Author: Chris McDonell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552976043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Spanning 70 years of hockey, this collection of firsthand accounts is a unique record of some incredible games and the players who played them. 110 full-color photos.
The Game I'll Never Forget
Author: Chris McDonell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552976043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Spanning 70 years of hockey, this collection of firsthand accounts is a unique record of some incredible games and the players who played them. 110 full-color photos.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781552976043
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Spanning 70 years of hockey, this collection of firsthand accounts is a unique record of some incredible games and the players who played them. 110 full-color photos.
The Baseball Game I'll Never Forget
Author: Steve Milton
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9780228100232
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Fifty of baseball's best recount their most memorable game. With careers that often span decades, and with more than 160 games in each season, baseball players have a lot to consider when choosing the one game that stands out -- but there is always at least one that leaps to mind for the "boys of summer". Combed from the vast archives of Baseball Digest, America's longest-running baseball publication, Steve Milton selects 50 such stories from the magazine's celebrated feature, "The Game I'll Never Forget." From the expressive Yogi Berra, who chose to recount a few of his best and worst moments, to hitting genius Stan Musial's "march to 3000", Milton chooses players from the 1950s through to modern day. They include: Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter recalls his 1993 walkoff World Series-winning homerun against the Philadelphia Phillies Former American League star Rod Carew recalls his best season, in 1977, when he finished with a .388 batting mark Brewers star Robin Yount recalls how his hitting helped Milwaukee beat the Orioles for the 1982 East Division title Rickey Henderson remembers when he broke the all-time stolen base mark Pitching great Sandy Koufax recalls his perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on September 9, 1965 Roger Clemens, the great Red Sox pitcher, remembers throwing a record when he struck out 20 Mariners in a 1986 match-up. But it is Mike Piazza's memory that may stand out most. He recalls playing an "emotionally excruciating" game at Shea Stadium just a couple of days after the 9/11 attack. Like all New Yorkers those were days he never forgot. For Piazza, he would come to learn over the years that followed how deep and profound an impact that game had on the rest of his life. The Baseball Game I'll Never Forget includes much of what makes baseball a timeless sport: readers will learn about nail-biting victories, home runs, perfect games and career milestones. Mistakes made, chances lost, fear of failure, coaches and managers with their own often harsh opinions all salt the stories told by these heroes of the diamond. The Baseball Game I'll Never Forget is a unique account of some incredible games and the players who played them.
Publisher: Firefly Books
ISBN: 9780228100232
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Fifty of baseball's best recount their most memorable game. With careers that often span decades, and with more than 160 games in each season, baseball players have a lot to consider when choosing the one game that stands out -- but there is always at least one that leaps to mind for the "boys of summer". Combed from the vast archives of Baseball Digest, America's longest-running baseball publication, Steve Milton selects 50 such stories from the magazine's celebrated feature, "The Game I'll Never Forget." From the expressive Yogi Berra, who chose to recount a few of his best and worst moments, to hitting genius Stan Musial's "march to 3000", Milton chooses players from the 1950s through to modern day. They include: Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter recalls his 1993 walkoff World Series-winning homerun against the Philadelphia Phillies Former American League star Rod Carew recalls his best season, in 1977, when he finished with a .388 batting mark Brewers star Robin Yount recalls how his hitting helped Milwaukee beat the Orioles for the 1982 East Division title Rickey Henderson remembers when he broke the all-time stolen base mark Pitching great Sandy Koufax recalls his perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on September 9, 1965 Roger Clemens, the great Red Sox pitcher, remembers throwing a record when he struck out 20 Mariners in a 1986 match-up. But it is Mike Piazza's memory that may stand out most. He recalls playing an "emotionally excruciating" game at Shea Stadium just a couple of days after the 9/11 attack. Like all New Yorkers those were days he never forgot. For Piazza, he would come to learn over the years that followed how deep and profound an impact that game had on the rest of his life. The Baseball Game I'll Never Forget includes much of what makes baseball a timeless sport: readers will learn about nail-biting victories, home runs, perfect games and career milestones. Mistakes made, chances lost, fear of failure, coaches and managers with their own often harsh opinions all salt the stories told by these heroes of the diamond. The Baseball Game I'll Never Forget is a unique account of some incredible games and the players who played them.
The NFL in the 1970s
Author: Joe Zagorski
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786497904
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The 1970 merger between the American Football League and the National Football League laid the foundation for a stronger brand of gridiron competition, providing a new level of excitement for fans. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering the great names, great rivalries and great games, as well as the key changes in both strategy and rules. Along the way, the author explains how pro football developed into a near-religious American tradition.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786497904
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The 1970 merger between the American Football League and the National Football League laid the foundation for a stronger brand of gridiron competition, providing a new level of excitement for fans. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering the great names, great rivalries and great games, as well as the key changes in both strategy and rules. Along the way, the author explains how pro football developed into a near-religious American tradition.
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316090522
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
Publisher: Back Bay Books
ISBN: 0316090522
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.
The Ultimate Super Bowl Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616731133
Category : Super Bowl
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 1616731133
Category : Super Bowl
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Wait
Author: Frank Partnoy
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610390059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line? In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Even as technology exerts new pressures to speed up our lives, it turns out that the choices we make -- unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years -- benefit profoundly from delay. As this winning and provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life -- even when time seems to be of the essence. The procrastinator in all of us will delight in Partnoy's accounts of celebrity "delay specialists," from Warren Buffett to Chris Evert to Steve Kroft, underscoring the myriad ways in which delaying our reactions to everyday choices -- large and small -- can improve the quality of our lives.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610390059
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line? In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Even as technology exerts new pressures to speed up our lives, it turns out that the choices we make -- unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years -- benefit profoundly from delay. As this winning and provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life -- even when time seems to be of the essence. The procrastinator in all of us will delight in Partnoy's accounts of celebrity "delay specialists," from Warren Buffett to Chris Evert to Steve Kroft, underscoring the myriad ways in which delaying our reactions to everyday choices -- large and small -- can improve the quality of our lives.
Princeton Alumni Weekly
Author:
Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher: princeton alumni weekly
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Diamondhead
Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1667201298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
In order to save his son's life, exiled Navy SEAL Mack Bedford will have to take the life of a known terrorist ally. But before he can strike, a jilted mercenary group intervenes. Can Mack succeed...and survive? Navy SEAL Mack Bedford is expelled from the military after recklessly avenging the death of fellow soldiers who were killed by insurgents wielding a deadly Diamondhead antitank missile. Then he learns the weapons were sold illegally by the infamous terrorist abettor, Henri Foche. Meanwhile, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can be saved only by an expensive and experimental medical procedure. When Mack is asked to assassinate Foche, his hand is forced. His reward: survival—for his son, and for his country. But before Mack can reach his target, mercenaries threaten to thwart his chances. This non-stop action thrill ride is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Andy McNab, and Frederick Forsyth.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1667201298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
In order to save his son's life, exiled Navy SEAL Mack Bedford will have to take the life of a known terrorist ally. But before he can strike, a jilted mercenary group intervenes. Can Mack succeed...and survive? Navy SEAL Mack Bedford is expelled from the military after recklessly avenging the death of fellow soldiers who were killed by insurgents wielding a deadly Diamondhead antitank missile. Then he learns the weapons were sold illegally by the infamous terrorist abettor, Henri Foche. Meanwhile, Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can be saved only by an expensive and experimental medical procedure. When Mack is asked to assassinate Foche, his hand is forced. His reward: survival—for his son, and for his country. But before Mack can reach his target, mercenaries threaten to thwart his chances. This non-stop action thrill ride is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Andy McNab, and Frederick Forsyth.
Airman
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
The Legend of Jesse Smoke
Author: Robert Bausch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632863979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile. Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football League, he decides to sign her to the Redskins, even as he faces losing his job and credibility. As the first woman on a major NFL team, Jesse Smoke's astounding success places her in the tradition of athletes like Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. Yet Smoke is quickly faced with her own battles, including the clamors of the press, the violence of her teammates, and the institutional resistance that seeks to keep football in the hands of men. While a female quarterback in the NFL is a fantasy at the moment, Robert Bausch's genius as a writer makes it a highly engaging reality on the page. Fans of football--and readers who were just waiting for a player worth getting excited about--will relish Jesse Smoke's journey to the big leagues.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1632863979
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
When Skip Granger, the assistant coach for the Washington Redskins, first sees Jesse Smoke, she is on the beach in Belize. And she has just thrown a regulation football a mile. Granger knows that Smoke's talent is unprecedented for a woman, and nearly unparalleled among men. As Granger observes her throughout a season as quarterback for the Washington Divas of the Independent Women's Football League, he decides to sign her to the Redskins, even as he faces losing his job and credibility. As the first woman on a major NFL team, Jesse Smoke's astounding success places her in the tradition of athletes like Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. Yet Smoke is quickly faced with her own battles, including the clamors of the press, the violence of her teammates, and the institutional resistance that seeks to keep football in the hands of men. While a female quarterback in the NFL is a fantasy at the moment, Robert Bausch's genius as a writer makes it a highly engaging reality on the page. Fans of football--and readers who were just waiting for a player worth getting excited about--will relish Jesse Smoke's journey to the big leagues.