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Refuse to Fall: A story of sports, sacrifice, and the supernatural
ISBN: 9781503248274 / Angielski / Miękka / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Iron Lung
ISBN: 9781508596998 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From H.B. Barstrum, the author and poet of the Inspirational Stories of Faith, The Clean Romance Chronicles and Haiku Poetry Collection series comes book two of the Inspirational Books of Life Lessons Iron Lung. In this, inspirational sports story, fifteen-year-old Ben Tisdale has been all about swimming ever since he was a small child. However, due to tragic life situations, his dreams of continuing his swimming pursuits were stopped cold. When a seemingly golden opportunity presents itself for Ben to recapture his former glory, he finds himself up against difficult challenges. Challenges...
From H.B. Barstrum, the author and poet of the Inspirational Stories of Faith, The Clean Romance Chronicles and Haiku Poetry Collection series comes b...
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72,79 |
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Approaching Twi-Night
ISBN: 9784905426660 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Journeyman relief pitcher Jonathan "Ditch" Klein was all set to be a replacement player during the 1994-1995 baseball strike...until the strike ended. Offered a contract in the minor leagues, on the same Upstate ballpark he once found success in high school, Ditch has one last chance to prove his worth. But to whom? A manager with an axe to grind, a father second-guessing his pitching decisions, a local sportswriter hailing him as a hometown hero, a decade older than his teammates and trying to resurrect an injury-ridden career...Ditch thinks he may have a possible back-up plan: become a...
Journeyman relief pitcher Jonathan "Ditch" Klein was all set to be a replacement player during the 1994-1995 baseball strike...until the strike ended....
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Singlewingin'
ISBN: 9781505559385 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early in the 1900's, a coach named Glenn "Pop" Warner was coaching the Carlisle Indians. He had a player named Jim Thorpe with such raw talent that he formulated an offense that was later called the 'Single-Wing'. Prior to the 1950's, most colleges ran this offense until the advent of the T-formation late in the 1940's. The Pittsburg Steelers gave up the single-wing for the T-formation in 1952. But the single-wing is not completely dead. It is still run by a small group of teams across the country, mostly at the high school level. Before Stephen Ragsdale and the Giles Spartans, there was his...
Early in the 1900's, a coach named Glenn "Pop" Warner was coaching the Carlisle Indians. He had a player named Jim Thorpe with such raw talent that he...
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64,53 |
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The Hopping Bird
ISBN: 9780996134101 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Harold Freeman enjoyed success as a player including a World Series championship until it was cut short due to injury. His managerial career has not been as smooth but that is all behind him as he takes the reins of the Toledo Mud Hens for the 2014 season. After a last place finish in the International League's West Division a season ago, can he turn the team around? When a veteran pitcher challenges Freeman to deliver a Championship, what looked like a shot at redemption may turn into a disaster. Freeman will need to resort to every trick in the book (and a couple that aren't written down)...
Harold Freeman enjoyed success as a player including a World Series championship until it was cut short due to injury. His managerial career has not b...
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64,70 |
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First
ISBN: 9781508735656 / Angielski / Miękka / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,65 |
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Three Yards and a Plate of Mullet
ISBN: 9781507679395 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you're a football fanatic, then you've probably heard the term "three yards and a cloud of dust." Well, in Drabenville, Florida, they do things a little differently. Twenty-two-year-old Jake Yankelovich is learning that the hard way. On the precipice of a soul-crushing slog into the corporate world, he decides to become a sportswriter-and he has to start somewhere... As he covers an intense season of high school football, Jake is blown away by the passion everyone has for the sport. But as the new guy in an alien, insular town, he's also running up against the old-boy network.... If you're a football fanatic, then you've probably heard the term "three yards and a cloud of dust." Well, in Drabenville, Florida, they do things ... |
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64,53 |
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T-Man and the Game
ISBN: 9781511523516 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tommy loves nothing more than playing basketball. Well, nothing except winning at basketball. When he's on the court, he doesn't need to worry about being short - he simply uses his quickness. He doesn't need to worry about being quiet - he simply takes care of business himself and gets things done. But sometimes, those worries and fears get in the way of the winning Tommy loves so much. Will Tommy be able to take down his biggest opponent? Will he let down his closest friends? Join Tommy on his amazing adventure of basketball and life and see the lessons he learns.
Tommy loves nothing more than playing basketball. Well, nothing except winning at basketball. When he's on the court, he doesn't need to worry about b...
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44,47 |
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Brief Garland: The True Story of Coach Jim Keith
ISBN: 9781940130910 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about the six-player game in Oklahoma, because it was the only basketball for girls at that time. This is a story about girls' basketball and its climb to respectability with other sports that were being played - before the transition to five-on-five. This is the story of the special situation of a man who wanted to coach boys but who was forced to coach a girls team. He finds the girls to be real competitors and students of the game. He loves it, and he never wants to coach a boys' athletic team again. This book became the basis for the 2006 movie, "Believe in Me,"... This book is about the six-player game in Oklahoma, because it was the only basketball for girls at that time. This is a story about girls' bas... |
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86,10 |
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Puck
ISBN: 9781512110098 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Forty something returns to his old almamater to rebuild and start again. He falls in love with a twenty something while holding on to the past with an old flame who is guardian for his child after his former wife's untimely death. He earns the name Puck while trying out as a walk on for the University hockey team
A Forty something returns to his old almamater to rebuild and start again. He falls in love with a twenty something while holding on to the past with ...
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44,51 |
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Beyond Left Center
ISBN: 9781456433413 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Elena is the San Marcos Mavericks favorite fan. She dates the players, becomes best friends with the workers and other fans. When her latest relationship with the Houston Astros farm team's relief pitcher seemingly goes sour, she drags along her best friend, Kary, to accompany her to Benton Stadium to confront him after a week of silence. As they embark on their 6 hour journey, they go down memory lane as well and recall every negative (and positive) experience they encountered which lead them down the road they are now going. Beyond Left Center is a tale of love, lust and good hearted laughs...
Elena is the San Marcos Mavericks favorite fan. She dates the players, becomes best friends with the workers and other fans. When her latest relations...
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The Season That Never Was
ISBN: 9781480818958 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coach Leroy Willis stops to close his eyes, pat his dog on the head, and think about the year that's gone by-finding comfort in the good things his football team accomplished during a difficult year. There was the routine: At every practice, he whistled the young men to the middle of the locker room, where they all took a knee, talked about the practice schedule, and any problems. Every time, they closed with a team prayer. There was the not-so-routine, such as when Ricky approached him with tears in his eyes, saying, "Coach, I don't know if I'm going to be able to play next season." When... Coach Leroy Willis stops to close his eyes, pat his dog on the head, and think about the year that's gone by-finding comfort in the good things his... |
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41,22 |
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Legacy of Stoke: A Collection of the Stories that Made Us Surfers
ISBN: 9781507870563 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Legacy of Stoke is a collection of stories about the men and women who shared their love of the ocean with us. It is a campfire built in the sand where we revel in the tales of the people we have taught to surf and those who have taught us. Volume One includes stories byAustin Ware, Charlie Paradise, Froza Kaluhiokalani, Karen Shatafian, Katherine Hall, Kim Byrne, Klaude Kimura, Rebecca Heller, Richard Prause, Shane Lasby, Steven Zima and Vail Duggan."
Legacy of Stoke is a collection of stories about the men and women who shared their love of the ocean with us. It is a campfire built in the sand wher...
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89,02 |
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Aeonia Dreams: A Season in the Minor Leagues
ISBN: 9781507883440 / Angielski / Miękka / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Artie Abrams, general manager for the Aeonia Lightning, will do pretty much anything to fill ballpark bleachers-a tall order for a Minor League D team in the 1960s. Announcing he can pull someone from the crowd who can play as well than anyone on the Aeonia roster, Artie puts his theory to the test by placing Paul Francis in the lineup. To everyone's surprise, Paul's good. Better than good, in fact-he dazzles the crowd. Artie, against the objections of manager Big Bob Dugan, offers Paul a contract. Paul's new teammates are a disparate group. There's "Suitcase Sal" Sullivan, a walking Greek...
Artie Abrams, general manager for the Aeonia Lightning, will do pretty much anything to fill ballpark bleachers-a tall order for a Minor League D team...
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64,70 |
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Ark: Book IV Ghosts
ISBN: 9781512078701 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Hoosiers meets Field of Dreams" Nicknamed the Ark, the old gym is the limbo for six ghosts from 1971 who are discovered by a retired alum, who they hope will be the conduit between them and their unhappy living persons, providing the answers behind their 'young' and 'old' predicaments.
"Hoosiers meets Field of Dreams" Nicknamed the Ark, the old gym is the limbo for six ghosts from 1971 who are discovered by a retired alum, who they h...
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40,43 |
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Behind the Line: A Story of College Life and Football
ISBN: 9781514306376 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Third down, four yards to gain " The referee trotted out of the scrimmage line and blew his whistle; the Hillton quarter-back crouched again behind the big center; the other backs scurried to their places as though for a kick. "9--6--12 " called quarter huskily. "Get through " shrieked the St. Eustace captain. "Block this kick " "4--8 "
"Third down, four yards to gain " The referee trotted out of the scrimmage line and blew his whistle; the Hillton quarter-back crouched again behind t...
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28,29 |
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The AD*: Chapter 7
ISBN: 9781514316849 / Angielski / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's the SUMMER EQUINOX Summer at Shawen Valley State University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. The Long Day Rock and Soul Summer Music Festival is on and poppin' Alley, Melissa, Silvia, and Libby Claymore is knee-deep in Appalachia. But this free-for-all could go either way. Chapter 7 is FIRE, Baby It's TIGHT You'll feel the ECSTACY THE AD* is a fun romp, laced with intrigue and the debauchery all young scholars expect of their college experience. Except these kids graduated high school with your mom and dad. THE AD*, Big Man on Campus Everybody signs up for an eight year...
It's the SUMMER EQUINOX Summer at Shawen Valley State University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. The Long Day Rock and Soul Summer Music Fest...
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37,35 |
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Seasons Change
ISBN: 9781634902786 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this hard-hitting drama, Anthony Russo coaches the Stonedale High Stallions whose star running back, Rex Sarcone, suffers a traumatic head injury. With their football careers at a crossroad, Coach Russo teams with Rex to coach the girls' basketball squad where Rex finds guidance and also falls for the team's captain, Gina Mariselli. Will Rex become another statistic of the ongoing sports tragedies linked to concussions or will his football dreams come true?
In this hard-hitting drama, Anthony Russo coaches the Stonedale High Stallions whose star running back, Rex Sarcone, suffers a traumatic head injury. ...
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68,84 |
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Grasping for Dreams
ISBN: 9781463595777 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Davison Parris is a high school science teacher who hates his boss almost as much as he hates his father. After a prank goes wrong and he nearly gets fired, he rededicates himself to teaching and coaching the baseball team. But when his father dies, he looks to his past and rediscovers a love of baseball that makes him attempt to revive a career that was derailed in college by injuries. As he pushes himself through the minor league ranks, he learns about himself and his relationship with his father. In the end, he achieves his ultimate dream, but is it what he thought it was going to be?
Davison Parris is a high school science teacher who hates his boss almost as much as he hates his father. After a prank goes wrong and he nearly gets ...
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56,45 |
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The Safety
ISBN: 9781507585566 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Guy Finelli as The Safety, a Super Hero on and off the Football Field, is Fabulous Fiction for the Fall season The murder of Washington All-Pro Safety Sean Taylor in 2007 devastates Guy Finelli at the age of thirteen, dreaming to become a football athlete like Taylor. The Safety is a dramatic, soul-stirring look at a young athlete's attempt at stardom, as Guy Finelli tries to break free from his past mistakes and fulfill a family legacy of football greatness. Months of depression leads to Guy's involvement with pot-smoking friends, who then decide to fund... Guy Finelli as The Safety, a Super Hero on and off the Football Field, is Fabulous Fiction for the Fall season The murder of Washington ... |
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