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Dixie Walker

A Life in Baseball

By: Lyle Spatz

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Over the course of fifty years in the mid-twentieth century, Fred "Dixie" Walker lived several baseball lives. Dubbed the successor to Babe Ruth after his impressive major league debut in 1931, Walker went from sure-fire prospect to injury-plagued underachiever, to Brooklyn hero, to persona non grata because of his complicated relationship with Jackie Robinson, and finally to redeemed, well-respected minor league manager and major league batting coach. The only player to have been a teammate of both Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, Walker is remembered too often for the charge that he tried to keep Robinson from joining the Dodgers. This illuminating biography covers Walker's rollercoaster career, revealing him to be a gentle man, a fiery competitor, and one of the most colorful characters of baseball's most memorable era.

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McFarland

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0786485620

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Legendary Locals of Fair Lawn

By: Cornell Christianson and Jane Lyle Diepeveen

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Legendary Locals of Fair Lawn

By: Cornell Christianson and Jane Lyle Diepeveen

Fair Lawn's early history can be traced back to the Lenni-Lenape tribe before the early founders from the 1700s such as Peter Garretson and Jacob Vanderbeck settled the area. Through the years, it has been home to businessmen, entertainers, and even heroes, like police officer Mary Ann Collura who was fatally shot pursuing a suspect. Some have been lifelong members of the community, like Mayor John Cosgrove and state senator Robert Gordon. Marge and Julian Bornstein and Henry "Pop" Milnes are remembered for their service to Fair Lawn. Two youngsters found success on the Broadway stage with Donna Vivino in Wicked and Trevor Braun in Billy Elliot. Legendary Locals of Fair Lawn highlights a variety of the people and businesses who have contributed to both the town and the country.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467101060

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9781467101066

Historical Dictionary of Baseball

By: Lyle Spatz

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Historical Dictionary of Baseball

By: Lyle Spatz

Dating back to 1869 as an organized professional sport, the game of baseball is not only the oldest professional sport in North America, but also symbolizes much more. Walt Whitman described it as “our game, the American game,” and George Will compared calling baseball “just a game” to the Grand Canyon being “just a hole.” Countless others have called baseball “the most elegant game,” and to those who have played it, it’s life. The Historical Dictionary of Baseball is primarily devoted to the major leagues it also includes entries on the minor leagues, the Negro Leagues, women’s baseball, baseball in various other countries, and other non-major league related topics. It traces baseball, in general, and these topics individually, from their beginnings up to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on the roles of the players on the field—batters, pitchers, fielders—as well as non-playing personnel—general managers, managers, coaches, and umpires. There are also entries for individual teams and leagues, stadiums and ballparks, the role of the draft and reserve clause, and baseball’s rules, and statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the sport of baseball.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810879549

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9780810879546

The Midsummer Classic

The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game

By: David Vincent,Lyle Spatz,David W. Smith

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The Midsummer Classic

The Complete History of Baseball's All-Star Game

By: David Vincent,Lyle Spatz,David W. Smith

Examines the history of All-Star baseball, providing play-by-plays, rosters, and box scores of each game; and discusses how All-Star games have been influenced by racial integration, expansion teams, and the designated hitter.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803292732

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New York Yankees Openers

An Opening Day History of Baseball's Most Famous Team, 1903-2017, 2d ed.

By: Lyle Spatz

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New York Yankees Openers

An Opening Day History of Baseball's Most Famous Team, 1903-2017, 2d ed.

By: Lyle Spatz

The New York Yankees are baseball's most storied team. They first played at Hilltop Park, then moved to the Polo Grounds, then Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, back to the renovated Yankee Stadium, and now in the new Yankee Stadium. They also frequently opened the season in Boston's historic Fenway Park, fondly remembered Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Griffith Stadium in Washington, and all around the expanded leagues after 1961. This book details every opening-day celebration and game from 1903 to 2017, while noting how each was affected by war, the economy, political and social protest and population shifts. We see presidents and politicians, entertainers, celebrities, and fans, owners, managers, and most of all, the players.

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McFarland

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1476667659

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9781476667652

Yet the River Flows On

By: Jack Lyle

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Yet the River Flows On

By: Jack Lyle

In a story torn from the headlines of today’s newspapers, rancher and professor Wes Phillips faces the realities of the immigration and drug smuggling crisis facing America. Drug runners as well as human traffickers are moving their illicit cargoes to the north across the Phillips Ranch in the remote Big Bend area of Texas, and the authorities seemingly are powerless to stop it. From El Paso to Laredo, the Mexican Drug Cartels are at war with the Mexican government, and the US Border Patrol is distracted from their traditional mission by the events of 9/11, while the violence spreads to American cities. Wes enlists the aid of the Border Patrol and the local authorities including the famed Texas Rangers, but in the end, no one can protect Wes and his new wife, Kathy, from the wrath of El Lobo, the chief of the local Mexican drug cartel. The forces arrayed against them are formidable, and their survival ultimately will depend on their own fortitude as well as the strength of family and friends.

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Jack Lyle

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1594317739

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9781594317736

IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems

By: Emerson W. Pugh,Lyle R. Johnson,John H. Palmer

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IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems

By: Emerson W. Pugh,Lyle R. Johnson,John H. Palmer

No product offering has had greater impact on the computer industry than the IBM System/360. This book describes the creation of this remarkable system and the developments it spawned, including its successor, System/370.

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MIT Press

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0262161230

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9780262161237

The Colonel and Hug

The Partnership that Transformed the New York Yankees

By: Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz,Marty Appel

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The Colonel and Hug

The Partnership that Transformed the New York Yankees

By: Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz,Marty Appel

The story of New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and manager Miller Huggins, who, from 1918 to 1929, partnered to build the Yankees to become and remain the nation's dominant sports franchise"--

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803248652

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9780803248656

Cultured

By: D. P. Lyle

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Cultured

By: D. P. Lyle

Money, sex, power. Jonathon Lindemann offers it all—just don't mind the missing girls. Jake Longly, ex-pro baseball player turned restauranteur, is back where he belongs: relaxing on the beach in front of his restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama. His peace is interrupted, however, when he receives a call from his private investigator father—April Wilkerson has gone missing from Lindemann Farms, the rustic, yet posh, resort built by self-help and financial guru Jonathon Lindemann. Lindemann, founder of The Lindemann Method (TLM), recruits wealthy people to join his program, charging a hefty entry fee but in return promising huge financial gains and self-enlightenment. Jake's celebrity status makes him the best person for the case. When Jake and his girlfriend, Nicole, go on an undercover visit to Lindemann Farms, some suspicious activity makes them wonder about the legitimacy of TLM. Soon, a private conversation with one of the girls hired to work at the resort reveals their unorthodox, and immoral, recruitment methods. As the layers peel away, darker edges appear. Does Jonathon truly make money for his investors, or is he a scam artist? Is April merely the latest in a series of missing young women? Jake and Nicole need to find her, and soon, before TLM catches wind of their true reasons for visiting the farm. Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich While all of the novels in the Jake Longly Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: Deep Six A-List Sunshine State Rigged The OC Cultured

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Oceanview Publishing

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1608095533

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9781608095537

Manhunt

By: Lyle Brandt

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Manhunt

By: Lyle Brandt

No Second chances here... KITH AND KIN KILLERS Twin brothers Evan and Ethan Frain do everything together—even steal and murder. But when a job gets botched, Ethan is forced to abandon his wounded kin. Determined to make things right, Ethan plans to free Evan, who's facing thirty years in prison. Ethan's never been afraid to murder, especially for his own flesh and blood... Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade once had a twin brother who was senselessly murdered. With his unique understanding of this special bond, he's in hot pursuit of two identical men he has little else in common with. Slade may not have a brother to watch his back, but he's got a Colt at his hip, and he's ready to make this one hell of a family reunion.

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Speaking Volumes

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1628158220

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9781628158229

What It Means to Be a Hawkeye

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players

By: Lyle Hammes,Michael Maxwell,Neal Rozendaal

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What It Means to Be a Hawkeye

Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players

By: Lyle Hammes,Michael Maxwell,Neal Rozendaal

This unique, compelling new title assembles the greatest players from one of the most celebrated teams in college football to share their personal memories. Filled with firsthand accounts with dozens of players--from the team's early days through the new millennium. "What It Means to Be a Hawkeye: Kirk Ferentz and Iowa's Greatest Players "explores the program's vast success and the seemingly simple question: What does it mean to be a Hawkeye? One person or one phrase cannot answer that question because so many different emotions encompass the true Hawkeye spirit. Over 50 of the greatest Iowa student-athletes, coaches, and administrators from the past century were called upon to express why they are so proud to be a part of the storied tradition that is Iowa football. "What It Means to Be a Hawkeye" brings together all of their stories. It's not just one tradition, one season or one particular game--it's the stories coming from the student-athletes and coaches who made the magic happen over the decades that capture the true essence of representing the University of Iowa.

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Triumph Books

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1617495409

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9781617495403

Hawkeye Greats, by the Numbers

By: Lyle Hammes,Neal Rozendaal,Kevin Hammes

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Hawkeye Greats, by the Numbers

By: Lyle Hammes,Neal Rozendaal,Kevin Hammes

Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers features prominent Hawkeye football and men's basketball players by their jersey numbers, and it's bound to be a hit with Hawkeye fans as they recall all the fine players in Iowa football and men's basketball history who wore those numbers." - Ron Gonder "I think it's marvelous how you are arranging Hawkeye Greats, By the Numbers. So often books in this genre are arranged by a ranking with no historical significance, and I'm glad to see a book with a truly unique approach." - University of Iowa Press

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Trafford Publishing

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1426943032

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9781426943034

A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

By: David Lyle Jeffrey

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A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

By: David Lyle Jeffrey

Over 15 years in the making, an unprecedented one-volume reference work. Many of today's students and teachers of literature, lacking a familiarity with the Bible, are largely ignorant of how Biblical tradition has influenced and infused English literature through the centuries. An invaluable research tool. Contains nearly 800 encyclopedic articles written by a distinguished international roster of 190 contributors. Three detailed annotated bibliographies. Cross-references throughout.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802836348

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9780802836342

Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans

By: Barbara Crawford,Royster Lyle,Royster Lyle (Jr.)

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Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans

By: Barbara Crawford,Royster Lyle,Royster Lyle (Jr.)

The development of many artisans in the fine arts, textiles, furniture, clocks, rifles, ironwork, and pottery is traced from 1750 through the post-Civil War years.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813916380

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9780813916385

Swarm

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

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Swarm

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

On a sunny September morning, the creatures first appear. Shur sees one of them hovering outside the window in history class: it looks like a giant butterfly, at first too beautiful and strange to seem like a threat. But when emergency alerts light up everyone's phones around her, she realizes something very, very wrong is happening outside. These... things are everywhere. By the time Shur makes it back to her house with her brother, Keene, and their two best friends, it's clear they must face whatever comes next on their own. A terrifying species the world's never seen before has suddenly emerged, and few living things are safe. As the creatures swarm and attack outside, life for Shur and her friends becomes a survival game. They board the windows, stockpile supplies, and try to make sense of the news reports for as long as the power stays on. Yet nothing can prepare them for what follows. The butterflies are only the beginning. The next onslaught will be deadlier, and even closer to home.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728270936

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The Indigenous Languages of the Americas

History and Classification

By: Lyle Campbell

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The Indigenous Languages of the Americas

History and Classification

By: Lyle Campbell

The Indigenous Languages of the Americas is a comprehensive assessment of what is known about their history and classification. It identifies gaps in knowledge and resolves controversial issues while making new contributions of its own. The book deals with the major themes involving these languages: classification and history of the Indigenous languages of the Americas; issues involving language names; origins of the languages of the New World; unclassified and spurious languages; hypotheses of distant linguistic relationships; linguistic areas; contact languages (pidgins, lingua francas, mixed languages); and loanwords and neologisms.

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Oxford University Press

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0197673465

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Life Chances, Education and Social Movements

By: Lyle Munro

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Life Chances, Education and Social Movements

By: Lyle Munro

Life Chances, Education and Social Movements' explains the sociology of life chances; the opportunities and experiences of different generations in Australia, the United States and the UK; and how the differential distribution of life-enhancing opportunities affects our well-being. Ralf Dahrendorf’s life-chances theory is used to support the theoretical and empirical arguments in Lyle Munro’s book. For Dahrendorf, education is arguably the most important option individuals can utilise for improving their well-being and for overcoming social and economic disadvantages. While there are countless sociological accounts of inequality, Munro’s study takes a different and novel approach based on Dahrendorf’s model, according to which education and social movements and their networks function to enhance the life chances of individuals and social groups respectively.

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Anthem Press

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1783089962

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9781783089963

Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Historic Tales from Settlement to Suburb

By: Jane Lyle Diepeveen

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Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Historic Tales from Settlement to Suburb

By: Jane Lyle Diepeveen

In Fair Lawn, New Jersey, the layered heritage is clear from the mix of Native American, Dutch and English names adorning its street signs. Author Jane Lyle Diepeveen traces Fair Lawn's history from its origins as a settlement at Sloterdam, a site of the developing Dutch Colonial architecture, to the innovative neighborhoods of Radburn, a cutting-edge planned American garden city. Through interviews with longtime Fair Lawn residents, Diepeveen honors the days of dairy farms and swimming holes, as well as this vibrant community's progress today. From Warren Point to Columbia Heights, Fair Lawn reveals the hidden story of this jewel of New Jersey.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614232253

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Hugh Casey

The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Brooklyn Dodger

By: Lyle Spatz

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Hugh Casey

The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Brooklyn Dodger

By: Lyle Spatz

Hugh Casey was one of the most colorful members of the iconic Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1940s, a team that took part in four great pennant races, the first National League playoff series, and two exciting World Series over the course of Casey’s career. That famed team included many outsized personalities, including executives Larry MacPhail and Branch Rickey, manager Leo Durocher, and players like Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Dixie Walker, Joe Medwick, and Pete Reiser. In Hugh Casey: The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Brooklyn Dodger, Lyle Spatz details Casey’s life and career, from his birth in Atlanta to his suicide in that same city thirty-seven years later. Spatz includes such moments as Casey’s famous “pitch that got away” in Game Four of the 1941 World Series, the numerous brawls and beanball wars in which Casey was frequently involved, and the Southern-born Casey’s reaction to Jackie Robinson joining the Dodgers. Spatz also reveals how Casey helped to redefine the role of the relief pitcher, twice leading the National League in saves and twice finishing second—if saves had been an official statistic during his lifetime. While this book focuses on Casey’s baseball career in Brooklyn, Spatz also covers Casey’s often-tragic personal life. He not only ran into trouble with the IRS, he also got into a fistfight with Ernest Hemingway and was charged in a paternity suit that was decided against him. Featuring personal interviews with Casey’s son and with former teammate Carl Erskine, this bookwill fascinate and inform fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers and baseball historians alike.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442277602

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9781442277601

Bad Bill Dahlen

The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star

By: Lyle Spatz

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Bad Bill Dahlen

The Rollicking Life and Times of an Early Baseball Star

By: Lyle Spatz

He was often nonchalant and unfocused, showing up minutes before a game. He was rumored to get himself ejected so he could get to the racetrack. He was feisty, and abusive towards umpires even by today's standards. And he's among the best shortstops ever to play the game. "Bad Bill" Dahlen retired having played in more games than anyone in major league history; he was in the top ten for walks, extra base hits, RBI's and stolen bases; and he led all shortstops in games, assists, putouts and double plays. He starred in both the 19th century and the deadball era, and managed as well. He's a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame, right? Wrong. Player after player with lower career ratings has been admitted, yet Dahlen has been ignored. Maybe time has clouded memories of the brilliance of this offensive dynamo and master of his position--but how much longer can it be before Bad Bill Dahlen takes his rightful place in Cooperstown? This examination of Bill Dahlen's career as a player and manager highlights his strengths and weaknesses, personal and professional. Chronicling his achievements and placing him in context with the greats of all time, it makes a strong case that Bill Dahlen is a Hall of Fame shortstop, head and shoulders above many inductees. Seventeen chapters and 49 photographs trace his career; appendices compare his numbers to his Hall of Fame contemporaries, Hall of Fame shortstops, and list his lifetime batting and fielding statistics. Notes, a bibliography and an index are included.

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McFarland

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0786484349

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Trials and Triumphs of Golf's Greatest Champions

A Legacy of Hope

By: Lyle Slovick

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Trials and Triumphs of Golf's Greatest Champions

A Legacy of Hope

By: Lyle Slovick

Golf can be a vexing and cruel game, and teaches us much about ourselves. It has been described as “a contest calling for courage, skill, strategy and self-control. It is a test of temper, a trial of honor, a revealer of character.” In the end, as with most of life, success hinges on the character and spirit we possess. But how would our tempers be tested if we suffered a career-threatening injury from a near-fatal car accident, as Ben Hogan did in the prime of his life? How would our honor be preserved if we faced constant derision and racism both on and off the golf course, as Charlie Sifford encountered his entire career? How would our character be revealed if cancer robbed us of the ability to play the game we loved, as it did to Babe Didrikson Zaharias? Would we give in to self pity, or persevere and keep going? In Trials and Triumphs of Golf’s Greatest Champions: A Legacy of Hope, Lyle Slovick has pulled together the inspirational stories of six golfers and a caddy whose strength of character sustained them against the physical and emotional trials that threatened both their careers and lives. In an era when many athletes have lost their luster as role models, the people in this book—Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Charlie Sifford, Ken Venturi, and Bruce Edwards—offer lessons in perseverance, dignity, humility, and faith. Slovick tells each of their stories with rich detail, including the childhoods that shaped their characters, their rise in the world of professional golf, the crises they faced in their lives, their struggles to keep doing what they loved, and their refusal to give up. They had their flaws, to be sure. But when faced with a true test of will, all showed a strength that inspired those around them. The first book to gather the stories of these golfers into a single volume, Trials and Triumphs of Golf’s Greatest Champions offers a unique blend of characters who shared the same love for a game that gave them the courage and fortitude they needed to face whatever life threw their way. This book will not only interest golfers and fans of the game, it will also inspire those who have suffered their own personal setbacks and show them they are not alone in their trials.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442261196

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9781442261198

Christianity and Literature

Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice

By: David Lyle Jeffrey,Gregory Maillet

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Christianity and Literature

Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice

By: David Lyle Jeffrey,Gregory Maillet

What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey. First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed--for better or worse--by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great works of literature demand of readers evaluative judgments of the good, the true and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood within a Christian worldview. In this book Jeffrey and Maillet offer a feast of theoretical and practical discernment. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, they turn to a brief survey of literature from medieval times to the present, highlighting distinctively Christian themes and judgments. In a concluding chapter they suggest a path for budding literary critics through the current state of literary studies. Here is a must-read for all who are interested in a Christian perspective on literary studies.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830868402

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9780830868407

Snow Drowned

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

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Snow Drowned

By: Jennifer D. Lyle

There's a saying on Fall Island: the snow will get you. Gracie Hutchinson has lived here her whole life and knows there's some truth to those words. Every few years someone dies in a snowstorm, or loses their mind, or disappears without a trace. Sometimes it seems like more than just New England weather. Now, a hundred-year-storm is approaching, and while most of the locals have taken the ferry to the mainland, Gracie must stay behind. But she's intrigued to find someone else her age has stayed too—Joseph Wescott, whose mysterious family lives in Wescott Manor, descendants of the legendary first settlers of Fall Island. Together, they stumble across something even more unsettling than the coming storm: the body of a stranger, murdered in a grim ritual. Someone on the island believes the old Fall superstitions have a dark power—and now, they have Gracie in their sights. As the hours count down to the blizzard's landfall, it seems the only safe place to go is Westcott Manor. But Gracie wonders if there's another reason why she's been brought there, one that has to do with Joseph. She'll discover secrets that have been kept for generations, a hidden history, and the terrifying truth about Fall Island. Because even when the storm ends, there's no escape from the horror beneath the snow.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1728270960

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9781728270968

Comeback Pitchers

The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn

By: Lyle Spatz,Steve Steinberg

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Comeback Pitchers

The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn

By: Lyle Spatz,Steve Steinberg

2022 SABR Baseball Research Award Finalist for the 2022 SABR Seymour Medal The careers of pitchers Jack Quinn and Howard Ehmke began in the Deadball Era and peaked in the 1920s. They were teammates for many years, with both the cellar-dwelling Boston Red Sox and later with the world champion Philadelphia Athletics, managed by Connie Mack. As far back as 1912, when he was just twenty-nine, Quinn was told he was too old to play and on the downward side of his career. Because of his determination, work ethic, outlook on life, and physical conditioning, however, he continued to excel. In his midthirties, then his late thirties, and even into his forties, he overcame the naysayers. At age forty-six he became the oldest pitcher to start a World Series game. When Quinn finally retired in 1933 at fifty, the "Methuselah of the Mound" owned numerous longevity records, some of which he holds to this day. Ehmke, meanwhile, battled arm trouble and poor health through much of his career. Like Quinn, he was dismissed by the experts and from many teams, only to return and excel. He overcame his physical problems by developing new pitches and pitching motions and capped his career with a stunning performance in Game One of the 1929 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, which still ranks among baseball's most memorable games. Connie Mack described it as his greatest day in baseball. Comeback Pitchers is the inspirational story of these two great pitchers with intertwining careers who were repeatedly considered washed up and too old but kept defying the odds and thrilling fans long after most pitchers would have retired.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496226623

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9781496226624

Concussion in Sports, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

By: William P. Meehan,Lyle J. Micheli

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Concussion in Sports, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine

By: William P. Meehan,Lyle J. Micheli

This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine will explore all aspects of sports-related concussion, such as the biomechanics and epidemiology of concussions,as well as special considerations for female and pediatric athletes. The issue will also include articles on return-to-play and retiring decisions after sports-related concussions.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455709565

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9781455709564

Stress Fracture

By: D P Lyle

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Stress Fracture

By: D P Lyle

When Dub Walker’s close friend Sheriff Mike Savage becomes the victim of a gruesome murder, the forensic expert is called upon to track down the serial killer who's been terrorizing the county. Having been involved in more than 100 cases of foul play and witnessed the bloody remains of rape, torture, and unthinkable mutilation, Dub thought he had seen it all—yet the killer is unlike any murderer Dub has ever encountered. Vacillating between wildly divergent personalities fueled by post traumatic stress disorder—at times calm, cold, and calculating; at others maniacal and out of control—the psychopath taunts, threatens, and outmaneuvers Dub at every turn. The stakes are suddenly elevated as Dub uncovers a deadly conspiracy tainted with unrestrained greed, corruption, and ties to the military establishment and the medical community.

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1605421774

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Mike Donlin

A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen

By: Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz

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Mike Donlin

A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen

By: Steve Steinberg,Lyle Spatz

Biography of baseball player and actor Mike Donlin, who played for the New York Giants from 1899 to 1914 and was one of the best hitters of the Deadball Era. A playboy and showman, he later went into Vaudeville and appeared in more than one hundred films"--

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496238966

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A-List

By: D. P. Lyle

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A-List

By: D. P. Lyle

Nothing is easy in The Big Easy PI Jake Longly and Nicole Jamison head to New Orleans at the behest of Nicole's uncle, movie producer Charles Balfour, when his megastar, A-list actor Kirk Ford, awakens in his hotel bed with the body of Kristi Guidry, a local college coed. Ford, in the Big Easy for a location shoot, remembers little of the evening and nothing of the murder. And, to make matters worse, Kristi is the niece of a local mafioso-type who will do whatever is necessary to avenge her death. Balfour is losing money every day the filming is stalled—he needs his actor cleared, and quickly. Surrounded by glitzy Hollywood stars and intimidated by seedy underworld characters, Jake and Nicole encounter nothing but obstacles. Something isn't right. The facts don't fit. Who would want Kristi dead? Why frame Kirk for the murder? Everyone has an opinion, including Kristi's friends and ex-boyfriend, the local homicide detectives, and a fortune-teller. The clock is ticking as Jake and Nicole struggle to decipher who's lying, who's telling the truth, and exactly who schemed to murder Kristi Guidry. Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich While all of the novels in the Jake Longly Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is: Deep Six A-List Sunshine State Rigged The OC Cultured (coming 2023)

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Oceanview Publishing

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1608092712

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9781608092710

Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit

The Culture of Festivals in the American South

By: Rodger Lyle Brown

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Ghost Dancing on the Cracker Circuit

The Culture of Festivals in the American South

By: Rodger Lyle Brown

A look into deep communal meanings that emerge is small towns stage their annual festivals.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604738901

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Spy Hunter

a thriller that skilfully mixes real history with high-octane action sequences and features Sherlock Holmes

By: H.B. Lyle

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Spy Hunter

a thriller that skilfully mixes real history with high-octane action sequences and features Sherlock Holmes

By: H.B. Lyle

Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best' John Williams, the Mail on Sunday on The Year of the Gun The follow-up to the acclaimed The Year of the Gun and the fourth book in 'a great new series' (Mick Herron, author of Bad Actors). 1914. Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, suspects a German spy. However, Europe is descending into the chaos of the First World War. Captain Kell of Military Intelligence has limited resources, and more pressing matters on his mind. Wiggins is on his own. Almost. He pursues Holmes' killer across the continent, but as grief and rage close in it's not just the killer that eludes his grasp . . . 'Engaging series of historical thrillers... The story rattles along at pace, the characters are engaging and the fight scenes burst with action. But Lyle's great strength is in his depiction of time and place; from its stinking tenements, where babies cry from hunger, to its sinister docks and upmarket brothels, the Edwardian city - then still part of Britain - is brought to life in all its squalid, magnificent glory' Financial Times 'Impressive period detail and sharp dialogue add charm to the strong plot' Daily Mail (on The Irregular) 'Full throttle ... delivering entertainment in spades' Myles McWeeney, Irish Independent (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

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1399702637

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