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NFL running back Warrick Dunn is truly one of the good guys in the world of sports. And in this revealing autobiography, written with New York Times bestselling author Don Yaeger, Dunn tells his incredibly moving, inspirational story of courage and determination in the face of devastating loss, a story that makes his achievements on the football field that much more amazing.

Warrick Dunn and his five brothers and sisters all idolized their mother, Baton Rouge police officer Betty Smothers. As the oldest, Dunn was the closest to her, and the man of the house. On January 7, 1993, while the single mother worked a second job as a supermarket security guard, Betty Smothers was ambushed, shot, and killed while making a bank deposit. Dunn—then a high school senior just weeks away from choosing among his college football scholarship offers—was devastated.

Dunn was only eighteen when circumstances changed and he had to look after his five siblings, but somehow he managed to enroll at Florida State and, in only his freshman year, help their team quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and roommate Charlie Ward, win the National Championship for the 1993–94 season. And this was just the beginning of Dunn's successful career as a student athlete, which resulted in his selection to the FSU Hall of Fame.

Despite his modest size, Dunn's athleticism, incomparable drive, and personality convinced Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy to select Dunn in the first round of the 1997 draft with the twelth overall pick. During his career with the Bucs and, subsequently, the Atlanta Falcons, Dunn amassed five 1,000-yard rushing seasons, was selected to the NFL Pro Bowl three times, and became one of only twenty-three running backs to exceed the 10,000-yard career rushing mark. In 2008, he returned to the Bucs seeking to continue his success. But perhaps his greatest achievement during his time as an NFL player came off the field when he started a foundation called Homes for the Holidays, a charity that helps single parents become homeowners. To date, he has placed 74 single parents and their 192 dependents in fully furnished and outfitted homes in Tampa, Tallahassee, Baton Rouge, and Atlanta.

But there was one person Dunn neglected in his drive to help others—himself. He spent all of his emotional energy on his siblings and their pain, and never focused on his own. His only solace was the football field, where he truly was running for his life. It wasn't until a Falcons teammate suggested psychological counseling that Dunn began to battle the demons still haunting him from his mother's death.

Uplifting and thought-provoking, Running for My Life is the story of an athlete's drive to help his family and ensure that his mother's legacy and values continue—the story of what it really takes to be a man.

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Written by a vintner and science editor with twenty-five years experience, The Way to Make Wine is the most readable and reliable handbook among the many winemaking guides. In engaging conversational prose, Sheridan Warrick shows that making your own wine is not only easy, but also fun. Geared to everyday wine lovers who want to drink well, save money, and impress their friends, this book reveals everything needed to make delicious wines--both reds and whites--from start to finish.
Warrick demystifies winemaking by explaining the nuts and bolts and demonstrating that if readers can replace a faucet washer or cook a pasta sauce, they can make food-friendly wines that cost less than the bottles they're now opening. He enables amateur vintners to equip a home winery, procure top-quality grapes, run a flawless fermentation, and enjoy their wine--its nose, its body, and finish--with renewed awareness and appreciation. At the same time, the author points experienced home vintners to new skills, describing top wineries' techniques. Rich with insiders' know-how, this book also divulges the many advances that have been made in the past few decades and makes clear that, with enologists' innovations, home winemaking is easier than ever. With straightforward illustrations of key steps, this book offers one-stop shopping for anyone who's ever dreamed of making table wines at home.
* two step-by-step sections: one for beginners, one for experienced home vintners
* sidebars offer quick tips and key elements of winemaking lore
* includes the only clear and comprehensive guide to minimizing the use of sulfites in wine
* section on suppliers and labs provides a wealth of information on sources of fine wine grapes.
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The second installment in the Cool Chix series, Hair Trix for Cool Chix is a fun, hip guide to haircare and hairstyles for today's trend-conscious tween. This friendly book features more than 30 step-by-step projects to help tweens and teens create cool hairstyles for all lengths and textures of hair. Girls start by taking a short quiz to figure out what kind of style they are looking for-basic styles like ponytails and twists; slightly more complicated styles still right for daytime; or special-occasion styles like updos and glam waves. They can then take the quiz again the next day to find a whole new look! Sections like "Hairology 101," "Get Salon Savvy," and "Hair 911" offer loads of hair-related information, from tips on caring for various hair types to simple explanations of haircare products and appliances, to solutions for hair emergencies like greasy roots and static electricity. There are even recipes for mixing up at-home hair treats and step-by-step projects for making cool hair accessories. This one-stop guide will give tweens and teens everything they need for a hip, healthy head of hair!.
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For any tween or teen who’s ever looked in her closet and moaned, "I have nothing to wear!"—this is the perfect book. Style Trix for Cool Chix is packed with tips, advice, and ideas for defining a look, identifying becoming styles, shaking out the dead weight in the dresser, making clothes and accessories, and getting a whole new look in just a few clear steps. It’s the best fashion makeover ever, and it includes twelve easy projects—six for revamping items from the back of the closet, six for making from scratch. Fun, hip, one-of-a-kind—that’s Style Trix for Cool Chix and the cool chix who use it!.
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The skill of inferencing, using information to draw a logical conclusion, is a higher-level thinking skill that is sometimes difficult for young students to master but very important to reading comprehension. The high-interest lessons in this book aresupplemented with a variety of activities to make learning the skill of inferencing fun. The exercises increase in difficulty as the book progresses, so the students practice more advanced skills as they work through the book.With a variety of fun and instructional formats, teachers can provide direct instruction, reinforcement, or independent practice throughout the year..
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This third addition to the hip Cool Chix series is a one-stop guide to fun! Whether it's a rainy afternoon with a best bud or a slumber party with 20 close friends, this book provides tweens and teens with all they need to turn the blues into a blast. There are pages and pages of creative ideas for mixing up delicious snacks and drinks, telling fortunes, having a spa day, and doing crafty projects with friends. Some of the exciting activities include magical ways to learn about one's crush; body-licious treatments to make for hair, face, and nails; friend collages; unique jewelry; and a whole bunch of quizzes about life, love, and friendship..
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Cause and effect relationships can be seen across the curriculum and throughout daily life. The cross-curricular activities and reading selections in this book help students make critical connections between an action and its effect.The activities in Cause & Effect for grades 1-2 allow students to progress from recognizing cause and effect in art and in writing to writing cause and effect statements. Not only are these skills valuable for reading comprehension,but they also help students understand that actions have consequences..
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