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Ball Tales
This history of American sports fiction traces depictions of baseball, basketball and football in works for all age levels from early dime novels through the 1960s. Chapters cover dime novel heroes Frank and Dick Merriwell; the explosion of sports novels before World War II and its influence on the authors who later wrote for baby boom readers; how sports novels persisted during the Great Depression; the rise and decline of sports pulps; why sports comics failed; postwar heroes Chip Hilton and Bronc Burnett; the lack of sports fiction for females; Duane Decker's Blue Sox books; and the classic John R. Tunis novels. Appendices list sports pulp titles and comic books featuring sports fiction.
Bring Clem Home
The year is 1954 inside a courtroom in the Harris County Courthouse in Houston, Texas. Presiding is Probate Judge Clement McClelland in his second term of office. Walking up to and sitting in the witness box is the Judge's fiveaEUR"yearaEUR"old son, Kirk, put there with his coloring book by his smiling mother, Doris. Also inside the crowded Probate courtroom is Assistant DA Frank Briscoe, whose predatory eyes glare as he watches and studies the Judge. Clem McClelland is at the top of his game. As Harris County's Probate Judge, he's run unopposed in his past two elections, he's a Deacon at the First Presbyterian Church, he's top Shriner at the Arabia Temple, and he and Doris have three childr...
The Thickening Water
Murder is not what you think. Set in a sleepy South Wales village The Thickening Water follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Nick Hawker and his three friends. After discovering a barn filled with money the boys are faced with a decision that will change all their lives. And so begins a haunting chain of events that will test the limits of their friendship, leading them to kill their school teacher and unearth the village's dark and terrible secrets. This is Ashley Sandeman's extraordinary first novel - a harsh yet essential examination of what it means to grow up. Populated by unforgettable characters The Thickening Water is the story of the time in our lives where friendships start to matter more than family, when blood is no longer thicker than water.
When Sandcastles Burn
Bobby Corso has spent the first twenty-three years of his life in a holding pattern, trapped by his father's poor health and his mother's neuroses. An invitation from his uncle Mickey to stay with him in Las Vegas is exactly the opportunity he needs to break away. It's the summer of 1980, and Bobby is ready to make something of himself. But new entanglements await him out West. A dangerous older cousin takes an interest in Bobby, leading him on a path filled with bad omens and tragic consequences. Just one hard choice may enable Bobby to free himself -- if he has the courage to make it.
Allison, the People and the Power
A Commemorative Edition Pictorial History, written by Joan Zigmunt, tells of how the Allison Engine Company revolutionized the aircraft engine business
The Kindred Venturers
Peter Barnes was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and married Sophia Inman. They later moved to Pennsylvania and then Ohio. Barnes ancestry is traced to James Barnes (born ca. 1670) and Keturah Shipley of Maryland. Descendants lived in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and elsewhere.
Encyclopedia of Television Shows
There were, between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, 1,559 television series broadcast on three platforms: broadcast TV, cable TV, and streaming services. This book, the second supplement to the original Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925-2010, presents detailed information on each program, including storylines, casts (character and performer), years of broadcast, trivia facts, and network, cable or streaming information. Along with the traditional network channels and cable services, the newest streaming services like Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus and pioneering streaming services like Netflix and Hulu are covered. The book includes a section devoted to reality series and foreign series broadcast in the U.S. for the first time from 2017 to 2022, a listing of the series broadcast from 2011 through 2016 (which are contained in the prior supplement), and an index of performers.
Hoop Crazy
Clair Bee (1896-1983) was a hugely successful basketball coach at Rider College and Long Island University with a 412 and 87 record before his career was derailed in 1951 by a point-shaving scandal. In the trial that sent his star player, Sherman White, to prison, the judge excoriated Bee for creating a morally lax culture that contributed to his players' involvement with gambling. To a certain extent, Bee agreed with the judge's scolding, concluding that coaches, himself included, had become so driven to succeed on the court that they had lost sight of the educational role sports should play. His coaching career effectively over, Bee launched an effort to reform the ills he saw in college s...
