Fathers Sons And The Holy Ghosts Of Baseball
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Fathers Sons And The Holy Ghosts Of Baseball
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Author : Tommy Murray
language : en
Publisher: Beaver's Pond Press
Release Date : 2017-10-03
Fathers Sons And The Holy Ghosts Of Baseball written by Tommy Murray and has been published by Beaver's Pond Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Fiction categories.
Time often slows and even stops in the small town of Cottage Park, Iowa. In fact, time is best measured not by the hands of a clock but by the innings of a baseball game. Praying and playing baseball are two of the town's primary activities. Actually, they are one in the same in a town where baseball is a religion. Still, time does eventually flow on. Much like the Des Moines River just outside Cottage Park, time leads to the site of the 1974 Iowa high school baseball tournament. Cottage Park's Holy Trinity High School has never won the Finals. The team's three elderly coaches vow to at last anoint themselves champions before they retire. For the players, the road to the Finals is a confirmation by fire--a rite of passage before they must face adulthood. Fathers, sons, and the holy ghosts of baseball join together in the quest for the Finals. Along this journey, young and old alike ultimately learn you must sacrifice before you can gain and sometimes you must lose before you can win.
Fathers Sons Holy Ghosts
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Author : Austin Gisriel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-02-02
Fathers Sons Holy Ghosts written by Austin Gisriel and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-02 with categories.
No other sport, and indeed few other activities evoke as much passion as does baseball. It is a passion that unites generations and genders, laborers and lawyers, Republicans and Democrats. Baseball serves as a common language, a unified way of perceiving the world, a means to greater understanding. Baseball's shrines, rituals, myths, and heroes certainly give it a religious aura, but many activities may be pursued "religiously." Baseball is beyond religion. It is a living myth that puts us in touch with Eternity, with the Infinite. Its Miracle is not some long-ago act that contradicts the laws of physics. Its Miracle is the scrubbing away of cynicism to reveal the fresh-faced child within who is ready to believe, eager to believe, who does believe. Fathers, Sons, & Holy Ghosts: Baseball as a Spiritual Experience is an examination in memoir form of how baseball nourishes the spiritual side of those who are part of the game.
The Fifth Wife
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Author : Soua Lee
language : en
Publisher: Umbrella Books
Release Date : 2022-12-15
The Fifth Wife written by Soua Lee and has been published by Umbrella Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Mai Cee was born into a strict culture, birthed in a refugee camp, and brought to the United States of America at a young age. She is a perfectionist. She works hard at school and in her family's home. With excellent grades, she has her mind set on pursuing a prestigious university education. Mai Cee wants to correct the imperfections of her roots and go far away to study, to carve out a new destiny of adventure and success. When Mai Cee least expects it, true love crosses her path. She falls head over heels for a charming American soldier - a hero who has come to rescue her from her dull, senseless, and conflicting Hmong life. But this amazing lover has other secrets in store, secrets that may destroy everything Mai Cee has worked for including her goal of forever trying to please her father. The Fifth Wife: A Memoir of Hope, Love, and Faith is a compelling story about the pursuit of excellence and honor, a daring undertaking to find true love, and a willingness to make new meanings. Follow Mai Cee's story to understand the consequences of grief and despair; the power of faith and forgiveness; and the bliss of rediscovering purpose.
Baseball Fathers Baseball Sons
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Author : Dick Wimmer
language : en
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Release Date : 1988
Baseball Fathers Baseball Sons written by Dick Wimmer and has been published by William Morrow & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A collection of interviews with baseball stars about their own father-son relationships, includes conversations with Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Gary Carter, Wade Boggs, and many others
The Dad Report
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Author : Kevin Cook
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2015-06-30
The Dad Report written by Kevin Cook and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An unforgettable look at how baseball families share our national pastime. Baseball honors legacies—from cheering the home team to breaking in an old glove handed down from father to son. In The Dad Report, award-winning sportswriter Kevin Cook weaves a tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons—from the sport's superstars to Cook and his own ball-playing father—share the game. Almost two hundred father-son pairs have played in the big leagues. Cook takes us inside the clubhouses, homes, and lives of many of the greats. Aaron Boone follows grandfather Bob, father Ray, and brother Bret to the majors—three generations of All-Stars. Barry Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. strive to outdo their famous dads. Michael Jordan walks away from basketball to play minor-league baseball—to fulfill his father's dream. In visiting these legendary families, Cook discovers that ball-playing families are a lot like our own. Dan Haren regrets the long road trips that keep him from his kids. Ike Davis and his father, a former Yankee, debate whether Ike should pitch or play first base. Buddy Bell leads a generation of big-leaguers determined to open their workplace—the clubhouse—to their kids. Framing The Dad Report is the story of Kevin Cook's own father, Art Cook, a minor-league pitcher, a loveable rogue with a wicked screwball. In Art's later years, Kevin phoned him almost every night to talk baseball. They called those nightly conversations "the Dad Report." In time, Kevin came to see that these conversations were about much more than the game. That's what this book is about: the way fathers and sons talk baseball as a way of talking about everything—courage, fear, fun, family, morality, mortality, and how it's not whether you win or lose that counts, it's how you share the game.
Naming The Father
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Author : Eva Paulino Bueno
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2000
Naming The Father written by Eva Paulino Bueno and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Family & Relationships categories.
Naming the Father is a collection of essays on the subject of fatherhood: its enduring power, its secret ruses, its unsettling provocations. Despite the considerable critical attention devoted to motherhood in literature-and despite the late-twentieth-century focus on patriarchy-there is surprisingly no comparable collection on fatherhood. This volume was born of the conclusion that critics of modern and contemporary literature may comprehend the father too little for presuming to have comprehended patriarchy so much. Naming the Father begins with a series of nonfiction essays that attempts to locate the missing father in the individual experiences of three scholars at various stages of their careers. The following thematically grouped sections recover and discuss fatherhood in fields ranging from Caribbean fiction to African American drama and in the work of authors as diverse as Rebecca West, Anzia Yezierska, William Burroughs, and Stephen Wright, as well as Henry James and James Joyce. A variety of critical approaches, from biographical to deconstructive, activate and engage with the cultural, national, and global implications of fatherhood for the family and for the future of literary studies. Scholars and students of contemporary literature, cultural studies, and gender studies will find this book a fascinating and invaluable collection.
Are We Winning
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Author : Will Leitch
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion
Release Date : 2010-05-04
Are We Winning written by Will Leitch and has been published by Hyperion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A hilarious tribute to baseball and to the fathers and sons who share the love of the game. Are We Winning is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play the Chicago Cubs--the "lovable losers" to most fans but the hated enemy to the Leitch men. Along for the ride are both Will's father, the gregarious but not--exactly demonstrative Midwestern titan who, despite being a die--hard Cards fan and living his whole life just 200 miles south of Chicago, had never been to Wrigley Field before this game, and Will's college friend, a lifelong Cubs fan. The Cardinals have recently fallen out of the pennant race, and the Cubs, as it turns out, are attempting to clinch the division on this Saturday afternoon in September. The pitchers are Ted Lilly for the Cubs and Joel Pineiro for the Cardinals. It's just a regular game. Play ball. The book unfolds in half-inning increments where Will gives one-of-a-kind insight on the past, present, and future of the game--from Pujols' unrivaled greatness to the myth that steroids have ruined baseball. Along the way, he shares memories of his father and growing up in the small town of Mattoon, including the year his dad coached his Little League team and nicknamed a scrawny kid "Bulldog," and an unlikely postgame episode involving a biker bar and Mr. Holland's Opus. And there is beer. Lots and lots of beer. Are We Winning is a book about the indelible bond that links fathers and sons. For the Leitch men it's baseball that holds them together--not that either of them would ever be so weak as to admit it. No matter how far apart they are or what's going on in their lives, they'll always be able to talk about baseball. It's the story of being a fan, a story about fathers, sons, and legacies. And one perfect game.
Stealing Home
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Author : Ron Seybold
language : en
Publisher: Skin Horse Press
Release Date : 2019-07
Stealing Home written by Ron Seybold and has been published by Skin Horse Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07 with categories.
The rarest outcome in sports is baseball's perfect game. One team does everything right, forcing the other to accomplish nothing. In 150 years of baseball, there have only been 23. Perfect is nearly impossible. As a divorced dad, Ron was trying to redeem his fatherhood on a baseball road trip with his Little League son Nicky. Their odyssey of nine games in eleven days, crossing eight states in a rented convertible, was supposed to repair Ron's life as an unsure father. One sign of salvation came unbidden in an unscheduled tenth game. The adventures of the road, with a dad flying solo and trying to keep his boy safe and have fun, led to a deeper reckoning of how Ron's father failed enough to take his own life. The thousands of miles and dozens of innings delivered a discovery-a drive toward perfect fatherhood has a destination that cannot be found on any map. It might emerge at any time, though.
Black In The British Frame
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Author : Stephen Bourne
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2001-11-30
Black In The British Frame written by Stephen Bourne and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-11-30 with Social Science categories.
In this updated edition of Stephen Bourne's acclaimed and award-winning study, the author takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, silent films, soap operas and much more--as well as several useful appendices including award winners and suggestions for further reading.
Black In The British Frame
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Author : Stephen Bourne
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2005-05-01
Black In The British Frame written by Stephen Bourne and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-01 with Social Science categories.
In this updated edition of his acclaimed and award-winning study, Stephen Bourne takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, the experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, Newton I. Aduaka, soap operas and much more - as well as several useful appendices and suggestions for further reading.