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1) Live wire
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When former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off, and Suzze - at eight months pregnant - asks Myron to save her marriage, and perhaps her husband's life. But when he finds Lex, he also finds someone he wasn't looking for: his sister-in-law, Kitty, who along with Myron's brother abandoned the Bolitar family long ago.As Myron races to locate...
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"In this powerful novel about the cost of ambition and success, a legendary athlete attempts a comeback at an age when the world considers her past her prime-from the New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising. Carolina Soto is undeniably fierce. She is determined to be the best professional tennis player the world has ever seen. And by the time she retires from the game in 1989 at the age of thirty-one, she is just that: the best. She has...
4) Drop shot
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Myron Bolitar mysteries volume 2
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Investigating the killing of a burned-out tennis star, sports agent Myron Bolitar uncovers a connection between the victim and a rising star from the wrong side of the tracks, while a corrupt senator and organized crime watch his every move.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
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A close-knit family from Marin County, California, the Fergusons struggle to cope with the trials and tribulations of life, while thirteen-year-old Rosie, obsessed with becoming a tennis champion, embarks on a desperate cycle of cheating
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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One of the greatest athletes alive, Serena Williams has taken the tennis world by storm in her spectacular career. From singles titles and career grand slams to doubles titles with her sister Venus, Serena has dominated womens tennis and fought through injuries countless times. Whether its her victories at Wimbledon or her home Grand Slam, the US Open, Serena has shown her versatility and style on the court. This book takes a look at her stellar career...
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2021.
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"There has never been an athlete like Serena Williams. She has dominated women's tennis for two decades, changed the way the game is played, and - by inspiring Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff, and others - changed, too, the racial make up of the pro game. But Williams's influence has not been confined to the tennis court. As a powerful Black woman who struggled to achieve and sustain success, she has emerged as a cultural icon, figuring in conversations about...
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"The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears Prada--a dishy tell-all about a beautiful tennis prodigy who, after changing coaches, suddenly makes headlines on and off the court. Charlotte "Charlie" Silver has always been a good girl. She excelled at tennis early, coached by her father, a former player himself, and soon became one of the top juniors in the world. When she leaves UCLA--and breaks...
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2021.
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"In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career--six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement,...
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[1995]
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Britain's foremost writer on women's sports has written the definitive biography of four-time U.S. Open singles winner Martina Navratilova, the greatest female tennis player of all time. Probing, dramatic, rich in anecdote, Martina reveals the happiest - and the most painful - moments in the controversial life of the only woman ever to win nine Wimbledon singles titles. Martina's childhood was a grudge match against the Communist Czech government....
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Her life is on the line ... Stevie Corbett is in jeopardy of losing everything she's sacrificed and worked so hard for -- her career, her future. Her life. She has just two weeks to make a monumental decision, but her fate rides on keeping the truth a sceret. It's Judd Mackie's job to uncover secrets. And he's spent the last years dogging Stevie, exposing her for the spoiled glamour girl he believes her to be. Now he has the chance to scoop the story...
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Jordan Myles mysteries volume 3
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[1997]
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"Jordan Myles is at the top of her game. A former world-class tennis champion now hosting her own TV show, she is also a partner at the exclusive Desert Springs Sports Science Clinic, working with the game's biggest up-and-comers. Her long-time relationship with Dr. Gus Laidlaw is getting serious, and marriage seems imminent. Things couldn't be better for Jordan - until many of her world-famous clients start suffering from sudden, mysterious collapses...
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2024.
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"A deeply reported, revealing biography of tennis phenomenon and activist Naomi Osaka, telling the untold story behind her Grand Slam-winning career, her headline-making advocacy for racial justice and mental health, and the challenges of a life in the international spotlight"--
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