Legends Never Die
Legends Never Die

Author: Richard Ian Kimball

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2017-04-28

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0815654057

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With every touchdown, home run, and three-pointer, star athletes represent an American dream that only an elite group blessed with natural talent can achieve. However, Kimball concentrates on what happens once these modern warriors meet their untimely demise. As athletes die, legends rise in their place. The premature deaths of celebrated players not only capture and immortalize their physical superiority, but also jolt their fans with an unanticipated intensity. These athletes escape the inevitability of aging and decline of skill, with only the prime of their youth left to be remembered. But early mortality alone does not transform athletes into immortals. The living ultimately gain the power to construct the legacies of their fallen heroes. In Legends Never Die, Kimball explores the public myths and representations that surround a wide range of athletes, from Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio to Dale Earnhardt and Bonnie McCarroll. Kimball delves deeper than just the cultural significance of sports and its players; he examines how each athlete’s narrative is shaped by gender relations, religion, and politics in contemporary America. In looking at how Americans react to the tragic deaths of sports heroes, Kimball illuminates the important role sports play in US society and helps to explain why star athletes possess such cultural power.

Omega Force
Omega Force

Author: Joshua Dalzelle

Publisher: Omega Force

Published: 2018-07-24

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781717884053

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Jason Burke is a broken man. The loss of his friend and crewmate on an ill-fated mission to a Pillar World has left him in a downward spiral of rage and self-destruction. But what if Lucky hadn't actually died on that planet? While Omega Force tries to pull itself together for the sake of their friend they also learn that a ruthless new faction has seized control of the ConFed Council and now threatens the stability of the entire quadrant. To make matters worse, the rise of this new regime might be their fault. Jason's loyalties are pulled in all directions as he tries to not only help his friend but also correct a horrible mistake from his past. Will his refusal to sacrifice either mission cause him to fail at both? Legends Never Die is book ten in the bestselling Omega Force Series.

The Legend Never Dies
The Legend Never Dies

Author: Slovac Anton

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-21

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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The legend never dies. In a moment when something immortal is achieved, the legend is born and is starting the cycle of never-ending life. There is just one creation and one creator of the universe, the rest is represented by the enormous cloud of the confusion, that is made from the illusions and the ignorance of the generations. The creator has created the Cosmos with the hope to create one universal harmony, that could represent, all in one, just one everlasting paradise. But, as the creator has granted the freedom of decision to its creation, the battlefield between the evil and the righteousness had been coming true. Nevertheless, the final result of the evil deeds is carrying on toward the sentence of death and this is the way, the mortal man is living here and now. There are plenty of situations, when the evil is the winner of the game, here, down upon this ground, these distorted lanes from this earthly place. But, very scarcely, the righteous course id translated in a victory, into one unbeatable glory. And sometimes, although in some very rare situations, the victory of the righteous is entering in one kind of fusion with the God's frequencies and then, that glorious course is keeping shining as an everlasting diamond amid this mess of this Earthly impurity and this is the way, one legend is born. The legend is the earthly representation of the God's perfection, of his unlimited powers and this is the explication why the legend lives for ever. The legend's traces are pointing to the eternity, the legend never dies.

When the Legends Die
When the Legends Die

Author: Hal Borland

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2011-11-29

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1453232346

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A young Native American raised in the forest is suddenly thrust into the modern world, in this novel by the author of The Dog Who Came to Stay. Thomas Black Bull’s parents forsook the life of a modern reservation and took to ancient paths in the woods, teaching their young son the stories and customs of his ancestors. But Tom’s life changes forever when he loses his father in a tragic accident and his mother dies shortly afterward. When Tom is discovered alone in the forest with only a bear cub as a companion, life becomes difficult. Soon, well-meaning teachers endeavor to reform him, a rodeo attempts to turn him into an act, and nearly everyone he meets tries to take control of his life. Powerful and timeless, When the Legends Die is a captivating story of one boy learning to live in harmony with both civilization and wilderness.

Mortal Games
Mortal Games

Author: Fred Waitzkin

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2017-02-07

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1504043014

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An illuminating profile of the world champion chess player and political activist by the acclaimed author of Searching for Bobby Fischer. Over the course of his unprecedented career, Garry Kasparov dominated the chess world with astonishing creativity and explosive passion. In this unforgettable work of reportage, author Fred Waitzkin “captures better than anyone—including Kasparov himself in his own memoir—the various sides of this elusive genius” (The Observer). Waitzkin had intimate access to his subject during Kasparov’s gripping 1990 matches against his sworn enemy, Anatoly Karpov. As the world chess champion defends his title, Waitzkin analyzes the match play with verve and depth that will delight lay readers and aspiring grandmasters alike. Against this backdrop, Waitzkin assembles a fascinating portrait of a complicated man who is both a generational talent and an outspoken advocate of Russian democracy, brilliant and volcanic, tenacious and charismatic, despairing one moment and exuberant the next.