Download or read book Pass Me the Ball written by Julie L. Spencer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Jonnie's senior year, and her dream is to be the best wide receiver on the Buccaneers' football team. But when she walks onto the field, the guys aren't looking at her like they used to-especially her best friend and captain of the team, Skyler.Skyler's floored when he sees his best friend Jonnie after being gone all summer. Growing up, she was the tomboy he chased around the playground, but now? He's got a different game in mind.Football is easy. Falling in love with the wide receiver? Things couldn't be more complicated.
Download or read book Pass the Ball Mo written by David A. Adler and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mo may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest basketball player, but he won't let that stop him from playing! This Step 2 reader from Geisel Award winner David Adler is now in Step into Reading! Mo's latest obsession is basketball. He's determined to learn how to pass, but as the shortest member of the team, he can't seem to launch the ball high enough. Can Mo learn to pass in time to help his team win the big game? Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.
Download or read book Inference Consequence and Meaning written by Lilia Gurova and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inferentialism as a theory of meaning builds on the idea that what a linguistic expression means depends exclusively on the inferential rules that govern its use. Following different strategies and exploring various case studies, the authors of this collection of essays discuss under what circumstances and to what extent the central tenets of inferentialism are tenable. The essays in this volume present the results of a three-year research project “Representation and Inference” which was conducted from the beginning of 2008 to the end 2010. The aim of the project was to assess the research program of inferentialism as it has been pursued recently by Robert Brandom, Mark Lance, and Jaroslav Peregrin. Earlier versions of these texts were presented at the conference “Inference, Consequence, and Meaning” held in Sofia on the 3rd and 4th of December, 2008.
Download or read book Just Give Me the Damn Ball written by Keyshawn Johnson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Well, son, I guess we have to go the to bank." That's what Leon Hess told me the day the Jets drafted me as the number-one player in the NFL draft. But that first day, the day of the draft, was one of the happiest days in my life, because I knew I was ready to make things happen in the league and help turn things around for the sorry-ass Jets. But what a nightmare! Week after week, loss after loss. The Jets went in with a loser reputation, and they were earning it all over again. We had no emotion, no energy, no hunger. The media tried to cover it all. Rich Kotite tried to explain the disasters away. But nobody outside the team knew the real truth of what really went on. This book is going to change all that.
Download or read book This is the Life written by Ciarán Murphy and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work today The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life is a book about the 99%: a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA from the most intelligent and interesting Gaelic games pundit at work today. Ciarán Murphy - of Second Captains and the Irish Times - has an unmatched feel for the timeless elements of this world and a finger on the pulse of change. He looks at the plight of rural clubs that are losing their players to the cities - and he does so not only as a journalist but as a footballer who made the same move himself. He writes about working as an assistant in the clothing shop owned by the family of Jarlath Fallon - both Ciarán's sporting hero and the local postman. And he looks a things we usually prefer not to talk about, like the role of social class in the GAA. This is the Life is a book about the places the GAA comes from, the places it can take a person, and theings that make a local club worth fighting for.
Download or read book Fixed written by David Porter and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2000-02-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, Fixed provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot in the summer of 1978, through the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation in 1980, to the trial that captivated the sports world in the fall of 1981 and its aftermath. This multi-layered story of greed and betrayal combines sports, gambling, and the Mafia into an irresistible morality tale with a modern edge.
Download or read book Descending Olympus written by Velvia Wylie Keithley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zach Nikolas isn't a typical high school boy--no acne, no awkwardness for this high school god among boys. Gorgeous, charming, and athletic, every girl in school throws herself at him. Zach's parents, friends, and teachers worship the ground he walks on. He has never known want or sacrifice in his charmed life. He is on top of the world. Things in Zach's perfect life begin to go horribly wrong. A murder attempt and a miraculous escape from certain death leads Zach to unheard-of powers, as an angry god seeks vengeance. The one girl Zach can't have--the beautiful, intelligent Allie Connor, who hates his guts--is the key to everything. When myths become reality, Zach must decide to sacrifice the girl he loves or let the world come to a fiery end.
Download or read book Forever Arabian written by Don W. Laney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forever Arabian is a recollection of the authors memory of growing up in the small town of Arab, located in north Alabama. The book describes the years from 1956 through 1966 when the author was in school. It describes the local, national, and international events that influenced an entire generation. There are stories about kids playing outside games such as kick the can, sandlot baseball, and slow-motion football. Segregation, assassinations, the atom bomb, the space race, music, TV, movies, and sports are all discussed. It is a look back at the way it was.
Download or read book Hero written by Zarius Larry-Dortch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book My Seven Black Fathers written by Will Jawando and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Will Jawando's account of mentorship, service, and healing lays waste to the racist stereotype of the absent Black father. By arguing that Black fathers are not just found in individual families, but are indeed the treasure of entire Black communities, Will makes the case for a bold idea: that Black men can counter racist ideas and policies by virtue of their presence in the lives of Black boys and young men. This is a story we need to hear." —Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times–bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist Will Jawando tells a deeply affirmative story of hope and respect for men of color at a time when Black men are routinely stigmatized. As a boy growing up outside DC, Will, who went by his Nigerian name, Yemi, was shunted from school to school, never quite fitting in. He was a Black kid with a divorced white mother, a frayed relationship with his biological father, and teachers who scolded him for being disruptive in class and on the playground. Eventually, he became close to Kalfani, a kid he looked up to on the basketball court. Years after he got the call telling him that Kalfani was dead, another sickening casualty of gun violence, Will looks back on the relationships with an extraordinary series of mentors that enabled him to thrive. Among them were Mr. Williams, the rare Black male grade school teacher, who found a way to bolster Will’s self-esteem when he discovered he was being bullied; Jay Fletcher, the openly gay colleague of his mother who got him off junk food and took him to his first play; Mr. Holmes, the high school coach and chorus director who saw him through a crushing disappointment; Deen Sanwoola, the businessman who helped him bridge the gap between his American upbringing and his Nigerian heritage, eventually leading to a dramatic reconciliation with his biological father; and President Barack Obama, who made Will his associate director of public engagement at the White House—and who invited him to play basketball on more than one occasion. Without the influence of these men, Will knows he would not be who he is today: a civil rights and education policy attorney, a civic leader, a husband, and a father. Drawing on Will’s inspiring personal story and involvement in My Brother’s Keeper, President Obama’s national initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps facing boys and young men of color, My Seven Black Fathers offers a transformative way for Black men to shape the next generation.
Download or read book The Boy with Backward Eyes written by Matt McFarland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed only with wild ideas and tumultuous stories, clumsy, overgrown, dyslexic fifth grader Emmet McHomes strives for acceptance and respect from his classmates, his family, and a ghost he meets in the attic of the school.
Download or read book Heaven on Our Side written by Glenda Ann Abell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heaven On Our Side! Believe In It & It Will Take You There!This is a book of stories that will tell you about my journey into Psychic Medium Awareness and how it came about.I was a fifty-year old woman who hated and feared everything. I was a recovering alcoholic of thirteen years. I had been married and divorced three times. I had failed at being a Mother, Mother-in-law, Grandmother, Daughter, Aunt, and Sister. My life still was in total turmoil. I had low self-esteem, felt worthless, and had lived a life of abuse. The abuse was not only from others but also from me to me. After thirteen years of sobriety, I felt my life was no better than when I was drunk. I felt useless and had even contemplated suicide again.It was the day I went to see a well-known medium at one of his Seminars in Virginia that changed my life forever.My journey through the Psychic Medium Study was not easy at all. There were many times I wanted to walk away from all this but I somehow would be drawn right back. It was the intent and desire of wanting this that kept me going. I wanted to learn and to give to others. I wanted to teach them what so many others along the way had given to me. I was given a second chance. I was given a new way of life.There were no Psychic Medium Awareness Spiritualist Churches, Development Groups, or anyone else studying the Psychic Medium Awareness locally, to my knowledge, at the beginning of my journey. I read, studied, and practiced a well known professional medium's materials to learn from, including his books, TV shows, movies, CD's, tapes, website, resource page, chat logs, and interviews to gain more knowledge about Psychic Medium Awareness.Then, I ventured out into other spiritual circles online, participated in chats, read other books, and learned from others. I studied anything that had to do with the Psychic Medium Awareness.As I tell my stories, I will also be speaking of others that inspired me along the way and gave me the courage to continue on my path of the Psychic Medium Studies. I tell this now because these same wonderful people are still in my life and will be mentioned time and again in my other books. They continue to help me through the good times and the bad.Many people that knew me all my life could not believe I was a Medium. There was so many around me at this time that did not believe in Psychic Medium Awareness.We are all psychic to some degree is what I was taught. Today I teach this also. I hope my story will inspire others to search and find their true self as I have done and to learn exactly all they can become. I was told in the beginning in Alcoholics Anonymous that I had to get to the bottom in order to be willing to get sober and stay sober. Recently in a detailed reading from Alison Baughman, Visible by Numbers, she tells and explains in a life chart number reading, how each step of my life went. Not only from my past, in between, and present, but how my life would unfold in the future. Alison even told me how I would be moving forward from the day of her reading to me on the phone. So far, everything that was said has been totally accurate. Right today I am living what she predicted.Alison also told me, "that I had to experience everything I did to be able to help and teach others." This reminds me of what my Father always said, "You have to walk in another man/woman's shoes to truly know him/her." I had to experience loses, struggles, and trials. I needed to do this and help others from my experiences to help them work through theirs. I guess we could say I was to learn compassion, empathy, and unconditional love.In the stories that follow, it may seem I am scattered. It was recommended to me to be more organized in the stories. However, the way it happened was all scattered, confusing, and sometimes scary. I wrote what came to me in the order that it came to me. I hope the ones who read this book will keep in mind that I am not the most educated person. This is my fault I know. I am hopeful that all who read this book will find inspiration and insight, rather than focus on my writing ability and mistakes in this book.I start off my book with, "The Fatal Plane Crash", the prologue, for that was when I first started seeking answers to what happened to me that night. Join me in my journey and see how I found out the answer that I was searching to find for years.Namaste - May the Divinity in you find the Divinity in me! May the Divinity in me find the Divinity in you!
Download or read book Chasing The Cyclone written by and published by Peter Thomas Senese. This book was released on with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Boy s Life written by Charles "Chucky" Mamou and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A BOY'S LIFE IS A GRIPPING TALE OF A YOUNG MAN, CARLTON 'DIAMOND' JONES, WHO MUST GROW UP BEFORE HIS TIME. CARLTON TRANSCENDS FROM BEINg PROMISING HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR TO A HATED DRUG LORD; WHERE SEX, DRUGS, MONEY AND MURDER ALL TELL A STORY OF ITS OWN. JOURNEY WITH HIM AS HE GOES THROUGH LIFE ON THE MEAN, GHETTO STREETS OF ST. LOUIS TRYING TO FIND A MEANING AND PURPOSE TO HIS EXISTENCE - BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. EXPERIENCE HIS STORY AS HE BECOMES THE MAN THAT HE ALWAYS DESPISED IN HIS FATHER. THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL 'GOOD GUY GONE BAD' SOTRY. THIS IS A STORY THAT DEALS WITH RAW EMOTIONS. A STORY THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOLD LIKE ANY OTHER. A STORY THAT CRIES OUT TO BE HEARD. THIS IS AN ACTION-PACKED DRAMA FILLED STORY TOLD BY A MAN WHO REALIZED THAT HE WAS LIVING 'A BOY'S LIFE.'
Download or read book Hand Me Down World written by Lloyd Jones and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about a woman. And the truck driver who mistook her for a prostitute. The old man she robbed and the hunters who smuggled her across the border. The woman whose name she stole, the wife who turned a blind eye. This is the story of a mother searching for her child. This is the novel you cannot stop thinking about. A quiet, mysterious, unnamed woman has come from Africa on an impassioned quest. From the shoreline of Tunisia to the confusion of Berlin, she relies on strangers – some generous, some exploitive – to guide her passage, encountering love and betrayal in its many guises along the way. When the truth behind this spellbinding story is finally revealed, we are forced to revisit everything that has gone before. Also available as an eBook
Download or read book What is Love written by Anubhav Singh and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I failed. So what?? Am I uselesss?? People should look down on me. Isn't it?? No?? But people do." Ansh is a boy of a small town who fails in class 11. He is criticised a lot by people. He finally decides to face everyone and to repeat class 11. But his story turns up when he falls for the topper of his class while repeating. Will he be able to get her? Or will he drop the idea of getting her and will look for his friend Sara? He even likes Sara's odour. Most of our's first love happens in school. Mostly that love comes out to be just an attraction. Because immaturity still prevails while we are in school. This story deals with blind love between two teens, insecurity, immaturity, friendship and break ups. Lets go on an incomplete love story which is yet to be completed.
