A Farewell To Heroes
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Author | : Frank Graham |
Publisher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780809324910 |
Originally published in 1981 and long out of print, this dual autobiography covers five unforgettable decades of the New York sporting life from 1915 to 1965. Told initially from the point of view of Frank Graham, premier sportswriter for The New York Sun, A Farewell to Heroes also includes the chronicles of Frank, Jr., who picks up the narrative as he becomes a sports journalist in his own right. Frank Graham, Sr., was a self-taught writer known for his uncanny ability to capture the high drama of a game-winning play or the color of a fight mob's conversation in spare, straightforward prose. As a reporter, he covered the rough-and-tumble Giants of John McGraw's day and continued through boxing's greatest era, spanning the reigns of Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis. As the younger Frank tells more of the story, we watch Lou Gehrig take Babe Ruth's place as the Yankees' star and then trace his glorious career to its tragic conclusion. We see firsthand the legendary Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson and boxing's brief but golden age on television in the 1950s. Aided by sixteen photographs and preserving the most masterful of his father's writing while adding to it the best of his own, Frank Graham, Jr., has given the sports fan A Farewell to Heroes, perhaps the ultimate sports reminiscence of a time when the romance of sport gave life a golden hue, when heroes still roamed the earth. -In what he calls this 'kind of dual autobiography, ' he is his father's son, having learned to look and listen as his father did and still go his own way, - says W. C. Heinz, longtime sportswriter for The New York Sun, in his new foreword to this paperback edition.
Author | : Jeffrey Sonnenfeld |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 549 |
Release | : 1991-02-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0199839166 |
How a business replaces its chief executive often determines that firm's future. If a business does not effectively manage the transfer of power, utter turmoil can result, with profound implications not only for the CEO, but also for the other employees, the shareholders, and the community at large. Filled with inside stories from corporate boardrooms and fresh conceptual perspectives, The Hero's Farewell describes in rich detail the factors that affect executive succession. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld offers the first close examination of the critical role a CEO's departure style plays in helping, or hindering, the transfer of power. Through candid interviews with fifty prominent retired chief executives from corporations such as AT&T, Ford, Dupont, United Technologies, and Raytheon (David Rockefeller of Chase Manhattan and Thomas J. Watson, Jr. of IBM among them) and a survey of an additional three hundred top managers, Sonnenfeld identifies the four major types of leadership departure styles. These types include Monarchs, who choose not to leave voluntarily but either die in office or are overthrown; Generals, who leave reluctantly and spend their retirement planning a comeback; Ambassadors, who retain close ties with their former firms; and Governors, who willingly serve a limited time and leave to pursue new interests. Capturing the human drama of these departures and succession battles, The Hero's Farewell will fascinate anyone intrigued by power struggles in large corporations. Outlining ways to smooth out the inevitable transfers of power that corporations must face, Sonnenfeld presents essential information for all top executives and especially for CEOs.
Author | : Linden A. Lewis |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2022-11-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1982127074 |
The flame of rebellion burns across the solar system in this dazzling conclusion to Linden A. Lewis’s stunning First Sister trilogy perfect for fans of Red Rising, The Handmaid’s Tale, and The Expanse. Astrid is finally free of the Sisterhood, yet her name carries on. She’s called the Unchained by those she’s inspired and the Heretic by those who want her voiceless once more. Now Astrid uses knowledge of the Sisterhood’s inner workings against them, aiding the moonborn in raids against abbeys and Cathedrals, all the while exploring the mysteries of her forgotten past. However, the Sisterhood thrives under the newly appointed Mother Lilian I, who’s engaged in high-stakes politics among the Warlords and the Aunts to rebuild the Sisterhood in her own image. But the evil of the Sisterhood can’t be purged with anything less than fire... Meanwhile, Hiro val Akira is a rebel without an army, a Dagger without a Rapier. As protests rock the streets of Cytherea, Hiro moves in the shadows, driven by grief and vengeance, as they hunt the man responsible for all their pain: their father... Transformed by the Genekey virus, Luce navigates the growing schism within the Asters on Ceres. Hurting in her new body, she works to bridge two worlds seemingly intent on mutual destruction. All while mourning her fallen brother, though Lito sol Lucius’s memory may yet live on. Yet Souji val Akira stands in judgment on them all, plotting the future for all of humanity, and running out of time before war erupts between the Icarii and Geans. But can even the greatest human intellect outwit the Synthetics? This “sprawling, queer space opera” (NPR) trilogy comes to a sensational climax in this final installment, and is a must-read for science fiction fans everywhere.
Author | : Ernest Hemingway |
Publisher | : Rare Treasure Editions |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1774649063 |
''A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."
Author | : Beth Ball |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2020-04-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781952609022 |
Sparks of natural magic flicker at your fingertips, ready to be unleashed. Forces awaken across the world of Azuria, ancient enmities stirring that have remained stagnant for thousands of years. Organized packs of werewolves hunt the few remaining druid conclaves that have managed to survive. The druids' forest homes do what they can to protect their caretakers, but their true hope lies beyond the woodland borders, in a young noblewoman preparing for a much different fate than the one destiny will unfurl before her. Heroes of old return to life, severed from the elemental titans they once served. A pirate queen marauds on the open seas, searching for a lost artifact and destroying any who stand in her way. A young druid woman fights for survival against a curse that threatens to possess her, body and soul. Over it all, the dark goddess Alessandra watches, waiting for the one whose time has now come. The amulet calls.
Author | : Michael Ashcroft |
Publisher | : Headline |
Total Pages | : 349 |
Release | : 2012-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0755363914 |
Since the dawn of aerial combat in the First World War, the heroism of the men who put their lives at risk in the air has known no bounds. There were no more heroic airmen than the fighter pilots and bomber crews of the Second World War - men who sacrificed their own lives in order to save their crew or who, although in extreme pain, managed to get their aircraft home rather than risk becoming PoWs. In telling the stories of more than eighty such men, Heroes of the Skies paints a picture of aerial combat from the First World War right through to Afghanistan, and allows us to celebrate the extraordinary feats of our flying heroes.
Author | : Lucy Hughes-Hallett |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 2010-03-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307485900 |
Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism in Western civilization. In this riveting and insightful cultural history, Lucy Hughes-Hallett brings to life eight exceptional men from history and myth to explore our timeless need for heroes. As she re-creates these extraordinary lives, Hughes-Hallett illuminates the attractions and dangers of hero worship. This is a fascinating book about dictatorship and democracy, seduction and mass hysteria, politics and culture, and the tensions between being good and being great.
Author | : Mohit Kumar Ray |
Publisher | : Atlantic Publishers & Dist |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : 9788126904273 |
This Anthology Comprising Eighteen Essays Provides Glimpses Of Mainstream British Literature As Well As Surveys Of American, African, And Canadian Writings In English, And In A Way A View Of The Practice Of English Writing Across The Globe. Here Are Fine Analyses And Sharp Critique Of, As Well As Fine Sensitive Response To, The Plays Of Shakespeare, The Poetry Of Dryden, Wordsworth, Keats, The Biographical Works Of E.M. Forster, The Drama And Poetry Of T.S. Eliot, In Addition To A Glimpse Of Some Plays By Modern British Playwrights. At The Same Time It Also Offers Critical Insights Into American Authors Like Langston Hughes And Ernest Hemingway, African Author Like Achebe, Or A Canadian Booker Winner Of Recent Times Like Yann Martin. There Are Discussions Of Naipaul S Novel And Travelogue.Another Unique Feature Of The Present Anthology Is A Small Bunch Of Essays Which Take Up The Related Issues Of Aesthetics And Literary Criticism, And Modern Trends And Movements In The Domain Of Ideas, Thus Reminding Of Once Again That Literature, Indeed, Can Never Be An Isolated Phenomenon.Students, Scholars And General Readers Of English Literature Will Find The Anthology Both Useful And Enjoyable.
Author | : Theodore Gerald Soares |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : P.G. Rama Rao |
Publisher | : Atlantic Publishers & Dist |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : War stories, American |
ISBN | : 9788126907724 |
This Book Studies Hemingway S A Farewell To Arms In The Light Of His Aesthetic Principles And Major Themes. It Scrutinizes Its Symbolistic Dimensions And Stylistic Excellence While Keeping An Undeviating Focus On The Poignant Classic Of Love In The Time Of War.This Study Further Demonstrates How The Novel Appeals At Different Levels Like The Other Works Of Hemingway As A Story Of War, A Story Of Love, A Story Of The Growth Of The Hero S Soul, A Story Of Memorable Characters And A Work Of Artistic Excellence.The Present Book Will Definitely Prove Useful To Students, Researchers As Well As Teachers Of English Literature Interested In The Study Of Hemingway And His Works.