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They Tasted Glory

Wil A Linkugel, Edward J Pappas

• Paperback | Engels
• For one brief period in the early 1940s, Pete Reiser was the equal of any outfielder in baseball, even Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, but his penchant... Lees meer

Practical Composition

• Paperback | Engels
• For English instructors at every level, the task of producing a worthwhile, workable plan for each class period can prove challenging. This invaluable... Lees meer

Voices of Vietnamese Boat People

Mary Terrell Cargill, Jade Quang Huynh

• Paperback | Engels
• On April 30, 1975, the Hanoi government of North Vietnam took control over the South. South Vietnamese, particularly "intellectuals" and those thought... Lees meer

The Post-9/11 City in Novels

Karolina Golimowska

• Paperback | Engels
• Post-9/11 fiction reflects how the September 11, 2001, attacks have influenced our concept of public space, from urban behavior patterns to architectu... Lees meer

Charles Wright in Conversation

Robert D Denham

• Paperback | Engels
• Because Charles Wright occupies a large space in contemporary American poetry, it is only natural that his readers over the years have wanted to engag... Lees meer

Practicing Sabermetrics

Gabriel B Costa, Michael R Huber, John T Saccoman

• Paperback | Engels
• The past 30 years have seen an explosion in the number and variety of baseball books and articles. Following the lead of pioneers Bill James, John Tho... Lees meer

Dinosaurs Ever Evolving

Allen a Debus

• Paperback | Engels
• From their discovery in the 19th century to the dawn of the Nuclear Age, dinosaurs were seen in popular culture as ambassadors of the geological past ... Lees meer

The American Steam Locomotive in the Twentieth Century

Tom Morrison

• Paperback | Engels
• Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were d... Lees meer

The 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War

Michael Schellhammer

• Paperback | Engels
• The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry suffered the second highest number of battle deaths of all the Union regiments, in every theater, throughout the course... Lees meer

Mark Twain's Travel Literature

Harold H Hellwig

• Paperback | Engels
• This critical study analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his oeuvre (including his classic works of fiction) r... Lees meer

The Six Day Horror Movie

Michael P Dipaolo

• Paperback | Engels
• When someone offered Michael DiPaolo $5,000 to help make a Digital Video horror film, he jumped at the chance to test a theory: an ultra-low budget fe... Lees meer

Engineer in Gray

James H Tomb

• Paperback | Engels
• Chief Engineer James Hamilton Tomb (1839-1929) devoted almost 12 years to naval service--first in the Confederate States' Navy during the American Civ... Lees meer

Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon

• Paperback | Engels
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer has remained an enduring feature of late 1990s pop culture, spawning television spin-offs, rabid fans, and significant schola... Lees meer

Home Front Heroes

Elizabeth Abele

• Paperback | Engels
• This book traces the effects of the feminist and civil rights movements in the construction of Hollywood action heroes. Starting in the late 1980s, ac... Lees meer

Cambodia Now

Karen J Coates

• Paperback | Engels
• Cambodia has never recovered from its Khmer Rouge past. The genocidal regime of 1975-1979 and the following two decades of civil war ripped the countr... Lees meer

Anti-Foreign Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920-1960

Nathan Vernon Madison

• Paperback | Engels
• In this thorough history, the author demonstrates, via the popular literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic books) of the 1920s to about 1960, t... Lees meer

Abe Saperstein and the American Basketball League, 1960-1963

Murry R Nelson

• Paperback | Engels
• This book examines the American Basketball League and its short history, beginning with its conception in 1959-60 and its two seasons of play, 1961-19... Lees meer

Baseball State by State

Chris Jensen

• Paperback | Engels
• Offering a fresh approach to the familiar concept of all-time baseball teams, this exhaustive work ranks more than 2,500 players by state of birth and... Lees meer

The 1957 San Francisco Seals

P J Dragseth

• Paperback | Engels
• The 1957 PCL season faced uncertainty about the impending "invasion of major league baseball" in 1958. While the meetings, wheeling and dealing and po... Lees meer

Shock Theatre Chicago Style

Donald F Glut

• Paperback | Engels
• From December 1957 through October 1959, Chicago TV viewers were held in thrall by "Marvin," the ghoulishly hilarious host of WBKB-TV's late-night hor... Lees meer

Sauna Detoxification Therapy

Marilyn G McVicker

• Paperback | Engels | Judaic Studies
• For sufferers of multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), the lack of information on toxicity, coupled with skepticism, misdiagnosis, and very limited r... Lees meer

River Warfare in Vietnam

Robin L Rielly

• Paperback | Engels
• America's entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors. Among them was the necessity of bolstering French influence in the ar... Lees meer

Carolina Loyalist

John Hairr

• Paperback | Engels
• One of the most enigmatic figures of the American Revolutionary War, Colonel David Fanning is best known for his 1781 capture of Thomas Burke, the gov... Lees meer

Photo Recon Became Fighter Duty

Steven K Dixon

• Paperback | Engels
• Trained as a photo reconnaissance unit, Marine Observation Squadron 251 ended up serving as a fighter squadron for the duration of World War II, shoot... Lees meer