Author: Fredric Brewer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781365922244
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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A true story about the adventures of a man when he flies to Juneau, Alaska to care for his uncle who is battling cancer. Not knowing what to expect or if he was prepared, Fredric Brewer travels to this northern city tucked away within towering mountain ranges and frigid Pacific waters. Once he touches down, he witnesses the activity and majestic beauty of the region that make it so unique. He does his best to keep his uncle comfortable while learning a little more about the family member who was always a mystery to him growing up. During his stay, he learns more about the man, the state and the disease. Learn more at JoeJackBook.com A portion of the profits from this book will be donated to Gateway Cancer Research.Gateway for Cancer Research is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to funding innovative cancer clinical trials that help people living with cancer to feel better, live longer and conquer cancer TODAY! Go to GatewayCR.org for more information.
Author: Diane Capri
Publisher: Diane Capri LLC
ISBN: 1940768578
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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FBI Agents Otto and Gaspar pick up where Lee Child’s “The Enemy” leaves off in the Hunt for Jack Reacher. Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character — I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers When FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are sent to Fort Bird, North Carolina to find Jack Reacher, powerful enemies with their backs against the wall will stop at nothing to keep the secrets Reacher left behind. The Hunt for Jack Reacher series enthralls fans of John Grisham, Lee Child, and more: "Diane writes like the maestro of the jigsaw puzzle. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, pour a glass of crisp white wine, and enter her devilishly clever world." —David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kirk McGarvey Thrillers "Expertise shines on every page." —Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award Winning MWA Past President and MWA Grand Master 2013 Readers Love the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series and Diane Capri: "I 'stumbled' on this title and was attracted to it as I am a Jack Reacher fan. Loved the story and the author's writing style. Couldn't wait for more so I purchased [Raw Justice] and want more Jennifer Lane — please?! Fatal Distraction is also on my Kindle to read list!" "I have been a Reacher fan for years and was excited when I heard of Diane Capri's take on 'Finding Reacher'. 'Don't Know Jack' is a good companion to Child's Reacher books and recaptures the flavor of the Reacher mystique. I am waiting anxiously for the next book in the series and the next and the next, and so on." "All Child fans should give it a try!" New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI does it again in another blockbuster Hunt for Jack Reacher Series Novel Lee Child, Jack Reacher, Reacher, military, action, romance, suspense, thriller, mystery, Florida, Michigan, adoption, secret baby, women sleuth, legal thriller, John Grisham, thriller series, mystery series, romantic suspense series, romantic suspense, hepatitis, medical mystery, medical thriller, psychological thriller, strong female, strong female protagonist, police procedural, thriller and suspense, vigilante justice, crime, action packed, private investigators, lawyer, police officer, FBI agents, Alaska, hard-boiled, cozy, legal, medical, suspense, suspense series, spies, tech, techno, technology, crime, financial, murder, theft, litigator, judge, juror, death, due justice, secret justice, twisted justice, wasted justice, mistaken justice, deadly dozen, deadly, gun, killer, sniper, shot, deadly, parenting, relationships, crime fiction, crime novel, kidnapping, serial killers, heist, series, women's fiction, detective, conspiracy, political, terrorism, contemporary, genre fiction, United States
Author: Tommy Greenwald
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596438363
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Tired of being forced to participate in sports and take extra lessons and tutoring to become well-rounded in anticipation of college, middle-schooler Jack Strong stages a sit-in on his couch until his parents ease up. Illustrations.
Author: Joe Posnanski
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982180609
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year “An instant sports classic.” —New York Post * “Stellar.” —The Wall Street Journal * “A true masterwork…880 pages of sheer baseball bliss.” —BookPage (starred review) * “This is a remarkable achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write. The entire story of baseball rings through a countdown of the 100 greatest players in history, with a foreword by George Will. Longer than Moby-Dick and nearly as ambitious,? The Baseball 100 is a one-of-a-kind work by award-winning sportswriter and lifelong student of the game Joe Posnanski. In the book’s introduction, Pulitzer Prize–winning commentator George F. Will marvels, “Posnanski must already have lived more than two hundred years. How else could he have acquired such a stock of illuminating facts and entertaining stories about the rich history of this endlessly fascinating sport?” Baseball’s legends come alive in these pages, which are not merely rankings but vibrant profiles of the game’s all-time greats. Posnanski dives into the biographies of iconic Hall of Famers, unfairly forgotten All-Stars, talents of today, and more. He doesn’t rely just on records and statistics—he lovingly retraces players’ origins, illuminates their characters, and places their accomplishments in the context of baseball’s past and present. Just how good a pitcher is Clayton Kershaw in the 21st-century game compared to Greg Maddux dueling with the juiced hitters of the nineties? How do the career and influence of Hank Aaron compare to Babe Ruth’s? Which player in the top ten most deserves to be resurrected from history? No compendium of baseball’s legendary geniuses could be complete without the players of the segregated Negro Leagues, men whose extraordinary careers were largely overlooked by sportswriters at the time and unjustly lost to history. Posnanski writes about the efforts of former Negro Leaguers to restore sidelined Black athletes to their due honor and draws upon the deep troves of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and extensive interviews with the likes of Buck O’Neil to illuminate the accomplishments of players such as pitchers Satchel Paige and Smokey Joe Williams; outfielders Oscar Charleston, Monte Irvin, and Cool Papa Bell; first baseman Buck Leonard; shortstop Pop Lloyd; catcher Josh Gibson; and many, many more. The Baseball 100 treats readers to the whole rich pageant of baseball history in a single volume. Engrossing, surprising, and heartfelt, it is a magisterial tribute to the game of baseball and the stars who have played it.
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Publisher: jeremy hall
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Author: Suzanne Leavitt
Publisher: SueLea Marketing
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Author: Barbara Leaming
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393344282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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"An absorbing and enjoyable book."—New York Times Book Review Drawing on new primary sources, this biography is the first to detail the influence of British history, literature, and culture—in particular, the ideas of Winston Churchill—on America's thirty-fifth president. For the first time we trace the friendships and forces that led to the White House and shaped Kennedy's actions there. In this intimate portrait of a leader torn between politics and principle, we finally come to know the man Kennedy wanted to be and to understand his long, private struggle to become that man.
Author: Robert Dallek
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759528284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 763
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Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had he survived. Robert Dallek succeeds as no other biographer has done in striking a critical balance -- never shying away from JFK's weaknesses, brilliantly exploring his strengths -- as he offers up a vivid portrait of a bold, brave, complex, heroic, human Kennedy.
Author: John Mathew Skeen
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1637104820
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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A Texas Tale of a Headstrong Southern Bell and Her Life's Ups and Downs. A true account of an extraordinary large Texan family welded together by love and compassion for one another. Overseen by an overly protective mother and a hardworking father who strive to give their seven children an upbringing centered around respect and morals. Sammie Joe, the mother, identifies herself with Scarlett O'Hara. And like Scarlett, she encounters stumbling blocks throughout her life with her handsome Jack by her side. This is a genuine story that covers many touchy subjects such as child abuse, alcoholism, teenage hormones, and death. Sammie Joe finds herself lastly fighting for the rights of countless chemical plant workers who have lost their lives due to gross negligence from overexposure to dangerous chemicals.
Author: George Farenden
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1398408670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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You will be brothers, you will see death and destruction, you will be expected to run into fire when every other living thing runs away, you will work long shifts, days, nights, Saturdays, Sundays, high days and holidays, Christmas days and your birthdays. You will be injured and burned, and don’t kid yourself it won’t happen to you, it will. And consider this: On average two firemen are killed each year in service. You are expected to do this job for thirty years. Nobody wants to pay you decent wages, they will tell you that you sit around all day, play snooker and squirt water for a living. You will be like Cinderella... you will live, eat and sleep behind the red engine house doors and when called to serve, when the fire bell rings you will answer their call, their fear and their alarm. You will risk your life for a stranger, someone you never knew or will ever know and when the alarm has passed, when you are exhausted and done, you will return to the fire station, close those red engine house doors behind you and lick your wounds. We are their insurance; they never want us, until they want us, then briefly, briefly, we are heroes.
