Book Description
Profiles athletes Beckett Media considers to be the top 50 athletes from all types of sports.
Author : Meryl Schoenbaum
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Athletes
ISBN :
Profiles athletes Beckett Media considers to be the top 50 athletes from all types of sports.
Author : Bert Randolph Sugar
Publisher : Birch Lane Press
Page : pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 1993-06-01
Category : Athletes
ISBN : 9781559721790
The author of over 50 sports books, TV sportscaster, and publisher of Boxing Illustrated has selected athletes whom he considers the best who ever played throughout the history of sports and ranked them according to their achievements. Photos and vignette biographies throughout.
Author : Michael Sandler
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1597166391
Discusses the contribution of the Marlins' pitcher to the Florida Marlins' 2003 National League championship and their winning of the World Series against the New York Yankees.
Author : Beckett Publications
Publisher : Beckett Publications
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 2001-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781930692138
More than 2,750 card sets are listed in this popular book. It's the most comprehensive basketball card source ever! Includes complete coverage of cards and collectibles from 1933 to present. Features how-to-collect guide, history of basketball cards and much more.
Author : Harry Beckett
Publisher : Calgary : Weigl
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Newfoundland and Labrador
ISBN : 9781896990835
Focuses on the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports and cultures that make Newfoundland and Labrador unique.
Author : Ron Shelton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0593313968
LA TIMES BESTSELLER • From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking. "This book tells you how to make a movie—the whole nine innings of it—out of nothing but sheer will.” —Tony Gilroy, writer/director of Michael Clayton and The Bourne Legacy "The only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the church of baseball."—Annie in Bull Durham Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball—especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner’s leading-man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why. From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movie. Shelton explains the rarely revealed ins and outs of moviemaking, from a film’s inception and financing, screenwriting, casting, the nuts and bolts of directing, the postproduction process, and even through its release. But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports. Shelton spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film, and his experiences resonate throughout this book. Full of wry humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the remarkable story behind an iconic film.
Author : Samuel Beckett
Publisher : Calder Publications Limited
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 12,56 MB
Release : 1974
Category : French fiction
ISBN : 9780714511399
One of the most accessible examples of Samuel Beckett's dark humor, Mercier and Camier is the hilarious chronicle of its two heroes' epic journey. While their travels are fraught with complications and intrigue, Mercier and Camier at least "did not remove from home, they had that good fortune."
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1838 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 1985
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Diane Firstman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781734167405
Biographical profiles and fun factoids of 100 of the most memorable names in baseball history. The names I'm profiling here are divided into four groups (admittedly a few of these players could qualify for more than one category):?Baseball Poets/Men of (Few Different) Letters: Players with rhyming names and/or alliterative names.?Dirty Names Done Dirt Cheap: Players with scatological or otherwise naughty names.?Sounds Good to Me: Players with mellifluous/melodious names.?No Focus Group Convened: Players whose names don't fall into one of the prior three categories, or ones that might involve us questioning the intentions of the player's parents.Each player profile within has the following:?general demographic information (name they played under, their full name at birth, date of birth/death, years active in the majors, positions played, etc.)?etymology/definition of each part of their given name?baseball biography (generally, how they made it to the majors, what they did while they were there)?best day (a recap of a great day in their major league career)?the wonder of his name (why his name is memorable to me/us)?not to be confused with (names that sound and/or look like the player's name)?fun anagrams (anagrams of their given names, just because I can)?ephemera (factoids, tidbits, trivia about the player, details regarding their parents, their family and their life after baseball)
Author : Ronald Reng
Publisher : Random House
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 39,32 MB
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1446499022
WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty-two years old and a devoted husband and father. Enke had played for a string of Europe's top clubs, including Barcelona and Jose Mourinho's Benfica and was destined to become his country's first choice in goal for years to come. But beneath the veneer of success, Enke battled with crippling depression. Award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his friend's life, shedding valuable light on the crushing pressures endured by professional sportsmen and on life at the top clubs. At its heart, Enke's tragedy is a universal story of a man struggling against his demons. ‘It should be on every British football fan's reading list’ Metro