The Legacy Of Maggie Dixon

Author : Jack Grubbs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781538114490

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The Legacy of Maggie Dixon by Jack Grubbs Pdf

Maggie Dixon, a 28-year old women’s basketball coach at the United States Military Academy, led the West Point team to its first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament—and died suddenly four weeks later. This book profiles a woman whose enthusiasm, affirmation, hard work, and determination inspired not only her players but friends and family.

Author : Diane H. Mazur
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199813671

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A More Perfect Military by Diane H. Mazur Pdf

Surveys show that the all-volunteer military is our most respected and trusted institution, but over the last thirty-five years it has grown estranged from civilian society. Without a draft, imperfect as it was, the military is no longer as representative of civilian society. Fewer people accept the obligation for military service, and a larger number lack the knowledge to be engaged participants in civilian control of the military. The end of the draft, however, is not the most important reason we have a significant civil-military gap today. A More Perfect Military explains how the Supreme Court used the cultural division of the Vietnam era to change the nature of our civil-military relations. The Supreme Court describes itself as a strong supporter of the military and its distinctive culture, but in the all-volunteer era, its decisions have consistently undermined the military's traditional relationship to law and the Constitution. Most people would never suspect there was anything wrong, but our civil-military relations are now as constitutionally fragile as they have ever been. A More Perfect Military is a bracingly candid assessment of the military's constitutional health. It crosses ideological and political boundaries and is challenging-even unsettling-to both liberal and conservative views. It is written for those who believe the military may be slipping away from our common national experience. This book is the blueprint for a new national conversation about military service.

Author : D. E. Grant
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781662461125

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Cursed Legacy by D. E. Grant Pdf

On the heels of his widely acclaimed debut novel Cursed Plantation, D. E. Grant strikes again with the highly anticipated second installment of his Dark Succubus trilogy. In Cursed Legacy, the reader is taken for a journey filled with twists, turns, and more than a few skeletons. Follow along with New Orleans homicide detective Terry Hawkins as he is called to a prestigious hotel, the scene of a particularly grisly murder of a young adult male. The detective’s probe leads Terry to not only an affluent family but also several similarly brutal deaths. Armed with only a strange picture of an alluring woman and a word from an ancient language, Terry’s digging will take him from the present day to uncovering secrets best left hidden in the past.

Author : United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89102883493

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Assembly by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates Pdf

Author : Pat Williams,Jim Denney
Publisher : Revell
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781493416455

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Character Carved in Stone by Pat Williams,Jim Denney Pdf

Overlooking the Hudson River on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point are 12 granite benches, each inscribed with a word representing a key leadership virtue: compassion, courage, dedication, determination, dignity, discipline, integrity, loyalty, perseverance, responsibility, service, and trust. These benches remind cadets of the qualities that lead to victory and success, not just on the battlefield, but in all of life. With his signature enthusiasm and insight, Pat Williams shares the incredible stories of West Point graduates who exemplified these traits, from the Civil War to the War on Terror. He shows readers of all backgrounds how to develop these 12 essential virtues in their lives, whether they are in the corporate world, the academic world, the military, the church, or in some other sphere.

Author : James Pylant
Publisher : Jacobus Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780962274695

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Blood Legacy by James Pylant Pdf

In 1925 Texans were stunned when a young man’s severed head was found in an abandoned farmhouse near the town of Stephenville. An investigation led to ex-convict F. M. Snow and the mysterious disappearances of his wife and mother-in-law. But this shocking, bloody saga began 50 years earlier . . . Beautiful, vivacious Samantha Jones had a penchant for dangerous men. Her teenage marriage to gambler Amos Smith ended when he was gunned down in a hit orchestrated by his wife’s alleged lover, who was lynched. The widow then married the abusive Bill Olds, who was later arrested for theft, forgery and murder. Violence stalked the next generation when Samantha’s daughter, Maggie Olds, was twice widowed with the brutal murders of her second and fourth husbands. Yet Maggie’s unfortunate choice for a fifth husband, F. M. Snow, led to a gruesome, triple tragedy. In Blood Legacy: The True Story of the Snow Axe Murders, James Pylant delves into family history and sheds new light on a tale of twenty shocking deaths fueled by greed, insanity and revenge. "From hits to lynchings to black widows, this chronicle proves endlessly intriguing." —The Midwest Book Review "Set in the seemingly quiet isolation of small-town Texas, Blood Legacy is a well-written, well-researched true tale with Gothic overtones and more than a hint of Stephen King-style horror." —Carlton Stowers, best-selling and award-winning author

Author : Daniel Eagan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780826429773

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America's Film Legacy by Daniel Eagan Pdf

Collection of the five hundred films that have been selected, to date, for preservation by the National Film Preservation Board, and are thereby listed in the National Film Registry.

Author : Michael J. Coffino
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781538101988

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Odds-On Basketball Coaching by Michael J. Coffino Pdf

In basketball, as in most sports, a large part of a coach’s responsibility is to prepare his or her team for games. Yet, little time in practice is typically devoted to readying the players and coaches for specific game situations. For instance, what are the various ways to use dead ball moments to maximum advantage? What adjustments should be made to launch a comeback in particular circumstances? When is it favorable to purposefully miss a foul shot? In Odds-On Basketball Coaching: Crafting High-Percentage Strategies for Game Situations, Michael J. Coffino presents an innovative system for coaches to prepare for specific game scenarios. Coffino challenges coaches to think differently about what they emphasize in practice, placing greater value on preparing for recurring game situations, crafting strategies by assessing the odds, and creating a culture that elevates how players think about the game. Each chapter begins with an actual game scenario that illustrates the chapter’s content and includes discussions of notable college and professional basketball games in order to demonstrate specific points. Odds-On Basketball Coaching provides a framework for making game decisions beyond instincts and habits. It is intended, more than anything, to stimulate coaches and players to think comprehensively and realistically about how to approach games and practices, fostering an environment where everyone can more incisively make game-time decisions. While high school and youth basketball coaches will find this book most helpful, coaches at all levels will benefit from this novel approach to the game.

Author : Lizzie PRB Jenkins
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0738543748

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Alachua County Florida by Lizzie PRB Jenkins Pdf

Alachua County's African American ancestry contributed significantly to the area's history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the county's history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2166 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : UOM:39015054018067

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Publishers Directory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dale Maharidge
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609809829

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And Their Children After Them by Dale Maharidge Pdf

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in 1990 In And Their Children After Them, the writer/photographer team Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson return to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans’s inimitable Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. With this continuation of Agee and Evans’s project, Maharidge and Williamson not only uncover some surprising historical secrets relating to the families and to Agee himself, but also effectively lay to rest Agee’s fear that his work, from lack of reverence or resilience, would be but another offense to the humanity of its subjects. Williamson’s ninety-part photo essay includes updates alongside Evans’s classic originals. Maharidge and Williamson’s work in And Their Children After Them was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction when it was first published in 1990.

Author : Elizabeth Baum Hanbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : WISC:89062855051

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Currituck Legacy by Elizabeth Baum Hanbury Pdf

The first Baum descendant to appear on extant Currituck records is Abraham Baum in 1715. Appolonia was his wife who bore four sons and three daughters. Abraham died in the late winter of 1729 or the early spring of 1730.

Author : Charles Eldridge Griffin
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780803234666

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Four Years in Europe with Buffalo Bill by Charles Eldridge Griffin Pdf

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was the entertainment industry's first international celebrity, achieving worldwide stardom with his traveling Wild West show. For three decades he operated and appeared in various incarnations of "the western world's greatest traveling attraction," enthralling audiences around the globe. When the show reached Europe it was a sensation, igniting "Wild West fever" by offering what purported to be a genuine experience of the American frontier.

Author : Jack Grubbs
Publisher : BrownBooks.ORM
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612548135

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The Dryline by Jack Grubbs Pdf

An engineer gets caught in the gears of a deadly conspiracy in this thriller of new technology and ruthless oilmen set in Luling, Texas. Once known as the “Toughest Town in Texas,” Luling is about to see a whole new kind of trouble when oil money and murder collide. Former NASA engineer Tom Seiler has been helping his brother, Don, with a new oil extraction system potentially worth billions. But when a worker is found dead on the outskirts of Luling, the brothers find themselves up against a group of ruthless oilmen bent on stealing their design. Surrounded by danger, Tom and Don have no option but to ?ght for the system—and their lives. Set among the rolling hills of South Texas, The Dryline explores the vagaries of nature, the one-of-a-kind Luling Watermelon Thump, and the struggle between justice and revenge.

Author : Keith P. Wilson
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : African American soldiers
ISBN : 0873387090

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Campfires of Freedom by Keith P. Wilson Pdf

Three related themes are examined in this fascinating study: the social dynamics of race relations in Union Army camps, the relationship that evolved between Southern and Northern black soldiers, and the role off-duty activities played in helping the soldiers meet the demands of military service and the challenges of freedom. By vividly portraying the soldiers' camp life and by carefully analyzing their collective memory, the author sets the camp experience in the broader context of social and political change.