Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Roger Kahn and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book fathers and sons and about the making of modern America. 'At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.' Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early '70s, sets its tone. The team is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience.

Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by CJ Duggan and published by CJ Duggan. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed only natural to nickname them the ‘Onslow Boys’. Every time they swaggered in the front door of the Onslow Hotel after a hard week’s work, their laughter was loud and genuine as they settled onto their bar stools. I peeked through the restaurant partition, a flimsy divider between my world and theirs. I couldn’t help but smile whenever I saw them, saw him... Toby Morrison. Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn’t relish the thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends before the dreaded Year Twelve begins. To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb fights at the sweltering Sunday markets. How did she let her friends talk her into working? After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a group of locals dubbed ‘The Onslow Boys’, who are old enough to drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews. Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos. All with the one boy she has never been able to forget. It will be a summer she will always remember. Warning: sexual references, and occasional coarse language. The Summer Series: Book 1: The Boys of Summer Book 1.5: Stan (Novella) Book 2: An Endless Summer Book 2.5: Max (Novella) Book 3: That One Summer Book 3.5: Ringer (Novella) Book 4: Forever Summer Authors Note: While each title can be read as a stand-alone story, you will likely enjoy taking the journey with these characters from the beginning.

Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Richard Cox and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a haunting coming-of-age story set in North Texas against the backdrop of a deadly tornado, and a character-driven, deeply-affecting supernatural thriller. In 1979, a massive tornado devastates the city of Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving scores dead, thousands homeless, and nine-year-old Todd Willis in a coma, fighting for his life. Four years later, Todd awakens to a world that looks the same but feels different in a way he can't quite grasp. For Todd, it's a struggle to separate fact from fiction as he battles lingering hallucinations from his long sleep. The new friends Todd makes in 1983 are fascinated with his experience and become mesmerized by his strange relationship with the world. Together the five boys come of age during a dark, fiery summer where they find first love, betrayal, and a secret so terrible they agree to never speak of it again. But darkness returns to Wichita Falls twenty-five years later, and the boys--now men--are forced to reunite and confront the wounds from their past. When their memories of that childhood summer refuse to align with reality, the friends embark upon a search for truth that will threaten their lives, and transform their understanding of each other--and the world itself--forever.

Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get swept away in this breezy beach read about love, family, and the true meaning of friendship. Meet the Boys of Winlock Harbor… Grayson Cartwright: Golden Boy. Football Prodigy. Troublemaker. Mike Metzler: Local Heartthrob. Surfer Boy. Hopeless Romantic. Ian Handler: Army Brat. Musician. King of Sarcasm. Best friends since they were kids, Grayson, Mike, and Ian were hoping for another epic summer on “The Locks”, filled with clambakes, bonfires, and late-night swims in the ocean. But that was before Ian’s dad never returned home from his last deployment. Before Mike had to take on more responsibility in order to help provide for his family. Before Grayson’s accident left him with an injured throwing arm and an uncertain future. It’s clear this summer on the island is shaping up to be very different from those Grayson, Mike, and Ian had come to rely on. And when the sacred code of dating a friend’s sister or ex is broken, it will push their friendship to the absolute limit, testing their loyalties in a way that could either break them—or save them.

Download or read book Micah McKinney and the Boys of Summer written by Nina Chapman and published by Capstone Editions. This book was released on 2020 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Micah hopes for a miracle transformation before starting middle school but as she is torn between twins Luke and Megan she sees that the real transformation must be in how she sees herself.

Download or read book Boys of Summer Volume 1 written by Chuck Austen and published by TOKYOPOP. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hormone-driven freshman navigates college life, the girl of his dreams, and baseball in this sexy original English-language manga. Boys of Summer,Volume 1 features story by Chuck Austen and art by Hiroki Otsuka. Bud Waterston is a decent looking guy in full hormonal bloom. He’s heading for college and imagines the sexual liberation he will face living in a dormitory full of other post-teens just like him. But like all best laid plans (no pun intended), nothing goes as Bud hopes or expects. His roommate turns out to be a closeted homosexual, and all the good-looking girls in the dorm are interested in somebody else. When the girl of his dreams—who wants nothing to do with him—joins the school baseball team, it inspires Bud to join, too, in an effort to prove to her she’s all wrong about him . . .

Download or read book Boys of Summer Volume 1 written by Chuck Austen and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the girl of his dreams joins the school baseball team, it inspires Bud Waterston to join too, in an effort to prove to her that she's all wrong about him. Rated for older teens.

Download or read book Boys of Summer The Complete Season written by Chuck Austen and published by TokyoPop. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boys of Summer Bundle One written by Jill Penrod and published by Jill Penrod. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 793 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the first four books of the Boys of Summer series for Christian teens and young adults at a bargain price. If you read volume one, Courting the Clearwaters, as a free ebook, never fear, because it’s free in this bundle, too, so take the plunge and continue on the journey toward adulthood with the guys and the girls who care about them. Volumes include: Courting the Clearwaters—College student Shawn Carpenter is new to Christianity, and when he finds himself surrounded by new people, new purposes, and especially a new girl, he has to decide whether to bare his secrets and get involved or return to his old life of hiding and paying penance for past mistakes. Yucatan Cowboy—When Matt Tucker offered to lead horse rides at a Christian camp in Mexico to hide from a messy family life, he didn’t count on having to live with a team all summer. Between his uncle who knows all his secrets, a guy who’s grieving, and a girl who instantly dislikes him, Matt wonders if it wouldn’t have been easier just to stay home. Cross Country—Eric Van der Haas hasn’t seen much of his brother since they lost their mom years ago. This summer, though, he’s thrown into an RV with him and asked to cross the country. Joined by his best friend Samantha and his brooding, angry younger cousin Brenda, he expects this to be the worst summer of his life, but maybe God is planning some new beginnings. Measuring Up—Friends call Tom Van der Haas the big brother to the world, but he knows he’s just a difficult person who struggles to keep friends at all, and he knows it won’t be long before roommates Matt and Eric figure that out. This semester his friends will need him, though, and learning to see himself as his friends see him could become a matter of life or death.

Download or read book Boys of Summer Volume 2 written by Chuck Austen and published by TokyoPop + ORM. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temptation continues to come Bud’s way, and even Manny is in for quite the “adult” experience...but as close as the two friends are, when it comes down to it, they react to the new challenges of college in completely different ways. In the end, it threatens to prove ruinous for their friendship, especially with a practice game looming on the horizon. And Bud’s finally broken the ice with Chrissie, but now he’s got some new worries that may get in the way of the two of them ever taking the plunge...

Download or read book The New Boys of Summer written by Paul Hensler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s were among the most compelling years in the history of the United States, from the intensifying clamor for civil rights to the tragic incidents of assassination and war. Caught up in this sea of restlessness was major league baseball, and the manner in which baseball addressed the challenges of this decade would have a lasting impact on the game. In The New Boys of Summer: Baseball's Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties, Paul Hensler looks at the key issues confronting baseball during this tumultuous time. Hensler carefully examines how domestic racial issues, the war in Vietnam, assassinations of prominent public figures, youthful rebellion, and drug use each placed their imprint on the game just as baseball was about to celebrate its centennial season. The expansion of both the American and National leagues is also covered in depth, as are the new divisional alignments and major rule changes that were implemented in 1969. Other factors impacting the national pastime include the appointment of Bowie Kuhn as commissioner, the rising influence of Marvin Miller as the director of the players association, the construction of modern stadiums, and the rapid developments in information technology. An earlier generation of players was venerated as the Boys of Summer, and indeed, they continue to hold their rightful place in baseball’s legend and lore; but in the late 1960s, a fresh cast of characters made their own mark as transformations in the game brought baseball into the new modern era. Baseball historians and fans alike will be entertained and informed by this fresh look at the national pastime in the decade of discontent.

Download or read book The Boys of Summer The Summer Series Volume 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn't relish the thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends before the dreaded Year Twelve begins.To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb fights at the sweltering Sunday markets.How did she let her friends talk her into working?After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a group of locals dubbed 'The Onslow Boys', who are old enough to drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews. Tess's summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos.All with the one boy she has never been able to forget.It will be a summer she will always remember.Warning: sexual references, and occasional coarse language.The Summer Series:Book 1: The Boys of SummerBook 2.5: Stan (Novella)Book 2: An Endless SummerBook 2.5: Max (Novella)Book 3: That One SummerBook 3.5: Ringer (Novella)Book 4: Forever SummerAuthors Note: While each title can be read as a stand-alone story, you will likely enjoy taking the journey with these characters from the beginning.

Download or read book Boys of Summer Volume 3 written by Chuck Austen and published by TokyoPop + ORM. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temptation continues to come Bud's way, and even Manny is in for quite the "adult" experience... but as close as the two friends are, when it comes down to it, they react to the new challenges of college in completely different ways. In the end, it threatens to prove ruinous for their friendship, especially with a practice game looming on the horizon. And Bud's finally broken the ice with Chrissie, but now he's got some new worries that may get in the way of the two of them ever taking the plunge...

Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Welcome to Winlock Harbor. Where the weather is always sunny, the water is the perfect temperature, and the boardwalk boasts the best food around. Where best friends Grayson, Mike, and Ian first met as kids, building a sand castle on a cloudless beach day. And where this summer, the loyalties of a lifelong friendship will begin to unravel."--Dust jacket.

Download or read book Summer Boys Summer Boys Book 1 written by Hailey Abbott and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creators of GOSSIP GIRL comes a fresh, edgy take on teenage romance. Three interconnected stories explore the different stages of love over the course of one summer on the seashore.It's summer. It's hot. And it's time to hook up.Cousins Ella, Beth, and Jamie are at their family's beach house, and they're gearing up for the wildest time of their lives. Sassy Ella is majorly crushing on a cute older boy -- who just happens to be her sister's new boyfriend. Meanwhile, practical Beth is surprised when she finds herself falling for her best friend George. And shy, creative Jamie gets her heart broken when her summer love abandons her. Three girls, too many boys, and some seriously stormy romances...it all adds up to one unforgettable summer.

Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Steve Berman and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walt Whitman referred to a "Mad, naked, Summer Night!" In the pages of Boys of Summer, acclaimed editor Steve Berman's latest anthology, talented authors and fresh voices reveal the allure and excitement of the season for gay teens. June always promises romance. July entices with its raw heat, and August offers a languid fire that will burn out before autumn's approach. These are stories of young love and adventure, when the sky's ceiling is a bright blue marvel, when another boy's laughter at the beach can distract from dull summer jobs.

Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Michael Casciaro and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…I remember their faces. I remember their pride in their unit, “STRIKE AND KILL,” but above all I remember their happiness at the thought of going home to family, friends, loved ones, fiancés, and most of all, America. America for everything she stands for, America, the reason they all wore that uniform and the reason they served so far away from home. America must know, America must appreciate, America must miss their most valued treasure, their American soldiers. They ARE a part of something bigger, they always will be. Please let us all remember them together, these young American heroes, from every corner of our nation, who were willing to risk everything for our future. They are forever young; they will always be in the summer of their lives; they are the Boys of Summer.” The author, Michael Casciaro served in the 3-60th Infantry battalion as a rifle platoon leader in 1985 when his unit replaced the 3-502nd in the Sinai Peninsula to assume duties in the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission between Egypt and Israel. This is his story of the events leading up to and the aftermath of the Arrow Air Flight 1985 crash in Gander, Newfoundland that killed 248 members of the battalion he replaced. It also chronicles the life of an Infantry Second Lieutenant fresh out of the Infantry Officer’s Basic Course (IOBC) and U.S. Army Ranger School after reporting to his first unit. There he endured rigorous training to prepare him to lead his soldiers in combat and perform duties of an officer in the MFO under one of the Army’s most inspirational leaders in the 1980s. Leading men under those conditions was tough, not politically correct, and focused on one thing…ensuring your soldiers survived combat.