Slow Getting Up
Slow Getting Up

Author: Nate Jackson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-09-02

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0062383213

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One man's odyssey into the brutal hive of the National Football League As an unsigned free agent who rose through the practice squad to the starting lineup of the Denver Broncos, Nate Jackson took the path of thousands of unknowns before him to carve out a professional football career twice as long as the average player. Through his story recounted here—from scouting combines to preseason cuts to byzantine film studies to glorious touchdown catches—even knowledgeable football fans will glean a new, starkly humanized understanding of the NFL's workweek. Fast-paced, lyrical, dirty, and hilariously unvarnished, Slow Getting Up is an unforgettable look at the real lives of America's best athletes putting their bodies and minds through hell.

A Fan's Notes
A Fan's Notes

Author: Frederick Exley

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1988-08-12

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0679720766

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This fictional memoir, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, traces a self professed failure's nightmarish decent into the underside of American life and his resurrection to the wisdom that emerges from despair.

Giants & Heroes
Giants & Heroes

Author: Dianne Tittle De Laet

Publisher: Steerforth Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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De Laet recounts growing up as the daughter of the N.F.L. quarterback.

When Pride Still Mattered
When Pride Still Mattered

Author: David Maraniss

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 1012

ISBN-13: 0684844184

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By the time he died of cancer in 1970, after one season in Washington during which he transformed the Redskins into winners, Lombardi had become a mythic character who transcended sport, and his legend has only grown in the decades since. Many now turn to Lombardi in search of characteristics that they fear have been irretrievably lost, the oldfashioned virtues of discipline, obedience, loyalty, character, and teamwork. To others he symbolizes something less romantic: modern society's obsession with winning and superficial success. In When Pride Still Mattered, Maraniss renders Lombardi as flawed and driven yet ultimately misunderstood, a heroic figure who was more complex and authentic than the stereotypical images of him propounded by admirers and critics.

Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter
Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter

Author: Sarah Young

Publisher: Tommy Nelson

Published: 2020-01-28

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1400210356

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Jesus Calling®: The Story of Easter from bestselling author Sarah Young uses storytelling from throughout the Bible, simple Bible verses, and short Jesus Calling devotions to show kids how Easter was part of God’s plan from the very beginning. Before the earth was formed, God had a plan to save us. Through the Old Testament prophets, God told about a Savior. And throughout Jesus’ teachings and miracles, God revealed that Jesus, His Son, is the Savior! This beautiful picture book teaches kids how Easter has always been a part of God’s story and is a part of their own story today. Vibrant illustrations, relevant Scripture verses, and rich reflections from Young’s children’s devotional combine to make a beautiful Easter book for children eager to know more about God’s eternal love for them. Help your kids connect with God in a whole new way through Jesus Calling: The Story of Easter and this closer look at how all of God's Word points us to His plan for Easter morning. Sarah Young has sold more than 40 million books worldwide. Check out her other children’s books: Jesus Calling Easter Prayers Jesus Calling for Little Ones Jesus Calling Little Book of Prayers Jesus Calling My First Bible Storybook Jesus Calling Bible Storybook Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions for Kids Jesus Calling Advent and Christmas Prayers Jesus Calling: The Story of Christmas

Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch

Author: David Talbot

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-05-08

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1439127875

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The critically acclaimed, San Francisco Chronicle bestseller—a gripping story of the strife and tragedy that led to San Francisco’s ultimate rebirth and triumph. Salon founder David Talbot chronicles the cultural history of San Francisco and from the late 1960s to the early 1980s when figures such as Harvey Milk, Janis Joplin, Jim Jones, and Bill Walsh helped usher from backwater city to thriving metropolis.

Wounded Boys Heroic Men
Wounded Boys Heroic Men

Author: Daniel Jay Sonkin

Publisher: Adams Media

Published: 1998-06-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781580620109

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Offers adult male victims of child abuse a procedure for facilitating the recovery process, and suggests ways to break the cycle of violence.

Albion's Seed
Albion's Seed

Author: David Hackett Fischer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1991-03-14

Total Pages: 981

ISBN-13: 019974369X

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This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.