For years, as Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Billy Frank Jr. wrote a column called Being Frank. From September 1986 to May 2014, these columns ran in newspapers across the Pacific Northwest. All proceeds from the sale of Tell the Truth go to the Billy Frank Jr. Salmon Forever Fund, managed by Salmon Defense.
The Pacific Northwest was one of the most populated and prosperous regions for Native Americans before the coming of the white man. By the mid-1800s, measles and smallpox decimated the Indian population, and the remaining tribes were forced to give up their ancestral lands. Vine Deloria Jr. tells the story of these tribes’ fight for survival, one that continues today.
In "Winning in Both Leagues" J. Frank Cashen looks back over his twenty-five-year career in baseball. Best known as the general manager of the New York Mets during their remaking and rise to glory in the 1980s, Cashen fills the pages with lively stories from his baseball tenure during the last half of the twentieth century. His career included a stint with the Baltimore Orioles of the late OCO60s and OCO70s, working with manager Earl Weaver and the great teams of the early OCO70s, including such players as Jim Palmer, Frank Robinson, and Brooks Robinson. Later, tapped by Mets owner Nelson Doubleday Jr. to bring the Mets to the pinnacle of Major League Baseball, Cashen, with the rise of superstars Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden, led the Mets to the thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Boston Red Sox leading to the World Series championship in 1986.a "Winning in Both Leagues" also chronicles the drafting of Billy Beane, who would later be the focus of the "New York Times" bestseller "Moneyball." Cashen, who was a central figure in the fierce competition with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, excelled at building winning ball clubs and remains one of only two general managers ever to win a World Series in both leagues.
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include:* commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION;* the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary;* sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages;* interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole;* readable and applicable exposition.
From the edge of Hollywood's spotlight and right into the locker rooms of America, If These Lips Could Talk gives you a producer's unfettered access to big-named actors and athletes you have known and admired through the years. Be warned, some of these people are not who they appear to be. Imagine you are at the Emmy's with Candice Bergen, or with Sandra Bullock at the world premiere of Oceans 8, or that you have written Rod Carew's Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech. Now imagine you are seated on a private jet alongside Brooke Shields. One week you are backstage in Sinatra's dressing room with your pal Don Rickles, the next you are taking the first American TV show to the USSR, and all the while you are coaching a girls' high school soccer team to a number one spot in the national rankings. It is a dream, right? Now imagine a kid who was hustling nickel tips on a paper route at ten years old, a teenage caddy hanging out with a future mafia kingpin, a mediocre student at a small Valhalla, New York high school going nowhere fast. Things happened that turned his dream into reality. If These Lips Could Talk is an exhilarating, breezy, unvarnished peek at what goes on at the edge of the spotlight. This book's not about Frank Pace but about the people he met along the way--a witty, poignant, page-turner that will make you laugh, shake your head and sometimes flat out break your heart.
Wolverine et Cyclope sont depuis toujours deux figures importantes du monde des X-Men, autour desquelles l'ensemble des mutants gravitent. Mais aujourd'hui, un profond désaccord les oppose et cela pourrait bien tout changer pour leur espèce. Les deux héros s'affronteront-ils jusqu'à la mort ? Jason Aaron (Avengers) et Kieron Gillen (Eternals) s'associent à une impressionnante équipe de dessinateurs (Carlos Pacheco, Frank Cho, Daniel Acuña, Alan Davis, Adam Kubert et Billy Tan) pour raconter une étape clé de l'histoire des mutants. [CET ALBUM CONTIENT LES ÉPISODES X-MEN: SCHISM (2011) 1 À 5 ET X-MEN REGENESIS (2011) 1.]
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