Major League Rebels. Baseball Battles over Workers' Rights and American Empire, Hardback - Peter Dreier

This book tells the fascinating stories of the baseball rebels who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's political and social prote...

The Reshaping of America's Game describes the major developments and challenges that took place in Major League Baseball during the 25-plus years f...

With a foreword by Charlie Sheen. A behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest baseball movies ever. If you love watching Major League, you'll b...

What an amazing journey for Edith and Harold's only Son I have spent 33 years in the Major Leagues, traveling around the world eating at the best r...

Lyric and Liberalism in the Age of American Empire re-examines the work of Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, and Jorie G...

DescriptionFrom the defeat of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam at Ap Bac to the battles of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, and more, Storms over ...

Reducere. Adam Renfroe, Jr. is the Philadelphia Titan. "Adam said he was gonna tell the truth in a book one day, and boy, did he ever tell it in this book" (...

Reducere. In the summer of 1932, at the beginning of the turbulent decade that would remake America, baseball fans were treated to one of the most thrilling ...

Reducere. Rube Foster, Cool Papa Bell, Monte Irvin, Buck Leonard...they are some of the greatest players to ever play the game; so why have so few people hea...

A blazing fastball. A blasting hit. An amazing catch at the fence What's behind it all? Science Let Max Axiom, Super Scientist, explain the science...

The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters (ISBN 978 1 63149 622 6) reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winn...

Reducere. The Kansas City Monarchs are arguably the best-known of all Negro League teams, thanks in part to the inimitable Satchel Paige's association with t...

Mexican American Baseball in the Inland Empire celebrates the thriving culture of former teams from Pomona, Ontario, Cucamonga, Chino, Claremont, S...

Civil War Settlers is the first thorough analysis of Scandinavian Americans, examining citizenship, settler colonialism and whiteness in the Civil ...

Reducere. This book was inspired by the last Negro League World Series ever played and presents biographies of the players on the two contending teams in 194...

Reducere. While Jackie Robinson is justly famous for breaking the color line in major league baseball in 1947, other young African American players, among th...

Drawing upon previously unseen archival material, this book brings to life the story of the Actresses' Franchise League from 1908-1958, building a ...

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Reducere. "A true picture of baseball." -Tim McCarver From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-totin...

The story of Lutzen, one of the most famous battles of the cataclysmic Thirty Years' War - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what ...

Forget the steroid-addled, overpaid, and unmotivated players: America's pastime is still alive and well, and is still the heartfelt sport it's alwa...

Reducere. In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an ...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): Jeremy DeloneyIllustration(s): 1100 TablesNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 213 x 275 x 14Co...

Reducere. This book instructs coaches on the duties and responsibilities of coaching Little League baseball, including maximizing practice efficiency, teachi...

Tony Chu -- the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats -- has been kidnappedHe was ambushed, knocke...

Reducere. How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems--poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic po...

It's baseball season, and Katie and her friends are busy rooting for their favorite team, the Cherrydale Porcupines. Katie loves the team, but can'...

The experiences of the women who took to the previously male roles on the railways as the Second World War set in are explored in this title, drawi...

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Drawing from the EU-funded DomEQUAL research project across 9 countries in Europe, Sout...

Baseball Under the Palms: A History of Miami Minor League Baseball - The Early Years (1892-1960), tells the fascinating story of the growth of hard...

Reducere. Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that his own ...

DescriptionFrom Albert Spalding, who settled in San Diego in the latter part of his life, to late Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Tony Gwynn, San D...

Reducere. Greg Larson was a starry-eyed fan when he hurtled headfirst into professional baseball. As the new clubhouse attendant for the Aberdeen IronBirds, ...

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An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution - then switched sides to try to...

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A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum ...

DescriptionHow the law harms sex workers--and what they want insteadDo you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Shou...

Reducere. The true story of one dedicated ball player and the obstacles she faced to get girls like her on the field In 1950, Kathryn Johnston wanted to play...