Author : Grant Morrison
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781401235727
The amazing creative team of writer Grant Morrison (Batman: Arkham Asylum) and artist Frank Quitely (WE3) join forces to take Superman back to basics and create a new vision of the World's First Super-Hero. Witness the Man of Steel in exciting new adventures featuring Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Bizarro, and more.
Author : Jesse Lonergan
Publisher : NBM Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1561638374
Winner of: 2015 ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominee: 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, Firecracker Awards, Graphic Novel As the summer of 1998 nears, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are racing each other to break the home-run record, Bill Clinton is being questioned about a certain Monica Lewinsky, Semisonic's "Closing Time" is top of the charts, and Carl Carter is leading the Elizabeth Monarchs of rural Vermont to the state championship his senior year. The world is Carl's oyster: a full scholarship to the University of Maine awaits, going pro after college isn't out of the question, and he's so good he can do whatever he wants—until, that is, he makes one very arrogant mistake. Acclaimed graphic novelist Jesse Lonergan offers readers a thought-provoking exploration of the fleeting highs of success in this engrossing book.
Author : Abe Aamidor
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 2006-03-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0253111889
The true story of a man, a company, a sport, and a nation. In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn by hundreds of millions, little is known about the man behind the name. For this biography, Abe Aamidor went on a three-year quest to learn the true story of Chuck Taylor. The search took him across the country, tracking down leads, separating fact from fiction, and discovering that the truth—warts and all—was much more interesting than the myth. Chuck Taylor was a basketball player who also served as a wartime coach with the US Army Air Forces and organized thousands of high school and college basketball clinics. He was a true “ambassador of basketball” in Europe and South America as well as all over the United States. And he was, to be sure, a consummate marketing genius who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “A fascinating study on a pioneer . . . and an instructive look at the roots of a billion-dollar industry.” —American Way magazine
Author : David Vincent
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780803292734
Examines the history of All-Star baseball, providing play-by-plays, rosters, and box scores of each game; and discusses how All-Star games have been influenced by racial integration, expansion teams, and the designated hitter.
Author : The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1641257512
Big Book of WHO is a book your young sports fans will return to again and again! This 128-page collection features the brightest stars in sports, past and present. The editors of Sports Illustrated Kids profile the top stars in sports history, with thrilling sports photography and age-appropriate writing that Sports Illustrated Kids is famous for. This fully updated edition includes today's stars alongside sports' all-time greats – from Michael Jordan to LeBron James, Tom Brady to Patrick Mahomes, Mia Hamm to Megan Rapinoe, Babe Ruth to Mookie Betts, and more. Completely redesigned to match the modern look of Sports Illustrated Kids, this fun collection of questions and answers will have kids stumping their friends and adult sports fans with their expert knowledge of sports' brightest stars.
Author : Grant Morrison
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,12 MB
Release : 2024-07-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781779526083
The award-winning series from Grant Morrison is collected in an oversized, slipcased hardcover. Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely present their unique take on Superman in a beautiful, oversized, slipcased edition.
Author : Linda Lee
Publisher : McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT
Page : pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780072975024
All-Staris a four-level,standards-basedseries for adult English learners featuring a picture-dictionary approach to vocabulary building.Big picturescenes in each unit provide springboards to a wealth of activities that develop all the language skills. An accessible, step-by-step sequence of lessons in each unit systemically builds language and math skills around life-skill topics. The series presents a family, work, or community application in each unit, and provides two alternate lesson applications in each of theAll StarWorkbooks. This single user interactive CD-ROM is designed to accompany the beginning level student book.
Author : T. S. Yavin
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing ™
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1512487384
Reuven is quiet and thoughtful. His younger brother Avi is outgoing and impulsive. As irritating as they can be to each other, the boys have two strong bonds-the solidity of their Jewish family life and their passionate love for baseball. As the book opens, Reuven, a pitcher, is desperately working for a spot on the end-of-season All-Star team, while happy-go-lucky Avi probably hasn't even thought that far ahead. Reuven is willing to ignore the advice of his parents and even involve his younger brother in his campaign to succeed. The tensions leading to the big game-and its surprise outcome-will satisfy all young baseball fans.
Author : Ted Reed
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 11,26 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786461802
History has remembered Carl Furillo as an opponent of Jackie Robinson becoming a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, despite that being untrue. This biography sets the record straight, while also detailing Furillo's contributions as a clutch hitter and an outstanding right fielder, his angry departure from the team, his hearing before the commissioner of baseball, and his life after the sport.
Author : Jamie Selko
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0786426527
Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals. Fans turned out in droves to see their hometown heroes, and teams were sources of civic pride and popular recreation. Gradually, these teams and leagues were either driven under or swallowed up by baseball's vertical integration, and by 1963 a significant piece of the American landscape had all but disappeared. This heavily researched reference work covers every official minor league All-Star team from 1922 (when the first such team was named) to 1962 (the last year of the AAA-D classification system). Each entry includes the full roster of an All-Star team, complete individual hitting and pitching statistics, and detailed commentary on the selections. Where sabermetrics indicate more-deserving players were passed over, the author presents the case for alternative candidates.
