Smokey O
Smokey O

Author: Celia Cohen

Publisher: Bella Books

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1594936854

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The WBL. The Women’s Baseball League, but the W also stands for War... MVP Jill “Mac” MacDonnell has Olympic glory behind her and the first-place Delaware Blue Diamonds are rightly proud of their iconic outfielder. Insult Mac and you insult fiercely protective colleagues, fans and friends. Young first baseman Smokey O’Neill, the bad girl of the Boston Colonials, has just insulted Mac. The day her quote hits the sports news she’s traded to Delaware and must walk into the rival’s den—and all-out war. Not just with players, not just with the press, not just with Mac herself. As with any war, there are bystanders with agendas. Not everyone is rooting for the Blue Diamonds and Mac to win the title one more time. Strife and camaraderie, life on the road and off-the-field politics, Celia Cohen’s compelling, romantic story of strong women, baseball and love returns to print with all the players and plays.

Smokey O
Smokey O

Author: Celia Cohen

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9781562800574

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A novel by Celia Cohen about women in professional baseball: The novel about sports you've been waiting for!

The Goblin Princess
The Goblin Princess

Author: Jenny O'Connor

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2016-07-05

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 057131659X

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Series:Everything is topsy-turvy in Goblin world and Matty, the Goblin Princess, just doesn't fit in! Her mum, the Goblin Queen, is always telling her to un-tidy her room and eat up her slug porridge (yee-uk!). Most of all goblins HATE nice things, including their enemies the sparkly Forest Fairies. book 1:Matty has a problem. Her new pet baby dragon, Smoky, is far too good and her parents, the Goblin King and Queen, are threatening to send him away! But Smoky is her best friend - can she find a way to make him naughty enough to keep? She just might need the Forest Fairies' help...

Author: Michael a Traylor

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1477225064

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This book is the chronicle of a lifelong struggle with mental and emotional illness. It covers forty years of writing done by the author in an attempt to understand himself. It is a story of tragedy and triumph that unveils a scathing intellect, incredible insight, and brutal honesty. This narrative will at times frighten you, make laugh or cry, and hopefully, ultimately, understand.

The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse

Author: Michael O'Brien

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2020-08-11

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1621643662

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Ethan McQuarry is a young lighthouse keeper on a tiny island, the rugged outcropping of easternmost Cape Breton Island on the Atlantic Ocean. A man without any family, he sees himself as a silent "vigilant", performing his duties courageously year after year, with an admirable sense of responsibility. He cherishes his solitude and is grateful that his interactions with human beings are rare. Even so, he is haunted by his aloneness in the world and by a feeling that his life is meaningless. His courage, his integrity, his love of the sea and wildlife, of practical skills and of learning are, in the end, not enough. He is faced with internal storms and sometimes literal storms of terrifying power. From time to time he becomes aware that messengers are sent to him from what he calls "the awakeness" in existence, "the listeningness." But he cannot at first recognize them as messengers nor understand what they might be telling him, until he finds himself caught up in catastrophic events, and begins to see the mysterious undercurrents of reality—and the hidden face of love. "They that go down to the sea in ships, trading upon the waters, they see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep." - Psalm 107: 23

Doolies
Doolies

Author: Nancy Thurman

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1680763326

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Nash Kaplan is straddling two worlds: one where he can sleep until noon, eat chips, and instant message his friends; and another of pre-dawn wake-ups, no internet or cell phones, and standing at attention. Over 1,000 kids come to the United States Air Force Academy to begin their college experience, and many drop out before they complete their freshman year--their Doolie year. Nash must decide which world he wants, before the choice is made for him. Doolies is from Freshmen, an EPIC Press series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

Never Go Home Again
Never Go Home Again

Author: Shannon Holmes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-12-28

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1416510001

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Shannon Holmes -- Essence bestselling author of B-More Careful and Bad Girlz, and one of the brightest stars in urban fiction -- returns with a dramatic must-read novel inspired by his own life. Never Go Home Again is the story of Corey Dixon, a young man whose father tries as best he can to steer him away from the lure of the streets. And yet, like so many others in Corey's neighborhood, he finds the temptations of the lucrative drug trade too great to resist. While he makes fast money for a while, it is inevitable that it is he who has to pay, with his time and maybe even his life: by the age of sixteen Corey is locked up. Incarcerated in Riker's Island and then in prisons upstate, Corey lives through experiences that threaten to destroy his body, his mind, and eventually his spirit. But in the midst of his horrific imprisonment he discovers new strength to keep himself together and survive. Corey meets a few kind souls who mean him well, including a teacher who encourages him to get out of prison and make something of himself. The teacher also advises Corey to "never go home again." Though the homesick Corey does not immediately understand, he ultimately realizes the wisdom of his mentor's words. Unflinching and riveting, this story is the firsthand account of the brutal, unforgiving inner-city streets and prison life, as well as a difficult lesson in accepting responsibility and moving on.

Billboard
Billboard

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1946-07-13

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Women Characters in Baseball Literature
Women Characters in Baseball Literature

Author: Kathleen Sullivan

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2005-05-25

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 078648439X

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Since the early 20th century, American writers have both recorded and fictionalized the real-life activities of great athletes, as well as created original characters for sports stories. How have women fared in this literature? Women Characters in Baseball Literature is the first comprehensive evaluation of the women characters of baseball literature, including women’s crucial roles on and off the field of play. Applying several feminist theories and examining the works in the context of both myth and psychology, the author discusses baseball fiction written by both men and women. Among the topics discussed are the literary implications of motherhood; how patterns of behavior in women characters often recall Greek goddesses; and how women characters and the feminist imagination enrich the literature of this apparently masculinized sport. Authors covered include Bernard Malamud, Mark Harris, August Wilson, Lamar Herrin, Nancy Willard, Silvia Tennenbaum, Karen Joy Fowler, and others.