Author: Natalie Rompella
Publisher: Lobster Pre
Keywords: america, takers, moving, risk, groundbreakers, firsts, trendsetters, famous
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-10-31
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1897073550
ISBN-13: 9781897073551
(ages 9 - 12) After learning about groundbreaking Americans whose ideas turned into international sports trends, readers will be inspired to get moving! Famous Firsts covers diverse activities such as skateboarding, frisbee, cheerleading, trampolining, and inline skating. The book’s dynamic design features color photos of and personal stories from American athletes including skateboard legends Tony Hawk and Alan ’Ollie’ Gelfand, BMX pros Mat Hoffman and Cory Coffey, University of Maryland cheerleader and "Survivor" cast member Penny Ramsey, and pro surfer Bethany Hamilton, an
Author: The Editors of Baseball America
Publisher: Baseball America
Keywords: baseball, almanac, america, season, comprehensive, review
Number of Pages: 468
Published: 2010-01-19
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 1932391282
ISBN-13: 9781932391282
Baseball America’s 2010 Almanac offers a complete recap of the 2009 baseball season from the World Series to the major, minor, college, high school, independent, and amateur leagues. The Almanac has organizations, team, and player statistics and season reviews covering all of professional, amateur, and youth baseball. It is also the only volume to feature in-depth coverage of the annual draft of players at all levels.
Author: The Editors of Baseball America
Publisher: Baseball America
Keywords: baseball, prospect, handbook, america, source, prospects, definitive, guide, comprehensive, rising, stars
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1969-12-31
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 1932391290
ISBN-13: 9781932391299
The Baseball America 2010 Prospect Handbook is the leading annual reference guide to the next generation of rising stars. The Prospect Handbook profiles in-depth analysis and statistics of 900 players, provides a detailed amateur draft report card, a list of the top one hundred prospects, and a ranking of the Major League Baseball player development programs. The Prospect Handbook is the resource for information regarding the leading minor leagues throughout baseball and is a valuable tool for fans, fantast leaguers, and anyone who wants to know more about the player development process.
Authors:Barbara Kingsolver, Rebecca Carte,
Publisher: Seal Pre
Keywords: américa, otra, america
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1998-03-25
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 1580050042
ISBN-13: 9781580050043
"Another America" is a deeply moving book of poetry that gives voice to themes ranging from resistance to violence to finding one’s inner courage and strength as a woman. Kingsolver’s poetry rings with a richness of language and spirit, eloquently expressing her insights and compassion as one of this century’s most admired writers.
Author: Paul James Rutledge
Publisher: Indiana University Pre
Keywords: america, modern, minorities, vietnamese, experience
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1992-04-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0253207118
ISBN-13: 9780253207111
The rhetoric of commitment to world peace and human freedom espoused by world leaders notwithstanding, there is a growing number of dispossessed people in the world who have been, and are being, forced as a result of human cruelty and unconcern to seek refuge outside their country of birth.
Author: Kevin Mattso
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: america, war, post, faith, fighting, liberalism
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-09-27
List price: $33.95
ISBN-10: 0415947758
ISBN-13: 9780415947756
In the midst of Eisenhower’s America, at the peak of the Cold War, a movement of public intellectuals defined a pragmatic liberal vision for America that is more relevant today than ever before. A sweeping intellectual history that will make us rethink postwar politics and culture, When America Was Great profiles the thinkers and writers who crafted a new American liberal tradition in a conservative era -- from historians Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and C. Vann Woodward, to economist John Kenneth Galbraith and theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. A compelling tale that will redefine the word "liber
Author: Steve Fraser
Publisher: Yale University Pre
Keywords: america, icons, palace, dream, wall, street
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-04-14
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0300151438
ISBN-13: 9780300151435
Wall Street: no other place on earth is so singularly identified with money and the power of money. And no other American institution has inspired such deep moral, cultural, and political ambivalence. Is the Street an unbreachable bulwark defending commercial order? Or is it a center of mad ambition? This book recounts the colorful history of America’s love-hate relationship with Wall Street. Steve Fraser frames his fascinating analysis around the roles of four iconic Wall Street types—the aristocrat, the confidence man, the hero, and the immoralist—all recurring figures who yield surprising
