Author : Mike Meserole
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 1989-11-20
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780395517512
All major U.S. sports are covered year by year, team by team. Special sections cover professional and college football and basketball, baseball, hockey, horse racing, auto racing, tennis, golf, soccer, boxing, bowling, track and field, winter sports, water sports, and international competitions. 40 photographs.
Author : Information Please
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 28,58 MB
Release : 1992-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780395628850
Now including more than a thousand pages of facts, essays, maps, and photos, the 1992 Information Please Almanac will continue as the almanac of choice for a large and growing number of readers. Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition will set the standard for comprehensiveness and, as always, for readability.
Author : Information Please
Publisher :
Page : 1000 pages
File Size : 22,89 MB
Release : 1991-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780395596715
Provides worldwide statistics and facts on the environment, geography, memorable events of the past year, politics, finance, the arts, science, and other key topics.
Author : Mike Meserole
Publisher : Thomas Allen Publishers
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 10,89 MB
Release : 1993-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780395665633
Author : Dan Golenpaul
Publisher :
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN :
Author : Facts on File Inc
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 32,68 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Cold War
ISBN : 1438107986
Uses statistical tables, charts, photographs, maps, and illustrations to explore everyday life in the United States during the Cold War period.
Author : Mike Meserole
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 48,90 MB
Release : 1992-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780395596739
In just two short years, this sports almanac has broken onto bestseller lists all over the country. This comes as no surprise to sportswriters and fans, who recognize it as the most complete annual sports record ever assembled. Includes comprehensive sections on the 18 major sports, complete statistics team by team, year by year, and more than 200 prize-winning photographs.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1624 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Paperbacks
ISBN :
Author : David L. Porter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1476602476
This book profiles 24 athletes who overcame seemingly insurmountable medical odds to attain athletic success. Each profile describes the athlete's problem, the medical issues he or she faced, how success was achieved despite the setback, and the personal qualities that helped the athlete to prevail. Part I features 15 athletes who dealt with diseases and physical disabilities, including Babe Didrikson Zaharias (cancer), Ron Santo (diabetes), Gail Devers (Graves' disease), Alonzo Mourning (kidney disease), Wilma Rudolph (polio), Scott Hamilton (a pancreatic disorder in childhood) and Jimmy Abbott (born with one hand). Part II highlights nine athletes who dealt with near-fatal or life-changing accidents and injuries, including Bill Toomey, Three-Finger Brown, Greg LeMond, Lou Brissie and Tommy John.
Author : Kenneth L. Shropshire
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 18,1 MB
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 081220915X
Power, prestige, and millions of dollars—these are the stakes in the sports franchise game. In this book, sports attorney Kenneth Shropshire describes the franchise warfare that pits city against city in the fierce bidding competition to capture major league teams. Rigorous research, fascinating interviews with major players, stories behind the headlines, and an insider's perspective converge in this rare view of the business side of professional sports. Shropshire portrays a complex web of motivations, negotiations, and public relations, and discusses examples from Philadelphia, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C.
