Author: Kevin Waltman
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 194102663X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
D-Bow’s game has it all, and colleges are taking notice. But he’s still rehabbing a knee injury and his job as Marion East point guard is under threat. Plus he’s got family drama. And girl trouble. Can he put it all together for his senior season? Or will he crash and burn like so many Marion East players before him?
Quicks
Author: Kevin Waltman
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 194102663X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
D-Bow’s game has it all, and colleges are taking notice. But he’s still rehabbing a knee injury and his job as Marion East point guard is under threat. Plus he’s got family drama. And girl trouble. Can he put it all together for his senior season? Or will he crash and burn like so many Marion East players before him?
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
ISBN: 194102663X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
D-Bow’s game has it all, and colleges are taking notice. But he’s still rehabbing a knee injury and his job as Marion East point guard is under threat. Plus he’s got family drama. And girl trouble. Can he put it all together for his senior season? Or will he crash and burn like so many Marion East players before him?
Lasting Impact
Author: Kennedy, Kostya
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
ISBN: 1683303083
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Kostya Kennedy sets this captivating, character-rich story against the back-drop of one of the most pressing questions in sports: Should we let our sons play football? At the high end of America’s most popular game is the glittering NFL, a fan-stoked money machine and also an opaque enterprise under scrutiny for the physical dangers imposed on its players. Then there’s high school football, unrivaled for the crucial life lessons it imparts-discipline, leadership, cooperation, humility, perseverance-yet also a brain-rattling, bone-breaking game whose consequences are at best misunderstood, and, at the very worst, deadly. What is the parent of a young athlete to make of that? The New Rochelle High School team in suburban New York is like many across the country: a source of civic pride, a manhood workshop for a revered coach and an emotional proving ground for boys of widely different backgrounds. In the fall of 2014, New Rochelle’s season unfolded alongside watershed NFL head injury revelations and domestic abuse cases (remember Ray Rice?), as well as fatalities on nearby fields. The dramatic story of that season, for players, parents and coaches, underscores fundamental questions. Are football’s inherent risks so great that the sport may not survive as we know it? Or are those risks worth the rewards that the game continues to bestow, and that can stay with a young man for a lifetime?
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
ISBN: 1683303083
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Kostya Kennedy sets this captivating, character-rich story against the back-drop of one of the most pressing questions in sports: Should we let our sons play football? At the high end of America’s most popular game is the glittering NFL, a fan-stoked money machine and also an opaque enterprise under scrutiny for the physical dangers imposed on its players. Then there’s high school football, unrivaled for the crucial life lessons it imparts-discipline, leadership, cooperation, humility, perseverance-yet also a brain-rattling, bone-breaking game whose consequences are at best misunderstood, and, at the very worst, deadly. What is the parent of a young athlete to make of that? The New Rochelle High School team in suburban New York is like many across the country: a source of civic pride, a manhood workshop for a revered coach and an emotional proving ground for boys of widely different backgrounds. In the fall of 2014, New Rochelle’s season unfolded alongside watershed NFL head injury revelations and domestic abuse cases (remember Ray Rice?), as well as fatalities on nearby fields. The dramatic story of that season, for players, parents and coaches, underscores fundamental questions. Are football’s inherent risks so great that the sport may not survive as we know it? Or are those risks worth the rewards that the game continues to bestow, and that can stay with a young man for a lifetime?
Human Toll
Author: Barbara Baynton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Human Toll by Barbara Baynton is about peasant Australians Boshy and Nungi as they prepare to go to work when a snake crawls under their hut. Excerpt: "WHAT was this blocking the tallow-scoop? Boshy, secretly styled 'The Lag,' or 'One Eye,' bent to see. Leisurely he thrust down a groping hand and drew up, but not out, a fat clogged basil-belt. Hastily his other hand clawed it conferring, then with both he forced it back again into its greasy hidingplace of past long years."
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Human Toll by Barbara Baynton is about peasant Australians Boshy and Nungi as they prepare to go to work when a snake crawls under their hut. Excerpt: "WHAT was this blocking the tallow-scoop? Boshy, secretly styled 'The Lag,' or 'One Eye,' bent to see. Leisurely he thrust down a groping hand and drew up, but not out, a fat clogged basil-belt. Hastily his other hand clawed it conferring, then with both he forced it back again into its greasy hidingplace of past long years."
Lace
Author: Shirley Conran
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476725446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
"Which one of you bitches is my mother?" Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her. From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476725446
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
"Which one of you bitches is my mother?" Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her. From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.
I IRS (My Hell of Life)
Author: James M. Moten
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
About the Book I IRS (My Hell of Life) follows the life and experiences of a young black man as he survives the South but continues to face systemic and institutionalized racism throughout his life, in overt as well as subtle ways. The story moves back and forth in time, painting a vivid, often painful, picture of growing up in the South and later working at the IRS and serving in the military. But despite all the racist blows dealt against him, he never doubted that God exists and loves him. About the Author James M. Moten is a retired IRS agent who served in the US Air Force and Marines. He is the owner of Taxonyourside LLC. He works for two CPA firms and has a degree in finance. His special interest is outer space. Moten has eight children.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
About the Book I IRS (My Hell of Life) follows the life and experiences of a young black man as he survives the South but continues to face systemic and institutionalized racism throughout his life, in overt as well as subtle ways. The story moves back and forth in time, painting a vivid, often painful, picture of growing up in the South and later working at the IRS and serving in the military. But despite all the racist blows dealt against him, he never doubted that God exists and loves him. About the Author James M. Moten is a retired IRS agent who served in the US Air Force and Marines. He is the owner of Taxonyourside LLC. He works for two CPA firms and has a degree in finance. His special interest is outer space. Moten has eight children.
Running Times
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Running Times magazine explores training, from the perspective of top athletes, coaches and scientists; rates and profiles elite runners; and provides stories and commentary reflecting the dedicated runner's worldview.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Running Times magazine explores training, from the perspective of top athletes, coaches and scientists; rates and profiles elite runners; and provides stories and commentary reflecting the dedicated runner's worldview.
Ranger School
Author: Jimmy Blackmon
Publisher: Knox Press
ISBN: 1682619826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Through colorful dialogue and vivid storytelling for which Jimmy Blackmon has been praised, the reader will take a journey through Ranger School. From the nervous anticipation leading up to the course, to the extreme pain and suffering Ranger School demands, Jimmy shares the feelings and emotions that accompany extreme sleep and food deprivation. Furthermore, he shares what he learned about himself along the way. Before you can lead others, you must first learn to lead yourself. Ranger School is designed to replicate the extreme nature of combat in a multitude of environments. The attrition rate is over 50 percent. Every ranger student experiences a low moment where they want to quit and walk away. Jimmy openly shares how he dealt with extreme hunger, exhaustion, below freezing temperatures, and ultimately, a desire to quit and end the suffering. The reader will be fascinated, not only with what one must go through to attain the coveted Ranger tab, but at how ranger students deal with such harsh environments—many times in very humorous ways. Despite all the aforementioned challenges, Ranger students must lead one another on complex missions in harsh terrain in order to succeed. How to motivate, inspire, and lead in such an extreme environment is powerful and will appeal to leaders of all types and in all industries.
Publisher: Knox Press
ISBN: 1682619826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Through colorful dialogue and vivid storytelling for which Jimmy Blackmon has been praised, the reader will take a journey through Ranger School. From the nervous anticipation leading up to the course, to the extreme pain and suffering Ranger School demands, Jimmy shares the feelings and emotions that accompany extreme sleep and food deprivation. Furthermore, he shares what he learned about himself along the way. Before you can lead others, you must first learn to lead yourself. Ranger School is designed to replicate the extreme nature of combat in a multitude of environments. The attrition rate is over 50 percent. Every ranger student experiences a low moment where they want to quit and walk away. Jimmy openly shares how he dealt with extreme hunger, exhaustion, below freezing temperatures, and ultimately, a desire to quit and end the suffering. The reader will be fascinated, not only with what one must go through to attain the coveted Ranger tab, but at how ranger students deal with such harsh environments—many times in very humorous ways. Despite all the aforementioned challenges, Ranger students must lead one another on complex missions in harsh terrain in order to succeed. How to motivate, inspire, and lead in such an extreme environment is powerful and will appeal to leaders of all types and in all industries.
Dealbreaker
Author: Elise Faber
Publisher: Elise Faber
ISBN: 1637491468
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When the Game Breakers meet more than hearts will be broken… These hockey players are going to claim, protect, and...maybe they'll just rock their women's worlds. Series tropes include: 💼 enemies to lovers 💼 mistaken identity 💼 starting over 💼 rags to riches 💼 protective MMCs 💼 found family and more...
Publisher: Elise Faber
ISBN: 1637491468
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
When the Game Breakers meet more than hearts will be broken… These hockey players are going to claim, protect, and...maybe they'll just rock their women's worlds. Series tropes include: 💼 enemies to lovers 💼 mistaken identity 💼 starting over 💼 rags to riches 💼 protective MMCs 💼 found family and more...
Running with the Champ
Author: Tim Shanahan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501102346
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"A former medical sales manager traces his longtime friendship with the two-time heavyweight champion of the world, describing how they bonded over shared efforts on behalf of underprivileged kids and how the author witnessed Ali's countless acts of unpublicized generosity over the years, "--NoveList.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501102346
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"A former medical sales manager traces his longtime friendship with the two-time heavyweight champion of the world, describing how they bonded over shared efforts on behalf of underprivileged kids and how the author witnessed Ali's countless acts of unpublicized generosity over the years, "--NoveList.
Trade Secrets
Author: Robert L. Brielmier
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468550071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Parents know children can be incorrigible; sometimes a piece of writing is the same. What this author began as a simple short story defiantly grew to a full length novel. TRADE SECRETS fictionally combines "chance" occurrences and people in the author's own life: living in a small town (not unlike Chandler's Wharf),witnessing massive flooding of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, serving guard duty at a military stockade,observing some people thriving where they live while others seem cruelly out of place. Like a child, this novel demands: "Do events occur and people appear by chance coincidence or are these a series of planned miracles without flash and bang accompaniment ?" Every skillful planner uses trade secrets to achieve goals. Isn't it possible the planner himself is someone else's trade secret ?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468550071
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Parents know children can be incorrigible; sometimes a piece of writing is the same. What this author began as a simple short story defiantly grew to a full length novel. TRADE SECRETS fictionally combines "chance" occurrences and people in the author's own life: living in a small town (not unlike Chandler's Wharf),witnessing massive flooding of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, serving guard duty at a military stockade,observing some people thriving where they live while others seem cruelly out of place. Like a child, this novel demands: "Do events occur and people appear by chance coincidence or are these a series of planned miracles without flash and bang accompaniment ?" Every skillful planner uses trade secrets to achieve goals. Isn't it possible the planner himself is someone else's trade secret ?