PUSHING THE LIMITS OF MOTION
Maybe it’s the action of a powerful physical force or maybe it’s the way we move to counteract that force. Some motion is more figurative, like the experiences we pass through on life’s journey and the changes they inspire. Humans enriching their existence are humans in MOTION.
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FEATURED BOOK
The Boys in the Boat
In 1936, a team of young Washington rowers make their way from obscurity to Olympic gold fame. These boys understood motion. They pushed themselves physically and mentally — individually and as a synchronized machine. As author Daniel...
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DARREL
Bulldogger and Dad
FEATURED VIDEO
Pushing the Limits
of Motion
Darrell’s story takes all the normal twists and turns of a life in motion. From a small town, to a big city, and back to the same small town. From the go-go-go nature of a flashy job, to a slower, more thoughtful life as a...
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Take a look at the other offerings below, curated for this theme. How do people push the limits of MOTION in each book or video? The joy is in the discovery! Making those connections as you read will enrich your follow-up conversations.
Double Star
In this romp of a space opera, an out-of-work actor, Lorenzo Smythe, was dead broke. He headed into a bar for some liquid relief. A few hours later, he had landed a job, almost been killed, and gotten spirited off to Mars.
Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most...
Available In English & Spanish
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Why Squiggly Careers
are Better for Everyone
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Hidden Figures:
The American Dream
and the Untold Story
of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the
Space Race
Available In English & Spanish
This book gave rise to the smash hit movie, Hidden Figures. While the country...
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Master and Commander
Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile—after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel—Aubrey and a brilliant but down-on-his-luck physician...
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The Girl on the Train
Available In English & Spanish
In the telling of this chilling tale, all sorts of lies, innuendoes and threats swirl freely about our main characters. None of them trust one another. But it certainly looks as if someone has murdered a young woman. The reader’s tension is exacerbated by the unreliability of the primary narrator, Rachel...
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage
of Harold Fry
Available In English & Spanish
A pertinent line from the novel declares, “The world was made up of people putting one foot in front of the other.” So too was this book. Our protagonist sets out on a shockingly long
walk where very little
happens - and so very
many things happen...
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