Behind The White Ball

Behind The White Ball
Author: Jimmy White
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2011-12-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1448108993

After Hurricane Higgins crashed out of snooker's top league, Jimmmy White has been the `People's Champion' even though he never quite made the top World spot, pipped at the post in 1995 by Stephen Hendry, after missing one single black. Aged 16, White was the youngest player to win the English Amateur Championship. At 18, he won the World Amateur title. By 1984, he's a professional success, married but not at all settled. He's the kind of man who goes out for a packet of cigarettes and comes home two weeks later. Gambling, women, marathon binges with showbiz friends like Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, have threatened the stability of his marriage. But somehow White has survived, to tell in candid detail, a most unusual, often outrageous story of a very sporting life.

Party of the Century

Party of the Century
Author: Deborah Davis
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2010-06-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0470893575

In 1966, everyone who was anyone wanted an invitation to Truman Capote's "Black and White Dance" in New York, and guests included Frank Sinatra, Norman Mailer, C. Z. Guest, Kennedys, Rockefellers, and more. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and drawings of the guests, this portrait of revelry at the height of the swirling, swinging sixties is a must for anyone interested in American popular culture and the lifestyles of the rich, famous, and talented.

Invisible Ball of Dreams

Invisible Ball of Dreams
Author: Emily Ruth Rutter
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 149681715X

Winner of the 2018 John Coates Next Generation Award from the Negro Leagues Research Committee of the Society for American Baseball Research Although many Americans think of Jackie Robinson when considering the story of segregation in baseball, a long history of tragedies and triumphs precede Robinson’s momentous debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. From the pioneering Cuban Giants (1885-1915) to the Negro Leagues (1920-1960), Black baseball was a long-standing staple of African American communities. While many of its artifacts and statistics are lost, Black baseball figured vibrantly in films, novels, plays, and poems. In Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line, author Emily Ruth Rutter examines wide-ranging representations of this history by William Brashler, Jerome Charyn, August Wilson, Gloria Naylor, Harmony Holiday, Kevin King, Kadir Nelson, and Denzel Washington, among others. Reading representations across the literary color line, Rutter opens a propitious space for exploring Black cultural pride and residual frustrations with racial hypocrisies on the one hand and the benefits and limitations of white empathy on the other. Exploring these topics is necessary to the project of enriching the archives of segregated baseball in particular and African American cultural history more generally.

Only the Ball was White

Only the Ball was White
Author: Robert Peterson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195076370

Tells the forgotten story of Black star-quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big league's color line.

Billiards, Revised and Updated

Billiards, Revised and Updated
Author: Billiards Congress of America
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1461749921

Here in a single, compact handbook are all the rules for the myriad forms of pocket billiards. Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book is complete with detailed instructions on how to play everything from Basic Pocket Billiards to Cut-Throat, together with the rules for tournament games such as Nine Ball and Rotation, and Snooker and Carom games. These are the official rules of billiards from the Billiard Congress of America, the governing body of professional billiards in the United States. A very helpful chapter for the beginner includes professional tips on basic techniques and strategies. Also included are a glossary of billiard terms and a summary of BCA billiards champions.

Gifts of the Peramangk

Gifts of the Peramangk
Author: Dean Mayes
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2012-10-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1926760816

"Gifts of the Peramangk is an achingly beautiful story about perseverance and hope that I wished would never end. Dean Mayes clearly cares deeply about his characters, and his dedication to them shines through. I highly recommend this tale."—Long and Short Reviews In 1950s Australia, during the height of the divisive White Australia Policy, Virginia, a young Aboriginal girl is taken from her home and put to work on an isolated and harsh outback station. Her only solace: the violin, taught to her secretly by the kind-hearted wife of the abusive station owner. However, Virginia's prodigious musical gift cannot save her from years of hardship and racism. Decades later, her eight year old granddaughter Ruby plays the violin with the passion Virginia once possessed. Amidst poverty, domestic violence and societal dysfunction, Ruby escapes her circumstance through her practice with her grandmother's frail, guiding hand. Ruby’s zeal attracts the attention of an enigmatic music professor and with his help, she embarks on an incredible journey of musical discovery that will culminate in a rare opportunity. But with two cultural worlds colliding, her gift and her ambition will be threatened by deeply ingrained distrust, family jealousies and tragic secrets that will define her very identity. "Dean writes so beautifully, that you can hear the music playing."–Books Complete Me Be sure to also read Dean Mayes' other novels: The Hambledown Dream The Artisan Heart The Recipient

The Hall Ball

The Hall Ball
Author: Ralph Carhart
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-06-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476637938

Rescued in 2010 from the small creek that runs next to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, a simple baseball launched an epic quest that spanned the United States and beyond. For eight years, "The Hall Ball" went on a journey to have its picture taken with every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, both living and deceased. The goal? To enshrine the first crowd-sourced artifact ever donated to the Hall. Part travelogue, part baseball history, part photo journal, this book tells the full story for the first time. The narratives that accompany the ball's odyssey are as funny and moving as any in the history of the game.

George Ball

George Ball
Author: James A. Bill
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780300069693

Traces the life and political career of George W. Ball, and describes his impact on Amercian foreign policy

Ball Don't Lie

Ball Don't Lie
Author: Matt de la Peña
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307433161

Newbery Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Pena's Ball Don't Lie "is a must-read." [The Bulletin] Sticky is a beat-around-the-head foster kid with nowhere to call home but the street, and an outer shell so tough that no one will take him in. He started out life so far behind the pack that the finish line seems nearly unreachable. He’s a white boy living and playing in a world where he doesn’t seem to belong. But Sticky can ball. And basketball might just be his ticket out . . . if he can only realize that he doesn’t have to be the person everyone else expects him to be. Matt de la Peña's breakout urban masterpiece, Ball Don’t Lie takes place where the street and the court meet and where a boy can be anything if he puts his mind to it. ★"[An] inspiring story. Sticky is a true original, and de la Peña has skillfully brought him to life."-School Library Journal, Starred "Riveting...Teens will be strongly affected by the unforgettable...basketball action; and the questions about race, love, self-worth, and what it means to build a life without advantages."-Booklist "Stunningly realistic."-VOYA "Gritty and mesmerizing."-Kirkus Reviews "I have never before seen blacktop ball depicted so well. In this novel, you will find its flash, its power, and its elegance without chains. This is powerful stuff."-Antawn Jamison, forward for the Los Angeles Clippers "Truly authentic in its examination of both the game I love and the invariable missteps toward manhood. You cannot fail to be moved by the eloquence and truth of this story."-Rick Fox, former forward for the Los Angeles Lakers An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers

First in Series Collection

First in Series Collection
Author: J.E. Taylor
Publisher: J.E. Taylor
Total Pages: 1199
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

First in Series Collection includes the following nine series starters! This collection will only be available for a limited time! The Steve William Series Book 1: Dark Reckoning A sadistic killer stalks the secluded college town of Brooksfield, New Hampshire and the FBI plants Special Agent Steve Williams in a fraternity at Brooksfield University. His investigation takes a turn when he's introduced to Jennifer, a clairvoyant co-ed who swears the killer isn't human. Steve must figure out if Jennifer is trying to help... or is she the one responsible? The Games Thriller Series Book 1: Survival Games Until he snatches Jessica Connor, Ty Aris happily followed his stepbrother's orders, producing some of the most coveted black-market films on the street. But the day he grabs her in the parking lot, his life becomes a living nightmare. With the clock ticking, he scrambles for escape options. Options that won't land him in jail…or worse…a captive in his stepbrother's sadistic prison. Night Hawk Series Book 1: Night Hawk Sentenced to death at the hands of a demon, Naomi Hawk has a firsthand lesson in betrayal. Now, she thirsts for justice... and revenge. The Ryan Chronicles Series Book 1: Angel Grace After witnessing the loss of his father and an ugly breakup with his girlfriend, CJ Ryan travels a destructive path into despair, sliding down a slippery slope that could lead to disaster, especially when Lucifer wages war for his soul. One wrong step and CJ could fall into the devil's trap, becoming no better than the demons he battles. Magick Trilogy Series Book 1: Magick Paige wakes in a sanitarium with no recollection of anything beyond entering the Halloween bash at her fiance's fraternity house, and the news that her fiance died of an overdose and everyone thinks she is responsible. With all the evidence pointing in Paige's direction, proving her innocence may be an impossible feat, but that is the least of her worries now that she has unleashed an angry ghost. The Death Chronicles Series Book 1: Don't Fear the Reaper The day Nick Ramsay's eighth-grade teacher drops dead in his classroom, Nick sees his first reaper. When another cloaked figure appears at his grandmother's bedside, Nick issues an order for the vile creature to leave her alone. This simple act of defiance creates a domino effect that brings Fate and Death to Nick's door and reveals his true lineage, throwing his world into chaos. The Paradox Files Series Book 1: Silencing the Siren A protector. A lost soul. A siren looking for salvation. Fire Cursed Series Book 1: Fire Cursed Lucifer's daughter rises and brings out dark supernatural entities, and each and every one of them either wants to control her or kill her. Fractured Fairy Tales Book 1: Red What happens when a werewolf hunter falls for her prey? When her grandmother doesn't come back from a foraging run, Red dons her quiver of silver arrows and breaks town law, heading into the forest after sunset to search for her. The dark woods test her hunting skills as well as her loyalty to the Dakota Guard, and she's left wondering if there is any way out of this alive. Fans of Once Upon a Time and Grimm will devour RED.