Author: Paul Amy
Publisher: Melbourne Books
ISBN: 1922129666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Fred Cook began his football career with Footscray in the VFL. But he really made his name in the game after crossing to Port Melbourne in the VFA. His prodigious goalkicking in the 1970s earned him the nickname of 'Fabulous Fred' and fame at a pop-star level. He appeared on TV, on radio and wrote newspaper columns, and he mixed with Melbourne's sporting and entertainment elite. But he fell in with a criminal crowd, formed a drug habit, lost everything and did three spells in prison. Cook has led a remarkable life, going from hero to zero. He's always wanted to tell his story, which features football, crime and drugs, and the wider issue of sportspeople who struggle with normalcy once their careers have ended. Fred Cook's name still resonates, thirty years after his career ended. Last year he was nominated for the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Fabulous Fred
Author: Paul Amy
Publisher: Melbourne Books
ISBN: 1922129666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Fred Cook began his football career with Footscray in the VFL. But he really made his name in the game after crossing to Port Melbourne in the VFA. His prodigious goalkicking in the 1970s earned him the nickname of 'Fabulous Fred' and fame at a pop-star level. He appeared on TV, on radio and wrote newspaper columns, and he mixed with Melbourne's sporting and entertainment elite. But he fell in with a criminal crowd, formed a drug habit, lost everything and did three spells in prison. Cook has led a remarkable life, going from hero to zero. He's always wanted to tell his story, which features football, crime and drugs, and the wider issue of sportspeople who struggle with normalcy once their careers have ended. Fred Cook's name still resonates, thirty years after his career ended. Last year he was nominated for the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Publisher: Melbourne Books
ISBN: 1922129666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Fred Cook began his football career with Footscray in the VFL. But he really made his name in the game after crossing to Port Melbourne in the VFA. His prodigious goalkicking in the 1970s earned him the nickname of 'Fabulous Fred' and fame at a pop-star level. He appeared on TV, on radio and wrote newspaper columns, and he mixed with Melbourne's sporting and entertainment elite. But he fell in with a criminal crowd, formed a drug habit, lost everything and did three spells in prison. Cook has led a remarkable life, going from hero to zero. He's always wanted to tell his story, which features football, crime and drugs, and the wider issue of sportspeople who struggle with normalcy once their careers have ended. Fred Cook's name still resonates, thirty years after his career ended. Last year he was nominated for the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
The Fabulous Fred Francis Farquhar the 4th Went for a Walk
Author: Dr. D. Dragon Davis
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
A long time ago when I was just a kid, my favorite teacher, Mr. Marcus, told me this story. Mr. Marcus told our class that on very special nights, when the stars are just right, and the wind is still, and the moon is new, a certain dragon would come to visit with him, and they would talk. The dragon often told him a story or two. Sometimes they were old, and sometimes they were new. Dr. D. Dragon Davis told this story to Mr. Marcus, he told it to me, and I'm telling it to you. In this story, our hero, the Fabulous Fred Francis Farquhar the Fourth is given the opportunity to make a life-changing choice. This is the story of how he makes his choice. Do you agree with his choice? What would you have chosen? Remember that the history of our choices becomes the history of our life. I hope that you choose to read this book. Now this story is true and as real as can be, as real as good old Dr. D. could very well be...or perhaps, or maybe perhaps not. Anyway, I hope that you like and learn from this, I hope that you do. I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. --John Lennon
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
A long time ago when I was just a kid, my favorite teacher, Mr. Marcus, told me this story. Mr. Marcus told our class that on very special nights, when the stars are just right, and the wind is still, and the moon is new, a certain dragon would come to visit with him, and they would talk. The dragon often told him a story or two. Sometimes they were old, and sometimes they were new. Dr. D. Dragon Davis told this story to Mr. Marcus, he told it to me, and I'm telling it to you. In this story, our hero, the Fabulous Fred Francis Farquhar the Fourth is given the opportunity to make a life-changing choice. This is the story of how he makes his choice. Do you agree with his choice? What would you have chosen? Remember that the history of our choices becomes the history of our life. I hope that you choose to read this book. Now this story is true and as real as can be, as real as good old Dr. D. could very well be...or perhaps, or maybe perhaps not. Anyway, I hope that you like and learn from this, I hope that you do. I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. --John Lennon
Fabulous Fred
Author: James Tanner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947325012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781947325012
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Fabulous Fred
Author: James Butch Tanner
Publisher: Author Academy Elite
ISBN: 9781647469320
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Actions speak louder than words can! This tale of Fabulous Fred helps us understand the importance of living our lives according to God's instructions. See how Fred responds to the unkind barnyard conversations when he is the target. His actions speak volumes.
Publisher: Author Academy Elite
ISBN: 9781647469320
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Actions speak louder than words can! This tale of Fabulous Fred helps us understand the importance of living our lives according to God's instructions. See how Fred responds to the unkind barnyard conversations when he is the target. His actions speak volumes.
The File
Author: HTHMA/Carrillo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557859565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557859565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Gags and Greasepaint
Author: Vikki Jackson
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443811785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
This volume is a paean to the “Revue”, the “Fit-Up” and the fifty or more travelling roadshows which traversed the roads of Ireland during the heyday of the “fit-ups”, the decades prior to the Second World War. This book is a personal memoir of one of the “goddesses” of Irish repertory theatre―Vic (Victoria Loving)―the woman known as the “Sequin Queen”―as recounted by her granddaughter, one of the last of these travelling artistes. It is a celebration of Ireland’s “curtain up”, and the “five-and-nine”, the fairground barker and the circus tober. It is a hymn to the artist whose home was the road and whose stage-wing voices lie hidden in the boarded-up hall and the abandoned outhouse. Listen up!―for one last garish display of the paint-glow, one final tread of the magic footboard.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443811785
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
This volume is a paean to the “Revue”, the “Fit-Up” and the fifty or more travelling roadshows which traversed the roads of Ireland during the heyday of the “fit-ups”, the decades prior to the Second World War. This book is a personal memoir of one of the “goddesses” of Irish repertory theatre―Vic (Victoria Loving)―the woman known as the “Sequin Queen”―as recounted by her granddaughter, one of the last of these travelling artistes. It is a celebration of Ireland’s “curtain up”, and the “five-and-nine”, the fairground barker and the circus tober. It is a hymn to the artist whose home was the road and whose stage-wing voices lie hidden in the boarded-up hall and the abandoned outhouse. Listen up!―for one last garish display of the paint-glow, one final tread of the magic footboard.
Hoops Nation
Author: Chris Ballard
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803262355
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Looking for a game? Here's your guided tour of the country's best pickup basketball courts, from the blacktops of Brooklyn to the asphalt of Anchorage to the gyms of Jackson, Mississippi. It's all inside: where the pros play, the most scenic runs in the land, and a ranking of the top five courts. ø Chris Ballard and three other former college players piled into a used Chevy van and traveled thirty-one thousand miles in seven months, playing at over a thousand courts in 166 cities in forty-eight states. This is the story of their roundball road trip and a guide to the places, people, and communities they encountered. ø More than a travel guide, Hoops Nation is "a celebration of the game of basketball as it is played in America." It includes guides to streetball fashion, the lingo of the courts, the etiquette of the pickup world, the tricks of old-guy basketball, and tips for the dunking impaired. Also included are profiles of playground legends and dispatches from the legions of basketball lifers who populate the country's courts. ø This book can tell you where they?re running today, all over America. Who?s got next?
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803262355
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Looking for a game? Here's your guided tour of the country's best pickup basketball courts, from the blacktops of Brooklyn to the asphalt of Anchorage to the gyms of Jackson, Mississippi. It's all inside: where the pros play, the most scenic runs in the land, and a ranking of the top five courts. ø Chris Ballard and three other former college players piled into a used Chevy van and traveled thirty-one thousand miles in seven months, playing at over a thousand courts in 166 cities in forty-eight states. This is the story of their roundball road trip and a guide to the places, people, and communities they encountered. ø More than a travel guide, Hoops Nation is "a celebration of the game of basketball as it is played in America." It includes guides to streetball fashion, the lingo of the courts, the etiquette of the pickup world, the tricks of old-guy basketball, and tips for the dunking impaired. Also included are profiles of playground legends and dispatches from the legions of basketball lifers who populate the country's courts. ø This book can tell you where they?re running today, all over America. Who?s got next?
United
Author: Gina Awad
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472146506
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
'A beautiful and moving book that vividly brings home the challenges faced by those with dementia and their carers' Sir Tony Robinson A moving and beautifully illustrated book that captures the real life tales of people living with dementia, as told by their loved ones caring for them. This humorous, heartwarming and often heartbreaking collection will be relatable and supportive for anyone touched by dementia in their lives, and provides insight and information for anyone wanting to know more. The stories reflect on: the impact of receiving a diagnosis, the importance of person-centred care and social inclusion; the power of meaningful engagement, partnerships, peer support and much, much more.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472146506
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
'A beautiful and moving book that vividly brings home the challenges faced by those with dementia and their carers' Sir Tony Robinson A moving and beautifully illustrated book that captures the real life tales of people living with dementia, as told by their loved ones caring for them. This humorous, heartwarming and often heartbreaking collection will be relatable and supportive for anyone touched by dementia in their lives, and provides insight and information for anyone wanting to know more. The stories reflect on: the impact of receiving a diagnosis, the importance of person-centred care and social inclusion; the power of meaningful engagement, partnerships, peer support and much, much more.
Girl, (Nearly) 16: Absolute Torture
Author: Sue Limb
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0307433420
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Just when things were going so well. Jess had the perfect summer planned: She and Fred, lounging in the park, gazing into one another’s eyes and engaging in witty repartee. It was going to be so romantic. And then her maddening mum stepped in: She suddenly announced a two-week “road trip” to Cornwall to visit Jess’s dad, something Jess might have enjoyed, actually, were it not for the monstrously bad timing. Not only will this force Jess and Fred apart for two whole weeks, it will also leave the darling and handsome Fred in the clutches of Jess’s blindingly beautiful best friend, Flora—who, you might recall, expressed an interest in Fred not too long ago. As if all this weren’t enough, Jess’s mum seems to expect her to weep at the grave of every departed literary hero in Britain’s long history. It’s absolute torture. And little does Jess know, a huge surprise awaits her when she visits her dad at his home for the first time in years.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0307433420
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Just when things were going so well. Jess had the perfect summer planned: She and Fred, lounging in the park, gazing into one another’s eyes and engaging in witty repartee. It was going to be so romantic. And then her maddening mum stepped in: She suddenly announced a two-week “road trip” to Cornwall to visit Jess’s dad, something Jess might have enjoyed, actually, were it not for the monstrously bad timing. Not only will this force Jess and Fred apart for two whole weeks, it will also leave the darling and handsome Fred in the clutches of Jess’s blindingly beautiful best friend, Flora—who, you might recall, expressed an interest in Fred not too long ago. As if all this weren’t enough, Jess’s mum seems to expect her to weep at the grave of every departed literary hero in Britain’s long history. It’s absolute torture. And little does Jess know, a huge surprise awaits her when she visits her dad at his home for the first time in years.
Stinky Thinking
Author: Alan Katz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780689871887
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Assortment of games, puzzles, and math problems involving various bodily excretions.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780689871887
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Assortment of games, puzzles, and math problems involving various bodily excretions.