Drawing fans to the stadium, person or by radio/TV, the Voices in this book shaped the way generations experience the game. This book shares their recollections many todl expressly for this book-about subjects as diverse as the early AFL, Lombardi and Landry.
Drawing fans to the stadium, person or by radio/TV, the Voices in this book shaped the way generations experience the game. This book shares their rec...
Zenith Light is a fantasy love story of Darin Leander's quantum leap into an alternate reality. Mysteriously lifted into an Eden-like paradise by a shimmering column of light, he is revered as a god by the winged creatures living there. He quickly learns how a powerful minority is using ancient traditions to justify their control over the majority and manipulating innocent females into gratifying their sexual appetite. Using his assigned god-like status, Darin boldly teaches ways to restore equality and justice, ultimately causing a revolution. Under the threat of death, and assisted by those...
Zenith Light is a fantasy love story of Darin Leander's quantum leap into an alternate reality. Mysteriously lifted into an Eden-like paradise by a sh...
In 1950, Vin Scully broadcast his first major league baseball game for the then-Brooklyn Dodgers. Nearly sixty years later he still invites a listener to "pull up a chair," completing a record fifty-ninth consecutive year of play-by-play. Recruited and mentored by the legendary Red Barber, the New York-born Scully moved with the Dodgers to Los Angeles in early 1958. His instantly recognizable voice has described players from Duke Snider to Orel Hershiser to Manny Ramirez, with hundreds in between.At one time or another, Scully has aired NBC Television's Game of the Week, twelve All-Star...
In 1950, Vin Scully broadcast his first major league baseball game for the then-Brooklyn Dodgers. Nearly sixty years later he still invites a listener...
If you have ever added a few extra pounds, spent too much time on the couch, damaged a relationship, alienated a coworker, or just simply felt burnt out, you know, first hand, the angst, guilt, and frustration of ill-health. There's often a gap between the life we desire and the life we live. Pause Points is written to help us bridge this very real gap. In it's pages, we discover Seven Essentials of Health and Well-Being: Love the Ones You're With Fill Your Mind with the Best Bring Out the Best in Others Eat Mindfully Exercise Faithfully Find Peace and Relaxation Connect with the Creator With...
If you have ever added a few extra pounds, spent too much time on the couch, damaged a relationship, alienated a coworker, or just simply felt burnt o...
If you have ever added a few extra pounds, spent too much time on the couch, damaged a relationship, alienated a coworker, or just simply felt burnt out, you know, first hand, the angst, guilt, and frustration of ill-health. There's often a gap between the life we desire and the life we live. Pause Points is written to help us bridge this very real gap. In it's pages, we discover Seven Essentials of Health and Well-Being: Love the Ones You're With Fill Your Mind with the Best Bring Out the Best in Others Eat Mindfully Exercise Faithfully Find Peace and Relaxation Connect with the Creator With...
If you have ever added a few extra pounds, spent too much time on the couch, damaged a relationship, alienated a coworker, or just simply felt burnt o...
Since radio's debut in the 1920s and television's in the '30s, the baseball announcer has become entertainer, observer, and extended member of the family. In A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth, many of the pastime's most popular and famous announcers--the Voices--tell their favorite stories in their own distinctive words. It is riveting oral history.Herein is the largest total of active and retired broadcasters featured in any sports book: 116. Its radio and TV tales include every major-league team and such networks as ESPN, Fox, TBS, and the...
Since radio's debut in the 1920s and television's in the '30s, the baseball announcer has become entertainer, observer, and extended member of the fam...
The Green Monster. The Triangle. Pesky's Pole. They are but a few of the defining features of Fenway Park, home base for legions of devoted Red Sox fans. Now, a hundred years after Fenway first opened its gates, Mercy tells the park's history through Red Sox radio and TV announcers recalling and commemorating the American institution. Mercy is three history books in one, covering Fenway, the Red Sox, and their Voices on the air. Announcers have become as much a part of Red Sox lore as the park has. Fred Hoey was the team's first radio announcer. Successor Jim Britt called its...
The Green Monster. The Triangle. Pesky's Pole. They are but a few of the defining features of Fenway Park, home base for legions of devoted Red Sox fa...
In 1941 Europe was being ravaged by war and by the end of the year, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States of America went to war as well. It was a troubled time when young men willingly volunteered to serve their country and possibly die for the sake of freedom. Michael Jeffries, like so many others, joined the military knowing he'd have to go to war. He graduated from high school in Bloomington, Minnesota, experienced frustration when trying to find a job, and in December, shortly after Pearl Harbor, volunteered for duty in the Army. Throughout his senior year in high...
In 1941 Europe was being ravaged by war and by the end of the year, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States of America went to wa...
Eagle Song is a story of Christopher, Isa, and Raptor, golden eagles whose experiences may provide insights into our own. "Christopher," literally "Christ within," is a free-spirited transliteration from ancient Greek, Chrysos meaning "golden." He is a pilgrim who knows there must be more to life than eating and sleeping. After meeting his teacher and spiritual companion Isa, an abbreviation of the biblical prophet's name, "Isaiah," he awakens to a spiritual dimension beyond the boundaries of his physical life. Raptor, who is held in captivity, represents another dimension, which is yet to...
Eagle Song is a story of Christopher, Isa, and Raptor, golden eagles whose experiences may provide insights into our own. "Christopher," literally "Ch...
George H. W. Bush ranks among America s most distinguished men of the last century. A war hero, businessman, politician, and the forty-first president of the United States, Bush has spent most of his life dedicated to public service.
Curt Smith worked with Bush for more than twenty years, including during his presidency, when Smith wrote more speeches for Bush than anyone else. Smith s exploration of Bush s service includes in-depth narratives on the invasion of Panama, the first Gulf War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Iron Curtain. He...
George H. W. Bush ranks among America s most distinguished men of the last century. A war hero, businessman, politician, and the forty-first presid...
