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Amazing Tales from the Boston Red Sox Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Red Sox Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
by Jim Prime Bill NowlinFounded in 1901, the Boston Red Sox have been making history for over a century. The passion of the players, the tragedy and triumph of the "Bambino's Curse"--the Boston spirit comes alive in this collection of stories and anecdotes from Fenway Park. Any baseball fan will ?nd this book irresistible.
Amazing Tales from the Chicago Bears Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Bears Stories Ever Told
by Dan Hampton Steve Mcmichael John Mullin Mike Ditka Phil ArviaThe Chicago Bears are more than a football team-they are a legend. Founded in 1919, the Bears have won more regular season games than any other NFL franchise. With twenty-six players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and thirteen retired jerseys, it's no wonder the Bears can be defined by three phrases: Big, tough, and full of characters.The Bears, like Chicago, are not just people. They are personalities. In Amazing Tales From the Chicago Bears Sideline, Bears fans can read about the men who have made the Bears one of the greatest franchises in pro football-George Halas, Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka, Walter Payton, and many others.Former Bears star Steve McMichael takes a front row seat in this collection of stories. Readers get to walk through the most vibrant years of a charter NFL franchise-as seen through the eyes of a legendary player. McMichael covers it all, from training camp misadventures in Lake Forest, Illinois, and Platteville, Wisconsin, and Ditka's locker room tirades to nights on the town with Dan Hampton and friends and behind-the-scenes glimpses of extraordinary teammates.
Amazing Tales from the Chicago Bears Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Bears Stories Ever Told (Tales From The Team Ser.)
by John Mullin Steve McMichaelMore than just a football team, the Chicago Bears are a vital part of Chicago culture. After close to a century of play, the Bears have won more regular season games than any other NFL franchise. With twenty-seven players in the Hall of Fame and fourteen retired jerseys, it’s no wonder the Bears are a beloved, storied franchise.But the Bears, like Chicago, are not just people: they are true personalities. In Amazing Tales From the Chicago Bears Sideline, Bears fans can read about the men who have made the Bears one of the greatest teams in pro football—George Halas, Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka, Jay Culter, Richard Dent, Dan Hampton, and many others.Former Bears star Steve McMichael takes a front row seat in this collection of stories. Readers get an opportunity to relive the glory years of a charter NFL franchise—as seen through the eyes of a legendary player. McMichael covers it all, from training camp misadventures in Lake Forest, Illinois, and Platteville, Wisconsin, and Ditka’s locker room tirades to nights on the town with teammates, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of historic moments. From first kick-off to overtime play, Amazing Tales from the Chicago Bears Sideline covers some of the franchise’s greatest moments, and is a must-have for any true Bears fan.
Amazing Tales from the Chicago Cubs Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Cubs Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
by Bob Logan Billy Williams Pete CavaAmazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is crammed with stories, quotes, and anecdotes about the greatest Cubs players of past and present. The story of the Cubs is part legend, part pathos; heroic and, on occasion, hilarious. Enjoy the heartbreak and joy of unforgettable afternoons at Wrigley Field. Without a doubt Amazing Stories From the Cubs Dugout is a must for any Chicago Cubs fan.
Amazing Tales from the Cleveland Indians Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Tribe Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
by Russell SchneiderCalling all Tribe fans! In this one-of-a-kind compendium of anecdotes from players, managers, and beat writers, Russell Schneider captures all the magic and passion of Cleveland Indians baseball. Amazing Tales from the Cleveland Indians Dugout is a colorful journey through the history of the franchise. Included are the best memories and stories in the players’ and managers’ own words, as found in Schneider’s Tales from the Tribe Dugout and More Tales from the Tribe Dugout.Within these pages, fans will chafe at the rivalries, cheer the wins, and challenge the losses both on the road and at home. Max Alvis reveals his most embarrassing moment on the field, Mickey Cochrane orders Harry Eisenstat to intentionally bean a batter, and Doc Edwards groans in agony during the game in which he finally figures out Cal Ripken’s signals to the outfield (the Indians scored ten runs by knowing which pitch was coming and still managed to lose). Featured players include the Alomar brothers, Lou Boudreau, Orel Hershiser, Ralph Kiner, Minnie Minoso, Omar Vizquel, and many other Tribe legends. This massive collection captures the story and glory of Indians baseball both on the field and off. Without a doubt, this tantalizing offering from Indians expert Russell Schneider will provide hours of entertainment for Indians and baseball fans alike.
Amazing Tales from the Cleveland Indians Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Tribe Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
by Russell SchneiderCalling all Tribe fans! In this one-of-a-kind compendium of anecdotes, stats, and facts, Russell Schneider captures all the magic and passion of Cleveland Indians baseball. Amazing Tales from the Cleveland Indians Dugout is a colorful journey through the history of the Cleveland Indians. It includes the best memories and stories from Schneider's Tales from the Cleveland Indians and More Tales from the Cleveland Indians, written in the players' and managers' own words. Within these pages, fans will chafe at the rivalries, cheer with the wins, and challenge the losses both on the road and at home. Max Alvis reveals his most embarrassing moment on the field, Mickey Cochrane orders Harry Eisenstat to intentionally bean a batter, and Doc Edwards groans in agony during the game in which he finally figures out Cal Ripken's signals to the outfield (the Indians scored ten runs by knowing which pitch was coming and still managed to lose). Featured players include the Alomar brothers, Lou Boudreau, Orel Hershiser, Ralph Kiner, Minnie Minoso, Omar Vizquel, and so many other Tribe legends. This massive collection captures the story and glory of Indians baseball both on the field and off. Without a doubt this tantalizing offering from Indians expert Russell Schneider will provide hours of entertainment for Indians fans and baseball fans alike.
Amazing Tales from the New York Yankees Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Yankees Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)
by Bruce Markusen Ken Mcmillan Ed RandallWhen it comes to baseball glory, no other team comes close to the New York Yankees, winners of forty American League pennants and twenty-seven World Series championships. Amazing Tales from the Yankee Dugout is a compilation of the funniest, strangest, and most unique stories, anecdotes, and tall tales that have been attributed to baseball's legendary New York Yankees through the years. Fans will gain new insights about the famed Bronx Bombers that they've never read before.
Amazing Things Will Happen
by C. C. ChapmanWork hard, be kind, and amazing things will happenAmazing Things Will Happen offers straightforward advice that can be put into action to improve your life. Through personal anecdotes from the author's life, and interviews of successful individuals across several industries, this book demonstrates how to achieve success, in all aspects of life, through hard work and acts of kindness. Split into five sections, this book details how to begin the self-improvement journey.Explains how to cope with the situation you are currently in, and how to make the most of it until you can break freeShares exercises and practices that can help define your goals and how to set realistic tasks to reach themHelps you to navigate the seas of doubters and obstacles to get to where you want to beEnsures that you help others, once you have reached your goalsEach of us has different goals in life, but everyone wants to succeed, and have as much fun as possible along the way. Amazing Things Will Happen shows how to get on this path to success.
Amazing Tigers!
by Sarah L. ThomsonIntroduces the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of tigers.
Amazing True Stories of Execution Blunders
by Geoffrey AbbottThe business of death can be seriously absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these gruesome true tales. This gory compendium details the frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker at the hands of lamentably inept executioners. With black and white illustrations, this book brings together a mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests and classic one-liners from medieval times to the present day.
Amazing True Stories of Execution Blunders
by Geoffrey AbbottThe business of death can be seriously absurd, and nothing illustrates this better than these gruesome true tales. This gory compendium details the frankly ridiculous ways in which a number of ill-fated unfortunates met (or failed to meet) their maker at the hands of lamentably inept executioners. With black and white illustrations, this book brings together a mixture of bungled executions, strange last requests and classic one-liners from medieval times to the present day.
Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree
by Michael GuillenDoes science discredit the Bible, God, religious faith?Absolutely not, says Dr. Michael Guillen, former Harvard physics instructor and Emmy-winning ABC News Science Editor. In Amazing Truths, he uses his entertaining, down-to-earth storytelling skills to reveal ten astonishing truths affirmed by both ancient Scripture and modern science that answer some of our biggest questions:Can faith really move mountains?Does absolute truth exist?Are humans truly unique?Is it possible to communicate with God?How much about the universe do we actually know?How could Jesus have been fully man and fully God?In Amazing Truths, Dr. Guillen explains that faith is not some outdated way of thinking. Faith is a necessary part of science, Christianity, and any intelligent, comprehensive, coherent worldview--vastly more powerful than even logic.Amazing Truths will expand your mind and bolster your faith. You will see for yourself what Dr. Guillen, a theoretical physicist and devout Christian, has discovered in a lifetime of serious exploration--that science and faith are not at odds. In fact, they're the ultimate power couple.
Amazing U.S. Air Force Facts (Amazing Military Facts Ser.)
by Mandy R. Marxmilitary; missions; U.S. Air Force; facts; numbers; air
Amazing U.S. Army Facts (Amazing Military Facts Ser.)
by Mandy R. Marxmilitary; missions; U.S. Army; facts; numbers
Amazing U.S. Marine Facts (Amazing Military Facts Ser.)
by Mandy R. Marxmilitary; missions; U.S. Marines; facts; numbers
Amazing U.S. Navy Facts (Amazing Military Facts Ser.)
by Mandy R. Marxmilitary; missions; U.S. Navy; facts; numbers; water
Amazing Whales! (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Sarah L. Thomson<P>How big are whales? How do whales breathe? Do they live alone or in groups? Why are so many whales in danger? <P>This exceptional book for beginning readers explores one of the most amazing animals in the sea. <P>Featuring breathtaking photographs from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Amazing Whales! is the latest title in a new I Can Read Book series about the fascinating animals that share our world and how we can help to keep them healthy and safe. <P>[This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts for K-1 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Amazing Women Athletes
by Jill BryantAges 9 to 12 years. This collection features ten women from Canada and around the world, amazing athletes who have gone the distance in their own way. The book profiles our own largely forgotten Olympian, Bobbie Rosenfeld, considered by many experts to be Canada's most accomplished female athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. Other remarkable women athletes include Annie Smith Peck, a trailblazing American mountain climber; the powerful wheelchair athlete Chantal Petitclerc; determined Chinese figure skater Chen Lu; and many other pioneers and champions. An inspiring book with an introduction, photographs and boxed and illustrative material.
Amazing Women in Sports: Issue #5 (Scoop! The Unauthorized Biography #5)
by Jennifer PouxIntroducing a new series of unauthorized biographies on the world's biggest names and rising stars in entertainment, sports, and pop culture! Complete with quizzes, listicles, trivia, and a full-color pull-out poster of the star, this is the definitive collection to get the full Scoop! and more on your favorite celebrities. • Megan Rapinoe... • Alex Morgan... • Simon Biles... • Coco Gauff... • Naomi Osaka... • Serena Williams...With 10 World Cup goals, 10 Olympic Gold Medals, and 25 Grand Slam titles between them, these are the women changing the world of professional sports--on and off the field!But what's next?Get the full Scoop! and more on the world's most inspiring female athletes.
Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference . . .
by Webb GarrisonThe Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared for wounded soldiers. Women were effective spies. And it is estimated that 300 women fought on the battlefields, usually disguised as men. The most fascinating Civil War women include:Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who led hundreds of fellow slaves to freedom on the Underground RailroadFour hundred women who were seized in Roswell, Georgia, deported to Indiana, and vanished without a traceBelle Boyd, the "Siren of the Shenandoah," who at the age of seventeen killed a Union soldier"Crazy" Elizabeth Van Lew, who deliberately fostered the impression that she was eccentric so that she could be an effective spy for the North"The poor fellow sprang from my hands and fell back quivering in the agonies of death. A bullet had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through my sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder." ?Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross"We were all amused and disgusted at the sight of a thing that nothing but the debased and depraved Yankee nation could produce. [A woman] was dressed in the full uniform of a Federal surgeon. She was not good looking, and of course had tongue enough for a regiment of men." ?Captain Benedict J. Semmes, describing Mary Walker, M.D.
Amazing Women: Inspirational Stories
by Charles MargerisonWho was the first woman to qualify as a doctor? Who is the only woman to have won two Nobel Prizes? Explore these and other amazing stories in Amazing Women. In this unique story collection from The Amazing People Club, the real lives of iconic women including Coco Chanel, Sojourner Truth, Maria Montessori, Eva Peron and Helen Keller come to life. Understand their real lives and challenges and be inspired by what they did and how they achieved it. This is a must-read for every woman seeking inspiration. Meet some of the world's most amazing women through BioViews. ~~~ A BioView- is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions to our world and can help you achieve your ambitions in your journey through life.
Amazing World War II Stories: Four Incredible True Tales (Amazing World War II Stories)
by Nel Yomtov Blake Hoena Bruce BerglundIn times of war, soldiers on the front lines must show their bravery. But acts of courage by some people aren't known until years after the fighting ends. From flying bombing missions in the dead of night, to tricking the enemy with fake encampments and unbreakable codes, to surviving horrific treatment by the enemy through sheer force of will, these incredible true tales will show how courage in war is often displayed by history's unsung heroes.
Amazing World of Birds
by Stephen CaitlinThe physical traits and habits of several birds are described. Learn about how the wings and feathers of birds allow them to fly. Learn what birds eat and how they build their nests. Find out how and why birds sing, where they live and where they travel for the winter. Many of the pictures are described. This book is easy to understand and very interesting.
Amazing World of Spiders
by Janet CraigWhat kind of animals have two more legs than insects, eat their boy friends, make beautiful traps, and have 8 eyes but can't see very well? "Spiders! This book of facts about spiders is too short and interesting to be boring. These are facts you will want to know. You will enjoy yourself as you learn about spiders, which make good pets and which can kill you. Find out how spiders catch insects to eat and how they escape birds and wasps which want to eat them. Many pictures are described.
Amazing Writers - A Short eBook
by Charles MargerisonMost people enjoy reading in some form or other, be it newspapers or a heavy novel. This unique short story collection from The Amazing People Club explores the lives and achievements of some of the world's most influential writers, including Charles Dickens. Find out why he wrote his books and what inspired the characters which would become famous. Get a unique insight into the amazing life of William Shakespeare and his relationship with Anne Hathaway, his dreams of becoming a playwright in London, and how he worked to produce great plays like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. His story contrasts wonderfully with Mark Twain's, who has been deemed the 'father of american literature'. Get to know Twain as he travelled through the USA, from tiny towns in Missouri to the streets of New York. Each story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.