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A Dog Named Slugger

Author : Leigh Brill
Publisher : BelleBooks
ISBN 13 : 1935661086
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book A Dog Named Slugger written by Leigh Brill and published by BelleBooks. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Irresistible . . . Slugger is the heart and soul of the book, and his dedication, devotion, and love make him an unforgettable character." --Booklist "Brill has written a fitting tribute to her special friend named Slugger." --Southern Lit Review "A wonderful read for teens and adults." --School Library Journal With him by her side, there were no limits. With hundreds of stellar reviews, including Booklist and School Library Journal, this heart-wrenching and heart-warming book (winner of the Epic nonfiction award) tells the inspiring story of cerebral palsy sufferer Leigh Brill and her service dog, Slugger. As a college student, Brill's battle with her affliction seemed lost. The pain and lack of mobility made an independent life seem impossible. But then she discovered the world of service dogs, and met Slugger. The big Labrador retriever transformed her life. Leigh Brill published her first story at the age of 15; since then her writing has reached national and international audiences through publications including Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body & Soul, the Guideposts book Soul Menders, and the magazines, Just Labs: A Celebration of the Labrador Retriever, and Ability. Leigh has shared more than a decade of her life in the company of service dogs and continues to do so. She serves on the Board of Directors for Saint Francis Service Dogs, and lives with her family in rural Virginia. Find her on Facebook.

A Dog Named Slugger

Author : leigh brill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781453784396
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book A Dog Named Slugger written by leigh brill and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: book about dog

The Kid

Author : Ben Bradlee Jr.
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316084484
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Kid written by Ben Bradlee Jr. and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for. Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more than 500 home runs has a higher career batting average. Those totals would have been even higher if Williams had not left baseball for nearly five years in the prime of his career to serve as a Marine pilot in WWII and Korea. He hit home runs farther than any player before him -- and traveled a long way himself, as Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s grand biography reveals. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Ted would spend most of his life disguising his Mexican heritage. During his 22 years with the Boston Red Sox, Williams electrified crowds across America -- and shocked them, too: His notorious clashes with the press and fans threatened his reputation. Yet while he was a God in the batter's box, he was profoundly human once he stepped away from the plate. His ferocity came to define his troubled domestic life. While baseball might have been straightforward for Ted Williams, life was not. The Kid is biography of the highest literary order, a thrilling and honest account of a legend in all his glory and human complexity. In his final at-bat, Williams hit a home run. Bradlee's marvelous book clears the fences, too.

My Home Team

Author : Dave Kindred
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1541702220
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book My Home Team written by Dave Kindred and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poignant memoir, a legendary sports journalist writes about the team that changed his life: the Morton High School Lady Potters basketball team. Dave Kindred has covered dozens of Super Bowls and written about stars like Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. But a high-school girls basketball team—the Lady Potters of Morton, Illinois—stands apart from the rest. In this moving and intimate story, Kindred writes about his rise to professional success and the changes that brought him back to his hometown late in life. As he dealt with personal hardship, his urge to write sustained him. For years, he has recapped the games of the Lady Potters, including their many runs to state championships. He attended game after game, sitting in the stands and making notes, paid nothing but Milk Duds. And the team and their community were there for him as he lost a grandson to addiction and his wife to long-term illness. Tender and honest, Kindred’s story reminds readers what sports are really about. He trades in the exhausting spectacle of Super Bowl Sunday for the joy of togetherness, the fire of competition, and the inexhaustible hope for victory tomorrow.

Don't Look Now, But Your Attitude is Showing

Author : Raymond Barber
Publisher : Sword of the Lord Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780873981811
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (818 download)

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Download or read book Don't Look Now, But Your Attitude is Showing written by Raymond Barber and published by Sword of the Lord Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scriptures clearly explain that our human problems are heart problems. It might be possible to "cover" yourself for a while, but eventually your inner attitudes will reveal themselves. An uncontrolled thought life will produce visibly wrong choices. That's why the Scriptures warn in Philippians 4:8: "Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; ... think on these things."--Jacket flap.

Ted Williams

Author : Leigh Montville
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0767913205
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Ted Williams written by Leigh Montville and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kid. The Splendid Splinter. Teddy Ballgame. One of the greatest figures of his generation, and arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But what made Ted Williams a legend – and a lightning rod for controversy in life and in death? Still a gangly teenager when he stepped into a Boston Red Sox uniform in 1939, Williams’s boisterous personality and penchant for towering home runs earned him adoring admirers and venomous critics. In 1941, the entire country followed Williams's stunning .406 season, a record that has not been touched in over six decades. Then at the pinnacle of his prime, Williams left Boston to train and serve as a fighter pilot in World War II, missing three full years of baseball, making his achievements all the more remarkable. Ted Willams's personal life was equally colorful. His attraction to women (and their attraction to him) was a constant. He was married and divorced three times and he fathered two daughters and a son. He was one of corporate America's first modern spokesmen, and he remained, nearly into his eighties, a fiercely devoted fisherman. With his son, John Henry Williams, he devoted his final years to the sports memorabilia business, even as illness overtook him. And in death, controversy and public outcry followed Williams and the disagreements between his children over the decision to have his body preserved for future resuscitation in a cryonics facility--a fate, many argue, Williams never wanted. With unmatched verve and passion, and drawing upon hundreds of interviews, acclaimed best-selling author Leigh Montville brings to life Ted Williams's superb triumphs, lonely tragedies, and intensely colorful personality, in a biography that is fitting of an American hero and legend.

The Other End of the Leash

Author : Patricia McConnell, Ph.D.
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307489183
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Other End of the Leash written by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to communicate with your dog—using their language “Good reading for dog lovers and an immensely useful manual for dog owners.”—The Washington Post An Applied Animal Behaviorist and dog trainer with more than twenty years’ experience, Dr. Patricia McConnell reveals a revolutionary new perspective on our relationship with dogs—sharing insights on how “man’s best friend” might interpret our behavior, as well as essential advice on how to interact with our four-legged friends in ways that bring out the best in them. After all, humans and dogs are two entirely different species, each shaped by its individual evolutionary heritage. Quite simply, humans are primates and dogs are canids (as are wolves, coyotes, and foxes). Since we each speak a different native tongue, a lot gets lost in the translation. This marvelous guide demonstrates how even the slightest changes in our voices and in the ways we stand can help dogs understand what we want. Inside you will discover: • How you can get your dog to come when called by acting less like a primate and more like a dog • Why the advice to “get dominance” over your dog can cause problems • Why “rough and tumble primate play” can lead to trouble—and how to play with your dog in ways that are fun and keep him out of mischief • How dogs and humans share personality types—and why most dogs want to live with benevolent leaders rather than “alpha wanna-bes!” Fascinating, insightful, and compelling, The Other End of the Leash is a book that strives to help you connect with your dog in a completely new way—so as to enrich that most rewarding of relationships.

How To Speak Dog

Author : Stanley Coren
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471109410
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book How To Speak Dog written by Stanley Coren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is crucial in any relationship - especially when one of you happens to be a dog. Drawing on substantial research in animal behaviour, Stanley Coren demonstrates that the average house dog can distinguish at least 140 words and can interact at a level approaching that of a human two-year-old. While actual conversation of the sort Lassie seemed capable of in Hollywood myth-making remains in the realm of fantasy, this book shows us that a great deal of real communication is possible between humans and dogs beyond the simple giving and obeying of commands. How to Speak Dog not only explains the sounds, words, actions and movements which will help owners to communicate most effectively with their dogs; it also deciphers the signs and signals our dogs are giving to us. With easy-to-follow tips on how humans can mimic the language dogs use to talk to one another, original drawings illustrating the subleties of canine body language and a handy visual glossary, How to Speak Dog gives dog lovers a whole new range of essential skills with which to improve their relationship with their dogs.

Fenway 1946

Author : Michael Connelly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493046381
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Fenway 1946 written by Michael Connelly and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boston writer Michael Connelly captures the magic of America’s return to normalcy after World War II in this intimate portrait of a city and the baseball team it loves. Fenway 1946 celebrates the city, the team, and the spirit of that wonderful 1946 season in Boston—a season, as usual, that broke fans’ hearts—as America returned to return to peacetime pastimes. And none was more American than baseball. Along the way, Connelly brings out the stories and personalities that made that year so special in the Hub. For returning veterans like Ted Williams, young Congressman John F. Kennedy, and thousands of others and their families who worried while they were in Europe or the Pacific, the 1946 Red Sox season was a celebration. It was catharsis. It was what made America great. Husbands and sons were coming home to the open arms of a grateful nation. This included five hundred major leaguers who fought in World War II. The homecoming of America’s best sparked a spirit of collective pride from coast to coast—and New England was not exempt. For the previous five years, America sat around its radio listening to war reports. Now they would gather in the parlors to enjoy baseball once again. Baseball had always been a thread that connected the country—a sport that linked generations. Opening Day 1946 was a tangible reminder that the country was at peace—back to the way things were. Nowhere was this more relevant than in Boston. From Scollay Square to South Boston to the North End, veterans in their uniforms, kids with bats over their shoulder, and housewives were talking about the return of Ted Williams and a roster that was considered the best in the league. Expectations were high—as always, at Fenway Park. Fans somehow knew this would be their year. The 1946 Boston Red Sox finished first in the American League with a record of 104 wins and 50 losses. And they wouldn’t disappoint (until October).

The Wingmen

Author : Adam Lazarus
Publisher : Citadel Press
ISBN 13 : 0806542527
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Wingmen written by Adam Lazarus and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men—already experts in their fields—crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine World War II combat missions under his belt. His wingman was Ted Williams, the two-time American League Triple Crown winner who, at the pinnacle of his career, was inexplicably recalled to active service in the United States Marine Corps. Together, the affable flier and the notoriously tempestuous left fielder soared into North Korea, creating a death-defying bond. Although, over the next half century, their contrasting lives were challenged by exhilarating highs and devastating lows, that bond would endure. Through unpublished letters, unit diaries, declassified military records, manuscripts, and new and illuminating interviews, The Wingmen reveals an epic and intimate portrait of two heroes—larger-than-life and yet ineffably human, ordinary men who accomplished the extraordinary. At its heart, this was a conflicted friendship that found commonality in mutual respect—throughout the perils of war, sports dominance, scientific innovation, cutthroat national politics, the burden of celebrity, and the meaning of bravery. Now, author Adam Lazaraus sheds light on a largely forgotten chapter in these legends’ lives—as singular individuals, inspiring patriots, and eventually, however improbable, profoundly close friends.

Tapestry:

Author : Judith Elizabeth Bowen
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504365178
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Tapestry: written by Judith Elizabeth Bowen and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tapestry, poignant at times, at once heartbreaking and courageous, promises to deepen the understanding of what it takes for two people who love each other to remain a we, even as one of them is dying and the decline threatens to rock the strength and center of the other. Where is loving in all this? How am I to be loving in the face of despair, mood swings, anger? How am I to feel sexual, sensual, when I am living through fear and fatigue? How am I to switch from support person for a man who is in misery, to lover, eager for his caress? Tapestry, about the changing nature of love, is told through a voice of gentle wisdom as the author searches for equilibrium and spiritual strength. Her voice guides one through the challenges that threaten at every turn to make a good marriage vanish before your eyes. At the heart of the book is the question of restoration: How does one restore oneself when so many years have been given to another? How does one stay intact when the partner you love and rely on is declining? How does one stay on the path with decline, knowing that at some point, the fork in the road will come? judithebowen.com

The Slugger's Game

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473398231
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Slugger's Game written by Robert E. Howard and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Slugger's Game' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard – a bookish and somewhat introverted child – was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece – a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' – for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Sugar Was My Best Food

Author : Adair Gregory
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 080757645X
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Sugar Was My Best Food written by Adair Gregory and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1998 Best Books for Children, Science Books & Films 1999 Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College 2000 Parents' Choice Approved Diabetes brought big changes for 11-year-old Adair and his family. He learned to prick himself to test his blood-sugar level and got used to two insulin shots a day. For a while he was too weak to run track or ride his bike.

Finding Agate

Author : Rose Hannon
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449089860
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Finding Agate written by Rose Hannon and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Epic Story of a Poodle's Heart and His Will to Survive. A wonderful "human" story as it can only be seen through a dog's eyes. Together and apart, man and dog face betrayal, lost love, and hardship. Only through deep devotion and perseverance do the windows open to each of their hearts, allowing them the strength to endure and face the future unknowns.

Foreign Friends

Author : David P. Fields
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813177219
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Foreign Friends written by David P. Fields and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-04-19 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The division of Korea in August 1945 was one of the most consequential foreign policy decisions of the twentieth century. Despite the enormous impact this split has had on international relations from the Cold War to the present, comparatively little has been done to explain the decision. In Foreign Friends: Syngman Rhee, American Exceptionalism, and the Division of Korea, author David P. Fields argues that the division resulted not from a snap decision made by US military officers at the end of World War II but from a forty-year lobbying campaign spearheaded by Korean nationalist Syngman Rhee. Educated in an American missionary school in Seoul, Rhee understood the importance of exceptionalism in American society. Alleging that the US turned its back on the most rapidly Christianizing nation in the world when it acquiesced to Japan's annexation of Korea in 1905, Rhee constructed a coalition of American supporters to pressure policymakers to right these historical wrongs by supporting Korea's independence. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Rhee and his Korean supporters reasoned that the American abandonment of Korea had given the Japanese a foothold in Asia, tarnishing the US claim to leadership in the opinion of millions of Asians. By transforming Korea into a moralist tale of the failures of American foreign policy in Asia, Rhee and his camp turned the country into a test case of American exceptionalism in the postwar era. Division was not the outcome they sought, but their lobbying was a crucial yet overlooked piece that contributed to this final resolution. Through its systematic use of the personal papers and diary of Syngman Rhee, as well as its serious examination of American exceptionalism, Foreign Friends synthesizes religious, intellectual, and diplomatic history to offer a new interpretation of US-Korean relations.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Takes a Swing at Baseball

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106728
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Takes a Swing at Baseball written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange-but-true stories, colorful characters, and big-league bizarreness for fans of America’s pastime! Why is baseball such a great subject for a Bathroom Reader? Because it’s steeped in history and tradition, it’s rife with scandals and controversy, and most of the men that dedicate their life to it are just a little bit . . . weird. Uncle John’s spirited take on the game takes you deep into that history to paint a detailed picture of where the game came from and where it may be going. You’ll go behind the scenes at spring training, listen in on pitcher’s mound conferences, and meet the players, coaches, fans, and broadcasters who make this the greatest game in the world! Swing for the fences as you read about . . . * Minor league mishaps * The violent history of umpiring * The true story of Lou Gehrig’s heroic rise and tragic fall * The man who pitched a no-hitter while tripping on LSD * The origins of gloves, baseballs, bats, uniforms, helmets, and more * Baseball’s most famous call and how it was saved for posterity * The best and worst teams of all time * Animals in the outfield * The birth of Little League * The Abner Doubleday myth * and much, much more!

AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States

Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520215214
Total Pages : 1464 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States written by American Film Institute and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: