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The Art of Fielding
ISBN: 9780316126694 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career... At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a r...
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194,67 zł |
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Phenom
ISBN: 9781456336509 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Abandoned by his mother at a very young age and raised by a single father, Shawn Banks honed his basketball skills on the tough city streets of Gary, Indiana and dreamed of one day playing in the NBA. After leading his Butler Bulldogs to the NCAA championship game as a freshman, Shawn's dream of becoming a first round draft pick in the NBA are about to come true. But no sooner than Shawn enters his name in the draft, then his life begins to spiral out of control. Shawn's girlfriend is viciously attacked and robbed on her way home. Then a local drug lord demands a piece of Shawn's NBA contract...
Abandoned by his mother at a very young age and raised by a single father, Shawn Banks honed his basketball skills on the tough city streets of Gary, ...
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72,45 zł |
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The Grace of Shortstops
ISBN: 9781612320564 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To a growing boy, life without base-ball would be unimaginable, es-pecially in the spring of 1947. History is being made at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robinson is about to break the color line and Brooklyn has a shot at the pennant. In the Bronx, eight-year-old Ben-jamin "Peewee" Brunig dreams of making the major leagues as the next Dodger shortstop; the heir apparent to Pee Wee Reese. But even as he fan-tasizes about the future, the people around him-his mother, his rabbi father, his grandmother, even the neighborhood Rag Lady-are tor-mented by the present and the past. Only a family crisis could...
To a growing boy, life without base-ball would be unimaginable, es-pecially in the spring of 1947. History is being made at Ebbets Field. Jackie Robin...
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64,67 zł |
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No Runs Three Hits No Errors
ISBN: 9781456829858 / Angielski / Twarda / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,46 zł |
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No Runs Three Hits No Errors
ISBN: 9781456829841 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,80 zł |
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Four-A
ISBN: 9781449578459 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a story as much about life as baseball, Four-A follows relief pitcher Bry "Hummer" James over the course of a season, as he bounces between the highest levels of professional baseball, stuck in between, at an unofficial level called Four-A.
In a story as much about life as baseball, Four-A follows relief pitcher Bry "Hummer" James over the course of a season, as he bounces between the hig...
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45,38 zł |
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Curse? There Ain't No Stinking Chicago Cub Curse: And Other Stories about Sports and Gamesmanship
ISBN: 9781439255902 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Curse? There Ain't No Stinking Chicago Cub Curse and Other Stories about Sports and Gamesmanship is a humorous and thought-provoking collection of eleven short stories about the games people play. From baseball, golf, and tennis to bocce ball, blackjack, and Scrabble, these games demonstrate the good and bad facets of the human competitive spirit. A golfing womanizer takes the old adage, "so much fun to be had, and so little time" just a bit too much to heart; a woman comes up with a system for betting at the racetrack-and wins every time; a pair of adult brothers revert to childish...
Curse? There Ain't No Stinking Chicago Cub Curse and Other Stories about Sports and Gamesmanship is a humorous and thought-provoking collection of ele...
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58,82 zł |
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Major Victory
ISBN: 9781439246641 / Angielski / Miękka / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The personal struggles of the man currently holding the 'honorarium' as the greatest golfer of all time by virtue of his record all time wins in the four major professional tournaments played annually on the PGA Tour. At sixty-one he can only watch as the young phenom, on the precipice of tying him at the upcoming U.S. Open, dismantles golf's record books. Is there no one that can stop the thirty-something champion?
The personal struggles of the man currently holding the 'honorarium' as the greatest golfer of all time by virtue of his record all time wins in the f...
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72,63 zł |
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St. John of the Midfield
ISBN: 9781419678790 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Garasamo Maccagnone is a writer of great literary range. Page One Literary Review
Garasamo Maccagnone is a writer of great literary range. Page One Literary Review
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67,90 zł |
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The Caddie Who Won The Masters
ISBN: 9781935925040 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bobby Jones always hoped that someday an amateur would win the Masters. In this novel, bestselling author John Coyne-The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan and The Caddie Who Played With Hickory-tells the story of Tim Alexander, an amateur from the public links courses in Southern Illinois, who qualifies for the Masters and has a chance to fulfill Jones' dream. In The Caddie Who Won The Masters, Coyne blends his skill at the supernatural (he's a bestselling author of novels of the occult) with his vast knowledge of golf and its history. The riveting result: a Field of Dreams-like tale that brings the...
Bobby Jones always hoped that someday an amateur would win the Masters. In this novel, bestselling author John Coyne-The Caddie Who Knew Ben Hogan and...
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61,32 zł |
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Bleachers
ISBN: 9780345532039 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake--or hate him. For Neely...#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Me... |
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43,22 zł |
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Playing for Pizza
ISBN: 9780345532053 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |
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43,22 zł |
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Louisburg Sluggers a Novel
ISBN: 9780983372417 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Louisburg Sluggers is more than a baseball tale. This moving story stirs the hearts of fans and non-fans alike as a diverse group of teenage boys lead batting coach Nate Lugo and his ever present bulldog Gunner into the alien world of technology, into his daughter's world of underclass students and finally back to his old stomping grounds of Fenway Park. Along the way, future major league slugger Richie D'Angelo, Luther Gordon and the rest of the South End High kids along with the upper crust trio of Roger Grey, Cecil Underwood and Harmon Hudson, all learn to tolerate each other and become a...
Louisburg Sluggers is more than a baseball tale. This moving story stirs the hearts of fans and non-fans alike as a diverse group of teenage boys lead...
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64,67 zł |
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Shortstop: Where Grace and Power Collide!
ISBN: 9781609110260 / Angielski / Twarda / 698 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shortstop tells the story of a Massachusetts boy who liked to play baseball, and how he reached his dream of playing with the Boston Red Sox. Frank Lido was a shortstop from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, who just received a full athletic scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin. He's thrilled to be there and works extremely hard with his coaches to succeed. His team reaches national championship form. And at the end of the season, Frank signs with the Boston Red Sox. Despite his youth, he is put on the roster and tries to show he is mature enough to play in the big leagues. After...
Shortstop tells the story of a Massachusetts boy who liked to play baseball, and how he reached his dream of playing with the Boston Red Sox. Frank Li...
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190,34 zł |
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Danny Mo a Novel
ISBN: 9780983324973 / Angielski / Miękka / 514 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Maybe the best novel about golf ever written.--- Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -There are legendary tales that transcend sport, and John Haines' Danny Mo does just this with humor, heartbreak, triumph, and truth. With a tip of the visor to Dan Jenkins, it's a dead solid perfect debut.- -- Gary Van Sickle, Sports Illustrated senior writer -The characters in Danny Mo are entertaining, vulnerable, faulted and frequently hilarious. And though the story may revolve around a game, life's bigger questions are not excluded. Danny Mo would make a hell of a movie - John Ehle,...
-Maybe the best novel about golf ever written.--- Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -There are legendary tales that transcend sport, and John H...
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84,85 zł |
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The Summer of '79: A Pool Odyssey
ISBN: 9781432772734 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,28 zł |
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One Home Run
ISBN: 9781462010660 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as the school's star center fielder, his home-run hitting and defensive ability attract the interest of baseball scout Charlie Becker. Recommended by Becker for employment in a sporting goods store and a place on a men's team in southern Illinois, Randy has an opportunity to hone his athletic skills and mature as a person. In Ashville, he not only encounters his boss, and the boss' son and niece, but an array of characters also facing personal...
For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as...
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47,37 zł |
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One Home Run
ISBN: 9781462010684 / Angielski / Twarda / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as the school's star center fielder, his home-run hitting and defensive ability attract the interest of baseball scout Charlie Becker. Recommended by Becker for employment in a sporting goods store and a place on a men's team in southern Illinois, Randy has an opportunity to hone his athletic skills and mature as a person. In Ashville, he not only encounters his boss, and the boss' son and niece, but an array of characters also facing personal...
For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as...
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90,63 zł |
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The Art of Fielding
ISBN: 9780316204729 / Angielski / Twarda / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career... At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a r...
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233,60 zł |
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In the Sky: A fantasia about rowing
ISBN: 9781419662652 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagine Dead Poets' Society, but with an eight-man crew instead of an English class, and a coach instead of a teacher. In place of Whitman, the coach draws on Plato's Allegory of the Cave. As Topher Bordeau wrote in Rowing News, IN THE SKY is ..".reminiscent of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance-an intermittent discourse on religion and spirituality wrapped around a journey. Through the perspective of walk-on Bozzy, Slocum weaves ideas-both fundamental and tangential to rowing-through a promising crew's pursuit of excellence." IN THE SKY is meant for a general audience. It is about...
Imagine Dead Poets' Society, but with an eight-man crew instead of an English class, and a coach instead of a teacher. In place of Whitman, the coach ...
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68,13 zł |
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