Willie S Time

Author : James S. Hirsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439171653

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Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch Pdf

The “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (Seattle Times) authorized, definitive, New York Times bestselling biography of Willie Mays, the most complete baseball player of all time. Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Now James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player. Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the turbulent civil rights era, urged understanding and reconciliation. More than his records, his legacy is defined by the pure joy that he brought to fans and the loving memories that have been passed to future generations so they might know the magic and beauty of the game. With meticulous research and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends, family, and teammates, Hirsch presents a brilliant portrait of one of America’s most significant cultural icons.

Author : Susan These
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469110189

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Willies Passions by Susan These Pdf

Willies Passions is an autobiography - its characters are actual individuals taken from my mother's notes. Her life was an inspiration to all who knew her. The book follows her life at approximately twenty year intervals. The stories are hers and I am just the one to have the honor of sharing it with those who appreciate nature and the beauties of British Columbia. I hope you enjoy reading this book on some of Wilma’s' life as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Author : Jack Bales
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786445745

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Willie Morris by Jack Bales Pdf

William Weaks Morris was a writer defined in large measure by his Southern roots. A seventh generation Mississippian, he grew up in Yazoo City frequently reminded of his heritage. Spending his college years at the University of Texas and at Oxford University in England gave Morris a taste of the world and, at the very least, something to write home about. This volume is a comprehensive reference work dealing with Willie Morris' life and works. It is also a literary biography based on hundreds of primary sources such as letters, newspaper articles and interviews. The principal focus is on Morris' literary legacy, which includes works such as North Toward Home, New York Days and My Dog Skip.

Author : Adam Falkner
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781943735761

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The Willies by Adam Falkner Pdf

2021 Midwest Book Awards - Poetry Debut Gold Medal Winner 2020 Forewords Reviews INDIES Awards - Poetry Gold Medal Winner “Prophetic in bleak times” —DR. CORNEL WEST The Willies, Adam Falkner's first full-length poetry collection, offers a sharp and vulnerable portrait of the journey into queerhood in America. In a voice that Dr. Cornel West heralds as “prophetic in bleak times,” Falkner departs from a more familiar coming out narrative to center the stories of dueling selves. Masquerading white boy. Child of an addict. Closeted varsity athlete. Drifting seamlessly between the scholarly and conversational, Falkner's poems showcase a versatility of language and a courageous hunger, unafraid of depicting the costumes we use to hide legacies of toxic masculinity. Through snapshots both tragic and humorous, merciless and humane, Falkner offers powerful new ways of understanding the intersectional linkage that binds queer shame to cultural appropriation. At its core, The Willies asks us to consider who we will become if we do not grapple with what scares us most. Advance praise for The Willies Adam Falkner has heard what hums at the marrow of men who deceive themselves in order to survive America. — SAEED JONES This is truth that changes the air it reaches. This is poetry that, damn it, you can't shake. — PATRICIA SMITH In these urgent and sometimes mysterious poems, Falkner traces questions of identity, family, love and the self. His language is angular and surprising, his content intimate and profound. — ANDREW SOLOMON Adam Falkner is a poet with a heart of gold and a spine of steel. We need his prophetic voice in these bleak times. —DR. CORNEL WEST I am thankful for the incisive mind and eye of Adam Falkner. In the poems, the work of balancing several selves at once is done gently, deftly, and with the brilliance of someone curious about how limitless they can become. ― HANIF ABDURRAQIB

Author : Charles Einstein
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780809325733

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Willie's Time by Charles Einstein Pdf

To a generation of fans, Willie Mays was the greatest ballplayer they had ever seen. The prowess and speed of the Say Hey Kid were unmatched on the diamond before his time, prompting Joe DiMaggio to label him, “the closest you can come to perfection.” He was the first player to hit fifty home runs and steal twenty bases in a single season. Mays played for the New York Giants (1951–1957), San Francisco Giants (1958–1972), and New York Mets (1972–1973), and in his glory days with the Giants he not only set the major league mark for consecutive seasons by appearing in 150 games or more but by winning his two MVP awards a record twelve seasons apart. When Mays retired, he ranked third in career home runs (behind Aaron and Ruth), a record of 660 soon to be surpassed by Mays’s godson, Barry Bonds. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the only ballplayer biography ever named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Willie’s Time: Baseball’s Golden Age, restores to print Charles Einstein’s vivid biography of one of the game’s foremost legends. With a new preface from the author, this volume replays the most dramatic moments of the Say Hey Kid’s career—from the 1951 Miracle Giants to the Amazing Mets of 1973—and takes us inside the lives of Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Durocher, and others along the way. Einstein offers a compelling and complete look at Mays: as a youth in racist Birmingham, a triumphant symbol of African American success, a sports hero lionized by fans, and yet all the while, still a very human figure destined to play for two decades amid baseball’s Golden Age.

Author : Billy Van
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387932849

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The Willies by Billy Van Pdf

Are you afraid of the dark? Evil lurks, embedded in shadows, and around every corner it awaits and dwells. I invite you to my world of terror - the darkside - the underbelly of the sunlit world that man takes for granted. Now, with that being said, allow me to frighten you more. Once you've entered this book, you've entered the bowels of horror. You can leave at anytime. In fact, you can come and go as you please. Just beware of its macabre, graphic detail, and intense amplitude. This book is sure to give you The Willies.

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : CORNELL:31924065425328

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Report of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OSU:32435021013289

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Transactions by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society (Sacramento, Calif.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
ISBN : UCD:31175023735213

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Transactions of the California State Agricultural Society by California State Agricultural Society (Sacramento, Calif.) Pdf

Author : California State Agricultural Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : PSU:000053069023

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Report by California State Agricultural Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : NYPL:33433066617212

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Wallace's Monthly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Willie O'Ree,Michael McKinley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735239753

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Willie by Willie O'Ree,Michael McKinley Pdf

An inspiring memoir that shows that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to fight for them. In 1958, Willie O'Ree was a lot like any other player toiling in the minors. He was good. Good enough to have been signed by the Boston Bruins. Just not quite good enough to play in the NHL. Until January 18 of that year. O'Ree was finally called up, and when he stepped out onto the ice against the Montreal Canadiens, not only did he fulfil the childhood dream he shared with so many other Canadian kids, he did something that had never been done before. He broke hockey's colour barrier. Just as his hero, Jackie Robinson, had done for baseball. In that pioneering first NHL game, O'Ree proved that no one could stop him from being a hockey player. But he soon learned that he could never be just a hockey player. He would always be a black player, with all that entails. There were ugly name-calling and stick-swinging incidents, and nights when the Bruins had to be escorted to their bus by the police. But O'Ree never backed down. When he retired in 1979, he had played hundreds of games as a pro, and scored hundreds of goals, his boyhood dreams more than accomplished. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in recognition not only of that legacy, but of the way he has built on it in the decades since. He has been, for twenty years now, an NHL Executive and has helped the NHL Diversity program expose more than 40,000 boys and girls of diverse backgrounds to unique hockey experiences. Inspiring, frank, and shot through with the kind of understated courage and decency required to change the world, Willie is a story for anyone willing to persevere for a dream.

Author : George Hebert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213333169

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Willie Atherton by George Hebert Pdf

Author : Randel McGirr
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781312787872

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Evil Willie by Randel McGirr Pdf

The Pucket family just moved into town and the children of the family notice a huge candy factory near their house. Being inquisitive children they explore and soon discover that the candy factory will welcome them as employees and provide them with room and board. Not only will they get to eat all the candy they could possibly want, but they also won't have to attend school. What could be better?

Author : Victoria Pade
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459229419

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Wedding Willies by Victoria Pade Pdf

HER BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING… Although Kit McIntyre had left more than one unsuspecting groom standing solo at the altar, nothing would stop her from celebrating her best friend's big day. Luckily, there were a few perks she hadn't counted on as maid of honor—such as getting to spend lots of quality time with best man Ad Walker. For a guy who'd sworn off women, trying to ignore the way Kit made Ad's libido stand up and take notice was proving impossible. And regardless of her rumored wedding willies, Ad couldn't help but imagine joining her in one last trip down the aisle…as her husband!