Mazeika, Katie
Summary: "Meet "The Original Mermaid," Annette Kellerman! All her life, Annette wanted one thing: to feel free. As a girl she found freedom in the water, where she could swim without the leg braces she needed on land. As she grew up, Annette swam in Australia and England and America and beyond, performing synchronized swimming-which she invented!-and competing in swim races and diving exhibitions. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KELMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: A novel-in-verse about a 12-year-old Dominican American girl who must keep her love of swimming a secret from her mother, is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis, and is forced to reimagine the person she is to become.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MENPennington, Jessica
Summary: Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star swimmers forced to spend their summers on a lake together sounds like the perfect match. But, it's the same every year -- in between cookouts and boat rides and family-imposed bonfires, Sidney and Asher spend the dog days of summer finding the ultimate ways to prank each other. And now, after their senior year, they're determined to make it the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC PENBailar, Schuyler
Summary: "A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BAISummary: A new swimming season is here, and Haru, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei are anxious to get back in the pool. But things aren't all flip-turns and finish lines. Haru's passion for swimming is drying up, and with their futures looming ahead, Makoto and Haru are having a hard time focusing. And a new Samezuka student appears just in time to jeopardize Iwatobi's chance at nationals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME FREFranklin, Missy
Summary: "What does it take to become a champion? Gold medalist Missy Franklin, along with her parents, D.A. and Dick, tell the inspirational and heartwarming story of how Missy became both a legendary athlete and a happy and confident woman, something they accomplished by doing things their own way and making the right choices for their family. The word relentless has many meanings for swimmer Missy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DUTTON D 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FRANKLIN, MISSY FRAHecht, Micah
Summary: "Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Michael Phelps began swimming at age seven at the urging of his mom. As a young boy, Michael was brimming with energy-more energy than most other kids his age-and Mrs. Phelps thought this sport could help keep him calm and focused. As Michael grew older, his skills improved, and he transformed into one of the greatest swimmers in the world, winning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PHEStuckey-French, Elizabeth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUSummary: "After her husband's death, Hana lives on alone in the family villa. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Brona, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens before her. Brona's team-mates absorb her into their team and Hana gradually learns to overcome her fear of icy water. Her relation with Brona grows into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF ICEMéndez, Jasminne
Summary: A powerful and expertly told novel-in-verse by about a 12-year-old Dominican American swimmer who is diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis by an award-winning poet. Aniana del Mar belongs in the water like a dolphin belongs to the sea. But she and Papi keep her swim practices and meets hidden from Mami, who has never recovered from losing someone she loves to the water years ago. That is, until the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MENSummary: A Connecticut adult swim class sets the stage for this comedy-drama about love, loss and second chances. Three strangers, inextricably connected through personal heartbreak, find themselves entering deep water as they learn that life isn't always about diving right in-- it's about getting your feet wet once in awhile.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY BIGSummary: Wealthy suburbanite Ned Merrill loses everything and, by blocking out the last two or so years of years of his life, he deceives himself that he hasn't lost anything. His deception is revealed as he confronts former friends while swimming from one pool to another on his way to his old home. Some genuinely try to help him. As he proceeds, though, he runs into people who he mistreated in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA SWISummary: A singing soldier has just returned home to find himself discontent with both his work at his father's opera company or to pick up where he left off with his girlfriend. Having met an aquacade showgirl while in the service, he reintroduces himself and soon romance blossoms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS THIBryant, Kobe
Summary: Gus channels all his emotions-about his older brother and his death by suicide-into training to earn a spot on the Olympic swim team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Granity Studios 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BRYCox, Lynne
Summary: A memoir from the open-water swimmer in which "we see Cox finding her way, writing about her transformative journey back toward health, and slowly moving toward the one aspect of her life that meant everything to her--freedom, mastery, transcendence--back to open waters, and the surprise that she never saw coming: falling in love"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COX, LYNNE COXLajiness, Katie
Summary: "Meet Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps! Phelps's life story is examined from his childhood in Maryland where he began swimming at age eleven on his way to five world championships. Learn about Phelps's Olympic career in the Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, and Rio de Janeiro games throughout which he won 23 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PHESchwartz, Heather E
Summary: Introduces the life of swimmer Simone Manuel, from her childhood to her greatest accomplishments in her sport.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MANSummary: "America's mermaid" Esther Williams stars as a teacher at a women's college, a woman accused of being a marriage-breaker, a star shooting a film in the tropics, a woman in love with the captain of the South American polo team, and a woman who swims the English Channel and meets a handsome Frenchman.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2007
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY ESTKells, Claire
Summary: A "debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer's harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her--only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KELMacColl, Mary-Rose
Summary: From the author of the international bestseller In Falling Snow, a beautifully written, heartwarming novel of a young woman swimmer in 1925 London 1925: Fifteen-year-old Catherine Quick longs to feel once more the warm waters of her home, to strike out into the ocean off the Torres Strait Islands in Australia and swim, as she's done since she was a child. But now, orphaned and living with her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MACStout, Glenn
Summary: In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EDERLE, GERTRUDE STOWest, Kasie
Summary: "At sixteen, Hadley Moore knows exactly who she is--a swimmer who will earn a scholarship to college. Totally worth all the hard work, even if her aching shoulders don't agree. So when a guy dressed as Hollywood's latest action hero, Heath Hall, crashes her swim meet, she isn't amused. Instead, she's determined to make sure he doesn't bother her again. Only she's not sure exactly who he is. The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC WESCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WESBeard, Amanda
Summary: In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that has proved to be her greatest victory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BEARD, AMANDA BEABeard, Amanda.
Summary: "In this candid and ultimately uplifting memoir, Olympic medalist Amanda Beard reveals the truth about coming of age in the spotlight, the demons she battled along the way, and the newfound happiness that has proven to be her greatest victory"--Container. A seven-time Olympic medalist describes her battles with depression, eating disorders, and substance abuse in spite of her successful...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2012