Paige East

Author : Brandon Farmer
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595200726

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Paige East by Brandon Farmer Pdf

Paige East is the tale of men and their journey through adulthood. Blair Buchanan is a man of bad luck, especially when it comes to the dating life. From day one Blair has had to overcome adversity, of life growing up in a town where one percent of the population has a higher education, overcoming his fear of rooming with someone racially different than him, and struggles with his own convictions. In Paige East we follow Blair into territory that he has never been before, we root for him, we love him, and in some cases maybe even hate him. Blair matures in the book as he begins college, and we watch as he graduates college and struggles with the thought of fatherhood and marriage. Does Blair find happiness? Does he find that one true love that we all search for? Does Blair overcome the convictions instilled in him by his father? The ending will surprise you and leave you wanting more.

Author : Floyd Sullivan,David Cicotello,Angelo J. Louisa
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476615950

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Old Comiskey Park by Floyd Sullivan,David Cicotello,Angelo J. Louisa Pdf

These new essays and memories cover the history and evolution of the former home of the Chicago White Sox, as well as its importance to its surrounding neighborhoods, and to the city of Chicago. The essays cover Charles Comiskey and the location of the ballpark; the neighborhoods that surround the site; the dimensions and configurations of Old Comiskey Park; a summary of All-Star, World Series, and playoff games played there; Negro League baseball at Comiskey Park; Bill Veeck; the ballpark as host to events and sports other than White Sox baseball; and an analysis of the evolution of the famous "exploding scoreboard," the original model for today's modern sports stadium boards. Former players, White Sox personnel and fans contributed memories, including substantial pieces by Roland Hemond and Nancy Faust.

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786430758

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Satchel Paige and Company by Leslie A. Heaphy Pdf

Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure--arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues history. This collection of papers from the 9th Annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference focuses on the celebrity of Satchel Paige and the team he is most closely associated with, the Kansas City Monarchs. Accounts of Paige's exploits are scrutinized and the effects of his fame, on both the contemporary perception of black baseball and its depiction in the years since, are discussed.

Author : Larry Lester
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803280009

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Black Baseball's National Showcase by Larry Lester Pdf

A lively illustrated introduction to the Negro League equivalent of the All-Star Game discusses the history of the games, as well as the colorful cast of promoters, gamblers, and hucksters who made it happen. Original.

Author : John S. Levin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137480200

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Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures by John S. Levin Pdf

This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and Canada—two provinces and three states: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Hawai’i, and Washington. The author studies the development of the community college and the development of the university from community college origins, bringing to the forefront these seven individual stories. Addressing continuity and discontinuity and identity preservation and identity change, as well as individual organizations’ responses to government policy, Levin analyzes and illuminates those policies with neoliberal assumptions and values.

Author : Bill Leibforth
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781977205193

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Baseball’s Forgotten Black Heroes by Bill Leibforth Pdf

In 1947, Jackie Robinson changed the game of baseball by becoming the first black player on a modern day major league team. Jackie made history with the Brooklyn Dodgers and this story is about Jackie and the seventeen players who followed him. These Black Heroes challenged the status quo and policies of team owners and were part of the first wave of black players who played on the sixteen major league teams that existed in 1947. It was not until 1959 (three years after Jackie retired) that the last of the sixteen teams added a black player to their roster.

Author : Hallie Murray
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781978510821

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Satchel Paige by Hallie Murray Pdf

Satchel Paige was an enormously popular pitcher whose career spanned nearly thirty seasons across numerous teams. When he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948, he became the oldest major league rookie on a major league team, and he was the first Negro league player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Paige is often considered one of the most talented and entertaining pitchers of any race to have ever played baseball. This engaging narrative of both his successes and struggles introduces young readers to America's complicated racial and political landscape in the early twentieth century.

Author : Robert Bradford Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Texas
ISBN : UCSC:32106020888290

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Spirit Leveling in Texas 1896 to 1915, Inclusive by Robert Bradford Marshall Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : UCBK:C041450533

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The Boston Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott Doorley,Carissa Carter,Stanford d.school
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781984858184

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Assembling Tomorrow by Scott Doorley,Carissa Carter,Stanford d.school Pdf

A powerful guide to why even the most well-intentioned innovations go haywire, and the surprising ways we can change course to create a more positive future, by two celebrated experts working at the intersection of design, technology, and learning at Stanford University’s acclaimed d.school. “This brilliant book offers a new approach to all creative work that will expand your understanding of what it means to make and open up possibilities you didn’t know existed—it did for me.”—Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master’s Son In Assembling Tomorrow, authors Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter explore the intangible forces that prevent us from anticipating just how fantastically technology can get out of control, and what might be in store for us if we don’t start using new tools and tactics. Despite our best intentions, our most transformative innovations tend to have consequences we can’t always predict. From the effects of social media to the uncertainty of AI and the consequences of climate change, the outcomes of our creations ripple across our lives. Time and again, our seemingly ceaseless capacity to create rubs up against our limited capacity to understand our impact. Assembling Tomorrow explores how to use readily accessible tools to both mend the mistakes of our past and shape our future for the better. We live in an era of “runaway design,” where innovations tangle with our lives in unpredictable ways. This book explores the off-­­kilter feelings of today and follows up with actionables to alter your perspective and help you find opportunities in these turbulent times. Mixed throughout are histories of the future, short pieces of speculative fiction that imagine the future as if it has already happened and consider the past with a critical yet hopeful eye so that all of us—as designers of our own futures—can create a better world for generations to come.

Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001169304

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Bulletin - Geological Survey by Geological Survey (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Robert Bradford Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Arizona
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023268399

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Results of Spirit Leveling in Arizona, 1899-1909, Inclusive by Robert Bradford Marshall Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Methodist conferences
ISBN : NYPL:33433069134850

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Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Anonim Pdf

Author : Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 898 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2877046

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Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Years 1773-1881 by Methodist Episcopal Church. Conferences Pdf

Author : New York (State). Court of Chancery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : CORNELL:31924017722178

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Reports of Cases Adjudged and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of New York: Paige's Chancery reports, v. 3-6 by New York (State). Court of Chancery Pdf