Hometown Victory
Hometown Victory

Author: Keanon Lowe

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2022-05-10

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1250807646

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The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything––including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood––leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences––from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way––and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics––The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans––Keanon’s journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope.

Hometown Victory
Hometown Victory

Author: Keanon Lowe

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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"The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to opiods to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything--including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood--leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences--from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way--and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics--The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans--Keanon's journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope"--

Overtime Kiss (A Fairview Falcons Hockey Romance—Book 2)
Overtime Kiss (A Fairview Falcons Hockey Romance—Book 2)

Author: Audrey Shine

Publisher: Audrey Shine

Published: 2024-08-23

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1094385824

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The idyllic town of Fairview, Colorado, is well-known for their hometown heroes: semi-pro hockey team the Fairview Falcons. But as unforeseen love arises, everything gets flipped upside down. Cassidy Hart, daughter of the head coach of the Falcons, embarks on a season-long road trip with the team to shadow her dad. When a hard-partying forward questions her knowledge of the game, she can’t help but feel like she has something to prove. But unexpected attention from a disciplined defenseman has her questioning her tactics. When it comes time for Cassidy to call a play, who will she choose? OVERTIME KISS: FAIRVIEW FALCONS HOCKEY BOOK 2 is the alluring second book in a new sports romance saga brimming with clever comedy, touching scenes, steamy undercurrents, and surprising turns. Each installment introduces charming new leads who are sure to intrigue you and hold your attention, making it impossible to put down the book until the early morning hours. Future books in the series are now available!

Valuing Landscape in Classical Antiquity
Valuing Landscape in Classical Antiquity

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-05-18

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 9004319719

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‘Where am I?’. Our physical orientation in place is one of the defining characteristics of our embodied existence. However, while there is no human life, culture, or action without a specific location functioning as its setting, people go much further than this bare fact in attributing meaning and value to their physical environment. 'Landscape’ denotes this symbolic conception and use of terrain. It is a creation of human culture. In Valuing Landscape we explore different ways in which physical environments impacted on the cultural imagination of Greco-Roman Antiquity. In seventeen chapters with different disciplinary perspectives, we demonstrate the values attached to mountains, the underworld, sacred landscapes, and battlefields, and the evaluations of locale connected with migration, exile, and travel.

Strangers in the Bronx
Strangers in the Bronx

Author: Andrew O'Toole

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2015-06

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1633191699

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Rare is the athlete who captures the imagination of a generation. In Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle, sports culture had two such figures. Undoubtedly, DiMaggio and Mantle are two of the most revered names in baseball literature. However, there is one particular moment that has been overlooked by baseball historians and writers: the 1951 pennant-winning New York Yankees team--DiMaggio's last year and Mantle's rookie season. For that one year, the paths of these two baseball icons converged, the naissance of Mantle's career poignantly juxtaposed with the slow descent of DiMaggio's final season. "Strangers in the Bronx" is more than a chronicle of a pennant-winning team, it is also a study of heroes: the decline of an all-too mortal American icon and the emergence of the newest sensation in sport.

Connected Community
Connected Community

Author: Marilou Blundell

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2022-12-14

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1039143733

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An uplifting memoir about the true meaning of community, Connected Community captures the strength of a community coming together for Marilou Blundell and her family. Having travelled a similar path with her own disability, Marilou shares the story of her daughter Emily’s journey with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus. Along the way, Emily finds her personality, showcasing that everyone has their own unique ability and gift. Through Marilou’s stories about her family of four, she provides insight on the challenges and the stigmas, the highs and the lows, of parenting a child with a disability. With support from the community, including the school, church, and various community programs, they were able to turn their hard-fought struggles into triumphant victories. Emily, Marilou, and their family never had to look far—their community was always right there to help walk them through when they needed it the most.

Hydropower
Hydropower

Author: Engineering Foundation (U.S.). Conference

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13:

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PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating
PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating

Author: The Editors of PEOPLE

Publisher: Time Home Entertainment

Published: 2018-01-26

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1547841370

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, these figure skaters and other top competitors will show off their amazing jumps and spins-and perhaps join the ranks of America's medal winners from winters past.

The New Cathedrals
The New Cathedrals

Author: Robert C. Trumpbour

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2006-12-15

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780815631323

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Stadium construction has altered the physical landscape of many major metropolitan areas throughout North America and has had a profound psychological and economic impact on these urban centers. The ways athletic facilities have been constructed, from the ritual-centered beginnings of stadium construction in ancient Greece to the large-scale construction of professional sports facilities in present day global centers, reveal a culture’s values and priorities and how it defines its recreational needs. Drawing on thorough and wide-ranging research, Robert C. Trumpbour examines the political institutions, commercial entities, civic leadership, and media organizations that influenced stadium construction. The author analyzes three significant recent historical periods: the Progressive Era, when modern fireproof stadiums were first built; the late 1960s and early 1970s, when multipurpose stadiums were built in downtown areas to promote urban redevelopment; and the late 1990s, when retro ballparks were designed to accommodate commercial and entertainment space. Charting this evolution, Trumpbour convincingly argues that there has been a dramatic shift in the role of the media, with media access emerging as a vital element in setting the ground rules for the debate on stadium construction. Written in lucid, jargon-free prose, this book combines a detailed history of stadium construction with an analysis of current stadium issues.