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45) NFL dads dedicated to daughters: inspiring personal accounts on fatherhood from the men of the NFL
Publisher
Triumph Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Discovered by the former quarterback she was hired to tail, detective Piper Dove pretends to be the athlete's stalker and is subsequently hired by him, an arrangement threatened by their growing chemistry.
Piper Dove's first job as a detective is to trail former Chicago Stars quarterback Cooper Graham. After he spots her, Cooper hires Piper to keep an eye on the employees at his exclusive new nightclub. Neither one can stand to lose-- but their growing...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A missing woman, a shocking pregnancy, a dash of international intrigue, and a bottle or two of good Bergerac: it's another case for Bruno, Chief of Police. When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic Dordogne village of St. Denis, the worried hostess is quick to call on Bruno for help. Monica Felder is nowhere to be found, and her husband, a retired British major, is unreachable. And not long...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 24
Lexile measure
1300L
Language
English
Description
Irrepressible individualist and iconoclast Pat Tillman walked away from his $3.6 million NFL contract in May 2002 to enlist in the United States Army. Deeply troubled by 9/11, he felt a strong moral obligation to join the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Two years later, he died on a desolate hillside in Afghanistan. Though obvious to most on the scene that a ranger in Tillman's own platoon had fired the fatal shots, the Army aggressively maneuvered...
52) Peyton Manning
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and career of NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.
53) Peyton Manning
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 930L
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Gunslinger tells Brett Favre?s story for the first time, drawing on more than five hundred interviews, including many from the people closest to Favre. Jeff Pearlman charts an unparalleled journey from his rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi to a car accident that nearly took his life. Favre clawed back, getting drafted into the NFL by the Atlanta Falcons, then finding...
Author
Series
Silver Springs volume 3
Language
English
Description
"After catching her fiancé cheating -- with another man -- usually straight-laced, workaholic scientist Ellie Fisher liberates her wild side just long enough to indulge in a passionate one-night-stand with a tall, dark stranger she meets at a trendy Miami bar. Embarrassed by her recklessness, she ducks out the following morning without learning the guy's full name, something that shouldn't have been a problem... until a pregnancy test turns positive....
58) Playmakers
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A gritty ensemble about the off-field lives of a group of football players on a pro football team and how they deal with the pressure of being on the professional level.
59) Peyton Manning
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Discusses the personal life and football career of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles the Green Bay Packers quarterback who has played in two Super Bowl games and is the only player to win or share the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in three consecutive years.