She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story, Hardcover - Audrey Vernick

Reducere. Effa always loved baseball. As a young woman, she would go to Yankee Stadium just to see Babe Ruth's mighty swing. But she never dreamed she would ...

Reducere. The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had e...

Reducere. The remarkable story of Larry Doby, the first Black baseball player in the American League. In 1947, Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, ...

Reducere. Second grade? Pfff! No, thanks. The comically anxious narrator in this book thought that first grade had its problems, but overall it was pretty aw...

When Scarlet was born, her parents did the usual counting.Two eyes.One nose.Ten fingers.Ten toes. Also: one long, fluffy, fuzzy, furry tail.That wa...

DescriptionThe first grade narrator of this book has been lots of things: Hungry. Four years old. Crazy bored. Soaking wet. Pretty regular kid . . ...

DescriptionA one-of-a-kind, laugh-out-loud picture book, perfect for any kid who has ever begged or bemoaned, "Five more minutes? " Families everyw...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is the story of the first part of my life and how I rediscovered myself. At the age of 38, a midlife crisis inspired me to exp...

DescriptionGerard Manley Hopkins is known for his powerful, emotive verse. A devout Christian who sought to convey the majesty of God and his creat...

Gerard Manley Hopkins, a leading Victoria poet, known for his innovative style, is considered as influential as T.S. Eliot in initiating the modern...

Reducere. Becoming Lucky is the story of how a dog, who is undersized and under scrutiny, triumphs - because better than anyone, he understands the important...

Reducere. This deeply felt picture book from Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and her son Harry--authors of the memoir Under Our Roof--reassures children that, e...

Dreamer of Dreams and the Two Men She Loved is the true story of a woman in the 1800s who was awakened by her enlightening dreams and visions. In a...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Audrey CarnegieIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 62Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 200 x 1...

Reducere. "We are the ship; all else the sea."-Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League The story of Negro League baseball is the story of gifted at...

Reducere. Twelve-year-old Audrey wants nothing more than to be a dance performer and aerialist, but that feels far from reality in 1944 Hartford, Connecticut...

Reducere. On March 26, 1931, the baseball world was stunned as a 18-year female pitcher named Virne Beatrice "Jackie" Mitchell of Chattanooga, TN, signed a m...

Reducere. Baseball has been called America's true melting pot, a game that unites us as a people. Issei Baseball is the story of the pioneers of Japanese Ame...

Reducere. Batter up! Your team has made it to the championship baseball game, and your choices can mean the difference between a triumphant victory and a hea...

Reducere. A New York Times Bestseller Through 100 Evocative, often stunning photographs, as well as the stories that accompany them, Sports Illustrated visit...

Reducere. Nestled at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers in the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory resides one of the most dom...

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you'r...

Reducere. Obee is an orange boy and the only color in a black and white world. One day, Obee discovers the truth about who he is and sets off on an adventure...

To be the luckiest kid in America, he first had to be the unluckiest It was a time of Prohibition, Jazz, and gangland murder, and it was baseball's...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book is the story of the first part of my life and how I rediscovered myself. At the age of 38, a midlife crisis inspired me to exp...

Reducere. Read along as this dad takes his son through the excitement of practicing good sportsmanship while teaching him how to play all his favorite sports...

On any given spring evening, 360, 000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds and grassy fields of a Little League field. With m...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): John SheaNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedescopera far...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The 1930 Major League baseball season was both marvelous and horrendous, great for hitters, embarrassing for pitchers. In totality it was just this...

Covered in earthworm slime and assisted only by her cat and her little brother, Roberta rescues tiny creatures. You know, the ones stranded in the ...

Reducere. Connect with and honor those who have passed on with this insightful guide Although your loved one is physically gone, their spirit remains with yo...

In 1981, a young woman faced death as she lay on the floor of a small boat in the South China Sea fleeing the life she once knew in Vietnam.In 2008...

Reducere. Florida Book AwardShe Sang Promise is the compelling and inspiring story of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, one of modern America's first female elected tr...

Engages the story of the sinful woman with the living tradition of worship and scriptural interpretation in the Orthodox Church.Publisher: Holy Tri...

Reducere. Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 schola...

Reducere. Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent brings together a stellar roster of ballplayers from the 1950s and 1960s in this wonderful ne...

Reducere. Every year on October 31, the witch and warlock children of Transylvania jump on their magic brooms and fly into town to take part in the mortal's ...

In 1876 Ellen Harding Baker began stitching an extraordinary quilt, one that accurately depicted our solar system. Ellen, a Iowa storekeeper's wife...