Author: Mark St. Amant
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416542418
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Nearing 40, standing five feet eight, weighing in at 160 pounds, Mark St. Amant was most definitely not a football player. He had never played a single down of real football in his life and even in the sports he did play, his greatest skill seemed to be choking when the game was on the line. So why on earth did he suddenly become, of all things, a semi-pro football kicker? Fantasy football writer and self-described poster child for suburban-raised white boy Mark St. Amant tells the unlikely story of how he ditched his television and laptop to join an inner-city football squad the mostly African-American Boston Panthers, one of more than 600 semi-pro teams around the country. With warmth, insight, and his trademark offbeat, self-deprecating humor, Mark recounts the strides he made on and off the field and reveals the powerful bonds that developed among teammates young and not-so-young, struggling and successful, black, white, and Hispanic, all clinging tightly to their dreams and playing the game they love. From couch potato to field goal kicker, Mark lived out a real-life football fantasy, discovering true teamwork, staring his lifelong fear of athletic failure in the face, witnessing testosterone-fueled hilarity both on and off the field, and achieving gridiron glory in ways he d never imagined.
Just Kick It
Author: Mark St. Amant
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416542418
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Nearing 40, standing five feet eight, weighing in at 160 pounds, Mark St. Amant was most definitely not a football player. He had never played a single down of real football in his life and even in the sports he did play, his greatest skill seemed to be choking when the game was on the line. So why on earth did he suddenly become, of all things, a semi-pro football kicker? Fantasy football writer and self-described poster child for suburban-raised white boy Mark St. Amant tells the unlikely story of how he ditched his television and laptop to join an inner-city football squad the mostly African-American Boston Panthers, one of more than 600 semi-pro teams around the country. With warmth, insight, and his trademark offbeat, self-deprecating humor, Mark recounts the strides he made on and off the field and reveals the powerful bonds that developed among teammates young and not-so-young, struggling and successful, black, white, and Hispanic, all clinging tightly to their dreams and playing the game they love. From couch potato to field goal kicker, Mark lived out a real-life football fantasy, discovering true teamwork, staring his lifelong fear of athletic failure in the face, witnessing testosterone-fueled hilarity both on and off the field, and achieving gridiron glory in ways he d never imagined.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416542418
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Nearing 40, standing five feet eight, weighing in at 160 pounds, Mark St. Amant was most definitely not a football player. He had never played a single down of real football in his life and even in the sports he did play, his greatest skill seemed to be choking when the game was on the line. So why on earth did he suddenly become, of all things, a semi-pro football kicker? Fantasy football writer and self-described poster child for suburban-raised white boy Mark St. Amant tells the unlikely story of how he ditched his television and laptop to join an inner-city football squad the mostly African-American Boston Panthers, one of more than 600 semi-pro teams around the country. With warmth, insight, and his trademark offbeat, self-deprecating humor, Mark recounts the strides he made on and off the field and reveals the powerful bonds that developed among teammates young and not-so-young, struggling and successful, black, white, and Hispanic, all clinging tightly to their dreams and playing the game they love. From couch potato to field goal kicker, Mark lived out a real-life football fantasy, discovering true teamwork, staring his lifelong fear of athletic failure in the face, witnessing testosterone-fueled hilarity both on and off the field, and achieving gridiron glory in ways he d never imagined.
Kick it
Author: Matt Brennan
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190683864
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social history of the instrument, looks closely at key innovators in the development of the drum kit: inventors and manufacturers like the Ludwig and Zildjian dynasties, jazz icons like Gene Krupa and Max Roach, rock stars from Ringo Starr to Keith Moon, and popular artists who haven't always got their dues as drummers, such as Karen Carpenter and J Dilla. Tackling the history of race relations, global migration, and the changing tension between high and low culture, author Matt Brennan makes the case for the drum kit's role as one of the most transformative musical inventions of the modern era. Kick It shows how the drum kit and drummers helped change modern music--and society as a whole--from the bottom up.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190683864
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social history of the instrument, looks closely at key innovators in the development of the drum kit: inventors and manufacturers like the Ludwig and Zildjian dynasties, jazz icons like Gene Krupa and Max Roach, rock stars from Ringo Starr to Keith Moon, and popular artists who haven't always got their dues as drummers, such as Karen Carpenter and J Dilla. Tackling the history of race relations, global migration, and the changing tension between high and low culture, author Matt Brennan makes the case for the drum kit's role as one of the most transformative musical inventions of the modern era. Kick It shows how the drum kit and drummers helped change modern music--and society as a whole--from the bottom up.
Sin & Revenge
Author: Sinuwell VjC
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387883755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Placed in Washington DC, a young couple tries to survives the battle of life and one Maryland girl seeking the revenge of being sexually denied. Could this be someone's real life story of happiness, mistrust, murder, love, sin and the ultimate sacrifice of fam
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387883755
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Placed in Washington DC, a young couple tries to survives the battle of life and one Maryland girl seeking the revenge of being sexually denied. Could this be someone's real life story of happiness, mistrust, murder, love, sin and the ultimate sacrifice of fam
Soccer and Philosophy
Author: Ted Richards
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 081269676X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
"Soccer and Philosophy captures the essence of our wonderful sport, its transcendental qualities, and explains why we care so deeply and maddeningly about twenty-two players and a ball."---STEVEN GOFF, Washington Post --
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
ISBN: 081269676X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
"Soccer and Philosophy captures the essence of our wonderful sport, its transcendental qualities, and explains why we care so deeply and maddeningly about twenty-two players and a ball."---STEVEN GOFF, Washington Post --
Monster
Author: Arielle Crowell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557075157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Christina Calderon is a spoiled little rich girl, sheltered from the outside world due to her father's iron rule over his family. It's tough being the only daughter to Richmond's largest boss in organized crime, but Christina manages... that is until she meets Dutch. Follow Christina as she experiences the sting of betrayal, lies, and murder after being confronted with her controversial past in "Monster."
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557075157
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Christina Calderon is a spoiled little rich girl, sheltered from the outside world due to her father's iron rule over his family. It's tough being the only daughter to Richmond's largest boss in organized crime, but Christina manages... that is until she meets Dutch. Follow Christina as she experiences the sting of betrayal, lies, and murder after being confronted with her controversial past in "Monster."
COFFEE AND A COOL BREEZE
Author: Tom Bayly
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490750770
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Life's more serious curveballs, you don't see coming. You are not prepared and you do not know what to do. And, sometimes, when the curve is real nasty, you buckle. This book tells the story of the great curveball thrown into my life. The buckle, in my case, is what has been called Kundalini Syndrome. The term refers to the troubles that can come along with a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening. It seems cliché to say something about how the big curveballs and challenges in life are the real opportunities to learn and to grow as a person. Especially considering that some things in this world are so awful that they couldn't possibly fit into a comforting expression. However, in my own story, I've found this cliché to be accurate.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490750770
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Life's more serious curveballs, you don't see coming. You are not prepared and you do not know what to do. And, sometimes, when the curve is real nasty, you buckle. This book tells the story of the great curveball thrown into my life. The buckle, in my case, is what has been called Kundalini Syndrome. The term refers to the troubles that can come along with a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening. It seems cliché to say something about how the big curveballs and challenges in life are the real opportunities to learn and to grow as a person. Especially considering that some things in this world are so awful that they couldn't possibly fit into a comforting expression. However, in my own story, I've found this cliché to be accurate.
The Jolly Swami (English) Hard Bound
Author: Adbhuta hari dasa
Publisher: Golden Age Media
ISBN: 8196037430
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
The book “Jolly Swami—wit and wisdom from Sridhar Swami” was released on April 2nd 2024, for the 20th anniversary of Sridhar Swami’s disappearance. It is a wonderful and extensive compilation of wisdom from Sridhar Swami’s classes, classified by topics.
Publisher: Golden Age Media
ISBN: 8196037430
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1340
Book Description
The book “Jolly Swami—wit and wisdom from Sridhar Swami” was released on April 2nd 2024, for the 20th anniversary of Sridhar Swami’s disappearance. It is a wonderful and extensive compilation of wisdom from Sridhar Swami’s classes, classified by topics.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNER’S DICTIONARY OF SPOKEN ENGLISH
Author: DASH, RAJENDRA KUMAR
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 8120352254
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Flipping through a dictionary pages will now be having a new meaning while reading through Professional Learner’s Dictionary of Spoken English. Designed as the Encyclopaedia of Communicative English, the dictionary contains whole gamut of idioms, sayings and phrases which are used in conversations—in both formal and informal situations. The book has been conceptualised and conceived for the ESL (English As a Second Language) learners, for whom English is a foreign language, but who are eager to speak Real English like the native speakers of English. This book attempts to go beyond the traditional approaches of Spoken English, and takes a communicative approach. Besides making a user aware of the meaning of a term, this book educates skillfully how to speak effective English, what to speak and what not to speak, in order to communicate flawlessly. Conversational ability, fluency in speaking, situation-specific (such as welcome speech) and format-based speaking (such as participating in a group discussion) are some other features of the book that will help a learner pick up the language effortlessly with ease. The book will be of immense utility for the students of Engineering, Management, Communication and all those for whom expressing their thoughts in words is a barrier, and who want to learn English and succeed in Professional and Personal life.
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 8120352254
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Flipping through a dictionary pages will now be having a new meaning while reading through Professional Learner’s Dictionary of Spoken English. Designed as the Encyclopaedia of Communicative English, the dictionary contains whole gamut of idioms, sayings and phrases which are used in conversations—in both formal and informal situations. The book has been conceptualised and conceived for the ESL (English As a Second Language) learners, for whom English is a foreign language, but who are eager to speak Real English like the native speakers of English. This book attempts to go beyond the traditional approaches of Spoken English, and takes a communicative approach. Besides making a user aware of the meaning of a term, this book educates skillfully how to speak effective English, what to speak and what not to speak, in order to communicate flawlessly. Conversational ability, fluency in speaking, situation-specific (such as welcome speech) and format-based speaking (such as participating in a group discussion) are some other features of the book that will help a learner pick up the language effortlessly with ease. The book will be of immense utility for the students of Engineering, Management, Communication and all those for whom expressing their thoughts in words is a barrier, and who want to learn English and succeed in Professional and Personal life.
Haunted Youth
Author: Larry Miller
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480834912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
It is 1940 and a war is raging in Europe. But in a German-American neighborhood in Port Huron, Michigan, there is a different battle taking place. As the movie Frankenstein debuts in the theatre, a ten-year-old boy and his twin, Jerry, finally convince their mother to let them see it. Still in that blissful stage of youthful innocence, the twins head to the theatre, filled with excitement, the hope of being frightened out of their wits, and an anxiety that borders on mania. Yet surviving the terror of Frankenstein in a dark theatre is not the only obstacle they must overcome during that summer as they are initiated in the art of bag swinging, baseball throwing, and tunnel building. When a chance meeting with an elderly woman brings the boy a different challenge that includes a desperate search to discover whether ghosts really do exist, their special relationship forces him to reexamine the meaning of a true friend. Haunted Youth shares the delightful tale of a ten-year-old boys coming-of-age journey through 1940s America as he tackles obstacles, finds an unlikely friend, and encounters a shadowy mystery.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480834912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
It is 1940 and a war is raging in Europe. But in a German-American neighborhood in Port Huron, Michigan, there is a different battle taking place. As the movie Frankenstein debuts in the theatre, a ten-year-old boy and his twin, Jerry, finally convince their mother to let them see it. Still in that blissful stage of youthful innocence, the twins head to the theatre, filled with excitement, the hope of being frightened out of their wits, and an anxiety that borders on mania. Yet surviving the terror of Frankenstein in a dark theatre is not the only obstacle they must overcome during that summer as they are initiated in the art of bag swinging, baseball throwing, and tunnel building. When a chance meeting with an elderly woman brings the boy a different challenge that includes a desperate search to discover whether ghosts really do exist, their special relationship forces him to reexamine the meaning of a true friend. Haunted Youth shares the delightful tale of a ten-year-old boys coming-of-age journey through 1940s America as he tackles obstacles, finds an unlikely friend, and encounters a shadowy mystery.
Picture Perfect
Author: Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 0822505355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A gap in his memory the afternoon that his best friend disappears in a redwood forest has a fifteen-year-old photographer wondering about his own role in the mystery, and who he can turn to for help.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 0822505355
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A gap in his memory the afternoon that his best friend disappears in a redwood forest has a fifteen-year-old photographer wondering about his own role in the mystery, and who he can turn to for help.