Author: Sam Acho
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400220459
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
NFL linebacker, speaker, podcaster, and humanitarian Sam Acho gives a blueprint for taking off our masks and living lives of genuine authenticity. Most of us hide. We play small and don't live up to our full potential. Sam Acho was one of those people. As an NFL linebacker, for example, he earned his MBA but told no one because he was afraid of what people might think if they found out that he cared about things that weren't "normal" for his profession. After many years of hiding himself, the person he had become had no connection to the real Sam. Only when he lost a friend and a mentor did he realize he was doing it all wrong--just like many us do, when we try to become someone we're not. All the while, we ignore the unique gifts and talents and personality we truly possess. But there is another way of living: Let the world see you. Your quirks, your passions, and your inner desires were not given to you by accident. And the world needs your gifts. In Let the World See You, Sam Acho shares lessons from his own life as well as stories from others to reveal how you can overcome your fears and discover your true selves. Being the real you pays big. No one else has what you have. No one else can share what you share. Let the World See You helps crack the shell of people who are in hiding and reveals the benefits of a lifestyle lived on purpose.
Let the World See You
Author: Sam Acho
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400220459
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
NFL linebacker, speaker, podcaster, and humanitarian Sam Acho gives a blueprint for taking off our masks and living lives of genuine authenticity. Most of us hide. We play small and don't live up to our full potential. Sam Acho was one of those people. As an NFL linebacker, for example, he earned his MBA but told no one because he was afraid of what people might think if they found out that he cared about things that weren't "normal" for his profession. After many years of hiding himself, the person he had become had no connection to the real Sam. Only when he lost a friend and a mentor did he realize he was doing it all wrong--just like many us do, when we try to become someone we're not. All the while, we ignore the unique gifts and talents and personality we truly possess. But there is another way of living: Let the world see you. Your quirks, your passions, and your inner desires were not given to you by accident. And the world needs your gifts. In Let the World See You, Sam Acho shares lessons from his own life as well as stories from others to reveal how you can overcome your fears and discover your true selves. Being the real you pays big. No one else has what you have. No one else can share what you share. Let the World See You helps crack the shell of people who are in hiding and reveals the benefits of a lifestyle lived on purpose.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400220459
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
NFL linebacker, speaker, podcaster, and humanitarian Sam Acho gives a blueprint for taking off our masks and living lives of genuine authenticity. Most of us hide. We play small and don't live up to our full potential. Sam Acho was one of those people. As an NFL linebacker, for example, he earned his MBA but told no one because he was afraid of what people might think if they found out that he cared about things that weren't "normal" for his profession. After many years of hiding himself, the person he had become had no connection to the real Sam. Only when he lost a friend and a mentor did he realize he was doing it all wrong--just like many us do, when we try to become someone we're not. All the while, we ignore the unique gifts and talents and personality we truly possess. But there is another way of living: Let the world see you. Your quirks, your passions, and your inner desires were not given to you by accident. And the world needs your gifts. In Let the World See You, Sam Acho shares lessons from his own life as well as stories from others to reveal how you can overcome your fears and discover your true selves. Being the real you pays big. No one else has what you have. No one else can share what you share. Let the World See You helps crack the shell of people who are in hiding and reveals the benefits of a lifestyle lived on purpose.
Football Legends of the Bush
Author: Ken Piesse
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742533736
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to Warragul and beyond, you'll find a smorgasbord of yarns covering stunning upsets, embarrassing blunders, staggering goal tallies and famous larrikins. This definitive book of bush footy includes Country teams who beat the big leaguers The most goals scored in a season Favourite football sons, region by region Match brawls and other incidents A first-gamer who was best afield with two left boots The man who could kick around corners and lots more! Football buff and much-published author Ken Piesse has assembled a truly exceptional book of facts, trivia and anecdotes that will amuse, inform and fascinate AFL fans everywhere.
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
ISBN: 1742533736
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to Warragul and beyond, you'll find a smorgasbord of yarns covering stunning upsets, embarrassing blunders, staggering goal tallies and famous larrikins. This definitive book of bush footy includes Country teams who beat the big leaguers The most goals scored in a season Favourite football sons, region by region Match brawls and other incidents A first-gamer who was best afield with two left boots The man who could kick around corners and lots more! Football buff and much-published author Ken Piesse has assembled a truly exceptional book of facts, trivia and anecdotes that will amuse, inform and fascinate AFL fans everywhere.
Favourite Footy Yarns: Expanded and Updated
Author: Ken Piesse
Publisher: Echo
ISBN: 1760686662
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
How much did it originally cost to sign up 'the King', Wayne Carey? Which Carlton player only found out he'd retired when he read it in the papers? What did Buddy Franklin carry with him on the Kokoda Trail? Find out in Favourite Footy Yarns. Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating facts, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any footy fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from Barassi, Whitten and Ablett to Riewoldt, Fev and Cripps.
Publisher: Echo
ISBN: 1760686662
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
How much did it originally cost to sign up 'the King', Wayne Carey? Which Carlton player only found out he'd retired when he read it in the papers? What did Buddy Franklin carry with him on the Kokoda Trail? Find out in Favourite Footy Yarns. Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating facts, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any footy fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from Barassi, Whitten and Ablett to Riewoldt, Fev and Cripps.
Power Players
Author: Chris Cillizza
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1538720620
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes. POWER PLAYERS tells all the great stories of presidents and the sports they played, loved and spectated as a way to better understand what it takes to be elected to lead a country driven by sports fans of all stripes. While every modern president has used sports to relate to Joe Q. Public, POWER PLAYERS turns the lens around to examine how sports have shaped our presidents and made for some amazing moments in White House history, including: Dwight Eisenhower played so much golf he had a putting green built outside the Oval Office!. (He also almost died on a golf course while in office.) How John F. Kennedy’s touch-football games with family were knowing plays to polish the Camelot mystique. People might not have related to the aloof and awkward Richard Nixon but, hey, he would bowl a few frames just like them. Ronald Reagan didn’t just play the part of “The Gipper” for the silver screen, but truly adopted the famous footballer’s never-say-die persona. George H.W. Bush once ran a horseshoe league from the White House – with a commissioner and brackets! (He would later claim to have come up with the fan expression, “You da man.”) Bill Clinton’s Arkansas Razorback fandom was so intense that he could be found shouting at the referees from a box at the basketball national championship game in 1994. George W. Bush’s not only owned the Texas Rangers but also threw out the most iconic first pitch ever in the 2001 World Series. What really went down when Barack Obama played pickup hoops with the North Carolina Tarheels. (He later won the state by .3 percent of the vote.) Donald Trump is the only president ever featured in a professional wrestling storyline—and everything real and fake that went with that. In the pages of POWER PLAYERS, a love of sports shines through as the key to understanding who these presidents really were and how they chose to play by the rules, occasionally bluff or cheat, all the while coaching the country into a few quality wins and some notorious losses.
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1538720620
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our national pastimes. POWER PLAYERS tells all the great stories of presidents and the sports they played, loved and spectated as a way to better understand what it takes to be elected to lead a country driven by sports fans of all stripes. While every modern president has used sports to relate to Joe Q. Public, POWER PLAYERS turns the lens around to examine how sports have shaped our presidents and made for some amazing moments in White House history, including: Dwight Eisenhower played so much golf he had a putting green built outside the Oval Office!. (He also almost died on a golf course while in office.) How John F. Kennedy’s touch-football games with family were knowing plays to polish the Camelot mystique. People might not have related to the aloof and awkward Richard Nixon but, hey, he would bowl a few frames just like them. Ronald Reagan didn’t just play the part of “The Gipper” for the silver screen, but truly adopted the famous footballer’s never-say-die persona. George H.W. Bush once ran a horseshoe league from the White House – with a commissioner and brackets! (He would later claim to have come up with the fan expression, “You da man.”) Bill Clinton’s Arkansas Razorback fandom was so intense that he could be found shouting at the referees from a box at the basketball national championship game in 1994. George W. Bush’s not only owned the Texas Rangers but also threw out the most iconic first pitch ever in the 2001 World Series. What really went down when Barack Obama played pickup hoops with the North Carolina Tarheels. (He later won the state by .3 percent of the vote.) Donald Trump is the only president ever featured in a professional wrestling storyline—and everything real and fake that went with that. In the pages of POWER PLAYERS, a love of sports shines through as the key to understanding who these presidents really were and how they chose to play by the rules, occasionally bluff or cheat, all the while coaching the country into a few quality wins and some notorious losses.
Good Beer Guide
Author: Roger Protz
Publisher: CAMRA Ltd
ISBN: 185249297X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 2722
Book Description
Britain's best-selling and fully independent beer & pub guide is back with updated listings for 2012.
Publisher: CAMRA Ltd
ISBN: 185249297X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 2722
Book Description
Britain's best-selling and fully independent beer & pub guide is back with updated listings for 2012.
Legends of Maryland Basketball
Author: Dave Ungrady
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1613211325
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Legends of Maryland Basketball is a feature on the basketball players and coaches who brought glory and pride to their university, as well as the men and women who played significant roles in developing the team to reach new heights. This book is a memorable return journey to the lives of those who influenced the history of basketball at the University of Maryland.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1613211325
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Legends of Maryland Basketball is a feature on the basketball players and coaches who brought glory and pride to their university, as well as the men and women who played significant roles in developing the team to reach new heights. This book is a memorable return journey to the lives of those who influenced the history of basketball at the University of Maryland.
Heart and Soul
Author: Robert Bruce Shaw
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920910297
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920910297
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Football Sticker Book
Author: Paul Nicholls
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781409510277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Full of football scenes to detail including a crowd of supporters, a corner kick, team training and the victory parade.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781409510277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Full of football scenes to detail including a crowd of supporters, a corner kick, team training and the victory parade.
The Football Girl
Author: Thatcher Heldring
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375987142
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
For every athlete or sports fanatic who knows she's just as good as the guys. This is for fans of The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, Grace, Gold, and Glory by Gabrielle Douglass and Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan. The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship . . . and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running cross-country. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for. “A great next choice for readers who have enjoyed Catherine Gilbert Murdock’s Dairy Queen and Miranda Kenneally’s Catching Jordan.”—SLJ “Fast-paced football action, realistic family drama, and sweet romance…[will have] readers looking for girl-powered sports stories…find[ing] plenty to like.”—Booklist “Tessa's ferocious competitiveness is appealing.”—Kirkus Reviews “[The Football Girl] serve[s] to illuminate the appropriately complicated emotions both of a young romance and of pursuing a dream. Heldring writes with insight and restraint.”—The Horn Book
Legends Never Die
Author: Richard Ian Kimball
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815654057
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place. The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be remembered. But early mortality alone does not transform athletes into immortals. The living ultimately gain the power to construct the legacies of their fallen heroes. In Legends Never Die, Kimball explores the public myths and representations that surround a wide range of athletes, from Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to Dale Earnhardt and Bonnie McCarroll. Kimball delves deeper than just the cultural significance of sports and its players; he examines how each athlete’s narrative is shaped by gender relations, religion, and politics in contemporary America. In looking at how Americans react to the tragic deaths of sports heroes, Kimball illuminates the important role sports play in US society and helps to explain why star athletes possess such cultural power.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 0815654057
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place. The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be remembered. But early mortality alone does not transform athletes into immortals. The living ultimately gain the power to construct the legacies of their fallen heroes. In Legends Never Die, Kimball explores the public myths and representations that surround a wide range of athletes, from Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to Dale Earnhardt and Bonnie McCarroll. Kimball delves deeper than just the cultural significance of sports and its players; he examines how each athlete’s narrative is shaped by gender relations, religion, and politics in contemporary America. In looking at how Americans react to the tragic deaths of sports heroes, Kimball illuminates the important role sports play in US society and helps to explain why star athletes possess such cultural power.