Author : John Foley
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0738725277
Basketball is Jackson O’Connell’s life. Playing hoops helps Jackson forget his volcanic zits, crippling girl shyness ... and an alcoholic father who tore his family apart. When team politics keep him off the starting lineup, Jackson’s self-confidence plummets like an airball. Jackson must learn how to rebound ... and start shooting from the heart.
Author : Michael Bauer
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 43,36 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1848778104
Ishmael is finally a senior and things are beginning to look up. His nemesis, Barry Bagsley, has decided to leave him alone at last and with help from his 'Reverse Cool' mates, Scobie and Razza, Ishmael is in with a chance of winning the school cup. Has he broken free of the dreaded Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome at last? Could life at St. Daniel's actually be described as 'normal'? Absolutely not.
Author : Florence Finch Kelly
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
This is a classic story of life in the American West. It begins with a beautifully written description of a man riding his tired horse slowly through the darkness of the plain. Both he and his horse are tired and also lost. The man tells the horse that they will have to sleep under the stars till daylight, when they will be able to work out where they are.
Author : Walter Dean Myers
Publisher : Ember
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,28 MB
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0553512129
An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults New Bonus Content: -Q&A with Walter Dean Myers -Q&A with screenwriter John Ballard -Teaser chapter from On a Clear Day -Excerpt from 145th Street All eyes are on seventeen-year-old Lonnie Jackson while he practices with his team for a city-wide basketball Tournament of Champions. His coach, Cal, knows Lonnie has what it takes to be a pro basketball player, but warns him about giving in to the pressure. Cal knows because he, too, once had the chance—but sold out. As the tournament nears, Lonnie learns that some heavy bettors want Cal to keep him on the bench so that the team will lose the championship. As the last seconds of the game tick away, Lonnie and Cal must make a decision. Are they willing to blow the chance of a lifetime?
Author : Michael Bauer
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1848776861
By the time ninth grade begins, Ishmael Leseur knows it won't be long before Barry Bagsley, the class bully, says, "Ishmael? What kind of wussy-crap name is that?" Ishmael's perfected the art of making himself virtually invisible. But all that changes when James Scobie joins the class. Unlike Ishmael, James has no sense of fear - he claims it was removed during an operation. Now nothing will stop James and Ishmael from taking on bullies, bugs and Moby Dick, in the toughest, weirdest, most embarrassingly awful - and the best - year of their lives.
Author : Kelly Florence Finch
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,38 MB
Release : 2016-06-23
Category :
ISBN : 9781318965663
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : John Foley
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2011-12-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 073872551X
After graduating from high school, Jackson O’Connell is left with no home and no plans for the future. When he meets a gruff old sailor and begins working at the boatyard, he discovers a whole new world. Is it enough to help him navigate the challenges he faces and set his own course for the future?
Author : Florence Finch KELLY
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 15,6 MB
Release : 1902
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Josh Volk
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 21,3 MB
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1635863201
Josh Volk, author of the best-selling Compact Farms, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations. Volk begins with the basics, such as setting up a workshop and understanding design principles, mechanical principles, and materials properties, then presents plans for making 15 tools suited to small-farm tasks and processes. Each project includes an explanation of the tool’s purpose and use, as well as the time commitment, skill level, and equipment required to build it. Projects range from the super-simple (requiring a half-day to build) to the more complex, and include how-to photographs and illustrations with variations for customizing the finished implement. Along with instructions for building items such as simple seedling benches, a mini barrel washer, a DIY germination chamber, and a rolling pack table, Volk addresses systems design for farm efficiency, including how to design an effective drip irrigation system and how to set up spreadsheets for collecting important planning, planting, and market data.
Author : George Dohrmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0345508610
“A tour de force of reporting” (The Washington Post) from a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist that examines the often-corrupt machine producing America’s basketball stars “Indispensable.”—The Wall Street Journal “Often heart-breaking, always riveting.”—The New York Times Book Review “Tremendous.”—The Plain Dealer Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting• Winner of the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports Using eight years of unfettered access and a keen sense of a story’s deepest truths, journalist George Dohrmann reveals a cutthroat world where boys as young as eight or nine are subjected to a dizzying torrent of scrutiny and exploitation. At the book’s heart are the personal stories of two compelling figures: Joe Keller, an ambitious coach with a master plan to find and promote “the next LeBron,” and Demetrius Walker, a fatherless latchkey kid who falls under Keller’s sway and struggles to live up to unrealistic expectations. Complete with a new “where-are-they-now” epilogue by the author, Play Their Hearts Out is a thoroughly compelling narrative exposing the gritty reality that lies beneath so many dreams of fame and glory. One of GQ’S 50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century • One of the Best Books of the Year: Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus Reviews This edition includes an exclusive conversation between George Dohrmann and bestselling author Seth Davis.
