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Herbie's Game

Author : Timothy Hallinan
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616954302
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Herbie's Game written by Timothy Hallinan and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Junior Bender, the clown prince of crime fiction, returns in his most hardboiled adventure yet—a tale that will take Junior Bender deep into a murderous conspiracy in present day Los Angeles and uncover an increasingly confusing legacy of his burglar-mentor, Herbie Mott, who until very recently was always one-step-ahead of just about everybody. It’s everyday business when Wattles, the San Fernando Valley’s top “executive crook,” sets up a hit. He establishes a chain of criminals to pass along the instructions and the money, ensuring that the hitter doesn’t know who hired him. But one day Wattles finds his office safe open and a single item missing: the piece of paper on which he has written the names of the crooks in the chain. When people associated with the chain begin to pop up dead, the only person Wattles can approach to solve his problem is Junior Bender, professional burglar and begrudging private eye for crooks. But Junior already knows exactly who took Wattles’s list: the signature is too obvious. It was Herbie Mott, Junior’s burglar mentor—and when Junior seeks him out to discuss the missing list, he finds Herbie very unpleasantly murdered. Junior follows the links in the chain back toward the killer, and as he does, he learns disturbing secrets from Herbie’s hidden past. From the Hardcover edition.

Herb Brooks

Author : John Gilbert
Publisher : Mvp Books
ISBN 13 : 9780760339954
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Herb Brooks written by John Gilbert and published by Mvp Books. This book was released on 2010-09-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U. S. hockey teams victory at the 1980 Olympics was a Miracle on Ice--a miracle largely brought about by Herb Brooks, the legendary coach who forged that invincible team. Famously antagonistic toward the press at Lake Placid, Brooks nonetheless turned to sportswriter John Gilbert after each game, giving his longtime friend and confidant what became the most comprehensive coverage of the 80 team. This book is Gilberts memoir of Brooks. Neither strictly biography or tell-all exposé, Herb Brooks: The Inside Story of a Hockey Mastermind is the story of an extraordinary man as it emerged in the course of a remarkable friendship.

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

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Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 161695776X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers written by and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally: the perfect stocking stuffer for the crime fiction lover in your life! With a foreword by CWA Diamond Award-winner Peter Lovesey, these eighteen delightful holiday stories by your favorite Soho Crime authors contain laughs, murders, and plenty more. This captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccolò Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Sherlock Holmes’s one-time nemesis Irene Adler finds herself in an unexpected tangle in Paris while on a routine espionage assignment. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough’s stolen diamonds. These and other adventures in this delectable volume will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe, from a Korean War POW camp to a Copenhagen refugee squat, from a palatial hotel in 1920s Bombay to a crumbling mansion in Havana. Includes Stories By (In Order of Appearance): Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbøl & Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey, Gary Corby, Cara Black, Stephanie Barron and a Foreword and story by Peter Lovesey.

The Bill James Gold Mine 2008

Author : Bill James
Publisher : ACTA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780879463205
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book The Bill James Gold Mine 2008 written by Bill James and published by ACTA Publications. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New essays, statistical profiles, and hidden "nuggets" from the man who revolutionized baseball analysis"--Cover

Thin Ice

Author : Ryan Minkoff
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493058428
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Thin Ice written by Ryan Minkoff and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan Minkoff was blessed with athleticism, perseverance, and an unquenchable passion for playing hockey. His journey to the pros against lofty odds was, as he says, “unconventional.” Minkoff’s love for the game began in Minnesota, the State of Hockey, where his youth and high-school experiences were anything but ordinary. His suitcase always packed, he played for seven different hockey programs in a fourteen-year span. While Minkoff’s confidence wavered and was often challenged, his determination and passion stayed strong, and he found his way to the University of Washington to play in the unfamiliar world of club hockey. Despite discouraging circumstances, such as games in empty arenas starting well after midnight to hitchhiking home after a long road trip, Minkoff not only set records, captained the squad, and ran the club as the president, he also formed strong bonds with his coaches and teammates. Following an illustrious club career, Minkoff landed in the professional ranks of Finland, where—in the midst of nearly crashing a Zamboni, acting as the town’s Santa Claus, and sleeping at the rink—he truly discovered his gift of a lifetime in the game of hockey. Thin Ice is an honest, witty, inspirational coming-of-age story. Ryan Minkoff’s debut memoir is for anyone who roots for an underdog whose dreams will not fade no matter the obstacles.

Miracle in Lake Placid

Author : John Gilbert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1683583078
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Miracle in Lake Placid written by John Gilbert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Celebration of America's Greatest Olympic Victory—the 1980 US–USSR Hockey Game! Forty years after the "Miracle on Ice" captivated the world, this book deeply examines the impact that singular event had on the people who played and coached in it and how that game changed the trajectory of American hockey. Seasoned journalist John Gilbert was there every step of the way, and thanks to his detailed recordkeeping, allows readers to reexamine the game against the Soviets, what made it the upset it was, why it still resonates today, and what it did to the lives of the players. From Mike Eruzione to Jim Craig, Mark Johnson, Buzz Schneider, Jack O’Callahan, Herb Brooks, and many others, Gilbert covers all the key players and leaders and in doing so offers a deeper understanding of the emotions and the strategy, the hows and whys of the actual game, and the impact that moment had on their lives both in the immediate aftermath and today. Gilbert doesn’t miss a beat in uncovering some never-before-told angles and helping expose the ripple effect the event helped create —and how the movie Miracle helped reinvigorate the story and inspire a new generation of players and fans. To explore the lead-up to one of the greatest moments in American sports and the impact on American morale in the aftermath of the Miracle, Gilbert dives deep into the archives. In doing so he offers a look at this moment unlike it’s ever been done before and helps answer the question as to why it continues to capture our imaginations.

The Cinema of Hockey

Author : Iri Cermak
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476626960
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Cinema of Hockey written by Iri Cermak and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ice hockey has featured in North American films since the early days. Hockey’s sizable cinematic repertoire explores different views of the sport, including the role of aggression, the business of sports, race and gender, and the role of women in the game. This critical study focuses on hockey themes in more than 50 films and television movies from the U.S. and Canada spanning several decades. Depictions of historical games are discussed, including the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” and the 1972 Summit Series. National myths that inform ideas of the hockey player are examined. Production techniques that enhance hockey as on-screen spectacle are covered.

Toxic at Work

Author : David Gillespie
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1761268562
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Toxic at Work written by David Gillespie and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most bullies are psychopaths, but not all psychopaths look like bullies. Many blind us with their charm and dazzle us with their success. But they all share a common trait that makes them highly dangerous: they don't have empathy. Research tells us that one in twenty people have no empathy. Empathy is the human ingredient that enables trust, forges bonds and allows teams to work and workplaces to thrive. It is why we are able to build cities and play football. The psychopath is not interested in cooperative effort but in individual power and glory - and they will stomp on anyone who gets in their way, destroying careers, teams and, sometimes, organisations. Using research and stories drawn from history, politics, sports and business, Gillespie explains how workplace psychopaths - from bosses to clients, colleagues and customers - see the world, and highlights their devastating impact on workplaces. He shows empaths how to self-protect and organisations how to use trust, transparency and teamwork to insulate against the corrosive impact. Unflinching in its analysis of the problem and clear-sighted in suggesting solutions, this is an essential guide for spotting, managing and ejecting the workplace psycho, once and for all.

Slap Shot Original

Author : Dave Hanson
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1600788750
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Slap Shot Original written by Dave Hanson and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 30 years after its cinematic debut, Slap Shot remains one of the most popular sports movies of all time, and this book is actor Dave Hanson’s firsthand account of its making. Starring the legendary Paul Newman, the movie was based on the hilarious and outrageous antics of the fictitious Charlestown Chiefs, a tough-as-nails minor league hockey team in the early 1970s. In financial trouble and due to fold at the end of the season, they bring in the Hanson Brothers—three of the toughest hockey players around—in a desperate bid to sell tickets. What ensues is pure comic genius. Here, Dave Hanson—who played ringleader Jack Hanson in the film—not only opens the vault and dishes the dirt on the making of the movie, from the bench-clearing brawls and the practical jokes on set to the legendary partying that went on during filming, but also explores how the movie changed his and many of the cast and crew’s lives forever.

The Olympics

Author : William Oscar Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Olympics written by William Oscar Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the games from the beginning to the future.

Miracle on Ice

Author : Heather Williams
Publisher : Cherry Lake
ISBN 13 : 1534131272
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Miracle on Ice written by Heather Williams and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the time sports are seen as the height of competition, but often they also bring people together in times of cultural, social, and political upheaval. Miracle on Ice explores the way the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team served to bring Americans together in a time we needed it most. Includes ties to 21st Century themes, as well as infographics, timelines, glossary, and index.

The Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports

Author : Al Silverman
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670846627
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Century Treasury of Sports written by Al Silverman and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1992 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 76 pieces of writing as diverse as fiction, poetry, nonfiction. The represented authors are as literary as Yeats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. A treasure indeed for the fan whose TV is broken. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Fair Game?

Author : John Leonard
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1785312332
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Fair Game? written by John Leonard and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports have their own controversies: fights over tactics, disputes over refereeing calls, the specter of drugs and cheats. Then there are those with dark political overtones. Foul! Tackling Politics and Sport takes a look at controversial moments when sport and politics have collided during the past century, some tragic, others plain sinister, a few bizarre; all the subject of hot dispute. Ranging from the infamous Berlin Olympics, hijacked by Hitler and the Nazis, the tragedy of Munich, and the Cold War boycotts, to the curious case of the Gaelic Athletic Association throwing out Irish President Douglas Hyde. It shows how sport can be cynically manipulated by some of the most unsavoury of characters in world history; and how ultimately athletes and the fans end up losers.

Hockey Strong

Author : Todd Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501118374
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Hockey Strong written by Todd Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of hockey, one scar at a time. For the casual enthusiast and hockey fanatic alike comes a brilliant collection of essays and photographs celebrating the grit and dedication of hockey players who regularly and willingly withstand injury and hardship to play the sport they love. Veteran hockey writer Todd Smith explores a side of the NHL that is rarely seen. Through in-depth player interviews and inside-the-locker-room reportage, Hockey Strong gives readers a behind-the-pads look at the playing in pain ethos that has been woven into the fabric of the game. What separates a hockey player’s toughness from other athletes’ is the fact that being hockey strong is more than a single performance or bout or game or series. Hockey strong is a way of life. Superstars, muckers, snipers, and enforcers alike: the arduous journey of an NHL player is a story of the human body. It is the cracking left fist of the Philadelphia Flyers’ Dave Brown and the battering ram right hand of the Detroit Red Wings’ Joe Kocur. It is the unbreakable hockey heart of Rob McClanahan during “The Miracle on Ice” at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. It is the smashed face Kris Draper suffered during the bloody rivalry between the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings. Medical clearance to fight. Midgame root canals. Crushed orbital bones. Beer league determination. Legendary beat-downs. Collapsed lungs that go unreported. Unrelenting pain. Recovery and valor. Players refusing to go out because they owe it all to their brothers in uniform. Includes stories from: Shjon Podein, Dave Brown, Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, Joe Kocur, Darren McCarty, Chris Nilan, David Clarkson, Rob McClanahan, Herb Brooks, Jack Carlson, Zach Parise, Charlie Coyle, Rick Tocchet, the Playoffs, and more!

Herbie's Happy Birthday!

Author : Donte Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578414935
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Herbie's Happy Birthday! written by Donte Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a big day for little Herbie Vore: It's his birthday. Herbie celebrates his birthday with friends, games, and cake in this sweet rhyming picture book. A simple tale that helps set birthday expectations for young dino lovers.-Kirkus Reviews

Greatest Moments In Sports History Sports Illustrated

Author : Edited
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781929049011
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Greatest Moments In Sports History Sports Illustrated written by Edited and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with page after page of stirring images and insightful prose, Greatest Moments is a graceful celebration of the most unforgettable moments in sports. From Jim Thorpe's gold medals in 1912 to Eric Heiden's in 1980, from Babe Ruth's Called shot in 1932 to Carlton Fisk's willed one in 1975, all of sports' most treasure memeories are represented here. With capsule summaries of each moment, incisive sidebars and excerpts from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, Greatest Moments divides its 75 riveting moments into four categories. Gamewinners, Ledendmakers, Stunners, Recordbreakers and Honorable mention. With 176 pages and more than 100 vidid photographs, Greatest Moments is Sports Illustrated's definitive take on sports' most enduring accomplishments.

The Boys of Winter

Author : Wayne Coffey
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307237311
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Boys of Winter written by Wayne Coffey and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-01-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history—with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice “An unvarnished and captivating read.”—Parade Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. Wayne Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event, giving readers an ice-level view of the amateurs who took on a Russian hockey juggernaut at the height of the Cold War. He details the unusual chemistry of the Americans—formulated by their fiercely determined coach, Herb Brooks—and seamlessly weaves portraits of the boys with the fluid action of the game itself. Coffey also traces the paths of the players and coaches since their stunning victory, examining how the Olympic events affected their lives. Told with warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, The Boys of Winter is an intimate, perceptive portrayal of one Friday night in Lake Placid and the enduring power of the extraordinary.