Chen, Nathan
Summary: The three-time World Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and the first Asian American man to stand at the highest podium in figure skating reflects on the events that led him to where he is today, in this testament to the love of family and the power of persistence, grit, and passion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEN, NATHAN CHESummary: Based on the unbelievable but true events, I, Tonya is a dark comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous and poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie I 2018Lari, Zahra
Summary: "After watching an ice-skating movie, young Zahra sets her mind to learn how to ice skate even though her family and friends doubt her abilities. After all, she's too old to learn, the rink is too cold, and figure skaters don't look like her... not yet at least! Illustrated with Sara Alfageeh's energetic lines and colors that pop right off the page, we follow Zahra's story as she glides across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LARWalden, Tillie
Summary: Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good....
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 WALPalmer, Diana
Summary: A Wyoming rancher finds love where he least expects it--on his own doorstep!--in this heartwarming second-chance romance. Micah Torrance could use a helping hand. Between managing his expansive Wyoming ranch and caring for his willful little girl, Janey, Micah's plate is more than full. Usually, it's not in this cowboy's nature to ask, but when beautiful Karina Carter offers her help, Micah...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Palmer 2018Manta, Karina
Summary: "A memoir of Karina Manta, the first female member of USA Figure Skating to come out as queer"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 MANGrace, Hannah
Summary: "Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. A competitive figure skater since she was five years old, a full college scholarship thanks to her place on the Maple Hills skating team, and a schedule that would make even the most driven person weep, Stassie comes to win. No exceptions. Nathan Hawkins has never had a problem he couldn't solve. As captain of the Maple Hills...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle--though she did not know about the depression that ran in her family until much later in life. Weeks and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HAMILL, DOROTHY HAMSummary: After suffering a humiliating loss at the Grand Prix Final, Japan's number one skater, Yuri Katsuki, is ready to hang up his skates for good. But when his idol and five-time champion Victor Nikiforov offers to be his coach, Yuri's put on a trek for gold and to discover the true meaning of victory. Together, they'll face skaters from all around the world while discovering where their true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Profiles more than sixty noted figure skaters from the earliest years of the sport to the present, including male and female singles competitors, pairs skaters, and ice dancers, and discusses compulsory figures, scoring, and nationalism.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books (U.S.) 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.91 MILRippon, Adam
Summary: Former Olympic figure skater Rippon showcases his funny and inspiring personality in this entertaining memoir. From traveling to practices on the Greyhound bus next to ex convicts to being so poor he could only afford to eat the free apples at his gym, Rippon got through the toughest times with a smile on his face, a glint in his eye, and quip ready for anyone listening.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RIPPON, ADAM RIPOates, Joyce Carol
Summary: The unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an infamous American family. A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler's six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed. Part investigation into the unsolved murder; part elegy for the lost Bliss and for Skyler's own lost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OATViña, Rose
Summary: "In the 1930's, only white figure skaters were allowed in public ice rinks and to compete for gold medals, but Mabel Fairbanks wouldn't let that stop her. With skates two sizes too big and a heart full of dreams, Mabel beat the odds and broke down color barriers through sheer determination and athletic skill. After skating in ice shows across the nation and helping coach and develop the talents...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAIDiSilverio, Laura A. H.
Summary: Hired by a world-class figure skater to find her missing pairs partner in time for the upcoming Olympics, Charlie Swift and Gigi Goldman tackle complications in the form of a smitten teen, an attack on the pair's coach, and the murder of the missing athlete's colleague.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DISSummary: Alex Winston is young, beautiful and talented. She comes from nowhere to become a figure skating superstar. She has to push herself, reinvent herself, and most painfully of all, leave her boyfriend behind. When a tragic fall leaves her blind, she needs someone to believe in her, to love her and convince her she has the strength to skate and dream again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD IGold, Gracie
Summary: "In this explosive tell-all memoir, an Olympic figure skater reveals her battle to survive mental illness, eating disorders, and the self-destructive voice inside that she calls "outofshapeworthlessloser." When Gracie Gold stepped onto center stage (or ice, rather) as America's sweetheart at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, she instantly became the face of America's most beloved winter sport....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GOLD, GRACIE GOLCarr, Robyn
Summary: Starting a new life as a flower-shop owner, former champion figure skater Grace Dillon begins a no-strings-attached relationship with high school teacher Troy Headly, and when Grace's past comes back to haunt her, Troy doubles down on their relationship and brings it to the next level.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MIRA Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CARCarr, Robyn.
Summary: Starting a new life as a flower-shop owner, former champion figure skater Grace Dillon begins a no-strings-attached relationship with high school teacher Troy Headly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Brennan, Christine.
Summary: Chronicles the 368 days from the 1997 U.S. national figure skating championships in Nashville to the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, telling the stories of some of the world's best figure skaters as they embarked on their year-long quest for a gold medal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.912 BREThomas, M. J.
Summary: A scroll Great-Uncle Solomon, an archaeologist, found near the Dead Sea send Peter, nine, and Mary, ten, to the first moment of Creation and to the Garden of Eden.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Thomas, M. J.
Summary: Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WorthyKids/Ideals 2018