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The Greatest Show on Dirt
ISBN: 9781461116509 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Minor league baseball is the land of dreamers, where young men endure months on the road, long bus rides, bad food, and constant pressure while they hone their craft and reach for the next rung up the ladder. Like the players on the field, the men and women who work for the teams put in long hours for low pay to be part of the game they love. It doesn't take Lane Hamilton long to understand the appeal. When he's fired for sleeping through an important meeting at the bank where he works, Lane hooks on as an operations assistant with the Durham Bulls. Every day at historic Durham Athletic... Minor league baseball is the land of dreamers, where young men endure months on the road, long bus rides, bad food, and constant pressure while the... |
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Hometown Hero: A Sparky Rosen Baseball Novel
ISBN: 9781468020069 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hometown Hero is the third in a series of novels telling the story of Mike "Sparky" Rosen, the brash young second baseman who jumped directly from Class AA to Big League stardom with his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates in the first book of the series, Phenom. Rosen's second season, chronicled in Warning Track Power, was also outstanding. But the next two years fell far short of expectations, and now Rosen and his teammates know that if they don't soon produce, they will probably be playing somewhere else next year. Can Rosen return to the form that made him a phenom and lead the Pirates deep into...
Hometown Hero is the third in a series of novels telling the story of Mike "Sparky" Rosen, the brash young second baseman who jumped directly from Cla...
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68,59 |
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Path to Gold
ISBN: 9781469146348 / Angielski / Twarda / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,61 |
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Path to Gold
ISBN: 9781469146331 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,88 |
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1924 and You Are There!: A Fictionalized Baseball Replay
ISBN: 9780615573403 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An original, "fictionalized" replay of the 1924 baseball season, told in the language of the time, through the eyes and hearts of 17-year-old Phillies fan Vinny Spanelli, Tigers beat reporter Calvin J. Butterworth, and others. Meet all the stars of '24, from Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, and Walter Johnson, to Goose Goslin, Kiki Cuyler, Zack Wheat, and Negro League greats Oscar Charleston and Rube Foster. Told in a daily diary format, "1924 and You Are There " is a funny, heartwarming and unpredictable plunge into a bygone baseball era unlike any you've ever read. Still scarred from...
An original, "fictionalized" replay of the 1924 baseball season, told in the language of the time, through the eyes and hearts of 17-year-old Phillies...
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52,56 |
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The Last Baseball Card
ISBN: 9781469179520 / Angielski / Miękka / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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64,70 |
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River Orange: Adventures of a NASCAR Fan
ISBN: 9781470167318 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My book is about a Richmond, Virginia native and an avid NASCAR fan and it chronicles the history of NASCAR Racing from 1958 through 2010. It primarily focuses on the NASCAR Sprint Cup racing that took place at Martinsville Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Daytona International Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Talladega Super Speedway. It starts out with the main character, Peter Gates as a twenty-nine year old Master Sergeant in the US Army serving in Vietnam from June 1966, to the summer of 1967. Then it continues with Peter Gates...
My book is about a Richmond, Virginia native and an avid NASCAR fan and it chronicles the history of NASCAR Racing from 1958 through 2010. It primaril...
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40,47 |
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The Final Swing
ISBN: 9781468010824 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charlie is playing in the biggest baseball game ever Using determination, belief and strength, Charlie discovers that there is a lot more to being successful than once thought. A final twist at the end of this inspiring children's book gives the reader a nice surprise.
Charlie is playing in the biggest baseball game ever Using determination, belief and strength, Charlie discovers that there is a lot more to being su...
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37,42 |
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Defenseman: A Hockey Player's Story
ISBN: 9781618977489 / Angielski / Miękka / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This isn't a story about putting the puck in the net, although that is part of it, but of understanding your brothers on the ice and your brother in real life. But when your brother in real life has a mental illness, it brings an entirely new look to the picture." Steve Tomassini is a gifted, All-American athlete with a promising future in hockey and the smarts to run his own small business. As one of the most talented defensemen to play for Boston University, Steve is known for an unfailing drive and determination that continue to make him a success. His brother, Tony, is a fiction writer...
"This isn't a story about putting the puck in the net, although that is part of it, but of understanding your brothers on the ice and your brother in ...
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75,15 |
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Anasazi Runner: a novel of identity and speed
ISBN: 9780615597126 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sean, a gifted runner, inherited only one thing from his mother, a mysterious carved amulet with three haunting faces. He doesn't understand why, but when he carries it, he runs faster and feels closer to his unknown ancestors. His girlfriend's grandmother fears the amulet is an omen of evil from the ancient Navajo enemies, the Anasazi, and pleads with him to "put it back" in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, but Sean cannot bring himself to part with it. Instead, he straps the amulet to himself and, with the help of his retired high school running coach, begins to train in Pagosa Springs, Colorado,...
Sean, a gifted runner, inherited only one thing from his mother, a mysterious carved amulet with three haunting faces. He doesn't understand why, but ...
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52,56 |
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Touchback
ISBN: 9780985455286 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ** NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE ** WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU GOT A SECOND CHANCE? When Scott Murphy scored the winning touchdown in the 1991 state championship game, it should have launched a golden future-the full scholarship to Ohio State, the million-dollar signing bonus, marriage to the beauty queen, and NFL glory. Instead, it all ended with a sickening pop as his leg shattered in four places. The next twenty years would be a study in Murphy's Law-whatever could go wrong did. Just when things seem at their worst-he's losing his farm, his relationship with his wife is crumbling-a miracle...
** NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE ** WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU GOT A SECOND CHANCE? When Scott Murphy scored the winning touchdown in the 1991 state champi...
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52,56 |
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Road to Rupp
ISBN: 9781466389236 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Road to Rupp is the fictional recollection of a small-town, Kentucky high school basketball phenom as he and his team overcomes obstacles, both on and off the court, while chasing the state title. JoWayne Boone and the Liberty High Colonels are headed to the state championship. But, this is Kentucky - the only state in the entire country that pits schools of different sizes and classes against one another in the ultimate basketball showdown in Rupp Arena. To go home champions, all JoWayne and his teammates have to do is win four games in four days against some of the biggest, baddest schools...
Road to Rupp is the fictional recollection of a small-town, Kentucky high school basketball phenom as he and his team overcomes obstacles, both on and...
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68,59 |
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A Second Chance
ISBN: 9780615609201 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of Ben David, a young man who was a very gifted athlete in high school. In 1959 he signs a professional baseball contract with the Cincinnati Reds, as a catcher, and is sent to play in the minor leagues after high school. He is expected to be a major league ballplayer by all who saw him play, including two of his teammates who share his playing adventures in the minors. However, early in his career misfortune occurs and he has to give up baseball. Several years later as a 65 year old man fate gives him and his old teammates a second chance. Ben David has become an expert in...
This is the story of Ben David, a young man who was a very gifted athlete in high school. In 1959 he signs a professional baseball contract with the C...
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60,69 |
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Love Pour Over Me
ISBN: 9781456608569 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Love Pour Over Me is a powerfully moving, inspirational story. This remarkable, inspirational story recounts African American track and field star, Raymond Clarke's tumultuous, yet amazingly triumphant life. Malcolm, Raymond's father, struggles with untreated alcoholism. Raymond's mother, a starry-eyed dreamer, abandoned Raymond when he was only two years old. Raymond's track and field successes make him one of America's top middle-distance runners, earning him a scholarship to a prestigious university. But, it's at college, where Raymond's life is supposed to... Love Pour Over Me is a powerfully moving, inspirational story. This remarkable, inspirational story recounts African American trac... |
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76,88 |
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Little Sisters of War
ISBN: 9781468027457 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley is the setting for Little Sisters of War, a story of women athletes and the game of lacrosse. Things begin with Kate Holland preparing to return to her alma mater, tiny Spotswood College. Her journey takes us back to the years when she was young, and her character formed, especially during one particular year, a season of controversy, conflict, and triumph. Kate had eight minutes to get over to the dining hall. She grabbed her hat and bolted. A brass bar, securing the weathered oak doors of Wilson Hall, rattled and snapped as it...
In the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoah Valley is the setting for Little Sisters of War, a story of women athletes and the game of l...
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48,55 |
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Razzle Dazzle
ISBN: 9781477584699 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Headstrong Jessica Burns inherits the sorry, ever-losing New York Jets and vows (against the advice of her father, a winning high school coach in Colorado) to bring more fun and less violence to the NFL. She does this despite the opposition of the other owners, and the disbelief of most of the media, by finding a coaching genius in a wheel chair in the Arizona desert, falling in love with him, and hiring him to bring his revolutionary new razzle dazzle offense to New York. Win Markey was an offensive coordinator at the St. Louis Rams until his Porsche crashed on a snowy highway and left him a...
Headstrong Jessica Burns inherits the sorry, ever-losing New York Jets and vows (against the advice of her father, a winning high school coach in Colo...
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60,65 |
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Sports Shorts
ISBN: 9781477220016 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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68,55 |
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Higher
ISBN: 9781463757687 / Angielski / Miękka / 524 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ride with Valerie MacKnight, young equestrian, as she and her team head for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta for Team USA. Along the way she finds love, guidance, and a wondrous teammate who is truly one of a kind. Arthur Gaines, looking for redemption after his daughter's untimely death, sponsors a young rider (Valerie) who is talented but unpredictable. She meets Sherman, chemical heir--super-rich, an alcoholic, but fascinated by the zest she brings to the sport. Meanwhile her new trainer, Desmond, attracts her attention in more ways than one. The homicidal stepfather, Melvin, isn't giving up....
Ride with Valerie MacKnight, young equestrian, as she and her team head for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta for Team USA. Along the way she finds love, g...
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78,90 |
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Jacob and the Ultimate Game
ISBN: 9781478184287 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pitching for the interscholastic league championship versus the heavily favored and undefeated Keegan Raging Panthers in his first year on his middle school baseball team, seventh grader Jacob Lawson is feeling the pressure. It's the pressure that comes with an entire school bursting at the seams to win its first ever baseball championship. It's also the pressure of perceived expectations and the desire to win, not only for his dad but also for his teammates and friends and the entire school community-let alone for the girl he has liked for almost the entire school year. Looking within...
Pitching for the interscholastic league championship versus the heavily favored and undefeated Keegan Raging Panthers in his first year on his middle ...
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32,17 |
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Olympic Games and Olympic Athletes: Are They Born or Made ?
ISBN: 9781466941564 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,78 |
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