The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat
The Girl, the Ring, & the Baseball Bat

Author: Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2024-02-06

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 164614340X

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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.

A Game of Their Own
A Game of Their Own

Author: Jennifer Ring

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2015-04

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0803269943

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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.

Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Author: Anika Orrock

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2020-03-10

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1452174261

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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

The Erotic Man
The Erotic Man

Author: Frank Hilliard

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0359263348

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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.

Never Regret Falling in Love with You
Never Regret Falling in Love with You

Author: Yu Meiren

Publisher: Funstory

Published: 2020-03-13

Total Pages: 966

ISBN-13: 164857498X

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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.

The Girls Are Never Gone
The Girls Are Never Gone

Author: Sarah Glenn Marsh

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1984836161

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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.

World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality
World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality

Author: Xavier William

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 059537770X

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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.

The Konrad Simonsen Collection
The Konrad Simonsen Collection

Author: Lotte Hammer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-10-15

Total Pages: 2059

ISBN-13: 1526630761

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The complete Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen series – a must-read for all fans of Nordic Noir The Hanging: Two children make a gruesome discovery; hanging from the roof of the school gymnasium are the bodies of five naked and heavily disfigured men. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen and his team from the Murder Squad are called in to investigate. The Girl in the Ice The body of a girl is discovered; buried hundreds of miles from any signs of life, she has lain hidden in the ice cap, for twenty-five years until a recent ice melt has revealed her. When Konrad Simonsen is flown in to investigate, it triggers a dark memory. The Vanished A man is found lying dead at the bottom of his apartment stairs. At first glance, his death appears to be a tragic accident. Then life-sized images of a vanished girl are discovered plastering the walls of the dead man's attic. Who is she? And could she still be alive? The Lake The skeleton of a young woman is discovered, tied to a stone, in a lake deep in the Danish countryside and it soon becomes clear that this unknown woman is the key to a sinister world of human trafficking, prostitution and violence. The Night Ferry Sixteen children and four adults are killed in a devastating boat crash in Copenhagen. Konrad Simonsen quickly discovers that one of the passengers has a very personal connection to the homicide team. But the more Simonsen digs, the further the truth slips from his grasp.

Fogtown
Fogtown

Author: Peter Plate

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Published: 2004-06-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781583226391

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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.