Download or read book Bringing the Monster to Its Knees written by Ed Gruver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing The Monster to its Knees: Ben Hogan, Oakland Hills, and the 1951 U.S. Open is the first full-length book on a victory that the four-time U.S. Open champion always maintained was the "most satisfying" of his long and storied Hall of Fame career. It fills an important void in previous books on Hogan's tournament play, books covering his championship quests from Merion in 1950 to the Olympic Club in San Francisco in 1955 to Cherry Hills in 1960. The 1951 U.S. Open at Oakland Hills is unique in that it represents the first time the USGA deliberately altered a course for a championship, a practice that became common in the years that followed and continues to this day. The result was "The Monster," a creation of famed course architect Robert Trent Jones. It remains the most infamous course layout in history and arguably the most torturous test ever presented to golfers anywhere. Overcoming chronic pain that was a vestige of his near-fatal car crash in 1949, a field filled with future Hall of Fame players, and a course so devilish in its design that it was labeled "Oakland Hells," Hogan called his record-setting final round 67 in the '51 Open the "greatest round I have ever played." He then issued one of the most famous quotes in sports history: "I'm glad I brought this course—this monster—to its knees."

Download or read book YOU CALL IT SPORTS BUT I SAY IT S A JUNGLE OUT THERE written by Dan Jenkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last quarter century, Dan Jenkins has been fixing his cold-eyed stare and wisecracking style on the real-life Billy Clyde and Kenny Lee Pucketts of the sports world. You Call It Sports, But I Say It’s a Jungle Out There is a collection of his best work from Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Golf Digest, and his nationally syndicated column, and includes a stack of new pieces written especially for this book. Jenkins spares no one in his search for the culprits who have taken the fun out of sports: NFL owners and refs, PGA Tour administrators, basketball players who can’t read, tennis players who can’t speak English (or say anything worth hearing when they do). He also finds things worth celebrating: the electric charge given off by Arnold Palmer at his best, the excitement of a truly great college football game, or a real heavyweight champion, like Joe Louis. Overflowing with good ol’ boys, great one-liners, famous sporting events, and barroom tales, this is the best of Dan Jenkins—which is to say, it’s as good as sportswriting gets anywhere.

Download or read book One Week in June The U S Open written by and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider’s pass to the world’s greatest golf tournament! The U.S. Open, generally considered the preeminent golf championship in the world, is contested on some of the nations finest courses—from the rolling hills of Winged Foot to the famed fairways of Baltusral to the breathtaking holes of Pebble Beach that overlook Carmel Bay. Tom Kite describes the tournament as "without a doubt the most physically, psychologically, and emotionally exhausting event we play," while Jack Nicklaus ranks it as the number one major. One Week in June: The U.S. Open takes fans behind the scenes, giving them a rare and privileged peek into the tournament: its glorious history, finest moments, and even its quirkiest happenings. It features pieces by many of our best-known sportswriters, from Grantland Rice to Dan Jenkins and Rick Reilly, as well as the words of the golf greats themselves.

Download or read book Hairs Vs Squares written by Ed Gruver and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hairs vs. Squares is an ode to an unforgettable season that began with the first major players’ strike in the history of North American sports and ended with a record-setting World Series played by two of the game’s greatest and most colorful dynasties. In a sign of the times it was Hippies vs. Hardhats, a clash of cultures with the hirsute, mod Mustache Gang colliding with the clean-cut, conservative Big Red Machine on the game’s grandest stage. When the Oakland A’s met the Cincinnati Reds in the 1972 Fall Classic, more than a championship was at stake. The more than two dozen interviews bring to life a time when controversy was commonplace, both inside and outside the national pastime. In baseball, Willie Mays was traded, Hank Aaron was chasing down Babe Ruth’s home run record, and Dick Allen was helping to save the Chicago White Sox franchise while winning the American League’s Most Valuable Player award. Outside the American pastime the war in Vietnam was raging, campus protests spread throughout the country, and Watergate and the Munich Olympics headlined the tumultuous year. The 1972 Major League Baseball season was marked by the rapid rise of rookies and young stars, the fall of established teams and veterans, courageous comebacks, and personal redemptions. Along with the many unforgettable and outrageous characters inside baseball, Hairs vs. Squares emphasizes the dramatic changes that took place on and off the field in the 1970s. Owners’ lockouts, on-field fights, maverick managers, controversial trades, artificial fields, the first full five-game League Championship Series, and the closest, most competitive World Series ever, combined to make the 1972 season as complex as the social and political unrest that marked the era.

Download or read book Rules of the Game written by Mark S. Homan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise, empowering, and inspirational, this introduction to promoting change offers practical knowledge, and features more than 150 guidelines brought to life with down-to-earth, often humorous language. Replete with the wisdom of more than four decades of experience in the field, Mark S. Homan demystifies the community change process by providing nuts-and-bolts rules for success, including eight essential steps for building an organized change effort. Homan’s outline for community change is invaluable in any setting, from grassroots organizations to governments or community agencies. Writing in a conversational, informal style, Homan leads readers through the basic things they need to know about themselves, about others, and about the change process itself. As they put these ideas into action, they will identify skills, attitudes, and choices important to their success as a change agent in the community.

Download or read book The Franchise Babe written by Dan Jenkins and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Brannon, a golf writer in his forties who has been bunkered more than once in the marriage game, covers the sport for a big-time magazine. Bored with the PGA, he decides to check out “the Lolitas,” on the LPGA Tour. Jack chooses as a magazine subject Ginger Clayton, a fiery eighteen-year old whose killer looks and killer game make her the kind of star who can take the LPGA to the next level. She is, indeed, The Franchise Babe, and everyone wants a part of her, but someone, it seems, is trying to knock Ginger out of the competition-permanently. Filled with dead-on take downs of sports moms, adventurous promoters, suck-up corporate sponsors, double-dealing sports agents, and just enough menace to make golf dangerous, Dan Jenkins latest tale of hijinks on the links is not to be missed.

Download or read book Bring Back the Late 90S and Early 2000S written by Travis Smith and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring Back the Late 90s and Early 2000s describes a time with the coolest music and movies ever made. The clothing was baggy, the girls were raw, and the boys were hard-core. Brace for impact, these next pages are a wild ride down memory lane, baby.

Download or read book Shackles of the Storm written by D. & L. Kardenal and published by D. & L. Kardenal. This book was released on 2021-06-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How different is a powerless djinn from a mere human? In the fractured desert kingdom of Seiran, the demons of wind, fire, and waves faded into fairy tales. But when a cult of strangers arrives looking for a djinn, people are forced to ponder the possibility someone around them is more than they seem. And to worsen this thought, the strangers are asking for Zaira, a fugitive and alleged murderer. Zaira is a djinn indeed, but she's no killer. A thief maybe, a criminal sentenced into a human body, but she has nothing to do with any human deaths. She's without power, only helped by the brash mercenary Ezair, striving to untangle this web of intrigue before either the guards or the cult gets to her, leaving the real killer on the loose. They soon realize that Zaira isn't the only djinn in town, and this simple murder isn't so simple either. As the pair forms an unlikely friendship, gathering allies from Kahlaran's highest and lowest class, a much larger conspiracy unfolds, and enemies more powerful than they could imagine reveal themselves. Discovering the truth isn't just personal now - it might be the only option to prevent the war about to engulf the desert. When swords and wits fail, can Zaira break the shackles locking away her powers - or will they succumb to the manipulation of their foes. Shackles of the Storm is a blazing adventure in a world of magic, miracles, and demons, where nothing is as they seem. "The world building was well down and I failed to put it down, multiple times. " - Mama-Bears Book Hour "The writing is decent, showing some moments of brilliance in description and flow." - Rosie writes... "This world was built so well - I was getting Middle Eastern vibes from like a hundred years ago!" - Books by Bindu " I read this book in a day and a half and am looking forward to the sequel so I can find out what happens to Zaira, Ezair, and their motley band of friends!" - Goodreads, EllenZReads

Download or read book United States Foreign Policy 1945 1968 written by Michael Wayne Santos and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1945 and 1968, the possibility of Mutual Assured Destruction led to a host of odd realities, including the creation of an affable cartoon turtle named Bert who taught millions of school children that nuclear war was survivable if they simply learned how to “duck and cover.” Meanwhile, fear of Communism played out against the backdrop of potential Armageddon to provide justification for a variety of covert operations involving regime change, political assassination, and sometimes bizarre plot twists. United States Foreign Policy 1945-1968: The Bomb, Spies, Stories, and Lies takes a fresh look at this complex, often confusing, and frequently farcical period in American and world history.

Download or read book The Ultimate Secret written by David Thomas Moore and published by Abaddon Books. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Reich. The great enemy of Magna Britannia, the unwavering stronghold whose power extends from the depths of Africa to the outlands of Mexico, and even across the barrier of time itself. For more than half a century, the F?hrer?s empire has plagued the world, but thanks to the efforts of a brave handful, the Reich?s most terrible secret may be on the verge of exposure. Follow an Italian monk, a century-old Russian vampire, a couple of British analytical engineers, a pair of Welsh mercenary soldiers and one clever, resourceful Indian girl through a string of stories set across the world of Pax Britannia, showing corners of the globe never seen before and changing the balance of power forever...

Download or read book Marvel Avengers The Serpent Society written by Pat Shand and published by Joe Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Avengers assemble to defeat a horrible monster that appears in the skies over Brooklyn, they quickly learn that the creature was seemingly drawn there by a young woman with the ability to open portals to other realms. The mysterious woman escapes, but Tony Stark and the team track her down, only to find she is one of a team of unknown, super-powered individuals . . . who are decidedly not interested in answering the Avengers' questions. As the battle rages, it becomes clear these young villains are not the ones controlling their powers; but if they are not the villains, then who is? Earth's Mightiest Heroes soon discover that the puppet masters are the newly reorganized Serpent Society, headed by Black Mamba. The Society are using this new team to bring down all who stand in the way of their most nefarious plot to date, and if the Avengers can't protect their own and defeat this new threat, the Serpent Society will reign victorious. Avengers: The Serpent Society, written by veteran comic book and fantasy writer Pat Shand, will take the iconic team of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye on a heart-pounding adventure to protect not just the Earth but the very fabric of reality.

Download or read book The Kingston Kingpins written by S. Thomas Liston and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Broken Monsters written by Lauren Beukes and published by Mulholland Books. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scary as hell and hypnotic. I couldn't put it down...I'd grab it if I were you." --Stephen King A criminal mastermind creates violent tableaus in abandoned Detroit warehouses in Lauren Beukes's new genre-bending novel of suspense. Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies. But this one is unique even by Detroit's standards: half boy, half deer, somehow fused together. As stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the city hold on to a reality that is already tearing at its seams? If you're Detective Versado's geeky teenage daughter, Layla, you commence a dangerous flirtation with a potential predator online. If you're desperate freelance journalist Jonno, you do whatever it takes to get the exclusive on a horrific story. If you're Thomas Keen, known on the street as TK, you'll do what you can to keep your homeless family safe--and find the monster who is possessed by the dream of violently remaking the world. If Lauren Beukes's internationally bestselling The Shining Girls was a time-jumping thrill ride through the past, her Broken Monsters is a genre-redefining thriller about broken cities, broken dreams, and broken people trying to put themselves back together again.

Download or read book A Promise of Fire written by Amanda Bouchet and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KINGDOMS WILL RISE AND FALL FOR HER Cat Fisa isn't who she pretends to be. She's perfectly content living disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus, avoiding the destiny the Gods—and her dangerous family—have saddled her with. As far as she's concerned, the magic humming within her blood can live and die with her. She won't be a pawn in anyone's game. But then she locks eyes with an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south and her illusion of safety is shattered forever. Griffin knows Cat is the Kingmaker—the woman who divines truth through lies—and he wants her to be a powerful weapon for his newly conquered realm. Kidnapping her off the street is simple enough, but keeping her by his side is infuriatingly tough. Cat fights him at every turn, showing a ferocity of spirit that burns hot...and leaves him desperate for more. But can he ever hope to prove to his once-captive that he wants her there by his side as his equal, his companion...and maybe someday, his Queen? Discover exciting bonus material, including maps, illustrations, and an expanded look at the world of Thalyria. Fans of Jennifer Armentrout, Scarlett St. Clair and Sarah J. Maas will burn for this spicy romantic fantasy. The Kingmaker Chronicles: A Promise of Fire (Book 1) Breath of Fire (Book 2) Heart on Fire (Book 3) A Curse of Queens (A Kingmaker Chronicles novel, Book 1) Readers are raving about the Kingmaker Chronicles: "Give this to your Game of Thrones fans." —Booklist STARRED Review "Loved it!" —ELOISA JAMES, New York Times bestselling author "Utterly breathtaking!" —DARYNDA JONES, New York Times bestselling author "Masterful worldbuilding." —Kirkus STARRED Review "Absolutely fabulous." —C.L. WILSON, New York Times bestselling author "Magic, action, romance—everything I love in a series." —JENNIFER ESTEP, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author "Sweeping in its world building and poignant in its emotion. A Homeric trilogy not to be missed." —GRACE DRAVEN, USA Today bestselling author "Easily my favorite book of 2016!" —Bookriot "Delivers with both heat and heart—loved it!" —JEFFE KENNEDY, award-winning author

Download or read book Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon Vol 4 light novel written by Fujino Omori and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MORE LEVELS, MORE PROBLEMS! Following his defeat of the Minotaur, Bell has reached Level Two--and is the new record holder for the fastest to do so. Suddenly everyone in Orario wants to form a party with him and go adventuring! But with sudden popularity comes many a complication. How will Bell and Hestia know whom to trust? The Familia myth--written by the goddess and lived by the boy--continues!

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Download or read book Pharaoh S Daughter written by Charles E. Feldmann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer of 1945. Hitler has committed suicide. The Nazi Third Reich has surrendered and Europe celebrates the end of World War II. America now turns it full attention to its invasion plans for the Japanese homeland, and the atomic arms race begins. Council of Foreign Relations director Jack Hawk receives a telegram that disturbs him greatly: a mysterious and secret submarine rendezvous between Germany and Japan has taken place in the South China Sea, long after the Nazi submarine should have surrendered. Furthermore, the cargo tradedan unfathomable amount of ancient Jewish gold, an unidentifiable radioactive crate, and, inexplicably, an abducted Egyptian woman named Eteye Azebdoesnt add up. As Jack attempts to put the pieces together, he encounters suspicious resistance planted by powerful sources. As the mysterious Japanese submarine embarks on its final, one-way mission to bring America to its knees and thwart the American invasion plans; Eteye and two Nazi officers find themselves stranded on the underwater boat. As the mysterious Egyptian woman wrestles with her own past, she discovers Hitlers true intentionsan ongoing quest for King Solomons lost treasure. Millenniums old secrets and ancient civilizations are cryptically revealed. Slowly, she comes to realize that her shadowy past has brought her to this moment for such a time as this.