Author: John Smallwood
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439788045
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A biography of nine NBA players.
Hardwood Heroes
Author: John Smallwood
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439788045
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A biography of nine NBA players.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780439788045
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A biography of nine NBA players.
Tricksters in the Madhouse
Author: John Christgau
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803215993
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The story of the pivotal first meeting between the all-white Minneapolis Lakers and the black Harlem Globetrotters in 1948 re-creates the game play by play and demonstrates how it represented an important step toward equality.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803215993
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The story of the pivotal first meeting between the all-white Minneapolis Lakers and the black Harlem Globetrotters in 1948 re-creates the game play by play and demonstrates how it represented an important step toward equality.
Marvels of the Texas Plains: Historic Chronicles from the Courthouse to the Caprock
Author: Chuck Lanehart
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467152803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales. Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-Eye" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467152803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Assemble a composite portrait of the Texas plains through these historic tales. Many thousands of years ago, Clovis Man hunted huge mammoths here. More recently, Waylon Jennings drew his musical inspiration here. In the intervening time, the Texas prairie has been the backdrop for the wildest of Wild West shootouts, landmark legal battles and epic achievements in sports, music and medicine. Familiar icons like Roy Orbison and Dan Blocker, as well as forgotten characters like Charlie "Squirrel-Eye" Emory and John "the Catfish Kid" Gough all helped shape the colorful history of the Texas Plains. Who shot the sheriff? Who was the earliest American? Who invented the slam dunk? Author Chuck Lanehart answers these questions and many more in a wide-ranging collection of stories.
The NBA Finals
Author: Tyler Dean Omoth
Publisher: Capstone Press
ISBN: 1543592015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
The clock ticks down. The point guard sets up the play at the top of the key while his center jockeys for position at the hoop. A quick toss into the lane, and the center sinks the shot. The home fans roar. The National Basketball Association's ultimate prize is on the line. The NBA Finals are full of amazing shots, legendary games, and star players. Readers will discover it all in this book.
Publisher: Capstone Press
ISBN: 1543592015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
The clock ticks down. The point guard sets up the play at the top of the key while his center jockeys for position at the hoop. A quick toss into the lane, and the center sinks the shot. The home fans roar. The National Basketball Association's ultimate prize is on the line. The NBA Finals are full of amazing shots, legendary games, and star players. Readers will discover it all in this book.
The WNBA Finals
Author: Tyler Dean Omoth
Publisher: Capstone Press
ISBN: 1543592007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
A speedy defender steps in front of a pass and takes off down the court. As the home fans roar, her opponents race to catch up. The Women's National Basketball Association's championship is on the line. Hoops fans will find plenty of thrills as they discover the amazing stories of the WNBA Finals and the legendary stars who have made their names in the championship series.
Publisher: Capstone Press
ISBN: 1543592007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
A speedy defender steps in front of a pass and takes off down the court. As the home fans roar, her opponents race to catch up. The Women's National Basketball Association's championship is on the line. Hoops fans will find plenty of thrills as they discover the amazing stories of the WNBA Finals and the legendary stars who have made their names in the championship series.
All-Star Sports Trivia
Author: Matt Chandler
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1623709369
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Collection of weird sports trivia.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1623709369
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Collection of weird sports trivia.
Sweet 'stache
Author: Jon Chattman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440520054
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"I am personally offended by this book because my mustache wasn't included. However, I endorse it because I am, and always will be, a huge fan of Tom Selleck's 'stache." --Meredith Vieira, The Today Show If a man has a mustache, it's hands-down his most distinguishable facial feature. Whether it's a handlebar, pencil-thin, fu Manchu, toothbrush, or horseshoe--it's how he's identified and described. This book recognizes this fact and celebrates the most famous mustaches--and the faces behind them. From politicians and ball players to pop stars and actors, this book covers them all with wit and humor. Authors Jon Chattman and Rich Tarantino have provided profiles and 'stache-analysis for the forty-nine men and one woman who made the cut. (One can't count out Frida Kahlo's artistic bigote!) It also includes sidebar lists that rank the top 'staches in all sorts of categories as well as mustache trivia and a timeline that traces the facial hair's evolution. It's hip again to rock full on facial hair. And Sweet 'Stache is the guide for anyone looking to get in on the must-have mustache action.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440520054
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"I am personally offended by this book because my mustache wasn't included. However, I endorse it because I am, and always will be, a huge fan of Tom Selleck's 'stache." --Meredith Vieira, The Today Show If a man has a mustache, it's hands-down his most distinguishable facial feature. Whether it's a handlebar, pencil-thin, fu Manchu, toothbrush, or horseshoe--it's how he's identified and described. This book recognizes this fact and celebrates the most famous mustaches--and the faces behind them. From politicians and ball players to pop stars and actors, this book covers them all with wit and humor. Authors Jon Chattman and Rich Tarantino have provided profiles and 'stache-analysis for the forty-nine men and one woman who made the cut. (One can't count out Frida Kahlo's artistic bigote!) It also includes sidebar lists that rank the top 'staches in all sorts of categories as well as mustache trivia and a timeline that traces the facial hair's evolution. It's hip again to rock full on facial hair. And Sweet 'Stache is the guide for anyone looking to get in on the must-have mustache action.
Rivals
Author: David K. Wiggins
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781610753494
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 9781610753494
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.
Bloomington Days
Author: Blaise Cronin
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468539442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Frat boys who think Mario Lanza is an Italian sports car; journalists who consider "Man arrested for blowing mucus from nose at an officer" a news story . . . Welcome to Bloomington: a world of grey cells and limestone, catfish and cheerleaders, binge drinking and bigots, Ockham's razor and buzz cuts. This is the tiny college town where Alfred Kinsey catalogued gall wasps before stinging a nation into belated sexual awareness. If you're gay or Greek, love opera or hoops, Bloomington is heaven on earth; we have as many same-sex couples as sorority sisters, as many divas as athletes. Welcome to my home, a quixotic mix of small-town life and larger than life campus, squirreled away in the flatlands of Middle America, where torpor is sometimes mistaken for nirvanic serenity, irony for insult and "ethnographic dazzle" for deep differences.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468539442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Frat boys who think Mario Lanza is an Italian sports car; journalists who consider "Man arrested for blowing mucus from nose at an officer" a news story . . . Welcome to Bloomington: a world of grey cells and limestone, catfish and cheerleaders, binge drinking and bigots, Ockham's razor and buzz cuts. This is the tiny college town where Alfred Kinsey catalogued gall wasps before stinging a nation into belated sexual awareness. If you're gay or Greek, love opera or hoops, Bloomington is heaven on earth; we have as many same-sex couples as sorority sisters, as many divas as athletes. Welcome to my home, a quixotic mix of small-town life and larger than life campus, squirreled away in the flatlands of Middle America, where torpor is sometimes mistaken for nirvanic serenity, irony for insult and "ethnographic dazzle" for deep differences.
Wacky Basketball Trivia
Author: Matt Chandler
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515719944
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Describes a variety of trivia facts about basketball"--
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515719944
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
"Describes a variety of trivia facts about basketball"--