Author: Philip WaechterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735000589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Jacob's Fantastic Flight
Author: Philip WaechterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735000589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Jacob's Fantastic Flight
Author: Philip WaechterPublisher: Blue Dot Kids Press
ISBN: 9781733121262
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jacob has a special gift--he can fly! When it's time for a family vacation, Jacob chooses to fly himself, having wonderful adventures along the way.
Jacobs' Band Monthly
Author: Jacobs' Orchestra Monthly
Author: Wayfaring
Author: Alan JacobsPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802865682
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
"With Wayfaring, Jacobs continues his tradition of exploring Christian theology and experience by way of the essay-- Jacobs muses on the usefulness and dangers of blogging, the art of dictionary making, the world of Harry Potter, and an appreciation of trees."--Publisher's description.
Apollo
Author: Robert JacobsPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810921467
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Apollo 7 -- Apollo 8 -- Apollo 9 -- Apollo 10 -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo 12 -- Apollo 13 -- Apollo 14 -- Apollo 15 -- Apollo 16 -- Apollo 17.
Across the Line
Author: Barry JacobsPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493071297
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia's Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn't attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson's mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. Barry Jacobs has covered college basketball as well as news and other sports since 1976 for numerous publications, among them the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, People, Oceans, the Saturday Evening Post and the Sporting News. He is the author of four books, including Coach K's Little Blue Book, The World According to Dean, and Three Paths to Glory. For 14 years he wrote the Fan’s Guide to ACC Basketball. He also served as an elected county commissioner for 20 years and supervises Moorefields, an historic site near Hillsborough, NC.
Breaking Bread with the Dead
Author: Alan JacobsPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782835849
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Spectator Book of the Year It's fashionable to think of the writers of the past as irredeemably tarnished by prejudice. Aristotle despised women. John Milton, the great champion of free speech, wouldn't have granted it to Catholics. Edith Wharton's imaginative sympathies stopped short of her Jewish characters. But what if it is only through the works of such individuals that we can achieve a necessary perspective on the troubles of the present? Join literary scholar Alan Jacobs for a truly nourishing feast of learning. Discover what Homer can teach us about force, what Machiavelli has to say about reading and what Charlotte Brontë reveals about race. Not all the guests are people you might want to invite into your home, but they all bring something precious to the table. In Breaking Bread with the Dead, an omnivorous reader draws us into close and sympathetic engagement with minds across the ages, from Horace to Donna Haraway.
Freedom Flight
Author: Frank IszakPublisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 163047827X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
A riveting account of a daring escape from Communist Hungary in a twin-engine plane: “I couldn’t put it down” —San Diego Union-Tribune. On the rainy afternoon of Friday, July 13, 1956, seven desperate young people boarded a twin engine DC-3 in the People’s Republic of Hungary, with the intention of diverting it to West Germany. They had no weapons, no map, and no idea whether the plane carried enough fuel to get them there. They would have to brave the gun of the security officer on board, the wild maneuvers of the pilot, the Russian MiG fighters in hot pursuit, and a harrowing flight over the stormy Alps, without navigation. Failure would mean certain death. And a spectacular escape from tyranny was born . . .
The Golf Swing Simplified
Author: John JacobsPublisher: Lyons and Burford Publishers
ISBN: 9781558213258
Category : Swing (Golf)
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
The Golf Swing Simplified distills the elements of an effective golf swing into its key essentials, relying on scores of detailed drawings and a minimum of text to convey the basic simplicity of a good golf swing. All the swing essentials are here--grip, stance, alignment, takeaway, tempo, and more, all presented in a uniquely uncomplicated format. 50 two-color drawings.