Berra's first-person account of his life and tumultuous times in major-league baseball. His rousing story is packed with anecdotes about his playing days and shines throughout with good humor and down-home good sense. 16 pages of photos.
In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an in-depth look at the Bay's vital signs to gauge the overall health of its entire ecosystem and to assess what had been done and what remained to be done to clean up the Bay. Much has changed since that book came ...
For the first time, Phil "The Scooter" Rizzuto, the greatest shortstop in Yankee history and the team's national TV announcer for the last 35 years, writes of his glory years. Together with Tom Horton, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Yogi: It Ain't Over, Rizzuto tells the story of the longest winning streak in baseball history. Photos.
This is a profile of an island in Chesapeake Bay, with a population of 100, where the author moved in 1987 to teach ecology to schoolchildren. Horton details the specifics of the slowly dying blue crab industry, and talks to the local men and women about their lives on the island over the years.
This is a profile of an island in Chesapeake Bay, with a population of 100, where the author moved in 1987 to teach ecology to schoolchildren. Horton details the specifics of the slowly dying blue crab industry, and talks to the local men and women about their lives on the island over the years.
"Virginia's Eastern Shore is the smallest and least known gem in the crown of the Bay country. By all means, therefore, let Bill Turner tell you about it in East of the Chesapeake. He does so with wit, grace, and a strong feeling for what is best in his native land and its people."--William Warner, author of Beautiful Swimmers "I believe, and ...
Originally published in hardback, this book about the Chesapeake is now available in paperback from Johns Hopkins. The author, Tom Horton, is a native of Maryland's Eastern Shore, and has written about the environment for the past 15 years in the "Baltimore Sun". His stories of oysters and sea nettle, elms and rivers, barrier islands and blue ...
This volume of scripts focuses on three screenplays written but not directed by Preston Sturges. Included are "The Power and the Glory", which influenced Welles in the conception of "Citizen Kane", and the romantic comedies "Remember the Night" and "Easy Living". The scripts cast light on Sturges collaboration with directors Mitchell Leisen and ...
This catalogue accompanies American artist Chris Burden's 1999 exhibiton at the Tate Gallery. He is interested in the political, institutional and technological, and in all these areas he is concerned to demystify symbols of authority and explain hidden processes.
Illustrated with 111 color photographs, this volume tells the story of one of North America's most beautiful regions. An accurate and up-to-date treatment of the bay suffused with respect which the authors recognize as integral to its survival. An intimate account from two men who have studied the Bay all their lives.
A rare combination of insight and infectious good humor mark this poetical collection of land, water, people, and nature. In the traditon of great naturalists, Horton sees the landscape as a departure point from which to explore the universe.
Today, Yogi Berra is known for what he said. During his Hall of Fame career, he was also known for what he did--which was to play stellar baseball. Here, the three-time MVP tells readers all about himself and his roller-coaster times in major league baseball. Includes a new chapter and a photo insert.
The Literary House Press at Washington College publishes a range of general interest books and scholarly monographs. Its publications present literary, scientific, historic, journalistic, environmental, and public policy writings of the Chesapeake Bay region. As publisher for Washington College, the press also publishes scholarly monographs ...
Although the New York Yankees have won 22 World Championships--far more than any other team--only 12 men have earned the Gold World Series Ring. Recounting their unforgettable story, the author tells of his five most exciting seasons and how he and his teammates achieved the impossible dream.
Following in the footsteps of Captain John Smith's voyages from 400 years ago, this book, filled with breathtaking photographs, captures the wild, untamed beauty and hidden and forgotten locales of the Chesapeake Bay. Peppered with quotes from Captain Smith and with powerful essays that speak of the harrowing plight of the Bay and the recent ...
Once again marrying photography with prose, longtime collaborators David W. Harp and Tom Horton capture the natural beauty and rich history of the Nanticoke River, one of the Chesapeake's least known waterways.Despite rampant development and agricultural abuse, the Nanticoke remains one of the most pristine rivers of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, ...
Lourdes and Churchtown, Woden and Clio, Emerson and Sigourney, Tripoli and Waterloo, Prairie City and Prairieburg, Tama and Swedesburg, What Cheer and Coin - Iowa's place-names reflect the religions, myths, cultures, families, heroes, whimsies, and misspellings of the Hawkeye State's inhabitants. Tom Savage spent four years corresponding with ...
Is it still possible to make a voyage of discovery in Maryland, the US's fifth most densely settled state? In this volume, David W. Harp's photography and Tom Horton's prose produce a portrait of one such journey in an intriguing and endangered habitat. Into this remarkable territory - whose shrinking dimensions frighten every naturalist and ...
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