Author: Jane Leavy
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061987786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
The Last Boy
Author: Jane Leavy
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061987786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061987786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Author: Siobhan Vivian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481452290
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
If her town is to be evacuated due to flooding, high school senior and class clown Keeley wants to cheer up her friends and pursue her big crush.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481452290
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
If her town is to be evacuated due to flooding, high school senior and class clown Keeley wants to cheer up her friends and pursue her big crush.
The Last Boy at St. Edith's
Author: Lee Gjertsen Malone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481444379
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A seventh grade prankster is determined to escape the all-girls academy where he’s the only boy—by getting expelled—in this “spectacular debut” (Kirkus Reviews) MAX novel that’s perfect for “fans of Jerry Spinelli’s Crash and Loser” (Booklist). Seventh grader Jeremy Miner has a girl problem. Or, more accurately, a girls problem. 475 of them to be exact. That’s how many girls attend his school, St. Edith’s Academy. Jeremy is the only boy left after the school’s brief experiment in co-education. And he needs to get out. His mother—a teacher at the school—won’t let him transfer, so Jeremy takes matters into his own hands: he’s going to get expelled. Together with his best friend Claudia, Jeremy unleashes a series of hilarious pranks in hopes that he’ll get kicked out with minimal damage to his permanent record. But when his stunts start to backfire, Jeremy has to decide how far he’s willing to go and whom he’s willing to knock down to get out the door.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481444379
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
A seventh grade prankster is determined to escape the all-girls academy where he’s the only boy—by getting expelled—in this “spectacular debut” (Kirkus Reviews) MAX novel that’s perfect for “fans of Jerry Spinelli’s Crash and Loser” (Booklist). Seventh grader Jeremy Miner has a girl problem. Or, more accurately, a girls problem. 475 of them to be exact. That’s how many girls attend his school, St. Edith’s Academy. Jeremy is the only boy left after the school’s brief experiment in co-education. And he needs to get out. His mother—a teacher at the school—won’t let him transfer, so Jeremy takes matters into his own hands: he’s going to get expelled. Together with his best friend Claudia, Jeremy unleashes a series of hilarious pranks in hopes that he’ll get kicked out with minimal damage to his permanent record. But when his stunts start to backfire, Jeremy has to decide how far he’s willing to go and whom he’s willing to knock down to get out the door.
Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth
Author: Jack Kirby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401236724
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Continues the adventures of Kamandi as he makes his way across the wastelands of Earth, where man has turned savage and animals are the masters.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401236724
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Continues the adventures of Kamandi as he makes his way across the wastelands of Earth, where man has turned savage and animals are the masters.
The Last Boy
Author: Robert Lieberman
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402252226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Robert Lieberman, the bestselling author of Baby, as well as six other novels, has been called a "talented storyteller" by Kirkus Reviews. Now, Robert joins Sourcebooks Landmark with his stunning new novel, The Last Boy. A spiritual thriller, this utterly compelling novel tells the story of Danny Driscoll, a huggable, enchanting five-year-old boy who one day disappears from his nursery school in Ithaca, New York. Molly, his distraught single mother, begins the feverish search for her missing son. She is aided by Lou Tripoli, a divorced, street-wise cop, with whom she begins to fall in love. As the search stretches on for months, and hope begins to fade, a miracle occurs as little Danny Driscoll comes marching down the streets of his hometown. However, he comes back changed, mature and wise in a way that seems almost impossible for his young age. As Molly and Tripoli search for answers, the townspeople begin to notice a change in Danny, and soon discover that he returns with a message—one that offers a new hope for all of mankind.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402252226
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Robert Lieberman, the bestselling author of Baby, as well as six other novels, has been called a "talented storyteller" by Kirkus Reviews. Now, Robert joins Sourcebooks Landmark with his stunning new novel, The Last Boy. A spiritual thriller, this utterly compelling novel tells the story of Danny Driscoll, a huggable, enchanting five-year-old boy who one day disappears from his nursery school in Ithaca, New York. Molly, his distraught single mother, begins the feverish search for her missing son. She is aided by Lou Tripoli, a divorced, street-wise cop, with whom she begins to fall in love. As the search stretches on for months, and hope begins to fade, a miracle occurs as little Danny Driscoll comes marching down the streets of his hometown. However, he comes back changed, mature and wise in a way that seems almost impossible for his young age. As Molly and Tripoli search for answers, the townspeople begin to notice a change in Danny, and soon discover that he returns with a message—one that offers a new hope for all of mankind.
AWOL 3: Last Boy Standing
Author: Andrew Lane
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1848126689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Young Bond meets Alex Rider and Cherub in this brilliantly written, fast-paced spy action thriller. All credibly delivered from somebody who knows all about counter-intelligence . . . Special Agent Bex arranges to meet teenage Kieron in a café to tell him that she can't risk his life any more. She parks her car and seconds later it blows up, scattering flaming wreckage everywhere. She needs to get Kieron out of danger's way - but just as they get to the flat, it too explodes. Bex is forced to face the possibility that someone wants to kill her team, but whoever it is doesn't know about Kieron. That may be their only saving grace. But how were the explosions managed? And who wants them dead? High-octane action and fast-paced adventure - guaranteed.
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN: 1848126689
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Young Bond meets Alex Rider and Cherub in this brilliantly written, fast-paced spy action thriller. All credibly delivered from somebody who knows all about counter-intelligence . . . Special Agent Bex arranges to meet teenage Kieron in a café to tell him that she can't risk his life any more. She parks her car and seconds later it blows up, scattering flaming wreckage everywhere. She needs to get Kieron out of danger's way - but just as they get to the flat, it too explodes. Bex is forced to face the possibility that someone wants to kill her team, but whoever it is doesn't know about Kieron. That may be their only saving grace. But how were the explosions managed? And who wants them dead? High-octane action and fast-paced adventure - guaranteed.
The Last Invisible Boy
Author: Evan Kuhlman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416960899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Last Invisible Boy is an unusual and unique tale of love and loss as a boy who slowly begins to disappear after his father's death.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416960899
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Last Invisible Boy is an unusual and unique tale of love and loss as a boy who slowly begins to disappear after his father's death.
The Boy at the End of the World
Author: Greg van Eekhout
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599905248
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Born half-grown in a world that is being destroyed, Fisher has instinctive knowledge of many things, including that he must avoid the robot that knows his name.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1599905248
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Born half-grown in a world that is being destroyed, Fisher has instinctive knowledge of many things, including that he must avoid the robot that knows his name.
Kamandi by Jack Kirby Omnibus
Author: Jack Kirby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401274696
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Kamandi--one of the few survivors of a Great Disaster that has destroyed civilization--must search for a safe haven in a world populated by bizarre mutated animals and other strange wonders"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401274696
Category : COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Kamandi--one of the few survivors of a Great Disaster that has destroyed civilization--must search for a safe haven in a world populated by bizarre mutated animals and other strange wonders"--
The Loneliest Boy in the World
Author: Gearoid Cheaist O Cathain
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848898665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
* 'The Loneliest Boy in the World – he has only seagulls as playmates.' 1949 newspaper article * Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin had a unique childhood – he was the last child brought up on the Blasket Islands of Ireland's southwest coast. The nearest in age was his uncle who was thirty years older. In this affectionate memoir, Gearóid recalls growing up on the island without a doctor, priest, school, church or electricity. Despite public perception of this small, vulnerable fishing community, he remembers a wonderful childhood, cherished by parents and neighbours. His memories are entwined with the beliefs and customs handed down through the generations and are an insight into life on the Blaskets. He speaks with authority of the difficulties and challenges facing the final generation on the island. The Blaskets, with their deserted, crumbling cottages, will live on, in part due to the invaluable memories of the last child of the Great Blasket Island. • Also available: From the Great Blasket to America by Michael Carney
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848898665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
* 'The Loneliest Boy in the World – he has only seagulls as playmates.' 1949 newspaper article * Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin had a unique childhood – he was the last child brought up on the Blasket Islands of Ireland's southwest coast. The nearest in age was his uncle who was thirty years older. In this affectionate memoir, Gearóid recalls growing up on the island without a doctor, priest, school, church or electricity. Despite public perception of this small, vulnerable fishing community, he remembers a wonderful childhood, cherished by parents and neighbours. His memories are entwined with the beliefs and customs handed down through the generations and are an insight into life on the Blaskets. He speaks with authority of the difficulties and challenges facing the final generation on the island. The Blaskets, with their deserted, crumbling cottages, will live on, in part due to the invaluable memories of the last child of the Great Blasket Island. • Also available: From the Great Blasket to America by Michael Carney