Let's Talk Football and Baseball
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Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
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Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 1434955737
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When Your Back's Against the Wall
Author: Michael Oher
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2023-08-08
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0593330927
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe NFL champion whose life inspired the hit movie The Blind Side is back with an inspiring and motivating book on overcoming any obstacle, no matter how tough the odds Millions of people became part of Michael Oher’s story when they watched a version of him on the big screen; read his memoir, I Beat the Odds; or cheered him on from the stands. After speaking to so many of them over the years, Oher knows that more than anything, people want to believe great things can happen, even when the situation looks bleak. His story of overcoming the toughest of odds serves as their hope. Oher’s life has had a lot of unexpected highs: a college degree; four beautiful, healthy children and a happy marriage; drafted in the first round; a Super Bowl victory; and a second chance to play in the “big game.” He’s also run up against quite a few walls: poverty, hunger, homelessness, struggles in school, bullying, job loss, brain injury, anxiety, and depression. What he knows now is that your wall can be your opportunity. In When Your Back’s Against the Wall, he offers encouragement and shows readers how to get back up—again, and again, and again.
Baseball and Football Pulp Fiction
Author: Michelle Nolan
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-07-27
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 1476677573
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first-ever volume focusing on sports pulp fiction devoted to America's two most popular pastimes of the 1935-1957 era--baseball and football--provides extensive detail on authors, along with examination of key plots, themes, trends and categories. Commentary relates the works to real-life baseball and football of the period. The history of the genre is traced, beginning with the debut of Dime Sport (later renamed Dime Sports), the first magazine from a major publisher to provide competition for Street & Smith's long-established Sport Story Magazine. Complementing the text is a complete catalog of fiction from the six major publishers who competed with S&S, also noting the cover themes for 1,054 issues.
Talk Like a Soccer Player
Author: Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1482457156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom a distance, soccer may seem like a tough sport to understand. Once you get to the pitch and get running, though, its easy to see why its so much fun! Readers explore the beautiful game in this exciting title full of soccer terms and facts. From an easy explanation of offside rules to the history of red and yellow cards, colorful photos and graphics make soccer history and tactical concepts easy to understand, bringing a new generation to the worlds most popular sport.
Talk Like a Hockey Player
Author: Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1482457067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan you put the biscuit in the basket? If you dont know your hockey lingo, that might be a hard question to answer. After reading this book full of colorful graphics and photos explaining the finer points of hockey jargon, readers will be sure to take a shot on net and try scoring a goal for themselves. From technical terms for hockey equipment to explanations of hockey rules and positions, this book has everything readers need to lace up the skates and hit the ice with confidence.
Talk Like a Basketball Player
Author: Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1482456982
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBasketball is a game of numbers. Scoring points is one thing, but readers might not know that each position in basketball has a number, too! Its just one of the many fun facts about basketball a reader needs to know to sound like a pro. Full-color photographs and graphic organizers explain concepts like the difference between a small forward and a power forward while introducing new terminology that helps readers get their heads in the game and ready to take the floor.
Talk Like a Race Car Driver
Author: Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 2016-12-15
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1482457113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheres a lot more to auto racing than just driving around in a circle. From engine maintenance to understanding wind physics while drafting, drivers and their crews are smart people making decisions in the blink of an eye. Making tough calls in an instant is often the difference between taking the checkered flag for the win or settling for a finish in the back of the pack. With vivid graphics and full-color photographs illustrating the fast-paced world of race car drivers, readers learn how spotters help drivers through crashes and some of the technical terms used in the pits to help make racing champions.
Let's Talk Turkey
Author: Rosemarie Ostler
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2009-09-25
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1615920889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRespected linguist Ostler demystifies more than 150 colorful homegrown figures of speech. She traces each saying from its first known appearance in print to its place in modern English, uncovering a host of cultural and historical tidbits along the way.
Learned Dependency
Author: Citizen Kim
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2021-06-21
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1662431333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the insights of a common man as he examines problems within our country and problems people most deal with on a daily basis. Did you know that our country is over $20 trillion in debt? The average American can’t even comprehend how many zeros that is. How did we accumulate that much debt, and how do seemingly intelligent people make similar life-altering mistakes in their personal lives? Why do people scream “Defund the police!” yet immediately dial 911 when it’s their own personal safety at risk? Why must government entities solve our personal problems? Are you capable of logical and rational thinking? Do you see yourself as being self-sufficient, resilient, and capable of solving your own problems? If so you, you have taken the first steps to independence, self-worth, and personal success. Are you willing to accept the challenges of thinking for yourself and being responsible for your own well-being and success? Do you object to your hard-earned money being wasted on taxes and government programs designed to make totally capable people dependent on the government and others? If you want an everyday workingman’s answers to these questions then take up the challenge, open the front cover, and let’s see what happens.
The Devil in Denim
Author: Melanie Scott
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2014-08-26
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1250040426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLIFE JUST THREW HER A CURVEBALL. As the team-owner's daughter, Maggie Jameson grew up in the New York Saints' stadium-glove, cap, hot dogs, and all. Baseball's in her blood, and she's always dreamed of the day when she would lead the Saints to victory herself. That was before her dad had to sell the team to Alex Winters. The fast-talking, fiercely attractive businessman has a baseball pedigree that's distinctly minor league. Maggie wants to hate him but his skills of seduction, however, are off the charts. WILL LOVE BE A HOME RUN? Alex could never have imagined how much this team means to Maggie. He needs her to help show the players that they're still a family...even if he and Maggie are at the verge of exchanging blows. But her fiery determination and gorgeous looks prove irresistible to Alex. And much as he wants to relegate their relationship to the playing field-and get the Saints back in the game-Alex just can't help himself: What he wants to win most is Maggie's heart...in The Devil in Denim by Melanie Scott.
