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Author by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Editor : Aurum
ISBN : 9781781313169
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 272
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When historian Goodwin was six years old, her father taught her how to keep score for ‘their’ team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, which forged a lifelong bond between father and daughter. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year is a coming-of-age memoir in the era of Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider, when baseball truly was a national pastime that brought whole communities together. With her radio by her side and scorecard to hand, she recreates the postwar era, when the corner store was a place to share stories and neighborhoods were equally divided between Dodger, Giant, and Yankee fans. Weaved between the games and the seasons, Goodwin tells the story of a changing America – from the lunacy of the Cold War alarm drills to McCarthy and the Rosenburg trials – as well as her own loss of innocence encapsulated by her mother’s death, her father’s lapse into despair and the Dodger’s departure from Brooklyn in 1957 following the destruction of the iconic Ebbets Field stadium. Poignant, unsentimental and deeply eloquent, Wait Till Next Year is a profound memoir about childhood and loss, baseball, and the power of sport to bind families and heal loss and reveal as metaphor the evolving heart of a nation.

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Author by Everest Media
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Editor : Everest Media LLC
ISBN : 9798822544178
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 31
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I was six when my father gave me a bright-red scorebook that opened my heart to the game of baseball. I spent my afternoons sitting cross-legged before the squat Philco radio which stood as a permanent fixture on our porch in Rockville Centre, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York. #2 My father, Michael Francis Aloysius Kearns, was a short man who appeared much larger on account of his erect bearing, broad chest, and thick neck. He had a ruddy Irish complexion, and his green eyes flashed with humor and vitality. He called me Bubbles because I seemed to enjoy so many things. #3 My father was a huge fan of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and he loved to recount the stories of the team’s past. He was able to pass the civil-service exam because of his extensive knowledge of baseball statistics. #4 When I picture my mother, Helen, she is sitting in her favorite cushioned chair and she is reading. She was slim and tall, several inches taller than my father. Her hair, primly curled with the soft waves of a permanent, was brown touched with gray.

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Author by Ronald E. Kates
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Editor : McFarland
ISBN : 9780786436804
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 211
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The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Essays presented at the 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work. Topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's The Great American Novel; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others.

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Author by A TRANSLATION BY JAMES LEGGE
Genre : Religion
Editor : Lulu.com
ISBN : 9781365791185
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 390
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This is a classic reprint of two influential Chinese philosophers, Confucius and Mencius, in two parts, together in one volume.

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Author by William Goldman
Genre : Sports
Editor : Bantam Books
ISBN : 0553282263
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 416
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The big names and big games are all in this story of the 1987 New York Baseball Season. Two pros pool their talents for an inside ticket to a season's worth of legends and louses. "Read the book Steinbrenner and a host of other sports notables will want to burn. It's a beauty".--Elmore Leonard.

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Author by Mark H. McCormack
Genre : Business & Economics
Editor : Penguin
ISBN : 9781101199992
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 304
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Drawing upon forty years of experience from his own sports and celebrity management practice, Mark H. McCormack is back with common-sense advice aimed at business owners and would-be CEOs. McCormack's tips include: End your day on time People who say they can keep a secret usually can't It pays to overestimate your competition The best ideas cannot be stolen Know when to say "It's none of your business" Get paid for thinking rather than doing Time in front of the customer is the best time of all Be wary of unanimous agreement Not every budget deserves your respect Learn the art of picking up the check In ninety brief chapters that range in topic from getting ahead to staying competitive, McCormack makes clear that doing business in today's climate still involves the same basic elements of human interaction—intelligence, creativity, and efficiency—that have always meant the difference between success and failure.

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Author by Mary Downing Hahn
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Editor : HarperCollins
ISBN : 9780547346038
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 208
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Twelve-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother, Michael, have never liked their seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since their parents got married, she's made Molly and Michael's life miserable. Now their parents have moved them all to the country to live in a house that used to be a church, with a cemetery in the backyard. If that's not bad enough, Heather starts talking to a ghost named Helen and warning Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them. Molly feels certain Heather is in some kind of danger, but every time she tries to help, Heather twists things around to get her into trouble. It seems as if things can't get any worse. But they do—when Helen comes.

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Author by Stuart Miller
Genre : Sports
Editor : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN : 0618574808
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 552
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"Pick a sport -- baseball, professional or college football or basketball, horse racing, boxing, or tennis -- and in every case New York has consistently had front-row seats for every major development and many of the most memorable events in sports history." -- from the introduction It's every New York sports fan's dream: a chance to analyze, debate, and rank the top 100 sports events in New York history. A list to settle all arguments. What would you choose? First of all, where to start? Babe Ruth hitting the first home run in Yankee Stadium? Arthur Ashe winning the first U.S. Open? Muhammad Ali versus Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden? Over the years, New York has been at the center of seemingly every major sporting event. From the integration of baseball to the heyday of boxing and horse racing to the rise of professional sports -- it all happened in New York. The journalist Stuart Miller, a native New Yorker and sportswriter, guides us through the pivotal events with illuminating analysis and colorful detail. Based on extensive research, this richly illustrated book is filled with vivid and authoritative prose. Highlights include: * Willie Mays makes "the Catch" in the 1954 World Series * Jimmy Connors turns back the clock at the 1991 U.S. Open * Willis Reed rescues the Knicks in the 1970 NBA Finals * Joe Namath and the Jets win the 1968 AFL Championship * Mookie Wilson's slow grounder to first is a Mets miracle in the 1986 World Series All of the celebrated franchises are here, from the Yankees and the Mets to the Knicks and the Giants, as well as sports ranging from horse racing to tennis to boxing to the New York City Marathon. There are additional lists and analyses, such as "On the Road: The Top 25," featuring events such as Bucky Dent's 1978 homer over the Green Monster in Fenway Park. "Fearsome Foes" highlights epic performances by the opposition, like Michael Jordan's 55-point night at the Garden in 1992. Miller also gives us the bad side of sports, in "Worst Days," such as when Benny Paret died in the ring at the hands of Emile Griffith. Exhaustively researched and endlessly entertaining, The 100 Greatest Days in New York Sports is a book destined to be on the shelf of every New York -- and every American -- sports fan.

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Author by OBASEMO BOSEDE RUTH
Genre : Psychology
Editor : BookRix
ISBN : 9783748766759
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 69
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Literally, what is confusion? Confusion shout is I don't know! In the confused world, everyone shouts "I Don't Know!" God, why me? What brings about confusion? What is the main reason for the confusion? I don't know is always the answer for every confused person! If you don't know, there is no solution for it yet! If you don't know, what will you do about it? If you don't know what it is, what can you do about it? Absolutely nothing! When confusion becomes serious, you look about like a confused stranger! You dread the more. You have been asking how do I get rid of confusion still your answer has been I don't. You don't know that is why you are confused about it. Over thinking sparkes bad ideas to bring about confusion. Confusion is your reason for anxiety! Confusion is emotional it dreprives you of happiness. Don't you know that lack of understanding is the reason for your confusion? That is why you are matching around the same circle, shouting O God, why is this happening to me? How do I this is your question always when you live in the confused world! Confussion is the reason you shout 'it's over when you are not done yet. Confusion makes you stop when you shouldn't have stopped. Confusion makes you cry like a forgotten baby. Confusion makes you describe yourself as 'Mr noone' Confusion will let you say it's okay when you are hurting badly. Confusion sticks you to the things that won't let you go far. Don't you wanna step out of confusion? All the solution to your confusion is in this book. The earlier you have the understanding the sooner you step out of the confused world. That is your reason for this book; pick it up! Confusion must be part of Your life entities anymore!

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Author by Stanley Cohen
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Editor : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN : 9781616086916
Type Books : PDF & Epub
File Pages : 257
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Chronicles the history of baseball in New York from World War II to the present, examining how the sport helped carry Americans through times of turmoil and social decay.

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