Author: Larry E. Holmes
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253069645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In Win or Else, Larry E. Holmes shows us how Soviet football culture regularly disregarded official ideological and political imperatives and skirted the boundaries between socialism and capitalism. In the early 1920s, the Soviet press denounced football as a bourgeois sport that was injurious to both mind and body. Within that same decade, however, it blew up, becoming the most popular spectator sport in the USSR and growing into a fiercely competitive business with complex regional and national bureaucracies, a strong international presence, and a conviction that victory on the field was also a victory of Soviet supremacy. Writing as both historian and fan, Holmes focuses his study on the provincial Kirov team Dinamo from 1979 to 1985, when the club played at both its worst and its best. Spurred by a dismal 1979 season, the team's administrators and regional authorities had two options: obey Moscow's edict to reduce expenditures on professional sports or seek out new—and often illicit—funding sources to fill out a team of champions. Drawing on rich archival materials as well as newspapers and interviews with former players, Win or Else reveals the foundations of Soviet sports culture—and the hazards that teams faced both in victory and in loss.
I Love You as Big as Canada
Author: Rose Rossner
Publisher: Hometown World
ISBN: 9781728244259
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I Love You as Big as Canada is the perfect addition to any baby's bookshelf! Adorable illustrations and clever rhymes highlight all the places that you and Baby love about your city, state, or country. Combining the evergreen message of love with regional touchpoints, each book features top landmarks for that specific location with all the snuggle-worthy sentiment that baby board books in this category provide.
Publisher: Hometown World
ISBN: 9781728244259
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I Love You as Big as Canada is the perfect addition to any baby's bookshelf! Adorable illustrations and clever rhymes highlight all the places that you and Baby love about your city, state, or country. Combining the evergreen message of love with regional touchpoints, each book features top landmarks for that specific location with all the snuggle-worthy sentiment that baby board books in this category provide.
Good Night Chicago
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602197350
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these boardbooks designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the continent’s natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area’s attractions—such as the Rocky Mountains in Denver, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Lake Ontario in Toronto, and volcanoes in Hawaii. Rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602197350
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Many of North America’s most beloved regions are artfully celebrated in these boardbooks designed to soothe children before bedtime while instilling an early appreciation for the continent’s natural and cultural wonders. Each book stars a multicultural group of people visiting the featured area’s attractions—such as the Rocky Mountains in Denver, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Lake Ontario in Toronto, and volcanoes in Hawaii. Rhythmic language guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons while saluting the iconic aspects of each place.
Count To Sleep Chicago
Author: Adam Gamble
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602192707
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Making basic numbers fun to learn, these board books teach kids to count to 10 using famous icons and landmarks from cities and states across North America. Featuring whimsical illustrations, these concept books are a terrific way to introduce young children to cherished destinations while easing them to sleep at naptime or bedtime. Highlighting unique places and structures in Chicago, including Navy Pier, the Water Tower, the Field Museum of Natural History, and famous skyscrapers, this book provides an exciting way to learn to count while celebrating many things that make the Windy City special.
Publisher: Good Night Books
ISBN: 1602192707
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Making basic numbers fun to learn, these board books teach kids to count to 10 using famous icons and landmarks from cities and states across North America. Featuring whimsical illustrations, these concept books are a terrific way to introduce young children to cherished destinations while easing them to sleep at naptime or bedtime. Highlighting unique places and structures in Chicago, including Navy Pier, the Water Tower, the Field Museum of Natural History, and famous skyscrapers, this book provides an exciting way to learn to count while celebrating many things that make the Windy City special.
Larry Gets Lost in Alaska
Author: John Skewes
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570618593
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Learn about the Iditarod, the northern lights, the Kodiak bear, and more with Larry the pup. While traveling on a cruise to Alaska, Larry the pup and his owner Pete observe the native wildlife and spectacular scenery of the Alaska coast. But when Larry finds himself on a sea plane ride after chasing down a tasty treat, the dog and his owner must race across Alaska to find each other. Now in paperback, Alaska visitors and locals can journey into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness with Larry as he encounters bald eagles, fishermen, the North Pole, polar bears, and a team of sled dogs before finally being reunited with Pete. From the Hardcover edition.
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570618593
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Learn about the Iditarod, the northern lights, the Kodiak bear, and more with Larry the pup. While traveling on a cruise to Alaska, Larry the pup and his owner Pete observe the native wildlife and spectacular scenery of the Alaska coast. But when Larry finds himself on a sea plane ride after chasing down a tasty treat, the dog and his owner must race across Alaska to find each other. Now in paperback, Alaska visitors and locals can journey into the heart of the Alaskan wilderness with Larry as he encounters bald eagles, fishermen, the North Pole, polar bears, and a team of sled dogs before finally being reunited with Pete. From the Hardcover edition.
123 Chicago
Author: Puck
Publisher: duopress
ISBN: 9780979621352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kids will learn to count from one to 10 with some of Chicago’s most beloved symbols—the Sears Tower, the el train, Navy Pier fireworks, Chicago-style hot dogs, and deep dish pizza—in this board book. The end of the book includes a complete location list, in both English and Spanish, to help parents locate the symbols and landmarks and plan an entertaining trip to Chicago - or a fun day for the local families. Kids will enjoy reading 123 Chicago over and over again while getting to practice essential number skills.
Publisher: duopress
ISBN: 9780979621352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kids will learn to count from one to 10 with some of Chicago’s most beloved symbols—the Sears Tower, the el train, Navy Pier fireworks, Chicago-style hot dogs, and deep dish pizza—in this board book. The end of the book includes a complete location list, in both English and Spanish, to help parents locate the symbols and landmarks and plan an entertaining trip to Chicago - or a fun day for the local families. Kids will enjoy reading 123 Chicago over and over again while getting to practice essential number skills.
Larry Gets Lost in the Twin Cities
Author: Michael Mullin
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570617546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In Larry the adorable pooch's latest adventure, he goes on vacation with Pete and his family to Minneapolis/St. Paul. As usual, in hot pursuit of a tempting treat, he gets separated from his family and frantically tries to find them again. Along the way he discovers some of the city's most fun and interesting landmarks and cultural attractions, including: Mall of America Hiawatha Line (light rail) Metrodome Mary Tyler Moore statue Skyways Minnehaha Falls Foshay Tower Mill Ruins Park St. Anthony Falls/locks The New Guthrie Theater Walker Art Center sculpture park (Spoonbridge) Lake Harriet (St. Paul) High Bridge Rice Park (Peanuts sculptures) Mickey's Diner Summit Avenue
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570617546
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
In Larry the adorable pooch's latest adventure, he goes on vacation with Pete and his family to Minneapolis/St. Paul. As usual, in hot pursuit of a tempting treat, he gets separated from his family and frantically tries to find them again. Along the way he discovers some of the city's most fun and interesting landmarks and cultural attractions, including: Mall of America Hiawatha Line (light rail) Metrodome Mary Tyler Moore statue Skyways Minnehaha Falls Foshay Tower Mill Ruins Park St. Anthony Falls/locks The New Guthrie Theater Walker Art Center sculpture park (Spoonbridge) Lake Harriet (St. Paul) High Bridge Rice Park (Peanuts sculptures) Mickey's Diner Summit Avenue
C Is for Chicago
Author: Maria Kernahan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942402527
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Now you can put your own creative touch on the images of the Windy City found in the beloved alphabet book "C is for Chicago". With the same images and text found in the book, C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book features iconic places, food and music that make Chicago so special. From the world-famous Art Institute Lions and to the Lincoln Park Zoo, C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book walks you through an A-Z tour of the Second City. Images include famous locations like the Millennium Park "Bean" and Grant Park's Buckingham fountain, as well as Deep-Dish Pizza, Chicago Hot Dogs, The El, and iconic jerseys of Chicago's greatest sports legends. C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book makes a great gift for a visitor or a native Chicagoan.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942402527
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Now you can put your own creative touch on the images of the Windy City found in the beloved alphabet book "C is for Chicago". With the same images and text found in the book, C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book features iconic places, food and music that make Chicago so special. From the world-famous Art Institute Lions and to the Lincoln Park Zoo, C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book walks you through an A-Z tour of the Second City. Images include famous locations like the Millennium Park "Bean" and Grant Park's Buckingham fountain, as well as Deep-Dish Pizza, Chicago Hot Dogs, The El, and iconic jerseys of Chicago's greatest sports legends. C is for Chicago: The Coloring Book makes a great gift for a visitor or a native Chicagoan.
Win Or Else
Author: Larry E. Holmes
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253069645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In Win or Else, Larry E. Holmes shows us how Soviet football culture regularly disregarded official ideological and political imperatives and skirted the boundaries between socialism and capitalism. In the early 1920s, the Soviet press denounced football as a bourgeois sport that was injurious to both mind and body. Within that same decade, however, it blew up, becoming the most popular spectator sport in the USSR and growing into a fiercely competitive business with complex regional and national bureaucracies, a strong international presence, and a conviction that victory on the field was also a victory of Soviet supremacy. Writing as both historian and fan, Holmes focuses his study on the provincial Kirov team Dinamo from 1979 to 1985, when the club played at both its worst and its best. Spurred by a dismal 1979 season, the team's administrators and regional authorities had two options: obey Moscow's edict to reduce expenditures on professional sports or seek out new—and often illicit—funding sources to fill out a team of champions. Drawing on rich archival materials as well as newspapers and interviews with former players, Win or Else reveals the foundations of Soviet sports culture—and the hazards that teams faced both in victory and in loss.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253069645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In Win or Else, Larry E. Holmes shows us how Soviet football culture regularly disregarded official ideological and political imperatives and skirted the boundaries between socialism and capitalism. In the early 1920s, the Soviet press denounced football as a bourgeois sport that was injurious to both mind and body. Within that same decade, however, it blew up, becoming the most popular spectator sport in the USSR and growing into a fiercely competitive business with complex regional and national bureaucracies, a strong international presence, and a conviction that victory on the field was also a victory of Soviet supremacy. Writing as both historian and fan, Holmes focuses his study on the provincial Kirov team Dinamo from 1979 to 1985, when the club played at both its worst and its best. Spurred by a dismal 1979 season, the team's administrators and regional authorities had two options: obey Moscow's edict to reduce expenditures on professional sports or seek out new—and often illicit—funding sources to fill out a team of champions. Drawing on rich archival materials as well as newspapers and interviews with former players, Win or Else reveals the foundations of Soviet sports culture—and the hazards that teams faced both in victory and in loss.
How I Found Love and Happiness by Reprogramming My Mind
Author: Jane King
Publisher: Wondrous Journey
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
“How I Found Love and Happiness by Reprogramming My Mind” is more than just a love story. It highlights the journey by Jane King from being terribly unhappy and in deep emotional pain to finding her true love, a man who loves her with all his heart and for whom she is able to love unconditionally. Indeed, Jane needed to learn to love herself, before she could ask that of someone else. Surviving a difficult childhood, and a stepmother who was jealous and destructive, Jane was left with many self-doubts and a conviction that she really was not lovable. As the years went by, her emotional pain became almost more than she could bear. After praying to God for help, God sent her what Jane considers an answer to her prayer, the key to reprogramming her subconscious mind and replacing all those negative messages with positive ones. In this small book, Jane shows just how reprogramming worked for her; and having found true love, Jane has the deepest desire to help her readers learn to love themselves, so they too can find love and happiness.
Publisher: Wondrous Journey
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
“How I Found Love and Happiness by Reprogramming My Mind” is more than just a love story. It highlights the journey by Jane King from being terribly unhappy and in deep emotional pain to finding her true love, a man who loves her with all his heart and for whom she is able to love unconditionally. Indeed, Jane needed to learn to love herself, before she could ask that of someone else. Surviving a difficult childhood, and a stepmother who was jealous and destructive, Jane was left with many self-doubts and a conviction that she really was not lovable. As the years went by, her emotional pain became almost more than she could bear. After praying to God for help, God sent her what Jane considers an answer to her prayer, the key to reprogramming her subconscious mind and replacing all those negative messages with positive ones. In this small book, Jane shows just how reprogramming worked for her; and having found true love, Jane has the deepest desire to help her readers learn to love themselves, so they too can find love and happiness.
Automated Reasoning and Its Applications
Author: Robert Veroff
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262220552
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The contributors are among the world's leading researchers inautomated reasoning. Their essays cover the theory, software system design, and use of these systems to solve real problems. The primary objective of automated reasoning (which includes automated deduction and automated theorem proving) is to develop computer programs that use logical reasoning for the solution of a wide variety of problems, including open questions. The essays in Automated Reasoning and Its Applications were written in honor of Larry Wos, one of the founders of the field. Wos played a central role in forming the culture of automated reasoning at Argonne National Laboratory. He and his colleagues consistently seek to build systems that search huge spaces for solutions to difficult problems and proofs of significant theorems. They have had numerous notable successes. The contributors are among the world's leading researchers in automated reasoning. Their essays cover the theory, software system design, and use of these systems to solve real problems. Contributors Robert S. Boyer, Shang-Ching Chou, Xiao-Shan Gao, Lawrence Henschen, Deepak Kapur, Kenneth Kunen, Ewing Lusk, William McCune, J Strother Moore, Ross Overbeek, Lawrence C. Paulson, Hantao Zhang, Jing-Zhong Zhang
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262220552
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The contributors are among the world's leading researchers inautomated reasoning. Their essays cover the theory, software system design, and use of these systems to solve real problems. The primary objective of automated reasoning (which includes automated deduction and automated theorem proving) is to develop computer programs that use logical reasoning for the solution of a wide variety of problems, including open questions. The essays in Automated Reasoning and Its Applications were written in honor of Larry Wos, one of the founders of the field. Wos played a central role in forming the culture of automated reasoning at Argonne National Laboratory. He and his colleagues consistently seek to build systems that search huge spaces for solutions to difficult problems and proofs of significant theorems. They have had numerous notable successes. The contributors are among the world's leading researchers in automated reasoning. Their essays cover the theory, software system design, and use of these systems to solve real problems. Contributors Robert S. Boyer, Shang-Ching Chou, Xiao-Shan Gao, Lawrence Henschen, Deepak Kapur, Kenneth Kunen, Ewing Lusk, William McCune, J Strother Moore, Ross Overbeek, Lawrence C. Paulson, Hantao Zhang, Jing-Zhong Zhang