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Author: Thomas Hauser Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1610757327 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 367
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Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Reviewing his 2019 collection, Booklist proclaimed, “It's hard to think of another sports journalist who knows more about his or her sport of choice. As it does every year, Hauser’s anthology laps the field. The man is a treasure.” Staredown continues this tradition of excellence with inside reporting from the dressing room before some of last year’s biggest fights, in-depth investigations into corruption in boxing, and more. Hauser also moves beyond the norm to explore incidents like street fights and examine boxing’s storied history in new and creative ways.
Author: Thomas Hauser Publisher: University of Arkansas Press ISBN: 1610757327 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 367
Book Description
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Reviewing his 2019 collection, Booklist proclaimed, “It's hard to think of another sports journalist who knows more about his or her sport of choice. As it does every year, Hauser’s anthology laps the field. The man is a treasure.” Staredown continues this tradition of excellence with inside reporting from the dressing room before some of last year’s biggest fights, in-depth investigations into corruption in boxing, and more. Hauser also moves beyond the norm to explore incidents like street fights and examine boxing’s storied history in new and creative ways.
Author: Ellen Parker Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc ISBN: 1509204016 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 214
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Tucking a weapon into a holster is part of getting dressed for Detective Maylee Morgan of the St. Louis Police. Her new assignment is the case of an unidentified body, and she soon discovers her new neighbor is more than a potential jogging partner. Surgeon Dave Holmes is optimistic about his future. He has a new job, a new apartment, and an immediate attraction to a woman running in the park. He intends to discover more than her beautiful legs and unusual name. Then his boss is murdered and Dave lacks an alibi. Maylee’s questions and the handgun on her hip revive horrible memories. Maylee’s search for hard evidence clears Dave, but brings her to the personal attention of the killer. In a tangle of career, family, and budding relationship all their lives could unravel if the wrong thread is tugged.
Author: Katie Kitamura Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439117608 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 210
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Cal and his trainer, Riley, are on their way to Mexico for a make-or-break rematch with legendary fighter Rivera. Four years ago, Cal became the only mixed martial arts fighter to take Rivera the distance -- but the fight nearly ended him. Only Riley, who has been at his side for the last ten years, knows how much that fight changed things for Cal. And only Riley really knows what's now at stake, for both of them. Katie Kitamura's brilliant and stirring debut novel follows Cal and Riley through the three fraught days leading up to this momentous match, as each privately begins to doubt that Cal can win. As the tension builds toward the final electrifying scene, the looming fight becomes every challenge each of us has ever taken on, no matter how uncertain the outcome. In hypnotic, pared-down prose, The Longshot offers a striking portrait of two men striving to stay true to themselves and each other in the only way they know how.
Author: Sergio de la Pava Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226141802 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 690
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“Propulsive . . . The novel’s chaotic sprawl, black humor and madcap digressions make it a thrilling rejoinder to the tidy story arcs [of] most crime fiction.” —The Wall Street Journal Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Best Debut Novel Named a Best Book of the Year in the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, and Philadelphia City Paper A Naked Singularity tells the story of Casi, born to Colombian immigrants, who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender—one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In the book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack—and how his world then slowly devolves. A huge, ambitious novel in the vein of DeLillo, Foster Wallace, Pynchon, and even Melville, it’s told in a distinct, frequently hilarious voice, with a striking human empathy at its center. Its panoramic reach takes readers through crime and courts, immigrant families and urban blight, media savagery and media satire, scatology and boxing, and even a breathless heist worthy of any crime novel. If Infinite Jest stuck a pin in the map of mid-90s culture and drew our trajectory from there, A Naked Singularity does the same for the feeling of surfeit, brokenness, and exhaustion that permeates our civic and cultural life today. In the opening sentence of William Gaddis’s A Frolic of His Own, a character sneers, “Justice? You get justice in the next world. In this world, you get the law.” A Naked Singularity reveals the extent of that gap, and lands firmly on the side of those who are forever getting the law. “A great American novel.” —Toronto Star
Author: Robert Neri Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0997267453 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 102
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A new supplement from Ranger Games for the Dice & Glory game system containing specialist character classes drawn from Asian and middle-eastern history and lore. This book is a great resource for both Players and Game Masters wishing to introduce some eastern flavor into their game!
Author: Ian Wright Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1524624594 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 251
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Nathan Lamb, a clairvoyant and the lead CIA agent of CPAT, must lead his team against Al-Qaeda, ninjas, and time. Nathan Lamb is ex-military and is a former San Francisco police officer who has been recruited by his former military commander, Victor Price, into the CIA. The head of Al-Qaeda has pronounced his anger and wages an all-out war against not only the United States but also Barry Barton, the governor of California, for executing the terrorists son for bombing a federal building. Victor Price, director of the CIA, has a dark secret that affects not only himself but his family and job. He has demons that only he can confront and conquer. He has given Lamb the task of putting together a team of individuals from various backgrounds of military and law enforcement in order to protect the governor and his family from the brutal attacks of Al-Qaeda. Nathan Lamb leads the Hades team of special agents, and his second in command is Terri Martinez, who leads the Omega team. Lambs premonitions lead him to face off with terrorists and deadly ninja attacks. The Red Dragon warriors are the fiercest and deadliest ninjas known to humankind; they are made up of an entire clan of individuals who have been cursed and made to wander in darkness for eternity. Murderers for hire, the Red Dragons are brought in to assassinate the governor and his family. However, they didnt count on Lamb getting in their way! Lamb calls on his old grandmaster, Lin Po, for assistance in combating the Red Dragon. Follow along as Nathan Lamb uses his skills, resources, and agents to fight evil and protect the innocent.
Author: Stanley Slaczka Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 107
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Born October 25, 1970, I come from the enlisted side of the United States Army! I was raised in Wilkins Township just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! I started basic training on October 17, 1990. I was an armored tank crew member! I served four years, and then went on to serve in the United States Army Reserve! I have observed a lot throughout my lifetime. If I could pinpoint one the enormous problems in this country, it would be people are not educated on The Structure of Perseverance! Without this book, The Structure of Perseverance!, I would not have been able to write any other books of mine. Within this book lies the tools as an answer to what we face as obstacles! It brings great joy to me that we can start to solve these problems with this book.
Author: Kristen Ashley Publisher: Kristen Ashley ISBN: 0615826113 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 303
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Sadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess, and she’s worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a now-incarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole life, and she’s learned enough from living in his world to give everyone the cold shoulder. But one inebriated night, she shows Hector the Real Sadie, and he knows he’ll stop at nothing to have her. Hector Chavez makes one (huge) mistake: he waits for Sadie to come to him. Tragedy strikes and Sadie’s got a choice. She can retreat behind her Ice Fortress, or she can embrace the Rock Chick/Hot Bunch World. Guided by Hector, the Rock Chicks, the Hot Bunch and her new roommates, Buddy and Ralphie, Sadie negotiates a life out from under her father’s thumb. A life that includes poison, arson and learning how to make s’mores.
Author: D. Kay Mundine Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546233849 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 164
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This book is an original collection of lighthearted, socially relevant, and personal poems that are intended to uplift, inspire, and/or propel the reader to contemplate the social issues of our times.
Author: Bob Jones Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited ISBN: 1775534391 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 498
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From 'A Low Blow' to 'Went the Distance', a fascinating and lively examination of the regular use of terms from the boxing ring in our everyday language. Have you ever stopped to notice how often your local newspaper or favourite magazine uses the terms 'On the Ropes', 'The Gloves Are Off' and 'Knockout Punch'? How often TV newsreaders will say that a politician has "Thrown His hat in the Ring', is a 'Big Hitter', is 'Taking it on the Chin', is 'Down for the Count' or has the 'Killer Instinct'? Knight of the realm, leading businessman, colourful and controversial commentator, and boxing aficionado Sir Robert — Bob —Jones certainly has. Over a period of years he made careful note of how often terms cropped up and then retraced their etymological origins in boxing history. The result is a lively, entertaining, and thought-provoking miscellany of boxing terms that are now part of our everyday English language. Some have strayed far from their original meanings, others are more frequently in use now than at any other time. Jones asks why that might be, and his answers are, well, a knockout.
Author: Thomas Hauser
Author: Thomas Hauser
Author: Ellen Parker
Author: Katie Kitamura
Author: Sergio de la Pava
Author: Robert Neri
Author: Ian Wright
Author: Stanley Slaczka
Author: Kristen Ashley
Author: D. Kay Mundine
Author: Bob Jones