From Baseballs To Bombshells

Author : Art Graham
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 2444 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781546234678

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From Baseballs to Bombshells by Art Graham Pdf

Growing technology and affluence, rock n roll, baseball, and muscle carsall told through the youth and early adult years of a small-town Montana boy and war veteran. This is a history of the glorious 50s and 60s in America. It is a history also of politicians, the indecency of segregation and war, and the struggle for racial equality and peace. A history of two great nations. Intertwined is the unique history of Vietnam and the Vietnamese long struggle for independence. It is a rendering also of the unique culture of Vietnam with fascinating stories of emperors within the walls of a Forbidden City. Included in the book is a review of the relationship of two nationsone mighty and one resistantultimately entangled in a catastrophic war. Nearly fifty-nine thousand Americans lost to family,friends, wives, and lovers. More than two million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians perished in a war that could not be won.

Author : HardBound, Incorporated
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0974423718

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Brothers, Bombshells, and Baseball by HardBound, Incorporated Pdf

Author : Jerry Butters,Jim Henle
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781000877007

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The Baseball Mysteries by Jerry Butters,Jim Henle Pdf

The Baseball Mysteries: Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives is a book of baseball puzzles, logical baseball puzzles. To jump in, all you need is logic and a casual fan’s knowledge of the game. The puzzles are solved by reasoning from the rules of the game and a few facts. The logic in the puzzles is like legal reasoning. A solution must argue from evidence (the facts) and law (the rules). Unlike legal arguments, however, a solution must reach an unassailable conclusion. There are many puzzle books. But there’s nothing remotely like this book. The puzzles here, while rigorously deductive, are firmly attached to actual events, to struggles that are reported in the papers every day. The puzzles offer a unique and scintillating connection between abstract logic and gritty reality. Actually, this book offers the reader an unlimited number of puzzles. Once you’ve solved a few of the challenges here, every boxscore you see in the papers or online is a new puzzle! It can be anywhere from simple, to complex, to impossible. For anyone who enjoys logical puzzles For anyone interested in legal reasoning For anyone who loves the game of baseball. Jerry Butters has a BA in mathematics from Oberlin College, and an MS in mathematics and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. He taught mathematics for two years at Mindanao State University in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer. He taught economics for five years at Princeton University. For most of his career, he worked on consumer protection cases and policy issues at the Federal Trade Commission. In his retirement, he has become a piano teacher and performer. He enjoys hobbies ranging from reading Chinese to practicing Taiji. This book is an outgrowth of another of his hobbies - his love of designing and solving puzzles of all sorts. Jim Henle has a BA in mathematics from Dartmouth College and a PhD from M.I.T. He taught for two years at U. P. Baguio in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer, two years at a middle school as alternative service, and 42 years at Smith College. His research is primarily in logic and set theory, with additional papers in geometry, graph theory, number theory, games, economics, and music. He edited columns for The Mathematical Intelligencer. He authored or co-authored five books. His most recent book, The Proof and the Pudding, compares mathematics and gastronomy. He has collaborated with Jerry on puzzle papers and chamber music concerts.

Author : Greg Proops
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476747040

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The Smartest Book in the World by Greg Proops Pdf

Best known for starring on the hit improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the internationally renowned comedian and award-winning podcast star of "The Smartest Man in the World" gives readers everything they need to know to always be the smartest person in the room.

Author : James Reich
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781593765132

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Bombshell by James Reich Pdf

Bombshell is a feminist nuclear thriller set twenty-five years after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, in which an alienated young Russian woman born in its shadow undertakes a road trip across the U.S., waging a guerrilla war against the nuclear industry and leaving in her wake a trail of destruction and assassinations. Obsessed with would-be Warhol assassin Valerie Solanas, Varyushka Cash recreates her atomic past through escalating violence and her one true goal: an assault on the Indian Point nuclear plant on the bank of the Hudson River. All along she is relentlessly pursued by the CIA, eager to capture Varyushka on charges of domestic terrorism. The cat-and-mouse chase leads to a final showdown in a decimated and irradiated New York, there on the cusp of a frightening new future. The initial draft of Bombshell was completed five months before the Fukushima catastrophe, written from the author’s morbid suspicion that the twenty-fifth anniversary of catastrophe at Chernobyl, Pripyat, and beyond would be marked by an echo in the present, shadowed by the real threat present in our unguarded and deteriorating nuclear facilities. Bombshell is a combustible and commercial step forward by one of our most creative and intellectual writers today.

Author : Susan M. Boyer
Publisher : Stella Maris Books, LLC
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781959023180

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Lowcountry Bombshell by Susan M. Boyer Pdf

Private Investigator Liz Talbot thinks she's seen another ghost when she meets Calista McQueen. She's the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe. Born exactly fifty years after the iconic bombshell, Calista's life is a déjà vu of Hollywood tragedy. And with the anniversary of Marilyn's death looming, Calista fears she's next in line for a tragic finale. As Liz investigates, suspicious characters swarm around Calista like mosquitoes on a sultry Lowcountry evening: her certifiable mother, a fake aunt, her manipulative psychoanalyst, her peculiar housekeeper, and an obsessed ex-husband. Liz digs in to find a motive for murder, but she's besieged with distractions. Her ex has marriage and babies on his mind and her all-too-sexy partner engages in a campaign of repeat seduction. With the heat index approaching triple digits, Liz races to uncover a diabolical murder plot in time to save not only Calista's life, but also her own.

Author : Mike Rothmiller,Douglas Thompson
Publisher : Ad Lib Publishers Ltd
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781913543600

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Bombshell by Mike Rothmiller,Douglas Thompson Pdf

‘Bobby called. He’s coming to California. He wants to see me.’ Drawing on secret police files, Marilyn Monroe's private diary and never before published first-hand testimony, this book proves that Robert Kennedy was directly responsible for her death. It details the legendary star's tumultuous personal involvement with him and his brother, President John Kennedy, and how they sought to silence her. The new evidence and testimony is provided by Mike Rothmiller who, as a detective of the Organized Crime Intelligence Division (OCID) of the LAPD, had direct personal access to hundreds of secret LAPD files on exactly what happened at Marilyn Monroe’s Californian home on August 5, 1962. With his training and investigator’s knowledge, Rothmiller used that secret information to get to the heart of the matter, to the people who were there the night Marilyn died – two of whom played major roles in the cover-up – and the wider conspiracy to protect the Kennedys at all costs. There will be those with doubts, but to them, the lawman – who directed international intelligence operations targeting organized crime – says the printed, forensic and oral evidence are totally convincing. He insists: ‘If I presented my evidence in any court of law, I’d get a conviction.’

Author : Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476617442

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The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed. by Jonathan Fraser Light Pdf

More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America’s culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues’ decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.

Author : John Zakour
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075640455X

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The Blue-haired Bombshell by John Zakour Pdf

Hired to find the assassin who murdered three members of the World Council, Zach Johnson, the last freelance detective, journeys to the Moon, where he encounters a harem of gorgeous, blue-haired psi babes and a dangerous woman named Lea who possesses great power. Original.

Author : Carrie Nichols,Melissa Senate
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488077432

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Baby Bombshell Surprise by Carrie Nichols,Melissa Senate Pdf

So much more than he bargained for! His Unexpected Twins by Carrie Nichols Firefighter Liam McBride is back in Loon Lake for the summer. Ellie Harding, his sister’s childhood friend—and cancer survivor—is perfectly willing to shelve her dreams of a forever family while they have a fling. But then they find out she’s pregnant—with twins! Are they on the path toward happiness? Or a collision course toward heartbreak? Detective Barelli’s Legendary Triplets by Melissa Senate Blame it on the spiked punch, or on the legend of Wedlock Creek Chapel. But Norah Ingalls is now Detective Reed Barelli’s wife. The lawman certainly didn’t intend to marry the gorgeous mom of three infant babies; an instant family wasn’t in his plans. Yet just walking away was unimaginable…

Author : Lorna J. Brunelle
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781456711474

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Dirty Bombshell by Lorna J. Brunelle Pdf

A treasured read. I learned, laughed, and cried. I will pass on this remarkable resource. - Dawn Eger Rizzo, Thyroid Cancer Survivor Unflappable, witty, honest, and inspirational describe Lorna's exploration of her journey. As a survivor of kidney cancer, I was awed, captivated, and encouraged by the positive nature of Lorna's personal philosophy. - Marsha E. Bergquist, Cancer Survivor Having suffered much loss from this disease, Lorna's narrative about dealing with thyroid cancer is not only filled with useful and practical information, but was cathartic for my own repressed emotions. I laughed, I cried, and I healed. - Ellie Osborne Lorna has the innate gift of bringing light, laughter, and hope while sharing her journey with readers. I was pulled in by her honesty and even laughed out loud at times. - Linda Joy, Publisher Main Entry: dirty bomb-shell Function: noun Date: 2005: a former bombshell beauty fighting thyroid cancer in the Nuclear Medicine Department of a hospital about to ingest a purple radioactive radiation pill that will make her a contagious toxic human dirty bomb. Dirty Bombshell is the poignant and brave story of a 33 year old girl who is fighting her way back to wellness. Her triumphant story sheds light on a cancer most Americans are in the dark about. This story of faith, forgiveness, strength, hope, courage, tolerance, and self-discovery will change the way you tackle hardship, leaving you with the power to survive and thrive. Dirty Bombshell will help you find your way back to FABULOUS! As an actor, singer, writer, producer, and teacher, Lorna J. Brunelle has always had a passion for the arts. A tireless volunteer, with an indelible commitment to bring positive change, she is dedicated to a range of causes.

Author : Suzanne Somers
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780307588555

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Bombshell by Suzanne Somers Pdf

For the millions of fans who've made Suzanne Somers a bestselling author for years: the huge numbers of boomers and the post-40 crowd of health consumers interested in aging gracefully, successfully, and beautifully This groundbreaking new book aims to redefine aging as we know it. And who better to do it than Suzanne Somers, bestselling phenomenon, health pioneer, and the face of anti-aging medicine. Here she interviews future medicine's best and brightest to craft a plan that will reshape the way we treat, approach, and think about aging. Forget anti-aging; this is the next step: embracing it, looking forward to it, and enjoying it. Definitely "pro"-aging.

Author : Mia Bloom
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849041607

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Bombshell by Mia Bloom Pdf

From Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka, women have been engaged in all manner of terrorist activities, from generating propaganda to blowing up targets. What drives women to participate in terrorist activities? "Bombshell" is a groundbreaking book that reveals the inner workings of the shocking, unfamiliar world of female terrorists.

Author : Joseph Albright,Marcia Kunstel
Publisher : Crown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040552732

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Bombshell by Joseph Albright,Marcia Kunstel Pdf

Ted Hall was a physics prodigy so gifted that he was asked to join the Manhattan Project when he was only eighteen years old. There, in wartime Los Alamos, working under Robert Oppenheimer and Bruno Rossi, Hall helped build the atomic bomb. To his friends and coworkers he was a brilliant young rebel with a boundless future in atomic science. To his Soviet spymasters, he was something else: "Mlad," their mole within Los Alamos, a most hidden and valuable asset and the men who first slipped them the secrets to the making of the atomic bomb. In a book that will force the revision of fifty years of scholarship and reporting on the Cold War, award-winning journalists Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel reveal for the first time a devastatingly effective Soviet spy network that infiltrated the Manhattan Project and ferried America's top atomic secrets to Stalin. At the heart of the network was Hall, who was so secret an operative that even Klaus Fuchs, his fellow Manhattan Project scientist and Soviet agent, had no idea they were comrades. Bombshell tracks Hall from his days as a brilliant schoolboy in New York City, when he came under the influence of his older brother's radical tracts, and on to Harvard, Los Alamos, and Chicago, where Hall continued to spy even after the war was over, passing more secrets while the Soviets were trying to build the Hydrogen bomb. For forty years only a few Russians knew what Ted Hall really did. Now Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel reveal the astonishing true story of the atomic spies who got away. Bombshell is history at its most explosive.

Author : Marguerite Bennett
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401293857

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Bombshells: United Vol. 2 - War Bonds by Marguerite Bennett Pdf

Praise for Bombshells ÒThese are strong, realized women capable of wondrous feats, and Bennett ensures that they remain the heroes of their own stories.Ó ÑIGN ÒQuite simply the perfect cast with the perfect creative team at the perfect time.Ó ÑComicosity ÒKnocks it out of the park.Ó ÑComics Alliance Years ago, before she became the battling Bombshell known as Batwoman, Kate Kane and Renee Montoya loved and fought together in the Spanish Resistance, and even formed a family with their adopted son Jas—n. But their lives were turned upside down, and Kate found a new life and a new love for herself in Gotham City. Now Kate is back in Spain, working with Renee once again to save the country from a tyrannical ruler...only this time the despot has unstoppable occult powers. His name is Black Adam, and heÕs lived for millennia seeking the moment he can gain control of the powers of life and death. Batwoman, Renee and Black Adam are all defined by whom theyÕve loved and lost. But beneath the ancient streets of Madrid, a mystical labyrinth conceals the means to bring life back to the dead: a Lazarus Pit. With this incredible power, will Black Adam gain the final piece he needs to crush the entire world under his heel? Or will the dead have their own say in it? Writer Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman) and artists Mirka Andolfo (Harley Quinn), Siya Oum (Lola XO) and Stephen Byrne (Green Arrow) bring fan-favorite Bombshell Kate Kane back to where she began...but how much will her past define her future? Collects Bombshells: United #7-12.