Coaches have played a vital yet changing role throughout basketball's professional history. Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches is a comprehensive directory of all the professional coaches in the history of United States basketball. Jeff Marcus provides, in alphabetical order, the year-by-year coaching records for every pro major league coach in basketball history beginning with the American Basketball League (ABL), which formed in 1925 and was the first leag...

Corporate domination of public policy during the Reagan years resulted not only in increasing inequality and deteriorating living standards for millions of Americans, but in a diminution in the capacity of government to solve basic problems that are not amenable to market-oriented solutions.The authors of The State and Democracy (originally published in 1988) propose a new public philosophy for America: one which comprises communitarian values; governments at all levels wh...

A story of Silicon Valley dreams and hubris—and the gap between so-called visionary thinking and its effects on our lives.The Time Lords tells the story of how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a secretive group of San Francisco tech founders have committed over two decades and $42 million building a monumental clock designed to tick for 10,000 years hidden in a Texas mountain.The Clock of the Long Now, as it is called, was conceived in the 1990s, a ti...

The history of the surfboard is one of innovation---innovation that has in turn shaped the sport of surfing. The Art of the Surfboard follows this history, from the first "wave-riding" redwood planks crafted by ancient Hawaiians to the vacuum-sealed, lightweight, "plastic fantastic" technological marvels of today.Beautifully illustrated with historical prints and engravings, as well as the latest surf photography and detailed closeups, this book documents the surfboards evolution a...

In 1992, Jeff and Kristi Leeland’s infant son, Michael, needed a bone marrow transplant. It cost $200,000 they didn’t have. That’s when Dameon, the most picked-on kid in the junior high where Jeff taught, emptied his bank account and handed Jeff twelve $5 bills to help save Michael’s life. Other students rallied behind Dameon’s $60 donation of hope--and a community rallied behind them. In less than four weeks, they raised over $227,000 for Michael’s life-saving transplant....

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The allure of classic automobiles transcends mere transportation, embodying dreams of freedom, craftsmanship, and an era when cars possessed distinct personalities that reflected both their makers' ambitions and their owners' aspirations. Classic car collecting represents one of the most passionate and complex forms of mechanical preservation, where enthusiasts invest not only significant financial resources but also countless hours of ...

A story of Silicon Valley dreams and hubris—and the gap between so-called visionary thinking and its effects on our lives.The Time Lords tells the story of how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and a secretive group of San Francisco tech founders have committed over two decades and $42 million building a monumental clock designed to tick for 10,000 years hidden in a Texas mountain.The Clock of the Long Now, as it is called, was conceived in the 1990s, a ti...

From some of the hottest names in crime fiction today come original stories written expressly for this collection.These taut tales, loaded with tension and charged with uncertainty, bring each victim—the unsuspecting, the hunted, the fearful—into the deadly sights of a hired killer’s gun.From New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors come these stories:“Keller’s Karma” by Lawrence Block, read by Stefan Rudnicki“A Trip Home” by Ed Gorman, ...

“Johnson takes a big gamble by telling such a complex tale invoking every genre imaginable while juggling distinct and deep characterizations. The bet pays off, resulting in a story that will be popular with book clubs and fun to discuss.” —Associated PressNew York City, New Year’s weekend, 2001. Jillian Guthrie, a troubled young journalist, stumbles onto a tantalizing mystery: the same man, unaged, stands alongside Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, and Gandhi ...