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1) Untamed
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"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...
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Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the soccer player captured the nation's heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. Abby is a vocal advocate for women's rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. Now Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped...
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"As a child, Abby Wambach was loud and clear about what she wanted and what she didn't, and she didn't want to be left out of any competition--especially soccer. In this powerful biography, readers will dance and dart down fields with Abby as she slingshots--balls thwump ... whiz ... whoosh--straight into goals, sweating and scoring her way from school league leader to U.S. Women's National Team star. The story follows Abby through both success and...
4) Abby Wambach
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Abby Wambach is the all-time greatest American women's soccer player in history. This book explores the life of a World Cup champion as well as her record-setting international career. From a youth soccer standout in Rochester, New York, to an international soccer icon, Wambach has amazed soccer fans for years with her signature headers and leadership on the US Women's National Team. From Olympic gold to World Cup glory, Wambach's career has seen...
5) Abby Wambach
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Profiles the life and career accomplishments of the international soccer star, including her early life, college career at the University of Florida, and playing for the U.S. women's national team.
7) Abby Wambach
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"Simple text and full-color photographs briefly describe the life of Abby Wambach and her career as a professional soccer player"--
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"La cantante Adele ha hablado mucho en la prensa sobre este libro y cómo la ha ayudado a cambiar... La publicación del libro ha generado un movimiento global en redes. El nuevo libro de Glenon Doyle, una autora superventas, activista y conocida bloguera que ha revolucionado las redes con una sencilla pregunta: ¿quién eras tú antes de que el mundo te dijera cómo debías ser? A los treinta y nueve años, casada con el padre de sus tres hijos,...
10) Abby Wambach
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A biography of the popular soccer player Abby Wambach.
11) Nieposkromiona
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W wieku mniej więcej dziesięciu lat zaczynamy się uczyć, jak być grzecznymi dziewczynkami: jakich emocji nie wolno nam wyrażać, jak powinnyśmy się zachowywać i wyglądać, do czego mamy dążyć, w co wierzyć, kogo wolno kochać i jakiego życia należy pragnąć. Grzeczne dziewczynki nie są głodne, wściekłe ani dzikie. Wszystkie te rzeczy, które świadczą o tym, że kobieta jest człowiekiem, są brudnym sekretem grzecznej dziewczynki....
12) Soccer Queens
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Poems celebrating some of the greatest talent in soccer today, who just all happen to be women.