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The Big Fella

Babe Ruth and the World He Created

By: Jane Leavy

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The Big Fella

Babe Ruth and the World He Created

By: Jane Leavy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Jane Leavy, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Boy and Sandy Koufax, comes the definitive biography of Babe Ruth—the man Roger Angell dubbed "the model for modern celebrity." A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “Leavy’s newest masterpiece…. A major work of American history by an author with a flair for mesmerizing story-telling.” —Forbes He lived in the present tense—in the camera’s lens. There was no frame he couldn’t or wouldn’t fill. He swung the heaviest bat, earned the most money, and incurred the biggest fines. Like all the new-fangled gadgets then flooding the marketplace—radios, automatic clothes washers, Brownie cameras, microphones and loudspeakers—Babe Ruth "made impossible events happen." Aided by his crucial partnership with Christy Walsh—business manager, spin doctor, damage control wizard, and surrogate father, all stuffed into one tightly buttoned double-breasted suit—Ruth drafted the blueprint for modern athletic stardom. His was a life of journeys and itineraries—from uncouth to couth, spartan to spendthrift, abandoned to abandon; from Baltimore to Boston to New York, and back to Boston at the end of his career for a finale with the only team that would have him. There were road trips and hunting trips; grand tours of foreign capitals and post-season promotional tours, not to mention those 714 trips around the bases. After hitting his 60th home run in September 1927—a total that would not be exceeded until 1961, when Roger Maris did it with the aid of the extended modern season—he embarked on the mother of all barnstorming tours, a three-week victory lap across America, accompanied by Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig. Walsh called the tour a "Symphony of Swat." The Omaha World Herald called it "the biggest show since Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey, and seven other associated circuses offered their entire performance under one tent." In The Big Fella, acclaimed biographer Jane Leavy recreates that 21-day circus and in so doing captures the romp and the pathos that defined Ruth’s life and times. Drawing from more than 250 interviews, a trove of previously untapped documents, and Ruth family records, Leavy breaks through the mythology that has obscured the legend and delivers the man.

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474

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HarperCollins

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ISBN 10

0062380249

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9780062380241

I'm on Your Side

Resolving Conflict with Your Teenage Son Or Daughter

By: Jane Nelsen,Lynn Lott

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I'm on Your Side

Resolving Conflict with Your Teenage Son Or Daughter

By: Jane Nelsen,Lynn Lott

For both parents and teenagers, going through the teen years can be like living in a war zone. In this book, the authors offer techniques and behavior modification models that will result in more harmonious parent/child relationships. Also includes three chapters on drug use, suicide, and other types of dysfunctional problems requiring professional help.

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358

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Prima Lifestyles

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ISBN 10

1559580399

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9781559580397

A Few Good Women

Breaking the Barriers to Top Management

By: Jane White

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A Few Good Women

Breaking the Barriers to Top Management

By: Jane White

Tell-it-like-it-is" mosaic of how today's most powerful women cope in no-woman's-land, A FEW GOOD WOMEN gives you a first-hand look at what it takes to overcome our most enduring gender-based obstacles. For instance, you'll discover interviews exploring: how Shirley Prutch of Martin Marietta had to resign and be invited back to win the respect and the position she deserved; how Nancy Faunce of Eastman Kodak took a chance by going over her boss' head, instantly.

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250

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Business & Professional Division

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0133189406

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9780133189407

Blue Plate Specials & Blue Ribbon Chefs

The Heart and Soul of America's Great Roadside Restaurants

By: Jane Stern,Michael Stern

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The Heart and Soul of America's Great Roadside Restaurants

By: Jane Stern,Michael Stern

An amazing gastronomic journey across America's heartland, this guide stops at the coziest, friendliest, and busiest diners, cafes and roadside stands in the country. Includes recipes and 75 photos.

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256

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Lebhar-Friedman

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0867308400

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9780867308402

A Taste of America

By: Jane Stern,Michael Stern

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A Taste of America

By: Jane Stern,Michael Stern

Three years of travel off the beaten path have resulted in nearly 250 recipes for authentic American food, ranging from Shaker Lemon Pie, to Basil and Cheese Hot Breadsticks, to Cheddar Corn Pancakes.

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292

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0836221265

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9780836221268

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