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The Voodoo Wave

Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's

By: Mark Kreidler

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The Voodoo Wave

Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's

By: Mark Kreidler

Offers an intimate look at the surfers who challenge the fifty-foot waves of Maverick's surf point in California--all in search of the perfect ride.

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Six Good Innings

How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant

By: Mark Kreidler

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Six Good Innings

How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant

By: Mark Kreidler

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights comes an unforgettable portrait of a small New Jersey town that became known throughout the world for the remarkable exploits of its Little League stars. Summertime in Toms River means two things: tourists and champions. The tourists head for the beaches; the 12-year-old Little League champions can be found on the baseball diamonds, where they win titles at the local, regional, and international levels. The Toms River dynasty began in the 1990s, when the team made it to the Little League World Series three times in five years and brought home a historic world championship victory in 1998. But with each passing summer in Toms River comes renewed pressure, as the latest collection of All-Stars strives to leave its mark on the town's imposing baseball legacy. In Six Good Innings, acclaimed sportswriter Mark Kreidler deftly illuminates the sometimes tense relationship between Toms River and the team that carries the town's hopes and dreams. Following the most recent juggernaut through one tumultuous All-Star season, Kreidler chronicles how the coach, John Puleo, works to strike a balance between healthy competition and bloodless ambition, and how the players themselves reckon with their own fleeting fame as they tumble headlong into adolescence. Puleo, a man with a gift for inspiring young athletes, commands a team whose recent string of successes has led to speculation that this might be the squad to extend the Toms River tradition of reaching Williamsport, site of the Little League World Series. But along the path to glory, Puleo's players will deal with unexpected injuries, a brutally difficult schedule of games, and the daunting knowledge that they have been identified throughout their region—and within the neighborhood blocks of their own baseball-crazy town—as the team to beat. With deep empathy, incisive reporting, and intimate access, Kreidler weaves the stories of the coaches, the parents, the fans, and the true boys of summer into a memorable tableau.

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006147357X

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American Foundations

An Investigative History

By: Mark Dowie

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American Foundations

An Investigative History

By: Mark Dowie

In American Foundations, Mark Dowie argues that organized philanthropy is on the verge of an evolutionary shift that will transform America's nearly 50,000 foundations from covert arbiters of knowledge and culture to overt mediators of public policy and aggressive creators of new orthodoxy. He questions the wisdom of placing so much power at the disposal of nondemocratic institutions. As American wealth expands, old foundations such as Ford, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Pew, and MacArthur have grown exponentially, while newer trusts such as Mott, Johnson, Packard, Kellogg, Hughes, Annenberg, Hewlett, Duke, and Gates have surpassed them. Foundation assets now total close to $400 billion. Though this is a tiny sum compared to corporate and government treasuries, and foundation grants still total less than 10 percent of contributions made by individuals, foundations have power and influence far beyond their wealth. Their influence derives from the conditional nature of their grant making, their power from its leverage. Unlike previous historians of philanthropy who have focused primarily on the grant maker, Dowie examines foundations from the public's perspective. He focuses on eight key areas in which foundations operate: education, science, health, environment, food, energy, art, and human services. He also looks at their imagination, or lack thereof, and at the strained relationship between American foundations and American democracy. Dowie believes that foundations deserve to exist and that they can assume an increasingly vital role in American society, but only if they transform themselves from private to essentially public institutions. The reforms he proposes to make foundations more responsive to pressing social problems and more accountable to the public will almost certainly start an important national debate.

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MIT Press

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026226238X

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The Law of Health Care Finance and Regulation

By: Mark A. Hall,Nicholas Bagley,David Orentlicher,I. Glenn Cohen,Nadia N. Sawicki

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The Law of Health Care Finance and Regulation

By: Mark A. Hall,Nicholas Bagley,David Orentlicher,I. Glenn Cohen,Nadia N. Sawicki

The Law of Health Care Finance and Regulation, Fifth Edition is based on Part III, “Institutions, Providers, and the State,” from Health Care Law and Ethics, Tenth Edition, and adds additional coverage of a variety of issues that have shaped health care finance law. Integrating public health and financial and ethical issues, this casebook uses compelling case law, clear notes, and comprehensive background information to illuminate the complex and dynamic field of health care law. New to the Fifth Edition: Recent challenges to the Affordable Care Act Growth of Medicare Advantage Medicaid work requirements Private equity investment in health services Medical price transparency Vertical integration and cross-market mergers Benefits for instructors and students: Based on material in Part III, “Institutions, Providers, and the State,” from the popular parent book, along with coverage of duty to treat, hospital liability, managed care liability, and regulating access to drugs. Includes cases and material not found in the parent book on: Universal coverage and foreign health care systems Economic and regulatory theory Judicial and administrative review of Medicare decisions Certificate of need laws Monopolization claims Antitrust immunity Integrates public health and ethics issues and features clear notes that provide context, smooth transitions between cases, and background information. Provides additional discussion problems not found in the main volume. Website, www.health-law.org, provides background materials, updates of important events, additional relevant topics, and links to other resources on the Internet.

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Aspen Publishing

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Health Care Law and Ethics

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By: Mark a Hall,Mary Anne Bobinski,David Orentlicher,I Glenn Cohen,Nicholas Bagley,Nadia N Sawicki

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Health Care Law and Ethics

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By: Mark a Hall,Mary Anne Bobinski,David Orentlicher,I Glenn Cohen,Nicholas Bagley,Nadia N Sawicki

Buy a new version of this textbook and receive access to the Connected eBook on Casebook Connect, including lifetime access to the online ebook with highlight, annotation, and search capabilities. Access also includes an outline tool and other helpful resources. Connected eBooks provide what you need most to be successful in your law school classes. Health Care Law and Ethics, Tenth Edition offers a relationship-oriented approach to health law--covering the essentials, as well as cutting-edge and controversial subjects. The book provides thoughtful and teachable coverage of all major aspects of health care law, including medical liability. Current and classic cases build logically from the fundamentals of the patient/provider relationship to the role of government and institutions in health care. The book is adaptable to both survey courses and courses covering portions of the field. New to the Tenth Edition: Length: Trimmed by 20% to enhance teachability New author: Nadia N. Sawicki Thoroughly revised coverage of: Medical liability Reproductive rights and justice Public health law Extensive coverage of issues relating to COVID-19 Supreme Court decisions on abortion and the Affordable Care Act Discussion of emerging topics, such as: Gender reassignment Artificial intelligence Revising "brain death" and the "dead donor" rule for organ transplants Work requirements under Medicaid Medical price transparency Vertical integration and cross-market mergers Benefits for instructors and students: The organization vividly presents the entwined roles of patient, provider, and state in understanding and resolving private and public health care dilemmas Scope includes all major areas of health care law and policy Coverage of classic medical liability topics remains substantial Coverage of all major emerging and conventional issues in bioethics, public health, health care finance and reform, and corporate and regulatory law More streamlined editing facilitates coverage of multiple areas or use in survey courses "The strength of the editors and the evolution of the book over a substantial period has allowed the book to become the best from which I have ever taught." Roy Spece, University of Arizona

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1543838863

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Healthcare Politics and Policy in America: 2014

By: Kant Patel,Mark E Rushefsky

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Healthcare Politics and Policy in America: 2014

By: Kant Patel,Mark E Rushefsky

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the ways that health policy has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment of the United States. The roles played by public and private, institutional and individual actors in designing the healthcare system are identified at all levels. The book addresses the key problems of healthcare cost, access, and quality through analyses of Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Health Administration, and other programs, and the ethical and cost implications of advances in healthcare technology. This fully updated fourth edition gives expanded attention to the fiscal and financial impact of high healthcare costs and the struggle for healthcare reform, culminating in the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with preliminary discussion of implementation issues associated with the Affordable Care Act as well as attempts to defund and repeal it. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and a comprehensive reference list. Helpful appendices provide a guide to websites and a chronology. PowerPoint slides and other instructional materials are available to instructors who adopt the book.

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Routledge

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131746883X

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Smoketown

The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

By: Mark Whitaker

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Smoketown

The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

By: Mark Whitaker

A brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s—“Smoketown will appeal to anybody interested in black history and anybody who loves a good story…terrific, eminently readable…fascinating” (The Washington Post). Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August Wilson’s famed plays about noble, but doomed, working-class citizens. But this community once had an impact on American history that rivaled the far larger black worlds of Harlem and Chicago. It published the most widely read black newspaper in the country, urging black voters to switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party, and then rallying black support for World War II. It fielded two of the greatest baseball teams of the Negro Leagues and introduced Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pittsburgh was the childhood home of jazz pioneers Billy Strayhorn, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, and Erroll Garner; Hall of Fame slugger Josh Gibson—and August Wilson himself. Some of the most glittering figures of the era were changed forever by the time they spent in the city, from Joe Louis and Satchel Paige to Duke Ellington and Lena Horne. Mark Whitaker’s Smoketown is a “rewarding trip to a forgotten special place and time” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). It depicts how ambitious Southern migrants were drawn to a steel-making city on a strategic river junction; how they were shaped by its schools and a spirit of commerce with roots in the Gilded Age; and how their world was eventually destroyed by industrial decline and urban renewal. “Smoketown brilliantly offers us a chance to see this other Black Renaissance and spend time with the many luminaries who sparked it…It’s thanks to such a gifted storyteller as Whitaker that this forgotten chapter of American history can finally be told in all its vibrancy and glory” (The New York Times Book Review).

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Simon and Schuster

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1501122436

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Domino

A Manual to Use Peer Group Education as a Means to Fight Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-semitism and Intolerance

By: Doris Angst,Patricia Brander,Mark Taylor,Rui Gomes

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Domino

A Manual to Use Peer Group Education as a Means to Fight Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-semitism and Intolerance

By: Doris Angst,Patricia Brander,Mark Taylor,Rui Gomes

On cover and title page: All different, all equal

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Council of Europe

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9287157502

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Healthcare Politics and Policy in America

By: Kant Patel,Mark E Rushefsky

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Healthcare Politics and Policy in America

By: Kant Patel,Mark E Rushefsky

Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as institutional and individual entities, in designing the contemporary American healthcare system. Now in a fully updated fifth edition, this book gives expanded attention to pressing issues for our policymakers, including the aging American population, physician shortages, gene therapy, specialty drugs, and the opioid crisis. A new chapter has been added on the Trump administration's failed attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act and subsequent attempts at undermining it via executive orders. Authors Kant Patel and Mark Rushefsky address the key problems of healthcare cost, access, and quality through analyses of Medicare, Medicaid, the Veterans Health Administration, and other programs, and the ethical and cost implications of advances in healthcare technology. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and a comprehensive reference list. This textbook will be required reading for courses on health and healthcare policy, as well as all those interested in the ways in which American healthcare has evolved over time.

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Routledge

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0429674414

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THE HISTORY OF THE DECATUR, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT: VOLUME 3

By: Mark Barthelemy

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THE HISTORY OF THE DECATUR, ILLINOIS POLICE DEPARTMENT: VOLUME 3

By: Mark Barthelemy

This third volulme in the history of the Decatur, Illinois police department series covers the first two decades of the twentieth century.

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Lulu.com

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1387528572

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9781387528578

Financial Management in the Sport Industry

By: Matthew T. Brown,Daniel A. Rascher,Mark S. Nagel,Chad D. McEvoy

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Financial Management in the Sport Industry

By: Matthew T. Brown,Daniel A. Rascher,Mark S. Nagel,Chad D. McEvoy

Financial Management in the Sport Industry provides readers with an understanding of sport finance and the importance of sound financial management in the sport industry. It begins by covering finance basics and the tools and techniques of financial quantification, using current industry examples to apply the principles of financial management to sport. It then goes beyond the basics to show how financial management works specifically in sport - how decisions are made to ensure wealth maximization. Discussions include debt and equity financing, capital budgeting, facility financing, economic impact, risk and return, time value of money, and more. The final section focuses on sport finance in three sectors of the industry - public sector sports, collegiate athletics, and professional sport-providing in-depth analysis of financial management in each sector. Sidebars, case studies, concept checks, and practice problems throughout provide practical applications of the material and enable thorough study and practice. The business of sport has changed dynamically since the publication of the first edition, and this second edition reflects the impact of these changes on financial management in the sport industry. New to this edition are changes to reflect the global nature of sport (with, for example, discussions of income tax rates in the Premiere League), expanded material on the use of spreadsheets for financial calculations, a primer on accounting principles to help students interpret financial statements, a valuation case study assignment that takes students step by step through a valuation, a new stadium feasibility analysis using the efforts of the Oakland Raiders to obtain a new stadium, a new economic impact example focusing on the NBA All Star game, and much more.

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Taylor & Francis

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1351817477

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Four Days to Glory

Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

By: Mark Kreidler

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Four Days to Glory

Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

By: Mark Kreidler

Somewhere beyond the circle of money, glitz, drugs, and controversy that characterizes professional sports in America, remnants of an ideal exist. In Iowa, that ideal survives in the form of high school wrestling. Each a three-time state champion, Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere have a chance in their senior year to join the sport's most elite group: the "four-timers," wrestlers who win four consecutive state titles. For Jay, a ferocious competitor who feeds off criticism and doubt, a victory would mean vindication over the great mass of skeptics waiting for him to fail. For Dan, who carries on his back the burdens of his tiny farming community, the dreams of his hard-driving coach and father, and his own personal demons, another title is the only acceptable outcome. Four Days to Glory is the story of America as told through its small towns and their connection to sport the way it was once routinely perceived: as a means of mattering to the folks next door.

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Harper Collins

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0061865648

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Six Good Innings

How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant

By: Mark Kreidler

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Six Good Innings

How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant

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Four Days to Glory

Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

By: Mark Kreidler

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Wrestling with the Soul of the American Heartland

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Jay Borschel and Dan LeClere aspire to be four-time high school wrestling champions in Iowa.

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0060823186

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The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's

By: Mark Kreidler

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The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's

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“A finely crafted tale of the enigmatic world of big-wave surfers.”—Kirkus Reviews The Maverick’s surf point near Half Moon Bay, California, has long been one of the most dangerous places in the world to catch a ride. It is also the site of the Super Bowl of big-wave surfing: the Maverick’s Surf Contest. Mark Kreidler takes readers inside the waves, inside the lives of the competitors, and introduces them to Jeff Clark, the man who first dared to ride Maverick’s. Kreidler’s riveting account of the 2010 season captures the jaw-dropping performance of South Africa’s Chris Bertish as well as Clark’s clashes with the contest’s newly corporatized management. The Voodoo Wave is a thrilling account of a culture of high-risk, high-adrenaline athletes.

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0393082377

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Remember Who You Are

What Pedro Gomez Showed Us about Baseball and Life

By: Frank Martin,Dave Sheinin,Tim Keown,Bruce Jenkins,Rachel Nichols,Mark Kreidler,Max Scherzer,Bob Ley,Pedro Gomez,Peter Gammons,Howard Bryant,Mike Barnicle,Brian Murphy,Chelsea Janes,Dusty Baker,Rob King,Rio Gomez,Ross Newhan,Jon Daniels,Ken Rosenthal,Buster Olney,Shelley M. Smith,T. J. Quinn,Scott Boras,Sandy Alderson,Dan Shaughnessy,Mike Swanson,Robin Carr,Tony La Russa,Jason La Canfora,Ray Ratto,Ron Washington,Chuck Culpepper,Tracy Ringolsby,Bud Black,Tim Kurkjian,Jack Curry,Michael Zagaris,Paul Begala,Brad Mangin,Jeremy Schaap,Jeff Passan,Bob Melvin,Scott Ostler,George A. King III,Terry Francona,Derrick Goold,Alex Coffey,Sean McAdam,Brian Snitker,Brett Kurland,Alden Gonzalez,Sarina Morales,Marcos Bretón,John D'Anna,Steve Fainaru,Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez,Dante Gomez,Bud Geracie,Dennis Eckersley,A. J. Hinch,Keith Olbermann

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Remember Who You Are

What Pedro Gomez Showed Us about Baseball and Life

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in the world of baseball and his death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons. Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had existed between U.S.-born players and the Latin Americans now so important to the game's vitality and future growth. He was also a family man who loved to talk about his three children, Sierra, Dante and Rio, a Boston Red Sox prospect.Pedro was universally known as a smiling presence who brought out the best in people. His humanity and generosity of spirit shaped countless lives, including one of his ESPN bosses, Rob King, who was so moved by Pedro's advice to him--"Remember who you are"--that he printed up the words and posted them on the wall of his office in Bristol. King is one of a diverse collection of contributors whose personal essays turn Pedro's shocking death into an occasion to reflect on the deeper truths of life we too often overlook. Part The Pride of Havana and part Tuesdays With Morrie, part The Tender Bar and part Ball Four, this is the rare essay collection that reads like a novel, full of achingly honest emotion and painful insights, a book about friendship, a book about standing for something, a book about joy and love. Former New York Times writer Jack Curry writes about Pedro's passion for live music, and former Sports Illustrated writer Tim Kurkjian brings alive spring-training basketball games with executives like Sandy Anderson and Billy Beane and Pedro right in the mix. Detroit manager AJ Hinch and formers Texas manager Ron Washington both reveal that in their darkest hours Pedro gave them some of the best advice of their lives. Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley, Tony La Russa, Peter Gammons, Ross Newhan, Tracy Ringolsby and Dan Shaughnessy are among the contributors. So are likely future Hall of Famers Max Scherzer and Dusty Baker. Pulitzer-Prize-winning Washington Post war correspondent Steve Fainaru, award-winning writers from Howard Bryant and Mike Barnicle to Tim Keown, Ken Rosenthal and Dave Sheinin also contribute. Rounding out the mix are current and former ESPN stars including Rachel Nichols, Shelley M. Smith, Peter Gammons, Bob Ley and Keith Olbermann. This is a book to rekindle in any lapsed fan a love of going to the ballpark, but it's also a wakeup call that transcends sports. To any journalist, worn down by the demands of a punishing job, to anyone anywhere, pummeled by pandemic times and the dark mood of the country in recent years, these essays will light a spark to seize every opportunity to make a difference, in your work and in the lives of people who matter to you.

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0960061517

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The Voodoo Wave: Inside a Season of Triumph and Tumult at Maverick's

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