Youth sports have become a pressure cooker of expectations. Parents scream abuse at players, coaches, and referees. Coaches demand that their teams win, at any cost. Kids practice day and night. They face intense pressure to score, to win, to succeed. But is this the measure of success we want to impress upon our children? In RAISING A TEAM PLAYER ...
Film buffs will devour this guide to over one hundred of the most popular and controversial cult films ever made. From the silent film era to the present, it includes such classics as All About Eve, Tarzan and His Mate, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Baseball's premier national television analyst Tim McCarver presents fascinating tales from the game's greatest players and personalities. "Tim McCarver's Diamond Gems" is a treasure trove of fabulous anecdotes from the many baseball celebrities who have appeared on "The Tim McCarver Show." A valuable mix of baseball history with a personal touch, ...
Nearly 150 years have passed since H.B. Farnie's The Golfer's Manual - the first book known to contain golf instruction - was published in Scotland. In all that time there has been no single volume that brings together the classic lessons of the great players and teachers of the game and presents that wisdom in their own words - until now. In 127 ...
Peary enlisted the cooperation of key players from Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XXXI--including Bart Starr, Len Dawson, Roger Staubach, Franco Harris, Jim Plunkett, and Joe Montana--to create this collection of uniquely personal, highly entertaining stories. With an immediacy that brings readers inside the players' heads, into the locker room, ...
With more than 300 pages of classic photos, memorable quotes and fascinating facts, this winning compilation thoroughly celebrates and illustrates America's favorite pastime.
Profiles over 850 cult stars who built their careers on the fringes of movie stardom, playing roles in B-movies ranging from action, horror, kung-fu, mysteries, science-fiction, serials, slashers and westerns.
Ralph Kiner is a Hall of Fame player who was the greatest slugger of the post-World War II era. As a Pittsburgh Pirate he set major league records by leading the National League in home runs in his first seven seasons and both leagues an amazing six consecutive times. He set another major league record with 8 home runs in four games, and National ...
This incredible gathering of first-hand remembrances brings a fascinating and enlightening new perspective to the period of baseball's greatest peak and ultimate turning point--when bigotry and exploitation still ran rampant among the clubs and the sport was irrevocably being changed into a business. 100 photos.
A noted film critic and author of Cult Movies offers his lively and controversial year-by-year choices for whom he believes should have won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences highest honor. Photos.
The author of Guide for the Film Fanatic provides film fans with a complete credit listing, a detailed plot synopsis, and a long essay illusrated with rare movie stills ranging from silent classics to oddball modern films. An invaluable reference source.
In original essays written especially for this book, 59 well-known writers celebrate their favorite baseball heroes--from the rookie phenoms and the one-year wonders to the all-time greats. 70 photographs.
Ralph Kiner is a Hall of Fame player who was the greatest slugger of the post-World War II era. As a Pittsburgh Pirate he set major league records by leading the National League in home runs in his first seven seasons and both leagues an amazing six consecutive times. He set another major league record with 8 home runs in four games, and National ...
Here is a thrilling, nostalgia-filled and candid look inside the game of baseball-from the dugout to the field manager's office-by the men who made it all happen. Covering the years from 1947 to 1964, more than sixty players-from Hall of Famers to utility players and bench-warmers-offer firsthand memories, opinions and gripes, and tell the real ...
The author looks at the movies, actors and actresses he feels deserved Oscars but didn't get them. Looking at each year from 1927, Peary lists the nominees and winners of each season and explains why the wrong film or person was frequently honoured.
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