Phinally

Author : J. Daniel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476670881

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Phinally! by J. Daniel Pdf

A lot happened in baseball in 1980. After being stabbed with a penknife in Mexico during spring training, the Indians' "Super Joe" Charboneau captured Cleveland's heart--and Rookie of the Year. Nolan Ryan became baseball's first Million Dollar Man, Reggie Jackson twice found himself looking down the wrong end of a gun, and George Brett posted the highest single-season batting average since 1941. The Phillies and Expos battled up to the season's final weekend while the Dodgers tilted against the Astros in a one-game playoff for the division title. In the American League, Brett led Kansas City past the mighty Yankees and into the Series, where slugger Mike Schmidt and the Phillies awaited. This book covers it all.

Author : Patrick Simmons
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781662469770

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Survivors and Connivers on Moloka'i by Patrick Simmons Pdf

This story concerns a young man, Doug Malone, seventeen, who quits college, leaves home, and heads to Mexico to escape an alcoholic, abusive father. After an adventurous start, his perky ’35 Plymouth perishes near the Mexican border. In addition, he finds himself out of money and decides to return to Oregon. While hitchhiking home, he survives a car accident at night in remote, snow-packed southern Oregon. There, he is kidnapped by two retroverts, but he uses his .22 pistol to escape. All this while, the 1950 Korean War intensifies. Back home, he finds a job then enlists in the USCG when he turns eighteen. The coast guard sends Doug to electronic technician school in Groton, Connecticut. Upon graduation, he volunteers for duty in Korea, but instead, is assigned to an isolated duty loran station on NW Moloka‘i, where he finds desolation, a deadly disease, axis deer, attacking sharks, connivers, a great friend, and several unusual events. In Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i’s only town, conniving escalates, locals become friends, Doug arranges a fishing trip, endears a lovely lady, and flies to the Kalaupapa leper colony on New Year’s Eve, 1953. There he meets the true survivors, the lepers!

Author : Nick Foles
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ISBN : 9781496436498

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Believe It by Nick Foles Pdf

How did the man who was on the verge of retiring just two seasons earlier stay optimistic and rally the Philadelphia Eagles to an astounding Super Bowl win? Here Foles discusses the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all.

Author : Deborah Schnitzer,Deborah Keahey
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781552380819

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The Madwoman in the Academy by Deborah Schnitzer,Deborah Keahey Pdf

An original and highly subversive critique of the academy by women affiliated with universities and colleges across Canada, The Madwoman in the Academy: Women Boldly Take on the Ivory Tower explores topics familiar to women working in academia around the world: the clash between family and work, the politics of academe, and the rifts between an academic career and political activism. Contributors offer writings in a wide range of genres, including personal essays, poetry, short stories, dialogues, and other innovative formats, daring to confront their experiences with energy, anger, wit, and humour. Ranging from the playful to the painful, The Madwoman in the Academy brings you names well known to literary communities alongside new but feisty voices that will forever change readers' ideas about the relationship between women and the academy.

Author : Dave Jackson
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781629688336

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Philadelphia Phillies by Dave Jackson Pdf

Inside MLB profiles each of the 30 franchises in Major League Baseball. Philadelphia Phillies is a beginner's history of the Phillies, covering the beginnings of the franchise, the greatest and lowest moments of the team, and the best players and managers. Fun facts, anecdotes, and sidebars round out the story of each club, allowing your readers to get Inside MLB! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Joel Whitburn
Publisher : Record Research
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130552289

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The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn Pdf

A 50-year history of the rock era, including every album that made "The Billboard 200" chart - over 25,000! This amazing reference source provides an artist-by-artist listing of every album that charted in Billboard from 1956 through December 31, 2005. It includes all the chart data including peak chart position, total weeks charted, chart debut date, total weeks at #1, #2 or #3 positions, original record label and number, and more! Also features many bonus sections, including a top 500 artists ranking, chronological listing of all #1 albums, the top 100 albums of all time, top artists by decade, albums of longevity, and more. Includes album cover photos, artist biographies, and many other statistics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1412 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Trademarks
ISBN : WISC:89096496583

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen Arterburn
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 1750 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Children
ISBN : 0842361979

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The Young Believer Bible by Stephen Arterburn Pdf

Built around the phrase, "Never stop believing," kids are encouraged to put their beliefs into action in everyday life. This bright, kid-friendly Bible is packed with lots of extras to help kids get what it means to be a believer. 16-page full-color insert.

Author : David M. Jordan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476600543

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Occasional Glory by David M. Jordan Pdf

With more losses and last-place finishes than any other club in Major League Baseball, the Philadelphia Phillies have earned a reputation as one of the most unsuccessful teams ever to take the field. Even so, the Phillies have boasted many unforgettable players and achieved a number of notable triumphs. This history of the Phillies begins with the club's inception in 1883 and goes through the 2012 season, highlighting the team's finer moments and players but also covering less memorable times. Among the people and events it recounts are the great outfield of the 1890s, Chuck Klein's slugging feats, the 1980 World Series, the surprise 1993 pennant win, and the very successful years in Citizens Bank Park, including the world champions of 2008. An exploration of the Phillies' special relationship with Philadelphia and numerous historic photographs complete this comprehensive celebration of the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in professional sports history.

Author : Tom Mendicino
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781617737954

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The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter by Tom Mendicino Pdf

S. Gagliano & Son has been a barber shop fixture in South Philly for decades. Frankie and Michael Gagliano’s Italian immigrant father—Luigi to his customers, Papa to his sons—presides over the store, enlisting his children as soon as they’re big enough to wield a broom. On their mother’s deathbed, eight-year-old Frankie swears that he and his little brother will always take care of each other, a vow he endeavors to keep through their father’s violent outbursts and the string of wives who try to take their mother’s place. After their father’s death, Frankie takes over the shop, transforming it to fit in with the gentrifying neighborhood. Michael becomes a successful prosecutor with a rising political career, still close to his big brother despite the differences between them. Then comes an unthinkable, impulsive act that will force Michael to choose between risking his comfortable life and keeping a sacred oath—made before he knew how powerful a promise can be. The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter is a stunning evocation of working-class Italian-American life—a story of brotherhood, loyalty, and the contradictory, unpredictable nature of family love. “The Boys from Eighth and Carpenter is a heartfelt story of two loving brothers as well as a compelling crime drama all set in the changing city of Philadelphia. Tom Mendicino is a supremely gifted writer with an eye for the most telling of details, and I loved this novel!”--Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author "At the heart of this capacious and suspenseful novel is the bond between two very different brothers, but its larger context is the Italian-American family: its values, loyalties and responsibilities. Tom Mendicino writes with honesty and compassion, and the reader can't help but root for his endearing characters."--Christopher Castellani, author of All This Talk of Love

Author : Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Publisher : Lisgar Alumni Association
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vox Lycei 1932-1933 by Lisgar Collegiate Institute Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112105167214

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Naval Aviation News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : American loyalists
ISBN : NYPL:33433000988661

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History of New York During the Revolutionary War by Thomas Jones Pdf

Author : Jim Salisbury,Todd Zolecki
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780762444915

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The Rotation by Jim Salisbury,Todd Zolecki Pdf

Not since 1957 has one major league team's pitching staff boasted three pitchers (Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Roy Oswalt) in the Top Ten in career winning-percentage. Plus, the Philadelphia Phillies' 2011 rotation also happens to include Cole Hamels—the 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP—and an alternating fifth starter. This awe-inducing rotation has been the talk of baseball since coming together in December 2010. They were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 2011 baseball- preview edition, interviewed on the MLB Network on opening day of spring training, covered in the New York Times Magazine, and mentioned in numerous newspapers and magazines nationwide. Authored by two of the most knowledgable and connected Phillies beat writers, The Rotation is a remarkably detailed day-in-the-life story of one complete season with a Major League Baseball starting-pitching staff. The authors offer deep daily access to the Phillies players, coaches, and front-office staff, as well as the players and staff of other major league teams and the national baseball media. With firsthand reporting and extensive interviews, plus two full-color photo inserts, this is a fascinating and detailed look into the day-to-day operation of what is arguably the greatest pitching rotation ever assembled. It is a must-read for Phillies fans and general baseball fans alike.

Author : James Buckley Jr.
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781339011332

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2024 by James Buckley Jr. Pdf

The ultimate book for young sports fans is back with the past year's top sports stories. Look back on another year in sports with Scholastic, featuring exciting and all-new coverage for 2023.Get up close and personal with the top athletes in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and more in this perfect book for sports fanatics and newbies alike.