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Whening Tennis

In Tennis as in Life, Timing Is Everything

By: Larry Huebner

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Whening Tennis

In Tennis as in Life, Timing Is Everything

By: Larry Huebner

Whening Tennis: In Tennis, as in Life, Timing is Everything is an instructional book. It is unique in that it does not focus on the "how to" of playing the game as much as the "when to" for more tennis success. The author's primary focus on "when decisions" is an entirely new instructional approach for many aspects of the game. When a player learns to combine good "when" decisions with real effort to play the game to the best of their ability, regardless of the final score, winning has been achieved. Thus, Whening Tennis becomes winning tennis, the essence of the book. The subtitle, In Tennis, as in Life, Timing is Everything, emphasises the importance of "when" decisions and their crossover from tennis into life's experiences. "What a fantastic job Larry Huebner has done with his great publication, "WHENING TENNIS!" First, one would be hard pressed to find anyone more qualified to write about tennis than Larry - no one is more respected in the tennis world by people who know the game. Second, how refreshing it is to have something other than just a "How-to" book to help one understand and enjoy tennis more! Larry has done a fantastic job in selecting, simplifying and organizing his topics. Everything Larry writes about is relevant to today's game. I enthusiastically recommend this book for players of all abilities, as well as parents. ENJOY..." -Dick Gould, Coach of 17 NCAA Men's Championships Director of Tennis, Stanford University For more information try the website at www.w-tennis.com. or see the link to the student workbook Whening Tennis Student Workbook

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Trafford Publishing

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1412011728

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9781412011723

The Men in Blue

Conversations with Umpires

By: Larry R. Gerlach

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The Men in Blue

Conversations with Umpires

By: Larry R. Gerlach

The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." And whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them. Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire--about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803270453

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9780803270459

Play Baseball the Ripken Way

The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals

By: Cal Ripken, Jr.,Bill Ripken,Larry Burke

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Play Baseball the Ripken Way

The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals

By: Cal Ripken, Jr.,Bill Ripken,Larry Burke

Every year, hundreds of thousands of children play “Cal Ripken Baseball” in the largest division of Babe Ruth League, Inc. Play Baseball the Ripken Way is the ultimate guide to playing the game, by one of the sport’s living legends. Baseball is America’s national pastime, but that doesn’t mean we’re all born naturals. Kids of all ages (and their parents) are eager to improve specific skills, and now they can learn from one of the most respected baseball families in history. Cal and Bill Ripken have written a thoroughly illustrated instructional book that clearly explains proper baseball fundamentals—hitting, fielding, baserunning, pitching, and much more. Based on the teachings of the late Cal Ripken, Sr., a player, coach, manager, and scout in the Baltimore Orioles system for thirty-seven years, Play Baseball the Ripken Way shows players just what they need to do to be their best while maintaining a sense of fun and accomplishment with every new lesson. The Ripken Way consists of the following principles: *Keep It Simple: Teaching that is too complicated is difficult to remember and can result in frustration. *Explain Why: A teacher who cannot explain why is not truly teaching. Lessons that make sense will stick with players. *Celebrate the Individual: No two players are alike, so why treat them as if they are? *Make It Fun: The game gets serious enough quickly enough on its own. Drills and instruction should be structured so that players can enjoy themselves while learning. The book also includes tips for parents and coaches, practice workouts, and drills for players of every level.

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Ballantine Books

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0812970500

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The Junior Golf Book

An Instructional For Beginning Players, Ages 8-18

By: Larry Hayes,Rhonda Glenn

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The Junior Golf Book

An Instructional For Beginning Players, Ages 8-18

By: Larry Hayes,Rhonda Glenn

A comprehensive guide to golf for beginning players aged 8 yrs+

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Macmillan

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0312141149

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The Big Book of Tricks for the Best Dog Ever

A Step-by-Step Guide to 118 Amazing Tricks and Stunts

By: Larry Kay,Chris Perondi

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The Big Book of Tricks for the Best Dog Ever

A Step-by-Step Guide to 118 Amazing Tricks and Stunts

By: Larry Kay,Chris Perondi

A step-by-step guide to more than 100 dog tricks, specially designed for effective training, for pure fun, and even for turning your dog into a YouTube star, from the coauthor of the tremendously successful and much-praised Training the Best Dog Ever and the genius behind "The Stunt Dog Show," which performs more than 1,000 shows a year.

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Workman Publishing

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1523501618

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Right Handers’ Golf Manual

By: Larry Nelson

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Right Handers’ Golf Manual

By: Larry Nelson

RIGHT HANDERS GOLF MANUAL The Right Handers Golf Manual is intended to provide players at all levels step-by-step instructions on how to play golf and is designed to help you develop your skills and ability. It is presented in manual format so that it can be used not only as an instruction manual but also as a reference book. Golfers at all levels can benefit from the detailed instructions found in each manual chapter. Included is information on how to prepare to play the game, the fundamentals of grip, stance, and golf swing dynamics. There are chapters covering how to use the driver and fairway woods, the long irons, the mid irons and the short irons. There is instruction on the short game, bunker play, putting, playing from different lies, pre-shot routines and how to practice properly so that you get maximum benefit from the time you spend on your practice sessions. There are over 90 illustrations in the manual. Each of the illustrations includes step by - step instructions on how to successfully execute the golf shots you will encounter in everyday play. The Right Handers Manual has something for every golfer. It will provide you with the tools needed to improve your game, lower your score, and improve your disposition on the golf course. You will come away from your golf games with a smile on your face.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1493174045

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Rube Foster in His Time

On the Field and in the Papers with Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary

By: Larry Lester

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Rube Foster in His Time

On the Field and in the Papers with Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary

By: Larry Lester

Although Andrew "Rube" Foster (1879-1930) stands among the best African American pitchers of the 1900s, this baseball pioneer made his name as the founder and president of the Negro National League, the first all-black league to survive a full season. In addition to founding this groundbreaking black-owned and -operated business, Foster also founded and managed the Chicago American Giants, one of the most successful black baseball teams of the pre-integration era. This definitive biography combines period editorials and correspondence with insightful narrative to provide a comprehensive portrait of this innovative Hall of Famer. From the unstructured early days of black baseball, when Foster gained glory as a hard-throwing pitcher, through his struggles to establish the NNL and the Giants, to his tragic death from complications of syphilis, this work pays overdue tribute to an authentic American baseball icon.

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McFarland

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0786439270

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9780786439270

Taking Charge

An Introduction to Electricity

By: Larry E. Schafer

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Taking Charge

An Introduction to Electricity

By: Larry E. Schafer

When it's just not possible to take students out to explore the natural world, bring the natural world to the classroom. Clearly organized and easy to use, this helpful guide contains more than 50 science lessons in six units: Greening the School, Insects, Plants, Rocks and Soils, Water, and In the Sky. All lessons include objectives, materials lists, procedures, reproducible data sheets, ideas for adapting to different grade levels, discussion questions, and next steps. Almost all the needed materials are inexpensive or even free (such as leaves and rocks), and if you do get the chance to venture outside, the lessons will work there, too. By using Steve Rich's follow up to his popular book Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide, you can introduce students to everything from bug zoos to the Sun and stars without ever needing to pull on a jacket.

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NSTA Press

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0873551109

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9780873551106

Geology From Experience

Hands-On Labs and Problems in Physical Geology

By: E. Kirsten Peters,Larry E. Davis

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Geology From Experience

Hands-On Labs and Problems in Physical Geology

By: E. Kirsten Peters,Larry E. Davis

Moving away from the observation-and-vocabulary focus of traditional physical geology lab manuals, Peters and Davis's Geology from Experience offers experiments that favor hands-on involvement and scientific problem-solving. Students are asked to use geological tools and techniques; analyze data from observation, experiment and research; solve simple equations; and make assessments and relevant predictions. This approach, class-tested with great success by the authors, gives students a real taste of the scientific experience by revealing the ways geologists actually do their work.

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Macmillan

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0716731452

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9780716731450

Speed Train Your Own Bird Dog

By: Larry Mueller

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Speed Train Your Own Bird Dog

By: Larry Mueller

Humane training methods written in a step-by-step approach helps produce a superior bird dog in minimum time. The speed-train system also makes the process enjoyable for the dog as well as the master.

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Stackpole Books

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0811723046

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9780811723046

Ask a Science Teacher

250 Answers to Questions You've Always Had About How Everyday Stuff Really Works

By: Larry Scheckel

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Ask a Science Teacher

250 Answers to Questions You've Always Had About How Everyday Stuff Really Works

By: Larry Scheckel

Fun and fascinating Q&As on topics from astronomy to zoology: “A treasure.” —Library Journal We’ve all grown so used to living in a world filled with wonders that we sometimes forget to wonder about them: What creates the wind? Do fish sleep? Why do we blink? All too often, the explanations remain shrouded in mystery—or behind a haze of technical language. For kids of all ages—or those of us who should have raised our hands in science class but didn’t—Larry Scheckel comes to the rescue. An award-winning science teacher and longtime columnist for his local newspaper, Scheckel is a master explainer with a trove of knowledge. Just ask the students and devoted readers who’ve spent years trying to stump him! In Ask a Science Teacher, Scheckel collects 250 of his favorite Q&As and provides refreshingly uncomplicated explanations. You’ll learn how planes really fly, why the Earth is round, how microwaves heat food, and much more on topics including: The Human Body * Earth Science * Astronomy * Chemistry * Physics * Technology * Zoology * Music and conundrums that don’t fit into any category “For any curious minded reader—young or old.” —Publishers Weekly

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The Experiment

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1615191798

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How Consciousness Commands Matter

The New Scientific Revolution

By: Larry Farwell

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How Consciousness Commands Matter

The New Scientific Revolution

By: Larry Farwell

This book will inspire you to question what you've heard from the scientific experts about how the universe works and what role we play in it. For centuries, science has believed that matter is king, and the job of scientist is to measure interactions of matter, not consciousness. Based on revolutionary new developments in physics and neuroscience, including his own groundbreaking research, Dr. Farwell challenges this view. Using impeccable scientific techniques, he has proven in the laboratory that consciousness plays a commanding role in the universe. Dr. Larry Farwell (Bio) Dr. Larry Farwell is a Harvard educated former Harvard faculty member who is currently chief scientist of the Human Brain Research Laboratory. As a neuroscientist, he has conducted and published pioneering research on the interaction of consciousness and matter at the quantum-mechanical level. The well-known physicist Dr. George Farwell (his father) collaborated in this research. Dr. Larry Farwell invented a direct brain-to-computer communication system using electrical brain activity. He discovered the technique of Brain Fingerprinting to identify criminals and clear innocent suspects by measuring brain-wave responses to relevant words or pictures presented on a computer screen. CBS Evening News, ABC World News, CNN Headline News, the Discovery Channel, the New York Times, the Washington Post, US News and World Report, and television, radio, newspapers, and magazines throughout the world have featured Dr. Farwell and his discoveries. Dr. Farwell's personal philosophy is that anything is possible. He sees his scientific research as a process of discovering the unlimited possibilities available for human life. He believes that the goal of life is the full development and complete integration of mind, heart, body, and spirit. In addition to his BA, MA, and PhD in neuroscience, he is a qualified Transcendental Meditation teacher and has a black belt in kung fu.

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1st World Publishing

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188747224X

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Rethinking the Good

Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning

By: Larry S. Temkin

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Rethinking the Good

Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning

By: Larry S. Temkin

In choosing between moral alternatives -- choosing between various forms of ethical action -- we typically make calculations of the following kind, using the principle of transitivity: A is better than B; B is better than C; therefore A is better than C. Larry Temkin shows is that if we want to continue making plausible judgments, we cannot continue to make these assumptions.

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Oxford University Press

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0190233710

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9780190233716

It Happened in Massachusetts

By: Larry Pletcher,Dan Spinella

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It Happened in Massachusetts

By: Larry Pletcher,Dan Spinella

You've studied the Salem witch trials, the Boston Tea Party, and Paul Revere's midnight ride. But do you know the whole story? It Happened in Massachusetts gives readers inside information on these events as well as recounting lesser-known happenings.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1461747457

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Human Motor Development

A Lifespan Approach

By: V. Gregory Payne,Larry D. Isaacs

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Human Motor Development

A Lifespan Approach

By: V. Gregory Payne,Larry D. Isaacs

This book provides an overview of human development and includes the relationship between motor development and cognitive and social development. It explores factors affecting development, including effects of early stimulation and deprivation. The book addresses assessment in motor development.

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Routledge

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135181740X

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Laughing Through Life

By: Larry Moran

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Laughing Through Life

By: Larry Moran

This hilarious book invites you to sit down and share dinner with the Morans, a family of ten children, and after dinner to share in the familys pranks and crises. You will walk the streets of Carmel, Indiana, a quiet, small town, visit its shops, and meet its neighborly people. Along the way, you will learn what it was like growing up in a large family in a small town during the 1950s and 1960s. Whimsical and, at times, knee-slapping tales guide you through childhood, teen years, early adulthood, and beyond. You get a peek at family dynamics and the struggles of an insecure boys first encounters with romance. You also learn what it was like to be a journalist, a government economist, a parent, and a golf fanatic. The stories are warm, touching, and always funny. The people you meet, mostly based on the authors siblings, are friendly and fun-loving. The situations, based on real events and family lore, will keep you laughing. The author helps you see life through humors prism.

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150492469X

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Dramathemes, 4th Edition

Classroom literacy that will excite, surprise, and stimulate learning

By: Swartz, Larry

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Dramathemes, 4th Edition

Classroom literacy that will excite, surprise, and stimulate learning

By: Swartz, Larry

In this totally revised 4th edition, Larry Swartz digs deeply into the riches of the past three books and considers the experiences of language arts teachers who have used all three versions for almost three decades. Full of engaging new ideas, the book includes many new sources and carefully chosen strategies for exploring challenging issues with students, including identity, poverty, diversity, bullying, and immigration. Literary sources are at the root of this amazing book, and encompass picture books, novels, poetry, scripts, and photographs. Compelling strategies throughout the book are designed to enrich interactive possibilities amongst learners in the language arts classroom. By reading, writing, and talking both in and out of role, students can develop and share their responses, stories, and ideas. A bestselling classroom resource for almost thirty years, Dramathemes is an ideal book for teachers who want to put drama into literacy programs, and literacy into drama programs.

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Pembroke Publishers Limited

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1551383004

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9781551383002

Downey

By: Larry Latimer

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Downey

By: Larry Latimer

Pioneers traveling in the former Shoshonean lands that became the city of Downey in eastern Los Angeles County were drawn to the water sources of the San Gabriel River and Rio Hondo. In 1837, historian Hugo Reid described a village called Carpenters Farm along the banks of the Rio Hondo. Don Carpenter's Rancho Santa Gertrudes occupied a portion of the original 300,000-acre Nieto land grant of prime ranch and farmlands, a fertile "garden spot." In 1859, a year before becoming California's youngest governor at age 32, John Gately Downey and druggist James McFarland effectively closed the era of missions and ranchos by buying 17,600 acres of Rancho Santa Gertrudes at a sheriff's auction for $60,000. Downey offered land at $10 an acre with a low interest rate, claiming it "the best land for homesteads and vineyards in this section of the state." The community of Downey began shaping up in 1873 as the Southern Pacific Railroad connected the early settlements of Gallatin and College.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738571644

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All of Nonparametric Statistics

By: Larry Wasserman

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All of Nonparametric Statistics

By: Larry Wasserman

This text provides the reader with a single book where they can find accounts of a number of up-to-date issues in nonparametric inference. The book is aimed at Masters or PhD level students in statistics, computer science, and engineering. It is also suitable for researchers who want to get up to speed quickly on modern nonparametric methods. It covers a wide range of topics including the bootstrap, the nonparametric delta method, nonparametric regression, density estimation, orthogonal function methods, minimax estimation, nonparametric confidence sets, and wavelets. The book’s dual approach includes a mixture of methodology and theory.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387306234

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9780387306230

Core Web Programming

By: Marty Hall,Larry Brown

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Core Web Programming

By: Marty Hall,Larry Brown

One-stop shopping for serious Web developers! The worldwide best seller for serious Web developers--now 100% updated! In-depth HTML 4/CSS, Java 2, Servlets, JSP, XML, and more! Industrial-strength code examples throughout! The authoritative guide to every technology that enterprise Web developers need to master, from HTML 4 to Java 2 Standard Edition 1.3, servlets to JavaServer Pages, and beyond. Core Web Programming, Second Edition brings them all together in the ultimate Web development resource for experienced programmers. HTML 4 In-depth, practical coverage of HTML document structure, block-level and text-level elements, frames, cascading style sheets, and beyond. Java 2 Basic syntax, object-oriented design, applets and animation, the Java Plug-In, user interface development with Swing, layout managers, Java2D, multithreading, network programming, database connectivity, and more. Server-Side Java Servlets, JSP, XML, and JDBC-the foundations of enterprisedevelopment with Java. Advanced topics include JSP custom tag libraries, combining servlets and JSP (MVC), database connection pooling, SAX, DOM, and XSLT processing, and detailed coverage of HTTP 1.1. JavaScript Dynamic creation of Web page content, user event monitoring, HTML form field validation, and more. Includes a complete quick reference guide. This book's first edition is used in leading computer science programs worldwide, from MIT to Stanford, UC Berkeley to Princeton, UCLA to Johns Hopkins. Now, it's been 100% updated for today's hottest Web development technologies--with powerful new techniques, each with complete working code examples! Every Core Series book: DEMONSTRATES practical techniques used by professional developers FEATURES robust, thoroughly tested sample code and realistic examples FOCUSES on the cutting-edge technologies you need to master today PROVIDES expert advice that will help you build superior software Core Web Programming delivers: Practical insights for Web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Expert J2SE 1.3 coverage, from Swing and Java 2D to threading, RMI, and JDBC Fast-track techniques for server-side development with servlets, JSP, and XML Hundreds of real-world code examples, including complete sample applications

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Prentice Hall Professional

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0130897930

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Coaching Football

By: Larry Geigle

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Coaching Football

By: Larry Geigle

I wrote this book so that I would remember lessons learned from coaching over forty years of football. The book talks about the importance of being demanding on players, but at the same time making sure their safety and success is above winning. The book goes into detail about the areas of building a successful football program. He discusses new coaches keeping the number of offensive plays within reason and running those plays with speed and deception. The book also features stories and philosophies of coaches who coach by doing the right thing. Coach Geigle's book is for football coaches who love the game and understand its impact on our youth today.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984586459

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Baseball's First Colored World Series

The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs

By: Larry Lester

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Baseball's First Colored World Series

The 1924 Meeting of the Hilldale Giants and Kansas City Monarchs

By: Larry Lester

In 1924, after the Hilldale Giants captured the league crown in the new Eastern Colored League and the Kansas City Monarchs won out in the four-year-old Negro National League, the two teams met in a best-of-nine series for the world championship. But a 13-inning tie in Game 4 and alternating wins throughout would force a tenth and deciding game, making it the longest World Series--black or white--in the modern era. This heavily illustrated volume provides a comprehensive account of the first championship series played between teams from two all-black professional leagues. It provides commentary, records, and full statistics for each club's regular season performance, along with biographical profiles of the players. Coverage also includes position-by-position comparisons of the Series combatants; a breakdown of the attendance, gate receipts, and team shares; game-by-game summaries; comments from the players; and complete statistics--including pitcher-batter matchups--for both teams.

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McFarland

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0786487364

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Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals

By: Patrick Thornton,Walter T. Champion Jr.,Lawrence Ruddell,Larry Ruddell

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Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals

By: Patrick Thornton,Walter T. Champion Jr.,Lawrence Ruddell,Larry Ruddell

Directed at future sports executives and sports managers, the book contains numerous case studies that allow students to apply the ethical decision-making process to a sports-related ethical dispute. Unlike other texts that spend too much time discussing ethical theories, Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals addresses the important issues sports professionals may actually encounter during their career --Book Jacket.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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0763743844

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The Other Welfare

supplemental security income and U.S. Social Policy

By: Edward D. Berkowitz,Larry DeWitt

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The Other Welfare

supplemental security income and U.S. Social Policy

By: Edward D. Berkowitz,Larry DeWitt

The Other Welfare offers the first comprehensive history of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), from its origins as part of President Nixon's daring social reform efforts to its pivotal role in the politics of the Clinton administration. Enacted into law in 1972, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) marked the culmination of liberal social and economic policies that began during the New Deal. The new program provided cash benefits to needy elderly, blind, and disabled individuals. Because of the complex character of SSI-marking both the high tide of the Great Society and the beginning of the retrenchment of the welfare state-it provides the perfect subject for assessing the development of the American state in the late twentieth century. SSI was launched with the hope of freeing welfare programs from social and political stigma; it instead became a source of controversy almost from its very start. Intended as a program that paid uniform benefits across the nation, it ended up replicating many of the state-by-state differences that characterized the American welfare state. Begun as a program intended to provide income for the elderly, SSI evolved into a program that served people with disabilities, becoming a primary source of financial aid for the de-institutionalized mentally ill and a principal support for children with disabilities. Written by a leading historian of America's welfare state and the former chief historian of the Social Security Administration, The Other Welfare illuminates the course of modern social policy. Using documents previously unavailable to researchers, the authors delve into SSI's transformation from the idealistic intentions of its founders to the realities of its performance in America's highly splintered political system. In telling this important and overlooked history, this book alters the conventional wisdom about the development of American social welfare policy.

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Cornell University Press

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0801467330

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Fundamentals of Materials Science for Technologists

Properties, Testing, and Laboratory Exercises, Third Edition

By: Larry Horath

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Fundamentals of Materials Science for Technologists

Properties, Testing, and Laboratory Exercises, Third Edition

By: Larry Horath

The properties of materials provide key information regarding their appropriateness for a product and how they will function in service. The Third Edition provides a relevant discussion and vital examples of the fundamentals of materials science so that these details can be applied in real-world situations. Horath effectively combines principles and theory with practical applications used in today's machines, devices, structures, and consumer products. The basic premises of materials science and mechanical behavior are explored as they relate to all types of materials: ferrous and nonferrous metals; polymers and elastomers; wood and wood products; ceramics and glass; cement, concrete, and asphalt; composites; adhesives and coatings; fuels and lubricants; and smart materials. Valuable and insightful coverage of the destructive and nondestructive evaluation of material properties builds the groundwork for inspection processes and testing techniques, such as tensile, creep, compression, shear, bend or flexure, hardness, impact, and fatigue. Laboratory exercises and reference materials are included for hands-on learning in a supervised environment, which promotes a perceptive understanding of why we study and test materials and develop skills in industry-sanctioned testing procedures, data collection, reporting and graphing, and determining additional appropriate tests.

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Waveland Press

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1478639539

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Coaching Baseball

By: Larry Geigle

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Coaching Baseball

By: Larry Geigle

I wrote this book so that I could share lessons learned from over forty years of baseball. In my book Coaching Baseball you will enyoy reading about the importance of player accountability and performance in practice as well as games. I try to provide you with a better understanding of the amount of hours it takes for players to develope their baseball skills so they can compete and play at a highier level. Coaching Baseball discusses time tested philosophies on hitting, throwing, catching, character building and sportsmanship. It honor's coaches who build baseball programs in their communities' by deicating their time and effort to America's greatest game. I hope you enjoy my lessons learned. Coach Geigle

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1669817997

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Satchel

The Life and Times of an American Legend

By: Larry Tye

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Satchel

The Life and Times of an American Legend

By: Larry Tye

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy “Satchel” Paige “Among the rare biographies of an athlete that transcend sports . . . gives us the man as well as the myth.”—The Boston Globe Few reliable records or news reports survive about players in the Negro Leagues. Through dogged detective work, award-winning author and journalist Larry Tye has tracked down the truth about this majestic and enigmatic pitcher, interviewing more than two hundred Negro Leaguers and Major Leaguers, talking to family and friends who had never told their stories before, and retracing Paige’s steps across the continent. Here is the stirring account of the child born to an Alabama washerwoman with twelve young mouths to feed, the boy who earned the nickname “Satchel” from his enterprising work as a railroad porter, the young man who took up baseball on the streets and in reform school, inventing his trademark hesitation pitch while throwing bricks at rival gang members. Tye shows Paige barnstorming across America and growing into the superstar hurler of the Negro Leagues, a marvel who set records so eye-popping they seemed like misprints, spent as much money as he made, and left tickets for “Mrs. Paige” that were picked up by a different woman at each game. In unprecedented detail, Tye reveals how Paige, hurt and angry when Jackie Robinson beat him to the Majors, emerged at the age of forty-two to help propel the Cleveland Indians to the World Series. He threw his last pitch from a big-league mound at an improbable fifty-nine. (“Age is a case of mind over matter,” he said. “If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”) More than a fascinating account of a baseball odyssey, Satchel rewrites our history of the integration of the sport, with Satchel Paige in a starring role. This is a powerful portrait of an American hero who employed a shuffling stereotype to disarm critics and racists, floated comical legends about himself–including about his own age–to deflect inquiry and remain elusive, and in the process methodically built his own myth. “Don’t look back,” he famously said. “Something might be gaining on you.” Separating the truth from the legend, Satchel is a remarkable accomplishment, as large as this larger-than-life man.

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0812977971

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The Sandra Sanchez Story

The Starchild Chronicles

By: Larry Spiry

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The Sandra Sanchez Story

The Starchild Chronicles

By: Larry Spiry

A baby girl was found abandoned in the Highlands of New Mexico with no signs of her biological parents. They were never found. A young childless couple adopts the baby girl and she is raised as their own. She becomes a superstar soccer player for a university in California. In 2032, her third year at that school, she becomes extremely ill with what appears to be a rare disease that cannot be identified. She is dying, as a cure cannot be found. Then through a series of strange events, it is determined that her life may be saved, but... at an unbearable price to pay. This is her story.

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1477129707

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Basketball

Much More Than Just a Game

By: Larry A. McKenzie

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Basketball

Much More Than Just a Game

By: Larry A. McKenzie

Larry McKenzie, the only coach to win four back-to-back state titles in the 100 year history of the Minnesota State Boys Basketball tournament is sharing his success strategies for winning on the court and in life. Much More than just a Game is a must read for young athletes and their parents navigating the game. Incorporating 10 life lessons, Coach McKenzie shows why BASKETBALL is merely a metaphor and a tool that can be used to transform lives.

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96

By: LARRY M. BROOKS

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By: LARRY M. BROOKS

In his first novel 96 Larry Brooks puts on display his ability to turn real life experiences into parables to drive home his philosophical view points. Coming from a small town in Texas; Brooks takes you on his journey from hustling in the back woods of Texas to being a military brat in Hinesville Georgia throughout his early adolescences. In doing so he comes up with the foundation of his lifelong philosophy.

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1467072850

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Human Motor Development

A Lifespan Approach

By: Greg Payne,Larry Isaacs

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Human Motor Development

A Lifespan Approach

By: Greg Payne,Larry Isaacs

Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach, 10th Edition, offers an overview to the study of changes in human movement across the lifespan. The book uses a holistic approach and emphasizes the importance of intellectual, social, and physical development and their impact on human motor development at all ages. The tenth edition has been completely revised and updated to reflect the most recent research and technology in human motor development. Organized into five parts, the book examines key topics in motor development including the relationship between cognitive and social development and motor development, factors affecting development, changes across the lifespan, and assessment in motor development. Highly illustrated and written for student accessibility, Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach is essential reading for students of motor control and development, kinesiology, human performance, and students interested in physical therapy, physical education, and exercise science. The book also provides access to a fully updated companion website, which includes laboratory exercises, an instructors’ manual, a test bank, and lecture slides.

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Routledge

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1000027015

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American Jews and America's Game

Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball

By: Larry Ruttman

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American Jews and America's Game

Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball

By: Larry Ruttman

Most fans don’t know how far the Jewish presence in baseball extends beyond a few famous players such as Greenberg, Rosen, Koufax, Holtzman, Green, Ausmus, Youkilis, Braun, and Kinsler. In fact, that presence extends to the baseball commissioner Bud Selig, labor leaders Marvin Miller and Don Fehr, owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Stuart Sternberg, officials Theo Epstein and Mark Shapiro, sportswriters Murray Chass, Ross Newhan, Ira Berkow, and Roger Kahn, and even famous Jewish baseball fans like Alan Dershowitz and Barney Frank. The life stories of these and many others, on and off the field, have been compiled from nearly fifty in-depth interviews and arranged by decade in this edifying and entertaining work of oral and cultural history. In American Jews and America’s Game each person talks about growing up Jewish and dealing with Jewish identity, assimilation, intermarriage, future viability, religious observance, anti-Semitism, and Israel. Each tells about being in the midst of the colorful pantheon of players who, over the past seventy-five years or more, have made baseball what it is. Their stories tell, as no previous book has, the history of the larger-than-life role of Jews in America’s pastime.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803264828

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9780803264823

Jim Reeves

His Untold Story

By: Larry Jordan

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Jim Reeves

His Untold Story

By: Larry Jordan

A 672 page, award-winning biography of country music singer Jim Reeves based on hundreds of interviews and Jim's private diaries. Virtually a day by day account of the life of this internationally renowned star.

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JIM REEVES: HIS UNTOLD STORY

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0615524303

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9780615524306

Applied Mathematics for Science and Engineering

By: Larry A. Glasgow

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Applied Mathematics for Science and Engineering

By: Larry A. Glasgow

Prepare students for success in using applied mathematics for engineering practice and post-graduate studies Moves from one mathematical method to the next sustaining reader interest and easing the application of the techniques Uses different examples from chemical, civil, mechanical and various other engineering fields Based on a decade’s worth of the authors lecture notes detailing the topic of applied mathematics for scientists and engineers Concisely writing with numerous examples provided including historical perspectives as well as a solutions manual for academic adopters

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118749928

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Holographic Golf

Uniting the Mind and Body to Improve Your Game

By: Larry Miller

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Holographic Golf

Uniting the Mind and Body to Improve Your Game

By: Larry Miller

A PGA player and golf teacher shows how to improve your game dramatically with visualization and the “holographic” interaction of mind and body. Inspired by Michael Murphy’s classic Golf in the Kingdom and the remarkable new reality theory explained by Michael Talbot in The Holographic Universe, Holographic Golf shows readers how to use both mind and body to improve their games dramatically. As any experienced and frustrated golfer will tell you, real improvement is a rarity—eighty percent of all amateurs can’t break 100. This sorry statistic reflects a faulty system of instruction, and Larry Miller knows why. From day one, students are traditionally taught to piece together their swing from countless fragments. In contrast, Miller believes there are only three “static positions” vital to the swing: the “address,” “at the top,” and the “finish.” What goes on in between is unimportant, he says, because if you land at each point correctly, you will have done everything right along the way. He also considers what others don’t: the Holographic Principle of Interconnectedness, by which one can conceptually fuse the golf swing with the ball, the terrain, and the atmospheric conditions for maximum performance. In Holographic Golf, Miller also offers positive reinforcement and visualization techniques for improving balance and accuracy. He presents unique and creative exercises, like practicing with mirrors; using your own shadow and the sounds of the course to help “flow” your swing; and “ball flinging,” where the golfer imagines the ball is a magnet. By blending the physical with the mental, Miller has created a uniquely holistic approach that is certain to appeal to all players who seek an effective alternative method for a better—and more pleasurable—golf game. Praise for Holographic Golf “Finally, a unique and effective new method of golf instruction.” —Lee Eisenberg, Time Magazine

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Pelican Publishing

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1455605891

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Foul or Fair?

Ethical and Social Issues in Sports

By: Larry Atkins

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Foul or Fair?

Ethical and Social Issues in Sports

By: Larry Atkins

There's more to sports than what occurs during games. Check your social media, listen to sports talk radio, or watch ESPN--there are daily stories of social issues in sports regarding concussions, playing hurt, gambling, Olympics and politics, athletes as social activists, paying college athletes, recruiting violations, academics, youth sports, diversity and gender issues, hazing, athletes' mental health, disabled athletes' rights, sportsmanship, and media coverage. How do these issues affect athletes, fans, and society? Written equally for casual and hardcore fans, this book analyzes social and ethical issues in sports in a lively, journalistic manner, combining quotes from writers, broadcasters, athletes, coaches and others with the author's observations. It shows pros and cons of how sports affect our daily lives and society. While sports inspire and excite us and lead to social change like the civil rights movement, Title IX, and rights of disabled people, controversies surrounding sports can be divisive even as sports work as a uniting factor in society.

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McFarland

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1476650993

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9781476650999

Black Baseball's National Showcase

The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953

By: Larry Lester

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Black Baseball's National Showcase

The East-West All-Star Game, 1933-1953

By: Larry Lester

A lively illustrated introduction to the Negro League equivalent of the All-Star Game discusses the history of the games, as well as the colorful cast of promoters, gamblers, and hucksters who made it happen. Original.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803280009

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9780803280007

Global Aspects of Classical Integrable Systems

By: Richard H. Cushman,Larry M. Bates

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Global Aspects of Classical Integrable Systems

By: Richard H. Cushman,Larry M. Bates

This book gives a complete global geometric description of the motion of the two di mensional hannonic oscillator, the Kepler problem, the Euler top, the spherical pendulum and the Lagrange top. These classical integrable Hamiltonian systems one sees treated in almost every physics book on classical mechanics. So why is this book necessary? The answer is that the standard treatments are not complete. For instance in physics books one cannot see the monodromy in the spherical pendulum from its explicit solution in terms of elliptic functions nor can one read off from the explicit solution the fact that a tennis racket makes a near half twist when it is tossed so as to spin nearly about its intermediate axis. Modem mathematics books on mechanics do not use the symplectic geometric tools they develop to treat the qualitative features of these problems either. One reason for this is that their basic tool for removing symmetries of Hamiltonian systems, called regular reduction, is not general enough to handle removal of the symmetries which occur in the spherical pendulum or in the Lagrange top. For these symmetries one needs singular reduction. Another reason is that the obstructions to making local action angle coordinates global such as monodromy were not known when these works were written.

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3764354852

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