A "hilarious and utterly irreverent tale" (Irvine Welsh) of a year in the life of an abrasive pee-wee soccer coach
Growing up in Scotland, Alan Black learned that soccer was no mere game; it was a matter of life or death. In this harshly hilarious tale, Black, a Glasglow transplant living in suburban California, coaches the Dragons, a peewee team that proves an embarrassment to his beloved sport. They're pampered. They're soft. They've been told by their overprotective parents that (gasp ) "winning isn't everything." Using drills and bombast, Black attempts to whip the team into...

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A guide to the biggest sporting event in the world-for those who like their soccer with a side of kick-ass.
The teams, the fans, the goals, the saves, the divas, the divers, the myths, the madness-they're all part of the world-wide spectacle that is soccer's ultimate tournament, and they're all here in this turbo-charged guide. Packed with trivia, tall tales, stats, quizzes, and photos, The Glorious World Cup gives readers:
-Famous player profiles
-Villains, heroes, hooligans, and...

When an orangutan goes on the lam, anything can happen. Chasing Harpo (is) an intriguing cast of quirky characters you'd like to visit with longer. Including the star, Harpo - an orangutan who believes humans are here purely for his entertainment and, of course, to deliver his food. A fun ride and a great adventure for all ages, as Harpo and his trusty servant, Carl, try to outwit the zoo security team, the police, the attorney general and a gang of drug dealers. October 1, 2013 by Melanie Tighe CITYSunTimes Scottsdale, Arizona news.CITYSunTime.com

Chastity Snowden Whyte just wanted to mine for rocks, metal and ice in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Rock mining in space was all she knew. It was all she was good at doing. She was comfortable living alone as the captain of her mining ship the Sedona. Normally she managed with only infrequent trips to the planetoid Ceres for resupply. She didn't want to have to make extra trips back to base because of equipment failure. She didn't want to become a mining tutor for a group of newcomers from Earth. And she certainly didn't want to get entangled in corporate conspiracies, piracy,...

In the Ozarks in 1920 Susanne Harbowe is shamefully and suddenly ripped from her life as a schoolteacher. She did nothing wrong that justified being fired from her job, evicted from her home and shunned by people she thought were friends. In desperation she joins forces with her young friend, LillieBeth Hazkit. Susanne and LillieBeth track down the men responsible for ruining Susanne's life. While she struggles to keep up with her friend's youthful spirit and undaunting courage she wonders if she will end up in a brothel with nowhere else to go. LillieBeth's audacity and determination lend...

Grace Grissom's life is suddenly turned upside down. Her husband is brutally murdered and she finds out first hand that a widow in the 1920 Ozark Mountains has little to no legal standing. Two of her friends, LillieBeth Hazkit and Susanne Harbowe managed to track down two of the men responsible for Clayton's murder. The rest of the killers are living free and clear in the mountains like nothing happened. No lawmen are seeking them out for the murder. She teams up with LillieBeth to track down the rest of this band of killers. Grace begins to wonder if she is leading the hunt or if LillieBeth...