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Stealing Home
by Mary StolzWhen Thomas's great-aunt Linzy writes that she is coming to Chicago for a visit, Grandfather and Thomas have a sinking feeling. Linzy has no use at all for baseball and fishing. Her sport is cleaning--anything and everything in sight. It's going to be a long summer.
Stealing Home (Matt Christopher)
by Matt Christopher Paul MantellJoey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.
Stealing Home: A Novel (Beyond the Play #3)
by Grace ReillyA can’t-miss BookTok favorite, reverse grumpy/sunshine forced-proximity college sports romance, third in the Beyond the Play series—with new exclusive content in this edition!I should be focusing on my game—not on falling for my gorgeous, grumpy roommate…especially since she’s already left me once.SebastianIt’s my final season to prove myself before the MLB draft. The last thing I need is a distraction—and especially not one as tantalizing as Mia di Angelo.She’s the drop-dead gorgeous astrophysicist-in-training who ditched me the moment I wanted to take us from casual to committed. Yeah. Ouch. But when she needs somewhere to stay for the summer… well, I offer her my place.Being roommates shouldn’t be so hard. Not distracting at all. Not the least bit challenging…MiaI have two goals this summer: get into a study abroad program and get over golden baseball god Sebastian Miller-Callahan.Doesn’t mean it’s easy to stop thinking about him, but he deserves better than a prickly, career-focused girl like me. Our futures can’t be more different. The last thing I need is to play roommates with the only man who can set my body ablaze.And all the feelings I’ve tried to pretend I never had? They come rushing back far too strong for either of us to ignore.Filled with swoons, spice, sports, and second chances, Stealing Home is a don’t-miss adult college sports romance.
Stealing Home: KC, at Bat; Travelin' Man; Lonesome Town
by Tom MendicinoAs young men on the cusp of life, Charlie Beresford and Kevin "KC" Conroy forged an unlikely friendship. Though the years have lead them down unexpected paths, the bonds of an enduring love will bring them back to where they have always belonged . . .In the summer before college, hauling furniture is the last thing Charlie Beresford wants do with his time. Then, Kevin Conroy--the Mighty KC--joins the moving crew. A star baseball player bound for the big leagues, Charlie is shocked when KC reveals another side of his jock persona--and suddenly, Charlie finds the long summer coming to a bittersweet end. But as Charlie moves on to Dartmouth, KC never makes it to the majors. He finds himself in Oregon, no longer defined by his physical gifts, but building a new life with new friends, and learning to play by the heart . . .At twenty-two, Charlie has a degree in hand and an entry-level job in radio. But sometimes he feels like the only thing he learned in college was that he's already made the biggest mistake of his life. So when he runs into his old high-school crush, he's more than ready to make up for lost time, even if the odds are long. Because the one thing Charlie and KC know too well is that the only thing worse than striking out is never taking a chance at all . . .Praise for Tom Mendicino's Probation"Thoughtful, textured and poignant . . . an exciting impressive debut." --Time Out NY"A smart, engaging, witty, sad and unusual book about the complicated nature of family and love." --Bart Yates, author of Leave Myself Behind"A potent debut." --Publishers Weekly"Achingly honest." --Vestal McIntryre, author of Lake Overturn
Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between
by Eric NusbaumA story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city.Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy.Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium.But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.
Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson
by Barry DenenbergJackie Robinson was a great athlete, but his destiny went far beyond the baseball diamond. As the first black man to play in the all-white baseball leagues, he was a symbol of courage, hope, and unity for all black and white Americans.
Stealing Luca's Heart
by Ellie LyonsJust what is going on at the Tetari farm in New Zealand? First her father is injured in a suspicious hunting accident, now someone is after the Tetari family and their land. With the help of charismatic businessman and eldest son, Luca Tetari, Ally Edwards is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. As passion flares and love blooms, Ally and Luca search for the answers in Ellie Lyons' romantic suspense novel, Stealing Luca's Heart, Book 1 of her new, contemporary series.When Ally Edwards' father, Cal, is injured in a suspicious hunting accident in New Zealand, she takes leave from her job as a University of Iowa economics instructor to rush down to be at her father's bedside. When she arrives, she finds herself hosted by her father's friends, the Tetari family, who welcome her into their home.Luca Tetari, the eldest son, is not only a businessman in the family corporation, but also the team captain of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team. Luca is the consummate player, skillful on the pitch and off, indulging his fans and beguiling everyone around him. But as she gets to know him, Ally discovers that Luca is far deeper as a person than his surface charm would indicate, and soon she finds herself falling in love.But while Ally and Luca are realizing their new affections, the Tetari family and their land are under attack by unknown assailants. With a new "green" energy project in development, who is trying to take over their property, and how? Does this have anything to do with Cal's injury? After all, if someone has hurt one person, mightn't that same individual be willing to injure--or even kill--additional people to achieve his or her goals?Content Notes: Spicy, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense
Stealing Second
by Alison PackardBook five of Feeling the HeatKatherine Whitton doesn't purposely avoid men and relationships, but she doesn't mind that side effect of immersing herself in her job with the San Francisco Blaze. Years ago she was betrayed by her one true love, and she's never fully recovered, though she's tried by building a new life in a city she loves.It's taken seventeen years for Tom Morgan to get over Katie--Katherine now. Sober now and faced with the incredible opportunity to manage the Blaze, he thinks he'll finally be able to handle working with this beautiful woman without falling to pieces...as long as she doesn't get too close.A crisis with the team's star pitcher forces Tom and Katherine to put in long hours together. Years of animosity melt away as the sexual tension between them ignites. But it'll take more than scorching kisses to avoid the wreckage of the past. And neither Tom nor Katie are sure they're ready to trust each other or risk their hearts for a second chance at happiness.Read The Winning Season and Catching Heat for more stories about the San Francisco Blaze.89,190 words
Stealing for Keeps (Frost Lake High #1)
by Rebecca JenshakFrom USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Jenshak comes a brand-new YA romance series that follows Frost Lake High School's state champion soccer team. This book will include a special inside cover.Frost Lake High's new soccer star, the team captain's ex-girlfriend, and a dare that changes everything. When Austin Keller's family moves across the country for his chance to play with the prestigious Frost Lake soccer team, he's ready to seize the opportunity. But on his first night out with the team, a dare to kiss the team captain's ex-girlfriend sets in motion a rivalry that threatens his future.Claire Crawford was once an aspiring figure skater, but a recent injury has changed everything. To make matters worse, her boyfriend dumped her. Starting her junior year, she's unsure of her next steps. One thing she knows for sure: she's not falling for the new guy. That electrifying kiss at the bonfire? Already forgotten…almost.He's chasing his dreams. She's lost hers. The more Claire tries to push him away, the harder he works to win her over. He's stealing her heart, and he's doing it for keeps.
Stealing the Game (Streetball Crew #2)
by Raymond Obstfeld Kareem Abdul-JabbarChris Richards has always looked up to Jax, his older brother and his parents' "golden child." Lately, though, Jax has been full of surprises. First he dropped out of law school; then he started hanging out with some shifty-looking friends. One day Jax asks Chris to recruit his best middle school teammates for a pick-up basketball game in the park. Chris doesn't think much of it until the wrong team wins and Jax goes ballistic. It turns out that Jax bet on the game, hoping to earn enough money to repay a debt to someone who doesn't forgive easily. While Chris tries to walk a thin tightrope between helping his brother and staying out of trouble, his friend Theo does some behind-the-scenes detective work to learn what Jax has been up to. The day Chris is roped into a police investigation is the day he realizes he made the wrong play.
Steamboats on Keuka Lake: Penn Yan, Hammondsport and the Heart of the Finger Lakes
by Charles R. Mitchell Richard S. MacalpineThe grand age of steamboats on Keuka Lake began in 1835 and was vital to the development of the region. The boats carried excursionists--Victorian tourists--to the resorts and cottages that lined the lakeshore. The communities of Penn Yan, Hammondsport and Branchport that anchor the three branches of the Y-shaped lake flourished. This prosperity helped grow the area's grape and wine production that is so celebrated today. Though the last steamboats were taken out of service in 1915, the romance and nostalgia of the period are preserved in tales of glamorous steamers, the people who worked and traveled on them, the resorts they served and the history they made. Local historians Richard MacAlpine and Charles Mitchell capture the stories, anecdotes and photos from this bygone period.
Steamboats on Long Island Sound
by Norman J. BrouwerRobert Fulton built the world's first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, but it was not until after the War of 1812 that these vessels entered service along the Long Island Sound. For 127 years, between 1815 and 1942, steamboats provided a link between New York and cities in southern New England, greatly reducing travel time. Steamboats served the Connecticut cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Derby, New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Stonington. They also linked New York to the Rhode Island cities of Newport, Bristol, and Providence as well as the southern Massachusetts cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The rapid expansion of industries in southern New England gave steamboats the additionally important role of transporting raw materials to mills and factories and their finished products to New York. Rivalries between steamboat services led to the construction of faster, larger, and more elegantly furnished boats, resulting in the "floating palaces" that were some of the largest and most majestic steamboats the world had ever seen.
Steamboats to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (Images of America)
by Tom Dunlop William H. Ewen Jr.The islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, off the Cape Cod coast of Massachusetts, were first inhabited by members of the Wampanoag tribe. English settlements were established in the mid-1600s. As the populations and commerce grew, so did the need for reliable transportation. The islands were first served by privately owned sailing vessels, but things began to change with the introduction of marine steam power. In 1818, the little steamer Eagle was the first to cross Nantucket Sound. Although she only remained in these waters for three months, she began what was to become a tradition of steamboat travel to the islands that lasted for 170 years. The images in this volume include well-known steamers with familiar names like Nobska, Naushon, Gay Head, and Uncatena, as well as many others.
Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling
by Nicholas SammondThe antagonists--oiled, shaved, pierced, and tattooed; the glaring lights; the pounding music; the shouting crowd: professional wrestling is at once spectacle, sport, and business. Steel Chair to the Head provides a multifaceted look at the popular phenomenon of pro wrestling. The contributors combine critical rigor with a deep appreciation of wrestling as a unique cultural form, the latest in a long line of popular performance genres. They examine wrestling as it happens in the ring, is experienced in the stands, is portrayed on television, and is discussed in online chat rooms. In the process, they reveal wrestling as an expression of the contradictions and struggles that shape American culture. The essayists include scholars in anthropology, psychology, film studies, communication studies, and sociology, one of whom used to wrestle professionally. Classic studies of wrestling by Roland Barthes, Carlos Monsivis, Sharon Mazer, and Henry Jenkins appear alongside original essays. Whether exploring how pro wrestling inflects race, masculinity, and ideas of reality and authenticity; how female fans express their enthusiasm for male wrestlers; or how lucha libre provides insights into Mexican social and political life, Steel Chair to the Head gives due respect to pro wrestling by treating it with the same thorough attention usually reserved for more conventional forms of cultural expression. Contributors. Roland Barthes, Douglas L. Battema, Susan Clerc, Laurence de Garis, Henry Jenkins III, Henry Jenkins IV, Heather Levi, Sharon Mazer, Carlos Monsivis, Lucia Rahilly, Catherine Salmon, Nicholas Sammond, Phillip Serrat, Philip Sewell
Steelhead Country: Angling for a Fish of Legend
by Steve RaymondSteelhead Country is not just a collection of random fishing stories. It is a personal and lovingly crafted account of a life spent immersed in a tradition that stretches back generations. Acclaimed flyfisherman and author Steve Raymond paints a picture of the world of steelhead trout that is "a realm of vast landscapes, of cold mountain rivers flowing down through silent, shadowed forests . . . , of ragged coastlines honeycombed with hidden harbors and secret bays where bright rivers mingle with the sea. ” Raymond traces not just the journey of steelhead along the icy gray rivers of the Pacific Northwest but also his own development as a flyfisherman, recalling following in his father’s footsteps and joining him on quiet waterways. Then, steelhead were more a myth than reality--something he only knew from stories. He began to look anywhere he could for information on how to catch this unique, elusive fish, until finally, in a moment of adrenalin-filled excitement, he caught his first steelhead. Steelhead Country tells the story of a life in fishing in the same vein as Roderick Haig-Brown’s A River Never Sleeps. Through the joys and challenges of fly fishing for steelhead, Raymond describes and pays tribute to his connection with nature and a great fishing tradition.
Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
by Bill MaddenNo owner has changed the landscape of sports more than New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
by Bill Madden“Having covered the Yankees for thirty years, and with access to previously unavailable material, Madden provides a definitive and captivating biography.” —Kirkus Reviews2010 Winner of the Baseball Hall of Fame J. G. Taylor Spink AwardIf you love the New York Yankees, arguably the most storied franchise in all of sports—or even if you’re just a fan of baseball history, or big business bios—this biography of the larger-than-life team owner for the past four decades is a must for your bookshelf. For more than thirty years Bill Madden has covered the Yankees and Major League Baseball for the New York Daily News, and he brings all his insights and inside connections to Steinbrenner: the definitive biography of one of New York’s most intriguing and long-standing sports figures, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.“Riveting . . . Reading the book feels like the literary equivalent of passing a traffic accident; it is all but impossible to turn away.” —The New York Times“Definitive, indispensable . . . A vivid and entertaining portrait.” —Sports Illustrated“[Madden] offers an insider’s look at how Steinbrenner has run his team, even finding unexpected—certainly underpublicized—humanity in his subject.” —Booklist
Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh
by Uma KrishnaswamiNine-year-old Maria Singh longs to play softball in the first-ever girls' team forming in Yuba City, California. It's the spring of 1945, and World War II is dragging on. Miss Newman, Maria's teacher, is inspired by Babe Ruth and the All-American Girls' League to start a girls' softball team at their school. Meanwhile, Maria's parents--Papi from India and Mama from Mexico--can no longer protect their children from prejudice and from the discriminatory laws of the land. <P><P>When the family is on the brink of losing their farm, Maria must decide if she has what it takes to step up and find her voice in an unfair world. <P><P> In this fascinating middle grade novel, award-winning author Uma Krishnaswami sheds light on a little-known chapter of American history set in a community whose families made multicultural choices before the word had been invented.
Step-Training Workout: Quick and Effective Workouts for the Whole Body
by Sofia StahlUsing a staircase, you can now easily do short intensive, interval training using only your own body weight. Give your body exactly what it needs—plenty of strength and conditioning—but without taking too much time out of your busy day or spending loads of money on a gym.Learn to utilize the staircases in your everyday environment and maximize every step with this practical guide. Step-Training Workout contains sixty exercises along with suggestions on structuring your workouts into time-saving and utility-boosting intervals. Each exercise typically takes between 5 and 15 minutes and can be done on-the-go, on a lunch a break, or at home after a long day—perfect for anyone who can’t fit in a full workout. Whether you’re just starting out or are an avid exercise, this book will add new, incredible workouts to your repertoire. With Step-Training Workout, learn how to get fit fast and feel great! <p>
Step-by-Step Equine Massage: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-2776 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Ser.)
by Cherry Baldridge Candy SipkaRelieve Soreness, Improve Flexibility, and Keep Your Horse SoundDoes your horse have a nagging soreness that won't go away? Does a mystery lameness come and go without obvious cause? Has your horse's performance deteriorated over the past few months? Do you want to prevent these problems from happening? If your answer is yes, then equine massage can help!Massage therapy is an excellent tool for preventing and relieving muscle soreness in horses. With the simple step-by-step techniques outlined by sisters Candy Sipka and Cherry Baldridge, you'll be able to identify and solve muscle soreness, on your own or with the assistance of a professional equine massage therapist. You'll learn the proper massage techniques and where to use them on a horse, simple stretches that can restore or improve a horse's flexibility, and even the proper position to take when working hands-on with a horse.
Steph Curry: Life Lessons from a Legend (Life Lessons from a Legend)
by Sean Deveney“Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I’m going to make it.“From the smallest kid on every team to the game-changing, record-breaking NBA All-Star he is today, Steph Curry’s journey to stardom is a master class in excellence. Bolstered by what he calls his irrational confidence, the “baby-faced assassin” shattered expectations and accrued millions of fans as he led the Golden State Warriors to championship after championship, garnered multiple MVP awards, and emerged as the greatest 3-point shooter of all time. Steph Curry: Life Lessons from a Legend gives you courtside seats to the incredible highs and lows of his phenomenal career.- Inspiring quotes from Curry himself - A biographical look at Curry’s early years, his rise to fame, and his most spectacular achievements - Original full-color art that captures the spirit of a champion - Guiding truths and hard-earned lessons to help you crush your own goals
Stephen Curry
by Jon M. FishmanGolden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has racked up impressive stats as he has led his team to the best record in the NBA midway through the 2014-2015 season.
Stephen Curry (Influential People)
by Matt LilleyStephen Curry is one of the top players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Now he uses his fame to give back to others. Learn more about how Curry became an NBA star!
Stephen Curry: The Official Graphic Novel (Stephen Curry Sports Superheroes #1)
by Josh Bycel Rich KorsonA thrilling graphic novel about Stephen Curry's underdog story and meteoric rise to becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time!Stephen Curry is considered one of the—if not the—greatest shooters of all time. But his road to greatness was filled with plenty of bumps and obstacles. Coaches and players always told him he was too small and too short to be truly great.Even when Curry declared his eligibility for the NBA, a scouting report noted that he &“lacks great height, length or strength, and possesses below average lateral quickness…making him a potential defensive liability.&”Proving all of his doubters wrong, today Stephen Curry is a four-time NBA Champion, two-time league MVP, and Finals MVP winner.The first official graphic novel in the Stephen Curry Presents: Sports Superheroes line—brought to life by illustrator Damion Scott's vibrant and dynamic art!