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Spirit of '67
The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Using the colorful and tumultuous 1960s as a backdrop, acclaimed author Thomas J. Whalen’s Spirit of ’67: The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America shows how the Red Sox and Cardinals waged an epic battle for baseball supremacy that captured the imagination of weary...
The Knuckleball Club
The Extraordinary Men Who Mastered Baseball's Most Difficult Pitch
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
The knuckleball—so difficult to hit but also difficult to control and catch—has been a part of major league baseball since the early 1900s and continues to be used to this day. This remarkable and unusual pitch is the instrument of a special breed of pitcher, a determined athlete possessing tremendous...
Vaudeville on the Diamond
Minor League Baseball in Today’s Entertainment World
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Over the last couple of decades, minor league baseball games have shown substantial attendance figures, with more than forty-one million spectators in both 2010 and 2011. With all the high-tech, live-streaming, fast-paced entertainment available to consumers, what is it about minor league baseball...
The Bilko Athletic Club
The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
During the 1956 baseball season in the city of Los Angeles, Mickey Mantle’s pursuit of Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record was matched only by the day-to-day drama of Steve Bilko’s exploits in the Pacific Coast League. While Mantle was winning the Triple Crown in the American League, Bilko...
Odds-On Basketball Coaching
Crafting High-Percentage Strategies for Game Situations
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
In basketball, as in most sports, a large part of a coach’s responsibility is to prepare his or her team for games. Yet, little time in practice is typically devoted to readying the players and coaches for specific game situations. For instance, what are the various ways to use dead ball moments...
The Anatomy of Competition in Sports
The Struggle for Success in Major US Professional Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
Thousands of children across the United States dream of becoming professional athletes, yet less than one in a thousand high school seniors will go on to play in a major pro league. Of those select few, many will find that after a childhood of full-time commitment to their sport, their professional...
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 Clemente A. Lisi
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
The United States men’s national soccer team has a rich history dating back to the early twentieth century. The team, along with the sport, toiled in obscurity for decades but found its breakthrough moment in 1989 when the United States qualified for its first World Cup in 40 years. Since then the...
She's a Knockout!
A History of Women in Fighting Sports
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Women’s fighting sports have a rich and storied history. As far back as the eighteenth century, female fighters battled at varying levels, from county fairs to elite events. With new opportunities to compete in legitimate arenas—from the Olympics and the Golden Gloves to wrestling tournaments...
The Man Who Was Never Knocked Down
The Life of Boxer Seán Mannion
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2018
Seán Mannion was once ranked the #1 US light middleweight boxer and in 1984 he fought Mike McCallum for the world title, only to fall just short of his dreams. Featuring exclusive interviews with Mannion, this book provides an inside perspective on his boxing career, 1980s Boston, and his present...
Intimate Warfare
The True Story of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Intimate Warfare: The True Story of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy traces the lives and careers of two legendary fighters—Micky Ward, a humble, hardscrabble, blue-collar Irishman from Lowell, Massachusetts, and Arturo Gatti, a handsome, flashy, charismatic Italian-born star who was...
by John Grasso, Eric R. Hartman
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Loggats, kayles, quilles, skittles, half-bowl and ninepins were all early forms of games in which the goal was to knock down small standing objects from a distance by rolling or throwing another object at them. Archaeologists have found items from Egypt around 5200 B.C. that included small stone balls...
Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian
How to Get Things Done Right the First Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Becoming a Powerhouse Librarian: How to Get Things Done Right the First Time will help you recognize and implement specific behaviors and actions librarians use to successfully drive projects forward, institute new services or revamp old ones, and establish key relationships both inside and outside...
Perilous Passage
Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1900
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In this innovative and ambitious global history, distinguished economic historian Amiya Kumar Bagchi critically analyzes the processes leading to the rise of the West since the sixteenth century to its current position as the most prosperous...