Bestseller A guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age by the author of Reviving Ophelia. Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist, and cultural anthropologist, she explores ways women can cultivate resilient responses to the challenges they face. “If we can keep our wits about us, think clearly, and manage our emotions skillfully,” Pipher writes, “we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly, if we have good maps and guides, the journey can be transcendent.”

The Power of More

Marnie McBean
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Author : Marnie McBean
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781926812649

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Shares the idea that ambition, setting small goals, communication, teamwork, and preparation are what it takes to be successful.

Rowing Without Oars

Ulla-Carin Lindquist
Rowing Without Oars Book PDF

Author : Ulla-Carin Lindquist
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440678639

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Rowing Without Oars by Ulla-Carin Lindquist Pdf

Ulla-Carin Lindquist was happily married, with four adoring children and a successful career as a newscaster. All of that changed when her fiftieth birthday drew near, and she was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In the face of this incurable, degenerative disease, Ulla kept a journal chronicling the last years of her life, not only for her children’s sake but also to help her cope with her impending death. As powerful and moving as books such as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and Tuesdays with Morrie, Ulla’s unflinching account is an unforgettable reminder of how precious life really is.

Masters Rowing

Volker Nolte,Wolfgang Fritsch
Masters Rowing Book PDF

Author : Volker Nolte,Wolfgang Fritsch
Publisher : Meyer & Meyer Sport
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781782558545

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Masters Rowing by Volker Nolte,Wolfgang Fritsch Pdf

As the popularity of rowing in mid to late adulthood has grown, so too has the number of rowing club members and participants in regattas increased. Rowing attracts not only former racing rowers who return to rowing for fitness, health, and competition, but also the many late and lateral entrants who are perhaps competing for the first time. This growing interest in the sport makes it even more important to provide instruction for these masters rowers. Masters Rowing caters to interested beginners learning the sport and adapting their boating equipment, as well as to ambitious masters rowers looking to improve their technique. Within this book, the reader will find tips for fitness training and hints for competition. In addition, the reader will understand the theoretical basics of training and performance development of active but older rowers. Coaches of masters rowers will also be able to take the information in this book and apply it to their athletes' training. Furthermore, all training information provided is backed by scientific, specialist research. With Masters Rowing, readers will be able to increase their fitness and hone their skills to compete at their best.

Rowing the Atlantic

Roz Savage
Rowing the Atlantic Book PDF

Author : Roz Savage
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416583608

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STUCK IN A corporate job rut and faced with an unraveling marriage at the age of thirty-six, Roz Savage sat down one night and wrote two versions of her own obituary -- the one that she wanted and the one she was heading for. They were very different. She realized that if she carried on as she was, she wasn't going to end up with the life she wanted. So she turned her back on an eleven-year career as a management consultant to reinvent herself as a woman of adventure. She invested her life's savings in an ocean rowboat and became the first solo woman ever to enter the Atlantic Rowing Race. Her 3,000-mile trial by sea became the challenge of a lifetime. Of the twenty-six crews that set out from La Gomera, six capsized or sank and didn't make it to the finish line in Antigua. There were times when she thought she had hit her absolute limit, but alone in the middle of the ocean, she had no choice but to find the strength to carry on. In Rowing the Atlantic we are brought on board when Savage's dreams of feasts are nourished by yet another freeze-dried meal. When her gloves wear through to her blistered hands. When her headlamp is the only light on a pitch-black night ocean that extends indefinitely in all directions. When, one by one, all four of her oars break. When her satellite communication fails. Stroke by stroke, Savage discovers there is so much more to life than a fancy sports car and a power-suit job. Flashing back to key moments from her life before rowing, she describes the bolt from the blue that first inspired her to row across oceans and how this crazy idea evolved from a dream into a tendinitis-inducing reality. And finally, Savage discovers in the rough waters of the Atlantic the kind of happiness we all hope to find.

A Most Beautiful Thing

Arshay Cooper
A Most Beautiful Thing Book PDF

Author : Arshay Cooper
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250754752

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A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper Pdf

REGIONAL BESTSELLER Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-Black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives. Growing up on Chicago’s Westside in the 90’s, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs, the hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by drug addicts he calls “zombies” with strung out arms, clutching at him as he passes by. His mother is a recovering addict, and his three siblings all sleep in a one room apartment, a small infantry against the war zone on the street below. Arshay keeps to himself, preferring to write poetry about the girl he has a crush on, and spends his school days in the home-ec kitchen dreaming of becoming a chef. And then one day as he’s walking out of school he notices a boat in the school lunchroom, and a poster that reads “Join the Crew Team”. Having no idea what the sport of crew is, Arshay decides to take a chance. This decision to join is one that will forever change his life, and those of his fellow teammates. As Arshay and his teammates begin to come together to learn how to row--many never having been in water before--the sport takes them from the mean streets of Chicago, to the hallowed halls of the Ivy League. But Arshay and his teammates face adversity at every turn, from racism, gang violence, and a sport that has never seen anyone like them before. A Most Beautiful Thing is the inspiring true story about the most unlikely band of brothers that form a family, and forever change a sport and their lives for the better.

The Hammers

J. Hovey Kemp
The Hammers Book PDF

Author : J. Hovey Kemp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578942143

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A book about the author's four-year (1972-1976) journey as a Harvard heavyweight oarsman.

The Book of Rowing

D. C. Churbuck
The Book of Rowing Book PDF

Author : D. C. Churbuck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 159020011X

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The Book of Rowing by D. C. Churbuck Pdf

Experienced rower and journalist Churbuck recounts the colourful history and lore of rowing, from its beginnigns on England's historic Thames to its modern incarnation. He covers shell design, sculling, collegiate rowing, training, international competition and a history of the famous rowing clubs and their luminaries. A fully illustrated, step-by-step guide transforms the novice into a competent rower. Fully updated with black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. A practical tool, a richly detailed history and an excellent resource for all.

Just Keep Rowing

Katie Spotz,Mark Bowles
Just Keep Rowing Book PDF

Author : Katie Spotz,Mark Bowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692474862

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Just Keep Rowing by Katie Spotz,Mark Bowles Pdf

Just Keep Rowing is a self-empowerment book written by Katie and co-author, Mark Bowles, with 70 life lessons that parallel the number of days Katie spent alone at sea rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. The book is a personal conversation between you and Katie. During her journey she learned many vital life lessons from the Atlantic. As she found out, an ocean is a great teacher of the meaning of life. Katie became its student, sometimes reluctantly but often enthusiastically, and she wants to communicate these lessons because she believes they can be valuable for everyone. From students to business executives, and to people just wanting to find new ways to live life to the fullest, these lessons from the Atlantic will help you see the world from a new perspective.

Rowing the Northwest Passage

Kevin Vallely
Rowing the Northwest Passage Book PDF

Author : Kevin Vallely
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781771641357

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Rowing the Northwest Passage by Kevin Vallely Pdf

"Vallely transports the reader to places few will ever go: the very edges of the earth and of human endurance." —Evan Solomon In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change. Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger from storms unparalleled in their ferocity and unpredictability and bears witness to unprecedented changes in the Arctic habitat and inhabitants, while weathering gale-force vitriol from climate change deniers who have taken to social media to attack them and undermine their efforts.

The 4 Year Olympian

Jeremiah Brown
The 4 Year Olympian Book PDF

Author : Jeremiah Brown
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-24
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781459741331

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The 4 Year Olympian by Jeremiah Brown Pdf

Improbable, heart-wrenching, and uplifting, Jeremiah Brown’s journey from novice rower to Olympic silver medallist in under four years is a story about chasing a goal with everything you’ve got. After nearly being incarcerated at age seventeen and becoming a father at nineteen, Jeremiah Brown manages to grow up into a responsible young adult. But while juggling the demands of a long-term relationship, fatherhood, mortgage payments, and a nine-to-five banking career, he feels something is missing. A new goal captures his imagination: What would it take to become an Olympian? Guided by a polarizing coach, Brown and his teammates plumb the depths of physical and mental exertion in pursuit of a singular goal. The 4 Year Olympian is a story of courage, perseverance, and overcoming self-doubt, told from the perspective of an unlikely competitor.