H.G. Bissinger, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, writes a stinging critique of small-town high school football. Zeroing in on Odessa, a small West Texas city, he profiles a season (1988) in the life of the Permian High School Panthers--the team that embodies the failing hopes and dreams of the citizens of a desperate place, formerly an oil ...
The bestselling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, explores how the town's passion for the team inspires--and sometimes shatters--the young men who wear the Panther uniform. Soon to be a major motion picture from Universal Pictures, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw, Derek Luke, and Jay Hernandez.
A portrait of Philadelphia, its politicians, and its people. Bissinger, a journalist for "Vanity Fair", went to Philadelphia shortly after Edward Rendell was elected mayor in 1992. Granted extraordinary access to the mayor's office, he was able to observe the behind-the-scenes efforts to avert bankruptcy and stave off the closing of the naval ...
Coming this spring, the long-awaited screen version of the book that has sold over half a million copies Friday Night Lights is the best-selling story of life in the football-driven town of Odessa, Texas, and how the town's passion for the team inspires - and sometimes shatters - the young men who wear the Panthers uniform. Socially and racially ...
"Stoked: The Evolution of Action Sports" is a visual history of the world's most exciting sports. Through dramatic images, "Stoked" celebrates the daring and fearlessness, the beauty and glory, the highs and lows, the speed and agility of athletes who defy the laws of nature and the bounds of sanity. Stoked's big, bold, modern design makes it an ...
Substantially refining nine widely used previous editions, this is an accessible reference designed for professionals who need an orientation and overview on modern varied chemical processes, products and practices. It offers detailed data on the chemistry, engineering, economics and technological infrastructure of all major chemical industry ...
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