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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 : Sourcebooks Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781402218286
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (182 download)

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Download or read book A Dog Named Slugger written by Leigh Brill and published by Sourcebooks Incorporated. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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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A Dog Named Slugger

Author : Leigh Brill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781449918880
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (188 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 2009-12-27 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: dog book

10 000 Pigs Can't Be Wrong

Author : Emily Syers
Publisher : Lennex
ISBN 13 : 9785458936606
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book 10 000 Pigs Can't Be Wrong written by Emily Syers and published by Lennex. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we have hand-picked the most sophisticated, unanticipated, absorbing (if not at times crackpot!), original and musing book reviews of "A Dog Named Slugger." Don't say we didn't warn you: these reviews are known to shock with their unconventionality or intimacy. Some may be startled by their biting sincerity; others may be spellbound by their unbridled flights of fantasy. Don't buy this book if: 1. You don't have nerves of steel. 2. You expect to get pregnant in the next five minutes. 3. You've heard it all.

Crack of the Bat

Author : Bob Hill
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781582614342
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Crack of the Bat written by Bob Hill and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crack of the Bat is a comprehensive and entertaining look at the most famous icon in the history of baseball, the Louisville Slugger bat. It includes the evolution of bats from pioneer wagon tongues to the sleek aluminum models of today. It examines the amazing physics involved in hitting a baseball, where .003 seconds means the difference between a home run and a foul ball. It tells the fascinating history of the still family-owned Hillerich & Bradsby Company, which in just 80 years went from making butter churns to making seven million bats a year. Reinforcing this are dozens of stories about the bats themselves, and the personal idiosyncracies of the most famous hitters in baseball history, including Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Tony Gwynn, Cal Ripken Jr. and Derek Jeter. The book explains why the players picked the bats they did, the amazing lengths they would go to to protect them, and how valuable these bats have now become in the hands of collectors. Illustrated with hundreds of archival photographs, baseball decals, and icons, many in color, this book will become as much a cherished keepsake as some of the bats it describes.

The Kid

Author : Ben Bradlee Jr.
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316084484
Total Pages : 804 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 804 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chili Dog MVP

Author : David Fletcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737923633
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book Chili Dog MVP written by David Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chili Dog MVP: Dick Allen, The 1972 White Sox and A Transforming Chicago" re-creates a unique time and place in baseball and Chicago history, when the arrival of a controversial slugger lifted the bedraggled Sox out of a daunting hole and briefly united a fractious fan base for the two hours-plus he played.Lead author John Owens, along with Dr. David Fletcher and George Castle, weave an entertaining narrative of Allen, his teammates and broadcaster Harry Caray bringing pride to a franchise that had one foot out of town to Milwaukee just 2 1/2 years previously and equal status in profile with the dominant Chicago Cubs.The best baseball books endeavor to re-create the time, place and "feel" of a team and the people around it. "Chili Dog MVP" follows in that tradition to recall a more innocent time in baseball intertwining with the hard truths of a hyper-political city like Chicago. In both baseball and life, for which the game is often a metaphor, past is prologue.Edited by baseball writer par excellence, George Castle. George has written 21 books, and is a historian for the Chicago Baseball Museum.

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).

Tapestry:

Author : Judith Elizabeth Bowen
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1504365178
Total Pages : 223 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 223 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, and Vikings of the Gloves (Esprios Classics)

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1678108022
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book The Slugger's Game, and Vikings of the Gloves (Esprios Classics) written by Robert E. Howard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: