Summer of '68: The Season That Changed Baseball-and America-Forever - Tim Wendel

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Dan Epstein scored a cult hit with Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s. Now he returns with ...

In 1968, at the climax of the sixties, Os Guinness visited the United States for the first time. There he was struck by an impression he'd already ...

DescriptionThe Baseball America Almanac has always been the best baseball annual, and now it's the only book on the market that sums up the year in...

Reducere. Nearly a century after his final major league appearance, Christy Mathewson is still considered one of the greatest right-handed pitchers in the hi...

DescriptionThe one player guide every true baseball fan will want - the leading resource for the next generation of rising stars The Baseball Ameri...

Reducere. ""One Shot at Forever" is powerful, inspirational. . . . This isn't merely a book about baseball. It's a book about heart."--Jeff Pearlman, "New Yo...

A beautiful culinary and ethnobotanical survey of the punch-packing ingredient central to today's multi-cultural palate, with more than 40 pan-Lati...

Reducere. In the watershed year of 1962, events and people came together to reshape baseball like never before. The season saw five no-hitters, a rare Nation...

This is the first detailed account of the historic race for long-distance flight records between the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy after World War II.Pub...

Reducere. A marvelous addition to the literature of inspirational sports stories. - Booklist (Starred Review) This remarkable and inspiring story shines. - P...

DescriptionDerek Jeter, Pedro Martinez, Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Bryce Harper. Before those Future Hall of Famers vaulted into Major Leagu...

Reducere. Ama, desperate to live up to her family's expectations, finds herself on an outdoor adventure summer camp. Tomboy, loner Polly discovers that her g...

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Reducere. Sneaker Wars is the fascinating true story of the enemy brothers behind Adidas and Puma, two of the biggest global brands of athletic footwear. Adi...

Reducere. On April 14, 1865, only days after the Civil War had come to a close, a gunshot rang out in Ford's Theatre and President Abraham Lincoln slumped fo...

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Reducere. In baseball today, Wins Above Replacement, or WAR, is the go-to tool for measuring player value. But WAR is limited in how it compares different er...

A stunning new paperback edition of the classic first Tom Thorne novel by number one Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham, containing a foreword...

1967. Two rival football teams. Two legendary coaches. Two talented quarterbacks. Together they broke the color line, revolutionized college sports...

DescriptionThe definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. "Marti...

The fascinating and topical nonfiction story of how one gun changed American courtrooms, streets, and homes, told for a YA audience by award-winnin...

Reducere. Now in paperbackA dual biography of two of the most compelling elements in the narrative of wild America, John Muir and Alaska. John Muir was a fas...

Reducere. DescriptionAcclaimed author Sandler examines the pinnacle events of 1919 and their relevance to significant issues in American life today.1919 was ...

We all tend to get involved in our work, put our noses down, try to do it diligently, and are sometimes not aware of what is happening around us. O...