The Lady with Balls


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During the 1970s, Alice Combs, undeterred by a former employer’s snobbish pronouncement, “You’re not corporate material,” transformed herself from divorced mother on food stamps to successful entrepreneur. Resolute, Alice overcame her initial ignorance of the recycling trade, and recovered from the many novice mistakes she inevitably made while teaching herself to operate Vulcan Wire, which would slowly become a thriving business despite an embezzling partner, cutthroat competitors, and several employees who proved unreliable when they were most needed. Alice refused to be intimidated and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Her exceptional achievement in a traditionally male arena is an inspiration for all women who aspire to the heights of success in their chosen fields.--Publisher.




Ball Girl


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Lisa Patterson is the title character in the sports romance novel "Ball Girl: Sports Scribe in a Skirt." This unique workparts of which are autobiographical for the principal authorcovers the life and pioneering career of a smart, stylish, athletic, cosmopolitan Southern girl who happens to love expressing herself in print, the smell of hot dogs, the sounds of the arena, and attractive men in uniforms. Lisa puts the men she really loves on pedestals. But life isn't always easy. She has to deal with the losses of family members, lovers, many games, and even jobs, but through it all, she keeps pedaling and always manages to look great while she does it. And once in a while, she misses a deadline and comes through unscathed. This book may inspire both sweet and painful emotions, and we hope it will make you laugh a few times. Through it all, Lisa does everything she can to keep things fun and full of humor. And most of the time, she succeeds.




Girl Having A Ball


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Sometimes event planning can be a load of balls. Twenty two year old Stevie needs to prove to everyone that she's a grown up. So she throws herself into her dream of becoming an event planner by agreeing to organise a fundraising ball in Oxford. Add a rambling house, a committee that can't agree and budget that's far too small: Stevie thinks things can't get worse. Until her childhood crush, her big brother's old housemate, turns up. Tom is working hard to be the success his mother wants him to be. When he realises that the ball his mum and her friends are organising will be run by his friend's baby sister 'poor, needy Stevie', he steps in to avoid disaster. But Stevie is no longer a teenager, she's a disturbingly attractive young woman … and she's not about to let anyone get in her way. Shortlisted for the 2017 Romantic Comedy Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association, Girl Having a Ball is the second standalone novel in Rhoda Baxter's Smart Girls series. Ideal for fans of Mhairi McFarlane or Sue Moorcroft.




The Girl Who Was Buried in Her Ball Gown


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After one of the best evenings of her life at the junior high school ball, a young girl experiences her first kiss. During the amazing and yet awkward moment, something goes horribly wrong and her life is turned upside down. She soon realises that her existence has been severed from the usual humdrum of a teenage girl, and has been hurled into the world of the supernatural. Who can she trust, where can she turn? And what is it that she finds so uncomfortable about another girl, that has befriended her in this foreign realm? Why is this impostor leading her to places she does not want to go and pretending to be someone that she is not? As the young girl drifts along unknown paths she begins to unravel the mysteries, learns of new threats that are unpredictable and finds herself in situations that cannot be controlled. She discovers that these erratic menaces, are more than able to cross both lines, creating havoc wherever they appear. Will she find all of the answers and be able to pick up the pieces, or will she be lost in this oblivion forever?




The girl at the carnival ball.


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A man meets a mysterious girl at a carnival ball, falls madly in love, living a terrible, meaningless ending.




Girls in Love


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Ellie’s starting ninth grade and she’s got some very definite goals. She’ll stay best friends with Magda and Nadine. She’ll go on a diet and stick to it. She’ll get a glamorous hairstyle. And she’ll get a boyfriend. Even if she has to settle for one who likes her more than she likes him. Any guy will do, right?




San Francisco Daily Times


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Harper's New Monthly Magazine


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Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.




Arm-ball to Zooter


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What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket’s vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and cliché, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and old-gits’ cynicism. Arm-ball to Zooter is a witty guide to the peculiarities of the game, its history and major figures; cricket-lovers might find their own pet hates confirmed; cricket newcomers might be amazed at what cricket-lovers have been up to all these years.