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Author : Paul Kantor,Christian Lefèvre,Asato Saito,H. V. Savitch,Andy Thornley
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780816677429
The struggle for governability in the world's four leading global city-regions
Author : Mitch Lutzke
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476671659
The Page Fence Giants, an all-star black baseball club sponsored by a woven-wire fence company in Adrian, Michigan, graced the diamond in the 1890s. Formed through a partnership between black and white boosters, the team's respectable four-year run was an early integration success--before integration was phased out decades ahead of Jackie Robinson's 1947 debut, and the growing Jim Crow sentiment blocked the Page Fence Giant's best talent from the major leagues. This book tells the the story of a long-ignored team at the close of the 19th century, whose Hall of Famer second baseman Sol White was but one of their best players.
Author : Dave Buscema
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781623680794
With traditions, records, and Wolverines lore, this lively, detailed book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Michigan fan should know. It contains crucial information such as important dates, player nicknames, memorable moments, and outstanding achievements by singular players. This guide to all things Michigan covers the story behind the Wolverine's winged helmets, the history of the team's colors, the 1997 undefeated and national championship season, and how to properly tailgate in Ann Arbor. This revised edition includes Brady Hoke's first season as head coach in Ann Arbor.
Author : Paul Schwartz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683581680
Few sports franchises can match the long, stories history, rich tradition, and legion of passionate, loyal fans of the New York Giants. In this newly-updated edition of Tales from the New York Giants Sideline, memories, anecdotes, names, faces, games, cheers, and tears come rushing back, along with new twists to old fables and old remembrances revitalized with fresh insight. Learn about so many Giants players, including Frank Gifford, Y. A. Tittle, Lawrence Taylor, Eli Manning, and coach Bill Parcells. There is Phil Simms, nearly perfect in the biggest game of his life, Phil McConkey’s heart, David Tyree’s magic helmet, and Odell Beckham’s magic hands. Relive the Super Bowl victories in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Experience the fearsome opponents, the feared defenses, the quarterbacks who could, and the ones who could not, with reminiscences bursting back to life in the words of the men who played the game. Tales from the New York Giants Sideline tells the inside story of one of the NFL’s most popular teams. This book is unquestionably a must-read for all fans of the Big Blue.
Author : Matt Johanson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613215708
Orlando Cepeda breaks into the majors with a home run. Willie Mays drills four homers in a single game while sick to his stomach. Felipe Alou prays for a ninth-inning miracle with the National League pennant on the line. In Game of My Life San Francisco Giants, you’ll experience the exceptional moments of fan favorites Will Clark, Rich Aurilia, Robby Thompson, and Rod Beck, as well as current stars like Tim Lincecum, described in their own words as only they remember them.
Author : Robert W. Cohen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493035663
The New York Giants joined the National Football League back in 1925, and have since been one of the league’s flagship franchises. The Giants have appeared in nineteen NFL championship games—more than any other team—and have won eight league championships. Iconic figures such as Eli Manning, Phil Simms, Harry Carson, Michael Strahan, and Frank Gifford have all played for the Giants. Twenty-five players who spent at least one full season with the Giants have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, and fifteen of those men spent the majority of their careers playing for the team. This book carefully measures the careers of those players who made the greatest impact on the team. The ranking was determined by such factors as the extent to which each player added to the Giants’ legacy, the degree to which he impacted the fortunes of his team, and the level of dominance he attained while wearing the Big Blue uniform. Features of The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History include: Each player’s notable achievements Recaps of the player’s most memorable performances Summaries of each player’s best season Quotes from former teammates and opposing players Football fans will find The 50 Greatest Players in New York Giants Football History a fascinating collection of bios, stats, recaps, quotes, and more. And with such iconic figures as Lawrence Taylor, Emlen Tunnell, Roosevelt Brown, and Mel Hein leading the list, this book is sure to inspire debate and controversy among true Giants supporters.
Author : O. E. Rölvaag
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547101765
"Giants in the Earth" is a novel by Norwegian-American author Ole Edvard Rølvaag, telling a story of a Norwegian family who struggles to make a new life as pioneers in the Dakota territory. The novel follows the grim realities of pioneering and the gloomy fatalism of the Norse mind among the depictions of snow storms, locusts, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, the difficulty of fitting into a new culture, and the estrangement of immigrant children who grow up in a new land.
Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101543559
Ken Follett’s magnificent historical epic begins as five interrelated families move through the momentous dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage. A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man’s world in the mining pits. . . . An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson’s White House. . . . A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when she falls in love with a German spy. . . . And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families—and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again. . . .
Author : Hlompho Phamodi
Publisher : Hlompho Phamodi
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
ARE YOU FACING A GIANT SIZED PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE? ARE YOU FEELING INTIMIDATED BY YOUR UNRESOLVED CHALLENGES? IS THERE A PROBLEM IN YOUR WALK WITH GOD THAT KEEPS SURFACING EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO MOVE ON? DO YOU HAVE A GOLIATH OVER YOUR WORKPLACE WHO BLOCKS YOUR PROMOTION? DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO PULL YOU DOWN EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO RISE? ARE YOU IN DEEP FINANCIAL LACK AND DEBTS? IS LIFE GETTING THE BEST OF YOU? ARE YOU HAVING FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LOOK DOWN ON YOU? Goliaths’ comes in all sizes, shapes and form; they take a form of a problem that threatens your promotion, they are in our homes, careers and spiritual life. These are problems that are placed by the enemy to disgrace, defile and demote your God. Goliaths’ are standing between you and your promotion. I take you in this book through the story of David who as a young teenager faced a Goliath who was called a champion. These giant was so huge that he intimidated the whole army of Israel. Learn how to position yourself spiritually to defeat your problem. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you don’t deal with it, it will keep coming back. Goliaths’ are nothing but a bridge to your promotion. Are you ready to face them? Are you ready to put the problem to a permanent rest? Then let’s read on.
Author : Joe Konte
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781683580454
Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. Dating back to the late nineteenth century—when the teams embodied the competitive spirit of rival metropolises of New York and Brooklyn—the Giants-Dodgers rivalry gained intensity throughout the early twentieth century. The cheering and jeering continued unabated until 1957, when the clubs backed the moving vans up to the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, and took their rivalry to new venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Indeed, Brooklyn-New York baseball was a tough act to follow, but the West Coast version didn’t take long to fire up the emotions. Only six games into the first West Coast season, the clubs had their first beanball dustup. The venue had changed but the venom remained, and the rivalry became author Joe Konte’s obsession. Fifty-eight years ago, he attended one of the first Giants-Dodgers games ever played outside of New York. A longtime newspaper editor and baseball fiend, Konte understands what is so special about this storied rivalry. And so—via statistical analysis, game summaries, roster scrutiny, manager matchups, season recaps, and more—he has put together a rivalry bible. Revised and updated to include the events of the last three seasons—from the Giants’ 2014 World Series win and the Dodgers’ playoff runs—Giants vs. Dodgers captures the spirit and intensity of one of the greatest rivalries in American sports.
Author : Bobby Thomson,Phil Pepe
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781617490538
With one swing on a gray October afternoon almost 60 years ago, Bobby Thomson etched his name in baseball lore forever and proved he is a man who can deliver when the chips are down. And now Bobby Thomson delivers again in the clutch. InFew and Chosen: Defining Giants Greatness Across the Eras, Thomson selects his all-time Giants team—five players at each position, plus the top five managers—covering the team's more than 100-year history in two cities, New York and San Francisco. Thomson has been following Giants baseball as a man and boy for more than 70 years and is eminently qualified for so daunting a task.
Author : Steve Bitker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613211526
Old-timers and avid Giants fans will enjoy these recollections of old Seals Stadium. With over 100 images of the '58 Giants team, Steve Bitker has written a descriptive account of memorable events in Baseball history.
Author : John G. Zinn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786499731
Much has been written about the legendary players and managers of baseball's Deadball Era (1901-1919). Far less attention has been given to the club owners, like Charles Ebbets. In 1898, after a 15 year apprenticeship, he became president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, taking over a chronic second division team in poor financial condition. Over the next 25 years, he organized four pennant-winning clubs and developed one of the most profitable franchises in the game--while building two state-of-the-art ballparks in Brooklyn. Ebbets was also an effective steward of the national pastime, working tirelessly on innovations that would help all teams, not just his own. Despite his success, his personal weaknesses ultimately undermined much of what he had so painstakingly built. This first full length biography provides an in-depth view of his life and career, filling a critical gap in the history of the Deadball Era and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Author : Andrew Goldblatt
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476613147
The Giant-Dodger rivalry was considered the best in baseball by 1890 and remains the game’s oldest and most storied rivalry today. It’s remarkable how often both teams have been good, how rarely they’ve both been bad, and how tenaciously the underdog has battled in between. Through 12 decades (and in two sets of cities 3,000 miles apart) Giant and Dodger partisans have rooted so passionately against each other that, just as during the Civil War, conflicting loyalties have divided neighbors and even families. This is the definitive account of the rivalry, from its roots in amateur contests between New York and Brooklyn teams in the 1840s to its present incarnation in California’s world class cities. All the greats are here: Ward, Ebbets, McGraw, Mathewson, Terry, Durocher, Reese, Robinson, Mays, Koufax, Drysdale, Marichal, Lasorda, Bonds. The book also examines the cities that have hosted the rivalry and devotes a special section to the move to California. The author argues compellingly that, contrary to popular wisdom, the rivalry’s best years came after the move.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044048604953