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Two time Cy Young Award winner and MVP with The Detroit Tigers, and baseball's last 31 game winner Denny McLain, tells how to become a better pitcher with instruction in grips, stances, delivery and how to play the game at the highest level. For beginning and advanced pitchers, The Art Of Pitching gives tips on how to dominate the mound and control the game from the pitchers position. Pictures, ideas and the experience from one of the legends of the game.
Banjos, Boats and Butt Dialing is the third installment in Mike Ball's What I've Learned... So Far series of books. In it the Erma Bombeck Award-winning humorist grapples with topics ranging from becoming a grandfather, to rabbit hunting, to the Zen of a middle-aged guy trying to cope with cleavage. The book is a compilation of 74 entries from Mike's nationally-syndicated column, What I've Learned... So Far. His homespun wit, sharp sense of humor, and ability to connect with readers on an emotional level have been compared to Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, Robert Benchley, and Ernie Pyle.
America's first popular celebrity, the first "embedded" reporter in an American war, the man who became the standard of wildly popular writers in the Edwardian Age in America. THese stories tell of an ideal America with heros from the top strata of society to the lowest citizen, all doing the right thing for the right reason. Davis set the tone of ideal young men and women in the era before World War I. A simpler time with simpler solutions, solutions we can use today.
Few characters soar to such dizzying heights and then plunge to the depths of despair like McLain did. But it is his ability to finally reflect on his mistakes and self centeredness that makes a compelling story. From the World Series to prison, join one of the most interesting athletes of the 20th Century. Watch a brash young pitcher become a whole person.
The Motown story involved many people including writers, singers, musicians, disc jockeys and professionals who built the foundations of "The Sound Of Young America". Coming from Detroit and spreading to the entire world, Motown and its unique sound won the hearts and the love of millions from its start in 1959 until today. Relive the magic, the music, the love and the fabulous dancing in "Recollections The Motown Sound By The People Who Made It"
Mystery in the best British "Bull Dog Drummond" tradition. War hero and "rugger" Peter Brown is pulled into a series of mysterious doings in post WWI Britain. A forerunner to James Bond, Brown takes on the villainous Sir Mortimer Drude to save the great cities f the world. Tense, dramatic and will Brown get the girl in the end?
After losing virtually all their Powers and dozing off for 1,700 years, the Greek Gods wake up in a small middle-American town. They find themselves the owner-operators of the Delphi, a musty old hotel with a locally popular bar and a (go figure) Greek Restaurant. As they struggle to regain control of the universe - or at least the lunch crowd - they can't help re-kindling some ancient feuds. Award-winning humorist Mike Ball takes us on a hilarious trip to a place called Olympus, Indiana, where we discover a whole new side to the dieties of antiquity, meet some new immortal beings, and learn the ultimate power of bubbles and sidewalk chalk.
Water-colorist T. F. Hempel has been painting for more than 40 years, creating masterpieces of icons of the Quad Cities and the surrounding area. Subjects as different as boats and commercial buildings along with personal residences are all seen in Hempel's work. Enjoy this presentation of fine art as only T. F. Hempel can paint.
A workbook for active collectors of US coins that are regular issue. There are no commemorative or gold issues in this guide. It is for use in listing what you need to complete your collection and has space for year, mint, and room for notes.
From Benchley's earliest and most famous writings for Life, and others along with the winners of the annual Robert Benchley Society Writers Contest. Forward by Bob Newhart.
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