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Author: Abe Aamidor Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253111889 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 200
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The true story of a man, a company, a sport, and a nation. In 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn by hundreds of millions, little is known about the man behind the name. For this biography, Abe Aamidor went on a three-year quest to learn the true story of Chuck Taylor. The search took him across the country, tracking down leads, separating fact from fiction, and discovering that the truth—warts and all—was much more interesting than the myth. Chuck Taylor was a basketball player who also served as a wartime coach with the US Army Air Forces and organized thousands of high school and college basketball clinics. He was a true “ambassador of basketball” in Europe and South America as well as all over the United States. And he was, to be sure, a consummate marketing genius who was inducted into the Sporting Goods Hall of Fame and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “A fascinating study on a pioneer . . . and an instructive look at the roots of a billion-dollar industry.” —American Way magazine
Author: Roel Dsouza Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 411
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Unlock the Power of Connection with "Converse with a Story" In a world buzzing with noise, how do you truly connect with others? The answer lies not in the intricacies of language or the volume of words, but in the timeless art of storytelling. "Converse with a Story" is your essential toolkit for mastering the transformative power of storytelling in conversation. Practical Strategies for a World That Demands Results Are you seeking to unlock and deepen your relationships, enhance your leadership skills, or simply connect with others on a deeper level? The book in your hands holds the key. "Converse with a Story" offers invaluable insights and practical techniques to master the art of captivating conversations. These strategies have worked for centuries and will continue to work for centuries to come Are you ready to embark on a journey of connection and transformation? Your story starts here. ROEL DSOUZA
Author: FRANK CONVERSE Publisher: Mel Bay Publications ISBN: 1609748646 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 52
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An extremely well-written method for 20-key, German-style concertina. One of the best books of its kind available. Written in the key of C.
Author: Nicholas Smith Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0451498135 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 302
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“A vivid picture of how what we wear on our feet can tell us what it really means to be an American.”—Vanity Fair “Expansive, thorough, and entertaining . . . a comprehensive look at how much the sneaker became a signature indicator of cool.”—The Wall Street Journal A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity “It’s gotta be the shoes.” When Spike Lee said it to Michael Jordan in a 1989 commercial, it was with a wink and a nod—what makes MJ so good? His Nike Air Jordan IIIs, of course. But as Nicholas Smith reveals in this captivating history, Lee’s line also speaks to the sneaker’s place at the heart of American culture. Once the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart of American life was just getting started. In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures. We follow the humble athletic and watch as sneakers become the calling card of California skaters and New York MCs, the spark of riots and gang violence, the heart of a global economic controversy, the muse of haute couture, and a lynchpin in the transformation of big sports into big business. Along the way, we meet larger-than-life mavericks and surprising visionaries: genius rubber inventor Charles Goodyear, risking everything to get his formula right; the warring brothers who started dueling shoe empires; road-warrior Chuck Taylor, hawking shoes out of his trunk; and many more mavericks, hustlers, and dreamers. With a sure stride and a broad footprint, Kicks introduces us to an influential and evolving legacy.
Author: Aaron Karo Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) ISBN: 1429942428 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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Chuck Taylor's OCD has rendered him a high school outcast. His endless routines and habitual hand washing threaten to scare away both his closest friend and the amazing new girl in town. Sure he happens to share the name of the icon behind the coolest sneakers in the world, but even Chuck knows his bizarre system of wearing different color "Cons" depending on his mood is completely crazy. In this hilariously candid debut novel from comedian Aaron Karo—who grew up with a few obsessions and compulsions of his own—very bad things are going to happen to Chuck. But maybe that's a good thing. Because with graduation looming, Chuck finds himself with one last chance to face his inner demons, defend his best friend, and win over the girl of his dreams. No matter what happens, though, he'll have to get his hands dirty.
Author: Rip Converse Publisher: Primedia Elaunch LLC ISBN: 9781639440290 Category : Languages : en Pages : 524
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MS-13 is snatching young girls off the streets of Fort Myers for the sex trade and they're doing it with seeming impunity until one evening they run into an unlikely Samaritan; a sixteen-year-old girl, just 5 feet tall, riding a Ducati Monster 796, who also happens to be a gifted student of the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga.Callie is two years ahead of her classmates and socially isolated from her peers by her genius IQ and the principled, ambitious, self-determined approach that she brings to everything she does. She's determined to become a commercial ship captain and after her father, who's a shrimp boat captain, refuses to support her career choice in any way, she moves to Boca Grande and into the home of a wealthy aunt who empowers her in ways she'd never imagined. Callie gets a job on a commercial ferry to advance her sea time and also starts training in the brutal martial art of Krav Maga to help her compensate for her tiny stature.When she returns home in the Fall and interrupts an attempted abduction and takes down two gang members in the process, she and her family become targets of the ruthless gang and she finds herself in over her head.Fearing for Callie's life and the lives of her family, Aunt Nancy gets in touch with Jesse McDermitt and Billy Rainwater (two of Wayne Stinnett's iconic characters) and its game on with Callie, Billy, and Eva Dahan against MS-13. Callie will survive, it's a series after all, but at what cost to her and those around her?Callie is not some woke snowflake who needs others to tell her what to think. She's a positive, quirky, hardworking, principled, unstoppable force of her own design who's unafraid to take less travelled roads and do whatever it takes to accomplish her goals.
Author: Cathy Converse Publisher: TouchWood Editions ISBN: 1926741900 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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Who was this skipper, this mother, this writer? These questions motivated Cathy Converse to re-trace the route of famous pacific seafarer M. Wylie Capi Blanchet, and write a biography in the process. Widowed in 1926, Blanchet cruised the coast with her five children and their dog in a 25-foot boat that had been rescued from the seafloor. The Curve of Time, Blanchet's resulting book, remains a bestseller and a classic in the annals of nautical literature, but little is known about the rest of her life. Converse offers insiders' recollections of this enigmatic woman, along with updated information about the villages, inlets and islands described in Curve, making Following the Curve of Time essential reading for anyone who has ever been captivated by the West Coast or Capi herself.
Author: P. J. Converse Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062069810 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 194
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In this brilliant debut by P. J. Converse, two unlikely teenagers discover that love has a language all its own. He is shy. Unassuming. Inexperienced. She is Subway Girl. Cool. Unattainable. From the moment he sees her on a Hong Kong subway, Simon falls in love with the girl with purple streaks in her hair, but he doesn't have the nerve to talk to her. When he finally works up the courage, he realizes he can't. Because Amy doesn't speak Chinese, and Simon is failing English. But somehow, Amy and Simon connect, and they find that they understand each other. Enough for Simon to admit that he is dropping out of school. Enough for Amy to confess that she is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's baby. Amy and Simon feel lost in a world so much bigger than they are, and yet they still have each other.
Author: Joshua Converse Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 454
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When a storm washes out California's Highway One, the forested coastal town of Big Sur is cut off from civilization. On the full moon, two mutilated bodies are discovered and then another, and another. Detective Frank Crow, his wife and local librarian Lela Crow, and a mysterious occult bookshop owner named Nob must learn the identity of the murderer, but what they discover will reveal a terrifying and ancient curse, a secret society of hunters, and a monster waiting for them in the dark.
Author: Hal Peterson
Author: Hal Peterson
Author: Abe Aamidor
Author: Roel Dsouza
Author: FRANK CONVERSE
Author: Nicholas Smith
Author: Aaron Karo
Author: Rip Converse
Author: Cathy Converse
Author: P. J. Converse
Author: Joshua Converse