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The Dugout

33 Years With Other People's Kids and Mine

By: Vic Aldridge

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The Dugout

33 Years With Other People's Kids and Mine

By: Vic Aldridge

About the Book These are the stories of my thirty-three years of coaching youth sports. Baseball, softball, and basketball. I was honorably discharged from the US Navy in September 1969. Fortunate to be hired right away South-Central Bell. Married Cathy Kimberlin on December 31,1969. That next spring I had the idea of coaching boys’ baseball. Do not know why I never had the desire for that at any time in my life. Decided to go to Pinson Valley Youth Association, where my brother and I played from ages twelve through sixten, for me; my brother was two years younger. Previously played at Trussville from eight through eleven. I was aware most parks had sign-ups and drafts by the second Saturday in March.

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Dorrance Publishing

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ISBN 13

9798890276797

Futsal

Technique, Tactics, Training

By: Vic Hermans,Rainer Engler

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Futsal

Technique, Tactics, Training

By: Vic Hermans,Rainer Engler

Futsal - traditional football's smaller, faster, and often more exciting cousin - is one of the world's fastest growing ball games. Played on a small pitch, usually indoors, with five players and a special low-bounce ball, Futsal puts an emphasis on the speed, improvisation, creativity, technique, and accuracy of the player. Hugely popular in many countries and now quickly catching on in the UK, Futsal helped many of the world's top players - including Ronaldo, Robinho, Kaka and Fabregas - develop their game as youngsters. Futsal: Technique Tactics Training presents readers with a superbly illustrated introduction to this exciting game - from its fascinating history and greatest moments, to training techniques and match tactics. Also included are detailed examples of how to structure training programs, exercises drills, as well as official FIFA rules.

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Meyer & Meyer Verlag

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1841263044

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9781841263045

The Game Plan

The Art of Building a Winning Football Team

By: Vic Carucci,Bill Polian

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The Game Plan

The Art of Building a Winning Football Team

By: Vic Carucci,Bill Polian

As one of the most successful general managers and team presidents in NFL history, few people understand how to create the blueprint for a winning football team like Bill Polian. After building the Buffalo Bills team that went to four consecutive Super Bowls and taking the expansion Carolina Panthers to the NFC Championship just two years after the team's creation, he was responsible for the Indianapolis Colts drafting Peyton Manning with the first overall pick in 1998 and oversaw the team's victory in Super Bowl XLI. Now, Polian shares his blueprint for building a successful football team in The Game Plan. He details the decisions both a team needs to make in the regular season and the offseason to bring teams to the postseason and the NFL's ultimate test of a well-built team: the Super Bowl.

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Triumph Books

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1600789811

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9781600789816

Super Bowl Blueprints

Hall of Famers Reveal the Keys to Football's Greatest Dynasties

By: Bill Polian,Vic Carucci

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Super Bowl Blueprints

Hall of Famers Reveal the Keys to Football's Greatest Dynasties

By: Bill Polian,Vic Carucci

A straight-from-the-source look at how NFL dynasties are built In Super Bowl Blueprints, Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian and veteran football scribe Vic Carucci sit down with the architects of the greatest teams of all time, digging into how these dynastic squads did what they did, with more insight and access than any football book in history. Polian, the architect of the Super Bowl XLI–champion Indianapolis Colts, provides a rare glimpse inside the locker rooms, coaches' room, and front offices for the key moments that defined the modern NFL. Whether Polian is discussing variations of the no-huddle with Jim Kelly and Peyton Manning or the culture of the Steel Curtain with Terry Bradshaw and "Mean" Joe Greene or different versions of Bill Walsh's West Coast offense with Mike Holmgren and Steve Young, his command of the game mixed with the perceptions of these legends creates a book like no other. Tom Flores, Ron Wolf, and Mike Haynes debate how Al Davis built the iconic Raiders franchise, while Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones, Troy Aikman, and more share how tension and football IQ were married to create the unstoppable Cowboys teams of the '90s. Super Bowl Blueprints tells the story of championship football—how it's attained and what it takes—through the voices of Bill Parcells, Marv Levy, Art Rooney II, Charles Haley, Doug Williams, John Mara, Charley Casserly, Joe Theismann, Harry Carson, Tom Moore, Brian Billick, Frank Reich, Dwight Freeney, Joe Gibbs, Tony Dungy, and many more!

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389

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Triumph Books

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1641256796

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9781641256797

Incoming

Collected Stories

By: Vic Amato

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Incoming

Collected Stories

By: Vic Amato

Vic Amato explores the nature of humanity through stories that are extraordinary, inspiring and even ridiculous. In Death by Peanut Butter, youll meet Twain, a mentally challenged man with a large stock of fluffy white hair who stuffs his mouth and makes a break for it. Tourist Dan in Manhattan Mendicant encounters a downtown panhandler and resents him for being able to live in NYC. But when Dan sees the World Trade Center fall on TV, he can think only of the beggar. Camille, a fun-loving artist, holds back information and her true feelings. On a hot night, it all comes down on her boyfriend out on the front porch. Enter a world filled with meaning and unforgettable characters with the sixteen stories of Incoming. Looking for the ideal compliment for a summer sandwich at the beach? Some say tomato, I say Amato. Jim Bloch, author of The Slurpents./

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iUniverse

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1491762403

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9781491762400

4WD Driving Skills

A Manual for On- and Off-Road Travel

By: Vic Widman

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4WD Driving Skills

A Manual for On- and Off-Road Travel

By: Vic Widman

An essential guide to safe and responsible four-wheel driving. Modern four-wheel drive vehicles are powerful and sophisticated machines, able to travel almost anywhere. Given their growing popularity with recreational drivers, there is an even more pressing need for adequate training. Even on sealed roads these vehicles require a different set of driving skills; off-road, the demands are many times greater. This second edition of the bestselling 4WD Driving Skills complements nationally recognised training courses and has been fully revised to include updated vehicle terminology, technology and recovery techniques. It explains the essential skills of four-wheel driving for every type of on- and off-road terrain, how to approach challenging situations, and what to do if things go wrong. It is a valuable reference for all four-wheel drive enthusiasts.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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ISBN 10

1486312055

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9781486312054

Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Buelavisu

By: Vic Lindblom

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Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Buelavisu

By: Vic Lindblom

“Execution” is the third and final book in the Franchise series of the Ridgelands saga. In the previous books, “Preparation” and “Journey,” Belak Laboot brings a technical team to establish an iron-making franchise to BuelaVisu, a city across the continental divide from their home in Laboot City. Now they must execute the mission to establish production in BuelaVisu. Organizing and moving the team across the ridgelands unified the team in the face of outside attacks and personal friction. BuelaVisu’s advantages shine as residents buy into the project, hydropower is developed, and siting arrangements mature. The unrest, which soured the franchise’s introduction to the city, diminishes as leaders work around the resistance. Foundations, pilings, blasting, and resource development progress rapidly. People throughout BuelaVisu begin to experience opportunities from the project. Belak and his sister, Louise, grow and establish new ties in the team and community. Resistance regroups as progress threatens their control in Visu. Leadership in Laboot City realizes that reports hide issues arising, so they send an investigative team, which digs deeper into city dynamics and sets the stage for subversion. Belak stands against the conspiracy, getting deeper into politics that he intended. Violence and betrayals follow.

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The Writers Tree

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1304595366

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9781304595362

Escapes

By: Vic DiMartino

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Escapes

By: Vic DiMartino

Arturo DiMartino's Italy is in ruins at the end of WWI. Its politics splintered. Its economy tattered. Its social fabric shredded. Italians blame their weak leaders and demand their overthrow. Mussolini steps onto the political stage and his populist views and spirited charisma captivate the country. Arturo joins Mussolini's political campaign and begins a long political career under the Fascist Regime. Rewarded for his loyalty and political instinct, the National Fascist Party appoints him to the most powerful office in Sicily's Trapani Province. But, when Il Duce tries to expand Italy's influence through military force, Arturo pushes back. His resistance starts a series of perilous events. The Blackshirts, Mussolini's enforcers, issue an ultimatum-leave Italy or die. Three generations of the family face one crisis after another. From life-threatening and near-death experiences to unwavering love and humorous episodes, Escapes is an insight into the tenacity and resilience of the human spirit. Based on a true story, it also exposes little-known facts about Italy's role in ending WWI and why the Great War's aftermath led Italy to side with Germany in WWII. "Escapes is so interesting I forgot I was proofreading and kept on reading! Unable to talk with my deceased Italian grandparents, the adventures of Arturo and his family will have to fill in the blanks."-Gilda Vincent

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1644715309

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9781644715307

Baseball Tidbits

By: Victor Debs, Jr.,Vic Debs

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Baseball Tidbits

By: Victor Debs, Jr.,Vic Debs

100 short essays on the game's past, offering fresh insight into some of the game's exceptional player and team accomplishments, while also focusing on other interesting aspects of history, targeting not only the famous accomplishments but the lesser-known ones as well.

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1570281157

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9781570281150

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics

Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge

By: Vic Mansfield

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Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics

Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge

By: Vic Mansfield

Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge addresses the complex issues of dialogue and collaboration between Buddhism and science, revealing connections and differences between the two. While assuming no technical background in Buddhism or physics, this book strongly responds to the Dalai Lama’s “heartfelt plea” for genuine collaboration between science and Buddhism. The Dalai Lama has written a foreword to the book and the Office of His Holiness will translate it into both Chinese and Tibetan. In a clear and engaging way, this book shows how the principle of emptiness, the philosophic heart of Tibetan Buddhism, connects intimately to quantum nonlocality and other foundational features of quantum mechanics. Detailed connections between emptiness, modern relativity, and the nature of time are also explored. For Tibetan Buddhists, the profound interconnectedness implied by emptiness demands the practice of universal compassion. Because of the powerful connections between emptiness and modern physics, the book argues that the interconnected worldview of modern physics also encourages universal compassion. Along with these harmonies, the book explores a significant conflict between quantum mechanics and Tibetan Buddhism concerning the role of causality. The book concludes with a response to the question: "How does this expedition through the heart of modern physics and Tibetan Buddhism—from quantum mechanics, relativity, and cosmology, to emptiness, compassion, and disintegratedness—apply to today's painfully polarized world?" Despite differences and questions raised, the book's central message is that there is a solid basis for uniting these worldviews. From this basis, the message of universal compassion can accompany the spread of the scientific worldview, stimulating compassionate action in the light of deep understanding—a true union of love and knowledge. Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Physics will appeal to a broad audience that includes general readers and undergraduate and graduate students in science and religion courses.

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Templeton Foundation Press

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1599472325

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9781599472324

Missed it by that Much

Baseball Players who Challenged the Record Books

By: Vic Debs

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Missed it by that Much

Baseball Players who Challenged the Record Books

By: Vic Debs

After hitting his then-record 60th home run of the 1927 season, Babe Ruth said, "Sixty, count 'em, sixty. Let's see some other son-of-a-bitch match that." Jimmie Foxx almost did, five years later, with an agonizingly close 58 four baggers. Here are the stories of Foxx's and 11 other near-record breaking performances: Bill Terry's 254 hits in 1930, three short of George Sisler's record 257; Elroy Face's 17 consecutive pitching victories, two short of Rube Marquard's record; and Willie Mays's 17 home runs in August of 1965, just one off Rudy York's mark for a single month, are three more of the performances detailed. Boxscores and statistical tables are provided.

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McFarland

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0786405082

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9780786405084

They Call Me Dirty

By: Conrad Dobler,Vic Carucci

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They Call Me Dirty

By: Conrad Dobler,Vic Carucci

The infamous Miller Lite Troublemaker takes an uncompromising look behind the scenes of America's meanest, toughest pastime--football. Reveals all the dirty details on everything from violence in football to Alex Karras to his Miller Lite commercials.

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Berkley

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0515101672

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9780515101676

Early Poke

A Great Southern Humorist Looks at Life's Pitfalls and Pinnacles

By: Poke McHenry,Vic Smith

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Early Poke

A Great Southern Humorist Looks at Life's Pitfalls and Pinnacles

By: Poke McHenry,Vic Smith

EARLY POKE is a collection of human interest newspaper columns that appeared in the daily Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville, Florida & were written by Vic Smith, veteran of more than 50 years in the business, under the pen name Poke McHenry. The anthology runs the gamut of human activities & emotions & is written with the consummate skills of an exceptional wordsmith. The stories are laced liberally with clean & original humor, wit, amazing insight, provocative thinking, & common sense that go even beyond the uncommon level & often roam the realms of the unique. The author dips generously into his long lifetime of marvelous memories of magic moments for much of his warmly entertaining prose. He covers the field from baseball to bass fishing & from the cotton mill spinning room to the peregrinations of presidents with countless wayside stops between. He's been there & he tells you about it in superb word pictures that entwine the reader in a warm web of pure reading pleasure. Whatever your age or station in life, you'll find this book a comforting companion & you'll adopt Poke as a true friend. To order call 1-800-330-1325.

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0963046349

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9780963046345

The Inventors Cookbook

How to Patent, Protect, Produce and Profit from Your Ideas and Inventions Yourself!

By: Victor N. Vic-Vincent

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The Inventors Cookbook

How to Patent, Protect, Produce and Profit from Your Ideas and Inventions Yourself!

By: Victor N. Vic-Vincent

This book is the ideal source book for everyone with an idea for a business, invention, game or gimmick. THE INVENTOR'S COOKBOOK is the basic need-to-know handbook in an easy-to-read format for getting started right away to make your dreams a reality! THE INVENTOR'S COOKBOOK was stirred up by nationally known entrepreneur Victor N. Vic-Vincent. He has been involved in many companies & in the sales of thousands of products. In this book he not only explains the "How-To's" but also tells of his experiences that you can either follow or avoid when creating your product or invention. This book includes information on: * How to protect your inventions with a patent, trademark, &/or copyright. * How to create, develop & produce your ideas & inventions for profit. * How to locate toy, game, gimmick & product suppliers & manufacturers. * How to locate assistance for free. Includes organization's addresses & phone numbers. * How to make a one-person company seem like a corporation. * How to start a business step-by-step with no experience. * How to create & get free publicity. To order VVC Publishing, 362 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Suite 151, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 or 904-476-7673.

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0964681706

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Missed it by that Much

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