Diamonds Are Trumps: A Pitcher's First Novel
ISBN: 9781935052005 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With bone chips in his elbow that make his arm hurt all the way up to his ear, and scars on his middle-aged soul, baseball player Bill Mahoney is something of a wounded knight errant. Gradually he understands the gifts the game can give him.
With bone chips in his elbow that make his arm hurt all the way up to his ear, and scars on his middle-aged soul, baseball player Bill Mahoney is some...
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87,15 zł |
Three Days at Wrigley Field
ISBN: 9780996700221 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Any team can have a bad century." Which is more important, tradition or victory? Rachel Caravetti, a star athlete with gaps in her past, pushes professional baseball to answer that question. She has the pitch to win. Does baseball have the guts to hire her? "Any team can have a bad century." Which is more important, tradition or victor... |
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74,04 zł |
Shadows of the Past
ISBN: 9781589096691 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ripped from her adoptive home and returned to Mack and Wanda, her abusive alcoholic father and controlling mother, Sheila struggles to survive in this chaotic environment. Traumatized by the separation from her only known parents, she is plagued with fears of abandonment. One day, an uncle mysteriously appears who provides an escape from this dysfunctional situation. Noting Sheila's natural skills on ice skates, Uncle Bill arranges for her to receive expert training which leads to her becoming a professional figure skater. Furious about his loss of Sheila, Mack hunts her down, determined to...
Ripped from her adoptive home and returned to Mack and Wanda, her abusive alcoholic father and controlling mother, Sheila struggles to survive in this...
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72,96 zł |
Defenseman
ISBN: 9781608606672 / Angielski / Twarda / 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 mental illness, it brings an entirely new look to the picture." Steve Tomassini is a gifted, All-American -type 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 his unfailing drive and determination that continues to make him a success. His brother, Tony, is a fiction...
"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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137,27 zł |
Running the Table: The Story of Tama Thunder
ISBN: 9781492215004 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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57,19 zł |
Badminton Kid 1: Badminton, Running and Table Tennis (Ping Pong)
ISBN: 9781492215813 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two kids, from two different worlds and generations, each the best badminton player in his generation, were destined to meet.
Two kids, from two different worlds and generations, each the best badminton player in his generation, were destined to meet.
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30,38 zł |
Double Play
ISBN: 9781491700860 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frank Slade could consider himself successful. At age thirty-seven, he is married to his high school sweetheart, the father of three children, and a dutiful employee at the Stag Brewery in his hometown of Ashville, Illinois. He served his country with honor in World War II. Even so, he does not feel satisfied. Success has failed to fill the emptiness within him. In high school, he was a baseball star known as one of the best players ever in Ashville. He carries that label into adulthood through the 1958 season of amateur baseball as the leader of the Ashville Champs. However, no matter how...
Frank Slade could consider himself successful. At age thirty-seven, he is married to his high school sweetheart, the father of three children, and a d...
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104,36 zł |
Doubles
ISBN: 9781582435077 / Angielski / Miękka / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Slow Smith is in a slump. He's a professional tennis player stuck in his hometown, serving to an empty court. His wife is in a coma and he's afraid he's to blame. Left behind are her Polaroids, obsessive daily records of their life together. Meanwhile Kaz, Slow's lifelong doubles partner, is traveling the world while playing with someone new.
Then one afternoon his old coach Manny appears in a dumpy Fiat convertible and persuades Slow to get in. When they return to Forest Hills -- the site of a six-year winning streak -- they reunite with old friends who call up long-buried desires and... Slow Smith is in a slump. He's a professional tennis player stuck in his hometown, serving to an empty court. His wife is in a coma and he's afraid he...
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73,86 zł |
Blinding Speed
ISBN: 9781442189355 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inspiring, romantic, and dramatic story of a young athlete overcoming the loss of his vision, and discovering courage and love.
Inspiring, romantic, and dramatic story of a young athlete overcoming the loss of his vision, and discovering courage and love.
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59,25 zł |
The Zamler's Last Stand
ISBN: 9781442186293 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the story of Harry Pike, a young Jewish Zamler (collector) who has the ability--like others in his community--to absorb the bad luck of others around him. But as Harry's life becomes intertwined with his friend Abner's, Abner's love of baseball puts Harry in the difficult spot of whether to use his talents to help his friend or to stay true to the traditions of his faith.
This is the story of Harry Pike, a young Jewish Zamler (collector) who has the ability--like others in his community--to absorb the bad luck of others...
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59,43 zł |
Strike Zone: The Games of Baseball & Money
ISBN: 9781449553814 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Strike Zone is an award-winning coaching novel. As you follow high school freshman Dan Martin through the chapters of this book, you'll read about baseball, making money, and making money work for you. Put power into your money game. The speed, spin, and curve of ideas pitched in this book are intended to be in your Strike Zone. Sharpen your competitive edge in everyday life. Take a swing at sales, marketing, negotiation, decision-making, strategy, planning, budgeting, compound interest, and the secret of 72. My hope is that you will connect and score BIG Let's play ball Strike Zone...
Strike Zone is an award-winning coaching novel. As you follow high school freshman Dan Martin through the chapters of this book, you'll read about bas...
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68,40 zł |
Coveting the 3
ISBN: 9781441590398 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,47 zł |
Hardwood Hellions: A Tale of Roundball, Rebellion, and Redemption
ISBN: 9781449970819 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work tells the story of Sam Logan, a snake-bitten teen who has a singular, self-destructive passion for the game of basketball. Both of Sam's parents have passed away, and as a high school senior he now faces the most critical point in his life without a familial structure to lean on. Lacking any true parental voice of reason, he has developed hatred for a bureaucratic adult world that he feels has screwed him. Having bounced around from one foster home to another, he is convinced that the only way he can escape a dead end existence in his small town is to earn a college basketball...
This work tells the story of Sam Logan, a snake-bitten teen who has a singular, self-destructive passion for the game of basketball. Both of Sam's par...
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59,25 zł |
The Good Body
ISBN: 9780887849602 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Good Body is a triumphant blend of mordant humor and heartbreak. By turns hilarious and poignant, it s the story of retired pro-hockey ruffian Bobby Bonaduce, who is stubbornly ignoring a disease that may be killing him. Bobby returns to his hometown and scams his way into university in a misguided attempt to redeem his messy past and lay emotional claim to a son he abandoned 20 years earlier. With this acclaimed novel, Bill Gaston demonstrates yet again that he is one of the best chroniclers of men and sports."
The Good Body is a triumphant blend of mordant humor and heartbreak. By turns hilarious and poignant, it s the story of retired pro-hockey ruff...
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69,50 zł |
Three Strikes
ISBN: 9781450028400 / Angielski / Twarda / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,66 zł |
Three Strikes
ISBN: 9781450028394 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,47 zł |
The Reluctant Superstar
ISBN: 9781450010139 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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164,66 zł |
The Reluctant Superstar
ISBN: 9781450010122 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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91,47 zł |
The Golden Dream
ISBN: 9781450030236 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,16 zł |
She's on First
ISBN: 9781449573072 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. She's on First is back Full of riveting baseball action and captivating characters, this is the story of Linda Sunshine, first female major leaguer, shortstop for the never-in-first-place Chicago Eagles. It's also the story of Big Al Mowerinski, the owner who hired her for ulterior motives; Neal Vanderlin, the reporter who supports her; and the various teammates who want her on - or off - the Eagles. Published to stellar reviews in hardback in 1987 and paperback in 1988, full of warmth, humor, and tough sentiment, She's on First is a great read with great baseball action, as commanding as a...
She's on First is back Full of riveting baseball action and captivating characters, this is the story of Linda Sunshine, first female major leaguer, ...
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73,21 zł |