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Bayou Bill's best stories
Par James Alexander Thom, Bill Scifres. 2015
Readers of the Indianapolis Star have enjoyed Bill Scifres's column "Lines and Shots" for over thirty years. Bill is without…
a doubt the premier outdoor writer in Indiana. He is also a born storyteller. This collection gathers some of this best accounts of a lifetime of adventure in the out-of-doors. Some descriptions of sex, strong language and violenceOn November 22, 1915, Jasper Jacob Francis, a prosperous farmer and leading citizen of Stoutland, Missouri, was found dead in…
a brush pile on Rouse Hill. He had been savagely murdered. The case helped launch the career of Phil M. Donnelly, who acted as the defense attorney for the accused killer, and later became governor of Missouri, and a U.S. CongressmanJim Thorpe: original All-American
Par Joseph Bruchac. 2006
Fictional autobiography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe (1887-1953). Recounts his early life on an Oklahoma reservation and at Carlisle…
Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, where he excelled in sports. Describes winning two Olympic gold medals and the scandal of losing them on a technicality. For grades 6-9. 2006Lou Gehrig: the luckiest man
Par David A Adler, David A. Adler, Terry Widener. 1997
Life story of baseball's legendary "Iron Horse," who never missed a day of school as a boy nor a single…
game during his fourteen years as a New York Yankee. Depicts the courage, decency, and humility that marked his life, even during the illness that ended his baseball career in 1939. For grades 2-4The commodore (Aubrey/Maturin Novels Ser. #17)
Par Patrick O'Brian, Patrick Obrian. 1995
As in sixteen previous tales in this series, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin occupy center stage. Upon their return to…
England, the seafaring duo face several domestic adjustments. Just as life on land becomes very interesting, Captain Aubrey is ordered to Africa. But the Napoleonic Wars are not over, so another, secret order redirects the commodore to Ireland to intercept the French. Some strong languageRaconte-moi - Patrice Bernier (Raconte-moi)
Par Mathias Brunet. 2022
Patrice Bernier aurait pu choisir le hockey. Il jouait pour les Foreurs de Val d’Or, dans la Ligue de hockey…
junior majeure du Québec, et un club de la LNH s’intéressait même à lui. Toutefois, il a opté pour le ballon rond, et une brillante carrière l’attendait en Norvège, en Allemagne et au Danemark, avant de rentrer chez lui à Montréal pour disputer ses dernières saisons avec l’Impact devant son public. Voici le parcours fascinant d’un athlète d’exception fort attachant !Stumptown kid
Par Carol Gorman. 2007
Holden, Iowa; 1952. Eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, improves his baseball game with the help…
of Luther Peale, who played in the Negro Leagues. Charlie also learns the meaning of both racism and heroism. For grades 5-8. 2005Jackie Robinson
Par Glenn Stout. 2006
Biography of the first African American to play for a major league baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Recounts how Jackie…
Robinson (1919-1972) broke the race barrier in 1947 when segregation dominated American sports. Depicts his talent, belief in racial equality, and strength of character. For grades 4-7. 2006Dale Earnhardt, Sr
Par Glenn Stout. 2007
Biography of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Sr. (1951-2001), who died in a crash during the Daytona 500. Discusses his career…
and some of his major races. Describes the racing style and technique that made him a champion. For grades 4-7. 2007A ticket to the pennant: a tale of baseball in Seattle
Par Mark Holtzen. 2016
Travel back in time to 1955, when the Seattle Rainiers faced the Los Angeles Angels for the Pacific Coast League…
pennant. Follow Huey, a young baseball fan, as he retraces his footsteps through South Seattle, trying to find his missing ticket to the big game. For grades K-3. . UnratedA Seaman's Book of Sea Stories
Par Desmond Fforde. 2009
An attraction that can't be ignored. A spoilt little rich girl. A rough ex-soldier. When Callie Frobisher and Paul Mason…
are stranded after their plane crashes, the mismatched couple are forced into battling each other and their feelings... Callie has it all - rich parents, a private education, and a great job, whilst Paul is harbouring a dark and destructive secret.The trauma of the crash and the harsh media spotlight proves to be challenging for them both. Can their attraction survive when they return to reality?Marion Jones
Par Bill Gutman. 2000
Race for the record! At the Sydney Games, Marion Jones strove to become the first person ever to win five…
gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics, making headlines for simply believeing she could do it. Driven to succeed at a very early age, Marion won multiple titiles at the Junior National Championships and set a junior record in the 200 meters. A multisport athlete, she helped lead the University of North Carolina women's basketball team to a national championship during her freshman year and also competed in track and field, until an injury forced her to reevaluate her priorities. Refocused on her track career, Marion quickly became the woman to beat, racking up an impressive thirty-five wims of the thiry-six events she entred in 1998. And after another injury sidelined her hopes of winning four gold medal at the 1999 World Championships, marion fought back in the 2000 season and is once again dominating the field. Get the full story of this amazing runner's race for the record, from her childhood dreams of gold medals to her tough choice between two sports and her determined drive to become the fastest woman in the world.The Life of a Racehorse
Par John Mills. 1865
The Life of a Racehorse is a fictional biography detailing the life of a British racehorse from the horse's point…
of view. This book was republished by Cosimo in 2015 in honor of American race horsing, which got a shot in the arms when American Pharaoh became the first horse to win the "Grand Slam" of American horse racing (the Triple Crown, for the first time since 1978, and the Breeders' Cup Classic.) In this book, the horse, Sheet Anchor, narrates his life, from his time as a colt, through his training and racing days, to his sale as a stud from Tattersall's and his retirement. The story is revealed through Sheet Anchor's experiences and the dialogue of the humans he interacts with, including trainers, grooms, jockeys, and his master, Sir Digby. The Life of a Racehorse was highlighted in a 2015 New York Times article bringing attention to the use of the riding crop; it was cited as one of the only references to how horses might feel about its use. As such, horse lovers and race enthusiasts alike can look to this book for better insight into how horse racing has developed over the ages.Disgraceland: Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly
Par Jake Brennan. 2019
From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, DISGRACELAND comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre…
book of stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious circumstances? Or that Sam Cooke was shot dead in a seedy motel after barging into the manager's office naked to attack her? Maybe not. Would it change your view of him if you knew that, or would your love for his music triumph? Real rock stars do truly insane thing and invite truly insane things to happen to them; murder, drug trafficking, rape, cannibalism and the occult. We allow this behavior. We are complicit because a rock star behaving badly is what's expected. It's baked into the cake. Deep down, way down, past all of our self-righteous notions of justice and right and wrong, when it comes down to it, we want our rock stars to be bad. We know the music industry is full of demons, ones that drove Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Sid Vicious and that consumed the Norwegian Black Metal scene. We want to believe in the myths because they're so damn entertaining.DISGRACELAND is a collection of the best of these stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes. It will mix all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast. Using figures we already recognize, DISGRACELAND shines a light into the dark corners of their fame revealing the fine line that separates heroes and villains as well as the danger Americans seek out in their news cycles, tabloids, reality shows and soap operas. At the center of this collection of stories is the ever-fascinating music industry--a glittery stage populated by gangsters, drug dealers, pimps, groupies with violence, scandal and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll entertainment.El espía de Franco
Par Luis Rius Caso. 2019
«¿Para qué abrir heridas? Que si el mestizaje, que si lo mexicano, que si lo español... Y peor aún si…
van ligados a traumas históricos, corrupción, dictaduras, farsas.» José Gallostra llevaba dos años fungiendo como ministro extraoficial de la España franquista cuando, el 20 de febrero de 1950, fue asesinado a tiros en una calle de la Ciudad de México. Gallostra actuaba en realidad no como embajador, sino como un espía político, y servía de enlace en operaciones ilícitas, en contubernio con algunos personajes de la colonia española. Aparte de provocar un conflicto diplomático, y de que su ejecutor material, un evidente sicario, ni siquiera se resistió al arresto, su asesinato encierra un enigma: ¿quién lo ordenó y con qué propósito? ¿Los republicanos, los comunistas, los anarquistas, el propio Franco, para propiciar una crisis? Gallostra era un gran ajedrecista y un personaje carismático, galante, pícaro y lujurioso sin cortapisas, así que también cabe pensar: ¿fue su muerte la venganza de algún marido cornudo? Sustentada en una meticulosa investigación, esta novela también muestra un rico mosaico de la sociedad española asentada en la capital mexicana en una época vibrante y definitoria, donde conviven tanto el muralismo y la cultura del exilio como Diego Rivera, José Gaos, Miguel Alemán Valdés y Lázaro Cárdenas. Luis Rius Caso ha logrado una afortunada mezcla de los elementos del thriller con los de la novela histórica.El tiempo material
Par Giorgio Vasta. 2008
El tiempo material es una novela extrema, inteligente y que se ha impuesto en Italia como la primera novela de…
un joven escritor especialmente talentoso. Sicilia, 1978: Italia atraviesa uno de los periodos políticos más convulsos de su historia. Aldo Moro, primer ministro italiano y líder de la Democracia Cristiana, ha sido secuestrado por las Brigadas Rojas. Tras sesenta días de cautiverio, es hallado asesinado en el maletero de un coche en pleno centro de Roma. El tiempo material es, a este nivel, una alegoría política escrita con un pulso narrativo feroz que recuerda a Leonardo Sciascia o Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ante este panorama tres jóvenes amigos, Nimbo, Raggio y Volo, deciden seguir de cerca el caso Aldo Moro. En sus mentes adolescentes los brigadistas son guerreros, magos que luchan por una Italia mejor. Las vidas de los tres amigos transcurren en una aparente normalidad, pero cuando están a solas desprecian a los italianos por su apatía y su cinismo, un odio que les llevará a cometer oscuros actos de los que terminarán arrepintiéndose. Reseña:«Una perturbadora parábola sobre los abusos del poder político.»Relevant¡Calcio!
Par Juan Esteban Constain. 2010
"Constaín no ha escrito (solamente) una novela sobre fútbol. La suya es una novela erudita sin ser solemne, brutalmente divertida…
pero nunca chabacana". Juan Gabriel Vásquez El profesor Arnaldo Momigliano asiste en Oxford al legendario "zoológico", un exclusivo conciliábulo en el que los más respetados eruditos en el mundo clásico hacían una pausa en sus serísimas faenas para desmelenarse y divertirse en un campeonato de improvisaciones. Su tema parecía ser inocente: los juegos de pelota de la antigüedad. Pero en su intervención sugiere, nada menos que rodeado de pundonorosos británicos, que el fútbol no nació en Inglaterra sino en Italia. El divertimento académico deriva en un asunto de honor nacional, y para dirimirlo Momigliano desempolva un documento que da cuenta del primer partido de fútbol de la historia, un zafarrancho épico en la Florencia renacentista entre los soldados invasores del emperador Carlos V y los sitiados soldados leales al papa Clemente VII. Literatura Random House recupera, diez años después de su publicación, la segunda novela de Juan Esteban Constaín, una obra "extraña, original", como la saludó Arturo Pérez-Reverte cuando la conoció admirado, y también lúdica, inteligente, gratísima de leer.The Way Back: The funny, insightful and hopeful family adventure you need in 2021
Par Jamie Fewery. 2020
A moving, funny, sweeping and emotional family drama perfect for fans of David Nicholls, Beth O'Leary, Mike Gayle and Caroline…
Hulse.* * * * * * *If you're reading this, my funeral must have just finished. I've got something to ask of you...Who knows, you might even enjoy it?The Cadogan children haven't spoken to each other for three years. But their father, Gerry, has a plan to bring them together. To scatter his ashes, they must first drive his old camper van up to Scotland...For the trip, Gerry has provided them with three family photo albums and a bottle of single malt whisky.But will the journey help banish their ghosts and turn them back into a family? Or will it show them exactly why they've stayed apart for so long?* * * * * * *Praise for Jamie Fewery:'Moving, honest, sad and hopeful' MIRANDA DICKINSON'Will melt your heart' VERONICA HENRY'Clever, moving, funny, insightful' ZOE FOLBIGG'Made me do a proper ugly cry' DOMESTIC SLUTTERYThe Eagle Turns: Agents of Independence Series (Agents Of Independence Ser. #3)
Par James Green. 2013
1850 and America is violently divided on the issue of slavery. When President Zachary Taylor dies, suddenly and under questionable…
circumstances, it is left to his Vice President, Millard Fillmore, a weaker man, to find ways to keep the North and the South apart.In New York, child of Irish immigrants, Matthew O’Hanlon is fired from his job as a newsman on the Herald but, surprisingly, finds work as Foreign Correspondent for the Associated Press in Panama City. There he is given accommodation with a Dr Couperin, his wife and beautiful daughter, Edith, but finds himself caught up with the secret agents protecting America’s commercial interests during the struggle for control of Panama’s trade routes and, as it crashes about him, realises that he has been living in a house of cards. Set against the Gold Rush and the opening up of California and the OregonTerritories, when the United States walked a narrow and dangerous line, The Eagle Turns charts the course of history as America’s Secret Services struggle to bring prosperity amid the conflict.THE CHINESE "LORD OF THE RINGS" - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.THE SERIES EVERY CHINESE READER HAS BEEN…
ENJOYING FOR DECADES - 300 MILLION COPIES SOLD..ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF ALL TIME."Jin Yong's work, in the Chinese-speaking world, has a cultural currency roughly equal to that of "Harry Potter" and "Star Wars" combined" Nick Frisch, New Yorker"Like every fairy tale you're ever loved, imbued with jokes and epic grandeur. Prepare to be swept along." Jamie Buxton, Daily MailChina: 1200 A.D. The Song Empire has been invaded by its warlike Jurchen neighbours from the north. Half its territory and its historic capital lie in enemy hands; the peasants toil under the burden of the annual tribute demanded by the victors. Meanwhile, on the Mongolian steppe, a disparate nation of great warriors is about to be united by a warlord whose name will endure for eternity: Genghis Khan.Guo Jing, son of a murdered Song patriot, grew up with Genghis Khan's army. He is humble, loyal, perhaps not altogether wise, and is fated from birth to one day confront an opponent who is the opposite of him in every way: privileged, cunning and flawlessly trained in the martial arts.Guided by his faithful shifus, The Seven Heroes of the South, Guo Jing must return to China - to the Garden of the Drunken Immortals in Jiaxing - to fulfil his destiny. But in a divided land riven by war and betrayal, his courage and his loyalties will be tested at every turn.Translated from the Chinese by Anna Holmwood