Memories of Winter Ball

Memories of Winter Ball
Author: Lou Hernández
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-05-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786493003
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This is an oral history of the Latin American baseball leagues of the mid-20th century. Interviews with dozens of former major league players, who participated in the winter leagues of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, provide a fascinating view of life in all of these countries during the most nostalgic era of baseball. For the majority of the players, it was the first time in their lives living in a foreign country; some of the more fortunate made trips to the Caribbean Series. The players' recollections range from their experiences on and off the field, to where they lived, what they ate, the ballparks, other players and irrepressible fans. The stories are often juxtaposed against the backdrop of Latin American political history, adding to the unique international flavor.

The Winter Ball

The Winter Ball
Author: Laura Greenwood
Publisher: Drowlgon Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2024-01-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Enter the world of Grimm Academy, a fantasy academy where fairy tale characters go to escape their prophecies. Uncover the magic in this retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses. The eldest princess of twelve knows the dangers of dancing the night away. Audrey has always wanted to attend Grimm Academy and prove to her father that she's the perfect heir to the kingdom, but now she's there, she has bigger things to worry about. With a prophecy hanging over her head that could mean a dire fate for both her and her eleven sisters, the clock is ticking for Audrey to break free of the spell. Can she stop dancing in time? - The Winter Ball is part of the Grimm Academy fantasy fairy tale romance series and is a standalone retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses. It includes a fairy tale heroine determined to save herself and a sweet m/f romance. If you enjoy fairy tale retellings, fantasy academy settings, friendship, prophecies, strong heroines, and sweet romance, start the Grimm Academy series! Grimm Academy Search Terms: fairy tales, fairytales, folklore, legends, myths, fantasy romance, fantasy, prophecies, magic, prophecy, coming of age, strong heroines, princess, prince, lord, lady, royalty, duke, nobility, nobles, royals, royal romance, young adult, young adult fantasy, young adult romance, academy, university, school, boarding school, new adult, rapunzel, sleeping beauty, cinderella, little red riding hood, rumpelstiltskin, the frog prince, the frog princess, the swan princess, the wild swans, the six swans, the little mermaid, the goose girl, aladdin, gender flipped, king arthur, lancelot, guinevere, love triangle, best friend's brother, enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, childhood sweethearts, queen, king, the snow queen, ali baba and the forty thieves, twelve dancing princesses, snow white, unicorns, snow white and rose red, the snow queen, the princess and the pea, princess competition, beauty and the beast, mermaids, crowns, magical

Proposal at the Winter Ball

Proposal at the Winter Ball
Author: Jessica Gilmore
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0373743653
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Best friend to Christmas bride? This Christmas, hotshot architect Alex Fitzgerald needs an interior designer to impress his biggest client--and fast! Who better than his best friend, Flora Buckingham? Yet one unforgettable kiss unleashes the feelings Alex has kept hidden for years... Alex cherishes Flora above everything. He is estranged from his family, so she's been the bright spark in a dark life. But after their kiss, Alex must make a decision--step back and protect their friendship, or risk everything, down on one knee, for the happiness he's always dreamed of!

Roses for Christmas & Proposal at the Winter Ball

Roses for Christmas & Proposal at the Winter Ball
Author: Betty Neels
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488086370
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Roses for Christmas & Proposal at the Winter Ball by Betty Neels\Jessica Gilmore released on Oct 16, 2017 is available now for purchase.

The Last Day of Winter

The Last Day of Winter
Author: Pam Umann
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2005-09
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0595344267
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If you are seeking a light to guide you through the seasons of loss and death, then The Last Day of Winter will help you find compassion, reassurance, and genuine answers to the practical questions that arise when you are caring for a loved one who is dying. Authors Jerry Griffin, an emergency room physician and hospice medical director, and Pam Umann, a medical social worker who specializes in life-threatening illness, both bring years of experience and wisdom to a topic that is often difficult both to face and to discuss openly with those we love. Griffin and Umann focus on helping the patient, the patient's family and friends, and the patient's caregivers by exploring the needs of the terminally ill patient. The Last Day of Winter will educate you about potential barriers you may encounter while either providing or receiving needed care and support. Personal stories of triumph, isolation, fear, and grief are shared-equipping you with the knowledge that you are not alone on your journey. The Last Day of Winter will help you understand the importance of the relationship between you and the cycle of life-and between you and your loved one as you face the last day of winter together.

Smart Ball

Smart Ball
Author: Robert F. Lewis II
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2010-03-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1604732172
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Smart Ball follows Major League Baseball's history as a sport, a domestic monopoly, a neocolonial power, and an international business. MLB's challenge has been to market its popular mythology as the national pastime with pastoral, populist roots while addressing the management challenges of competing with other sports and diversions in a burgeoning global economy. Baseball researcher Robert F. Lewis II argues that MLB for years abused its legal insulation and monopoly status through arrogant treatment of its fans and players and static management of its business. As its privileged position eroded eroded in the face of increased competition from other sports and union resistance, it awakened to its perilous predicament and began aggressively courting athletes and fans at home and abroad. Using a detailed marketing analysis and applying the principles of a "smart power" model, the author assesses MLB's progression as a global business brand that continues to appeal to a consumer's sense of an idyllic past in the midst of a fast-paced, and often violent, present.

Puerto Rico's Winter League

Puerto Rico's Winter League
Author: Thomas E. Van Hyning
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2004-04-05
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780786419708
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Since its inception in 1938, the Liga de Beisbol Professional de Puerto Rico has launched the careers of numerous island players, including Ruben Gomez, Jerry Morales, Orlando Cepeda, Vic Power, Ruben Sierra and the greatest of all Puerto Rican stars, Roberto Clemente. For many "imports," the league has been a stepping stone to major league stardom. In its early years, many of the league's stars came from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Monte Irvin and Roy Campanella were just a few of the African American stars who graced the Puerto Rican diamonds in the 1940s and early 1950s. The Santurce outfield of 1954 featured one of the finest outfields in baseball history: Clemente, Willie Mays, and Puerto Rican star Bob Thurman. Through the mid-1980s, many major league teams sent their up-and-coming stars to Puerto Rico for a final bit of seasoning--Cal Ripken, Jr., Tony Gwynn, Johnny Bench, Rickey Henderson, Phil Niekro, Hank Aaron and Robin Yount were among them. They played for such future league big league managers as Frank Robinson, Jim Fregosi and Kevin Kennedy, while the balls and strikes were called by Nestor Chylak, Doug Harvey, Dale Ford and many other future major league umpires.

Baseball Over the Air

Baseball Over the Air
Author: Tony Silvia
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2007-06-18
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0786430664
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This narrative contains the documentation and interpretation of two imaginative pastimes (radio and baseball) and illuminates each in a unique manner. It integrates radio and baseball historically, sociologically, and culturally using the common themes of imaginative expression. This book is a unique approach into the magic of radio's imaginative power. Broadcasting baseball on the radio has brought many millions of Americans an imaginative link to a game that is built upon recollections of athletic achievement that ring far truer in our "sweet imaginations." Through the use of our imaginations, we can see the game itself as more than just a game, but a gateway to an imaginative realm beyond the reality of everyday life.

The Santurce Crabbers

The Santurce Crabbers
Author: Thomas E. Van Hyning
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-09-02
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1476614075
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The first owner of the Santurce Crabbers, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts (he signed up Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Leon Day in the first decade). Santurce was the most successful winter league team of the 1950s, with three Caribbean Series titles. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Willard Brown and Bob Thurman played for the Crabbers. Tom Lasorda used to pitch for them. Santurce set up working agreements with the Giants, Orioles, Dodgers and Astros, among other teams. Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson were team managers; several Hall of Famers were early-career Crabbers. Orlando Cepeda and Tony (Tany) Perez played their entire winter league careers with Santurce.

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes
Author: Satyapal Anand
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2012-01-09
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1466910054
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A compendium of seventy poems, this book is the fifth in a series of poetry books published by Satyapal Anand. His poetry, it has been said, is more cerebral than emotional. His poems reveal many splendored splashes of color and sound. The essential mythological self of humanity as a whole sparkles in these poems. His personae are all inside his poems. Here and now and there and then combine to create the timelessness of human psyche. There is a kind of double vision, the imagists faculty for seeing a thing at once precisely for itself and also as a part of the bigger phenomenon. In the form of a dramatic monologue, the speaker and his speech reflect the time, place, thought, social conventions, and general circumstances. Of the seventy poems, there are twelve poems directly translated from Urdu. Calling Anands poetry as fresh breeze, the noted critic Caroline Greene says that nothing extraordinary has happened in American poetry in the past half a century, and if an Urdu poet of the stature of Satyapal Anand has brought his treasure house to us, it is likely to change the scenario here.