Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Volume 2Volume 2
This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures! This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the UFC, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships. There never has been an instructional tool like the original series "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". Each technique deals with separate strategies and positions, but they all combine into an integrated tactical solution to ground mastery. From the first page to the last, you'll get a very understandable breakdown of how to systematically and technically improve your game. A classic book for all grapplers, MMA fighters and martial artist regardless of style. This three volumes series is fully revised, updated, and packed with more than 1,500 pictures!This masterclass work guides you step-by-step from essential Jiu Jitsu basics through the most advanced and sophisticated attacks, escapes, and defenses used by the top fighters in the UFC, ADCC and the BJJ World Championships. There never has been an instructional tool like the original series "Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu". Each technique deals with separate strategies and positions, but they all combine into an integrated tactical solution to ground mastery. From the first page to the last, you'll get a very understandable breakdown of how to systematically and technically improve your game. A classic book for all grapplers, MMA fighters and martial artist regardless of style
18
Craig Cantwell is well known as a journeyman millionaire and 'the best professional golfer who has not won a major.' His successful life as a tour pro is shattered when he is suspended from the PGA Tour. Without a place to compete and with a personal life tangled with drama, Craig has to find his way back to a life he knows. His fight is not with the scions of the tour, the public, or the scores of great golfers who would be his opponents. He has to prevail over the toughest of adversaries - himself. "18" beautifully tells the story of Cantwell and those in his life: Rachelle Keys, the mother of Craig's daughter and a heroic FBI Agent. Kelly Keys, the new 'IT' girl of golf. Thomas Kincaid, agent and lawyer to the rich and scandalous. And Seth Reede, the personal development guru with a past more shocking than any fallen hero. Far more involved than just a tale of athletic triumph, "18" is a story of forgiveness, truth, courage, and redemption.
Resolution
Cass is determined to find the female who was there the night the gang murdered her brother. If the missing woman turns out to be the killer, then she has to pay. Walking the nightly tightrope at the bar where she's employed, staying out of the clutches of the she-devil boss who wants her, and dealing with the L.A. scumbag who's taken a dislike to her, the battles are constant. One thing she can't lose - the affections of the detective whose patience with her stubbornness is fragile. When he's taken hostage, life goes into an even deeper spiral of conflicts and tension.Detective Trace McGuire can't bear to watch the love of his life being sucked into the darkness and dysfunction of the Lipstick Club where she bartends. He wants her free of the nightmare and goes to great lengths to make it happen. But when they take him prisoner, how can he help her?How can he help himself?Book #1 - RetaliationCass won't rest until her brother's murderers are jailed or dead. She goes after them one at a time with no intention of stopping until she has her revenge. Detective McGuire takes a bullet for her. Now the annoying man believes she's his responsibility and wants to stop her, protect her... control her.Book #2 - JusticeWhen she continues to dig for information on who killed her brother, Cassi's life becomes fraught with danger. Between bartending in a sleazy joint, getting into fights with hookers and trying to scare off her stalker, she never seems to get any time to just be a girl in love.Book #3 - ResolutionSince her brother Raoul's murder at the hands of his own gang members, revenge has driven Cass to find answers. Money, hidden by Raoul, is funding her quest. And tenacity born of hate fuels the relentless need to make those killers pay.Book #4 - EndingsCassi's a fighter who won't stop until she gets justice for her murdered brother. Once she's faced with the ultimate cost, will she be able to see it through? And can she live with herself if she doesn't?Book #5 - FaithFaith's always tried to be a good person. From the beginning, everything was against her. A sick mother forced her into a world of drugs and sexual dysfunction that she couldn't overcome. Until she lost the man she loved and found a baby who filled her heart.Book #6 -LeniLeni believes her mother didn't come back for her because she'd died. Wrong! Blackmail finally forces the woman out of the shadows. On top of these stresses, Leni learns the name of her cousin's killer. Payback is her only option.
Mia
As the beloved, hard-working general manager of a Major League Baseball team in California, "Baseball Wizard" Joe Ciotola has given his life to the sport but lost too much in the bargain. Single, childless, disillusioned about baseball, and swamped with regrets after missing the deaths of both of his parents, the 50-year-old Bronx native quits his job and goes looking for something -- anything -- more satisfying than a life spent juggling rosters, recruiting players, and balancing budgets. On his way to Anywhere, U.S.A., he stops in a strange place called Salvation, a forgotten desert town where time seems to stand still and where Old Testament values divide the locals between the Saved and the Damned. There, Joe meets Mia, a pitiful creature whose future has been written by the town's leaders, and who can't stay without making the ultimate sacrifice. The choices Joe and Mia make together, and the bonds they create with another woman who emerges from Joe's past, shape their lives forever, revealing the power of connections formed from the ashes of great loss. A baseball book wrapped in a domestic drama, Mia teaches us as much about love and family as it does about the imperfect history of America's beautiful game.
The Learning Season - Comeback
John Douglas, a junior star athlete at Fort Sage High School, continues to be tortured by grief and the recurring nightmares about his father who is MIA - possibly KIA - in the Iraq theatre of operations. Events intertwine his life with a wheelchair bound paraplegic student who is new to the high school, and who questions his own purpose in continuing to live. What can each offer the other? During the winter basketball season can they help each other find peace?The must read sequel to The Learning Season.
The Power Of Golf
Be transformed by the classic story of golfer, Billy Black. Follow Billy as he progresses from know-it-all junior golfer to open-minded learner. Billy learns the four fundamental cornerstones of golf (that will help all golfers, new & advanced) in a way that changes him. Plus, he is equally exposed to parallel cornerstones in life. Billy's journey takes many twists & turns as he learns about another personal limitation - his daily health habits. The Power Of Golf is defined by the sport's ability to transform it's participants into learners, seekers & wise travellers. Otherwise, it chews & spits them out with frustration & an underlying caring humour. Open up your mind & enjoy the game of golf for what it is... the ultimate sage and teacher. Dr. Zachary pulls each reader in to learning through suspicion, simplicity & innocence. Prepare to be changed and to love the game you already like & appreciate the life you may take for granted. The Power Of Golf is for every golfer, young or old, new or professional. The game is made transparent to all readers. The Power Of Golf is an easy, enjoyable & powerful read.
Cocky Player
Wie die meisten Kerle habe ich ein Beuteschema - und sie passt nicht hinein. ?berhaupt nicht! Die engelsgleiche Sch繹nheit auf der Tanzfl瓣che hat das Wort "Unschuld" auf der Stirn stehen. Trotzdem zieht sie mich magisch an. Obwohl sie vor mir fl羹chtet, kriege ich ihr Bild nicht aus dem Kopf. Wie sich herausstellt, ist es gar nicht so schwer, sie wiederzufinden, denn meine mysteri繹se Jungfrau ist die neue Marketingassistentin f羹r das Rough Riders Football-Team. Und die Tochter des Besitzers. Sie m繹chte ihre Jungfr瓣ulichkeit verlieren und ich bin ihr Auserw瓣hlter f羹r den Job. Nat羹rlich stehe ich ihr gerne zur Verf羹gung, denn man hilft schlie?lich, wo man kann. Doch wehe, der Boss findet heraus, dass ich seinem kleinen M瓣dchen ein paar schmutzige Spielchen beigebracht habe! Aber um Spieler des Jahres zu werden, habe ich mich schlie?lich auch nicht an die Spielregeln gehalten.
O’Malley
Crime, drama, and ice hockey action! One of Paul John Hausleben's most iconic characters from the Adventures of Harry and Paul jumps out of the pages of those books and stars in his own novel in this masterpiece of storytelling. In the high-octane world of professional ice hockey, where the roar of the crowd and the clash of bodies fill the arena, James T. O'Malley reigns as a hockey goon to be reckoned with. But what drives this infamous enforcer-beloved by fans yet feared by rivals? In his own thrilling tale, O'Malley steps off the bench and into the spotlight, revealing the tangled web of emotions and secrets that lie beneath his hardened exterior. Once sidelined by his vicious reputation and fierce rivalry with the noble goaltender Paul John Henson, O'Malley's life is a delicate balance of chaos and calm. On the ice, he's a whirlwind of power and fury; off the rink, he's a gentleman caught in the shadow of his own demons. As the stakes rise and old rivalries resurface, O'Malley must confront his past and the turbulent experiences that fuel his rage. Through grit, resilience, and heart-pounding action, Paul John Hausleben crafts a compelling narrative that delves into themes of identity, redemption, and the complexities of masculinity. Readers will be drawn into O'Malley's dual existence-an exploration of how one man's journey can lead to both turmoil and transformation amid the relentless pace of the game. Join O'Malley on an emotional rollercoaster as he battles not only rivals on the ice but the inner turmoil that threatens to consume him. This riveting saga will leave you breathless, cheering for a man who may just be more than the sum of his fierce reputation. Experience the heart of hockey as you've never seen it before-this is the story of O'Malley.
Meeliften
Na haar plotselinge gevecht wil de alleenstaande moeder Sandra Willems verder in MMA. Kan ze haar baan achter de kassa in de Turkse supermarkt opgeven en haar droom najagen? Ze heeft gelukkig een goed team, want haar maatje bij het boksen Wildcat Ashley Rons wil voor de MMA titel gaan. Dat zou haar moeten helpen aan een paar centjes, en misschien wat stabiliteit, ook voor haar kleine dochter, die ze ten koste van alles wil beschermen, zeker als ze met de harde realiteit en kinderontvoerig geconfronteerd word.
The Ninth InningTheNinth InningA New Adult Sports Romance
New York Times Bestselling Author, J. Sterling is back with a fresh new baseball romance series you won't want to miss! No one writes baseball like Sterling, Cole Anders is in his last season at Fullton State. If he doesn't get drafted this year, he'll be forced to hang up his cleats for good. It's not something he's ready to do.To prove he's serious about his final season, he's given up girls. No more casual hookups, dates or one-night stands. But there's one girl who has always refused to give up on him. One girl who has been there since the start of Freshman year. One girl he stupidly assumed would always be waiting for him when he got off the field, no matter how long it took.Christina Traver's has had enough of Cole pushing her aside for baseball. She's grown tired of waiting for him to see what she's known since they were freshmen... that they belong together. She's finally moved on.Cole has other ideas, but she refuses to cave. It's not her problem if he wants her now. Too little too late.There comes a point in your life when you have to stop the incessant merry-go-round and just get off the ride, right? Try telling that to Cole
Blau-wei?-tot
Bei seinem wichtigsten Eishockey-Spiel wird der Starspieler der Adler Mannheim vor den Augen des entsetzten Publikums erschossen. Die M繹rderin wird noch vor Ort verhaftet, doch sie kannte das Opfer nicht und schweigt beharrlich. Sonderermittlerin Chris Peters steht vor einem R瓣tsel und scheucht mit ihren Ermittlungen einen T瓣ter auf, der vor nichts zur羹ckschreckt.
Fighting Stance
Goran, the golden one, is a famous modern Tai Chi fighter, having earned the top spot for the forthcoming European championships. Adored by women, his love interests include the gender sweethearts Kathy and Susan. Goran owns together with his Dad the popular Martial Arts Club-MAC, which Goran's opponent, Caltis, schemes to acquire with a sinister plan. In an amateur car race for charity, Goran has an accident due to a steering malfunction. All points to Celtis, whose car wins with driver Elena, his former lover, as huge amounts of money had been placed at the betting offices on Elena to win. Caltis celebrates his win with Elena, who starts a new life with her friend Iannis. Caltis, indebted to Nasos, the loanshark, arranges for killing him, as he is about to disappear, holding his daughter and the daughter of his friend, Takis, hostage for a huge ransom. Gordon has been saved from a burning car and he is flown by helicopter to the nearest Burns-unit at J&S-Clinic, where Susan tends to his badly burned face. Elena is requested to donate her blood, matching Goran's. Caltis and his friend Takis attack Nasos' stronghold and catch the loanshark before leaving with his loot. Elena, Iannis, are exalted about their windfall from betting on Caltis' car; driven by Elena. Kathy, who was tipped off, had placed a huge bet on Elena to win. With the huge win, they intend to help Goran pay for his facial transplant. Caltis has qualified with dirty tricks for the finals of the European Tai Chi championships but fails to win. Goran heels fast after a successful facial transplant, cared fr by his two sweethearts. The underground searches for Nasos and huge amounts of misappropriated cash. At an assassination attempt on Susan, Kathy takes the bullets. Gordon visits with his Dad the Don, who promises help in destroying Caltis, who stole from Nasos Don's money. Susan is adducted by Caltis' gang and brought to their safe house. Goran and his security army attack Caltis' safe house to f
La Visite de la Russe
Seul un supporter de Gott矇ron peut vraiment comprendre ce que 癟a signifie de de-venir champion. Justement parce qu'on n'est jamais devenus champions, pensait parfois Fredi. Une Russe pleine aux as d矇nomm矇e Svetlana Zenova d矇barque ? Fribourg en vue d'acheter le club local de hockey sur glace de Fribourg-Gott矇ron. Elle rencontre Fredi et Big Bad Boy, qui se pr矇tendent dirigeants du club. Pendant que Big Bad Boy s'affaire en r礙vant d'encaisser un paquet de fric, Fredi se met en t礙te d'emp礙cher la transaction. Mais la Russe prend tout ce petit monde ? contre-pied. Traduit de l'allemand par Bernard Bovigny
Slave To The Game
"YOU EITHER CHANGE THE GAME, OR BECOME A SLAVE TO IT." WE are all slaves to something - a job, a relationship, or in the case of Sir Walker, a sport. We live it, breathe it, embody it. Problem is, the work we put in most often exceeds the return value. WE can choose to our accept our current state, allow it get the best of us, and let it dictate who we are and how we operate. Or we can empower ourselves in knowing our worth and change the situation and its dominance over us. SIR WALKER, the nation's number one high school basketball recruit, does just that. After being told for so so long how high to jump, what shots to take, and which moves to make, he decides to do the unthinkable: Instead of committing to a NCAA power conference he chooses to play basketball at an HBCU.
Anger Throws a Curveball
Brent, the coach's son, is his father's best player on the 12-year-old Little League baseball team. The team is playing for the State Championship. His team is ready. They expect to win. But outbursts of uncontrollable anger from players, their parents, coaches, and officials threaten Brent's enthusiasm and concentration for the big game. Game Day comes, and Brent's nerves and emotions are a wreck. Then some unexpected events during the Championship event--some humorous, some heart-warming-- open his eyes to a score that really counts. It is a close game between two rival teams, with plenty of action and a chance for the winning team to be on national television. At the end of the fiercely fought game, Brent is excited--but over an entirely different score.
Drop Pass
The last thing Elena Curtis expected to do while on assignment to cover the year's largest winter storm was to meet and crush on Nikolay Kozlov. He's stubborn, abrasive, and used to being in charge. His gruff personality should be enough to keep her away, but there's something about him that draws her to him like chaser to a category five hurricane.
Wave-Riding into Therapy
A group of surfers ride waves at their local beaches and find cosmological explanations in elements of their sport. Over about twenty years as the wave riding is cosmologically described, they show surfing instincts and practices. Doctor Charlton, is a member of their coterie, and he comments along the way. He and another doctor, Doctor Luther, who also rides waves, therapeutically treat members of the group of surfers. But it is mostly Stoney, who is the more serious case. Their wave riding continues. This book might be considered one of those one reads and puts on the shelf. Some parts are cosmological.
Hat Trick
Soren: You know what's not fun? Going on a Fiji vacation with four other couples. Especially when recently single.What's even worse is when a past hook-up arrives unannounced.Not only do we have a history, but he's ten years younger and a famous rock star. Most importantly, he's my friend's little brother.Being trapped on an island with Jet Jackson is going to be sweet torture because all I want is another chance.I just don't think he's going to give it to me.Jet: You know what's not fun? Escaping one guy who broke my heart only to run into another.Being on the road for three years has left me exhausted. The last thing I want is for Caleb 'Soren' Sorensen to try for round two.I can't fight my draw to him. I've never been able to.I'm suddenly back to being the na簿ve kid who stupidly lusted after a hockey player.All I can think is if I let Soren get close, I'll walk away from this vacation with a double broken heart.*Hat Trick is a full-length M/M romance with a guaranteed HEA. This is the final book in the Fake Boyfriend series and as such is not recommended to be read as a standalone. All main characters of the series feature heavily.*
Big Man
In 1951, sport and greed combined to rock college basketball with scandal and shatter the lives of those involved. Big Mantells the fictional story of one player sent tumbling in the shakedown. For Mack Davis, a black All-American basketball star, the point-fixing scandals represent the end of a dream. Fallen from the big time, Mack must return to the lost schoolyards of his childhood Brooklyn neighborhood, where he is now stopped cold by the sport that once saved him. Gradually, however, Mack's real love for the game, combined with a series of unexpected pressures, goads him into an ironic comeback -- playing on an all-black team for a B'nai B'rith championship in a local Brooklyn synagogue with a cast of unlikely heroes and friends. A tight, jabbing novel that moves with the speed and hard grace of basketball itself, BIG MAN puts Jay Neugeboren among "the surprisingly tiny company of fiction writers who have captured the essence of the athlete as a human being" (Kansas City Star).
Columbus Slaughters Braves
Mark Friedman's debut novel is an unflinchingly honest portrait of the relationship between siblings, the heartbreaking tale of two brothers whose lives lead to vastly different fates. The narrator, Joe Columbus, tells the story of his brother CJ's remarkable success as a professional baseball player in an effort to explain not only CJ's apparently charmed life but also his own failures - his envy, his crumbling marriage, his missteps and cowardice. A richly imagined story that explores both the grand and enduring allure of our national pasttime and the complications of our lives - our longings, losses, and regrets - COLUMBUS SLAUGHTERS BRAVES is a dark and comic and ultimately redemptive novel. Like W. P. Kinsella's SHOELESS JOE Joe and Michael Shaara's FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME, this is a poignant and compassionate work that introduces readers to a gifted and extraordinarily perceptive writer.
The Iron Man
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Iron Man' is one of Howard's short stories about the sport of boxing. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Pit of the Serpent
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1929 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Pit of the Serpent' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Bull Dog Breed
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Bull Dog Breed' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
General Ironfist
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1934 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'General Ironfist' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Blow the Chinks Down!
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1931 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Blow the Chinks Down!' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Dark Shanghai
This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1932 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Dark Shanghai' is a story in the Sailor Steve Costigan series about a travelling boxer. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Racing Shadows
In May of 1984, the summer Olympic Games will return to America. Jeff Dillon prepares to run in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Buffalo, New York. He will face the deepest field ever assembled. It is the pinnacle of his professional running career. Unfortunately, the marathon goddess does not smile on Jeff as he crosses the finish line last, exhausted and depressed. His misery is interrupted by Bill Atlee, an Olympian who won the 1928 marathon trials. Bill offers to coach the struggling runner, an unexpected silver lining on the day.Jeff returns to graduate school to be coached by Bill and the prospect of a fall come-back race. Through the many miles of training, a secret is revealed and an agreement struck. Everything points to Jeff's next marathon. There are questions to be answered and redemption sought by both athlete and coach. The race will provide a second chance to compete, to strive for the podium, and face everything that lies beyond the finish.
The Tournament
A novel of the 20th century in which the greatest thinkers and personalities engage in a two-week tennis tournament. "If you didn't know better you'd think this city had gone crazy. The streets of Paris are full of celebrities and media, and out at the stadium the crowds are already huge as players pound the practice courts in preparation for the greatest tournament of the modern era. At the airport, where they've opened three more runways and put on extra staff, players and officials have been arriving like migrating birds. From all corners they've come, the stars of the modern game. What a line-up!" -- from The Tournament The most unusual tennis tournament in history is about to start. Albert Einstein is seeded fourth, Chaplin, Freud, and van Gogh are in the top rankings, and seeded first is Tony Chekhov. In all, 128 players -- everyone from Louis Armstrong to George Orwell, Gertrude Stein to Coco Chanel--are going to fight it out until the exhilarating final match on center court. The Tournament is a funny, strange, and beguiling book in which, game by game and match by match, the world's most creative thinkers put their tennis skills to the ultimate test. And if you read carefully, you'll be set for life--having learned the cultural history of the 20th century!
Living the Gimmick
From the time he was able to body slam a pillow, Michael dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, vanquishing imaginary enemies and nagging self-doubt with every drop kick he landed. As his buddies hit the books, Michael got hit. When they left for college, he enrolled in Shane Stratford's Wrestling Academy, where cash -- and a particularly punishing "audition" -- afforded him a first look into a world part circus, part sport, and all spectacle. From penny-ante matches to national notoriety, Michael rises through the ranks of professional wrestling. Hopped up on speed, pumped up on steroids, and fueled by a frustration he can't quite name, he adopts and discards identities in a bid to find the "gimmick" that will make him complete. His search will bring him in contact with people weird and wonderful: athletes and actors, crazy fans and crooked managers, the full rich range of folks who revel in the ring. Combining elements of sports narrative a la "North Dallas 40, " the behind-the-scenes authenticity of "Pumping Iron, " and a flair for the bizarre that recalls John Irving, "Living the Gimmick" is a novel not soon forgotten.
Miracle at St. Andrews
In this inspiring novel, one ordinary man makes the pilgrimage to the mythical greens of St. Andrews--the birthplace of golf--on a search for greatness. If golf novels had a leaderboard, Miracle at St. Andrews would be at the top. Though nobody has ever identified a single secret--no universally accepted truth--to the sport, every real player searches for one. Travis McKinley is one such seeker. A former professional golfer who feels like he's an amateur at the rest of life, he makes a pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews. On the course where golf was born, every link, hole, fairway--even the gorse--feels like sacred ground. Ground that can help an ordinary player, an ordinary man, achieve a higher plane.
Chasing the Big Leagues
Three years after earning a full-ride baseball scholarship to Ohio State, "Golden" Jake Standen has burned out. Working as a furniture mover and bouncing between meaningless relationships, he's convinced that his baseball dreams are over. But after the 1994 Major League Baseball strike prematurely ends the season, the playoffs, and even the World Series, Jake is about to get his lucky break. Strike be damned, the owners will have a team for the '95 season, even if they have to open tryouts and spring training to anyone who can hit or throw the ball.After scoring contracts for the Toronto Blue Jays, Jake, his best friend Brian Sloan, and an unlikely cast of new teammates have just six weeks to learn how to play like never before, amid a slowly building crescendo of public curiosity, media scrutiny, and a labor dispute that could put them on the field come Opening Day--or dash their dreams at any minute. Based on the true stories of the 1994-95 replacement players, Chasing the Big Leagues is an exciting novel about shared dreams and competing interests, best friends and second chances, growing up and finding love.
Spiritual Drafting
Dan & Julia Pearson's oldest child, Jake, suddenly has a passion for racing at the age of seven, and it seems that he is a natural. As Dan starts taking Jake to the local racetracks, he soon discovers how good his late father, Joe Pearson, was at racing. Unfortunately, their relationship ended on the worst of terms. One year later, Jake has landed racing contract with Birel. On the way to one of his races, they discovered an abandoned racetrack that had been closed since 1996. Jake had a sudden urgency to get inside the track. Once inside, they find that Jake has the ability to change everything. A world will open up for them that will bring race fans and non-race fans alike to this magical place.
Al Trunk Mahoney, Defensive Line (Edizione Italiana)
Quando sua moglie lo lasci簷, i progetti di Al Trunk Mahoney sul formare con lei la famiglia che non aveva mai avuto andarono in fumo. Trunk era uno dei migliori difensori della NFL, ma il successo in campo non si estendeva anche al resto della sua vita. Avere avventure di una sola notte con varie donne era facile per il sensuale lineman, ma il suo segreto gli aveva sbarrato le porte del matrimonio. La felicit? che desiderava sarebbe sempre rimasta appena al di fuori della sua portata?La bellissima Carla Ricci, proprietaria di un bar e donna indipendente, poteva scegliere chiunque volesse. Era una donna che seduceva e abbandonava gli uomini, e aveva preso una decisione che scoraggiava il novantanove virgola nove percento di loro dallo sposarla, ma non le importava. Poi, arriv簷 Trunk Mahoney. Carla si convinse che sarebbe rimasta fedele a se stessa, ma la sua forza di volont? sarebbe stata in grado di rimanere salda per sempre, o alla fine si sarebbe accontentata di una breve storia che le avrebbe spezzato il cuore?
Pioneers II
Having been on a Nation Championship Gymnastics team, Joey Johnson finds himself without a gym, as his beloved Pioneers is closing, and he must move to Michigan to continue his career. But, Joey finds that his level of gymnastics is a threat to those who are trying to make the Dagar's Edge elite team. After being forced out, Joey finds himself the leader of a group of non-gymnasts, in his effort to get back at his former gym. Joey must not only up his own game, but push his new charges to meet the challenge.
Pennant Man
A mystery novel exploring the events around the breaking of the color line in major league baseball in the mid-forties...Professional baseball hasn't always been integrated. Up until the 1940s, there were white leagues and negro leagues. Regardless of talent, white team owners fought long and hard to keep blacks from entering their exclusive clubs. Then the Brooklyn Dodgers took the other owners on by scouting two black players of equal talent. The goal -- two players breaking the color line together...One was Jackie Robinson. The other had a past.
Pennant Man
Professional baseball hasn't always been integrated. Up until the 1940s, there were white leagues and negro leagues. Regardless of talent, white team owners fought long and hard to keep blacks from entering their exclusive clubs. Then the Brooklyn Dodgers took the other owners on by scouting two black players of equal talent. The goal -- two players breaking the color line together...One was Jackie Robinson. The other had a past.
Pennant Man
Professional baseball hasn't always been integrated. Up until the 1940s, there were white leagues and negro leagues. Regardless of talent, white team owners fought long and hard to keep blacks from entering their exclusive clubs. Then the Brooklyn Dodgers took the other owners on by scouting two black players of equal talent. The goal -- two players breaking the color line together...One was Jackie Robinson. The other had a past.
Am I a Hoosier
So what exactly does one have to do to be a Hoosier? Thats what a young child wants to know. Author Bill Murphys book Am I a Hoosier follows a childs journey to discover what it means to be a Hoosier. Is it as simple as living in Indiana? How about loving Indiana sports, especially basketball? If you enjoy making snowmen in cold Indiana winters, does that make you a Hoosier? Is it riding horses in the country and going on hayrides? Follow a childs exploration of how to become a Hoosier.
Am I a Hoosier
So what exactly does one have to do to be a Hoosier? Thats what a young child wants to know. Author Bill Murphys book Am I a Hoosier follows a childs journey to discover what it means to be a Hoosier. Is it as simple as living in Indiana? How about loving Indiana sports, especially basketball? If you enjoy making snowmen in cold Indiana winters, does that make you a Hoosier? Is it riding horses in the country and going on hayrides? Follow a childs exploration of how to become a Hoosier.
The Corn Husk Experiment
The Corn Husk Experiment is a captivating, entertaining novel that walks readers through characters' gritty reality before unexpectedly delivering light to their own situation.
The Scout Quarterback
The Scout Quarterback is a standout sports novel sure to satisfy the desire for a good book from fans. Matt Mallory is a young collegiate quarterback whose solid situation at Western Nebraska is overthrown when a new coach arrives. This coach is bent on winning at any cost, integrity of the game be lost! This is not the way Matt learned to do the game and his struggle to maintain his ethics, while also succeeding in football and in life, makes for a most action-filled adventure. Full of excitement and lessons learned, both on and off the field, this readable novel even adds an extra point: an outline of some of the strategy, formations, and points of execution of America's fall pastime. No doubt about it, Al Hooker has put this new gridiron tale through the uprights! About the Author Al Hooker has BA and MA degrees in Physical Education from California State University. He has been an educator and an administrator in schools for many years, and has fifty-eight years of experience as a football and a track coach at various levels. He has also served as an Athletic Director. His teams have a lopsided winning percentage and have garnered many conference championships. He is in the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, the La Salle Club Hall of Fame, and the Sac-Joaquin Section Hall of Fame. He is currently the commissioner of a high school athletic league.
Finding Fairways and Dreams
An unlikely turn of events inspires Davey Neilson to become one of the most highly regarded caddies in professional golf. Growing up in a small town north of Melbourne, he enters the world of golf almost by accident. He possesses a remarkable intuition and emotional intelligence, both of which help to propel him to the top of golf--and enrich the lives of those around him.In a series of tales narrated by his closest friend, Dave demonstrates almost supernatural abilities over the course of an extraordinary career. He holds deeply ingrained values and principles that face continual challenges throughout his career and his life, yet he rises above these setbacks to serve as an example for those around him. His story provides simple yet powerful lessons as he evolves from an observer and learner to a teacher and mentor, sharing knowledge about how the right state of mind can improve anyone's performance and quality of life.This novel explores the power of having a caddy figure in one's life to serve as a mentor, guide, protector, psychologist, manager, and friend.
That Crazy Perfect Someday
The year is 2024. Climate change has altered the world's wave patterns. Drones crisscross the sky, cars drive themselves, and surfing is a new Olympic sport. Mafuri Long, UCSD marine biology grad, champion surfer, and only female to dominate a record eighty-foot wave, still has something to prove. Having achieved Internet fame, along with sponsorship from Google and Nike, she's intent on winning Olympic gold. But when her father, a clinically depressed former Navy captain and widower, learns that his beloved supercarrier, the USS Hillary Rodham Clinton, is to be sunk, he draws Mafuri into a powerful undertow. Conflicts compound as Mafuri's personal life comes undone via social media, and a vicious Aussie competitor levels bogus doping charges against her. Mafuri forms an unlikely friendship with an awkward teen, a Ferrari-driving professional gamer who will prove to be her support and ballast. Authentic, brutal, and at times funny, Mafuri lays it all out in a sprightly, hot-wired voice. From San Diego to Sydney, Key West, and Manila, That Crazy Perfect Someday goes beyond the sports/surf clich矇 to explore the depths of sorrow and hope, yearning and family bonds, and the bootstrap power of a bold young woman climbing back into the light.Michael Mazza is a San Francisco-area fiction writer whose stories have appeared in Other Voices, WORDS, Blue Mesa Review, TINGE, and ZYZZYVA. He is also an internationally acclaimed art and creative director working in the advertising industry. That Crazy Perfect Someday is his first novel.
Defenseman
"This isn't a story about putting the puck in the net, although that is part of it, but of understanding your brothers on the ice and your brother in real life. But when your brother in real life has a mental illness, it brings an entirely new look to the picture." Steve Tomassini is a gifted, All-American athlete with a promising future in hockey and the smarts to run his own small business. As one of the most talented defensemen to play for Boston University, Steve is known for an unfailing drive and determination that continue to make him a success. His brother, Tony, is a fiction writer and business graduate who has been in and out of mental institutions since the age of 22. Not willing to give up the fight, Tony is determined to try and get his life back, and Steve is the only one that can help him do it. A winning story of brotherhood, courage and team spirit, Defenseman shows how the bonds of true friendship are forged. Michael J. Maloni is the author of two published novels, Defenseman and Shortstop: Where Grace and Power Collide! He is a graduate of Boston University, after attending Northeastern University and Keene State College. He has been blessed with talent and would like to thank his fans! They should be on the lookout for his novel about college football. http: //sbpra.com/MichaelJMaloni
Full Cycle
Eleven-year-old Alex Peterson may be the least-athletic boy at his school, yet he dreams of accomplishing something "not a whole lot of other people in the world have ever done" a 200-mile, single-day bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland. Alex discovers that if he's to reach even the starting line, he must overcome more than his physical disability. He must also find a way to revive his father's own long-dormant dreams, and convince his dad to join forces with him, before they can achieve together what neither would on his own.
Daniel, Luke, and John
The only thing Luke was sure of was that he didn't want to be like his father, John. Raised on a one-way ghetto street in North Philly the odds weren't in his favor. Nothing special had ever happened to him until he met Ruthie on the day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. When Ruthie got pregnant, he finally had something to live for. Even being drafted into Vietnam wasn't about to take that away from him. Back home Ruthie did hair to help make ends meet and developed a cream that made kinky hair curly. Together she and Luke built a successful cosmetic company. Luke's dream was to pass it on to his son, Daniel. Except Daniel doesn't want it, he wants to box and be the next Mike Tyson. This is a story of love, loss, success, disappointment, redemption, and acceptance.
One Great Season
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Get ready to experience the excitement of a perfect high school football season in 1960 in a small town. In the city of Homestead, a former sports editor is asked to come out of retirement to once again write for the Heritage News about the best sports team in the history of their town. He chooses to write a series of six articles about the 1960 varsity football season of the Homestead High School Mavericks. Based on the title, One Great Season, 9-0!, it is obvious the team from the town's only high school had an undefeated season and won the championship. It was a once in a lifetime experience in a small town when everything aligned for perfection. That time of 1960 was another era. The love that town has for its children is shown by how some of the children, the high school football players, develop and how the town is united through the year by the team's example. Many things in society were different then. The story reflects some of those differences. Because of the title some may think the novel is just a football story. Each game is described in detail, but the story is about more than X's and O's. It is the story of a small town expressed through the words of a dedicated sports writer. The concept is conveyed in an age before the internet: even though you went to the game the night before, you still wanted to read about it in the newspaper the next day. You wanted to see the statistics in print, and check on "who did what". The format and storyline of this novel is a departure from the previous novels by the author. In the past he mainly wrote episodic tales of individuals and groups in everyday life in letters or short stories. He often used poetry to augment the story lines. This novel is set up like a scrapbook of newspaper articles from a small town newspaper. That is appropriate, since the novel is dedicated to Bob Silva, who for many years was the Sports Editor of the Benicia Herald in Benicia, California. In this work o
