Gymnastics Balancing Acts

Thirty of history's greatest gymnastics champions are featured here, including such celebrated gold medal winners as Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu, Vitaly Scherbo, Jaycie Phelps, Amanda Borden, Bart Conner, Svetlana Boginskaya, Amy Chow, and Mary Lou Retton. "Everyone sees a gymnast's public moments-- the victories and defeats-- but no one, until now, has managed to bring out such an individually tailored, true portrait of these fine people as artists. Through their stories and photographs, we see a side of these great people which they only show to their closest friends."--Bela Karolyi

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lessa, Christina

Exercise & Fitness

Universe

The awe-inspiring combination of beauty, grace, and strength is nowhere more realized that in the remarkable athletes that make up the sport of gymnastics. Through their extraordinary competitive performances, gymnasts have captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of spectators and aspiring athletes. Rarely, however, does the world see the individual creativity and expressiveness behind the focused, competitive determination of these champions.Gymnastics: Balancing Acts leads the reader into their world and explores the passionate, creative energies that shape the sport. With forewords by Olympic gold medalists Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes and an introduction by world-renowned coach Bela Karolyi, this book showcases thirty of the greatest athletes in gymnastics history, including Kerri Strug, Amanda Borden, Jair Lynch, Dominique Moceanu, Svetlana Boginskaya, Vitali Scherbo, Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, Bart Conner, Olga Korbut, and others.Photographer Christina Lessa has turned her lens to a world not often seen by television cameras and sportswriters. Here, the champions tell their own stories-- through personal accounts, words of inspiration, and above all, beautiful photographs of their lives both in and out of the gym. Through their dedication and courage, their unique experiences, thrills, and hardships in this incredible sport, we begin to understand what it is that makes gymnasts athletes and artists in the truest sense of the words.

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Women Who Win

Features photographs and interviews with twenty-two noted women atheletes

Biographies & Memoirs

Profiles of twenty-five outstanding female athletes, from tennis legend Billie Jean King to basketball player Teresa Edwards to Olympic skier Picabo Street, complemented by 150 color photographs, capture the women's personal, social, and athletic accomplishments. Simultaneous.

Women Who Win: Stories of Triumph in Sport and in Life

Calendars

Universe Pub.

In this essential book for women, Christina Lessa, a wife, mother, and established photojournalist, has interviewed and photographed nineteen remarkable achievers at the tops of their fields-- from health experts to spiritual leaders to successful businesswomen. Each woman offers her secrets to maintaining a sound mind and fit body in today's modern world. Now, rather than consulting multiple books by a variety of experts to get the advice they need, women can have it in one comprehensive manual. Selected to cover the fundamental components of a woman's lifestyle-- nutrition, fitness, beauty, rest and relaxation, sex, work, family, finance, and spirituality-- the experts in this book provide easy-to-follow regimens that even the busiest woman can follow. Yoga guru Sharon Gannon offers a revitalizing workout that any woman can do. Makeup artist Bobbi Brown lists ways to look beautiful and confident at every age. Spiritual leader Iyanla Vanzant guides women toward a happier, more fulfilling life. Packed with practical advice and evocative photographs, this is the perfect book for any woman who makes a promise to herself that she will put her health first in the next millennium. Iyanla Vanzant * Trudy Styler * Sharon Gannon * Dr. Christine Northrup * Sarah Ban Breathnach * Cynthia Rowley * Ellen McGirt * Kim Polese * Anka Radacovich * Sylvia Weinstock * Marcia Kilgore * Donna Karan * Bobbi Brown * Nina Kelly * Verna Moses * Kathy Smith * Abby Hitchcock * Drew Barrymore * Dr. Carolyn Dean

Women to Women: A New Plan for Success and Well-Being from Today's Most Celebrated Women

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

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Gymnastics Balancing Acts

Gymnastics Balancing Acts

Women Who Win

Women Who Win

Women Who Win: Stories of Triumph in Sport and in Life

Women to Women: A New Plan for Success and Well-Being from Today's Most Celebrated Women

Women to Women: A New Plan for Success and Well-Being from Today's Most Celebrated Women