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Author : Willie Mosconi
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2015-09-22
Willie S Game written by Willie Mosconi and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A “fascinating” memoir by America’s greatest professional billiards player, a child prodigy in the pool halls of the 1930s who became a world champion (Library Journal). Willie Mosconi’s father never wanted him to play billiards. At night, the boy would lie awake listening to the clatter of balls downstairs in the family pool hall, and when his father wasn’t around, he would climb onto an apple crate to practice his shots. When his dad started locking up the balls and cue, young Willie improvised with potatoes and a broom handle. By the time he was 7 years old, he was good enough to play against Ralph Greenleaf in a match billed as “The Child Prodigy vs. The World Champion.” It was the start of a magnificent career that would include an unprecedented 15 world championships and the record for most consecutive balls run without a miss: 526. Nicknamed “Mr. Pocket Billiards,” Mosconi was instrumental in popularizing pool in America, serving as a consultant for iconic films such as The Hustler and The Color of Money and facing off against the famed hustler Minnesota Fats in 2 celebrated matches. Cowritten with journalist Stanley Cohen, Willie’s Game is the colorful, captivating autobiography of an illustrious champion who lifted his sport to new heights and played by one simple rule: If you don’t miss, you don’t have to worry about anything else.
After All It S Only A Game
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Author : Willie Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
After All It S Only A Game written by Willie Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Fiction categories.
Perhaps better than any other writer Willie Morris can evoke the fleeting era of placid southern summers and simple truths, a halcyon season before television imprisoned our lives. This collection of sports stories, a mixture of fiction and memoir, restores that evanescent time for an hour or so. Each story focuses locally upon details that figure in a larger landscape and in the bigger game. This is a book that not only will entertain but also will open floodgates of memory. "It's about time passing", Morris says, "and about the way a writer looks back on those days. About the vulnerabilities of being young. About the pain and the fear and the adventure - don't leave that out. And about wanting to be a hero, if only for a moment". In these poignant, sometimes rollicking, stories of youth and athletics the games of football, baseball, and basketball provide the arenas for the tests that youth must endure. Morris captures elusive, keenly sensed feelings that rise from recollection and establishes himself in that stream of distinguished American writers whose sports stories illuminate the human conditions of fear, courage, loneliness, and victory in defeat. "Sports were so much apart of my growing up, of my becoming a man, that they are now apart of me", Morris says. In a foreword Rick Cleveland, a columnist for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, gives insight into Willie Morris's love of athletics. Lynn Green Root's ten vivid illustrations capture the moods and feelings of Morris's stories, and both author and artist revive again for the reader that timeless period which youth feels will last forever and which adults mourn as the best years of their lives.
Willie Horton Detroit S Own Willie The Wonder
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Author : Grant Eldridge
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2001
Willie Horton Detroit S Own Willie The Wonder written by Grant Eldridge and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The story of baseball legend Willie Horton. The 1968 Detroit Tigers always will mean something very special to the city of Detroit. No one player is a better symbol of the relationship between the '68 team and the city than is Willie Horton. When eight-year-old Willie was walking the six miles from his home in Stonega, Virginia to neighboring Appalachia to play baseball, he never dreamed that one day he would star in a major league World Series. The likelihood of a successful career of any kind seemed even more remote after his family moved to Detroit, Michigan. Growing up in Detroit's Projects, Willie had no way of knowing that one day he would give his name to a foundation dedicated to helping youngsters living in similar slum conditions. Willie Horton: Detroit's Own Willie the Wonder takes this warm and generous man from his disadvantaged childhood through the excitement of a baseball career, and ends with an account of his ongoing work among today's youth. Willie believes that his success comes from what others have done for him, and he is determined to give back as much as he can. Young readers will understand why coaches and friends were so willing to help Willie, and t
Willie Mays
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Author : James S. Hirsch
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-04-03
Willie Mays written by James S. Hirsch and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (Seattle Times) authorized, definitive, New York Times bestselling biography of Willie Mays, the most complete baseball player of all time. Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a teenager in the Negro Leagues, became a cult hero in New York, and was the headliner in Major League Baseball’s bold expansion to California. He was a blend of power, speed, and stylistic bravado that enraptured fans for more than two decades. Now James Hirsch reveals the man behind the player. Mays was a transcendent figure who received standing ovations in enemy stadiums and who, during the turbulent civil rights era, urged understanding and reconciliation. More than his records, his legacy is defined by the pure joy that he brought to fans and the loving memories that have been passed to future generations so they might know the magic and beauty of the game. With meticulous research and drawing on interviews with Mays himself as well as with close friends, family, and teammates, Hirsch presents a brilliant portrait of one of America’s most significant cultural icons.
Willie S Way
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Author : Phillip Van Hooser
language : en
Publisher: Sound Wisdom
Release Date : 2019-09-03
Willie S Way written by Phillip Van Hooser and has been published by Sound Wisdom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-03 with Business & Economics categories.
A book unlike any other customer service guide, Willie’s Way translates Willie’s common-sense wisdom into simple, practical applications. Each chapter looks at one of the six service secrets and explains how and why it works. From listening to customers, to offering them special favors, to making every customer connection memorable, these proven strategies will impress, entice and win new customers with every interaction. As a successful speaker and author who travels constantly, Phillip Van Hooser has been in and out of his fair share of cabs. But only one cabbie ever taught him anything about customer service. That cabbie is Willie, and the common-sense wisdom he imparted has become known as Willie’s Way. In Willie’s Way, you too will learn Willie’s unique brand of personalized service: How to woo customers so they come back again and again How to wow customers so they tell their friends about you How to win customers’ long-term business by exceeding their expectations How to apply Willie’s techniques to your own enterprises to build long-term customer loyalty “Willie’s Way is a fascinating compilation of real-life customer service stories that actually make a difference. It’s about building your brand one customer at a time. Read how enthusiasm, confidence and sincerity can impact your customers, grow revenues and impact your bottom line. This is the best book I’ve read on customer service in a long time.” –Joe Scarlett, Chairman of the Board, Tractor Supply Company “Van Hooser absolutely hit the bulls-eye with an outstanding instruction manual about the keys to extraordinary customer service. I have no doubt that companies and customer service professionals across virtually every industry will find value and fresh insights in the pages of this brilliantly written gem.” –Richard G. Kelley, Director of Sales Training, North America Axcan Pharma, Inc.
Willie S Game Day Rules
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Author : Sherri Graves Smith
language : en
Publisher: Mascot Books
Release Date : 2014-08-05
Willie S Game Day Rules written by Sherri Graves Smith and has been published by Mascot Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Etiquette for children and teenagers categories.
"Come along with Willie as he takes you through a game day filled with fun! Along the way, Willie teaches manners and good sportsmanship in the traditional Kansas State University way!"--Back cover.
Mickey And Willie
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Author : Allen Barra
language : en
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Release Date : 2013-05-14
Mickey And Willie written by Allen Barra and has been published by Crown Archetype this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-14 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field. Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience.
Willie Mays
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Author : Matt Doeden
language : en
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Release Date : 2010-08-01
Willie Mays written by Matt Doeden and has been published by Twenty-First Century Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Think you know all there is to know about Willie Mays? Well, did you know that: •He once batted .477 in the minor leagues? •He won twelve straight Gold Glove awards? •He was the first African American team captain in major-league history? Willie Mays started his baseball career in the little-known Negro Leagues in 1948. He crossed over to the major leagues with the New York Giants in 1951. During the 1954 World Series, Mays stunned the baseball world with an unbelievable over-the-shoulder catch. That play launched him into superstardom. He stayed with the Giants for more than twenty years, first in New York and then in San Francisco. Along the way, he earned his place in the record books, tallying the fourth-highest home run total in major-league history. Find out how Willie Mays made it to the top of his game and stayed there.
Willie S Time
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Author : Charles Einstein
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2004-02-20
Willie S Time written by Charles Einstein and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
To a generation of fans, Willie Mays was the greatest ballplayer they had ever seen. The prowess and speed of the Say Hey Kid were unmatched on the diamond before his time, prompting Joe DiMaggio to label him, “ the closest you can come to perfection.” He was the first player to hit fifty home runs and steal twenty bases in a single season. Mays played for the New York Giants (1951– 1957), San Francisco Giants (1958– 1972), and New York Mets (1972– 1973), and in his glory days with the Giants he not only set the major league mark for consecutive seasons by appearing in 150 games or more but by winning his two MVP awards a record twelve seasons apart. When Mays retired, he ranked third in career home runs (behind Aaron and Ruth), a record of 660 soon to be surpassed by Mays’ s godson, Barry Bonds. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the only ballplayer biography ever named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Willie’ s Time: Baseball’ s Golden Age, restores to print Charles Einstein’ s vivid biography of one of the game’ s foremost legends. With a new preface from the author, this volume replays the most dramatic moments of the Say Hey Kid’ s career— from the 1951 Miracle Giants to the Amazing Mets of 1973— and takes us inside the lives of Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Durocher, and others along the way. Einstein offers a compelling and complete look at Mays: as a youth in racist Birmingham, a triumphant symbol of African American success, a sports hero lionized by fans, and yet all the while, still a very human figure destined to play for two decades amid baseball’ s Golden Age.
The Legend Of Willie Mickey The Duke
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Author : Howard Burman
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2022-11-07
The Legend Of Willie Mickey The Duke written by Howard Burman and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
During the 1950s, they played centerfield in New York ballparks only a few miles apart. The comparisons were inevitable. From Brooklyn soda fountains to Queens street corners to Manhattan boardrooms, the argument raged: who was the greatest—Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, or Duke Snider? The trajectories of their lives were similar. They were born into the game and taught by their baseball-playing fathers at an early age. All three dreamed of baseball greatness—dreams that came at a cost. When they signed to play professional baseball, they were each hyped to become the greatest players in the game. The pressure to live up to these expectations took a heavy toll on them. The story of Willie, Mickey & the Duke is the story of three superb athletes who became baseball legends--what it did for them and what it did to them.