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African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance

By: Michael Byron Nelson

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African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance

By: Michael Byron Nelson

This book examines the strategic implications of fragmented global governance by institutions for African states and their coalitions.

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1316492591

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African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance

By: Michael Byron Nelson

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African Coalitions and Global Economic Governance

By: Michael Byron Nelson

The proliferation of international institutions with overlapping scope and authority over issue areas creates strategic dilemmas for all states. While African states are often considered marginalised in world politics and global markets, Michael Byron Nelson shows how coalitions can form a crucial part of African strategies to influence international institutions and achieve results. Building a bottom-up analysis of global governance, through legal analysis, content analysis, and in-depth interviews, Nelson illuminates institutional and coalition dynamics through case studies of three key areas - food safety, intellectual property, and agricultural trade. He highlights the difficulties encountered by coalitions attempting to navigate institutional systems, emerging from institutional thickness (increasing the number of institutions involved) and integration (increasing the formal linkages between those institutions). Finally, Nelson shows how increasing the hierarchy of an institutional system, by creating a focal point on a single institution, can make coordination easier for coalitions.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316790843

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This Golfing Life

By: Michael Bamberger

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This Golfing Life

By: Michael Bamberger

Reflections on the game by the Sports lllustrated writer and national-bestselling author of The Swinger. Michael Bamberger has lived the game of golf as few others have—from his experience as one of the first white, college-educated caddies in 1985, to hanging out with Arnold Palmer at the Masters. This Golfing Life brings together Bamberger’s acclaimed, intimate profiles of stars (Tiger, Jack, and Annika to name a few), as well as the behind-the-scenes people who make the game what it is. In his last round of golf before an amputation, Bamberger’s high school golf coach, John Sifaneck, makes his first hole in one; John Stark gets Bamberger to relearn the game as a Scotsman; Bob Rubin, a Wall Street master-of-the-universe, builds his own golf course—one so difficult he can’t break one hundred on it; Bruce Edwards continues to caddie for Tom Watson while dying of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Bamberger interweaves these stories with his own life in a way that will remind golfers why they love the game.

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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1555845975

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Money Golf

600 Years of Bettin' on Birdies

By: Michael K. Bohn

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Money Golf

600 Years of Bettin' on Birdies

By: Michael K. Bohn

You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask Pete Rose. Don't try running a betting ring in the NHL, either. Want the surest ticket out of NCAA sports? Betting's the way to do it. In stark contrast, however, the United States Golf Association officially sanctions betting among players during their games. And it's not just the pros who bet. Every man, out with his buddies, asks at the first tee, "Shall we make this interesting?" Yet there has never been a betting scandal in organized golf. Money Golf is the first book that tells the complete story of golf's unique association with wagering and how that relationship evolved. It features anecdotes from fifteenth-century Scots to Tiger Woods and all the smooth-swinging flatbellies, movie stars, athletes, politicians, women golfers, Joe Six-Packs, hustlers, and sharks in between. It also serves as a primer for novice golf bettors, providing explanations of Calcuttas (betting auctions), odds-making, on-course games, and the art and history of golf hustling. It even highlights movies and books that include golf wagers, showing that even writers understand the marriage of the two. Wagering on golf has been part of the game since it migrated to the United States in 1888. All of the early icons of American golf bet when they played-Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, and Gene Sarazen. Even Bobby Jones, the simon-pure amateur, wagered on his game. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan always had a little something on the side; so did Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson learned how to bet on golf when they were little kids. All the personalities, stories, and history of betting on birdies are included in Money Golf.

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Potomac Books, Inc.

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1612343430

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The Greatest Player Who Never Lived

A Golf Story

By: J. Michael Veron

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The Greatest Player Who Never Lived

A Golf Story

By: J. Michael Veron

When Charley Hunter goes to work as a summer intern at a prestigious Atlanta law firm, he has no idea that his passion for golf will come into play on the job. Stumbling onto a yellowed file containing correspondence between Beau Stedman, an astonishingly talented teenage golfer, and the legendary Bobby Jones (once a partner at the firm), Hunter finds himself embroiled in a decades-old murder case–and searching for an invisible champion who won nearly all his matches with the masters. As Hunter unravels the facts of Stedman’s case, his hunger for the truth is matched only by his deepening reverence for the game, one that leads him to a heart-stopping courtroom showdown between golf’s most powerful association and a family torn apart by buried secrets.

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Crown

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0307434214

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Duel in the Sun

Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the Battle of Turn

By: Michael Corcoran

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Duel in the Sun

Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the Battle of Turn

By: Michael Corcoran

In the rest of the world, they call it the Open Championship. Americans call it the British Open, but if any tournament is considered the battle for the world championship of golf, it is the one held annually on the great links courses of Scotland and England, the birthplace of the game. By the time the 1977 Open came to Turnberry on Scotland's west coast, Jack Nicklaus had established himself as the greatest champion the golf world has ever known, well on his way to the record that Tiger Woods would spend his childhood dreaming of and pointing toward. The sight of Nicklaus on the leaderboard was enough to make strong golfers shake. Everyone knew that Nicklaus was the man to beat in every major championship he entered. At the same time, Tom Watson had become the latest golfer to be heralded as the "Next Nicklaus." Watson had overcome his reputation for choking in big tournaments and was beginning to be viewed by his peers as the top player of his generation. He had won two majors, but there were still questions about his ability to stand up under the fiercest pressure. There are few moments in sports when it is clear to one and all that a torch has been passed. The 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry was one such event. The weather was uncharacteristically warm, British golf fans bared their pink skin to the unfamiliar sun, and the course played hard and fast. Nicklaus and Watson were tied after the first two rounds. Nicklaus shot a blistering 65-66 over the last two days to post a 72-hole score that set a tournament record; but Watson, paired with Nicklaus over those fateful 36 holes, looked Jack in the eye and shot 65-65 to win by a stroke. And the Next Nicklaus had been found at last, even as the original kept winning major tournaments -- but the air of invincibility was gone forever. Michael Corcoran takes the drama of this rare moment in golf history and brings it to vivid life. He draws on his interviews with competitors, caddies, commentators, and spectators to tell the magnificent story of this epic duel in all the rich detail any fan of golfing drama could ask for. Duel in the Sun is an unforgettable tale of the rise of a new hero and the grace of an older champion welcoming him to the summit of the game.

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1439141924

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Beg, Borrow, Steal

A Writer's Life

By: Michael Greenberg

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Beg, Borrow, Steal

A Writer's Life

By: Michael Greenberg

In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store; writing about golf, a game he has never played; and botching his debut as a waiter in a posh restaurant. Central characters include Michael's father, whose prediction that Michael's "scribbling" wouldn't get him on the subway almost came true; his artistic first wife, whom he met in a Greenwich Village high school; and their son who grew up on the Lower East Side, fluent in the language of the street and in the language of the parlor. Then there are Greenberg's unexpected encounters: a Holocaust survivor who on his deathbed tries to leave Michael his fortune; a repentant communist who confesses his sins; a man who becomes a woman; a Chilean filmmaker in search of his past; and rats who behave like humans and cease to live underground. Hilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg's stories invite us into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic and the mundane not only speak to one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.

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1590513584

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The Greatest Course That Never Was

A Novel

By: J. Michael Veron

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The Greatest Course That Never Was

A Novel

By: J. Michael Veron

When Charley Hunter first discovered the astonishing golfing prodigy Beau Stedman in The Greatest Player Who Never Lived, he broke the biggest story in golf history. But now, just as Charley is settling down into his budding legal career at a prestigious Atlanta law firm, strange notes clipped to obituaries start to arrive. Curious as to their origin, he tracks down the sender–an old caddie from Augusta National named Moonlight McIntrye–and Charley finds himself drawn into another tangled mystery surrounding a hidden golf course. Driven by his passion for the game and a hunger for the truth, Charley dives into the most riveting, high-stakes mystery yet, another terrific golf story that will entice and delight fans and newcomers alike. Join Charley and Moonlight in their search for The Greatest Course That Never Was.

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0307434206

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Caddie Sense

Revelations of a PGA Tour Caddie on Playing Golf

By: Michael Carrick,Steve Duno

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Caddie Sense

Revelations of a PGA Tour Caddie on Playing Golf

By: Michael Carrick,Steve Duno

Thousands of golfers have learned invaluable lessons from the legendary likes of Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus, Faldo, and Norman. Caddie Sense provides a brand new and tremendously important perspective. Here, for the first time, are intimate playing strategies used by the best of the best from the viewpoint of a PGA Tour caddie. As a former President of the Tour Caddies Association who has caddied for the legendary Tom Kite for nearly 20 years, Michael Carrick will provide you with rare, inside-the-ropes glimpses of the game, including: * The first strategic book on golf written by a Tour caddie * A personal caddie to take on the course * Helpful instructions to beginners as well as the advanced player * Advice on how to plan a good round of golf Caddie Sense will appeal to both the players looking for help with their game as well as the players looking to get an insider's view of professional golf.

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0312288913

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The King of Swings

Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game

By: Michael Blaine

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The King of Swings

Johnny Goodman, the Last Amateur to Beat the Pros at Their Own Game

By: Michael Blaine

Against the backdrop of one of golf's most majestic spots, these unlikely opponents played out in eighteen holes the class conflict that soon came to dominate American society with the onset of the Depression. Goodman's victory sent shock waves through the rarefied world of golf in the Roaring Twenties and inspired millions of working-class Joes never to lose sight of their dreams.

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0618871896

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9780618871896

Channeling Louis L'Amour

By: J. Michael Hayes

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Channeling Louis L'Amour

By: J. Michael Hayes

This book is a captivating take on the personal reflections of Buffalo, New York trial attorney J. Michael Hayes. Taking the lessons of Louis L'Amour and other inspirational authors, Hayes channels the morals and values taught into an eclectic collection of stories and personal perspectives accrued over the course of a lifetime.

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Lulu.com

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035934822X

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9780359348220

Paradox at Pebble Beach

By: Michael Dove

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Paradox at Pebble Beach

By: Michael Dove

Golf-loving driving range attendant at Pebble Beach golf course Walter “Chipper” Blair enjoys the simple joys of golf but his life is complicated by meeting the beautiful teaching pro Jenny Nelson and the reclusive very wealthy Scotsman Ben Morris who has an estate off the fourteenth fairway. Chipper has a strange relationship with a rich widow who gets him involved with the society crowd living in the Del Monte Forest near the golf course. Events spiral out of control for Chipper as he enrages his Pebble Beach Corporation employer and becomes the suspect in a possible murder investigation. The reader will enjoy this fun golf related suspense novel. Will he find love? Will he be indicted for murder? You will be immersed in the lifestyles of the rich and famous in this beautiful area; all the favorite haunts and restaurants. Great golf. Intrigue and mystery. Nothing is as it seems in Paradox at Pebble Beach.

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1663253536

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Heroes & Ballyhoo

How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

By: Michael K. Bohn

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Heroes & Ballyhoo

How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

By: Michael K. Bohn

A handful of star athletes, along with their promoters and journalists, created America's sports entertainment industry during the 1920s, the Golden Age of American sports. The period had an extraordinary impact, profoundly changing individual sports, establishing the secular religion of sports and sports heroes, and helping bond disparate social and regional sectors of the country. It's when sports became a cornerstone of modern American life. Heroes and Ballyhoo profiles the ten most prominent Golden Age heroes and describes their effect on sports and society. Babe Ruth saved baseball after the Black Sox Scandal. Boxer Jack Dempsey made the "sweet science" a respectable sport. Red Grange single-handedly set professional football on a path to eventual success. Knute Rockne helped transform college football from a game to a colossal enterprise. Bobby Jones changed golf into a spectator sport, and Walter Hagen sparked the first national interest in professional golf. Bill Tilden put tennis on the front of the sports section. Tennis player Helen Wills Moody joined swimmer Gertrude Ederle in empowering women athletes. Johnny Weissmuller astonished international swimming before becoming Tarzan. The book also explores the ballyhoo artists--sportswriters, promoters, and press agents--who hyped the stars to a receptive public. Simultaneously, the spectators established themselves as the focus of popular sports. The personalities and events of the 1920s thus created today's entertainment conglomerate of heroes, promoters and advertisers, fans, arenas--and money. Sports as a profit center started with the Golden Age's heroes and PR artists, and the public's obsessive interest in sports helped shape America's emerging mass society. Heroes and Ballyhoo tells the story of what was both a symptom and a cause of modern America.

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1597976091

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Haunted Horror Collection

By: Gregory Lamberson,Michael McCarty,Mark McLaughlin

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Haunted Horror Collection

By: Gregory Lamberson,Michael McCarty,Mark McLaughlin

In Personal Demons, Jake Helman, an elite member of the New York Special Homicide Task Force, faces what every cop dreads—an elusive serial killer. While investigating a series of bloodletting sacrifice rituals executed by an ominous perpetrator known as the Cipher, Jake refuses to submit to a drug test and resigns from the police department. While battling a cocaine addiction, Jake starts a high-pressure position as the director of security at Tower International, a controversial genetic-engineering company. Beneath the polished exterior of the corporate identity and the CEO—who has a reputation as the frontiersman on the cutting edge of science—is a deranged mind. As Jake delves deeper into this frightening laboratory, he discovers much more than unethical practices performed in the name of human progress. Sequestered in rooms veiled in secrecy is the worst crime the world will ever see—the theft of the human soul. Horrifying and gruesome, this is a gripping, suspense-filled novel that offers intense arguments about science, ethics, and human life. In Monster Behind the Wheel, As a child, Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. When he landed on a beautiful young woman, his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman’s spine. Years later, while delivering pizzas, Jeremy is injured in a car accident . . . that opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening the spirit of cruel Frank Edmondson. Frank, the policeman who arrived at the scene of that carnival accident long ago, was that woman’s lover. Now, ready for revenge, Frank devises a cunning plan. Soon Jeremy finds himself visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. Is this Frank’s doing, or is there another explanation? Using a sleek muscle car called Monster, Frank gains control over Jeremy’s life. But what Frank doesn't know is that he’s tampering with the fate of the entire universe . . . because Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy, and all hell is about to break loose—literally. In Floating Staircase, Following the success of his latest novel, Travis Glasgow and his wife Jodie buy their first house in the seemingly idyllic western Maryland town of Westlake. At first, everything is picture perfect—from the beautiful lake behind the house to the rebirth of the friendship between Travis and his brother, Adam, who lives nearby. Travis also begins to overcome the darkness of his childhood and the guilt he’s harbored since his younger brother’s death—a tragic drowning veiled in mystery that has plagued Travis since he was 13. Soon, though, the new house begins to lose its allure. Strange noises wake Travis at night, and his dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened hallways, but strangest of all is the bizarre set of wooden stairs that rises cryptically out of the lake behind the house. Travis becomes drawn to the structure, but the more he investigates, the more he uncovers the house’s violent and tragic past, and the more he learns that some secrets cannot be buried forever.

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Medallion Media Group

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1605425702

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The Ball in the Air

A Golfing Adventure

By: Michael Bamberger

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The Ball in the Air

A Golfing Adventure

By: Michael Bamberger

Here is the story of modern golf that is not on TV. This is our story, we who pay to play, who can't wait to get another crack at the game, even when golf doesn't love us back. And just as every round is an adventure, every life in golf is, too: we start at home, head on out, endure a series of events--fortunate and otherwise--and hang on for dear life as we play our way back to the house. In these pages, we celebrate the thrill of it all, as we start, turn, and finish this game of a lifetime"--Amazon.com.

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Simon and Schuster

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1668009838

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9781668009833

The Contrarian Effect

Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite

By: Michael Port,Elizabeth Marshall

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The Contrarian Effect

Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite

By: Michael Port,Elizabeth Marshall

Take the traditional sales model, which is outdated and needs a serious makeover, and turn it on its head by applying the advice in The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite. Find an entirely sound approach to building better client relationships and closing more sales by doing the exact opposite that conventional sales advice dictates. Re-examine the most well-worn sales tactics in the business and discover specific and actionable strategies and principles that will help you close more sales today.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470237902

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9780470237908

To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)

By: Michael Bamberger

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To the Linksland (30th Anniversary Edition)

By: Michael Bamberger

A 30th anniversary edition of Michael Bamberger’s widely beloved golf classic recounting his honeymoon adventures as a caddie in Europe—including a new introduction by Golf in the Kingdom author Michael Murphy, a new afterword, and never-before-seen photographs. Thirty years (and counting!) after publication, To the Linksland still enthralls readers who pick it up for the first time or who return to this timeless book for the sheer pleasure of it. In 1991, Michael Bamberger, a newspaper sportswriter, gave up his apartment, took a leave-of-absence from his job and his life, and, joined by his newlywed wife, set off to explore the wide world of golf. Bamberger’s first step in this madcap golfing adventure was to become a caddie on the European golf tour. On it, and up close and personal, the author encountered the game’s most dynamic players, including golf’s greatest artist, Seve Ballesteros. Crisscrossing the Continent with his bride, Bamberger caddied for a true original, Peter Teravainen, a Yale-educated golfer with a workingman’s spirit, capable of making brilliant, on-the-spot observations about the game. (“Good shots must come in groups of two.”) Over the course of one unforgettable year, Bamberger caddied in the national championships of Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, and, finally, Scotland, golf’s ancestral home. Once there, Bamberger fell under the spell of one of golf’s great teachers and thinkers, Mr. John Stark. To the Linksland is the captivating memoir of Bamberger’s golfing pilgrimage. From an all-night caddie bus on the back roads of southern Europe to Stark’s secret six-hole course in the Scottish Highlands, Bamberger takes you on a journey into the heart of golf. To the Linksland is a lyrical tale of discovery. It is a classic. This thirtieth-anniversary edition is bookended with a new introduction by Michael Murphy and a new afterword by Bamberger. In between them are a trove of new photographs. Triumphantly back in print, To the Linksland is a “great book for your golfing soul” (Golf Monthly).

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Simon and Schuster

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1668020602

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Men in Green

By: Michael Bamberger

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Men in Green

By: Michael Bamberger

Was golf better (to use one of Tiger's favorite phrases) back in the day? In [this book], Michael Bamberger, who fell for the game as a teenager in its wild Sansabelt-and-persimmon 1970s heyday, goes on a quest to try to find out. The result is a candid, nostalgic, intimate portrait of golf's greatest generation--then and now"--Dust jacket flap.

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1476743835

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Statistical Encyclopedia of North American Professional Sports

All Major League Teams and Major Non-Team Events Year by Year, 1876 through 2006, 2d ed.

By: K. Michael Gaschnitz

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Statistical Encyclopedia of North American Professional Sports

All Major League Teams and Major Non-Team Events Year by Year, 1876 through 2006, 2d ed.

By: K. Michael Gaschnitz

This reference work, updated since the 1997 edition, provides comprehensive information on the major professional leagues in North America--baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer. Arranged chronologically, the entries for each league in each sport include individual statistical leaders, championship results, major rules changes, winners of major awards, and hall of fame inductees.

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McFarland

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0786451122

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9780786451128

Finding True Center

A Golf Story about Life

By: Michael Gordon

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Finding True Center

A Golf Story about Life

By: Michael Gordon

When a wild wager sends lifelong friends and golf rivals on a cross-country quest to golf's greatest courses, their journey takes a series of unexpected turns when one develops a life-threatening illness.

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0595312985

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Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects

A Treasury of the World's Greatest Golf Courses by History's Master Designers

By: The American Society of Golf Course Architects,Michael Patrick Shiels

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Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects

A Treasury of the World's Greatest Golf Courses by History's Master Designers

By: The American Society of Golf Course Architects,Michael Patrick Shiels

The tests a golfer faces on the course are the direct result of the challenges originally faced by the golf course architect, whether they be complicated terrain, forces of nature, budget limitations, demanding developers, or the difficult task of balancing the practical scientific needs of a golf course with the architect’s creative instincts. Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects offers readers behind-the-scenes tales from America’s master architects themselves in their own words. Elite designers such as Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Arthur Hills, Arnold Palmer, and others share their personal anecdotes related to the creation of some of the world’s most famous courses: from run-ins with snakes to bulldozers sinking in quicksand, to holes created by accident, such as the famed island green 17th at the TPC at Sawgrass. Published in collaboration with the prestigious American Society of Golf Course Architects, Secrets of the Great Golf Course Architects includes more than 150 beautiful full-color photographs and dozens of drawings and course blueprints, making this a first of its kind insider’s look at golf course architecture sure to become a key addition to the libraries of all golfers with an appreciation for the courses they play.

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1628732792

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Opera

Desire, Disease, Death

By: Linda Hutcheon,Michael Hutcheon

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Opera

Desire, Disease, Death

By: Linda Hutcheon,Michael Hutcheon

An interdisciplinary study of the interconnected subtexts of erotic attraction, illness, and death in several 19th- and 20th-century operatic texts. This is an examination of how opera uses the singing body to give voice to the suffering person. It presents medical and literary sources to make sense of the changing depiction of disease in opera.

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0803273185

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The Pseudoscience Wars

Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe

By: Michael D. Gordin

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The Pseudoscience Wars

Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe

By: Michael D. Gordin

Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Earth, triggering widespread natural disasters and threatening the destruction of all life before settling into solar orbit as Venus, our nearest planetary neighbor. Sound implausible? Well, from 1950 until the late 1970s, a huge number of people begged to differ, as they devoured Immanuel Velikovsky’s major best-seller, Worlds in Collision, insisting that perhaps this polymathic thinker held the key to a new science and a new history. Scientists, on the other hand, assaulted Velikovsky’s book, his followers, and his press mercilessly from the get-go. In The Pseudoscience Wars, Michael D. Gordin resurrects the largely forgotten figure of Velikovsky and uses his strange career and surprisingly influential writings to explore the changing definitions of the line that separates legitimate scientific inquiry from what is deemed bunk, and to show how vital this question remains to us today. Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material from Velikovsky’s personal archives, Gordin presents a behind-the-scenes history of the writer’s career, from his initial burst of success through his growing influence on the counterculture, heated public battles with such luminaries as Carl Sagan, and eventual eclipse. Along the way, he offers fascinating glimpses into the histories and effects of other fringe doctrines, including creationism, Lysenkoism, parapsychology, and more—all of which have surprising connections to Velikovsky’s theories. Science today is hardly universally secure, and scientists seem themselves beset by critics, denialists, and those they label “pseudoscientists”—as seen all too clearly in battles over evolution and climate change. The Pseudoscience Wars simultaneously reveals the surprising Cold War roots of our contemporary dilemma and points readers to a different approach to drawing the line between knowledge and nonsense.

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Monster Behind the Wheel

By: Michael McCarty,Mark McClaughlin

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Monster Behind the Wheel

By: Michael McCarty,Mark McClaughlin

As a child, Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. When he landed on a beautiful young woman, his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman’s spine. Years later, while delivering pizzas, Jeremy is injured in a car accident . . . that opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening the spirit of cruel Frank Edmondson. Frank, the policeman who arrived at the scene of that carnival accident long ago, was that woman’s lover. Now, ready for revenge, Frank devises a cunning plan. Soon Jeremy finds himself visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. Is this Frank’s doing, or is there another explanation? Using a sleek muscle car called Monster, Frank gains control over Jeremy’s life. But what Frank doesn't know is that he’s tampering with the fate of the entire universe . . . because Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy, and all hell is about to break loose—literally.

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The Savvy Guide to Fantasy Sports

By: Michael Harmon,Mike Harmon

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By: Michael Harmon,Mike Harmon

Taking a fresh approach to fantasy sports, this guide covers strategies and techniques both unique to specific sports, and trends applicable to all sports, while providing tips to help the casual player get the most out of every game.

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

Information Please

By: Information Please,Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2002

Information Please

By: Information Please,Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

The latest edition of the smartest, most authoritative and bestselling sports almanac in America. Whether they're looking for new world records, updating their trivia knowledge, or curious about the most intriguing sports stories of the past year, sports enthusiasts of all kinds will welcome the latest edition of this incredibly popular almanac, which netted more than 100,000 in sales last year alone. ESPN fans will find many of the network's features here as well as: --In-depth statistics from ESPN's award-winning "Inside the Numbers" team. --"SportsCenter's" Top Ten highlights of each sport. --Exclusive essays and analysis from your favorite ESPN personalities, including Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Kenny Mayne, and more. --Rule and uniform changes. --Hundreds of photographs. --Thousands of graphics and tables. --Fast access to all the facts: world records, champions, year by year, sport by sport. --Full recap of the World Series, Women's World Cup, and Ryder Cup. The ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere, the ESPN Information Please(R) Sports Almanac is clearly the winner in its field.

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2000

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By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2000

Information Please

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

North America's most popular sports almanac returns with new facts, new records, and more fun than ever before. Like its hugely successful predecessors, this new volume combines essays from great sportswriters and top ESPN personalities, easily accessed facts, in-depth statistics from ESPN's Inside the Numbers team, hundreds of photographs, and thousands of charts and tables. It reviews the year's top ten highlights of each sport, reflects every notable change in the sports world over the past year, and gives a full recap of the World Series and major competitions for professional and amateur alike. With more than 950 fact-filled pages, this extraordinary fusion between two trusted sports resources is as entertaining as it is informative. It's the perfect gift for the sports fan who always knows the latest scores and can never have enough information.

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2007

America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Michael Morrison,Gerry Brown

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America's Best-Selling Sports Almanac

By: Michael Morrison,Gerry Brown

If one book could settle every heated sports argument, this would be it. From record holders to champions, auto racing to the Iditarod, ballparks, business news, and Who's Who to the dearly departed athletes of the year past, the ESPN Sports Almanac serves up so much vital information at such a rapid clip: hundreds of photos, thousands of tables, countless facts and figures, plus expert analysis from ESPN's most popular personalities (Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, Linda Cohn, Stuart Scott, Dick Vitale et al.). Add input from the fans via ESPN.com's polls and ESPN's unique brand of humor and it's easy to see why the ESPN Sports Almanac is No. 1 in the game. The most-recognized name in sports, ESPN reaches over 175 million households in over 160 countries worldwide. The power of the television network, the radio stations, ESPN.com, and the magazine will be used to promote the Almanac.

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Numbelievable

Stories and Drama Behind the Most Memorable Numbers from the World of Sports

By: Michael Ferraro,John Veneziano

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Numbelievable

Stories and Drama Behind the Most Memorable Numbers from the World of Sports

By: Michael Ferraro,John Veneziano

Numbelievable!" is jam-packed with a vast array of stats, tallies, official times, uniform numbers, and world records guaranteed to satisfy even the most insatiable sports fans appetite for numbers. A must-have reference source for avid and casual fans alike, and a fascinating introduction for the simply curious.Triumph Books

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1572439904

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Golf

By: Michael V. Uschan

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Golf

By: Michael V. Uschan

Discusses the origins and evolution of the game of golf including memorable events, key personalities, and the game's history.

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1560067446

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2005

The Definitive Sports Reference Book

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

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ESPN Sports Almanac 2005

The Definitive Sports Reference Book

By: Gerry Brown,Michael Morrison

The #1 bestselling sports almanac is the ultimate resource for sports professionals and fans everywhere. ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports, once again brings enthusiasts the most authoritative sports reference book ever published. Whether in search of new world records, trivia knowledge, or the most intriguing sports stories of the past year, sports fans will welcome the latest edition of this bestselling almanac, which showcases all the facts like no other almanac. ESPN fans will find familiar segments from many of ESPN's outlets, including studio shows, radio, on-line, and ESPN The Magazine, as well as: --In-depth branding of statistics from ESPN'S award-winning "Inside the Numbers" --SportsCenter's Top Ten Moments from each sport --Exclusive essays and analysis from your favorite ESPN personalities --Hundreds of photographs --Thousands of tables and graphics --Fast access to all the facts: world records, champions, year-by-year, sport-by-sport --Top sports news stories of the year --A full recap of the 2004 World Series, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Ryder Cup Reflecting the distinctive personality of ESPN, and packed with the sports highlights and details of the past year, the 2005 ESPN Sports Almanac is clearly the champion in its field.

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0786888938

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Getting Up & Down

My 60 Years in Golf

By: Ken Venturi,Michael Arkush

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Getting Up & Down

My 60 Years in Golf

By: Ken Venturi,Michael Arkush

Ken Venturi was a promising young golfer from California with numerous amateur titles when he took of four-stroke lead into the final day of the 1956 Masters. Venturi's three-day ride had riveted the golf world because no amateur had ever won this prestigious event. Venturi, however, collapsed, finishing one stroke behind the winner. The press labeled him a choke--a moniker that stuck. Just when it looked as though a once promising career would be wasted, something amazing happened: Ken Venturi won the 1964 U.S. Open, stunning the golfing establishment and becoming the big story of the 1964 season Sadly, Venturi's comeback was short lived. He suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome, which ended his playing career and sent him into a career in which he would thrive: broadcasting. Venturi joined CBS and broadcast golf for 34 years--the longest television career in golf history--coming to be known as the Walter Cronkite of the game. Getting Up & Down is Ken Venturi's story in his own words. It includes an honest and compelling recap of his life and incisive and searing commentary on the game he loves and those who play it, including sections on his longtime friendships with giants such as Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and Gene Sarazen--and his frosty relationship with Arnold Palmer.

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1572436069

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Something within Me

A Personal and Political Memoir

By: Michael Wilson

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Something within Me

A Personal and Political Memoir

By: Michael Wilson

The late Honourable Michael Wilson was a Canadian politician and business professional. As Minister of Finance under Brian Mulroney, Wilson was one of the key negotiators of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement – one of Canada’s most important economic agreements in the last 50 years, later superseded by NAFTA. In addition, Wilson was responsible for implementing the controversial Goods and Services Tax (GST), which remains key to the federal government today. After his life in Parliament, Wilson served as Ambassador to the United States and Chancellor of the University of Toronto. Outside of politics, Wilson was active in raising awareness of mental health issues following the traumatic loss of his son, Cameron, to suicide. Devoting considerable time to advocacy, he established the Cameron Parker Holcombe Wilson Chair in Depression Studies at the University of Toronto and served as Board Chair for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Something within Me highlights how Wilson’s personal life blended with his political life and accomplishments, detailing his advocacy for mental health awareness as well his involvement in important pieces of legislation that made significant impacts in Canadian political and economic history. These deeply personal stories, particularly those of a father grappling with his son’s illness and death, remind us of the lives behind the political personas that shape our world.

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1487544391

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The Caddie

By: J. Michael Veron

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The Caddie

By: J. Michael Veron

J. Michael Veron is the acclaimed author of The Greatest Player Who Never Lived and The Greatest Course That Never Was. His work has earned him the title of "master of fiction" from USA Today has called him "The John Grisham of Golf." In addition, The New York Times hailed The Greatest Player as "Golf's Literary Rookie of the Year," and the Seattle Times ranked The Greatest Player as second on its all-time list of "Five Wonderful Golf Books." At one time, The Greatest Player and The Greatest Course were the first and third best-selling sports fiction in the country. Now, J. Michael Veron returns with his most intriguing work yet.... The caddie occupies the most unique position in all of sports. He is a coach who doesn't have to stay on the sidelines, a waterboy who doesn't have to wait for timeouts, a psychologist who doesn't have a couch, and a fan who doesn't have to buy a ticket. In Bobby Reeves' case, he's also a bail bondsman, not to mention a savior who will attempt to help him resurrects his game - and his life - in most unexpected ways. From a jail cell in Baton Rouge to the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the gifted but troubled golfer and his mysterious caddie travel a remarkable path to great courses and to redemption. With his trademark style and golf expertise, J. Michael Veron has once again crafted a remarkable golf story.

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1466853042

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