Download or read book EllRay Jakes Stands Tall written by Sally Warner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EllRay Jakes finally grows up (a little) by playing basketball in this ninth book in the series. There's a new game in town—basketball! Or in Ellray's case, pre-basketball. Coach Havens has all the third graders dribbling, passing, and shooting, and he's quick to compliment EllRay's skills. No one else seems to notice them, however, and as 'the shortest kid in the class,' EllRay is still chosen last for teams at recess. What's a short guy gotta do to get noticed?? When EllRay comes up with a plan that involves the off-limits teacher's lounge, everyone does a double take! PRAISE FOR THE ELLRAY JAKES SERIES: "Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue."—School Library Journal on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "...ideal for reluctant readers."—Booklist on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "Young readers can identify with EllRay, who is neither a bad seed nor a goody-two-shoes; he and his sense of humor are just right."—Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star! "The EllRay Jakes stories are just right for his real-life peers."—Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank

Download or read book Basketball Coach s Survival Guide written by William E. Warren and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1996 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides practical advice for everything from selecting players to effectively carrying out administrative tasks. Includes dozens of diagrams of drills & plays & 40 reproducible forms, checklists, & worksheets.

Download or read book Eleven Rings written by Phil Jackson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through candor and comprehensiveness, Jackson writes a convincing revisionist take, in which he emerges as an excellent coach . . . highly readable . . . reflects Jackson’s polymathy." —The New York Times Book Review "Part sports memoir, part New Age spirit quest, part pseudo-management tract . . . But the primary thing with Jackson—as with all the old bards, who were also known for repeating themselves—is the voice." —Sam Anderson, The New York Times Magazine A New York Times Bestseller The inside story of one of basketball's most legendary and game-changing figures During his storied career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson won more championships than any coach in the history of professional sports. Even more important, he succeeded in never wavering from coaching his way, from a place of deep values. Jackson was tagged as the “Zen master” half in jest by sportswriters, but the nickname speaks to an important truth: this is a coach who inspired, not goaded; who led by awakening and challenging the better angels of his players’ nature, not their egos, fear, or greed. This is the story of a preacher’s kid from North Dakota who grew up to be one of the most innovative leaders of our time. In his quest to reinvent himself, Jackson explored everything from humanistic psychology and Native American philosophy to Zen meditation. In the process, he developed a new approach to leadership based on freedom, authenticity, and selfless teamwork that turned the hypercompetitive world of professional sports on its head. In Eleven Rings, Jackson candidly describes how he: • Learned the secrets of mindfulness and team chemistry while playing for the champion New York Knicks in the 1970s • Managed Michael Jordan, the greatest player in the world, and got him to embrace selflessness, even if it meant losing a scoring title • Forged successful teams out of players of varying abilities by getting them to trust one another and perform in sync • Inspired Dennis Rodman and other “uncoachable” personalities to devote themselves to something larger than themselves • Transformed Kobe Bryant from a rebellious teenager into a mature leader of a championship team. Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal: the NBA championship—six times with the Chicago Bulls and five times with the Los Angeles Lakers. We all know the legendary stars on those teams, or think we do. What Eleven Rings shows us, however, is that when it comes to the most important lessons, we don’t know very much at all. This book is full of revelations: about fascinating personalities and their drive to win; about the wellsprings of motivation and competition at the highest levels; and about what it takes to bring out the best in ourselves and others.

Download or read book NBA Coaches Playbook written by and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book God and Starbucks written by Vin Baker and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vin Baker, an NBA all-star, Olympic gold medalist, and clean-cut preacher’s son, harbored a dark secret: a dependence on drugs and alcohol that began shortly after he turned pro. Eventually becoming a full-blown yet functional alcoholic, Vin convinced himself that he played better under the influence—until his addiction cost him his basketball career, his fortune, and his health. But Vin’s story isn’t a tragic fall from grace. It is an enthralling testimony of salvation. For Vin, hitting rock bottom was a difficult yet transformative experience that led him to renew his relationship with God and to embrace life. Howard Schultz of Starbucks and Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church offered Vin a helping hand and led him to find more security and happiness in his ordinary working life than he did in all of his years in the glamorous world of professional basketball. God and Starbucks is a wise, unflinching look at addiction and at the necessity of taking charge and claiming one’s blessings. It is a powerful memoir about reaching the top and beginning again from the bottom—an inspiring personal tale of humility and grace that reminds us of what is truly important.

Download or read book Believe written by Stacie M. Salvo and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Let me be plain. All are given the opportunity to be obedient to God. They must either choose to step out in faith or choose to make their own plans and beg Him to bless them anyway. There is some peril involved in stepping out in faith. You will be hunted by the most vile, desperate creatures in existence. Even now you are being followed more intently and attacks are being plotted as you consider your choice." Before her meeting with a mysterious stranger, Mina Bennett thought her life was normal. Her biggest problems were things like making it to campus on time and navigating the troublesome line between best friend and boyfriend with her classmate Peter. When eerie things start happening, her life gets much more complicated after she is visited by an angel who tells her that an invisible but very real war is happening all around her. The scariest part is... her very soul is at stake. We all have a choice to make, but what if that choice changed the course of your whole life? Would you choose to live a sheltered existence or would you choose to fight in a war you never even knew existed? Mina is faced with such a choice, and she will never be the same again. In this battle of spiritual warfare, she must learn literally to put on the whole armor of God and fight demons. Her trials culminate in facing a larger-than-life threat, but with a little help, she comes to realize that the victory is already won. Believe will take you on a fast-paced journey that will question where you stand spiritually. At the end, like Mina, you will be faced with a choice. What will your decision be?

Download or read book A Method to March Madness written by C. J. Jones and published by Moonlight Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C. J. Jones knows college basketball from the inside, first as a player, then a coach, and now as Athletics Director at Central Connecticut State University. A Method to March Madness: An Insider's Look at the Final Four draws upon C. J.'s more than three decades of experience attending the Final Four. He has seen the Final Four grow from simply a popular college championship into the international, multibillion-dollar spectacle that it is today, and A Method to March MadnesS gives C. J.'s perspective on that transformation. Many well-known college basketball insiders have contributed behind-the-scenes stories, including Jim Calhoun, Dean Smith, Lute Olson, K. C. Jones, Gail Goodrich, Ray Meyer, and Howie Dickenman, among others. Featuring a four-color photographic section of Final Four memories, this book is of interest to all sports followers, from the casual hoops fan to the true college basketball junkie.

Download or read book Tears of a Tiger written by Sharon M. Draper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-23 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.

Download or read book Of Children and Unicorns written by Joe Robert and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Children and Unicorns is a humorous narration about special needs students that made up the classes over the years of special education teacher Joe Robert. Interspersed among the student anecdotes is commentary by Joe Robert about specific educational practices, methods, and trends. Mr. Robert is writing strictly from years of experience and not from theory or educational ideas that look good on paper, but fail in the classroom. Some of the anecdotes may make you cry a little, but most will make you laugh. He writes about methods that may seem unorthodox for some, yet worked for him. Robert uses the symbol of the fabled unicorn to represent those teachers who stepped outside of the box and did what they had to do to get their job done. The new teacher will look at this work and say, "So that's the way it was," while the experienced teacher will say, "Yes, I've been there. I remember that," and the non-teacher will just say, "Wow!"

Download or read book Stolen Pride written by Arlie Russell Hochschild and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her first book since the widely acclaimed Strangers in Their Own Land, National Book Award finalist and bestselling author Arlie Russell Hochschild now ventures to Appalachia, uncovering the "pride paradox" that has given the right's appeals such resonance. For all the attempts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, we've ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. What happens, Arlie Russell Hochschild asks, when a proud people in a hard-hit region suffer the deep loss of pride and are confronted with a powerful political appeal that makes it feel "stolen"? Hochschild's research drew her to Pikeville, Kentucky, in the heart of Appalachia, within the whitest and second-poorest congressional district in the nation, where the city was reeling: coal jobs had left, crushing poverty persisted, and a deadly drug crisis struck the region. Although Pikeville was in the political center thirty years ago, by 2016, 80 percent of the district's population voted for Donald Trump. Her brilliant exploration of the town's response to a white nationalist march in 2017 — a rehearsal for the deadly Unite the Right march that would soon take place in Charlottesville, Virginia — takes us deep inside a torn and suffering community. Hochschild focuses on a group swept up in the shifting political landscape: blue-collar men. In small churches, hillside hollers, roadside diners, trailer parks, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, Hochschild introduces us to unforgettable people, and offers an original lens through which to see them and the wider world. In Stolen Pride, Hochschild incisively explores our dangerous times, even as she also points a way forward. [A] piercing . . . impressive and nuanced assessment of a critical factor in American politics." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Download or read book Things I Want to Say to My Players But I Can t written by Journals For Everyone and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect funny appreciation gift for your favorite coach! Show 'em love by gifting them this funny notebook so they can release their anger in this journal instead of their players 100 pages of high quality paper (50 sheets) It can be used as a journal, notebook or just a composition book 6" x 9" Paperback notebook, soft matte cover Perfect for gel pen, ink or pencils Great size to carry everywhere in your bag, for work, high school, college... It will make a great gift for any special occasion: Christmas, Secret Santa, Birthday...

Download or read book How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Voice Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying Second Edition written by Gary Owens and published by Moonwater Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARLAY ONE OF YOUR MOST BASIC NATURAL ASSETS--YOUR VOICE--INTO AN EXCITING CAREER IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY! Now back in print, legendary entertainer Gary Owens draws upon his four decades in radio, TV film and animation to show you how to break into the voiceover business and carve out a million-dollar niche for yourself with your voice. Sprinkled with priceless anecdotes and tips throughout from well-known actors, producers and agents, Owens gives you the inside track on becoming a successful DJ, newscaster, announcer, sportscaster, commercial or cartoon voice, or other type of voice artist. HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO: --Zero in on and promote your vocal talents --Develop realistic career goals and an action plan --Produce a demo CD that sells --Find and land an agent --Write winning cover letters and resumes --Ace interviews and auditions Along with updated appendices of voice-over workshops and seminars and talent agencies representing voice-over artists, many never-before published illustrations (not included in the first edition) from the entertainer's personal collection round out this second edition.

Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1970-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Download or read book Ebony written by and published by . This book was released on 1970-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.

Download or read book The Book of Percentages written by Tom Philbin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You will now be able to wow your friends, scare your kids, and bargain with your spouse as you use this book to legitimize bad decisions, idle threats, and risky ventures. With this one-stop statistical resource, you will have plenty of numbers to back up whatever you want (or don’t want) to do. Covering all aspects of everyday life, this enlightening little trivia book shows you that numbers can be informative yet entertaining—and work to your advantage. Inside you will learn interesting tidbits like: While 30% of all shoplifters are under thirty, 95% of shoplifters are females—just another thing for teenage boys to throw in their parents’ faces Ditching a diet is the fad thing to do, as 60% of dieters fail and go back to eating fatty foods Finding a faithful contractor is much easier than finding a faithful husband: Only 10% of home improvement contractors are reported larcenous while 22% of married men have committed adultery The world would have a whole lot more female vegetarians if people had to kill their dinner—90% of women would give up beef if they had to kill the cow Americans have a 40% chance of just dropping dead every day It’s a guaranteed enlightening read 100% of the time.

Download or read book The Craft We Chose written by Richard Holm and published by Mountain Lake Press. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books, fiction and nonfiction alike, purport to probe the inner workings of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Many attempt to create spine-tingling suspense or allege that America's civilian spy operation has run amok and been infested with rogues and criminals. Not that The Craft We Chose lacks suspense, harrowing encounters, or its own share of villains, but this book is different; it is a straightforward, honest, surprisingly captivating memoir by one of the CIA's most well-known and honored career officers. For more than three decades, Richard L. Holm worked in the agency's Directorate of Operations now the National Clandestine Service the component directly responsible for collecting human intelligence. His assignments took him to seven countries on three continents, and his travels added many more destinations. At almost every turn Holm encountered his share of dangerous characters and situations, including one that nearly ended his life before he turned 30. The Craft We Chose is more than a chronicle of those episodes. It also reveals Holm's private life, his roots and family, his courtship and marriage, and his four daughters, whom he affectionately calls his platoon.

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