Books about Boarders from Amazon.com

A world-class instructor explains how anyone of any age -- from confirmed skier to rank beginner -- can quickly get in on the thrill of the hottest sport in the world! Snowboarding, the sport that has generated more excitement -- and caused more controversy -- than any other since Alpine skiing was invented, gives new meaning to fun on the slopes. Learning to snowboard can be surprisingly easy -- with the right instruction. In this complete, fully illustrated guide, beginners gain the know-how to get started, from choosing the right board to becoming familiar with snowboard lingo (do you ride "goofy" or "regular"?) to transitioning from skis to board. Lowell Hart starts readers off on familiar terrain -- in the living room -- where they practice key movements, the foundation of good riding at all skill levels. These are the moves that let riders tilt the board from front to back edge and carve the turns that only snowboards can scribe. From key moves Hart guides readers through first descents, stopping, first turns, connecting turns, side-slips, and garlands, all the while interjecting tips and predicting trouble spots before they trip up beginners. Then it's on to intermediate, advanced, and freestyle riding: basic halfpipe technique, terrain park tips, airborne spin tricks, rail slides, and even backcountry 'boarding. Featuring: -- Ground School for Beginners -- First Descents -- Taming Tough Terrain -- Mastering Powder -- Freeriding & Freecarving -- Freestyle & Halfpipe Tricks -- Backcountry 'Boarding -- Racing Tactics -- With full-color sequential photographs throughout -- Featuring close-up, detail illustrations.
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The familiar Cape Cod setting works its spell, and the cranky, colorful New England characters work their way through a deftly amusing and baffling story of plot and counterplot.

She had come every summer for twenty-nine years to stay at what used to be Mrs. Mercer's boarding house but was now Ye Olde Whale Inn. She knew all about Quisset, and Quisset thought it knew all about her. So when Miss Olive Beadle arrived for her thirtieth season, there was nothing to hint at disaster.

The murder at Ye Olde Whale Inn hung on a curious series of chance events: if Ann Joyce and Mrs. Hingham hadn't both been stage-struck; if departing ministers hadn't passed out group photos to the congregation; if Cousin Jenny hadn't found the stuffed tomato…and if a sprained ankle and a load of overdue clams hadn't put Asey Mayo on the scene, matters would have been very different..
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An all-encompassing study of naval armament under fighting sail. This first volume covers axes, pikes and fighting blades in use between 1626 and 1826 - tracing their development in the navies of England and Northern Europe through that of the United States. Heavily illustrated with art and photography including an 8-page color section..
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A stranger among them...

Joey doesn't like the new guest at the Potter Bed and Breakfast Her sister, Bessie, raves about him, but to skeptical Joey, friendly Bobby Kryer seems too good to be true. Dawson's only too eager to help uncover a mystery, and so are Jen and Pacey.

But when the gang begins snooping for clues, they uncover more than they expected. Because in the stranger's possession is a photo.

A photo of Joey..
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Neil, a college sophomore, decides to stay in town for the summer and get a job. He needs a room, and the ad sounds innocent enough, "Widow with large house near campus seeks student boarder. Sex, race, unimportant " Neil discovers that Eva is no ordinary landlady. He soon realizes he might not be as mature as he'd thought after the first time she spanks him bare-bottom over her knee. When Eva starts putting him in diapers, he learns he's a lot more than just Auntie Eva's boarder..
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