Download or read book Short written by John Schwartz and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO GROWING UP SHORT. Part science book, part memoir—a book for everyone concerned about looking (or feeling) different. When veteran journalist John Schwartz took a close look at famous height studies, he made a surprising discovery: being short doesn't have to be a disadvantage! Part advice book, part memoir, and part science primer, this fascinating book explores the marketing, psychology, and mythology behind our obsession with height and delivers a reassuring message to kids of all types that they can walk tall—whatever it is that makes them different. Short is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Download or read book Tall Men Short Shorts written by Leigh Montville and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "part memoir, part sports story" (Wall Street Journal) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Bam chronicles the clash of NBA titans over seven riveting games—Celtics versus Lakers, Russell versus Chamberlain—covered by one young reporter. Welcome to the 1969 NBA Finals! They don’t set up any better than this. The greatest basketball player of all time - Bill Russell - and his juggernaut Boston Celtics, winners of ten (ten!) of the previous twelve NBA championships, squeak through one more playoff run and land in the Finals again. Russell’s opponent? The fearsome 7’1” next-generation superstar, Wilt Chamberlain, recently traded to the LA Lakers to form the league’s first dream team. Bill Russell and John Havlicek versus Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. The 1969 Celtics are at the end of their dominance. The 1969 Lakers are unstoppable. Add to the mix one newly minted reporter. Covering the epic series is a wide-eyed young sports writer named Leigh Montville. Years before becoming an award-winning legend himself at The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, twenty-four-year-old Montville is ordered by his editor at the Globe to get on a plane to L.A. (first time!) to write about his luminous heroes, the biggest of big men. What follows is a raucous, colorful, joyous account of one of the greatest seven-game series in NBA history. Set against a backdrop of the late sixties, Montville’s reporting and recollections transport readers to a singular time – with rampant racial tension on the streets and on the court, with the emergence of a still relatively small league on its way to becoming a billion-dollar industry, and to an era when newspaper journalism and the written word served as the crucial lifeline between sports and sports fans. And there was basketball – seven breathtaking, see-saw games, highlight-reel moments from an unprecedented cast of future Hall of Famers (including player-coach Russell as the first-ever black head coach in the NBA), coast-to-coast travels and the clack-clack-clack of typewriter keys racing against tight deadlines. Tall Men, Short Shorts is a masterpiece of sports journalism with a charming touch of personal memoir. Leigh Montville has crafted his most entertaining book yet, richly enshrining luminous players and moments in a unique American time.
Download or read book The Short the Long and the Tall written by Jeffrey Archer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times #1 bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, a master of the short-story form, joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall. Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders’ ambitions. This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories: Never Stop on the Motorway Cheap at Half the Price Who Killed the Mayor? It Can’t be October Already Stuck on You The Grass is Always Greener The Queen’s Birthday Telegram Clean Sweep Ignatius The First Miracle Caste Off A Wasted Hour Just Good Friends Christina Rosenthal A Gentleman and a Scholar The Road to Damascus Old Love A Good Toss to Lose One Man’s Meat Endgame Confession
Download or read book Short Or Tall written by Pioneer Valley Books and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Tall How Short How Faraway written by David A. Adler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think a yard is a place to play ball, feet are only good for wearing shoes, and a palm is just a tree that grows in Miami, think again! They are all actually units of measure--different ways of measuring how tall, how short and how faraway things are. In this simple, hands-on math concept book, you'll learn how the ancient Egyptians and Romans used their fingers, hands, arms, and legs as measuring tools. But don't worry if it's all Greek to you. With David A. Adler's playful, informative text and Nancy Tobin's colorful illustrations explaining the difference between customary and metric systems, you'll really measure up!
Download or read book Me Tall You Small written by and published by Owlkids. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A series of ... vignettes in the daily life of a pair of weasels, parent and child. Whether they are having a bubble bath, kicking a soccer ball, or eating ice cream together, simple paired phrases showcase their loving--and amusingly realistic--relationship. After a fall: You boo-boo. Me bandage. At bedtime: Me tired. You wired"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Short Or Tall Doesn t Matter At All written by Asaf Rozanes and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** AWARD WINNING BOOK SERIES *** A practical tool for life, a hidden object game, a fun read and a coloring book - All in one book! Simple but witty and clever rhymes tell a story about a girl named Mia which gets bullied in kindergarten just because she's a bit different than the rest. But things take a turn and Mia knows just what to do!
Download or read book Tall and Short written by Brienna Rossiter and published by Focus Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduces readers to the opposites concept of tall and short"--
Download or read book Tall and Short written by Jonathan Litton and published by Little Tiger Kids. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a heavyweight hippo to a feather-light frog, this peek-through collection of animal opposites makes learning come to life!
Download or read book The Tall Book written by Arianne Cohen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tall Book is a celebration of the tall-advantaged, which notes and explores the myriad benefits that come with living large--from the simple pleasures of being able to see over crowds at a parade, to the professional joys of earning more money, and having others perceive you as a natural leader. The Tall Book also offers well-researched explanations into the great unanswered questions of tallness, including: Why are people tall to begin with? How have tall people figured throughout history? Why are CEOs so tall? And how does tallness affect the dating game? Filled with illustrative graphics, charts, and piles of tall miscellanea and factoids, The Tall Book is a wonderful and much-needed exploration of life from on high.
Download or read book Amazing Heights written by Seth Ulinski and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lighthouses Short and Tall written by Mary Louise Clifford and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tall Body Short Body Everybody s Somebody written by Mary Hollingsworth and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting illustrations and catchy text take reader through a journey showing the differences in people.
Download or read book Life Is Too Short and I m Too Tall written by Ricardo Davis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is too short and I'm too tall! This means we are all much larger and much taller than all of our problems combined. This book is about ignoring all the B.S. and moving on with our lives. This involves smelling the roses of existence, whilst experiencing the joys of what it truly means to be human. Life has a tendency to throw very difficult circumstances, humans and even our own minds in our paths, distracting us from what is truly important. Given that only have a limited time on this planet, why get involved in or create drama in our lives when none of this really matters to the Universe. The author hence takes us on a psychological and a philosophical journey on how to be taller than life, this is irrespective of physical height, gender and race. After all it's our life and we only get one!
Download or read book Short and Tall Tales Moose County Legends written by Lilian Jackson Braun and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-11-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming companion to Lilian Jackson Braun's Cat Who series that contains intriguing stories about the place that cats Koko, Yum Yum, and reporter Jim Qwilleran call home. Fictional columnist James Qwilleran has finally completed his book showcasing the stories related to him by residents of Moose County—that famous region 400 miles north of everywhere. With an introduction by Lilian Jackson Braun, this delightful volume that reveals the offbeat “history” of Moose County is a treat for old and new fans alike. “Fans of Lilian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who... series won’t want to miss Short and Tall Tales. In the voice of Qwill, her beloved fictional journalist, Braun presents twenty-seven amusing yarns.”—Publishers Weekly
Download or read book You Read to Me I ll Read to You written by Mary Ann Hoberman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed with budding readers in mind, each of these tales starring familiar nursery rhyme characters is set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices to read separately and together. By the creators of You Read to Me,
Download or read book Perennials Short and Tall written by Moya L. Andrews and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Beginning and novice gardeners will find this book invaluable . . . a colorful palette of well known, dependable plants listed in bloom order.” —Carolyn Harstad, author of Got Sun? Designed for accessibility, this book offers tried-and-true advice on how to keep a yard in bloom. Presented in the sequence in which they bloom, with a chapter devoted to each of the three major growing seasons, 25 varieties of flowers are profiled with accompanying color illustrations. Additionally, Moya L. Andrews provides information about such basic topics as bed preparation, planting locations, weed control, and landscape principles. Andrews also offers practical tips on propagating, transplanting, and dividing perennials, as well as aesthetic considerations such as the use of color outdoors and flower arranging with cut blossoms. Suggestions for flower arrangement and producing indoor blooms in the winter months are also included. “The text descriptions for each of the flowers mentioned, and illustrations of most of the flowers by bloom sequence through the seasons, fills a vacancy in the gardening book market.” —Ezra Haggard, author of Trees, Shrubs, and Roses for Midwest Gardens “Writing in an informative, yet casual style, Moya Andrews gives advice on growing flowering perennials in this guide for both novice and experienced gardeners, passing along her broad knowledge of the subject.” —Chicago Botanic Garden Journal
