Download or read book Luckiest Man written by Jonathan Eig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated—and, perhaps, even more heroic—than anyone really knew. Drawing on new interviews and more than two hundred pages of previously unpublished letters to and from Gehrig, Luckiest Man gives us an intimate portrait of the man who became an American hero: his life as a shy and awkward youth growing up in New York City, his unlikely friendship with Babe Ruth (a friendship that allegedly ended over rumors that Ruth had had an affair with Gehrig’s wife), and his stellar career with the Yankees, where his consecutive-games streak stood for more than half a century. What was not previously known, however, is that symptoms of Gehrig’s affliction began appearing in 1938, earlier than is commonly acknowledged. Later, aware that he was dying, Gehrig exhibited a perseverance that was truly inspiring; he lived the last two years of his short life with the same grace and dignity with which he gave his now-famous “luckiest man” speech. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s Luckiest Man shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.

Download or read book Jose Raul Capablanca written by Miguel A. Sánchez and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most complete and thorough biography of Jose Raul Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in Cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man; follows his evolution as a player and rise to prominence, first as challenger and then world champion; his loss of the title to Alekhine and his efforts to recapture the championship in the last years of his too-short life. What emerges is a portrait of a complex man with far-ranging interests and concerns, in stark contrast to his robotic reputation as "the chess machine." Meticulously researched, utilizing many sources available only in Capablanca's home country, it puts truth to legend regarding a man who stood astride the chess world in of its most dynamic and dramatic eras. Numerous games and diagrams complement the text, as do a wealth of photographs.

Download or read book Thirty Years Of The Game At Its Best written by Gare Joyce and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The season’s must-have gift book Some sports seem to have a natural home. Soccer in Brazil, rugby in New Zealand, cricket in India. And Canada’s game? Why hockey, of course. But it wasn’t always that way. By 1982, the Soviets had won every World Junior Hockey Championship except one, while Canada had earned only a single bronze medal. And then Hockey Canada launched the Programme of Excellence, a national development system designed to help put together teams that would be able to square off against the Soviets. The result was immediate. To everyone’s surprise, when Canada took gold in 1982 the American hosts didn’t even have a copy of “O Canada” to play during the championship ceremony. But after that, no one would be surprised by a Canadian win. This Boxing Day will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the program that brought hockey fans many glorious memories and made household names of several of our players. Richly illustrated, Thirty Years of the Game at Its Best takes readers on a year by-year retrospective, with each tournament’s story told from the perspectives of the players, coaches, and journalists who were there. This book is an extraordinary keepsake, published just in time for the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships. Contributors include Mike Babcock, Brendan Bell, Murray Costello, Damien Cox, Sheldon Ferguson, Gare Joyce, Terry Koshan, Roy MacGregor, Steven Milton, Frank Orr, Donna Spencer, Jesse Wallin, Tim Wharnsby and Ed Willes.

Download or read book Decide to Play Great Poker written by Annie Duke and published by Huntington Press Inc. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poker is a game of table position, flop texture, players in a hand, personalities, and so much more. This book teaches you how to identify and analyze those variables, become a great strategist, and have confidence in any poker situation. Decide to Play Great Poker is written by Annie Duke, the world's most renowned woman poker player, with John Vorhaus, himself a winning poker player and prolific author.

Download or read book Big Nate Game On written by Lincoln Peirce and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 211, [9] p. : ill. ;

Download or read book Making Mathematics Meaningful For Students in the Primary Grades written by Werner W. Liedtke and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Larceny and Old Leather written by Eldon Ham and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every baseball player from little league to the big leagues knows it is illegal to steal signs, yet every major league team assigns someone to do just that. Baseball thrives on trickery and deception. But as our oldest major team sport, its larcenous legacy goes much deeper than the field of play. In LARCENY AND OLD LEATHER: THE MISCHIEVOUS LEGACY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, Eldon Ham—sports lawyer, professor, and author—traces the game’s lesser-known, roguish past. His wry chapters, filled with anecdotes and statistics, expose both the hidden and the obvious cheating occurring throughout baseball’s history, from corked bats and spitballs to betting and media hyperbole. Here is a book for both seasoned baseball fans and neophytes who’d like to get a look at the game that evolved into an industry. Babe Ruth, Sammy Sosa, Pete Rose, and many other lesser known players make their appearance in this fascinating history, as Ham seeks not only to chronicle the legacy of deception inherent within the game, but also to explore why it is, and how it is, that this deception is exactly what makes baseball the most endearing of American games.

Download or read book The Rough Guide to New York City written by Martin Dunford and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2002 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by New York natives, this guide zeros in on Manhattan, the city's crown jewel, and its world-class museums, restaurants, clubs, and hotels, and then goes on to the rich and diverse outer boroughs, digging up the less obvious charms. 34 maps. of color maps.

Download or read book Glory Game written by Joost Van der Westhuizen and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2011 the world was shocked when the news broke that Joost van der Westhuizen, known for years as the golden boy of South African rugby and a former Springbok captain, had been diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND). This rare condition attacks the central nervous system, causing progressive disability. There is no known cure. All who have seen Joost in action will know that he is not one to give up without a fight. His game-changing prowess as a brilliant scrum half is now focused on a battle for survival and, more importantly, on making a difference to the lives of others with the disease. In a race against time, Joost has a dream to fulfil. He says: "In the beginning you go through all the emotions and you ask, 'Why me?' It's quite simple. 'Why not me?' If I have to go through this to help future generations, why not me?" His acceptance of his symptoms is equally pragmatic: "One day you can't move your arm, another day you don't have speech. Every day you are reborn and you take the day as it comes." Glory Game – The Joost van der Westhuizen Story is a compelling narrative of redemption set against the backdrop of an illustrious career in rugby. It is the story of a modern-day warrior forced to face his own human frailty. Joost shows us that beyond ambition, success and fame lies the true wealth of family and friends, and that within a ravaged body the spirit can remain invincible.

Download or read book The 7th Game written by William Marsh and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matt Dillon is the Cleveland Indians star center fielder and one of the best baseball players in the Major Leagues. The Indians had just won the sixth game of the World Series, tying the series at three games each. He is driving home thinking about baseball, tomorrow's deciding seventh game, and baseball history when his car is hit by the driver of another vehicle. When he woke up in the hospital after his first surgery, he is informed by his doctor that he will probably walk again, but his days of playing baseball are over. His ankle had been severely crushed. He is devastated, and he has lost God, his zest for life, and the game he loved with all his heart. This is the story about the next two years of his life as he attempts to recover with the help of a childhood friend and one abused little girl. He was totally lost. Would he find himself again?

Download or read book GameAxis Unwired written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GameAxis Unwired is a magazine dedicated to bring you the latest news, previews, reviews and events around the world and close to you. Every month rain or shine, our team of dedicated editors (and hardcore gamers!) put themselves in the line of fire to bring you news, previews and other things you will want to know.

Download or read book When the Game Is Over It All Goes Back in the Box written by John Ortberg and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2007 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new house. According to Ortberg, the rewards of winning at lifes game can be thrilling, but eventually everything goes back into the box, and what ultimately matters is whether one has played according to Gods rules.

Download or read book Flashes of Insight written by Ray Gosa and published by Raymond Gosa . This book was released on 2020-07-20 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flashes of Insight, in all five of its units, offers something that's essential for struggling and unmotivated secondary readers: It tells an intriguing story twice -- the first time (The "A" version) is on a middle school level and the second version of the same story is told on an intermediate high school level. It also features activities that will make the high school version ring with clarity. The Pre-Reading Prediction Graphics start the process in an intriguing way that will capture the interest of your most challenging student! Take a look at the preview and you will see what I mean!

Download or read book Frank Adversego Thrillers Books 1 3 The Alexandria Project The Lafayette Campaign The Doodlebug War written by Andrew Updegrove and published by Starboard Rock Press. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now you can buy the first three Frank Adversego technothrillers for one low price! In this boxed set, you’ll follow the introverted cybersecurity sleuth through a series of harrowing, surprise-filled adventures that pit his unique skills against foes ranging from rogue states to international terrorists. In The Alexandria Project, Frank finds himself trapped in a power play between the FBI and the CIA. Only by uncovering the mysterious Alexandria Project can he clear himself and save the country from a North Korean nuclear attack. In The Lafayette Campaign, America is rushing headlong into a raucously contentious presidential election year. Frank is tasked with finding the Black Hats trying to steal the election and stop them before they do. In The Doodlebug War, a post-ISIS terrorist organization has taken control of much of the Mid East. Now it’s threatening to launch a horrific attack that will bring the United States and Europe to their knees. In a race against time, Frank must not only reveal the plot, but convince his handlers of the threat in time to thwart it. In the words of Admiral James G. Stavridis, retired Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe: Andrew Updegrove brings a rare combination of drama, satire and technical accuracy to his writing. The result is a book you can't put down that tells you things you might wish you didn't know.

Download or read book Disney s Star Wars written by William Proctor and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, Disney purchased Lucasfilm, which meant it also inherited the beloved Star Wars franchise. This corporate marriage sent media critics and fans into a frenzy of speculation about what would happen next with the hugely popular series. Disney’s Star Wars gathers twenty-one noted fan and media studies scholars from around the world to examine Disney’s revival of the franchise. Covering the period from Disney’s purchase through the release of The Force Awakens, the book reveals how fans anticipated, interpreted, and responded to the steady stream of production stories, gossip, marketing materials, merchandise, and other sources in the build-up to the movie’s release. From fears that Princess Leia would be turned into a “Disney princess” to collaborative brand management, the authors explore the shifting relationship between fans, texts, and media industries in the context of a crucial rebranding campaign. The result is a fascinating examination of a critical moment in the iconic series’ history.

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Download or read book American Jews and America s Game written by Larry Ruttman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most fans don’t know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig, labor leaders Marvin Miller and Don Fehr, owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Stuart Sternberg, officials Theo Epstein and Mark Shapiro, sportswriters Murray Chass, Ross Newhan, Ira Berkow, and Roger Kahn, and even famous Jewish baseball fans like Alan Dershowitz and Barney Frank. The life stories of these and many others, on and off the field, have been compiled from nearly fifty in-depth interviews and arranged by decade in this edifying and entertaining work of oral and cultural history. In American Jews and America’s Game each person talks about growing up Jewish and dealing with Jewish identity, assimilation, intermarriage, future viability, religious observance, anti-Semitism, and Israel. Each tells about being in the midst of the colorful pantheon of players who, over the past seventy-five years or more, have made baseball what it is. Their stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America’s pastime.