William A Cook: 10 books
by William A. Cook
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Labeling this era “Age of Fools” in the tradition of 15th century Sebastian Brant’s “Ship of Fools” and embellishing his work with artwork by Edward Beardsley, William Cook writes: “How ironic that the self-proclaimed righteous, the born again Christian Zionists and the Jewish Zionists wheedle...
Tracking Deception
Bush Mid-East Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A Compelling Indictment of the Bush-Sponsored New World Order of Endless Wars against Arabs/Moslems. ‘By rights this book's cover should show Bill Cook, triumphant on the flight deck of Truth, with a big sign behind him saying Mission Accomplished. He nails Bush's lethal Middle East rampages fair and square.’ --Alexander Cockburn, co-editor CounterPunch, Nation columnist
The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877
The Taint of Gambling at the Dawn of the National League
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
By the mid–1870s, gambling in baseball threatened the public’s confidence in the sport and its very existence as a professional enterprise. Recognizing this, Chicago owner William A. Hulbert and seven of his colleagues formed the National League, dedicating it to such high-minded ideals as preventing...
I’M Gaining on You
All Things Work Together for Good
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
We have all heard the expression used about a cat having nine lives, but the individual in this book is beginning to gain on that cat. His life is a series of experiences that cover a broad range and leave you asking yourself, How can this possibly be? But believe me, it is all true. The Lord has indeed worked many miracles in this mans life that almost seem hard to imagine.
Bibb Falk
The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2015
Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet. He brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at the University of Texas before being signed by the Chicago White...
Johnny Temple
All-Star Second Baseman
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Cincinnati Reds leadoff hitter Johnny Temple batted over .300 three times between 1954 and 1959. A tobacco chewing and tough-talking hustler, he had a fiery disposition on the field, which led many sportswriters, teammates and opposing players to refer to him as a throwback to baseball’s early days—an...
Waite Hoyt
A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
Texans on the Brink
Threatened and Endangered Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2019
What good is a rattlesnake? What purpose do animals serve? All species play a vital role in their biological communities, and the removal of just one can have a noticeable and catastrophic ripple effect.
Yet social and political pressures frequently pit species conservation against economic...
Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast
Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon...