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During the Golden Age of baseball, as many as 59 minor leagues operated in a single season, and hundreds of G.I.s returning home from World War II competed in them for the big break that would land them one of only 400 spots on 16 teams in the majors. These were truly the days when athletes played purely for the love of the game, motivated by goals that seemed always just beyond their fingertips. Among the many men who endured shocking extremes in pursuit of that diamond-plate dream was first baseman Ed Mickelson. This book relates the entirety of his 11-year struggle against the odds of success. A talented athlete from his early youth, Mickelson followed the game he loved across continental...
Congratulations to Khadir , Olivia , Amere , Valencia and all the other students of Spade Valley high school you have received your diploma and what the world has deemed the minimum education required to live in human society . You have earned the right to pat yourself on the back because you memorized how to count ,read , write , and problem solve. I'm probably not the first to tell you congratulations .I believe it would be safe to assume I'm not the first to bring up the favorite question everyone like to ask after the ceremony either. What's Next? More school or straight into the work force either or , I can be sure that you will enter your next steps unprepared .I'm sure that this is th...
The Advocate is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing LGBT publication in the United States.
Laylo, a girl from the other side of the world who walked in high school knowing no one but where she stands lets pride get the best of her with the words of couple teenager, who know not what real friends are but think they do. The fear of not knowing anyone was bearable because she soon made new friends but when girls at school started talking about her nationality, that was unbearable and beyond what she ever expected. She gets herself in the middle of nowhere when she looses her real friends and tries to do all she could to prove the girls wrong. will her true friends be there when she looks back? After all true friends are the once that let you learn from your mistake and except you back when your heart lies to you and your world falls apart.
Chronicles of a Biker is a compilation of anecdotes which Shaun Donovan wrote during his 12 years of riding (and racing) motor-cycles between 1975 and 1987. Now, in 2012, some 36 years after writing his first memoirs of a misspent youth, Shaun has encapsulated dozens of these truly memorable and remarkable (and in some cases unbelievable) stories into one book. In the first few chapters, read how Shaun survives an onslaught of terrifying crashes, each one leaving him with several broken bones -or huge chunks of flesh hanging from his battered body, as he lives-on to fight another day. Also included are the tales of his unlawful misdemeanours, as he is continually chased and caught by the pol...
The district attorney who prosecuted the case against Yolanda Saldivar offers a firsthand account of the trial involving the death of Selena Quintanilla Perez, the Tejano music superstar whose murder sent shockwaves throughout the music world.