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Rumbling Running Backs

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

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Rumbling Running Backs

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

Includes material on Red Grange, Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Terrell Davis, Edgerrin James, among others.

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Kids Play

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0789478862

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Who Was Ernest Shackleton?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

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As a boy he preferred reading sea stories to doing homework and, at age 16, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest Shackleton’s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was. His historic 1914 journey aboard the Endurance has all the drama of an action movie.

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0698159748

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Life in the Pits

Twenty Seconds that Make the Difference

By: James Buckley, Jr.,James Buckley (Jr.)

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Life in the Pits

Twenty Seconds that Make the Difference

By: James Buckley, Jr.,James Buckley (Jr.)

Learn second by second what goes on inside the pits.

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Child's World

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1591870089

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9781591870081

Scholastic Year in Sports 2018

By: James Buckley Jr.

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2018

By: James Buckley Jr.

Featuring the top athletes and sports moments from the past year, this is the must-have guidebook for any young sports fan! For sports fans of all ages!The brand new 2018 edition of Scholastic's annual Year in Sports features full-color action photographs throughout, completely updated facts and stats, and a colorful interior design. Read about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends from the major and secondary sports. Featuring all your favorite stars in baseball, basketball, football, and more, this book is perfect for sports newbies, as well as the most devoted fans.

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1338185225

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2021

By: James Buckley Jr.

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2021

By: James Buckley Jr.

The ultimate book for young sports fans is back with the past year's top sports stories, including the biggest wins from the thrilling Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Look back on another year in sports with Scholastic, featuring exciting and all-new coverage for 2021. Dive into the action of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and relive the most glorious moments of every sports season with colorful photographs, brand-new graphics and stats, and special features on returning and rising stars.Get up close and personal with the top athletes in baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and more in this perfect book for sports fanatics and newbies alike.

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1338654721

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A Day with a Doctor

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

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A Day with a Doctor

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

Describes the kind of work which doctors do when children visit them.

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection

Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players

By: James Buckley

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection

Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players

By: James Buckley

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection celebrates members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame with stats, facts, rare photos, and objects from the game.

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Epic Ink Books

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2020

By: James Buckley Jr.

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2020

By: James Buckley Jr.

The must-have guidebook for young sports fans is back with the latest news and features on the top athletes and sports moments from the past year. Scholastic's annual Year in Sports returns with brand-new, exciting coverage of the past year's sporting events. This 2020 edition features colorful photographs from right in the action, completely updated facts and stats, plus special features on the X Games and other major sports events.Read about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends. Featuring all your favorite stars in baseball, basketball, football, and more, this book is perfect for sports newbies, as well as the most devoted fans.

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2015

By: James Buckley Jr.

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Scholastic Year in Sports 2015

By: James Buckley Jr.

The must-have book for sports fans of all ages! For sport fans everywhere, the 2015 edition of Year in Sports will feature full-color action photographs throughout, completely updated facts and stats,bright, colorful interior design, and new Top 10 and Wacky and Weird Moments lists from the past year. With info about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends from the major and secondary sports.

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054569518X

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Strikeout Kings

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

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Strikeout Kings

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

Describes baseball's greatest pitchers.

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0789473461

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Home Run Heroes

Big Mac, Sammy and Junior

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

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Home Run Heroes

Big Mac, Sammy and Junior

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

Three of baseball's biggest heroes are profiled in this reader: Mark McGwire and his 500-plus career homeruns; Sammy Sosa's rise from poverty to international superstardom; and Ken Griffey, Jr.'s out-of-the-park record-breaking career. Illustrations.

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0789473402

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Curious About Pluto

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Curious About Pluto

By: James Buckley, Jr.

Hello, Pluto! What’s cold, dark, far away, and has a “heart” one thousand miles wide? Pluto! In this highly-visual Smithsonian book, kids can check out exciting information and sensational photographs transmitted by the New Horizons spacecraft on its historic fly-by of the distant and mysterious dwarf planet.

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0399542191

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Soccer Superstars

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

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Soccer Superstars

By: James Buckley (Jr.)

Introduction to some of today's most famous soccer stars."--From source other than the Library of Congress

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1592967361

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Jimmie Johnson

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Jimmie Johnson

By: James Buckley, Jr.

Looks at the ups and downs of a professional driver, Jimmie Johnson, during his first six years on the NASCAR racing circuit.

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Childs World Incorporated

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1602530769

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9781602530768

Jeremy Lin: Rising Star

By: James Buckley Jr.

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Jeremy Lin: Rising Star

By: James Buckley Jr.

The biography of worldwide basketball sensation, Jeremy Lin! Jeremy Lin is an overnight basketball success! But in order for him to have been ready for his big opportunity, he had to put in years of hard work and practice. Follow along as we trace Jeremy's rise from his high-school days, college hoops at Harvard, and bouncing around the NBA to his awesome, unprecedented performances with the New York Knicks. It's Lin-credible!

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0545492327

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Who Were the Wright Brothers?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

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Who Were the Wright Brothers?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful airplane. This is the fascinating story of the two inventors and aviation pioneers who never lost sight of their dream: to fly, and to soar higher!

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0448479516

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9780448479514

The Ballpark Bucket List

Take THIS Out to the Ballgame! - The Ultimate Scorecard for Visiting All 30 Major League Parks

By: James Buckley

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The Ballpark Bucket List

Take THIS Out to the Ballgame! - The Ultimate Scorecard for Visiting All 30 Major League Parks

By: James Buckley

TheBallpark Bucket List is the perfect tool to write and journal, note historic stadium changes, and jot down any other fun memories from your ballpark bucket list trip.

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Epic Ink Books

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0760380562

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9780760380567

Out of the Park!

True Stories of the Greatest Players Who Changed the Game

By: James Buckley

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Out of the Park!

True Stories of the Greatest Players Who Changed the Game

By: James Buckley

Out of the Park! is an officially licensed collection of true baseball stories to teach kids about the greatest baseball players, from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter, their major historical moments, and their love of the game.

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Becker & Mayer

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076038682X

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9780760386828

Lou Gehrig

Iron Horse of Baseball

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Lou Gehrig

Iron Horse of Baseball

By: James Buckley, Jr.

A biography of baseball player Lou Gehrig.

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Who Was Jim Thorpe?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

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Who Was Jim Thorpe?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

Learn about the incredible legacy of the first Native American athlete and Olympian to earn a gold medal for the United States in this exciting addition to the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series. While most athletes excel in just one sport, Jim Thorpe was different. Born in Oklahoma in 1887, he played both professional football and baseball, and ran track and field. Jim was not only a sports icon but also a trailblazer. Raised as part of the Sac and Fox tribal nation, he was the first Native American person to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. And although his personal life was not always as successful as his career, Jim remains one of the greatest athletes in American history.

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039954268X

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9780399542688

The Lord Is the Spirit

The Authority of the Holy Spirit in Contemporary Theology and Church Practice

By: John A. Studebaker Jr.

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The Lord Is the Spirit

The Authority of the Holy Spirit in Contemporary Theology and Church Practice

By: John A. Studebaker Jr.

Although the doctrine and work of the Holy Spirit is no longer being ignored in theology (as was often the case in centuries past), the authority of the Spirit remains essentially undefined. The need for such a definition, however, is urgent. Some dangerous trends in the contemporary understanding of the Spirit have developed (trends that can only be exposed through careful exegesis of Scripture and theological clarification). Indeed, some contemporary models often leave us with a nonauthoritative "Spirit" predisposed toward universalism, experientialism, or panentheism. This work will attempt to show that the nature of the Holy Spirit's authority can be clearly defined through biblical and systematic theology. When we investigate the Spirit's place within the pattern of divine authority, as specified in Scripture, we discover that the Holy Spirit indeed possesses a unique authority as divine Person, Christ's Executor, Teacher, and Governor of the Church. Such a work will be helpful for both the theologian and the pastor. First, definitions of the Spirit's authority will be developed through historical, exegetical, and theological analysis. Then these definitions will be applied to specific church practices, including hermeneutics, church structure and guidance, and Christian spirituality. A response will also be given to those "practical theologies" that are subtly diminishing the Spirit's authority in relation to the contemporary church.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1630876852

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9781630876852

Muhammad Ali

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Muhammad Ali

By: James Buckley, Jr.

A biography of the legendary boxer, who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his conversion to Islam and opposition to the Vietnam War, and his life after boxing.

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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

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0836850963

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The Unmaking of a Mayor

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

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The Unmaking of a Mayor

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

John V. Lindsay was elected mayor of New York City in 1965. But that year’s mayoral campaign will forever be known as the Buckley campaign. “As a candidate,” Joseph Alsop conceded, “Buckley was cleverer and livelier than either of his rivals.” And Murray Kempton concluded that “The process which coarsens every other man who enters it has only refined Mr. Buckley.” The Unmaking of a Mayor is a time capsule of the political atmosphere of America in the spring of 1965, diagnosing the multitude of ills that plagued New York and other major cities: crime, narcotics, transportation, racial bias, mismanagement, taxes, and the problems of housing, police, and education. Buckley’s nimble dissection of these issues constitutes an excellent primer of conservative thought. A good pathologist, Buckley shows that the diseases afflicting New York City in 1965 were by no means of a unique strain, and compared them with issues that beset the country at large. Buckley offers a prescient vision of the Republican Party and America’s two-party system that will be of particular interest to today’s conservatives. The Unmaking of a Mayor ends with a wistful glance at what might have been in 1965—and what might yet be.

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Encounter Books

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1594038481

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9781594038488

Happy Days Were Here Again

Reflections of a Libertarian Journalist

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

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Happy Days Were Here Again

Reflections of a Libertarian Journalist

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

In Happy Days Were Here Again, William F. Buckley Jr. offers a collection of his finest essays from the latter part of his long career. Sometimes celebrating, sometimes assailing, Buckley takes on opponents ranging from Mikhail Gorbachev to Carl Sagan to Leonard Bernstein; reflects on the academic scene, the Gulf War, and the idea of sin; and offers appreciations of friends, both right and left. For everyone who appreciates the wit and style of America's pre-eminent conservative, this is a must-have collection.

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Basic Books

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0786726903

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A Kids' Guide to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

The Greatest Players from Hank Aaron to Derek Jeter to Cy Young

By: James Buckley Jr.

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A Kids' Guide to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

The Greatest Players from Hank Aaron to Derek Jeter to Cy Young

By: James Buckley Jr.

A Kids’ Guide to the National Baseball Hall of Fame highlights the best and most memorable players and staff with updated photos, fun facts, and stats for all young readers and baseball fans to enjoy.

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Becker & Mayer

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0760388369

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9780760388365

Who Was Milton Hershey?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

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Who Was Milton Hershey?

By: James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ

Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey’s life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe that gave it a longer, more stable shelf life. He founded a school for those who didn’t have access to a good education and an entire town for his employees. Both his chocolate empire and his great personal legacy live on today.

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0698159772

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9780698159778

Perfect

The Inside Story of Baseball's Twenty Perfect Games

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Perfect

The Inside Story of Baseball's Twenty Perfect Games

By: James Buckley, Jr.

Among baseball achievements, the perfect game--one in which no runners reach base--remains the greatest. Though many have come close, only 20 pitchers have achieved such perfection in more than a century of baseball. This exhaustive compendium examines the fascinating story behind every perfect game and uncovers details both great and small, illuminating the majesty of these titanic achievements. The faithfully narrated record of all 20 games--punctuated by statistics, trivia, little-known anecdotes, and personal memories from both witnesses and the pitchers themselves--gets inside the minds of the players who made baseball history. In addition to profiling some of the game's greatest pitchers, such as Cy Young, Sandy Koufax, and Randy Johnson, or others including Charley Robertson who had otherwise unremarkable careers, this updated edition features new chapters devoted to Dallas Braden, Mark Buehrle, and Roy Halladay, the three latest pitchers to throw a perfect game, and a comprehensive appendix profiles several pitchers who almost achieved perfection.

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Triumph Books

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1600786766

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9781600786761

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection

Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players

By: James Buckley

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection

Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players

By: James Buckley

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection celebrates members of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame with stats, facts, rare photos, and objects from the game.

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Super Shortstops

Jeter, A-Rod, and Jeter

By: James Buckley, Jr.

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Super Shortstops

Jeter, A-Rod, and Jeter

By: James Buckley, Jr.

Three of baseball's exciting young stars who combine slugging at the plate with dazzling play in the field are featured: Derek Jeter, Nomar Garciaparra, and Alex Rodriguez. Illustrations.

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0789473488

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America's Classic Ballparks

Celebrating Parks Past and Present

By: James Buckley

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America's Classic Ballparks

Celebrating Parks Past and Present

By: James Buckley

America’s Classic Ballparks takes you out to the ballgame with an interactive tour through America’s ballpark landmarks. Baseball parks are as American as apple pie and America’s Classic Ballparkscommemorates nine ballparks guaranteed to spark nostalgia for the old ball game. Featuring striking images, America’s Classic Ballparks offers a wealth of information on these beloved national landmarks. The iconic ballparks featured include: Ebbets Field Tiger Stadium Polo Grounds Original Yankee Stadium Fenway Park Wrigley Field Dodger Stadium Oriole Park at Camden Yards Oracle Park Reliving everything from opening day at Fenway Park to the top ten moments in Yankee stadium, ballpark enthusiasts will revel in stadium trivia and cherish the historic photographs found throughout these pages. Authored by prolific sportswriter James Buckley Jr., America’s Classic Ballparks is the perfect addition to any sports library.

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0760377553

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9780760377550

Fearless Firsts: Athletes Who Changed the Game

By: James Buckley Jr.,Ellen Labrecque

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Fearless Firsts: Athletes Who Changed the Game

By: James Buckley Jr.,Ellen Labrecque

Celebrate over 50 athletes who broke barriers, took risks, and changed the rules! While these athletes came from different backgrounds and overcame unique struggles, they had one thing in common: they would not take "You can't" for an answer. With a don't-give-up attitude, these fearless firsts fought for what they believed in and created a better sports world. In this book, you'll read about very famous athletes, like Jackie Robinson and Simone Biles. You'll also discover the first female drag-racing champion and the first Latino American baseball superstar. You'll meet the first Olympian with an amputated leg, the first blind Ironman racer, the first transgender college champion, and the first Asian American Olympic gold medalists. Beyond individual athletes, you'll learn how Title IX impacted sports, why the Paralympics matters, and the history behind the Haudenosaunee lacrosse team. By the time you're done reading, whether you're an athlete or not, you'll be inspired to stay optimistic, fight against injustice, and be fearless in anything you set your mind to!

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728275075

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9781728275079

The Bathroom Companion

A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the House

By: James Buckley,James Buckley, Jr.

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The Bathroom Companion

A Collection of Facts about the Most-Used Room in the House

By: James Buckley,James Buckley, Jr.

It's the most-frequented room in the house--but how much does one really know about it? "The Bathroom Companion" is filled with interesting trivia from history, science, and pop culture, as well as toilet tales from around the world.

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Quirk Books

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1594740283

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Search for the American Right Wing

An Analysis of the Social Science Record, 1955-1987

By: William B. Hixson Jr.

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Search for the American Right Wing

An Analysis of the Social Science Record, 1955-1987

By: William B. Hixson Jr.

This book is a creative synthesis of the published scholarly research on the contemporary American right wing from the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy to the election of Ronald Reagan as President. Unlike most other syntheses, it directly engages that research by critically analyzing the major explanations emerging from it. Emphasizing neither the lives and backgrounds of the scholars that he discusses nor paradigms within the social sciences as a whole, William Hixson focuses on the way the concepts of individual researchers have interacted with accumulating evidence on the American right, and how this evidence has led to new and more comprehensive theories. Hixson first summarizes and evaluates the research on the major developments analyzed by scholars—the social sources of "McCarthyism," the "radical right" of the early 1960s, George Wallace's constituency in his Presidential campaigns, and the emerging "new right" of the late 1970s. He then compares the interpretations of the two most influential students of the right wing, Seymour Martin Lipset and Michael Paul Rogin. Finally, he offers his own explanations, suggesting that the right wing is both a mass and elite phenomenon, that its durability comes from its appeal to the upwardly mobile, especially in economically expanding regions, and that far from being either "traditionalist" or reactive, it represents a proactive defense of values associated with late nineteenth-century "modernization." Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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140087274X

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Captain Rock

The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821–1824

By: James S. Donnelly, Jr

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Captain Rock

The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821–1824

By: James S. Donnelly, Jr

Named for its mythical leader “Captain Rock,” avenger of agrarian wrongs, the Rockite movement of 1821–24 in Ireland was notorious for its extraordinary violence. In Captain Rock, James S. Donnelly, Jr., offers both a fine-grained analysis of the conflict and a broad exploration of Irish rural society after the French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Originating in west Limerick, the Rockite movement spread quickly under the impact of a prolonged economic depression. Before long the insurgency embraced many of the better-off farmers. The intensity of the Rockites’ grievances, the frequency of their resort to sensational violence, and their appeal on such key issues as rents and tithes presented a nightmarish challenge to Dublin Castle—prompting in turn a major reorganization of the police, a purging of the local magistracy, the introduction of large military reinforcements, and a determined campaign of judicial repression. A great upsurge in sectarianism and millenarianism, Donnelly shows, added fuel to the conflagration. Inspired by prophecies of doom for the Anglo-Irish Protestants who ruled the country, the overwhelmingly Catholic Rockites strove to hasten the demise of the landed elite they viewed as oppressors. Drawing on a wealth of sources—including reports from policemen, military officers, magistrates, and landowners as well as from newspapers, pamphlets, parliamentary inquiries, depositions, rebel proclamations, and threatening missives sent by Rockites to their enemies—Captain Rock offers a detailed anatomy of a dangerous, widespread insurgency whose distinctive political contours will force historians to expand their notions of how agrarian militancy influenced Irish nationalism in the years before the Great Famine of 1845–51.

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0299233138

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Troublemaker

A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik

By: Chester E. Finn, Jr.

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Troublemaker

A Personal History of School Reform since Sputnik

By: Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.S. education reforms--or dissented from some of them more effectively--than Chester Finn. Assistant secretary of education under Ronald Reagan, and an aide to politicians as different as Richard Nixon and Daniel Moynihan, Finn has also been a high school teacher, an education professor, a prolific and best-selling writer, a think-tank analyst, a nonprofit foundation president, and both a Democrat and Republican. This remarkably varied career has given him an extraordinary insider's view of every significant school-reform movement of the past four decades, from racial integration to No Child Left Behind. In Troublemaker, Finn has written a vivid history of postwar education reform that is also the personal story of one of the foremost players--and mavericks--in American education. Finn tells how his experiences have shaped his changing views of the three major strands of postwar school reform: standards-driven, choice-driven, and profession-driven. Of the three, Finn now believes that a combination of choice and standards has the greatest potential, but he favors this approach more on pragmatic than ideological grounds, arguing that parents should be given more options at the same time that schools are allowed more flexibility and held to higher performance norms. He also explains why education reforms of all kinds are so difficult to implement, and he draws valuable lessons from their frequent failure. Clear-eyed yet optimistic, Finn ultimately gives grounds for hope that the best of today's bold initiatives--from charter schools to technology to makeovers of school-system governance--are finally beginning to make a difference.

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Let Us Talk of Many Things

The Collected Speeches

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

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Let Us Talk of Many Things

The Collected Speeches

By: William F. Buckley Jr.

From the man who helped ignite the modern conservative movement, a delightful collection of eloquent and witty speeches.

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0465003346

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AFC South

By: James Buckley, Jr.,James Buckley (Jr.)

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AFC South

By: James Buckley, Jr.,James Buckley (Jr.)

Introduces the four teams that since 2002 are the American Football South Conference of the National Football League.

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1592965105

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The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

Issues of Employment and Instruction

By: Allan G. Osborne, Jr.,Charles J. Russo

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The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

Issues of Employment and Instruction

By: Allan G. Osborne, Jr.,Charles J. Russo

This easy-to-read book answers teachers' legal questions regarding employment and instruction. Key topics include tenure, collective bargaining, academic freedom, copyright law, safety, and student bullying.

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1412975468

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