"A real page turner that held me in its grip from the very first sentence." -Tom Robotham, award-winning writer". . . a compelling read, with gripping writing and themes of loss and revenge." -Miranda Faye Dillon, award-winning author of The UnshatterablesEnglish professor Vere Larson and his family are living an idyllic life in a quiet college town when a baseball injury interrupts the promising sports career of his son, Chris. A ...

When you look at the world, what do you see? As an artist, your creativity stems from your vision. The problem in the modern world is how often one's imagination is fragmented and reduced--between worship and work, the body and soul, the material and the spiritual. Written to practicing artists and those who pastor them, The Artistic Vision encourages artists who long for a greater sense of purpose and a greater sense of wholeness, proposing that seeing the material world as a shadow of sp...

No object encapsulates the subtle, mysterious richness of cricket as much as its most famous character, the cricket ball: the swinging, bouncing, spinning heart of the glorious game.Gary Cox tells us the life story of the ball in its many guises: new ball, old ball, live ball, dead ball, no-ball, lost ball, swing ball and dot ball. He untangles the complexities of spin bowling (with a little help from Shane Warne), the tricks and cheats involved in ball tampering (including a look ...

Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams played no small role in the making of modern college basketball. Collectively, they’ve won more than 2,300 games and six national championships and reached thirteen Final Fours. All three have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Pitino, Calhoun, and Williams each spent more than two decades on the national stage, becoming celebrities in their own right as college basketball and March Madness became a multi-billion-dollar industry....

Collectively, Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, and Gary Williams have won more than 2,300 games and six national championships and reached thirteen Final Fours. Before Pitino became the face of the Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville programs, before Calhoun turned UConn into a national power, and before Williams brought Maryland to its first national championship, these coaches cut their teeth in front of modest-sized crowds in college gymnasiums of Boston during the '70s and '80s.B...

The Mad Butterfly's Ball is an essential compendium of stories dedicated to the lurking horror and profound wonder of those that live, largely unseen, in the world around us—the enigmatic insect! Featuring original and new works by Clive Barker, Jeffrey Thomas, Kaaron Warren, Paul Di Filippo, Eugen Bacon, and many more, alongside classics of the subgenre, The Mad Butterfly's Ball is the largest and most comprehensive anthology of its kind, with stunning illustrations by R...

Communicating Mental Health: History, Contexts, and Perspectives explores mental health through the lens of the communication discipline. In the first section, contributors describe the major contributions of the communication discipline as it pertains to a broader perspective and stigma of mental health. In the second section, contributors investigate mental health through various narrative perspectives. In the third and fourth sections, contributors consider many applied contexts such as...

Are you looking for an easy and fast way to make some extra money? Look to one of America's premier online selling sites to provide just that. Selling golf balls for fun and profit is something anyone can do. If you don't find a source like the author did, anyone can walk a golf course in the evening after the golfers have gone home and find plenty of golf balls to sell.

Whether it's 1975 or 2025, the fundamental building blocks and basics of ball handling are still the same and are the foundation for youth players to learn and improve their dribbling skills. Hundreds of drills can assist with developing youth basketball skills, and we've included some of the most common and widely used today. Our Ball Handling Drills Youth for Basketball eBook is all you will need to quickly develop your players' ball-handling skills. Our eBook includes over 80+ Basic and...

Leander: A broken heart has kept me off the scene for a while now. I've devoted my time to work, books, and my fierce Santa-hating kitty named Mu-Mu. But when a soccer ball lands in my garden, my life takes a surprising turn. The British guy who kicked it tries to charm me with Hugh Grant-style fumbling and that hot accent, but I'm not playing his game.Jake: I'm an expat working in the US. There are a few things I miss about England: my family, my mates, and the beautiful game, espe...

From the award-winning illustrator of The Hockey Song comes a stunning tribute to baseball’s most beloved anthem.Take me out to the ball game!A boy tries to convince his father to leave his work behind and join him for an afternoon—out with the crowd so they can root, root, root for the home team!Colorful cartoon-style illustrations bring the nostalgic lyrics to life, making it an infectious read-aloud for readers young and old.

America's most popular western novelists ride hard in their newest adventure as fearless pioneer Breckenridge Wallace carves out a future in the unforgiving American frontier.JUSTICE IS HARD TO REACH.WHEN IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HELL.A Rocky Mountain winter has left Breck reeling from the carnage unleashed by bloodthirsty trapper Judd Carnahan—and readying a quest for vengeance as ruthless as their prey. It gets even deadlier when Carnahan lays siege to a trading p...