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Sports Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher : Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556524844
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Sports Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by Lawrence Hill Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of short stories about sports from such authors as E. Annie Proulx, P.G. Wodehouse, Ellery Queen, Jeffrey Archer, and Joyce Carol Oates.

Football's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Football's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively anthology of 21 stories and one classic poem about football, fathers and sons tackle their issues, coaches and quarterbacks collide, and ordinary heroes emerge from the blitz.

Fishing's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 9781556524813
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Fishing's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handful of sinister characters & dark plots pepper this collection, but for the most part, these 25 tales portray fishermen as endearing folk, good humored & quick with a yarn, eager to help a novice, & famously prone to exaggerate. The scenery includes roiling oceans, still ponds, swift rivers, & bubbling brooks, & the fish themselves range from the noble trout to salmon, tarpon, bass, dolphin, permit, flounder, grouper, weakfish, northern pike, & even a sea monster. Humor, chicanery, the surprise ending, love of the sport & skill at the craft, friendship between old & young, & romance in unexpected places--all are found here. This collection includes three timeless stories: the Grimm fairy tale "The Fisherman & His Wife," first published in 1815; "A Fishing Excursion," by the mid-19th-century French writer Guy de Maupassant; & Henry Van Dyke's 1899 tale, "The Fatal Success." The remaining stories span the 20th century & represent contemporary favorites such as Stephen King & E. Annie Proulx; early-century masters Stephen Vincent Benet & John Taintor Foote; & Philip Wylie, P.J. O'Rourke, Robert Traver, & more.

Hunting's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 9781556524745
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Hunting's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this powerful collection, classics including Guy de Maupassant's 'Love' and Ernest Hemingway's 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber' join contemporary offerings such as Wallace Stegner's 'The Blue-Winged Teal', 'On the Antler' by E Annie Proulx, and David Quammen's 'Walking Out'. From duck, goose, bear, and grouse hunting to stiffer contests for deer, elk, moose, bear, and big African game -- in one case, even a manhunt -- all kinds of hunting and all possible outcomes, from the comic to the heartwarming, disastrous, or bizarre, are explored. Against the backdrop of ocean, frozen swamp, forest, or jungle, we see the deep bonds between father and son, huntsman and dog, man and nature being forged or chattered as the line between sport and survival blurs, and the hunter risks becoming prey to weather, to circumstance, or to human and animal foes.

Athletic Shorts

Author : Chris Crutcher
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006196834X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Athletic Shorts written by Chris Crutcher and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These six powerful short stories chronicle bits of the lives of characters, major and minor, who have walked the rugged terrain of Chris Crutcher's earlier works. They also introduce some new and unforgettable personalities who may well be heard from again in future books. As with all Crutcher's work, these are stories about athletes, and yet they are not sport stories. They are tales of love and death, bigotry and heroism, of real people doing their best even when that best isn't very good. Crutcher's straightforward style and total honesty have earned him an admiring audience and made readers of many nonreaders.

Baseball's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher : Lawrence Hill Books
ISBN 13 : 9781556523199
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by Lawrence Hill Books. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology brings together 28 exceptional short stories about the great game of baseball. Written over several decades by some of America's famous writers, many of the stories are about the game itself; others use baseball as a backdrop for timeless themes, such as morality, greed, and love. All of them pay tribute to a game that has merged with America's national identity.

Golf's Best Short Stories

Author : Professor of Business Administration Paul D Staudohar
Publisher : Souvenir Press
ISBN 13 : 9780285637795
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (377 download)

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Download or read book Golf's Best Short Stories written by Professor of Business Administration Paul D Staudohar and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editor of "Baseball's Best Short Stories" presents 24 golf classics by favorite short story writers, now in paperback. 24 line drawings.

The Cost of These Dreams

Author : Wright Thompson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525505660
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Cost of These Dreams written by Wright Thompson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant New York Times bestseller! From one of America's most beloved sportswriters and the bestselling author of Pappyland, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports. "Wright Thompson's stories are so full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail that I sometimes thinks he's working my side of the street - the world of fiction." - John Grisham There is only one Wright Thompson. He is, as they say, famous if you know who he is: his work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN (and it's not even close) and has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series ten times, and he counts John Grisham and Richard Ford among his ardent admirers (see back of book). But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is a book about a cattle drive. Wright Thompson figures people out. He jimmies the lock to the furnaces inside the people he profiles and does an analysis of the fuel that fires their ambition. Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, he strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts.

Great Stories from the World of Sport

Author : Peter Schwed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Great Stories from the World of Sport written by Peter Schwed and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel and three novelettes, plus short stories, and excerpts from novels, about various sports.

Sports Illustrated: Going Deep

Author : Gary Smith
Publisher : Sports Illustrated
ISBN 13 : 9781603200240
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Sports Illustrated: Going Deep written by Gary Smith and published by Sports Illustrated. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty of the author's articles previously published in Sports Illustrated magazine, including reflections on the careers of Mia Hamm, Muhammad Ali, and Tiger Woods.

The Sport of Kings

Author : C. E. Morgan
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715173
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Sport of Kings written by C. E. Morgan and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • A Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize • Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence • One of New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly • GQ • The New York Times (Selected by Dwight Garner) • NPR • The Wall Street Journal • San Francisco Chronicle • Refinery29 • Booklist • Kirkus Reviews • Commonweal Magazine "In its poetic splendor and moral seriousness, The Sport of Kings bears the traces of Faulkner, Morrison, and McCarthy. . . . It is a contemporary masterpiece."—San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by The New Yorker for its “remarkable achievements,” The Sport of Kings is an American tale centered on a horse and two families: one white, a Southern dynasty whose forefathers were among the founders of Kentucky; the other African-American, the descendants of their slaves. It is a dauntless narrative that stretches from the fields of the Virginia piedmont to the abundant pastures of the Bluegrass, and across the dark waters of the Ohio River; from the final shots of the Revolutionary War to the resounding clang of the starting bell at Churchill Downs. As C. E. Morgan unspools a fabric of shared histories, past and present converge in a Thoroughbred named Hellsmouth, heir to Secretariat and a contender for the Triple Crown. Newly confronted with one another in the quest for victory, the two families must face the consequences of their ambitions, as each is driven---and haunted---by the same, enduring question: How far away from your father can you run? A sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in the shadow of slavery and a moral epic for our time.

Amazing But True Sports Stories

Author : Phyllis Hollander
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780590437363
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Amazing But True Sports Stories written by Phyllis Hollander and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 1986 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes unusual events from the history of sports such as baseball, football, boxing, basketball, and hockey.

Baseball's Best Short Stories

Author : Paul D. Staudohar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Baseball's Best Short Stories written by Paul D. Staudohar and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time available in paperback, this superb collection of short stories chronicles more than a century of America's love affair with baseball. A variety of writers from different eras pay tribute to the game that has merged with our national identity. Contributors include Robert Penn Warren, T. Coraghessan Boyle, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, and Garrison Keillor. Line drawings.

Sports Shorts

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Darby Creek ™
ISBN 13 : 1467730998
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Sports Shorts written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Darby Creek ™. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of short, autobiographical stories has kids’ book authors telling tales of their own real-life athletic incidents. Some are funny, some are serious, and some put their own twist on the whole “sports” concept. Eight stories from both “boys” and “girls” include tales of dodgeball, wrestling, track, softball, and ballet. Kids will relate to the struggling non-jocks as well as the athletes who take the trophy home.

Ultimate Sports

Author : Donald R. Gallo
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 0307568431
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Ultimate Sports written by Donald R. Gallo and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A knockout collection of 16 original stories featuring young adults playing basketball and football, running track and cross-country, and training for the triathlon. Challenges abound in water sports, racquetball and tennis, boxing and wrestling, and the "ultimate" sport of the future.

Powerful Stories of Perseverance in Sports

Author : Brad Herzog
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781575425078
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Powerful Stories of Perseverance in Sports written by Brad Herzog and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing true stories offer an engaging way of teaching perseverance to kids. Is perseverance fortitude, as shown by Anthony Robles, a wrestler with one leg who didn't lose a single match? Maybe perseverance means the sort of toughness demonstrated by Gertrude Ederle, who swam across the English Channel when people thought only a man could accomplish such a feat. These and other stories teach kids the meaning and power of perseverance. The Count on Me: Sports series is a collection of dramatic tales of character in action, bringing together exciting sports history, real-life examples of sports and character building, and lively storytelling. Each book features twenty true stories of athletic challenge, triumph, and sometimes heartbreak. All the books explore a wide variety of sports, with historical and contemporary episodes featuring male and female athletes from around the world.