Download or read book The Girl the Ring the Baseball Bat written by Camille Gomera-Tavarez and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosie: Capricorn. Does great in class. Wants nothing more than to get into the prestigious Innovation Technical Institute and kiss this awful school goodbye. Her talisman: a magical jacket from her mother's past that gets people to do whatever she says. Caro: Taurus. Rosie's older sister. Always been closer to their estranged father – and always butted heads more with their strict mother. A trip to Dominican Republic for her father's wedding leads her deep into family history that clears up any illusions about her parents she's ever had. Her talisman: a baseball bat that fixes whatever it breaks. Zeke: Certified Triple Pisces. Up in cold-ass Jersey City living with his aunt after his grandmother dies and his father moves to London to take care of his mother. He crushes on EVERYone – he knows he'll find happiness in love, and maybe a way out of this depression. His talisman: a manifestation stone that will make anyone fall in love with him. Rosie, Caro, and Zeke – and their talismans – find themselves intertwined in a magical, hilarious, and whip-smart Outsiders for the modern day, written by Camille Gomera-Tavarez, a 2022 Publishers Weekly Flying Start.
Download or read book Incredible Women of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League written by Anika Orrock and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and the stories of the first women to play professional baseball in a league of their own. In 1941, the world was at war, and with able-bodied American men fighting overseas, professional baseball was in danger of becoming a quaint relic—until women stepped up to the plate. In this heartwarming illustrated history, the League's story is told by the ones who know it best: the players. Author Anika Orrock collects a variety of funny, charming, wince-worthy, and powerful vignettes told by the players themselves about their time playing the American pastime. • Features stories of grit and perseverance against all odds, told by the players themselves • Filled with player statistics, historical beats, headlines, and more; and fully illustrated in Anika's vibrant style • A visually engaging, readable women-led history book Written in an approachable manner and beautifully illustrated, The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League is a one-of-a-kind story told through the women's own voices and their own perspectives. This book ultimately proves that the incredible women of the AAGPBL truly were in a league of their own. • A unique celebration of a specific moment in women's and sports history • A great read for experienced and new sports fans alike, readers young and old, baseball fans • Perfect accompaniment to books like Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky, Strong is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker, and Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! by Kate Schatz
Download or read book A Game of Their Own written by Jennifer Ring and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010 twenty American women were selected to represent Team USA in the fourth Women's Baseball World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela; most Americans, however, had no idea such a team even existed. A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women's World Cup tournament. Jennifer Ring includes oral histories of eleven members of the U.S. Women's National Team, from the moment each player picked up a bat and ball as a young girl to her selection for Team USA. Each story is unique, but they share common themes that will resonate with young female players and fans alike: facing skepticism and taunts from players and parents when taking the batter's box or the pitcher's mound, self-doubt, the unceasing pressure to switch to softball, and eventual acceptance by their baseball teammates as they prove themselves as ballplayers. These racially, culturally, and economically diverse players from across the country have ignored the message that their love of the national pastime is "wrong." Their stories come alive as they recount their battles and most memorable moments playing baseball--the joys of exceeding expectations and the pleasure of honing baseball skills and talent despite the lack of support. With exclusive interviews with players, coaches, and administrators, A Game of Their Own celebrates the U.S. Women's National Team and the excellence of its remarkable players. In response to the jeer "No girls allowed!" these are powerful stories of optimism, feistiness, and staying true to oneself.
Download or read book Never Regret Falling in Love with You written by Yu Meiren and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your love for me turned out to be just a misunderstanding. He is a proud outstanding person in high status while she is just a humble little maid. From the moment they met, he began to bully her, but at the same time, he loved her. His petting made thousands of women jealous of her, even she mistakenly thought he loved her truly. However, when she was pregnant with his child, she got the coldest and ruthless result. ☆About the Author☆ Yu Mei Ren, a well-known online novelist, has authored many popular novels. Her novels focus on urban romance. Most of her novels are well-known, and she has accumulated a lot of fans for her.
Download or read book World Religions True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality written by Xavier William and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans tend to think and react in predetermined ways to trigger words, trigger situations and rituals, though the trigger and the reaction may have no apparent or logical interrelationships whatsoever. Seeing through such conditioned responses is the aim and purpose of this work. Thanks to our long gestation period, human beings are the most conditioned of animals. Though conditioning is very useful in most situations-for example, in learning how to dress-some conditioning, like racism, warps our minds and leads to avoidable conflicts and conflagrations. Author Xavier William believes that this distorted or warped conditioning is evident in many aspects of ordinary life, including: · Economics and politics · Ethics, morals and values · Religions and Superstitions · Traditions and taboos · Alternate medicines · Environmental issues · Sex and family relationships World Religions, True Beliefs And New Age Spirituality seeks to decondition and dewarp our minds from harmful doctrines, dogmas, and Parental and ethnic conditioning. In so doing, William argues, that violence and bloodshed can be significantly reduced or even eradicated. By employing clear-think and self-talk techniques, human beings can steer clear off the ruts of habitual or rhythmic thinking. With the rare insights in World Religions, True Beliefs And New Age Spirituality, people from seemingly incompatible ethnic backgrounds can build win-win relationships and a better world for all.
Download or read book The Erotic Man written by Frank Hilliard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 27 short stories and one novella follow a first book with the mirror name of 'The Erotic Woman.' That book concentrated more on women than men, but both books are really about relationships between women and men. These are not the usual kind of erotic or kinky works you might expect, given the title, although some are pretty explicit. Instead they're a kind of imagining of how things could work in a world of real men and real women; individuals aware of the differences between the sexes and the pleasures of enjoying them. My heroes and heroines are mostly ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances and who react with promptness and clarity. Their stories are set in both England and America in the modern era. If you like happy endings, you'll love The Erotic Man.
Download or read book Kovels Antiques and Collectibles Price List written by Ralph M. Kovel and published by Crown. This book was released on 1988-06 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of a standard reference.
Download or read book The Girl Who Rode Dolphins written by Michael J Ganas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel of epic adventure, treacherous risk, and resolute hope. WITHIN A POVERTY-STRICKEN LAND WHERE DEATH AND MISERY RUN UNCHECKED. He has come to fulfill a solemn promise made to a comrade-in-arms killed in the mountains of Tora Bora. He is the consummate warrior, bold and courageous, daring to the point of recklessness. But fate intercedes, and Jake Javolyn finds himself the protector of the most incredible life forms the Earth has ever produced. IN A HIDDEN COVE TEEMING WITH LIFE, FANTASTIC RICHES ABOUND BENEATH CALM WATERS. A beautiful girl and her Haitian mentor are not prepared for the violence and greed about to overtake them. ON A TINY ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CARIBBEAN, JAKE AND THE GIRL FIND THEMSELVES ON A PERILOUS MISSION. They must confront overwhelming odds where insidious forces are at work to unleash a monstrous plot aimed at changing the world forever.
Download or read book Flea Market Trader written by Bob Huxford and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gold Promise written by Ninie Hammon and published by Sterling & Stone LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Ninie Hammon, the sorceress of psychological suspense comes the next installment in her thrilling new Through The Canvas series you won't be able to put down. Bailey Donahue has finally found a new normal... After leaving her life, her daughter, and everything she has ever known behind to assume a new identity in a bid to stay hidden and alive, she now has three friends and a loyal apricot-colored golden doodle, Sparky, to call her own. She hasn't suffered through a psychic vision or picked up a paintbrush in months. That is, until she wakes up on the floor one morning with paintbrushes in her hands and a new terrifying painting on the easel. A teenage girl with a ruined face, and hands wrapped around her neck. Bailey's "gift", the ability to paint things that haven't happened yet, has struck again. As Bailey's visions become strange and confused she struggles to hold on to her own sanity while, with the help of T.J., Dobbs and Brice, racing to find the mysterious girl and prevent her murder. But as the truth begins to reveal itself, they uncover a darker, bigger conspiracy than they could have imagined, racing right back at them. Can Bailey uncover the truth and save the girl without finding herself in the hands of the same dark enemy? Discover what thousands of Ninie’s readers already know about her unforgettable five-star work: ★★★★★ "Once again, Ms. Hammon has written a book that pulls you right in and makes you feel as if you're right there living it! Your heart pounds, your knuckles turn white, and you just can't put it down!" -- Reba ★★★★★ "I've read most of Ninie Hammon's books, and they have had their scary moments, but this one truly terrified me. More than demons from below, more than crawly creatures, more than shape-shifters, these are the most frightening monsters of all." -- Kate Hickey ★★★★★ "As with all of Ninie's books, they are so descriptive that you feel yourself become part of the world she creates. If you are claustrophobic, like I am, you may feel anxious, short of breath, and feel the need for medical intervention. Don't say I didn't warn you..." -- May Knott ★★★★★ "Deeply disturbing, exhilarating, fierce, haunting, unpredictable, worthy of my time... these are just a few of the words that to me describe Gold Promise." -- Phyllis W ★★★★★ "Hooked Again!! My heart pounded nearly out of my chest from the first chapter and continued throughout the rest of the book. I was almost gasping for air several times. This is a must-read, a mesmerizing story written in an exceptionally brilliant way. Ninie Hammon has done it again!!" -- Cora A. Myers Gold Promise is the third book in Ninie Hammon's new series, Through the Canvas: A riveting psychological thriller series about an ordinary woman ripped from her life, and drawn into dark and thrilling tales by mysterious forces she can't explain. Get the whole Through The Canvas series today and start a reading journey you won't want to end!
Download or read book The Elle Harrison Collection written by Merry Jones and published by Oceanview Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-book collection delivers laugh-out-loud moments, but at its core is deadly darkness Elle Harrison, a fourth-grade teacher, has had a life without adversity until her husband's infidelity—and other much worse catastrophes—disrupts her world.In The Trouble with Charlie, Elle's soon-to-be ex-husband has been stabbed to death; she wonders whether she could have done it in one of those “foggy” moments her friends call “pulling an Elle.” When she goes off with her girlfriends to a cosmetic surgery retreat in Elective Procedures, she seems to be a magnet for unexplained deaths. And in Child's Play, on the first day of school, Elle finds the principle in her school murdered, and a second teacher dead not long after.Constant among these three separate, seemingly unrelated, yet intricately tied stories, is Elle's charm, her indomitable spirit, and the huge support she gets from her friends. As they all grapple with their problems, they come to believe that Elle has a dissociative disorder that obscures her reality. The Elle Harrison stories open some dark doors, each one darker than the other, as the vulnerable Elle challenges her deepest convictions about guilt and innocence, childhood and family. Pushed to her limits, she's forced to face her fears and apply all her skills in a deadly fight to save her sanity—and her life.
Download or read book SANDI written by Doug Boylan and published by DMBoylan. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a love song for Sandra Waddell Boylan, my wife of fifty years. She is a quiet woman who has made the world a better place for her family, her friends, for strangers, and for me. This book tells the story of her youth in Canada, her growing up in Ohio, and her marriage and rearing a family in New Orleans and Birmingham. It recounts her history and her interests in hopes that her children, grandkids, and friends who love her will know this woman a little better.
Download or read book The Girls Are Never Gone written by Sarah Glenn Marsh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conjuring meets Sadie in this queer ghost story, when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. Dare Chase doesn’t believe in ghosts. But as the host of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation podcast, she knows to keep her doubts to herself if she wants to win over listeners. Her first season’s subject is the Arrington Estate—a sprawling manor rumored to be haunted by the spirit of Atheleen Bell, who drowned in its lake almost thirty years ago. Dare’s more interested in investigating the suspicious circumstances of Atheleen’s death, which she thinks point to a decades-old murder, not something supernatural. But Arrington is full of surprises. As Dare is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the estate, she’ll have to rethink the boundaries of what is possible. Because if something is lurking in the lake…it might not be willing to let her go.
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Download or read book Fogtown written by Peter Plate and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One foggy day in San Francisco brings together bloody ghosts, a dandyish thug, capricious cops, a suicidal punk rocker, a hyperliterate slumlord, and a sweet old lady sent by God to hand out cash from a hijacked armored car. In Fogtown, Peter Plate uses a loving hand to carve his characters out of hallucination, perversity, and tenacity. Plate's noir sensibility gives him special fluency with the weary souls of urban America's down and out; Fogtown describes a new age unmistakably built on the twentieth century of Nelson Algren and Charles Bukowski.
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Download or read book Murder at St Alfanus written by Todd Vogts and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tyler Fox, from Goessel, Kansas, is a sophomore at St. Alfanus, a private Catholic college near Hooks in Bowie County, Texas. Tyler is an up-and-coming golfer who will hopefully lead the St. Alfanus team to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championship. One day as he is practicing prior to the start of fall semester, the editor of the St. Alfanus Clarion, Charlie Harrison, shows up to do a story about Tyler's golfing prowess. Charlie convinces Tyler, who is an English major, to come work for The Clarion. Days before the fall semester is to begin, Tyler takes an evening jog through the golf course. He comes across the 14th green, where a man is wailing as he holds a bloody woman in his arms. Before Tyler knows it, he, Charlie and the rest of the Clarion's small newspaper staff are caught up in a murder investigation. The woman who was murdered, Alison Alcott, was the daughter of the college president. Four college journalists spend the entire semester trying to dig up information about the murder, mainly because the local sheriff's department isn't making much progress. The sheriff is concerned about the upcoming election, and simply wants to pin the murder on someone, such as Alison's boyfriend, Robert Ray Turner, the man holding Alison's dead body on the 14th green. Will the students discover "whodunit?"
