Download or read book Mickey Mantle s Greatest Hits written by David S. Nuttall and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes you back to majestic Yankee Stadium and other classic ball parks of the fifties and sixties. Coming to the plate, amid rising anticipation in the hearts of thousands of fans, is the handsome "kid from Oklahoma".
Download or read book Mickey Mantle written by Mickey Mantle and published by Island Books. This book was released on 1992-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mickey Mantle, the hayseed kid from Spavinaw, Oklahoma, was in his sixth year with the Yankees. He was already America's homerun king. He was about to become a national hero. 1956 would be a record-breaking season: the golden summer fans would remember forever. Now Mickey Mantle brings it all back just the way it happened--spectacular playing on field, crazy hijinks with Whitey Ford and Billy Martin off. There never was a time like it before in baseball. There never will be again. It was magic.
Download or read book Explosion written by Mark Gallagher and published by Arbor House Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique baseball reference that re-creates the excitement of Mickey Mantle's extraordinary home runs, tracking his career from rookie sensation through the glory years of the Yankees with Yogi Berra and Roger Maris. 16 pages of photographs.
Download or read book Mickey Mantle written by Tony Castro and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any other athlete, Mickey Mantle was the American hero whose life personified the great expectations and unfulfilled dreams of the twentieth century. Hailed by Casey Stengel as the next Ruth and successor to DiMaggio, Mantle would become the first true sports icon of the television age. In Mickey Mantle: America's Prodigal Son, former Sports Illustrated writer Tony Castro recounts a story of fathers and sons, rebels and heroes, and a youth's rite of passage. He interviewed over 250 of Mantle's friends, teammates, lovers, acquaintances, and drinking partners, producing an explosive biography of one of the world's most fascinating sports heroes and a telling look at the American society of his time.
Download or read book Focus On 100 Most Popular American League All Stars written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Boy written by Jane Leavy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.
Download or read book Mickey Mantle The Commerce Comet written by Jonah Winter and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ONLY nonfiction picture book about New York Yankee Mickey Mantle, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. From award-winning author Jonah Winter and #1 New York Times bestselling artist C. F. Payne comes this extraordinary picture-book biography that traces Mickey Mantle’s unparalleled baseball career. He could run from home plate to first base in 2.9 seconds. He could hit a ball 540 feet—the longest home run in major league history. He was the greatest switch hitter ever to play the game. And he did it all despite broken bones, pulled muscles, strains, and sprains, from his shoulders to his feet. How did a poor country boy from Commerce, Oklahoma, become one of the greatest and most beloved baseball players of all time? This is the story.
Download or read book A Season in the Sun written by Randy Roberts and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Mickey Mantle's magnificent 1956 season Mickey Mantle was the ideal batter for the atomic age, capable of hitting a baseball harder and farther than any other player in history. He was also the perfect idol for postwar America, a wholesome hero from the heartland. In A Season in the Sun, acclaimed historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith recount the defining moment of Mantle's legendary career: 1956, when he overcame a host of injuries and critics to become the most celebrated athlete of his time. Taking us from the action on the diamond to Mantle's off-the-field exploits, Roberts and Smith depict Mantle not as an ideal role model or a bitter alcoholic, but a complex man whose faults were smoothed over by sportswriters eager to keep the truth about sports heroes at bay. An incisive portrait of an American icon, A Season in the Sun is an essential work for baseball fans and anyone interested in the 1950s.
Download or read book The Art of the Shmooze written by Bret Saxon and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With humour and wisdom, this book shows you how to talk your way to success! Learn the right way to approach anyone and leave a good impression. Learn how to become indispensable at your job. Learn how to get people talking positively about you. Learn how to start a life-long friendship within the first few minutes after meeting anyone! Whether you are meeting someone famous, or the boss's wife, this book teaches you how to better handle that most intimate act: conversation. The authors of this book prefer to call it "The Art of the Shmooze"!
Download or read book SPIN Greatest Hits written by Spin Magazine and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official book celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPIN magazine From its first issue in 1985, SPIN has cultivated a reputation for brilliant writing and broad musical coverage, including genres and artists long abandoned by its competitors. From punk to electronica, goth to gangsta rap, emo to garage rock, and hip-hop to indie rock, SPIN has covered it all and featured interviews with leading artists through every musical wave of the last 25 years. SPIN: Greatest Hits brings together some of the classic stories that have appeared in the magazine, each with a new introduction by the author offering historical perspective on the article. Compiles the best articles from well-known writers such as Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Ames, Elizabeth Gilbert, and David Hajdu Features the best SPIN interviews with Lou Reed, Noel Gallagher, Chuck D, and other influential musicians Includes hilarious sidebars such as "Six Extreme Metal Bands That Could Be Mistaken for Flavors of Herbal Tea," "Six Misguided Attempts to Falsify Rock History," and more Packed with great writing and information spanning a quarter-century of iconic music and musicians, SPIN: Greatest Hits is an essential keepsake for music fans and lovers of pop culture.
Download or read book How to Get in Anywhere written by Morgan Peabody, III and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to infiltrate the world's best parties and events!
Download or read book Baby Boomer Baseball written by Robert Kravetz and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball has enchanted generations of players and fans with its charm and has been a constant in American life since the nineteenth century. Growing up as a boy in the 1950s and 1960s, Robert Kravetz learned the art of fending for himself on the baseball diamond. There, he and fellow players settled arguments and honed their baseball skills, learning the intricacies of a beautifully simplistic game. His baseball hero—and the hero for millions of other boys—was Mickey Mantle. At seven years old, he would rip open the morning newspaper to see if Mickey had beaten out Al Kaline for the runs batted in part of the Triple Crown and Ted Williams for the batting average honors. In Baby Boomer Baseball, Kravetz relives his youth, sharing fascinating tales from the golden era of baseball and observing the game’s changes through its steroid era and beyond. Whether Kravetz is drawing on his awe for the game as a boy or on personal discussions with Gary Carter, Hank Bauer, Tommy John, Bob Mathias, Clete Boyer, Tim McCarver, and the former director of research of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Tim Wiles, he shares stories that will rekindle your love for America’s pastime.
Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture written by B. Lee Cooper and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does rock music impact culture? According to authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney, it is central to the definition of society and has had a great impact on shaping American culture. In Rock Music in American Popular Culture, insightful essays and book reviews explore ways popular culture items can be used to explore American values. This fascinating book is arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, but the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. The influence of rock era music is evident throughout the text, demonstrating how various topics in the popular culture field are interconnected. Students in popular culture survey courses and American studies classes will be fascinated by these unique explorations of how family businesses, games, nursery rhymes, rock and roll legends, and other musical ventures shed light on our society and how they have shaped American values over the years.
Download or read book The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All Time written by J.P. Hoornstra and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dodgers have played more than 10,000 games as a franchise. Their 50 greatest games span two coasts and three centuries worth of baseball. They include: • A doubleheader that lasted six and a half innings combined • A single game that featured three teams on the field • A game in which the Dodgers didn’t record a hit – and won • The games in which the single-season and career home run records were broken • Three perfect games and two no-hitters • The longest game in major league history • The first major league game ever televised • A game in which the Dodgers’ pitcher lost consciousness on the field • An exhibition game that drew 93,103 spectators • The first integrated game in major league history The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games features all the best players to don the uniform: Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson, Kirk Gibson, Zack Wheat, Fernando Valenzuela, Orel Hershiser, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Clayton Kershaw, Steve Garvey, Don Drysdale, Pee Wee Reese and more. It also features some of the unsung heroes of baseball history, like Cookie Lavagetto, Vic Davalillo, Sandy Amoros, Al Gionfriddo and Joe McGinnity. For the first time, their performances are laid side-by-side in this account of the greatest Dodgers games ever played. Which game ranks number one?
Download or read book The Expert s Guide to Surviving Your Marriage written by Sam Priest and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide can help you negotiate the marriage minefield and maintain your sanity until you can get safely divorced! Includes important facts you need to know about married life: The Myth of Post-Marital Sex -- Why there is no sex after marriage; How to Sneak Out of the House at Night so you can finally have sex like you did when single; Bachelor Pads/Business Trips -- Making time for monkey business; Using your Married State as a Girl Magnet -- Plus how to use dogs and children to attract women; How to Cheat on your Wife using an Assumed Name; Wife Swapping and Sleeping with your Wife's Friends -- The do's and don'ts; Trading Up -- Upgrading to a younger, prettier, wife; Effective Use of Personal Ads -- One night stands through the newspapers; Divorce: The Most Effective Cure for ImpotenceYour sex drive will return. All the key techniques to survive your marriage are here explained in this essential book.
Download or read book The Player s Guide to Girls written by Sam Priest and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've seen books for the womens market like 'The Bad Girls' Guide', 'The Girls Code', 'He's Just Not that into You' and, of course, 'The Rules'. Now Sam Priest strikes a blow for single men everywhere with this insightful book which gives men a clear path to their ultimate goal which does not involve getting married. This hilarious guide shows men how to break through all the female dating rules and master the art of the quick seduction. Like no other book, this amazing guide shows single men how to efficiently avoid the pitfalls of a long term relationship or marriage while getting as much playing time on the field as possible. Features such key topics as: Mastering the Short Term Relationship; Surrounding Yourself with Girls; Dating on the Cheap; Everything is Deniable; What to do When She Gets Mad; Marriage and How to Avoid It; The Exit Strategy. This book is destined to become a lasting classic that teaches men how to be successful with women without giving up their treasured single status. The edgy humour will have men talking about this book for a long time.
Download or read book Mickey Mantle the American Dream Comes to Life written by Mickey Mantle and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
