PRACTICE PERFECT,PLAY FOR FUN August “Augie” Garrido has led his baseball teams to more victories than any coach in any sport in NCAA Division I history. He is also the winner of more National Coach of the Year awards than any other college coach. Garrido’s former teams at Cal State Fullerton and, more recently, at the University of Texas together have compiled a total of five College World Series championships under his leadership. But despite his unmatched record as a winner, Coach Garrido is not a win-at-all-costs coach. He teaches his players to focus on developing character, being good teammates, mastering all facets of the game, and playing with joy in the moment rather than focusing on the scoreboard. Augie teaches that the challenges faced in the batter’s box or on the pitcher’s mound are universal—and that the lessons learned on the diamond are applicable off the field, too. Life Is Yours to Win follows the coach’s journey of self-discovery and his evolution from being driven by fear to being motivated by passion. His unique and compelling book offers this revered leader’s philosophy on life and his thoughtful approach to helping young men understand both who they are and how they can be successful in their work, their relationships, and their communities. Every individual will find advice worth following including: •BE A PLAYER, NOT A PROSPECT—If you want to be considered a star in your field, whatever that may be, you need to be fully engaged. Augie once had his Labrador retriever demonstrate the joy of play to a team that needed a reminder of why they loved baseball as children. •STEP UP, SUPERMAN—Augie stages a costumed Superhero Scrimmage each Halloween to remind his players that their inner superhero is just waiting for the perfect moment when preparation meets opportunity, potential is fulfilled, and destiny is realized. •THE FEARLESS FIELD—To be successful in the often cruel game of baseball, players must master fear and other emotions so they are energized rather than paralyzed. Augie once rented a hearse and placed a casket on the pitcher’s mound to help a slumping Cal State Fullerton team bury their fears and put losses behind them. •BUDDHA AT BAT—Bunting and other “small ball” skills are not as glorified as home runs and big plays, but Coach Garrido’s teams are known for putting players in scoring position and winning games by following a Zen-like philosophy of claiming small victories during each at bat, in each inning that add up to winning records. Augie’s coaching methods are unconventional, but his creativity and wry humor provide masterful life lessons. His insights will help you both on and off the field by providing fresh approaches to conquering fears, living with joy and passion in each moment, establishing personal principles, and appreciating the value of both losing and winning. This is a book by a beloved college coach but it is packed with Major League insights and anecdotes featuring many of baseball’s greatest players and most inspiring spirits. Life Is Yours to Win will appeal to anyone who appreciates the wisdom of a proven winner in sports and in life.
TIME TO Really Believe and Trust in Something Have Real Hope Activate Internal Access to Truth The time is now and now is when Suzzan and Craig have been asked to bring forward information concerning the plan for the synthesis of humanity. (Synthesis is defined as: the combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole.) Now is the fullness of time, and each of us has an obligation to our evolving existence to come together with all matter for the good of the whole. There is no one coming to save us; all the messengers are used to teach us, and now we must use what we have learned for the impending events of our time. In the symphony of the Cosmos we are now being asked to follow the Conductor's lead, as harmony and rhythm are crucial elements to the discerning ear of time. We must become the instrument our higher self uses which will sound the notes at the last trump. We know the melody but were never before asked to play it. Not to worry, we are all given inherent sheet music. All that remains is our physical transmutation through undying devotion to the Maestro and the music. The universal oneness of all things, NO THING, composed the inherent sheet music and inspired that which steps forward to lead the orchestra INTERESTED IN PERFORMING? With the help of the Maestro, Craig and Suzzan have devoted the past eleven years to quieting the discord in their song of life on this plane of existence. To better hear that still small voice within, it is important to have harmony in one's life, which extends to the inner peace of living. It is through such living that everyone will find their place in the orchestra, if they so desire. This cannot be taught, only sought in truth and experienced through living by the guided direction of inner knowing, with confirmations from NO THING and similarity of experiences communicated in communion with others. Metaphors are wonderful aids when attempting to describe that which can only be sensed and hoped for, not clearly understood and prov
My story is about a trail of roses that started when a young girl gave me a single rose. The story will reveal that in my life as a minister, I must ask myself two questions: Can a man love two women at the same time in one lifetime? And how do you learn how to not love someone?
Isiah Thomas has succeeded at every level of his career. Now, in The Fundamentals, Coach Thomas offers the most important life fundamentals he's identified in his own journey; eight principles that will drive you to higher peaks in your life and career. Coach Thomas reveals how you can acquire the focus and commitment it takes to be a champion. The Fundamentals shows you how to be a leader of integrity, courage, and generosity, and how to act based on what you believe in so that you can achieve your life's mission. Through it all, Coach Thomas shares stories from his life on and off the court that illustrate the strategies that allowed him to see beyond his circumstances to his possibilities. Here are hard-earned, field-tested, and easy to grasp fundamentals that will get you off the bench and into the trenches.
For 18 seasons Tarkenton passed, hustled, & scrapped his way into the NFL Hall of Fame. Yet he was the losing quarterback in 3 Super Bowls & the association of the word loserÓ with his name has been difficult to dissolve. Tarkenton's grit & resolve have made him an entrepreneurial dynamo. As the founder & builder of 12 companies -- whose annual revenues range from $1 to $142 million -- Tarkenton has distinguished himself in many diverse areas of business. In 1996, he launched the Tarkenton Small Bus. NETwork, designed to help its members build their business. Here he provides insight, inspiration, & practical know-how for all small-business people.
When a map to Pandora's Box is discovered hidden in a film poster on her wall, newspaper intern Alexandra Stirling is taken to Lost Earth, a society hidden from the modern world where magic runes power life and all legends are rooted in truth.Aided by a woman in blue armor nicknamed The Sky Thief, Alex escapes her dead-end rural life and joins a team of relic hunters in scouring the globe to find the ancient urn.However, the Sky Thief isn't the only one hunting for powerful artifacts. A multi-national corporation grows desperate and violent in their own search. With time running out, Alex must overcome old fears and harsh truths about her past to stop her competitors from unleashing the secrets of Pandora's Box.
For most of the last century, popular and scholarly common sense has equated American evangelicalism with across-the-board social, economic, and political conservatism. However, if a growing chorus of evangelical leaders, media pundits, and religious scholars is to be believed, the era of uncontested evangelical conservatism is on the brink of collapse-if it hasn't collapsed already. Combining vivid ethnographic storytelling and incisive theoretical analysis, New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism introduces readers to the fascinating and unexplored terrain of neo-monastic evangelicalism. Often located in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, new monastic communities pursue religiously inspired visions of racial, social, and economic justice-alongside personal spiritual transformation-through diverse and creative expressions of radical community. In this account, Wes Markofski has immersed himself in the paradoxical world of evangelical neo-monasticism, focusing on the Urban Monastery-an influential neo-monastic community located in a gritty, racially diverse neighborhood in a major Midwestern American city. The resulting account of the way in which this movement reflects and is contributing to the transformation of American evangelicalism challenges entrenched stereotypes and calls attention to the dynamic diversity of religious and political points of view which vie for supremacy in the American evangelical subculture. New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism is the first sociological analysis of new monastic evangelicalism and the first major work to theorize the growing theological and political diversity within twenty-first-century American evangelicalism.
Inspirations for Wes Anderson's Asteroid City: a collection of new and classic writing on mid-century cinema and the American West ** Includes an exclusive interview with Wes Anderson in which the director details how the pieces collected here influenced the characters, stories, and settings in the film ** Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of François Truffaut and Jonas Mekas, DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City. Together they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West. A Conversation Between Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin A Life excerpt – Elia Kazan The Celluloid Brassière – Andy Logan Rainy Day – Lillian Ross The Outskirts: Other Men’s Women – Gina Telaroli The Petrified Forest – Jorge Luis Borges Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight – Molly Haskell What Makes a Sad Heart Sing: Some Came Running – Michael Koresky One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice – Durga Chew-Bose Maigret at the Coroner’s excerpt – Georges Simenon Sunbelt Noir: Desert Fury – Imogen Sara Smith The Voyage Down and Out: Inferno – Kent Jones Bad Day Near The River’s Edge – Nicolas Saada Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World – K. Austin Collins Black Desert, White Desert – Serge Toubiana Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World – Jonas Mekas Beyond the Stars – Jeremy Bernstein Coming: “Nashville” – Pauline Kael Coming Around the Mountain: Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Matt Zoller Seitz Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary – Bob Balaban Introduction to Small Change: A Film Novel – François Truffaut By The Time I Get to Phoenix – Thora Siemsen My Guy – Hilton Als Wild to the Wild – Sam Shepard
Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity’s future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse—and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending disaster. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen argue that we must reconsider the origins of the consumption crisis and the challenges we face in creating a survivable future. Longstanding assumptions about economic growth and technological progress—the dream of a future of endless bounty—are no longer tenable. The climate crisis has already progressed beyond simple or nondisruptive solutions. The end result will be apocalyptic; the only question now is how bad it will be. Jackson and Jensen examine how geographic determinism shaped our past and led to today’s social injustice, consumerist culture, and high-energy/high-technology dystopias. The solution requires addressing today’s systemic failures and confronting human nature by recognizing the limits of our ability to predict how those failures will play out over time. Though these massive challenges can feel overwhelming, Jackson and Jensen weave a secular reading of theological concepts—the prophetic, the apocalyptic, a saving remnant, and grace—to chart a collective, realistic path for humanity not only to survive our apocalypse but also to emerge on the other side with a renewed appreciation of the larger living world.
Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery has been described as "a kind of Rear Window for retirees." As this quote suggests, an analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's methodical use of comedy in his films is past due. One of Turner Classic Movies' on-screen scholars for their summer 2017 online Hitchcock class, the author grew tired of misleading throwaway references to the director's "comic relief." This book examines what should be obvious: Hitchcock systematically incorporated assorted types of comedy--black humor, parody, farce/screwball comedy and romantic comedy--in his films to entertain his audience with "comic" thrillers.
Alfonso Ramon Lopez spent 36 years in the big leagues as a catcher and manager. He had a .261 lifetime batting average, compiled 1,547 hits and caught a then-record 1,918 games in a 19-year playing career. The teams he managed--the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox--won two pennants and finished runner-up 10 times in 17 seasons. He was the only manager to interrupt the Yankees' 15 year pennant dynasty from 1949, piloting the Indians in 1954 with an A.L. record 111 wins and guiding the White Sox in 1959. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1977. Al Lopez of Tampa opened up baseball to individuals of Spanish, Cuban and Italian ancestry at a time when social barriers had just begun to recede. He symbolized for many Latins the path to success. This book is his first-ever biography. It is based, first, on the recollections of the man himself, and former players, family, and fans, and also on newspaper and periodical accounts, and archival resources.
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