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Author | : Steve Friedman |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2012-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1611454921 |
Meet the swiftest and saddest cyclist of his time, a man whose craving for speed was outstripped by a terrible urge toward self-annihilation. See the greatest bowler who ever lived, a high-school dropout who could never measure up to his father. Try to understand the most accomplished high-school runner in American history, whose long-distance records still astound and who, a few years later, abruptly abandoned his wife and three small children. Read of the briefly glorious life of the leading scorer in Division I college basketball, one of the inner city's great success stories ... while it lasted.
Author | : Max Horlick |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2011-04-27 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1456744410 |
What event most electrifies a small college town? Is it the U.S presidential elections? No. Is it an earthquake? No. Is it the election of a new mayor? No. Is it the firing and hiring of a football coach? Yes.. This is the story of just such an event. This is a fictionalized version of real stories and real people who lived long ago. The undefeated football season summarized here actually once took place at Rutgers University.. Other events actually took place primarily at St Lawrence University. Yes there was an outstanding season. Yes there actually was the horny sociologist. Yes, there actually was a beautiful woman we have called yes. Yes, the sex in the chapel and the ridiculous faculty smoker actually happened; And the coach is the hero, or is he? And there has to be a villain, but who is the villain in our story? And who is the heroine?
Author | : Randy Clark |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2009-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780984496679 |
Author | : Mark D. Smith |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2018-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 071889510X |
In The Final Days of Jesus, Mark Smith brings his experience as a classical historian to bear on the life of the historical Jesus, piecing together the volatile political context of first-century Judaea, as well as the lives of Pontius Pilate, Annas, and Joseph Caiaphas. The claim that 'the Jews crucified Jesus' has spawned a long and tragic history of Christian anti-Semitism. Smith challenges this claim through detailed exploration of Roman, Jewish, and Christian written sources and a broad range of archaeological evidence, such as the ossuary of Caiaphas, the 'Hidden Gate', and the rich vein of research devoted to the archaeology of ritual purity. The result is an earthy and nuanced portrait of Jewish life under Roman rule. From his discussion of the multiplicity and brutality of Roman executions to the intricate personal relationships among elites that provided the means of collaboration and redress, Smith details the complex push-pull of forces between Rome and the Temple as they collided in one history-changing week.
Author | : Neal Jamison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781891369544 |
Personal stories about adventure racing, a fast-growing sport combining running, cycling, paddling, climbing and more.
Author | : Richard Ben Cramer |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2001-09-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0684865475 |
This is the life story of Joe DiMaggio, including his first game with the New York Yankees in the 1930s, his marriage to Marilyn Monroe & his rise to hero status. Richard Ben Cramer tells of the ways in which fame can both build & destroy.
Author | : David M Henkin |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2021-11-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300263066 |
An investigation into the evolution of the seven-day week and how our attachment to its rhythms influences how we live We take the seven-day week for granted, rarely asking what anchors it or what it does to us. Yet weeks are not dictated by the natural order. They are, in fact, an artificial construction of the modern world. With meticulous archival research that draws on a wide array of sources—including newspapers, restaurant menus, theater schedules, marriage records, school curricula, folklore, housekeeping guides, courtroom testimony, and diaries—David Henkin reveals how our current devotion to weekly rhythms emerged in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. Reconstructing how weekly patterns insinuated themselves into the social practices and mental habits of Americans, Henkin argues that the week is more than just a regimen of rest days or breaks from work, but a dominant organizational principle of modern society. Ultimately, the seven-day week shapes our understanding and experience of time.
Author | : Martin Stone |
Publisher | : C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Algeria |
ISBN | : 9781850651772 |
An analysis of the background to the current crisis in Algeria, placing in perspective the threats to the state posed by Islamic fundamentalism and economic mismanagement. It looks at the role of the National Liberation Front (FLN), international relations, the economy, and more.
Author | : Sonali Deraniyagala |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0771025386 |
A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family. On December 26, Boxing Day, Sonali Deraniyagala, her English husband, her parents, her two young sons, and a close friend were ending Christmas vacation at the seaside resort of Yala on the south coast of Sri Lanka when a wave suddenly overtook them. She was only to learn later that this was a tsunami that devastated coastlines through Southeast Asia. When the water began to encroach closer to their hotel, they began to run, but in an instant, water engulfed them, Sonali was separated from her family, and all was lost. Sonali Deraniyagala has written an extraordinarily honest, utterly engrossing account of the surreal tragedy of a devastating event that all at once ended her life as she knew it and her journey since in search of understanding and redemption. It is also a remarkable portrait of a young family's life and what came before, with all the small moments and larger dreams that suddenly and irrevocably ended.
Author | : Jena Morrow |
Publisher | : Moody Publishers |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2010-05-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1575675919 |
Twenty-nine years, 7 months, 14 days, and the battle still rages. Jena Morrow has an eating disorder. It can kill her. Jena Morrow has a Savior. He came to give her abundant life. This is not a polished tale of victory but an honest, true story of fragility. Hollow recounts Jena’s daily struggle with anorexia and the God who is able and willing to reach down into the dirt. A central theme of Hollow is the surrender of control to Jesus Christ. His Word is interwoven throughout the story as rebuttals to the lies that besiege those engaged in any addiction. In addition to her point of view, Jena includes those of her friends, family, and former therapists providing an undercurrent of hope. Written in an easy conversational voice, Hollow will resonate with those in the midst of a struggle and those who stand beside them.