Prairie Hardball

Author : Alison Gordon
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443442497

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Prairie Hardball by Alison Gordon Pdf

A trip home turns deadly as Kate Henry and her boyfriend, homicide detective Andy Munro, travel to Saskatchewan to celebrate her mother’s induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame. All former players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Helen “Wheels” MacLaren Henry and her teammates don’t at first take the threatening letters seriously. But when one of their own turns up dead, they must dig into their collective pasts in order to expose the killer before he—or she—can strike again. Set in 1990’s Saskatchewan, Prairie Hardball is the fifth and final book in the Kate Henry mystery series.

Author : Grant Barrett
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780195176858

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Hatchet Jobs and Hardball by Grant Barrett Pdf

More than 600 slang terms, straight from the smoke-filled rooms of political speech, highlight this glorious guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.

Author : William M. Simons
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476678382

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The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2019 and 2021 by William M. Simons Pdf

Selected from the two most recent proceedings of the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture (2019 and 2021), this collection of essays explores subject matter centered both inside and beyond the ballpark. Fifteen contributors offer critical commentary on a range of topics, including controversial decisions on the field and in Hall of Fame elections; baseball's historical role as a rite of passage for boys; two worthy catchers who never received their due; the genesis and development of the minor leagues; and baseball's place in popular culture.

Author : Noel Schraufnagel
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786435579

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The Baseball Novel by Noel Schraufnagel Pdf

This annotated bibliography covers approximately 400 novels published from 1838 through 2007. A substantial introduction to the history and development of the genre precedes the chronologically arranged entries, which provide bibliographic details and extensive annotations on plot, themes, and compositional strengths and weaknesses. Mainstream novels by writers such as Hemingway, Wolfe, Roth, and DeLillo are included. Appendices provide historical overviews for the primary baseball subgenres, including mystery, fantasy, and science-fiction; lists for novels that foreground issues of race or ethnicity (or both, as in Winegardner's Vera Cruz Blues), gender (Gilbert's A League of Their Own), and class (Hay's The Dixie Association); and the author's rankings of great baseball novels overall and by subgenre.

Author : Colleen Barnett
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781615950096

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Mystery Women, Volume Two (Revised) by Colleen Barnett Pdf

Many bibliographers focus on women who write. Lawyer Barnett looks at women who detect, at women as sleuths and at the evolving roles of women in professions and in society. Excellent for all women's studies programs as well as for the mystery hound. Look at the popularity of such reading guides as Willetta Heising's Detecting Women (3rd ed. 0-9644593-7-X) or Amanda Cross' fiction (Honest Doubt 0-345-44011-0 11/00).

Author : David Carpenter,Kelly-Anne Riess
Publisher : Coteau Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781550509557

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The Literary History of Saskatchewan by David Carpenter,Kelly-Anne Riess Pdf

Volume 3 shifts its focus to Regina’s literary culture and to the coming generation of younger writers, but it continues to examine the best work from Saskatchewan. The impact, the relevance, the illuminations of our best writers’ work tend to move well beyond the borders of our province. This work transcends the regional sources of its inspiration. Just as Marilynne Robinson has much to say to Canadians about the disruptions and the graces of family life, Dianne Warren has much to say to Americans about the omnipresence of the past, the shadows it casts on people’s lives in the present. Many of our best books are nurtured by the history and the life of this province, but they spring into literature roughly in proportion to their applications and their immemorial responses to the human condition.

Author : Mark Forner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475821628

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Hardball Leadership by Mark Forner Pdf

How do you sufficiently progress beyond the status quo when an entire rural community views the status quo as sufficient progress? Educating children in poverty remains the most important educational challenge of our time. What few people know is this: the rate of child poverty in our nation’s rural communities is actually higher than it is in our country’s urban centers. Hardball Leadership is a best practices guide for rural school leaders who are passionate about closing the achievement gap and committed to leading their districts to significant academic improvement. Based upon original research that examined the leadership practices of effective rural superintendents who led their districts to dramatic academic improvement, this book’s insights include: Establishing a strong academic culture where every student can and will be successful Developing a system for improving teacher instructional performance Fostering an academically-focused partnership with the board of education Managing school-based controversy in a productive way Building and sustaining a financially strong district This leadership handbook will help rural school leaders build an academic pathway that will lead their students towards a happy and prosperous life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canadian literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024321155

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Canadian Literary Periodicals Index by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1520 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Books
ISBN : UVA:X004667564

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

Author : Stew Thornley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781625849090

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Minnesota Twins Baseball by Stew Thornley Pdf

For more than half a century, Minnesotans have been treated to the memorable players and teams of the Minnesota Twins. From the Ruthian blasts of Harmon Killebrew and Kirby Puckett to a successful brand of "small ball," the Twins have fielded competitive teams at Metropolitan Stadium, the Metrodome and Target Field. But prior to its arrival in 1961, the team also had a storied past in Washington that included Walter Johnson, the greatest pitcher of the Deadball Era, if not all time. Sports historian Stew Thornley highlights the lesser-known events in the club's history, from the area's attempts to lure a major-league team to town in the 1950s to then-owner Calvin Griffith's campaign to regionally rename the team. He also pays tribute to the rich heritage of baseball before the Twins, marked by minor-league teams such as the St. Paul Saints and Minneapolis Millers, which produced future Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Duke Snider, Ted Williams and Roy Campanella.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015079628668

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Canadian Book Review Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : NWU:35556028934669

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Quill & Quire by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alison Gordon
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 1283 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443442824

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Alison Gordon Five-Book Bundle by Alison Gordon Pdf

Trouble has a way of finding sports journalist Kate Henry. And with her natural curiosity and nose for a good story, she wouldn’t have it any other way. The Dead Pull Hitter For the first time in their history, the Toronto Titans are on a winning streak and headed for the World Series—a dream come true for sports reporter and baseball fan Kate Henry. But when a pair of murders hits the team at its very heart, Kate finds herself in the middle of the investigation. Safe at Home As the baseball season heats up, a serial killer stalks young boys on the streets of Toronto. While her boyfriend, Sergeant Andy Munro is at the heart of the investigation, Kate herself is working on the scoop of a lifetime—one that will rock the baseball world to its core. Night Game Spring training takes a grim turn when sports journalist Kate Henry and a fellow reporter find a local newsperson, Lucy Cartwright, dead on the beach. And when one of the Toronto Titans, Domingo Avila, is arrested and charged with the murder, Kate is pulled into yet another police investigation. Striking Out With the boys of baseball out on strike, Kate Henry finds herself with time on her hands. Passing on the chance to sit in on contract negotiations in New York, Kate instead turns her attention to issues closer to home—helping her boyfriend, Andy Munro recover from a shooting, and finding Maggie, a local homeless person now gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Prairie Hardball A trip home turns deadly as Kate Henry and her boyfriend, homicide detective Andy Munro, travel to Saskatchewan to celebrate Kate’s mother’s induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.

Author : Karen Grassle
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647423148

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Bright Lights, Prairie Dust by Karen Grassle Pdf

Karen Grassle, the beloved actress who played Ma on Little House on the Prairie, grew up at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in a family where love was plentiful but alcohol wreaked havoc. In this candid memoir, Grassle reveals her journey to succeed as an actress even as she struggles to overcome depression, combat her own dependence on alcohol, and find true love. With humor and hard-won wisdom, Grassle takes readers on an inspiring journey through the political turmoil on ’60s campuses, on to studies with some of the most celebrated artists at the famed London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and ultimately behind the curtains of Broadway stages and storied Hollywood sets. In these pages, readers meet actors and directors who have captivated us on screen and stage as they fall in love, betray and befriend, and don costumes only to reveal themselves. We know Karen Grassle best as the proud prairie woman Caroline Ingalls, with her quiet strength and devotion to family, but this memoir introduces readers to the complex, funny, rebellious, and soulful woman who, in addition to being the force behind those many strong women she played, fought passionately—as a writer, producer, and activist—on behalf of equal rights for women. Raw, emotional, and tender, Bright Lights celebrates and honors womanhood, in all its complexity.

Author : Leslie A. Heaphy,Mel Anthony May
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476665948

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Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball by Leslie A. Heaphy,Mel Anthony May Pdf

Women have been involved in baseball from the game's early days, in a wide range of capacities. This ambitious encyclopedia provides information on women players, managers, teams, leagues, and issues since the mid-19th century. Players are listed by maiden name with married name, when known, in parentheses. Information provided includes birth date, death date, team, dates of play, career statistics and brief biographical notes when available. Related entries are noted for easy cross-reference. Appendices include the rosters of the World War II era All American Girls Professional Baseball League teams; the standings and championships from the AAGPBL; and all women's baseball teams and players identified to date.