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2) Bump
Author
Language
English
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Description
"MJ knows what it means to hurt. Bruises from gymnastics heal, but big hurts, like her dad not being around anymore, don't go away. Now her mom needs to work two jobs, and MJ doesn't have friends at school to lean on. There is only one thing MJ loves: the world of professional wrestling. She especially idolizes the luchadores and the stories they tell in the ring. When MJ learns that her neighbor, Mr. Arellano, runs a wrestling school, she has a new...
3) Win win
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Mike Flaherty is a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high school wrestling coach. When he comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike's luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy's family affairs come into play.
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of the Salt Water Redneck. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler, a small-time outlaw on the run, becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
5) Tumble
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Before she decides whether to accept her stepfather's proposal of adoption, twelve-year-old Adela Ramírez reaches out to her estranged biological father--who is in the midst of a career comeback as a luchador--and the eccentric extended family of wrestlers she has never met, bringing Adela closer to understanding the expansive definition of family.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak (22), a young man with Down syndrome runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and attending the wrestling school of The Salt Water Redneck. Through circumstances beyond their control, Tyler (32), a small-time outlaw on the run becomes Zak's unlikely coach and ally.
10) SumoPuppy
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When puppy Chanko-chan is adopted by a sumo heya she is eager to learn how to be her best self among the wrestlers, but unfortunately she gets off to a slow start with SumoKitty.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Rental [edition].
Language
English
Description
In this inspiring tale based on true events, seventeen-year-old Ali Jahani is a newcomer to a small California town, where he stands out as different in an unwelcoming community. Living with his embittered uncle, the boy faces a mountain of adversity everywhere he turns. Rejected by everyone but determined to fit in, he joins the schools' floundering wrestling team. With a chance to change how others see him, Ali must step up and learn to be a hero....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"The Agents of S.L.A.M. aren't your average professional wrestlers. They're led by the fearless and famous Bruno Bravado and work for the president of the United States to protect people from all kinds of threats--both on Earth and in space! And they've just been joined by their newest recruit, Katie Jones, a twelve-year-old wrestling vlogger who just might know more about wrestling than the wrestlers themselves. S.L.A.M. will need Katie's knowledge...
13) Barton Fink
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A trendy playwright is trying to write a simple movie script, but to his misfortune has a bit of writer's block.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nothing in wrestling can match the excitement of the main event. It's the match that everyone wants to see, the match that will have fans talking the next day. Author Patrick Jones takes readers deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars-and the wild characters they portray-have turned pro wrestling into a billion-dollar industry. Take a seat and gear up for the greatest show in wrestling-the main event!
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Featuring never-before-seen research and exclusive interviews with people who witnessed, aided, and suffered from his ascent, this unauthorized investigative chronicle of the media mogul, defining cultural force, and one of Donald Trump's closest friends uses his story as a new lens for understanding contemporary America.
16) Pinned
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, two young men at different high schools pursue the same goal: to become a state wrestling champion"--Container.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Documenting the rise of women's wrestling from sideshow to WWE main event. Sisterhood of the Squared Circle presents the fascinating history of women's wrestling, from the carnival circuit of the late 1800s to today's hugely popular matches. With more than 100 wrestler profiles, find out how backstage politics, real-life grudges, and incredible personalities shaped the business. The careers of many well-known trailblazers, including Mildred Burke,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Step into the ring at Glorious Wrestling Alliance, the universe's least-professional wrestling company. Collected in colossal full color for the first time, this hilarious love letter to pro wrestling covers identity, anxiety, and leg drops"--
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Seven classic comedies starring the Three Stooges. In the first work, they try to break into the wrestling racket, in the second they are mistaken for dentists, in the third Curly steps into his father's place to keep him from marrying a curvaceous blonde. "Three little pirates" has them escaping from the governor of Dead Man's Island and trying to survive Black Louie's Pirate den and in "Uncivil war birds", they decide to join the army as the Civil...
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