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Author : Sue Macy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780823432479
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (324 download)
Download or read book Roller Derby Rivals written by Sue Macy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Megan Sparks
Publisher : Raintree Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781782020332
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Hell's Belles written by Megan Sparks and published by Raintree Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie's roller derby team, the Liberty Belles, are finally on a winning streak. They plan a special Halloween bout with their arch rivals, the High Rollers. But Annie sprains her ankle. Will it heal in time for the bout? To make matters worse, Tyler seems to be ignoring her and flirting with Kelsey, her school's most popular cheerleader. At least Jesse is proving to be a good friend. He always seems to know exactly how to cheer her up.
Author : Michella M. Marino
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477323848
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)
Download or read book Roller Derby written by Michella M. Marino and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1935, roller derby has thrilled fans and skaters with its constant action, hard hits, and edgy attitude. However, though its participants’ athleticism is undeniable, roller derby has never been accepted as a “real” sport. Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the history of a sport that has long been a cultural mainstay for one reason both utterly simple and infinitely complex: roller derby has always been coed. Richly illustrated and drawing on oral histories, archival materials, media coverage, and personal experiences, Roller Derby is the first comprehensive history of this cultural phenomenon, one enjoyed by millions yet spurned by mainstream gatekeepers. Amid the social constraints of the mid-twentieth century, roller derby’s emphasis on gender equality attracted male and female athletes alike, producing gender relations and gender politics unlike those of traditional sex-segregated sports. In an enlightening feminist critique, Marino considers how the promotion of pregnancy and motherhood by roller derby management has simultaneously challenged and conformed to social norms. Finally, Marino assesses the sport’s present and future after its resurgence in the 2000s.
Author : Scott Stephens
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532084749
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Rolling Thunder written by Scott Stephens and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 – and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about Roller Derby and the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, whose games were televised. In fact, many of the T-Birds were just as popular as those on traditional sports teams such as the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams. When Stephens started training at the new T-Bird Rollerdrome in Pico Rivera, it was mainly because he loved roller skating on a banked track. He had no idea that the Roller Games league was low on skaters. From 1978 to 1981, from his seat on the infield of the track and on the track itself, Stephens was part of everything the games had to offer, including its underground scene of shadowy characters and venues, adrenalin seekers, and alternative lifestyles. He loved it! Trace the history of Roller Derby and Los Angeles’ flagship team, the T-Birds, with this brilliant account highlighting the sport’s booms and busts.
Author : Larry Smith
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491780169
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)
Download or read book The Last "True" Roller Derby written by Larry Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-02-20 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Larry Smith got some strange looks as a boy when he told everyone he wanted to join the Roller Derby, but he’d go on to have the time of his life living out his dream. As a member of the International Roller Derby League, he engaged in a style of play that gave the fans what they wanted: fights, hard skating, and great athletic ability combined with a fast-paced game. As a member of Roller Derby, he and his teammates welcomed minorities in the 1960s when racial tension was at its peak. Whites and blacks skated together, roomed together, and stuck together like brothers and sisters. Smith and his teammates sold out everywhere they played: Madison Square Garden, the Chicago Coliseum, San Francisco’s Cow Palace, White Sox Park, the Montreal Forum, and hundreds of smaller venues. While the quality of the game ultimately declined, Smith was there for its glory years, and he remembers it all as if it were yesterday. He looks back on his many adventures—some of them almost unbelievable—in The Last “True” Roller Derby.
Author : Molly McGuire
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606148610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Daredevil Days written by Molly McGuire and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Phineas and Ferb discover that their grandmother and Jeremy Johnson's grandmother were roller-derby rivals, they decide to hold a contest in their backyard, but Candace, who has a crush on Jeremy, doesn't want her grandmother to win
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Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595348832
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Rollergirls written by and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flat track roller derby is one of the country’s fastest growing sports. What started as a single league in Austin, Texas, a couple of decades ago has grown into an international phenomenon, with nearly two thousand leagues around the world. Rollergirls captures the spirit of the game, which is poised to become an Olympic sport, and highlights the women who have become known as the godmothers of modern-day roller derby. Documentary photographer Felicia Graham takes readers on a visual tour of more than 160 black-and-white images, showcasing the confidence it takes to become a rollergirl and the camaraderie that develops among the players. Focusing on the Texas League, where it all began, Graham celebrates the culture and personality of flat track derby everywhere. Despite their different reasons for joining the sport, women of varying professions, ages, and lifestyles have made roller derby uniquely their own. With tongue-in-cheek team names like the Hotrod Honeys and personas like Sparkle Plenty and Buckshot Betty, the players use their brains and brawn to master the strategic game while also expanding the sport internationally. It’s all done with bravado and a brash sense of humor unique to full-contact sports. Graham has been photographing the Texas Rollergirls on and off the track, in Texas and on the international circuit, for more than a decade. Spending untold hours with the league and collecting thousands of photographs of pivots and blockers, adoring crowds, and the sweat of the bench, she has created a visual narrative of women who embody the freedom of flying around the track. In these pages, readers learn how regular girls become rollergirls--determined, athletic, intimidating, and powerful, all on their own terms.
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Author : Claudia Mitchell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313084440
Total Pages : 749 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Girl Culture [2 volumes] written by Claudia Mitchell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-12-30 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has so much popular culture been produced about what it means to be a girl in today's society. From the first appearance of Nancy Drew in 1930, to Seventeen magazine in 1944 to the emergence of Bratz dolls in 2001, girl culture has been increasingly linked to popular culture and an escalating of commodities directed towards girls of all ages. Editors Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh investigate the increasingly complex relationships, struggles, obsessions, and idols of American tween and teen girls who are growing up faster today than ever before. From pre-school to high school and beyond, Girl Culture tackles numerous hot-button issues, including the recent barrage of advertising geared toward very young girls emphasizing sexuality and extreme thinness. Nothing is off-limits: body image, peer pressure, cliques, gangs, and plastic surgery are among the over 250 in-depth entries highlighted. Comprehensive in its coverage of the twenty and twenty-first century trendsetters, fashion, literature, film, in-group rituals and hot-button issues that shape—and are shaped by—girl culture, this two-volume resource offers a wealth of information to help students, educators, and interested readers better understand the ongoing interplay between girls and mainstream culture.
Author : Andrew J. Epstein
Publisher : Spaghettibrainis Press
ISBN 13 : 9780578092904
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (929 download)
Download or read book The Blonde Bomber written by Andrew J. Epstein and published by Spaghettibrainis Press. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While celebrating the Golden Girl of the Banked Track's 20th year as the Roller Derby's biggest superstar, Joan Weston (The Blonde Bomber) granted the author an exclusive view of her world, allowing him to follow her into the highly charged arena of the banked track. This edition includes the last interview with Ann Calvello (Demon of the Derby), who was Weston's colorful arch rival.
Author : Melissa Joulwan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9781416538554
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Rollergirl written by Melissa Joulwan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s phenomenon of Roller Derby is back in full force, and it's definitely not your grandma's game anymore. With leagues in more than one hundred cities across the country, a national tournament, and major sponsors, the new wave of the sport has gone mainstream. No one is better qualified to tell the story of Flat Track Derby's astronomic rise than Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan. As a founding member of the Texas Rollergirls -- the league that launched the sport and the reigning national champions -- she has helped redefine what it means to be stylish, sporty, and sexy. With her mouthy, tough-as-nails style, Melicious recounts her best tales from the track: her fierce rivalries with The Wrench and Ivanna S. Pankin, the scene at the annual national tournament, the thrill of a bout, and the infractions that so often bring her to the penalty box. From the minute she first laced up her skates and wrapped herself in her alter ego, Roller Derby has given her a confidence boost, and she shares the positive impact the sport has also had on girls -- young and not-so-young -- who tack posters of her on their bedroom walls and lace up their own skates. Complete with photos and suggestions on how to develop a Rollergirl name and persona, this unprecedented tell-all comes from the woman who's watched the sport evolve from an underground Friday-night event to a bona fide national phenomenon.
Author : Kit Rosewater
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1647001838
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Shelly Struggles to Shine (The Derby Daredevils Book #2) written by Kit Rosewater and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Roller Girl, Book #2 in Kit Rosewater’s series about roller derby explores what is means to be a team player—now in paperback! Now part of the official junior roller derby league, the Derby Daredevils are ready to compete in their first tournament. Kenzie writes new game plays. Bree works on her speed. Tomoko sharpens her blocking skills. And Jules fearlessly hip checks everyone in sight. But Shelly isn’t sure what she’s best at. In hopes of taking home the tournament’s Star Skater award, Shelly designs extra-special gear for the Daredevils. But not everything works as well as Shelly imagined, and she can’t get the team on board. Without the gear, how will Shelly shine on the track? With high-energy illustrations from Sophie Escabasse and lots of roller derby action, Book #2 in the series explores individuality while hitting home what it really means to be part of a team.
Author : Kit Rosewater
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683358023
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team written by Kit Rosewater and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly illustrated middle-grade series that celebrates new friendships, first crushes, and getting out of your comfort zone—now in paperback Ever since they can remember, fifth graders Kenzie (aka Kenzilla) and Shelly (aka Bomb Shell) have dreamed of becoming roller derby superstars. When Austin’s city league introduces a brand-new junior league, the dynamic duo celebrates! But they’ll need to try out as a five-person team. Kenzie and Shelly have just one week to convince three other girls that roller derby is the coolest thing on wheels. But Kenzie starts to have second thoughts when Shelly starts acting like everyone’s best friend . . . Isn’t she supposed to be Kenzie’s best friend? And things get really awkward when Shelly recruits Kenzie’s neighbor (and secret crush!) for the team. With lots of humor and an authentic middle-grade voice, book one of this illustrated series follows Kenzie, Shelly, and the rest of the Derby Daredevils as they learn how to fall—and get back up again.
Author : Alex Cohen
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1593762747
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)
Download or read book Down and Derby written by Alex Cohen and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part manifesto, part how-to-guide . . . required reading for anyone who’s searching for new ways to be fearless.” —Carrie Brownstein When most Americans hear the words “roller derby” today, they think of the kitschy sport once popular on weekend television during the seventies and eighties. Originally an endurance competition where skaters traveled the equivalent of a trip between Los Angeles and New York, roller derby gradually evolved into a violent contact sport often involving fake fighting, and a kitschy weekend-television staple during the seventies and eighties. But in recent decades it’s come back strong, with more than 17,000 skaters in more than four hundred leagues around the world, and countless die-hard fans. Down and Derby will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the sport. Written by veteran skaters as both a history and a how-to, it’s a brassy celebration of every aspect of the sport, from its origins in the late 1800s, to the rules of a modern bout, to the science of picking an alias, to the many ways you can get involved off skates. Informative, entertaining, and executed with the same tough, sassy, DIY attitude—leavened with plenty of humor—that the sport is known for, Down and Derby is a great read for both skaters and spectators.
Author : Tim G. Patten
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781541061255
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)
Download or read book My Kill Play written by Tim G. Patten and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since the birth of modern roller derby in the 1930s, this dangerous and dynamic sport has lit up the souls of millions of fans worldwide. Players risk life and limb in dazzling displays of daring, skill and strength, and audiences shower them with enthusiastic adulation and affection. During the 1970s, roller derby became a sports entertainment phenomenon in North America. Matches were broadcast live on television and banked-track arenas were packed out with crowds cheering wildly for their favorite teams. In the 1980s, a deadly virus threatened to strike down many talented players. This book tells the inspiring story of one of these athletes. As a child, Tim Patten watched his first roller derby match and initiated his lifelong love affair with the sport. After training incessantly, he eventually joined its ranks. He competed professionally for twelve years before going on to own a derby league. With honesty and wit, he recounts the true story of his rise in this thrilling sport, and of his battle with the disease that threatened to end his life. You'll experience his most intense and spectacular moments on the banked track and meet some of the friends he made along the way. This is a tale of passion, ambition, and the indomitable human spirit, and about finding and keeping true love.
Author : Nancy Loewen
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN 13 : 1467779067
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)
Download or read book Writing Powerful Persuasive Pieces written by Nancy Loewen and published by Lerner Publications (Tm). This book was released on 2016 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you through the steps of writing a persuasive piece from beginning to end.
Author : Suzanne 9lb Hammer Samples
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257008129
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Pivot written by Suzanne 9lb Hammer Samples and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clementine Byers is looking for her last line of defense. An insulin dependent diabetic, Clementine struggles to discover her life's purpose. Throughout college, she experiences boys whose dispose her like old syringes, a trail of career paths that lead nowhere, and a church group that promises to cure her from the disease that has haunted her lifetime. When she thinks that she has explored every possible avenue for happiness, Clementine finds hope in a roller derby team, a Canadian holistic medicine specialist, and a star jammer that she remembers from childhood summers at camp. Although she trusts the Lower Your Blood Sugar Naturally! pills hawked to her by the specialist, Clementine learns to let go of hope. As she morphs into a hard-hitting roller derby pivot known as Xana Doom, Clementine falls in love with derby, herself, and so much more.
Author : Sue Macy
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 082344175X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)
Download or read book Basketball Belles written by Sue Macy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness the birth of women's basketball in this illustrated introduction from renowned nonfiction author Sue Macy. Raised on a cattle ranch, Agnes Morley was sent to Stanford University to learn to be a lady. But she soon exchanged her breeches and spurs for bloomers and a basketball—and in April 1896, she made history. In a heart-pounding game against the University of California at Berkeley, Agnes led her team to victory in the first-ever inter-collegiate women's basketball game, earning national attention and putting women's basketball on the map. This fast-paced story of perseverance and success digs deep into the history of one of America's most popular sports, and how it came to be so big. Realistic illustrations by Matt Collins put readers in the middle of the action, and you'll want cheer along with the crowd. With comprehensive backmatter including a timeline, author's note, select bibliography, and recommended places to visit for more information, Basketball Belles is a perfect introduction to an intriguing moment in sports and women's history. A Junior Library Guild Selection Booklist Top 10 Sports Books for Youth Booklist Editors' Choice, Books for Youth, Nonfiction, Middler Readers NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, History/Life & Culture in the Americas
