Pete: 1047 books
The Lost Words
A Feast of Forgotten Words, Their Origins and Their Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Philip Howard's legendary 'Lost Words' column has been appearing weekly in The Times for many years, wittily illuminating a raft of the most obscure, esoteric words the English language has to offer. At the same time, his 'Word Watching' puzzles have provided readers with the chance to pit their lexicographical...
by Pete Liebengood
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
When police are slow to solve the disappearance of her best friend, Marci, Liz Falcone, owner of a crime scene cleanup company, sets out on her own to find her. When she subsequently learns that Marci was murdered, she initiates a campaign independent of law enforcement to solve what is becoming a...
CI: Team Red
An Army Counterintelligence Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Into the Heart of Terror In a story so explosive that he can only tell it as fiction, former counterintelligence special agent David DeBatto takes us onto a new kind of battlefield, beyond the reach of reporters, and into the covert ops of elite tactical intelligence teams. Their number one job: to...
Punk Monk
New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Fleeing the compromises of the 4th century church, the Desert Fathers founded monasticism. In reaction to a Christianity they scarcely recognized, these radicals fled to the Egyptian desert to model a different, radical style of discipleship, filled with sacrifice and continual prayer. Who are the...
Living Your Confirmation
Putting Promises Into Action
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
A funkily designed confirmation gift book for the teenage market (11-16). Using the promises made in the confirmation service as a structure, this book focuses on keeping going as a Christian beyond the day itself.
Pops
The Willie Stargell Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
A touching biography of the beloved Pittsburgh Pirate Willie “Pops” Stargell, this life story documents the 21-year, Hall of Fame career of one of the most celebrated and revered players in the history of Major League Baseball. Beginning with his difficult childhood and revealing his encounters...
50 Great Moments in Pittsburgh Sports
From the Flying Dutchman to Sid the Kid
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
A century of Pittsburgh’s rich sports history is celebrated through 50 greatest moments in this volume, culled from the coverage by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Among the storied past of athletics in the Pennsylvanian city, this collection highlights such events as the Pirates at the World Series;...
The City Game
Basketball from the Garden to the Playgrounds
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
“The master prose stylist portrays parallel basketball worlds in New York City: Madison Square Garden . . . and the playgrounds of Harlem” (Sports Illustrated).
The New York Knickerbockers, one of the NBA’s charter franchises, played professionally for twenty-four years before winning...
by Floyd "Pete" Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Jameer is an inspiring biography of Jameer Nelson, who excelled in sports from an early age and decided to focus on basketball in high school and later completed his college career playing the sport. He is respected and admired throughout the nation for completing college before starting in the NBA,...
Backspin
One Player's Journey From the U.S. to Europe and Back Again.
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Backspin traces the playing career of an athlete, beginning with the rigors of college life, and continuing through nine seasons in the European leagues. It is through the author's reflections of life before college, that we get an inside look at some of the quirky characters and unexpected events...
Harley and the Davidsons
Motorcycle Legends
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This addition to the Badger Biographies series tells the story of four young inventors who shared a dream: to create the best motorized bicycle in America. Their turn of the century aspirations took them from a backyard machine shop to a highly successful business empire - and all in the span of just...
by Marcus Speller, Pete Donaldson, Jim Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit.
This book is a collaboration...
American Swastika
Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
This second edition of the acclaimed American Swastika provides an up-to-date perspective on the white power movement in America. The book takes readers through hidden enclaves of hate, exploring how white supremacy movements thrive nationwide and how we can work to prevent future violence. Filled...
by Pete Bunten
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Enable students to achieve their best grade in AS/A-level English Literature with this year-round course companion; designed to instil in-depth textual understanding as students read, analyse and revise Othello throughout the course.
This Study and Revise guide:
- Increases students'...