Download or read book Black and White written by Richard Williams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ... story of Richard Williams, the father who raised and trained two of the greatest women in sports, Venus and Serena. He achieved greatness in spite of hardship and disadvantages to become a successful businessman, family man, and tennis coach"--

Download or read book The Atheist s Guide to Heaven Hell written by Charlie Marx and published by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pu. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Marx, like many of us, enjoys a good moan from time to time. This particular series of moans and groans resulted in a two and a half week period of him writing this novel until he got it all out of his system. The result is this collection of hilarious views on life, the universe and charity shop charges. Helped by some characters in his head we travel into the mind of this disturbed individual and see the world as it just might be. Along with famous, and infamous, people in situations you will certainly not have imagined them in before, you will find characters like an educationally-deprived scarecrow, an ambitious but ultimately disappointed 5 note and a series of improbable and improper pensioners. Within this novel you will find out God s real name, what the difference is between a hill and a mountain, as well as why Charlie went all the way to Turkey to end up in Amsterdam."

Download or read book The Little Green Book of Tennis written by Tom Parham and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golf is a disease, not a game. Especially when you take the game up in your fifties, as I did. After a series of injuries stopped my recreational tennis play, and my retirement from a lifetime of coaching and teaching tennis, I tried golf. It didn't take long to realize it was not an easy endeavor. Someone said, "You can't learn anything from a golf book, but you have to read a lot of golf books to find that out!" I found the gurus of golf instruction: Ledbetter, Pelz, and Hogan, who was said to have written the book with the secret! I did find one that really attracted me but in a somewhat different way.

Download or read book Averil My Anchor written by Dick Reynolds and published by Warren H. Green Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While celebrating her 10th wedding anniversary with her husband in Italy, British-born Averil Holloway learns that her ex-husband, an IRA terrorist serving a sixteen-year prison sentence, will soon be eligible for parole. The prospect terrifies her because he had vowed to seek revenge for her divorcing him. Meanwhile, touring the Abbey of Monte Cassino, Mark serendipitously meets the son of his college sweetheart who had broken off their courtship because of irreconcilable religious beliefs. The chance meeting causes Mark to confront conflicting desires: Forget about this meeting or contact Joan, who still lives in his hometown of St. Louis, and settle the unresolved issue of their traumatic break-up. The Holloways return home, but Mark, an airline pilot, finagles a temporary assignment in St. Louis and resumes his love affair with Joan. A tangled web of deceit, family crises, and a brutal attack buy Averil's former husband threaten the bond of Mark's and Averil's love in this tale of a modern marriage.

Download or read book A Supposedly Fun Thing I ll Never Do Again written by David Foster Wallace and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation. In this exuberantly praised book -- a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner -- David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest.

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Download or read book Coming of Age written by Andy Murray and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wimbledon champion's early life in his own words 'With Andy, the sky's the limit...' John McEnroe At Wimbledon 2005, Andy Murray announced himself on the tennis world stage by thrashing star pros George Bastl and Radek Stepanek: a legend was born and Britain had a new sporting hero. From there, Andy's rise to the top has been unstoppable: from winning his first ATP title at San Jose in 2006 and deposing Tim Henman to become British Number 1, to beating a host of former and current World no. 1s - including Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal - Murray has gone from strength to strength. With his triumphant win at Queen's in June 2009, a storming performance at Wimbledon 2009 - which saw Andy reach the semi-finals for the first time - and his crowning as World Number 2, we have seen Murray reach even greater heights. But Murray is much more than a truly gifted tennis player: he has changed the face of the British game. His grit, passion and success on court, combined with his ranking as one of the world's best players, has reignited Britain's love of tennis and inspired a whole new generation of kids to become tennis fans. Here, in his updated story, Andy regales us with the highs and the lows, the triumphs and the near misses to show us just how far the boy from Dunblane has come.

Download or read book Out of My Depth written by Helen Bailey and published by Hachette Children's. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electra's totally out of her depth. Everyone's giving her the third degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know whether he's being bullied. Sorrel's interrogating Electra about Lucy's private life. Even her dad is cross-examining her about her mum's love-life, over his Deep Pan Super Supreme. And all Electra can think is, How far can you get a piece of melted cheese to stretch without it breaking? Welcome to the crazy world of Electra Brown.

Download or read book Icons of Women s Sport 2 volumes written by Kelly Boyer Sagert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of fascinating biographies of outstanding women athletes past and present including superstars such as Nadia Comaneci, Mia Hamm, Jackie-Joyner Kersee, Danica Patrick, and Serena and Venus Williams. Icons of Women's Sport identifies and examines the individuals who have impacted history, challenged the status quo, influenced sport culture, and garnered wide public interest. Including stars from the past and present, ranging from Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Billie Jean King to Dara Torres and Venus and Serena Williams, the featured athletes are iconic not only because of their achievements in the sports arena, but also because of their contributions to society: advancing cultural diversity and gender equity, breaking class barriers, and transcending stereotypes. The book contains biographies of 36 women athletes—American and international—who excelled in competitive sports from the post-World War I era through the modern era in a dozen different sports. Icons of Women's Sport spotlights athletes across a wide range of women's sports, with appropriate attention given to the major sports. Readers will enjoy learning about stars from both amateur and professional sports arenas, including Olympic athletes, as well as female competitors who have reached the top of their game in newer arenas such as golf and snowboarding.

Download or read book The Making of A Wonderful Life written by Cherie Y. Mullins and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her family and church foundations play a tremendous role in her life of ministry with her husband today. As a couple, they have served the Lord faithfully in full-time evangelism, Christian music, and missionary work since 1969. They reside in McDonough, GA and are members of Glen Haven Baptist Church. Cherie grew up as a PK (preacher’s kid) in New York State and much of this book relates to those years. She studied piano from the first grade all the way through high school and has used her talent for the Lord during her entire life. She sang and played the piano as “Mama” in The Mullins Family as they traveled America in evangelism and gospel music from 1978 – 1994. Her family has recorded many musical projects which include a piano solo CD by Cherie. • Today she works daily in the office of Hope for the World Albania with her husband, Roger and their daughter, Cindy. Since 1994 they have been ministering to hundreds of orphan children of Albania through Hope for the World as Directors of this ministry. • Cherie and Roger are parents and grandparents, and have loved every minute of their roles as such. You will become acquainted with all of Cherie’s family in the pages of this book, and find out what went into The Making of “her” Wonderful Life through this volume subtitled “Family Foundations”.

Download or read book The Concrete Sky written by Marshall Moore and published by Typhoon Media Ltd. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While drunk at a party, Chad falls off a balcony and breaks his wrist. He comes to in a psych facility, under observation: His homphobic, obsessive older brother convinces the doctors that the fall was a suicidal jump... two other patients are dead... the police are invoved, and nothing is what it seems...

Download or read book The C of E and Me written by Penny Kline and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-04-28 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A girls’ boarding school in the Devon countryside. A headmistress, who relies on religion for discipline, and Sister Ellis, the matron, who appears to have a hearty dislike of teenage girls. Like most teenagers, Nicky thinks she knows it all, but she’s no match for what lies ahead. Separated from her family, and the safety of home, she longs for love and affection - and finds it in all the wrong places.

Download or read book A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop written by Ian Smith and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listed as one of the five worst international selections ever, and described in a book about Scottish rugby as 'a full back slower than your average prop', Ian Smith cheerfully won eight caps for Scotland in a career that saw him score every point for his team on his debut in an historic victory over South Africa (and in so doing became the first Scottish full back to score a Test try) and defeated a star-studded England team to lift the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield in the 1970 Five Nations. One of eight international full backs to have come out of Heriot's FP, Smith also played for a dashing, innovative Edinburgh University side that revolutionised attacking back play. But this book is so much more than a story of a fleeting Test career. It is a window to another time, when a player could appear, as Smith did, for his club's third XV and two weeks later make his international debut for his country. And then, eight Tests later, return to his club where he was only considered good enough to play for the second XV.

Download or read book Rita Will written by Rita Mae Brown and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rita Mae Brown writes, people often end up laughing out loud. So naturally, when the bestselling author of Rubyfruit Jungle, Venus Envy, and the Mrs. Murphy mystery series writes about her own life, it's a hoot, a rollicking ride with an independent, opinionated woman who changed literary history--the first openly lesbian writer to break into the mainstream. Now, in Rita Will, she tells all...and tells it hilariously. It is often said that the best comedy springs from hard times. And Rita Mae Brown has seen plenty of those. In this irresistibly readable memoir, she recounts the drama of her birth as the illegitimate daughter of a flighty blue blood who left her in an orphanage. The sickly baby was quickly rescued by relatives eager to adopt her but afraid she would not survive the long journey home. Her determination to live, and shock everyone by doing it, has become a metaphor for her entire life. Though raised by these loving adoptive parents and a wacky host of other interfering kin, Rita Mae Brown learned early on to be tough and to speak her mind. It was her refusal to be anything but herself that often brought her the most trouble. Here she tells of her tempestuous relationship with her adoptive mother, the mythic Juts of the novels Six of One and Bingo, who called her "the ill," for illegitimate, whenever she lost her temper, and who swore she'd introduce Rita Mae to the social graces, including the dreaded cotillion, even if it killed them both. Here, too, Rita Mae reveals how her headstrong support of social causes almost cost her a hard-earned education and her outspokenness in the early days of the women's movement got her drummed out of NOW, and how the release of her first novel, the scandalous classic Rubyfruit Jungle, made her an overnight phenomenon--the most famous openly gay person in America--and took her from the heights of the New York Times bestseller list to the surreal playhouse that is Hollywood. Through it all, Rita Mae has drawn strength from her profound bond with animals, from her abiding affection for the South and its native tongue, and from the great passions of her life. She writes with close-to-the-bone honesty about woman-woman love...including her love-at-first-sight relationship with a popular actor and her headline-making romance with tennis great Martina Navratilova. With her trademark humor, she unflinchingly bares her own flaws, flouting public opinion yet displaying the unflappable good sense that shows through everything she writes. A look into a woman's mind and a writer's irrepressible spirit, Rita Will is quintessential Rita Mae Brown--a book that feels like a kick-your-shoes-off visit with an old friend.

Download or read book Entanglement a True Story written by Claire Thomas and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you think having the devil snapping at your heels is scary, its nothing compared to finding Gods calm presence at your back every time you stop to draw breath in your race to escapeparticularly for a determined agnostic like Claire. Indeed, His presence is so unnerving and unwelcome that its not until her world crumbles to ashes that she fi nds the courage to stop running and turn toward Him. Moderately psychic and a most earthbound mystic, Claire has heard the voice of Thomas from the days of earliest childhood, but has worked tirelessly for most of her adult life to shut it out or shout it downuntil she made that fateful decision. Entanglement is the result of that choice. It describes the pain of surviving the traumatic deaths of four beloved people, fi nding the courage to walk away from abuse and oppression, and facing the fear of being utterly alone in the world. It also explains how confronting fear, accepting loss, and embracing the unknown and the mystical can create a life of enormous joy and enrichment. It focuses on how having the courage to stay in the not-knowing can be gloriously life-affirming and on how human life on earth is vastly more mysterious than most of us dare to imagine.

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