Battle for Home Plate

Battle for Home Plate
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Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Total Pages : 30
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ISBN-10 : 9781434222909
ISBN-13 : 143422290X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Battle for Home Plate by : Chris Kreie

Justin and Carlos have played baseball together since they started T-ball, but their friendship is torn apart when they are forced to play on rival teams.

Battle for Home Plate

Battle for Home Plate
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ISBN-10 : 1282624504
ISBN-13 : 9781282624504
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Battle for Home Plate by : Chris Kreie

Justin and Carlos have played on the same baseball team since their T-ball days. But this season, the friends are forced to play on rival teams. Carlos makes new friends on the field, and Justin is left in the dust. When their teams face each other in the final game of the season, Justin and Carlos aren't even speaking. The game comes down to one run, and Carlos rounds third. What will happen when the former best friends collide at home plate?

Power at the Plate

Power at the Plate
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 57
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ISBN-10 : 9781434234001
ISBN-13 : 1434234002
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Power at the Plate by : Scott Ciencin

Jake is the Vikings' biggest star. But Jake's brother, Luke, is tired of standing in his shadow.

Battle of the River Plate

Battle of the River Plate
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Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1473845734
ISBN-13 : 9781473845732
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Battle of the River Plate by : Richard Woodman

The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last 60 years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman's enthralling new study. 'This author has made it all so very riveting, it really is a book which is hard to put down until finished.' Royal Geographical Society 'Graphic, thought provoking - highly recommended.' Britain at War

Wild Pitch

Wild Pitch
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Publisher : Capstone
Total Pages : 57
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ISBN-10 : 9781434230737
ISBN-13 : 1434230732
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Wild Pitch by : Eric Fein

Last year, Ryan Rogan injured Kyle Walker with his red-hot fastball. This year, they're on the same team - and neither teen is happy about it.

The Battle of Base-Ball

The Battle of Base-Ball
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9780786420209
ISBN-13 : 0786420200
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Battle of Base-Ball by : C.H. Claudy

C.H. Claudy might have trouble finding a publisher for his Battle of Base-ball today. His yoking of baseball to warfare--accounts of ways to "cripple the enemy" and descriptions of managers as "battlefield generals"--to teach the young and inexperienced about the game would not likely be applauded in the age of political correctness. But as Claudy says in his preface, "The points of similarity are actual, not imagined," and he spends most of the book, meant to be both instructional and historical, demonstrating his assertion. Originally published in 1912, this work consists of chapters on batting, running, offensive game planning, the pitcher-catcher battery, fielding, defensive strategy, umpiring, drills (titled "Battlefield and Arms"), major league regulations, and A.G. Spalding's organizational rules. Christy Mathewson's "How I Became a Big-League Pitcher" is also included.

An Empty Plate

An Empty Plate
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1431424234
ISBN-13 : 9781431424238
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis An Empty Plate by : Tracy Ledger

"Why is it that food prices are so high that millions of South African families go hungry, while the prices paid to farmers for that same food are so low that many cannot stay in business? Why are the people that produce our food -- farmworkers -- among the most insecure of all? Why do high levels of rural poverty persist while corporate profits in the food sector keep rising? How did a country with a constitutional right to food become a place where one in four children is so malnourished that they are classified as stunted? An Empty Plate analyses the state of the South African agri-food system. Ledger demonstrates how this system is perpetuating poverty, threatening land reform; entrenching inequality and tearing apart our social fabric. The book asks two crucial questions: how did we get to this point and how might we go about solving the problem. This is a story of money, of power, of unanticipated consequences, and of personal and social tragedy. But it is also a story of what is possible if we reimagine our society and build a new system on the foundation of solidarity and ethical food citizenship."--Back cover.

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9781844689538
ISBN-13 : 1844689530
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Battle of the River Plate by : Richard Woodman

A study and reassessment of the major World War II battle in the South Atlantic between the British and German navies. The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles off the coast of South America caught the imagination in December 1939. Over the last sixty years the episode has come to be seen as one of the classics of naval warfare. Yet the accepted interpretation of events has perhaps been taken for granted and is ripe for reassessment, and that is one of the aims of Richard Woodman’s enthralling new study. Praise for The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion “This author has made it all so very riveting, it really is a book which is hard to put down until finished.” —Royal Geographical Society “Graphic, thought provoking—highly recommended.” —Britain at War

The Lords of the Realm

The Lords of the Realm
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 641
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ISBN-10 : 9780307801425
ISBN-13 : 030780142X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis The Lords of the Realm by : John Helyar

"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal; the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards; the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter; the chain-smoking romantic, A. Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer; and much more. Praise for The Lords of the Realm "A must-read for baseball fans . . . reads like a suspense novel."—Kirkus Reviews "Refreshingly hard-headed . . . the only book you'll need to read on the subject."—Newsday "Lots of stories . . . well told, amusing . . . edifying."—The Washington Post

The Hall Ball

The Hall Ball
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781476637938
ISBN-13 : 1476637938
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hall Ball by : Ralph Carhart

Rescued in 2010 from the small creek that runs next to Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, a simple baseball launched an epic quest that spanned the United States and beyond. For eight years, "The Hall Ball" went on a journey to have its picture taken with every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, both living and deceased. The goal? To enshrine the first crowd-sourced artifact ever donated to the Hall. Part travelogue, part baseball history, part photo journal, this book tells the full story for the first time. The narratives that accompany the ball's odyssey are as funny and moving as any in the history of the game.