Nice Guys and Players
Title | Nice Guys and Players PDF eBook |
Author | Rom Wills |
Publisher | ERL Publishing |
Pages | 119 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | African American men |
ISBN | 9780965568234 |
Nice Guys Finish Last
Title | Nice Guys Finish Last PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Durocher |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2009-09-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0226173895 |
“I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?” The history of baseball is rife with colorful characters. But for sheer cantankerousness, fighting moxie, and will to win, very few have come close to Leo “the Lip” Durocher. Following a five-decade career as a player and manager for baseball’s most storied franchises, Durocher teamed up with veteran sportswriter Ed Linn to tell the story of his life in the game. The resulting book, Nice Guys Finish Last, is baseball at its best, brimming with personality and full of all the fights and feuds, triumphs and tricks that made Durocher such a success—and an outsized celebrity. Durocher began his career inauspiciously, riding the bench for the powerhouse 1928 Yankees and hitting so poorly that Babe Ruth nicknamed him “the All-American Out.” But soon Durocher hit his stride: traded to St. Louis, he found his headlong play and never-say-die attitude a perfect fit with the rambunctious “Gashouse Gang” Cardinals. In 1939, he was named player-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers—and almost instantly transformed the underachieving Bums into perennial contenders. He went on to manage the New York Giants, sharing the glory of one of the most famous moments in baseball history, Bobby Thomson’s “shot heard ’round the world,” which won the Giants the 1951 pennant. Durocher would later learn how it felt to be on the other side of such an unforgettable moment, as his 1969 Cubs, after holding first place for 105 days, blew a seemingly insurmountable 8-1/2-game lead to the Miracle Mets. All the while, Durocher made as much noise off the field as on it. His perpetual feuds with players, owners, and league officials—not to mention his public associations with gamblers, riffraff, and Hollywood stars like George Raft and Larraine Day—kept his name in the headlines and spread his fame far beyond the confines of the diamond. A no-holds-barred account of a singular figure, Nice Guys Finish Last brings the personalities and play-by-play of baseball’s greatest era to vivid life, earning a place on every baseball fan’s bookshelf.
A Player's Eyes
Title | A Player's Eyes PDF eBook |
Author | Rom Wills |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2015-10-29 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692553770 |
Jealous men and jilted women have called him a bad boy, a womanizer, and a player. In this raw and controversial book, best-selling author Rom Wills shares his observations on everyday sexual dynamics. From the true sexual nature of women, to why good men and women get burned in relationship games, to why a few men dominate the romantic landscape, Rom provides a very unique perspective. Rom shines a light on what he calls the "sexual shadow world" and gives the true reason women get hooked on bad boys. A must read for men and women who want to get a better understanding of sexual relationships.
Meeting Attractive Women
Title | Meeting Attractive Women PDF eBook |
Author | Rom Wills |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2014-05-19 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780692223284 |
Men dream of meeting and dating attractive women. Rom Wills provides easy and realistic ways to meet these women. No tricks, or gimmicks, just real-life principles that have proved to be successful. This is a book for men who are willing to do the work to get the best out of life.
Mode One
Title | Mode One PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Roger Currie |
Publisher | www.BookLocker.com |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2006-02 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1591138973 |
Currie breaks down the "Four Modes of Verbal Communication" to help readers better understand why men exhibit the behavior they do towards the women they are either interested in dating or having a few episodes of casual sex with.
Nice Guys Don't Win (A College Sport's Romance)
Title | Nice Guys Don't Win (A College Sport's Romance) PDF eBook |
Author | Micalea Smeltzer |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2021-05-16 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
When I agreed to be his roommate, I had no way of knowing that Cole Anderson was one of my father's star players.Having transferred to Aldridge University for my junior year, I wasn't familiar with anyone on campus.If there's one rule I've always been supposed to follow it's don't date a basketball player.Cole is different, though, and I don't want to stay awayBut when he finds out I'm the coach's daughter I might not have any say in the matter.
How the Good Guys Finally Won
Title | How the Good Guys Finally Won PDF eBook |
Author | Jimmy Breslin |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2012-02-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1453245367 |
New York Times Bestseller: A “superb” blow-by-blow account of how Tip O’Neill and his colleagues impeached Richard Nixon after Watergate (Chicago Tribune). Not long after burglars were caught raiding the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel, Congressman Tip O’Neill noticed that Democratic fundraising efforts for the 1972 election had stalled. Major contributors were under IRS investigation, and Republican lackeys were threatening further trouble if those donors didn’t close their checkbooks. O’Neill sensed a conspiracy coming from the Nixon administration, but it wasn’t until the scandal broke that he connected the threatened donors with the Watergate burglary. In the boldest move of his career, he did something that would shock the nation: O’Neill decided to impeach the President. To his fellow members of the House of Representatives, this was an ugly idea. But as evidence mounted against Nixon and his cronies, O’Neill led the charge against the President. This blow-by-blow, conviction-by-conviction account is a gripping reminder of how O’Neill and his colleagues brought justice to those who abused their power, and revived America after the greatest political scandal in its history. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Jimmy Breslin including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.