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The Forgotten First

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier

By: Keyshawn Johnson,Bob Glauber

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The Forgotten First

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier

By: Keyshawn Johnson,Bob Glauber

The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many achievements, which would go on to affect football for generations to come. More than a year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, there was another seismic moment in pro sports history. On March 21,1946, former UCLA star running back Kenny Washington—a teammate of Robinson's in college—signed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams. This ended one of the most shameful periods in NFL history, when African-American players were banned from league play. Washington would not be alone in serving as a pioneer for NFL integration. Just months after he joined the Rams, thanks to a concerted effort by influential Los Angeles political and civic leaders, the team signed Woody Strode, who played with both Washington and Robinson at UCLA in one of the most celebrated backfields in college sports history. And that same year, a little-known coach named Paul Brown of the fledgling Cleveland Browns signed running back Marion Motley and defensive lineman Bill Willis, thereby integrating a startup league that would eventually merge with the NFL. THE FORGOTTEN FIRST tells the story of one of the most significant cultural shifts in pro football history, as four men opened the door to opportunity and changed the sport forever.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1538705478

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9781538705476

Guts and Genius

The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s

By: Bob Glauber

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Guts and Genius

The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s

By: Bob Glauber

How three football legends -- Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells -- won eight Super Bowls during the 1980s and changed football forever. Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells dominated what may go down as the greatest decade in pro football history, leading their teams to a combined eight championships and developing some of the most gifted players of all time in the process. Walsh, Gibbs and Parcells developed such NFL stars as Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor, Jerry Rice, Art Monk and Darrell Green. They resurrected the careers of players like John Riggins, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams, Everson Walls and Hacksaw Reynolds. They did so with a combination of guts and genius, built championship teams in their own likeness, and revolutionized pro football like few others. Their influence is still evident in today's game, with coaches who either worked directly for them or are part of their coaching trees now winning Super Bowls and using strategy the three men devised and perfected. In interviews with more than 150 players, coaches, family members and friends, GUTS AND GENIUS digs into the careers of three men who overcame their own insecurities and doubts to build Hall of Fame legacies that transformed their generation and continue to impact today's NFL.

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Grand Central Publishing

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1538763885

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9781538763889

Warren Peace: Dimensions

Warren Peace Book 2

By: Bob Shaw

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Warren Peace: Dimensions

Warren Peace Book 2

By: Bob Shaw

Warren Peace joined the Space Legion to forget - and forget what it was he wanted to forget. In his quest to find out who he'd been he got turned into an Oscar by a symbiotic alien parasite. Oscars are invulnerable superbeings, immune to everything and with no need for air, food or drink, let alone sex and drugs and rock'n'roll. Marooned on an airless planet with a whole bunch of them, Warren is bored witless. Then a chance encounter with a lump of pryktonite turns him back into a human, and Warren embarks on a new career- as a galactic troubleshooter. His first mission takes him (with a couple of Oscars providing the muscle) to a water-covered planet where a company producing a mind-blowing drug is having trouble with its alien work force. It seems they're smuggling alien porn mags on to the planet, and are too...tired to work. Warren sets out to find the solution... Warren Peace is the second bizarre episode in the series that began with Who Goes Here? By the acclaimed author of Orbitsville and the Ragged Astronauts trilogy.

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Gateway

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0575110953

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9780575110953

The Baltimore Elite Giants

Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball

By: Bob Luke

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The Baltimore Elite Giants

Sport and Society in the Age of Negro League Baseball

By: Bob Luke

Provides a history of the Elite Giants of Baltimore baseball team in the Negro League. Highlights pivotal games, players, and league decisions. Also discusses the relationship between the team and major league baseball during integration.

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JHU Press

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0801891167

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9780801891168

A Brief History of Pharmacy

Humanity's Search for Wellness

By: Bob Zebroski

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A Brief History of Pharmacy

Humanity's Search for Wellness

By: Bob Zebroski

Pharmacy has become an integral part of our lives. Nearly half of all 300 million Americans take at least one prescription drug daily, accounting for $250 billion per year in sales in the US alone. And this number doesn't even include the over-the-counter medications or health aids that are taken. How did this practice become such an essential part of our lives and our health? A Brief History of Pharmacy: Humanity's Search for Wellness aims to answer that question. As this short overview of the practice shows, the search for well-being through the ingestion or application of natural products and artificially derived compounds is as old as humanity itself. From the Mesopotamians to the corner drug store, Bob Zebroski describes how treatments were sought, highlights some of the main victories of each time period, and shows how we came to be people who rely on drugs to feel better, to live longer, and look younger. This accessible survey of pharmaceutical history is essential reading for all students of pharmacy.

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Routledge

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1317413318

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9781317413318

Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Xu,Chun-su Yuan

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Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

By: Bob Xu,Chun-su Yuan

This is a concise handbook providing a quick clinical reference on Chinese medicinal treatments for many diseases, based on Traditional Chinese Medicine theory and practice. Organized by different clinical conditions and diseases, it provides clinicians and healthcare professionals with definitions and recommended treatment methods, especially herbal medicine formulae. In addition to being a comprehensive quick reference source, this handbook also conveys a generalized understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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World Scientific

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9814579882

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9789814579889

Guts and Genius

The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s

By: Bob Glauber

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The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches Who Came to Dominate the NFL in the '80s

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Grand Central Publishing

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1538763885

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Holy Terror

Andy Warhol Close Up

By: Bob Colacello

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Holy Terror

Andy Warhol Close Up

By: Bob Colacello

In the 1960s, Andy Warhol’s paintings redefined modern art. His films provoked heated controversy, and his Factory was a hangout for the avant-garde. In the 1970s, after Valerie Solanas’s attempt on his life, Warhol become more entrepreneurial, aligning himself with the rich and famous. Bob Colacello, the editor of Warhol’s Interview magazine, spent that decade by Andy’s side as employee, collaborator, wingman, and confidante. In these pages, Colacello takes us there with Andy: into the Factory office, into Studio 54, into wild celebrity-studded parties, and into the early-morning phone calls where the mysterious artist was at his most honest and vulnerable. Colacello gives us, as no one else can, a riveting portrait of this extraordinary man: brilliant, controlling, shy, insecure, and immeasurably influential. When Holy Terror was first published in 1990, it was hailed as the best of the Warhol accounts. Now, some two decades later, this portrayal retains its hold on readers—as does Andy’s timeless power to fascinate, galvanize, and move us.

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Vintage

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0804169861

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9780804169868

Integrating the Orioles

Baseball and Race in Baltimore

By: Bob Luke

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Integrating the Orioles

Baseball and Race in Baltimore

By: Bob Luke

The struggle to integrate the Baltimore Orioles mirrored the fight for civil rights in Baltimore. The Orioles debuted in 1954, the same year the Supreme Court struck down public school segregation. As Baltimore experienced demonstrations, white flight and a 1968 riot, team integration came slowly. Black players--mostly outfielders--made cameo appearances as black fans stayed away in droves. The breakthrough came in 1966, with the arrival of a more enlightened owner, and African American superstar Frank Robinson. As more black players filled the roster, the Orioles dominated the American League from 1969 through much of the 1970s and into the early 1980s. Attempts to integrate the team's executive suite were less successful. While black players generally did not participate in civil rights actions, several under Robinson's leadership pushed for front office jobs for former black players. Drawing on primary sources and interviews with former executives, players and sportswriters, this book tells the story of the integration of the Orioles. The author describes how tensions between community leaders and team officials aborted negotiations to both increase black attendance and put an African American in the club's executive ranks.

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215

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McFarland

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1476662126

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9781476662121

Day by Day in Jewish Sports History

By: Bob Wechsler

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Day by Day in Jewish Sports History

By: Bob Wechsler

Day By Day in Jewish Sports History covers every day of the year and includes thousands of names, records, events, and achievements of all kinds, from virtually every sport you can think of and some you can't, this book is the definitive picture of the role Jews have played in world sports - informative, enlightening, easy to read, and entertaining in a 432-page calendar book format including over 100 photographs." "It gives all the basic information and statistics, from baseball to figure skating, from boxing to track and field, from hockey to bowling, tennis, gymnastics, soccer, Olympic winners, including 160 sports quiz questions and sports trivia, American and international, amateur and professional."--BOOK JACKET.

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KTAV Publishing House, Inc.

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0881259691

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9780881259698

Pete Hill

Black Baseball's First Superstar

By: Bob Luke

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Pete Hill

Black Baseball's First Superstar

By: Bob Luke

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League's Chicago-based American Giants, led two expansion teams and retired from the sport as manager of the Baltimore Black Sox. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of Hill recounts the career of a neglected Hall of Famer in the context of the turbulent issues that surrounded him--segregation, women's suffrage, Prohibition and the Spanish flu.

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147664781X

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9781476647814

The Forgotten First

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier

By: Keyshawn Johnson,Bob Glauber

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The Forgotten First

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier

By: Keyshawn Johnson,Bob Glauber

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Undefeated

How Father and Son Triumphed Over Unbelievable Odds Both on and Off the Field

By: Bob Griese,Brian Griese

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How Father and Son Triumphed Over Unbelievable Odds Both on and Off the Field

By: Bob Griese,Brian Griese

How Father and son triumphed over unbelievable odds both on and off the field.

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Thomas Nelson

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0785270213

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9780785270218

The Insiders' Guide to Baltimore

By: Bob B. Graham,Lynda Lambert

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The Insiders' Guide to Baltimore

By: Bob B. Graham,Lynda Lambert

Baltimore's classic Fells Point, historic Federal Hill, cultural Mount Vernon, authentic Little Italy state-of-the-art Oriole Park at Camdenyards and popular Inner Harbor come together for excitement and learning in the pages of The Insiders' Guide RM to Baltimore. Local authors explore the museums, shops and restaurants as well as little-known locals' Favorites and offer behind the scenes information you won't find in the tourist brochures. Insightful descriptions. pricing guidelines, Insiders' Tips, maps, photos and more provide street-savvy know-how whether you're planning a weekend getaway or creating a permanent home in Charm City.

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Falcon Guides

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1573800589

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9781573800587

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The Forgotten First

The Forgotten First

Guts and Genius

Guts and Genius

Warren Peace: Dimensions

Warren Peace: Dimensions

The Baltimore Elite Giants

The Baltimore Elite Giants

A Brief History of Pharmacy

A Brief History of Pharmacy

Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

Clinical Handbook Of Chinese Medicine

Guts and Genius

Guts and Genius

Holy Terror

Holy Terror

Integrating the Orioles

Integrating the Orioles

Day by Day in Jewish Sports History

Day by Day in Jewish Sports History

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Pete Hill

The Forgotten First

The Forgotten First

Undefeated

Undefeated

The Insiders' Guide to Baltimore

The Insiders' Guide to Baltimore

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