Download or read book Don t Be Afraid to Win written by Jim Quinn and published by Radius Book Group. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labeled by The New York Times as “instrumental in helping change the face of major professional sports,” attorney Jim Quinn has influenced modern sports business for decades. Beginning back in the 1970’s with the landmark Oscar Robertson basketball free agency case, Quinn battled owners in all four major leagues to make sure the players got their fair share. In the early 1990’s, he faced the goliath National Football League and won the right to free agency for players, Quinn has spent a lifetime dealing in the gritty sports business to make fair agreements for players. Quinn shares significant cases and legal proceedings across major American sports and tells stories of the courtroom battles he fought on behalf of players and labor leaders seeking economic justice in their workplace. He sheds light on known and unknown figures who committed to larger causes than themselves and that modern sports owes a debt to the leaders of the past who risked their careers. Through Quinn’s lengthy career he has helped to empower athletes to speak and act in the best interest of the sports community and overcome some of the toxic figures who sought to drag down league success for their own ego and greed. In Don’t Be Afraid to Win, Quinn provides a unique point of view of someone who was personally involved in making changes happen in the business. His is a masterful examination of how sports has grown dramatically over the decades, how it benefited from the rise of sports unions and free agency, and how there is still fairness to be gained across the leagues.

Download or read book The Jimmy Quinn Mysteries written by Michael Mayo and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Prohibition-era crime scene comes alive in three novels “sure to appeal to fans of Max Allan Collins’s gangster historicals” (Publishers Weekly). Novelist and film critic Michal Mayo “persuasively portrays such real-life mobsters as Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano” in this crime fiction series set in the 1930s featuring Jimmy Quinn, aka Jimmy the Stick (Publishers Weekly). Jimmy was a gunman, bootlegger, and bagman—until a bullet in the leg and the murder of gangster boss Arnold Rothstein ended his career. Now Quinn runs a speakeasy in downtown Manhattan, but he just can’t seem to stay out of trouble . . . Jimmy the Stick: In Mayo’s “gritty first novel,” Jimmy’s old friend and partner Walter Spencer has left his criminal past behind, marrying into the Pennyweight family—of Pennyweight Petroleum—and settling into a legitimate lifestyle in rural New Jersey (Publishers Weekly). But with the Lindbergh kidnapping in the news, Spence wants Quinn to protect his family while he takes care of business out of state. Unfortunately, Quinn quickly finds that the Garden State can be even more dangerous than the mean streets of New York City. Everybody Goes to Jimmy’s: When a bomb blast rocks the alley outside Quinn’s quiet little Manhattan speakeasy, his memory flashes back twelve years to when he was delivering a bribe for racketeer Arnold Rothstein and a bomb went off on Wall Street, killing thirty people. It seems like the motive behind this bombing may be the same as that previous explosion: money. Soon Quinn’s on a mad race to stay out of the line of fire, taking him from the heights of the Chrysler Building to the depths of New York’s underworld. Jimmy and Fay: In March 1933, King Kong is premiering at Radio City Music Hall, and Fay Wray is about to become a star. One problem: a blackmailer has pictures of a Fay Wray look-alike engaging in conduct that would make even the giant ape blush, and the movie studio—with the cooperation of a slightly corrupt NYPD detective—wants Jimmy Quinn to settle the matter quietly. But stopping the extortion will cut just as deeply as Fay’s famous scream, ringing from Broadway all the way to Chinatown.

Download or read book Jimmy Quinn written by Richard VanDeWeghe and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I n the 1950s, in a small town in northern Michigan, a state mental hospital recognized for its humane patient care is increasingly threatened by a mysterious collusion of local antipathy and state politics. What begins as chronic vandalism soon spirals to physical assault. Struggling to make sense of the mysterious events, psychology intern Henry Merchartt wrestles with his evolving ethical beliefs about how society should treat mental patients with dignity and respect. He navigates the complex world of the hospital, patients and staff, and the local community, as tension builds. In the process, he develops a brotherly bond with Jimmy Quinn, a patient whose work at the asylum illuminates for Henry the critical dignity that accompanies humanistic patient care. Henry's moral indignation mounts as Jimmy falls victim to the growing threat to patient participation in work and farm programs. Henry puts his professional and personal life in jeopardy, as he is propelled from being a closet social critic to taking dramatic, covert, and illegal actions for Jimmy's sake. An unforgettable story of fraternal love and human compassion, Jimmy Quinn weaves together two narrative arcs. One is the hospital's unfortunate loss of its celebrated "work is therapy" approach to patient care. The other is the development of Henry's moral courage, as he chronicles it with the voice of a skilled reporter.

Download or read book Waiting for the Wars to End written by Jim Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Two raucous, funny and piercing stories--"Men in Love" and "America Strikes Back"--about the "wars" we live with--you've got a front row seat.

Download or read book American Tongue and Cheek written by Jim Quinn and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Knuckle written by James Quinn McDonagh and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-02-16 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish travellers live in a closed community. What we think we know about them is based on hearsay, rumour and stereotype. But not any more.

Download or read book Looking for Jimmy written by Peter Quinn and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning work chronicling the author’s exploration of his own past—and the lives of many hundreds of thousands of nameless immigrants who struggled alongside his own ancestors—Peter Quinn paints a brilliant new portrait of the Irish-American men and women whose evolving culture and values continue to play such a central role in all of our identities as Americans. In Quinn’s hands, the Irish stereotype of “Paddy” gives way to an image of “Jimmy”—an archetypal Irish-American. From Irish immigration to modern politics, Quinn vibrantly weaves together the story of a remarkable people and their immeasurable contribution to American history and culture.

Download or read book Recreational Handicapping written by James Quinn and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1990 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book But Never Eat Out on a Saturday Night written by Jim Quinn and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1983 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Quinn s Book written by William Kennedy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment he rescues the beautiful, passionate Maud Fallon from the icy waters of the Hudson one wintry day in 1849, Daniel Quinn is thrust into a bewildering, adventure-filled journey through the tumult of nineteenth-century America. As he quests after the beguiling and elusive Maud, Daniel will witness the rise and fall of great dynasties in upstate New York, epochal prize fights, exotic life in the theatre, visitations from spirits beyond the grave, horrific battles between Irish immigrants and the "Know-Nothings," vicious New York draft riots, heroic passages through the Underground Railroad, and the bloody despair of the Civil War. Filled with Dickensian characters, a vivid sense of history, and a marvellously inventive humor, Quinn's Bookis an engaging delight by an acclaimed modern master.

Download or read book Overstated written by Colin Quinn and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular comedian, social commentator, and star of Red State Blue State tackles the condition of our union today: “Thoroughly entertaining.” —Booklist (starred review) Utah: The Church of States Vermont: The Old Hippie State Florida: The Hot Mess State Arizona: The Instagram Model State Wisconsin: The Diet Starts Tomorrow State The United States is in a fifty-states-wide couples’ counseling session, thinking about filing for divorce. But is that really what we want? Can a nation composed of states that are so different possibly hang together? Colin Quinn, writer and star of Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional, calls us out state-by-state, from Connecticut to Hawaii. He identifies the hypocrisies inherent in what we claim to believe and what we actually do. Within a framework of big-picture thinking about systems of government—after all, how would you put this country together if you started from scratch today?—to dead-on observations about the quirks and vibes of the citizens in each region, Overstated skewers us all: red, blue, and purple. Ultimately, it’s infused with the same blend of optimism and practicality that sparked the United States into being. “The author lands his punches [and] spares neither right- nor left-leaning terrain.” —Kirkus Reviews “Quinn pulls off the remarkable feat of being both very informative and thoroughly entertaining. This delightful read is highly recommended.” —Booklist (starred review)

Download or read book Happy Endings written by Jim Norton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular stand-up comedian offers an offbeat, frequently raunchy memoir of his life, in which he shares his affinity for hookers, the time he stalked Black Sabbath and Alan Alda, his experiences with Opie and Anthony, his arrest on the infamous Voyeur Bus, and other controversial events. Reprint.

Download or read book Everybody Goes to Jimmy s written by Michael Mayo and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosion outside his speakeasy draws Jimmy into a life-or-death chase Young Jimmy Quinn is delivering a bribe for the infamous racketeer Arnold Rothstein when a bomb goes off on Wall Street, killing thirty people and scaring every banker in the city right down to his spats. Twelve years later, Rothstein is dead, and Jimmy is doing his best to stay out of trouble, running a quiet little Manhattan speakeasy. At a particularly bad moment for him and his favorite waitress, a blast rocks the alley outside and draws him right back into the madness of a dozen years ago. That morning, a strange package came in with his liquor shipment: four plain books filled with cryptic numbers. It seems the motive behind this bombing may have been the same as that behind the explosion on Wall Street more than a decade ago: money. The incident sets Jimmy off on a mad race to stay out of the line of fire, taking him from the heights of the Chrysler Building to the depths of New York’s underworld.

Download or read book The Drift written by C. J. Tudor and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. “The wildest thriller of the year is three thrillers in one. Buckle up.”—Linwood Barclay FINALIST FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • AN ESQUIRE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. After she was evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They’ll need to work together to escape—with their sanity and secrets intact. Meg awakens to a gentle rocking. She’s in a cable car stranded high above snowy mountains, with five strangers and no memory of how they got on board. They are heading to a place known only as “The Retreat,” but as the temperature drops and tensions mount, Meg realizes they may not all make it there alive. Carter is gazing out the window of an isolated ski chalet that he and his companions call home. As their generator begins to waver in the storm, something hiding in the chalet’s depths threatens to escape, and their fragile bonds will be tested when the power finally fails—for good. The imminent dangers faced by Hannah, Meg, and Carter are each one part of the puzzle. Lurking in their shadows is an even greater danger—one with the power to consume all of humanity.

Download or read book Celtic written by Brian Wilson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic is a club like no other. Its story is a unique one, of a football club founded to raise money to help alleviate poverty within the predominantly Irish immigrant community of Glasgow's East End. Yet, from its inception, Celtic has been a club open to all. From those humble and charitable origins, Celtic have gone on to become one of the most famous names in world football. In 1967, they became the first British club to win the European Cup, while domestically they have won, to date, 47 league titles, 36 Scottish Cups and 16 League Cups. The story of Celtic continues – of success on the field, backed by a strong organisation off it, and all underpinned by a commitment to remain true to the charitable roots of the club. This is just the latest chapter . . .

Download or read book The Century Bhoys written by Paul Cuddihy and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Celtic's formation in 1888, a total of seven hundred and seventy seven players have represented the club at first-team level and by the end of season 2007/08, Celtic had scored 10,883 competitive goals. However, just twenty-eight players have managed to score more than 100 competitive goals for Celtic throughout those 120 years. Century Bhoys celebrates each of these twenty-eight players, from the first player to hit 100 goals, Sandy McMahon (1890-1903), to the greatest goalscorer of all time, Jimmy McGrory with an incredible 468 goals in 445 appearances. It's an incredible list featuring famous Lisbon Lions such as Stevie Chalmers and Bobby Lennox and modern greats such as Brian McClair, Charlie Nicholas, John Hartson and, of course, the legendary Henrik Larsson, who scored 242 goals in 315 games during a seven-year period with the club. Each chapter focuses on an individual player, looking at their playing career with Celtic, with particular focus on their first goal, their 100th goal, the final goal as well as the highs and lows of their time at the club and one or two quirky and not widely known facts. Entertaining and informative, Century Bhoys is full of facts and anecdotes about the greatest goalscorers in the history of Celtic FC.

Download or read book A Study Guide for Peter Carey s True History of the Kelly Gang written by Gale, Cengage Learning and published by Gale, Cengage Learning . This book was released on 2016 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Study Guide for Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelly Gang," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Newsmakers for Students for all of your research needs.