Coming Home: My Amazin` Life with the New York Mets, Cleon Jones, Gary Kaschak
Автор: Underwood Lamar Название: The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales from the Sky ISBN: 1493019694 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781493019694 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 2216.00 р. 3166.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors, to be shared by kindred spirits as well as the curious sorts who have wanted to know, "What was it like up there?" In THE GREATEST FLYING STORIES EVER TOLD, editor Lamar Underwood has collected some of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, to lay bare the drama of human beings coping with the skills needed to direct their machines through the vastness of the skies. With contributions from: Charles Lindbergh, Ernest K. Gann, General Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos, Tom Wolfe, Mary Lovell, Richard Bach, Rinker Buck, Diane Ackerman, Derek Robinson, and more.
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Автор: Ed Kranepool, Gary Kaschak Название: Ed Kranepool ISBN: 1637272707 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781637272701 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4158.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: No origin story of the New York Mets is complete without Ed Kranepool.
The lefty first baseman known as "Steady Eddie" made his major-league debut at age 17 during the team's inaugural season and would eventually depart, nearly two decades later, with his name written throughout the franchise's record books.
In this definitive autobiography, Kranepool shares a remarkable life story, including early years playing stickball in the streets of the Bronx, the growing pains the Mets endured as an expansion club, his offseasons working as a New York stockbroker, and of course the miracle 1969 season that ended in an unforgettable World Series victory.
He also opens up about the personal miracle which came 50 years after that famous championship: a lifesaving kidney transplant made possible by a Mets fan donor. A month after the surgery, Kranepool threw out the first pitch at Citi Field and boldly offered his services as a pinch hitter.
Affable, open, and brimming with knowledge of the game, this thoroughly New York tale will delight baseball fans in Queens and beyond.
Автор: Johnson, Axsal Название: 100 amazing facts about the negro: with ISBN: 0993085970 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780993085970 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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