{"title":"Caroline Ryder","description":"Caroline Ryder is a Los Angeles-based journalist and regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and LA Weekly. In 2010 she coauthored Kicking Up Dirt, the memoir of X Games motocross champion Ashley Fiolek.","products":[{"product_id":"kicking-up-dirt-a-true-story-of-determination-deafness-and-daring-paperback","title":"Kicking Up Dirt: A True Story of Determination, Deafness, and Daring - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ashley Fiolek's incredible story perfectly embodies the adage 'the only thing that deaf people can't do is hear.' Fiolek is an inspiration to anyone who has a barrier to overcome. My hands are waving in the air, and I'm screaming for her; this book should not be missed.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Marlee Matlin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ashley Fiolek's not just good at motocross for a girl...she's flat-out good. She is a tough, confident, competitive racer who has overcome enough in her life to know that nothing is impossible.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Travis Pastrana, nine-time X Games gold medalist and host of \u003cem\u003eNitro Circus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"a crusader for gender equity in her sport\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, 2008 Women's Motocross Champion Ashley Fiolek's inspiring memoir about her life-long deafness, her triumph over adversity, her rise to the top of her male-dominated extreme sport, and how her family and Christian faith helped her get there. Fans of motocross and extreme sports, as well as readers who enjoyed memoirs such as Bethany Hamilton's\u003cem\u003e Soul Surfer\u003c\/em\u003e, will be inspired by \u003cem\u003eKicking Up Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men's sport: motocross, one of the most dangerous extreme sports in the world. Since going pro in late 2007, Fiolek has taken gold at the X Games, twice won the American Women's Motocross Championship, and become the first woman in American motocross history to be signed to a factory team--the highest echelon of industry backing. These remarkable achievements seem even more extraordinary because Fiolek was born profoundly deaf, a handicap that makes everyday life difficult . . . and competition on the track downright treacherous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Fiolek has never let her disability stand in the way of her dreams, nor has she allowed her gender to limit her career. One of the sport's most talked-about stars, she's changing the way the industry views women. \u003cem\u003eKicking Up Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable true story of Ashley Fiolek's ride to greatness--the inspiring tale of a courageous young woman's determination to succeed in the face of truly challenging obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e--Travis Pastrana, nine-time X Games gold medalist and host of Nitro Circus\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt nineteen, Ashley Fiolek is already the top female competitor in a tough men's sport: motocross, one of the most dangerous extreme sports in the world. Since going pro in late 2007, Fiolek has taken gold at the X Games, twice won the American Women's Motocross Championship, and become the first woman in American motocross history to be signed to a factory team--the highest echelon of industry backing. These remarkable achievements seem even more extraordinary because Fiolek was born profoundly deaf, a handicap that makes everyday life difficult . . . and competition on the track downright treacherous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Fiolek has never let her disability stand in the way of her dreams, nor has she allowed her gender to limit her career. One of the sport's most talked-about stars, she's changing the way the industry views women. \u003cem\u003eKicking Up Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable true story of Ashley Fiolek's ride to greatness--the inspiring tale of a courageous young woman's determination to succeed in the face of truly challenging obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433678274783,"sku":"9780061946486","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/R7wMMhdT0O9780061946486.webp?v=1790016867"},{"product_id":"dirty-rocker-boys-love-and-lust-on-the-sunset-strip-paperback","title":"Dirty Rocker Boys: Love and Lust on the Sunset Strip - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn uncensored Hollywood tell-all filled with explicit tales of love, sex, and revenge from the video vixen made famous by Warrant's rock anthem \"Cherry Pie.\"Who could forget the sexy \"Cherry Pie\" girl from hair metal band Warrant's infamous music video? Bobbie Brown became a bona fide vixen for her playful role as the object of lead singer Jani Lane's desires. But the wide-eyed Louisiana beauty queen's own dreams of making it big in Los Angeles were about to be derailed by her rock-and-roll lifestyle. After her tumultuous marriage to Jani imploded, and her engagement to fast-living Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee ended in a drug haze--followed by his marriage later to Pamela Anderson--Bobbie decided it was time Hollywood's hottest bachelors got a taste of their own medicine. Step one: get high. Step two: get even. In a captivating, completely uncensored confessional, Bobbie explicitly recounts a life among some of the most famous men in Hollywood: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Costner, Mark McGrath, Dave Navarro, Sebastian Bach, Ashley Hamilton, Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Orgy's Jay Gordon, and many more. No man was off limits as the fun-loving bombshell spiraled into excess, anger, and addiction. 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