Every small resort town in America faces huge development pressures. This is the story of one such town. In the summer resort town of Vermouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, Cletis Bord is the town garbageman and the shortstop on the Townies softball team in the Vermouth Softball League. His best friend, Bobby Linster, the second baseman, just sold the Linster family land that is the right field of their longtime softball field. You can't sell right field. Can you? You can if a well-dressed slick-talking developer claiming to be an heir to Walt Disney comes spreading money around like lottery winnings to 19 Vermouth landowners, including the Linster family. And that's how Cletis Bord, an unambitious stoner got involved with other town characters, and even an endangered species, trying to win an election to stop a zoning change that would allow a huge development to change his hometown forever. Set during a softball season pennant race during an idyllic summer on Cape Cod, You Can't Sell Right Field follows the Townies as they split apart over the zoning change and try to come together to win softball games and the championship. By the end of this love story for his hometown, Cletis, the narrator, finds his own version of love, grows up some and learns an important lesson about small-town democracy.
The almanac that puts the pedal to the metal. For anyone new to the world of racing or hardcore fans looking for a comprehensive overview, this is the only book necessary. Chronicling the complete history of NASCAR®, as well as its controversies, this almanac—filled with fun facts, trivia, and stats—is the perfect guide for its millions of fans. • NASCAR® is America's #1 spectator sport with 75 million fans • Identifies leagues, top drivers, strategies, scoring systems, rule changes, and terms • Includes a four-color insert • Easy–to–use almanac-style format • Published just in time for the 2008 racing season
From high school games to the NFL, this guide features the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies, and even what to wear. New coverage for this edition includes how the draft works, new technology on the field, and XFL, arena league, expansion teams, and NFL Europe
On the heels of one of the strongest baseball seasons ever. Atlanta Braves World Series MVP and Cy Young award-winning pitcher Tom Glavine delivers an insider's view of baseball's enduring magic and mystique.Glavine gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the glories of the game as seen from his perch on the pitching mound for one of the game's legendary teams.Baseball for Everybody is for players and fans alike and covers pitching, batting and fielding techniques and the all-important psychological game. Peppered throughout are quips, quotes and anecdotes Glavine has gleaned during 14 years in the Major Leagues.
Describes how to recognize the early symptoms of chronic pain, make lifestyle changes to minimize its effects, and use techniques to provide rapid relief.
Argues that most companies are overmanaged and underled, and shows how leadership can do more to improve an organization than all the management techniques in the world
You're no idiot. You know that NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing) is the number-one spectator sport in America today, and that through television, radio, and the Internet, it reaches thousands of new fans every week. But you still don't know what all the hype is really about. Who are the major players today and the big-name drivers of the past? Where can you go to find out the facts on the controversy with Toyota? What are all the latest changes in scoring and rules-and how do they affect the sport? Where can you get the behind-the-scenes facts and info that make watching NASCAR even more fun?
PLAY GOLF FOREVER: Treating Low Back Pain and Improving Your Golf Swing Through Fitness is an overall look at low back pain as it relates to golf and it includes information on when you need to see a doctor as well as on types of medical treatments for low back pain. The core of the book is an exercise program designed to strengthen the lower back for the rigors of golf--functional training for core strengthening. Citing a few stories of patients from his SPorts Medicine practice in Southern California, where people can golf year round, Dr. Michael Jaffe focuses on the message that motion is life. Jaffe, who is a golfer as well as a triathlete, mixes medical information with a physiological examination of a golf swing and then offers an exercise program that is designed specifically to strengthen a golfer's back. Low back pain is very common in golfers. What should be common knowledge among golfers--in fact, among all of us-- is that exercise is the best thing you can do to ease your pain. By making clear that exercise works, PLAY GOLF FOREVER is an inspirational book that educates, motivates and demonstrates. Someone once said, "There is nothing more obvious than the gracefulness of a well-timed golf swing." Learning the mechanics of such a golf swing, especially as it relates to back health, is another cornerstone of this book. This book is split into three parts--examining the back, the game of golf as it relates to the back, and the exercise program. These three parts are book ended by two inspirational chapters explaining the power of the body to heal itself, and how functional training recharges that power. Part One of PLAY GOLF FOREVER delves into an explanation of the many kindsof lower back pain, when to see a doctor, including a list of red-flag symptoms, and then an overall look at the various treatments available. Part Two of the book examines why golfers get lower back, including a look at the four major causes, as well as a comparison between golfers with and without lower back pain. This part will also examine the golf swing in pieces so that golfers can understand exactly what their body is doing during this quick burst of athleticism. Part Three of PLAY GOLF FOREVER offers an examination of how muscles and nerves work together and then how functional training for core strengthening is designed to challenge and improve the way the body works. Finally, this part will delve into a stretching program to be used before playing as well as throughout a game on the course. PLAY GOLF FOREVER is a book for those who want to play golf but feel hampered by their lower back. Though it does include a few stories from Dr. Jaffe's practice as well as from the world of professional golf, this book is not designed as a narrative. It is a self-help book in its most basic form. It offers information, inspiration, and instruction. It offers a way for people to play golf forever.
From high school games to the NFL, this guide features the basics of offense and defense, players, rules, strategies, and even what to wear. New coverage for this edition includes how the draft works, new technology on the field, and XFL, arena league, expansion teams, and NFL Europe
Managing cash flow, keeping employees happy and productive, complying with employment laws, and fighting back competition are all problems any manager must face daily. Now there is step-by-step help for everything from how to maximize the success of your products to how to solve the problems that sap a business' productivity. Included are anecdotes from the author about his successes in business, the problems he faced, and how he overcame them.
The most comprehensive coverage of the 2014 syllabus, this resource pack includes a print and online Chemistry Course Book, for fully flexible learning. Giving you unparalleled support for the new concept-based approach to learning, the Nature of science, understanding, applications and skills are integrated in every topic, alongside TOK to drive inquiry and independent learning. Assessment support directly from the IB includes practice questions and worked examples in each topic, along with focused support for both the Internal Assessment and Extended Essay. Truly aligned with the IB philosophy, this Course Book gives unrivalled insight and support at every stage. · Pack includes Course Book in print and fully online format, for the most flexible support · Accurately cover the new syllabus - the most comprehensive match, with support directly from the IB on the core, AHL and all the options · Fully integrate the new concept-based approach, holistically addressing understanding, applications, skills and the · Nature of science · Tangibly build assessment confidence with assessment support straight from the IB · Build confidence - data-based questions and focused practice support exceptional achievement · Written by co-authors of the new syllabus and leading IB workshop leaders · Online Course Book includes multiplatform access, compatible with PCs, Macs, iPads, tablets and more · Online Course Book normally accessible for seven years from syllabus release date, to be used by a single student or teacher · Supported by a fully comprehensive and updated Study Guide About the Series: Oxford's IB Diploma Course Books are essential resource materials designed in cooperation with the IB to provide students with extra support through their IB studies. Course Books provide advice and guidance on specific course assessment requirements, mirroring the IB philosophy and providing opportunities for critical thinking.
On the heels of one of the strongest baseball seasons ever. Atlanta Braves World Series MVP and Cy Young award-winning pitcher Tom Glavine delivers an insider's view of baseball's enduring magic and mystique.Glavine gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the glories of the game as seen from his perch on the pitching mound for one of the game's legendary teams.Baseball for Everybody is for players and fans alike and covers pitching, batting and fielding techniques and the all-important psychological game. Peppered throughout are quips, quotes and anecdotes Glavine has gleaned during 14 years in the Major Leagues.
Managing cash flow, keeping employees happy and productive, complying with employment laws, and fighting back competition are all problems any manager must face daily. Now there is step-by-step help for everything from how to maximize the success of your products to how to solve the problems that sap a business' productivity. Included are anecdotes from the author about his successes in business, the problems he faced, and how he overcame them.
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