The Gamecaller

The Gamecaller
Author: Tobe Terrell
Publisher: The Zen Center
Total Pages: 1351
Release: 2009-12-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0979627184

The "Gamecaller"- a unique name for a unique occupation given by a unique character himself. M.D. Pettie was the gamecaller, "calling games" for a group of dropout professionals who roamed the world playing a series of consciousness-expanding games... Zen master... cult leader..a CIA operative... con man... saint... [and] storyteller. He never claimed to be anything more than a student and a bemused observer of human folly... This is the personal story of some of the games that he invented, told by one of his players. ISBN: 978-0-9796271-8-7 To continue the gift economy experiment, in 2005 Tobe Terrell started The Gainesville Zen Center, where hospitality is offered to world travelers. The book that you are reading, another example of the gift economy, was originally given to a guest at the Zen Hostel. Please,after writing your name in the front, pass this book on to someone who might enjoy it. If you liked The Gamecaller, you are invited to make a donation to TheZen Center, where the money will be used to produce another copy of thebook. Gainesville Zen Center 404 SE 2nd Street Gainesville, FL 32601 www.zenhostel.com (352) 336-3613 This digital copy (epub, mobi and PDF) created and distributed by Joseph Matheny (http://josephmatheny.net) with the permission of Tobe Terrell.

The Handbook of Media Audiences

The Handbook of Media Audiences
Author: Virginia Nightingale
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 111872139X

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the complexity and diversity of audience studies in the advent of digital media. Details the study of audiences and how it is changing in relation to digital media Recognizes and appreciates valuable traditional approaches and identifies how they can be applied to, and evolve with, the changing media world Offers diverse perspectives from which being an audience, theorizing audiences, researching audiences, and doing audience research are approached today Argues that the field works best by identifying particular 'audience problems' and applying the best theories and research methods available to solving them Includes contributions from some of the most outstanding international scholars in the field

Home Game

Home Game
Author: Bret Boone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2016
Genre: Baseball players
ISBN: 1101904909

"The first third-generation baseball player in Major League Baseball history provides a sometimes moving, always candid look at his family's 70 years in the world of professional baseball"--NoveList.

Game of Two Halves

Game of Two Halves
Author: Archie Macpherson
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1845026934

For four decades Archie Macpherson has been one of Britain’s finest football commentators. Instantly recognisable, he’s never been short of an opinion or far from controversy. After joining the BBC full-time in 1969, he established himself not only as one of our foremost commentators but also as a cult figure in our national life. In A Game of Two Halves, Archie Macpherson gives us his unique perspective on his life and career. As well as brilliant anecdotes including his battles with Jock Stein, friendship and a spectacular falling out with Alex Ferguson, interviewing Terry Wogan in a jacuzzi in a limousine and the Scotland football manager who took delivery of a plain white envelope, Archie Macpherson also tackles tough issues like sectarianism and the future of the beautiful game. A Game of Two Halves is a candid, entertaining and thought-provoking autobiography which brings Archie Macpherson’s story and his passion for football to life with all his characteristic insight, humour and honesty.

How to Play Smart Baseball

How to Play Smart Baseball
Author: Leighton L. Smith
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-10-08
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1648044131

How to Play Smart Baseball By: Leighton L. Smith How to Play Smart Baseball is a user-friendly guide to playing baseball that anyone can use. It gives practical suggestions on how to play baseball better, including ideas and tactics for managers, coaches and players of all positions. Using real-life examples from throughout the history of the sport, How to Play Smart Baseball advocates a smarter, more engaging way to play the game while memorizing some of the best players and plays of all time. Amateur of professional, all readers can use this book as a companion to enhance their experience in watching, discussing, or playing the game.

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)

The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)
Author: Paul Dickson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 1001
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0393073491

The definitive work on the language of baseball—one of the “Five Best Baseball Books” (Wall Street Journal). Hailed as “a staggering piece of scholarship” (Wall Street Journal) and “an indispensable guide to the language of baseball” (San Diego Union-Tribune), The Dickson Baseball Dictionary has become an invaluable resource for those who love the game. Drawing on dozens of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century periodicals, as well as contemporary sources, Dickson’s brilliant, illuminating definitions trace the earliest appearances of terms both well known and obscure. This edition includes more than 10,000 terms with 18,000 individual entries, and more than 250 photos. This “impressively comprehensive” (The Nation) book will delight everyone from the youngest fan to the hard-core aficionado.

The Fallen Rogues Boxed Set

The Fallen Rogues Boxed Set
Author: Gerhard Gehrke
Publisher: Gerhard Gehrke
Total Pages: 654
Release: 2021-08-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

“Fun and engaging. Well-written and with complex characters.”- Author Madeleine Holly-Rosing “Just plain fun.” - Goodreads review “Compelling characters and a satisfying balance of action and mystery.” – Bookbub review “Adventure, intrigue, dark humor and all around fun.”—Goodreads review “A fast, wild read.” –Goodreads review Diregloom was the last place where a disgraced ranger like Digger could freely live. But mad Queen Claudia has new plans for her island. Digger’s home becomes a prison, and Claudia has even worse in store within her catacomb games. As a reign of terror is unleashed, bounty hunters pursue anyone who would stand against her, sending them to fight to the death in the queen’s dungeon. It’s die in the streets or die in the games unless Digger can unite a gang of rogues in a last-ditch battle for survival. Complete novels in this boxed set: Midnight Monster Club The Dragon and Rose The Chapel of the Wyrm Start reading this amazing dark fantasy series full of action and grim humor today!

Risk Management

Risk Management
Author: Gerald Mars
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2020-06-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000008355

First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management. The volumes includes a full-length introduction from the editor, an internationally recognized expert, and provides an authoritative guide to the selection of essays chosen, and to the wider field itself. The collections of essays are both international and interdisciplinary in scope and provide an entry point for investigating the myriad of study within the discipline.

Extra Innings

Extra Innings
Author: The Baseball Prospectus
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0465029183

In 1996, a brassy young team of fansproduced a guide to baseball statistics.Printed on a photocopier, its distribution,which was in the low hundreds, was limited tofriends, family, and die-hard stat heads. Sixteenyears later, the Baseball Prospectus annualregularly hits best-seller lists and has becomean indispensable guide for the serious fan. In Extra Innings, the team at Baseball Prospectusintegrates statistics, interviews, and analysis todeliver twenty arguments about today's game.In the tradition of their seminal book, BaseballBetween the Numbers, they take on everything fromsteroids to the amateur draft. They probe theimpact of managers on the game. They explainthe critical art of building a bullpen. In an erawhen statistics matter more than ever, Extra Inningsis an essential volume for every baseball fan.

The Book of Wizard Parties

The Book of Wizard Parties
Author: Union Square & Co.
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2019-09-27
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1454935537

You’re invited . . . to learn the Wizard’s secrets for creating fantastical and enchanting parties! Every sorcerer worth his wand knows you don't spend all your time doing good deeds and making magic by yourself. You get together with other magicians to have fun, too! So the Wizard is sharing his tricks for throwing great theme parties and seasonal celebrations. Construct a Throne of the Realm for Merlin's Birthday Parley, build a Merry Maypole for a Welcome Springtime Fairy Frolic, munch marvelous Mandrake Cupcakes, and much more!