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Dream Shot

Author : Robert C.S. Downs
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 193812006X
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Dream Shot written by Robert C.S. Downs and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-year-old Pete Collins, a former high-school English teacher from Pennsylvania, now living in Myrtle Beach, attempts to pass the PGA's Playing Ability Test, which will lead him to a position as a teaching professional at a golf club. The test is two rounds of golf in one day in which he must average 77 for a 154 total. He knows only 20 percent of those who take it will pass. Interspersed throughout the account of the day's golf are small vignettes of his personal history with the sport: how he fell in love with it as a kid, his early years and middle years of truly dismal scores, frustration with the game, twenty years away from it, and then his ultimate return and serious commitment to it to try to achieve that illusive level necessary to pass the Playing Ability Test. As the day progresses we see the true highs and lows of golf, both in Pete's play and in that of the others in his foursome, two young post-college players and his middle-age partner Horatio, who's taken and failed the test many times. Quite simply, this is a will-he-or-won't-he story in which a man is pitted against himself to try to achieve his life's dream.

Dream Shot

Author : Josh Birnbaum
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252050126
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Dream Shot written by Josh Birnbaum and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, the men's wheelchair basketball team at the University of Illinois set out to achieve their sport's pinnacle: a college national championship. That lofty goal represented another stage of a journey begun in 1948 when Tim Nugent established the Gizz Kids wheelchair squad. Embedded with the team, Josh Birnbaum took photos that captured the life experiences of people in the Illinois wheelchair basketball program from 2005 through the 2008 championship season. Dream Shot follows the unique lives of the players and coaches on the court and the road, and in quiet moments at home and the classroom. Along the way, Birnbaum provides the definitive story of the 2008 team and the challenges it overcame to capture one of Illinois's record fifteen men's titles. Featuring more than 100 color photographs, Dream Shot memorializes a legendary team alongside the story of the university's dedication to the progress of disability rights.

Long Shot

Author : Chris Paul
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416958207
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Long Shot written by Chris Paul and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2030-12-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789357022408
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (224 download)

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Download or read book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life written by Sigmund Freud and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud explores the hidden meanings behind the seemingly trivial mistakes and slip-ups that we all make in our daily lives. From forgetting a name to misreading a sentence, Freud reveals how these common errors can reveal deep-seated psychological conflicts and repressed desires. Drawing on his extensive clinical experience and his groundbreaking theories of the unconscious mind, Freud offers a fascinating and provocative analysis of the complex forces that shape our behavior and influence our relationships. First published in 1901, this classic work of psychology remains a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the workings of the human mind.

The Last Shot

Author : Darcy Frey
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618446711
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (467 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Shot by : Darcy Frey

Download or read book The Last Shot written by Darcy Frey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that -- for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood's most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.

I Dreamed of Africa

Author : Kuki Gallmann
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141966408
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book I Dreamed of Africa written by Kuki Gallmann and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Often, at the hour of day when the savannah grass is streaked with silver, and pale gold rims the silhouettes of the hills, I drive with my dogs up to the Mukutan, to watch the sun setting behind the lake, and the evening shadows settle over the valleys and plains of the Laikipia plateau.’ Kuki Gallmann’s haunting memoir of bringing up a family in Kenya in the 1970s first with her husband Paulo, and then alone, is part elegaic celebration, part tragedy, and part love letter to the magical spirit of Africa.

Fair Shot

Author : Chris Hughes
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250196612
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Fair Shot written by Chris Hughes and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...deeply felt and cogently argued...Hughes makes a powerful case that deserves a respectful hearing." —The Financial Times Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes argues that the best way to fight income inequality is with a radically simple idea: a guaranteed income for working people, paid for by the one percent. The first half of Chris Hughes’s life played like a movie reel right out of the “American Dream.” He grew up in a small town in North Carolina. His parents were people of modest means, but he was accepted into an elite boarding school and then Harvard, both on scholarship. There, he met Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz and became one of the co-founders of Facebook. In telling his story, Hughes demonstrates the powerful role fortune and luck play in today’s economy. Through the rocket ship rise of Facebook, Hughes came to understand how a select few can become ultra-wealthy nearly overnight. He believes the same forces that made Facebook possible have made it harder for everyone else in America to make ends meet. To help people who are struggling, Hughes proposes a simple, bold solution: a guaranteed income for working people, including unpaid caregivers and students, paid for by the one percent. The way Hughes sees it, a guaranteed income is the most powerful tool we have to combat poverty and stabilize America’s middle class. Money—cold hard cash with no strings attached—gives people freedom, dignity, and the ability to climb the economic ladder. A guaranteed income for working people is the big idea that's missing in the national conversation. This book, grounded in Hughes’s personal experience, will start a frank conversation about how we earn in modern America, how we can combat income inequality, and ultimately, how we can give everyone a fair shot.

Charlie Takes His Shot

Author : Nancy Churnin
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807511277
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Charlie Takes His Shot written by Nancy Churnin and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor Award, presented by the California Reading Association When the rules kept Charlie Sifford from playing in the Professional Golf Association, he set out to change them. Charlie Sifford loved golf, but in the 1930's only white people were allowed to play in the Professional Golf Association. Sifford had won plenty of Black tournaments, but he was determined to break the color barrier in the PGA. In 1960 he did, only to face discrimination from hotels that wouldn't rent him rooms and clubs that wouldn't let him use the same locker as the white players. But Sifford kept playing, becoming the first Black golfer to win a PGA tournament and eventually ranking among the greats in golf.

My Greatest Day in Golf

Author : Bob McCullough
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312289096
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book My Greatest Day in Golf written by Bob McCullough and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-07-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Greatest Day in Golf is an oral history where 25 of the top golfers from the last half-century talk about their most rewarding moments in golf. Chronologically, the book starts off with Tommy Bolt, who out-dueled Gary Player to win the 1958 US Open, and ends with a stirring account of the last year's historic Ryder Cup from Hal Sutton. The highlights include the greatest days of Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, and in addition to the Big Three, the book also includes first-person accounts from great golfers such as Ray Floyd, Hal Irwin, Nick Price, and Tom Lehman, as well as groundbreaking moments from pioneers like Lee Elder and Calvin Peete. Elder recounts first victory as it allowed him to be the first person of color to play in the Masters. Virtually every player in the collection has won at least one major, and most either were or are stars on the PGA tour. To round out the collection, the greatest days of colorful characters like Chi Chi Rodriguez and Jerry Pate add humor and warmth to this memorable book. My Greatest Day in Golfends up being not only a fantastic collection of stories but also a history of golf. With its insider's look into the world of golf, this book is a must-have for all golf fans.

The Strand Magazine

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Strand Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Strand Magazine

Author : Sir George Newnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Strand Magazine written by Sir George Newnes and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

My Greatest Shot

Author : Ron Cherney
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780060562786
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book My Greatest Shot written by Ron Cherney and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A one–of–kind collection of letters from many of golf's past and present masters––from Jack Nicklaus to Tiger Woods––describing their most amazing shot and its impact on their career. While listening to so–called golf–experts debate the greatest golf shots of all time, Ron Cherney, a golf memorabilia collector, was struck by an idea––what do the players themselves think? So for the next three years, he sent off letters to all the best players to find out. Amazingly, many players actually wrote back with stories about their most memorable shots. Ron, with sports writer Michael Arkush, have melded the resulting letters into a captivating book that also includes a short background on each player and other interesting quotes and anecdotes from their careers. An irresistible gift for any golf fan, My Greatest Shot goes behind the scenes and into the minds of the sport's greatest players.

The Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (10 Novels & 80+ Short Stories in One Edition)

Author : Algernon Blackwood
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 3980 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Works of Algernon Blackwood (10 Novels & 80+ Short Stories in One Edition) written by Algernon Blackwood and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 3980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique edition of Algernon Blackwood's collected works has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Novels: Jimbo: A Fantasy The Education of Uncle Paul The Human Chord The Centaur A Prisoner in Fairyland The Extra Day Julius LeVallon The Wave The Promise of Air The Garden of Survival The Bright Messenger Short Stories: The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories: The Listener Max Hensing - Bacteriologist and Murderer The Willows The Insanity of Jones The Dance of Death May Day Eve Miss Slumbubble - and Claustrophobia John Silence: A Psychical Invasion Ancient Sorceries The Nemesis of Fire Secret Worship The Camp of the Dog A Victim of Higher Space The Lost Valley The Wendig Old Clothes Perspective The Terror of the Twins The Man from the 'Gods' The Man Who Played Upon The Leaf The Price of Wiggins's Orgy Carlton's Drive The Eccentricity of Simon Parnacute Pan's Garden: a Volume of Nature Stories: The Man Whom The Trees Loved The South Wind The Sea Fit The Attic The Heath Fire The Messenger The Glamour of the Snow The Return Sand The Transfer Clairvoyance The Golden Fly Special Delivery The Destruction of Smith The Temptation of the Clay Incredible Adventures: The Regeneration of Lord Ernie The Sacrifice The Damned A Descent Into Egypt Wayfarers Day and Night Stories ... Play: Karma; a reincarnation play Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Though Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which climaxes with a traveler's sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon and its sequel The Bright Messenger, which deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness.

The Wave

Author : Algernon Blackwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wave written by Algernon Blackwood and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Block Shot

Author : Kennedy Ryan
Publisher : Hoops
ISBN 13 : 9781728286853
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Block Shot written by Kennedy Ryan and published by Hoops. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Kennedy Ryan comes the steamy, powerful second installment of the Hoops trilogy. If Jared Foster had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made his heart skip a beat-the heart everyone assumes is frozen over-he'd be richer than he already is. He's found success as a sports agent by always assuming "no" means "I'll think about it." And he knows Banner's thinking about him. Her simmering anger? The way she puts him in his place? Foreplay. She thinks she's won the game, but they're just getting started. If Banner had a dollar for every time Jared broke her heart, she'd have exactly one dollar. One epic failure of a night. After parting on such bad terms, Banner has no intention of ever giving Jared a second chance. She's found success in a field ruled by men like him. She's learned to call the shots and block them when she has to. So she'll ignore the way he makes her heart pound. Sure, he seems carved from her most private fantasies, but she can get past that. She's got her one dollar, and Jared won't have her.

The Perfect Shot

Author : Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1467731560
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book The Perfect Shot written by Elaine Marie Alphin and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn’t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on basketball. Focus on hitting the perfect shot. Brian hopes that the system will work for Amanda and her father. An innocent man couldn’t be wrongly convicted, could he? But then Brian does a school project on Leo Frank, a Jewish man lynched decades ago for the murder of a teenage girl—a murder he didn’t commit. Worse still, Brian’s teammate Julius gets arrested for nothing more than being a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time. Brian can’t deny any longer that the system is flawed. As Amanda’s father goes on trial, Brian admits to himself that he knows something that could break the case. But if he comes forward, will the real killer try for another perfect shot—this time against Brian?

Take a Shot!

Author : Jake Steinfeld
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401940285
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Take a Shot! written by Jake Steinfeld and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Take a Shot! is a fast and furious ride. It’s Moneyball meets The Hangover! I love it almost as much as my Oscar and Lombardi Trophies.” — Steve Tisch, Chairman, New York Giants & Academy Award–winning producer, Forrest Gump Take a Shot! is the incredible true story of how three unlikely partners—world-famous fitness icon Jake Steinfeld, former Princeton University lacrosse star Dave Morrow, and son of a TV preacher Tim Robertson—broke all the rules and beat all the odds to create Major League Lacrosse. This book will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of starting a business—and not just any business, but a professional sports league built around America’s oldest and most tradition-bound game. Today, Major League Lacrosse is entering its 12th season, and the sport has exploded into the fastest-growing game in the U.S. But it wasn’t always that way . . . not even close. For four crazy, chaotic years, from 1998 to 2001, Jake, Dave, and Tim faced enormous obstacles and endless challenges in their lonely battle to make their lacrosse dream come true. From the earliest inspiration—Jake’s chance reading of a magazine article that got the ball rolling—to the wild search for investors and owners, to the insane setbacks that nearly derailed the league time and time again, to the emotional and triumphant debut of Major League Lacrosse, Take a Shot! is an action-packed, thrill-a-minute adventure story. But this book is also about friendship under fire. It tells the tale of three men from vastly different worlds—Jake, the brash Hollywood icon and driving force behind Major League Lacrosse; Dave, a shy Ivy Leaguer from blue-collar Detroit and the ultimate fish out of water; and Tim, the son of TV evangelist Pat Robertson and a multimedia mogul—who teamed up to try the impossible: start a professional sports league from scratch at a time when other leagues were crashing and burning around them. When Jake recruited Dave to be his partner, neither had any idea what was in store for them, nor what it took to start something like this (after all, who does?). But they had something more important: a gut instinct that, from day one, they could always trust each other. And so, with only a handshake, they ignored all the naysayers who warned them that they were doomed to fail and together built Major League Lacrosse, weathering every crisis and shrugging off each disaster along the way. And in the process, their partnership evolved into an enduring friendship, as Jake helped Dave blossom into a big-time entrepreneur, and Dave—at a crucial moment with everything on the line—came out of his shell and justified Jake’s relentless faith in him.