Good To The Last Out
Title | Good To The Last Out PDF eBook |
Author | Theo Tate |
Publisher | Author House |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2014-06-13 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1496917154 |
Chronicles the 96 players who made the last out of the World Series from Joe Tinker to Joe Rudi, and the hitters from Willie McCovey to Willie McGee.
Last Time Out
Title | Last Time Out PDF eBook |
Author | John Nogowski |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2022-07-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493068474 |
Most sports fans know that Ted Williams ended his major league career with style, swatting a home run in his final at bat. But what about Babe Ruth? Ty Cobb? Joe DiMaggio? Willie Mays? How did some of baseball's greatest players bow out of The Game? Last Time Out answers that question as it examines how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled. The stories of these men and how they finished their careers, never collected anywhere before now, show another side of the men whose achievements on the field made them legends. After hours and hours of research, through biographies, microfilm, magazines, and memories, award-winning sportswriter John Nogowski culled the stories of the final games of 25 of The Game's greatest athletes-Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, Dizzy Dean, Satchel Paige, Carlton Fisk, Bob Feller, Joe Morgan, and Carl Yastrzemski are among those featured. This impressive work recounts the circumstances surrounding these final games and puts you in a box seat to witness and sense the moment as these glorious careers ceased, most often with little fanfare. Whether it be Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lou Gehrig, Pete Rose, or Cal Ripken, Jr., Last Time Out beautifully captures in words and photographs the essence of these players' last time in uniform and celebrates the magic of the game these famed players mastered and loved.
Last Men Out
Title | Last Men Out PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Drury |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2012-04-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 143916102X |
"Last Men Out" tells the riveting story of the last 11 United States soldiers to escape South Vietnam on April, 30, 1975, the day America ended its combat presence.
The Last Lecture
Title | The Last Lecture PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Pausch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Cancer |
ISBN | 9780340978504 |
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
Still Life with Woodpecker
Title | Still Life with Woodpecker PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Robbins |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2003-06-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553897942 |
“Robbins’s comic philosophical musings reveal a flamboyant genius.”—People Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.
The Last Out
Title | The Last Out PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Sullivan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2020-02-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780996302036 |
The Last Out is a moving and uproarious coming-of-age story about the ups and downs of relationships, the ending of eras, and the expanding generational divide. Jordan Lewis is a rebellious teen struggling with his parents' impending divorce. Charlie Kalb, Jordan's hard-nosed grandfather, is a widower who never imagined he would end up alone. Together, they go on the run and attempt to make the twelve-hundred-mile trek from Florida to the last game at the original Yankee Stadium. What neither of them knows ... is that they both have secret plans for when they finally make it to New York. As this odd couple makes their way from the Sunshine State to the Empire State, they hilariously butt heads before ultimately learning about life, love, and each other. But, is what Jordan and Charlie discover enough to convince them to reconsider their original plans? Readers will laugh, think, and cry as they join Jordan and Charlie on this entertaining and heartrending journey.
The Last Good Kiss
Title | The Last Good Kiss PDF eBook |
Author | James Crumley |
Publisher | Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2016-04-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101973552 |
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • One of the most influential crime novels ever written, by a legend of the genre. Tough, hard-boiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, The Last Good Kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring C. W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author, he ends up on the trail of a girl missing in Haight-Ashbury for a decade. The tense hunt becomes obsessive as Sughrue takes a haunting journey through the underbelly of America's sleaziest nightmares.