Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Michael Casciaro and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “…I remember their faces. I remember their pride in their unit, “STRIKE AND KILL,” but above all I remember their happiness at the thought of going home to family, friends, loved ones, fiancés, and most of all, America. America for everything she stands for, America, the reason they all wore that uniform and the reason they served so far away from home. America must know, America must appreciate, America must miss their most valued treasure, their American soldiers. They ARE a part of something bigger, they always will be. Please let us all remember them together, these young American heroes, from every corner of our nation, who were willing to risk everything for our future. They are forever young; they will always be in the summer of their lives; they are the Boys of Summer.” The author, Michael Casciaro served in the 3-60th Infantry battalion as a rifle platoon leader in 1985 when his unit replaced the 3-502nd in the Sinai Peninsula to assume duties in the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission between Egypt and Israel. This is his story of the events leading up to and the aftermath of the Arrow Air Flight 1985 crash in Gander, Newfoundland that killed 248 members of the battalion he replaced. It also chronicles the life of an Infantry Second Lieutenant fresh out of the Infantry Officer’s Basic Course (IOBC) and U.S. Army Ranger School after reporting to his first unit. There he endured rigorous training to prepare him to lead his soldiers in combat and perform duties of an officer in the MFO under one of the Army’s most inspirational leaders in the 1980s. Leading men under those conditions was tough, not politically correct, and focused on one thing…ensuring your soldiers survived combat.
Download or read book Third Base written by Heidi McLaughlin and published by Forever. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl EVERY GAME HAS RULES. HE'S ABOUT TO BREAK THEM... Since becoming a major league baseball player, I've learned a few hard lessons. Like never give out your home address on social media (sorry, Mom). Never shoot your mouth off without thinking . . . and never, ever let your personal life interfere with your game. But then I saw her - sitting alone behind the enemy dugout, watching me - and I just had to meet this girl. Now I know that Daisy Robinson has her secrets, but there's something about her that drives me crazy. Maybe it's her innocence, her absolutely amazing knowledge of baseball, or just the fact that she is so unbelievably beautiful. I have to take it slow. Prove to her that the rumors about me are just that - rumors. Daisy might be my ultimate lifetime win. . . if I don't get hit by the curveball that's coming my way. /DIV
Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Roger Kahn and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then went on to play for one of the most exciting major-league ball clubs ever fielded, the team that broke the colour barrier with Jackie Robinson. It is a book by and about a sportswriter who grew up near Ebbets Field, and who had the good fortune in the 1950s to cover the Dodgers for the Herald Tribune. This is a book about what happened to Jackie, Carl Erskine, Pee Wee Reese, and the others when their glory days were behind them. In short, it is a book fathers and sons and about the making of modern America. 'At a point in life when one is through with boyhood, but has not yet discovered how to be a man, it was my fortune to travel with the most marvelously appealing of teams.' Sentimental because it holds such promise, and bittersweet because that promise is past, the first sentence of this masterpiece of sporting literature, first published in the early '70s, sets its tone. The team is the mid-20th-century Brooklyn Dodgers, the team of Robinson and Snyder and Hodges and Reese, a team of great triumph and historical import composed of men whose fragile lives were filled with dignity and pathos. Roger Kahn, who covered that team for the New York Herald Tribune, makes understandable humans of his heroes as he chronicles the dreams and exploits of their young lives, beautifully intertwining them with his own, then recounts how so many of those sweet dreams curdled as the body of these once shining stars grew rusty with age and battered by experience.
Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by CJ Duggan and published by CJ Duggan. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seemed only natural to nickname them the ‘Onslow Boys’. Every time they swaggered in the front door of the Onslow Hotel after a hard week’s work, their laughter was loud and genuine as they settled onto their bar stools. I peeked through the restaurant partition, a flimsy divider between my world and theirs. I couldn’t help but smile whenever I saw them, saw him... Toby Morrison. Quiet seventeen-year-old Tess doesn’t relish the thought of a summertime job. She wants nothing more than to forget the past haunts of high school and have fun with her best friends before the dreaded Year Twelve begins. To Tess, summer is when everything happens: riding bikes down to the lake, watching the fireworks at the Onslow Show and water bomb fights at the sweltering Sunday markets. How did she let her friends talk her into working? After first-shift disasters, rude, wealthy tourists and a taunting ex-boyfriend, Tess is convinced nothing good can come of working her summer away. However, Tess finds unlikely allies in a group of locals dubbed ‘The Onslow Boys’, who are old enough to drive cars, drink beer and not worry about curfews. Tess’s summer of working expands her world with a series of first times with new friends, forbidden love and heartbreaking chaos. All with the one boy she has never been able to forget. It will be a summer she will always remember. Warning: sexual references, and occasional coarse language. The Summer Series: Book 1: The Boys of Summer Book 1.5: Stan (Novella) Book 2: An Endless Summer Book 2.5: Max (Novella) Book 3: That One Summer Book 3.5: Ringer (Novella) Book 4: Forever Summer Authors Note: While each title can be read as a stand-alone story, you will likely enjoy taking the journey with these characters from the beginning.
Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Richard Cox and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a haunting coming-of-age story set in North Texas against the backdrop of a deadly tornado, and a character-driven, deeply-affecting supernatural thriller. In 1979, a massive tornado devastates the city of Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving scores dead, thousands homeless, and nine-year-old Todd Willis in a coma, fighting for his life. Four years later, Todd awakens to a world that looks the same but feels different in a way he can't quite grasp. For Todd, it's a struggle to separate fact from fiction as he battles lingering hallucinations from his long sleep. The new friends Todd makes in 1983 are fascinated with his experience and become mesmerized by his strange relationship with the world. Together the five boys come of age during a dark, fiery summer where they find first love, betrayal, and a secret so terrible they agree to never speak of it again. But darkness returns to Wichita Falls twenty-five years later, and the boys--now men--are forced to reunite and confront the wounds from their past. When their memories of that childhood summer refuse to align with reality, the friends embark upon a search for truth that will threaten their lives, and transform their understanding of each other--and the world itself--forever.
Download or read book Summers Run written by James Cotton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Claude Kinkade considers himself an orphan of sorts. His father, Major Blake Kinkade, died in the Gulf War, 1991. Now single, Claudes mother Daisy, moves to Las Vegas to pursue a singing career, leaving Claude with relatives on a Pennsylvania farm. In Pennsylvania, Claude meets his illustrious cousin, Nathean Summers, a former child actor and television star. Nathe first appeared before the cameras in 1954 at age eight. His meteoric rise toward stardom sputtered; by the late 1960s his films were forgotten. After a turbulent career in publishing, he returns to the family farm to recover remnants of his boyhood and begin life anew in Summers Run. Claudes and Nathes lives entwine as they forge their futures, and together, they form a Little League team for the farm boys of the township. Soon they encounter Standing Ovation, the legendary bull of the neighborhood; Parsimonious Murphy, the reluctant recluse; and Tim Hathaway, the deaf orphan who wants to shine in center field. Claude thrives on his aunt's farm, taking on chores, responsibilities, and "making a hand" around the place. However, Claude's mother expects Claude to move to Nevada to be with her and her parents, now retired from the USAF. Whose wisdom will decide his future? The story of Claude and Nathe depicts the dreams and realities of coaching and parenting along the back roads of rural America and especially Summers Run.
Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get swept away in this breezy beach read about love, family, and the true meaning of friendship. Meet the Boys of Winlock Harbor… Grayson Cartwright: Golden Boy. Football Prodigy. Troublemaker. Mike Metzler: Local Heartthrob. Surfer Boy. Hopeless Romantic. Ian Handler: Army Brat. Musician. King of Sarcasm. Best friends since they were kids, Grayson, Mike, and Ian were hoping for another epic summer on “The Locks”, filled with clambakes, bonfires, and late-night swims in the ocean. But that was before Ian’s dad never returned home from his last deployment. Before Mike had to take on more responsibility in order to help provide for his family. Before Grayson’s accident left him with an injured throwing arm and an uncertain future. It’s clear this summer on the island is shaping up to be very different from those Grayson, Mike, and Ian had come to rely on. And when the sacred code of dating a friend’s sister or ex is broken, it will push their friendship to the absolute limit, testing their loyalties in a way that could either break them—or save them.
Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Lucien N. Plante and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Darkness, Mike slid over the side of the ship and in to the water, without knowing direction swam away from the ship into the darkness hoping not to hear the sound of a rifle or the pain of its report. Without knowing where he was Mike hoped he was swimming for shore, hoping he would not end up as fish food. He had escaped the Yankees. This is a story of how our Country grew and how we grow. A story of hard work, hard thinking and true love. Some time before the Civil War two families grow together and become part the that eras American dream. The book will show them loving living and celebrating. It will also show the sadness of separation and death. The unforgettable pain of not knowing where someone is or what happened to them. But worst the wrenching pain of not being able to help someone you love. Witness the lives of two families become one. Witness the boys of summer, sun and youth enter the turbulence of lives winter. No not that they should grow old in years. Life has a winter for all and for some it comes early and is brutal. Hope is down the road we know or least wise believe there will be spring. The sun will warm us and all will be well.
Download or read book Boys of Summer written by Jessica Brody and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Welcome to Winlock Harbor. Where the weather is always sunny, the water is the perfect temperature, and the boardwalk boasts the best food around. Where best friends Grayson, Mike, and Ian first met as kids, building a sand castle on a cloudless beach day. And where this summer, the loyalties of a lifelong friendship will begin to unravel."--Dust jacket.
Download or read book An Ornithologist s Guide to Life written by Ann Hood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of short stories that makes it possible to be proud to be human." Carolyn See, "Washington Post"
Download or read book The Boys of Summers Run written by MR James L Cotton and published by Along Country Roads. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farm boys and Little League Baseball create the backdrop for The Boys of Summers Run. This first person account covers the 1992-93 seasons of the Pickett Township Panthers, whose boyhoods on a baseball diamond seem idyllic until the lessons from life and loss are played out in rural Pennsylvania. Claude Kinkade and his mother, Daisy, leave army life behind after the death of Major Blake Kinkade in Kuwait, 1991. They arrive with their hopes teetering at the Kinkade's National Historic Farm, Shadeland, and where Claude traces the footsteps left by his departed father. He senses Blake's shadow following him. Claude's loyalty is spreading its cloak over Shadeland and his father's family. Daisy, however, is being courted by a wealthy Las Vegas hotel and restaurant magnate. Will her marriage derail Claude's future at the Shadeland he's learning to love so deeply? Will he bury his father's dreams in the deserts of Nevada? Will he leave behind the friendships nurtured on the baseball fields of Summers Run? Will he lose the grounding he so yearns to embrace? The fortunes of Shadeland loom large. The Kinkades strive to preserve the farm's future and renown hospitality. Many within the community of Summers Run confront the same issues: surviving year to year, providing opportunities for the next generation, and honoring the values handed down through the decades. The waters flowing into and from Summers Run become symbolic. The term "runs," in rural Pennsylvania, is affixed to those creeks and brooks lacing the countryside together. This is the story of one, Summers Run, where its ancient and enduring waters extend deep into the bedrock of the neighborhood. The Summers and Kinkade families have been united along its banks for generations extending back into the 1790s. Enter Nathean Summers, Claude's second cousin, his Little League coach, and a former motion picture actor and television star of the 1960s. Nathe rocketed to stardom, then faded when typecast as "too country, too wholesome." He returns to his family home, Summers Run Farm, and becomes not only the coach of a Little League team but the stand-in father figure for Claude. Claude, the newly-minted farm boy, finds Nathean so nearly the mirror image of Major Blake Kinkade, he's inspired to matchmake Daisy and Nathe. His efforts seem destined to fail. In contrast, the Pickett Township Panthers enjoy a promising if aborted 1992 season. In 1993, they blossom. They challenge more seasoned teams and veteran coaches en route to championships, while in Nevada, Claude begins playing baseball under the shadow of his mother's shaky marriage. His experience there echoes Nathean's observation: "It's not always your friends, Claude, who become your best teachers." While life and baseball in Las Vegas take a bitter turn, Claude heeds Nathe's advice and adds their memories to his sense of balance. He returns to Summers Run and reunites with his old teammates. "It's summer," he tells us, "and I feel my stride matching that of my tallest shadow." Claude and his friends grow; sometimes within an afternoon. The Boys of Summers Run follows Claude's search for his father. Together with the other fatherless boys of Summers Run--Tim, Aaron, Kevin, and Jeff--they negotiate the terrain fate has defined. Told from a perspective of two decades later, The Boys of Summers Run describes the journey between boyhood and manhood. "The pure joy of being a boy," says Uncle Albert, one of Claude's mentors. "It doesn't last long." Along the back roads of Summers Run, the reader encounters Tim, the deaf orphan who plays center field for the Panthers; P. M Murphy, the reluctant recluse; and Standing Ovation, the black Angus bull and official mascot of the team. It too travels with the Panthers as they reach for the sunbeams shining on their field of dreams.
Download or read book The Boys of Summer written by Laurie John and published by Sweet Valley. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica finally has Ryan Taylor, the guy who broke her sister's heart, all to herself. Elizabeth's summer can't get any worse now that Ryan has left her for Jessica, but she knows that he's spinning out of control and could be putting Jessica in danger. Can she ignore her jealousy long enough to save them both?
Download or read book The Summer Before Boys written by Nora Raleigh Baskin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old best friends and relatives, Julia and Eliza are happy to spend the summer together while Julia's mother is serving in the National Guard in Iraq but when they meet a neighborhood boy, their close relationship begins to change.
Download or read book The Boys in the Boat Movie Tie In written by Daniel James Brown and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney—exclusively in theaters December 25, 2023! The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—from the author of Facing the Mountain For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
Download or read book Grand Slam written by Heidi McLaughlin and published by Forever. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of Forever My Girl. WIN THE GAME. LOSE YOUR HEART. Everyone knows who I am and that I could have any female fan I want. That's supposed to be the "perk" of playing left field for the Boston Renegades. But I don't want just any woman; I want her. She should be just another face in the crowd, but I can't stop thinking about the one night we spent together-and her look of regret the morning after. Because Saylor Blackwell is the kind of woman who haunts a man. Smart, sexy as hell, and one of the best managers in the business. She's every ballplayer's dream woman. And I'd do anything to make things right with her. I'm done sitting on the bench when it comes to Saylor Blackwell. Time to swing for the fences.
Download or read book We ll Always Have Summer written by Jenny Han and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.
Download or read book The Boys Outfitter written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
