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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: P. J. Converse Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062069810 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 234
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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: Nicholas Smith Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0451498135 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 320
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A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identity When 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 from California skateboarders to New York rappers, the cause of gang violence and riots, the heart of a global economic controversy, the lynchpin in a quest to turn big sports into big business, and the muse of high fashion. Studded with larger-than-life mavericks and unexpected visionaries—from genius rubber inventor, Charles Goodyear, to road-warrior huckster Chuck Taylor, to the feuding brothers who founded Adidas and Puma, to the track coach who changed the sport by pouring rubber in his wife's waffle iron—Kicks introduces us to the sneaker's surprisingly influential, enduring, and evolving legacy.
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: Terry John Converse Publisher: Meriwether Publishing ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 340
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The 42 exercises detailed in this comprehensive guide provide both the instructor and the student a 'user-friendly' workshop structure. The basic concepts of directing are learned progressively. This approach is totally new -- the student discovers the demands and problems of directing by actually doing it step-by-step. The student's own directing style emerges with each exercise.
Author: Converse Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780471159780 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 0
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The ConverseR All Sta team scores with thisjam-packed book on the basics of football. From warm-up totouchdown, kickoff to completed pass, you'll learn the techniques,the terms, and the teamwork you need to master: * The Passing Game * The Running Game * Blocking * Tackling * Receiving * Punting * Place Kicking * Offensive Strategies * Defensive Lineups * Man-to-Man vs. Zone Coverage * Game Plans * And much more This fact-filled guide to gridiron glory delivers dazzlingaction shots, step-by-step diagrams, drills, and games to play withothers or on your own. Here's everything you need to be your bestat this exciting sport.
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: Ben Osborne Publisher: Rizzoli Publications ISBN: 0789327007 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 210
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The definitive primer on the world’s most popular shoe: the basketball sneaker. Basketball shoes have a long and storied history both on and off the court. Back in the 1930s, a basketball sneaker was created for straight-up performance. Today, hoops footwear do double duty: they’re designed for and by elite players, but to sneakerheads, how they look is nearly as important as how they perform. SLAM Kicks breaks down the path of the basketball sneaker, from the birth of the very first iconic shoe, the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star, to the white-hot best-selling cultural-phenomenon Nike Air Jordan sneaker line. This book showcases the hottest basketball kicks over time, throwbacks and new shoes alike, covering each legendary sneaker and its design, the technical advancements found in the shoe, the athletes who made the shoe famous, and the cultural waves the footwear has made off the basketball court. Featured sneakers also include the Adidas Jabbar, the Puma Clyde, the Nike Air Force One, the Reebok Question, the AND1 Tai Chi, the Nike Zoom Kobe IV, and many others. SLAM Kicks: Basketball Sneakers That Changed the Game is the perfect gift for basketball-sneaker fans and street-fashion enthusiasts alike.
Author: Hal Peterson
Author: Hal Peterson
Author: Abe Aamidor
Author: Roel Dsouza
Author: P. J. Converse
Author: Nicholas Smith
Author: Rip Converse
Author: Terry John Converse
Author: Converse
Author: Joshua Converse
Author: Ben Osborne