Jewish Sports Legends

Jewish Sports Legends
Author: Joseph Siegman
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2020-08-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1496201884

Following the 1972 Olympics one sportswriter referred to Mark Spitz, winner of seven gold medals, as “the first great Jewish athlete.” He couldn’t have been more wrong. As Jewish Sports Legends shows, Jews have excelled at athletics for centuries. This engaging volume illuminates the lives and unforgettable accomplishments of Jews in virtually every major sport played worldwide. Baseball stars Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, basketball’s Red Auerbach and Dolph Schayes, and football’s Sid Luckman and Marv Levy are only a few notable examples. With photographs accompanying almost every sports personality, this fifth edition introduces some famous and some not-so-famous Jewish sports greats throughout history. More than eighty new entries have been added to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame since 2005, among them Lyle Alzado, Max Baer, Ira Berkow, Kenny Bernstein, Sasha Cohen, Shawn Green, Donna Geils Orender, Aly Raisman, and Bud Selig. While most of those profiled are professional sport champions and Olympic gold medalists, the book also features great coaches, officials, journalists, and other significant contributors in every major sport.

Put Your Pants On and Get to Work - Ten Principles for Zestful Living

Put Your Pants On and Get to Work - Ten Principles for Zestful Living
Author: Kalman Magyar
Publisher: Kalman Magyar
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN:

Living every day with zest hinges on following ten principles which apply equally to everyone. No matter how much money you have, your level of education, occupation, age, or where you live – the principles work if you stick with them. Their roots have been established over generations and stress-tested during times of war, prosperity, triumph, and adversity. Begin living more zestfully. It's never too late to start. Author Kalman Magyar has a remarkably eccentric skill set and atypical background. He is an international business lawyer and professor with over two decades of wide-ranging experience in courtrooms, boardrooms and classrooms throughout the United States and Canada. He is also a renowned Hungarian folk musician who has appeared in the world's most prominent performing venues and obscurest ethnic community halls. Kalman guides you through his unusual personal history while decoding his ten principles for a zestful life. The adventure begins with his family's ordeals in war-ravaged Hungary. It continues as a first-generation immigrant in New Jersey. Valuable lessons are drawn from Kalman's unconventional development in the legal and musical fields. The odyssey is far from smooth, with failures, challenges and missteps along the way. These experiences form the genesis of the principles that collectively provide a blueprint for living zestfully. All day, every day. Married with three children, Kalman splits his time between Toronto, Ontario and Naples, Florida. Kalman also takes frequent trips to Budapest, Hungary, the land of his ancestors where his journey begins. Features a foreword by Jeremiah Brown, winner of a silver medal in rowing for Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and author of bestselling sports memoir, The 4 Year Olympian: From First Stroke to Olympic Medallist. Marissa Stapley, Internationally Bestselling Author of Lucky and The Last Resort, says: "A clear, concise and informative instruction manual for life delivered with humour, wisdom and heart. It's a book I immediately wanted to share and discuss with the people I care about. The format is easy to follow, the writing assured and clear — and you'll come away feeling as if you just had a discussion with a trusted, knowledgeable friend who has set you on a new path!'"

Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends

Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends
Author: Larry Kemp
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480976490

Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends By: Larry Kemp Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends is an examination of the lives and contributions of jazz trumpeters born between 1925 and 1940. Included are Miles Davis, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Chet Baker, and Clifford Brown along with scores of other men and women who created jazz with a trumpet. This is an essential guide for the student of jazz, those interested in history, and those who just like to read entertaining true stories about the most colorful people. The Jazz Trumpet Legends three volume series is the most comprehensive book on the subject. In the series, 867 trumpeters are discussed. The second volume covers the trumpeters in the center of the history of jazz. There are the sad stories of those who died too young (Clifford Brown at 25, Ray Wetzel at 27 from automobile accidents; Joe Gordon at 35 from a house fire; Booker Little at 23 from uremia), balanced by the positive stories of those who accomplished much with their lives (Miles Davis invented cool jazz and fusion; Maynard Ferguson took the trumpet to new heights; Lionel Ferbos performed regularly for a couple of years after his hundredth birthday; Clora Bryant and Betty O’Hara showed that women could get the job done on the trumpet). Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends contains two appendices that apply to trumpeters in all three volumes: a yearly calendar showing, for each day of the year, the trumpeters born on that date; and a geographical listing of the states and countries showing, for each place, the trumpeters born there. Early Jazz Trumpet Legends is the first of three volumes organized chronologically by date of birth. The second volume, Modern Jazz Trumpet Legends covers those born between 1925 and 1940 and the third volume, Current Jazz Trumpet Legends, covers those born after 1940.

Anguyiim Nalliini/Time of Warring

Anguyiim Nalliini/Time of Warring
Author: Ann Fienup-Riordan
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Total Pages: 672
Release: 2016-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1602232911

In this powerful new book, long time Yup'ik researcher Ann Fienup-Riordan teams again with Alice Rearden to bring a long-ignored oral history of warfare to light. Time of Warring combines Yup'ik oral accounts and written records to understand the dramatic history of the bow-and-arrow wars fought in southwest Alaska between 1300 and 1800 AD. Yet warfare is not the only story being told. The book also explores the cultural history of violence, retribution, and ultimately peaceful coexistence. These narratives reveal the origins of place names and architectural practices in their cultural and historical context. And great warriors and heroic women of the past are revealed and discussed. The book represents thirty years of research, discussions, and recordings with over one hundred Yup'ik men and omen--elder historians of the highest caliber. After extensive summary and contextualization from Fienup-Riordan, facing-page translations give the Yup'ik elders and culture bearers the space to tell the stories in their own words. Time of Warring is an important chapter that has long been missing in the history of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta's people.

African Women Legends and the Spirituality of Resistance

African Women Legends and the Spirituality of Resistance
Author: Musa W. Dube
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2024-03-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1003852424

This volume focuses on African indigenous women legends and their potential to serve as midwives for gender empowerment and for contributing towards African feminist theories. It considers the intersection of gender and spirituality in subverting patriarchy, colonialism, anthropocentricism, and capitalism as well as elevating African women to the social space of speaking as empowered subjects with public influence. The chapters examine historical, cultural, and religious African women legends who became champions of liberation and their approach to social justice. The authors suggest that their stories of resistance hold great potential for building justice-loving Earth Communities. This book will be of interest to scholars of religion, gender studies, indigenous studies, African studies, African-indigenous knowledges, postcolonial studies, among others.

Legends of Rock

Legends of Rock
Author: Marjorie Galen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007
Genre: Rock groups
ISBN:

For fans, history buffs and book afficionados, Legends of Rock, part of a trio of collectible hardcover books, features the biggest rock legends of all time (see also Legends of Pop and Legends of Country) . Branded by VHI, this book contains fascinating stories and trivia revealing the people behind the fame of each pop legend. You will also find great quotes by and about these legends as well as Greates Hits sidebars that list the songs that made the artists famous. Legends of Rock is full of hundreds of full-color images of the legends of rock from the first icons to modern day hit-makers. It includes an appendix of best-selling chart timelines for singles and albums. Some featured artists and groups are: Aerosmith David Bowie James Brown The Doors Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin Bob Marley Weezer Santana and U2, among many, many more!

Legends of Pro Wrestling

Legends of Pro Wrestling
Author: Tim Hornbaker
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2012-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1613210752

Details the lives and careers of the best professional wrestling figures of the last one hundred fifty years, including Bruno Sammartino, The Undertaker, and John Cena.

Musings and Adventures of a Baby Boomer, That Generation Before X, Y, and Z

Musings and Adventures of a Baby Boomer, That Generation Before X, Y, and Z
Author: Kay Hoflander
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2020-11-18
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1665503947

As Kay Hoflander personally knows, Baby Boomers are a generation all of their own. From having parents known as the "Greatest Generation" to witnessing the moon landing and ushering in the digital age, this generation has experienced it all. This collection columns are a compilation of the musings and adventures she has experienced as a Baby Boomer in a world more virtual than reality. The humorous and whimsical approach she brings to life leads readers to reminisce the writings of Erma Bombeck. Tackling everything from aging to "going viral", her columns remind us not to take life too seriously and maintain focus on the things that really matter. Join Kay Hoflander on a honest and refreshing look back on the experiences of this unique generation and the challenges of aging digital.

Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers

Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers
Author: Ronnie Joyner
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786491450

This collection of more than 300 graphic biographies of baseball players is a throwback to the illustrated biographies or cartoons seen regularly in newspaper sports sections of the '30s, '40s and '50s. All manner of ballplayers are included from the Hall of Famers (the Legends), to the everyday players (the Journeymen), to the cup-of-coffee guys (the Short-Timers). Almost all of the bio-illustrations are of major league players, but there are interesting exceptions--minor leaguers, female players, entertainers... These bio-illustrations regularly appeared in the pages of Sports Collectors Digest from 1997 through 2011.

Outlook

Outlook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 888
Release: 2006
Genre: India
ISBN: