They Call Me Pudge

Author : Ivan Rodriguez,Jeff Sullivan,Nolan Ryan,Jim Leyland
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781633197497

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They Call Me Pudge by Ivan Rodriguez,Jeff Sullivan,Nolan Ryan,Jim Leyland Pdf

With 14 All-Star appearances, 13 Gold Gloves, a Most Valuable Player Award, and, of course, a World Series ring, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez has more than earned his spot in Cooperstown as one of the best Major League catchers of all time. In They Call Me Pudge, Rodriguez tells the story of his unforgettable baseball journey, from signing his first professional contract as a 16 year-old in Puerto Rico, to his years in Texas, Detroit, and beyond, to the World Series stage in Miami, and behind the doors of the Texas Rangers front office. Rodriguez's accomplishments, his teammates, and his biggest challenges all receive time in the spotlight in this refreshing memoir of a life and Hall-of-Fame career.

Author : Michael Malone
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781401382018

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The Killing Club by Michael Malone Pdf

In this One Life to Live tie-in novel, Jamie Ferrara is a spunky, attractive detective engaged to Rod Wolenski, the Chief of Detectives, seeking answers in her friend's murder and battling old feelings for Garth, the boy who broke her heart.

Author : Lou Macaluso
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 9781598586701

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Clown Town by Lou Macaluso Pdf

Clown Town is true story/social Chicago history of a baby boomer's struggle with death phobia filtered through a child's perspective. The title refers to an imaginary world created by the young protagonist, Pudgie, to pacify his younger friend's curiosity about the real world of school. Pudgie's real world, however, is a horrific world of indignity, humiliation, anger, and fear. Clown Town is a utopian world of fantasy for young boys growing up in a Chicago suburb during the 1950s. The Prologue establishes the adult first-person narrator in the present tense. He is forced to reminisce about his youth when the eminent death of his mother rekindles old fears and personality quirks that had haunted his life. His journey backward leads the reader to the death of a neighborhood man, the death of Pudgie's grandfather, and the death of a schoolmate in a historic Chicago school fire of 1958. Pudgie also struggles with a volatile temper when teased about his crossed left eye. The temper threatens his existence in a "normal" school. Along the way, the narrative treats the reader to a nostalgic look at the 1950s (the music, the cars, the TV shows, the movies, the mores), a naive child's interpretation of sex, and an adult perspective of childhood adventures such as smoking, competing in sports, and participating in petty crime.

Author : Ed Simpson
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573695474

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The Comet of St. Loomis by Ed Simpson Pdf

Author : Katie Crouch
Publisher : Poppy
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316126915

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The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch Pdf

When her free-spirited mother dies in a tragic accident, sixteen-year-old Alexandria Lee is forced to leave her West Coast home and move in with a wealthy grandmother she's never known in Savannah, Georgia. By birth, Alex is a rightful if unwilling member of the Magnolia League-Savannah's long-standing debutante society. But white gloves and silk gowns are a far cry from the vintage t-shirts and torn jeans shorts she's used to. Alex is the first in decades to question the Magnolia League's intentions, yet even she becomes entangled in their seductive world. The members enjoy youth, beauty and power...but at what cost? As Alex discovers a pact between the Magnolias and the Buzzards, a legendary hoodoo family, she discovers secrets-some deadly-hidden beneath the glossy Southern veneer. New York Times bestselling author Katie Crouch's poignant and humorous voice shines in this enchanting and mysterious story about girls growing up in a magical Southern city.

Author : Steve Teel
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781449787653

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Joe Angel by Steve Teel Pdf

Joe Angel: The Guardian Games Book One is a fiction adventure filled with sports, faith, humor, and angels battling demons. DANIEL WALSH is a high school senior, a can't miss first round Major League Baseball prospect, just months away from a multimillion dollar signing bonus. Everything's perfect until Daniel meets Joe, an angel with attitude. JOE ANGEL has it made. He lives in heaven, and when he travels to earth, he battles and defeats demons in The Guardian Games. Everything's perfect until Joe meets Daniel, a human whose weak faith frustrates the angel. THE GUARDIAN GAMES pit angels against demons in a series of challenges that occur on Earth but are invisible to human eyes... unless you're Daniel Walsh and can convince an angel to let you see into the supernatural realm.

Author : Hannah Bonam-Young
Publisher : Dell
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593872123

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Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young Pdf

Two friends battle feelings for each other as they work together to renovate a school bus into a home in this charming romance novel from the viral TikTok author of Next of Kin and Out on a Limb. “Warm, sexy, and vulnerable . . . Hannah Bonam-Young needs to be on your romance radar.”—Hannah Grace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Icebreaker Lane is in the middle of an identity crisis. Her friends are all partnered up, her career is heading nowhere, and simply put, she’s not happy. So, after a night out celebrating her birthday, she makes one hell of an impulsive purchase: a giant yellow forty-eight-passenger school bus that she intends to make her home. With little-to-no renovation experience but a large sum of inheritance money, Lane enlists the help of her friend Matt—a mechanic by trade, handyman by practice, and hottie by nature. While their mutual attraction is undeniable, Matt and Lane have silently agreed that a friendship is the only thing that can ever exist between them. Matt’s a total family guy with “settle down with me” tattooed across his forehead, whereas Lane is entirely commitment averse. It could never work . . . right?

Author : JM Ruth
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781105288463

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The Deacon Cross by JM Ruth Pdf

The Deacon Cross brings you twenty chapters in the lives of The Deacons, the gang that controls South Philadelphia. The chapters range from chronicling the Deacons war with rival gangs, the members personal lives, and the gang's impact on their city.

Author : E. A. Coe
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387877225

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Full Count by E. A. Coe Pdf

Two division three college baseball players experience a charmed baseball season together that leads to a berth for their team, The Monarchs, in the NCAA Championship tournament. Along the way, they find that neither the game nor life is always predictable.

Author : Timothy Gray
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450227933

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The Magician by Timothy Gray Pdf

When New Orleans Detective John O'Meara's twenty-nine-year-old sister, Payton, goes missing in Las Vegas, the thirty-eight-year-old cop who's not shy about using lethal force catches a red-eye flight to Sin City, hoping to follow his sister's trail before it goes cold. Instead, he uncovers a murder ring that extends from a VIP booth in a gentlemen's club on the Strip all the way to the mayor's office. O'Meara, a maverick in the NOPD known for his sick (as opposed to sixth) sense, has earned a reputation for unearthing spooky criminals. But he outdoes himself in Vegas where he stumbles upon a magician from Transylvania whose onstage persona as a vampire turns out to be more than just an act. The situation heats up when O'Meara falls for the magician's former assistant, a bewitching siren with a thirst for not just blood but redemption. The ensuing struggle between passion and principle leaves behind a string of dead bodies. O'Meara is forced to face his own inner demons as he searches for Payton. He doesn't know if he'll find her dead or alive.

Author : Hannah Bonam-Young
Publisher : Bedford Square Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781835010945

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Next of Kin by Hannah Bonam-Young Pdf

COMING SPRING 2024 FROM THE VIRAL TIK TOK AUTHOR OF OUT ON A LIMB AND NEXT TO YOU ! Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the undeniable chemistry between them threatens to ruin everything. "Funny and huge-hearted and romantic and real."— New York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert When she discovers her biological mother has had a new baby, Chloe doesn't hesitate to provide a home for her. Failing to meet social services' financial evaluation, she's forced into a new initiative: joining households with another prospective guardian. Surly garage mechanic Warren, who is trying to gain custody of his deaf teenage brother, does not make a great first impression. But as their lives intertwine, Chloe and Warren discover they have more in common than they thought. So much so that the chemistry between them threatens everything they've fought for...

Author : John Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698405875

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Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition by John Green Pdf

A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive content, including: - An introduction by John Green - Extensive Q&A: John Green answers readers’ most frequently asked questions - Deleted scenes from the original manuscript ★ Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award ★ A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist ★ A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller ★ NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels ★ TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time ★ A PBS Great American Read Selection NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

Author : William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786043576

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Dark Night of the Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone,J.A. Johnstone Pdf

The latest action-packed installment in the national bestselling Western authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone’s long-running Mountain Man historical series. JOHNSTONE COUNTRY. HUNT OR BE HUNTED. The bear seems harmless—at first. Just a lost and confused grizzly poking around Big Rock. Then the killings begin. A horse wrangler is mangled. A rancher mauled. Then a bartender in the heart of town is found clawed to a bloody pulp. Now every man in Big Rock is taking up arms to hunt down the beast before it strikes again—which worries the local sheriff. He’s afraid this amateur hunting party could turn into a mass funeral real fast. So he asks Smoke Jensen to help keep everyone calm and contain the panic. Unfortunately, it’s too late. The panic is out of control. And the hunt is on. . . . While the gun-toting locals head for the hills in search of the bear, a ruthless gang of bank robbers ride into the half-empty town—armed to the teeth. Then a professional wild game hunter shows up offering to kill the grizzly—for a price. If that wasn’t enough, a traveling medicine man claims the bear is part of his act—and wouldn’t hurt a soul. Smoke Jensen isn’t sure what to believe or who to trust. But one thing is certain: Where there are jaws, claws, and outlaws, there will be blood. . . . Live Free. Read Hard.

Author : Mike Piazza
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439150238

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Long Shot by Mike Piazza Pdf

The twelve-time All-Star catcher describes the inspiration he gleaned from his self-made father, his early career with the Dodgers, his memorable 2000 World Series with the Mets, and the controversies that have marked his career.

Author : Bruce Coville
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481415606

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Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville Pdf

Following the successful repackaging of Bruce Coville’s My Teacher Is an Alien series, great new covers for another popular backlist series from the bestselling author. IT’S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER! “I cannot tell a lie,” says Rod Allbright. And it’s the truth. Ask him a question and he’s bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher asks what happened to last night’s math assignment, Rod has to give the only answer he can: “Aliens ate my homework, Miss Maloney!” Of course, no one believes Rod this time, so they don’t bother to ask him why the aliens are here. It’s just as well, since he is sworn to silence about their secret mission and the fact that he has been drafted to help them!