Rothstein : the Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series. by Pietrusza, David, 1949-

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Personal Counseling : a Practical Guide That Teaches Basic Counseling Skills. by Chapman, Elwood N.

Table of Contents: “…; ""PART III Seeking Solutions The Counseling Process""; ""COUNSELING CAN BE COMPARED TO PLAYING BASEBALL""; ""EXPLAINING WHAT LIES AHEAD (Rules of the Game)""; ""FIRST BASE: THE SKILL OF LISTENING""; ""TO REACH SECOND BASE IT IS NECESSARY TO DISCOVER THE PROBLEM""; ""SECOND BASE: IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM""…”
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It's all for the kids : gender, families, and youth sports by Messner, Michael A.

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Sports : the complete visual reference

Table of Contents: “…Mountain Sportsrock climbing -- Aerial Sports -- parachuting -- Ball Sports (Small Ball) -- baseball -- softball -- lacrosse -- cricket -- field hockey -- pelota vasca (Basque ball) -- handball -- Ball Sports (Large Ball) -- football -- rugby -- Australian rules football -- American and Canadian football -- basketball -- netball -- volleyball -- beach volleyball -- handball (team) -- Racket Sports -- tennis -- racquetball -- table tennis -- badminton -- squash -- Combat Sports -- karate -- ju-jitsu -- judo -- aikido…”
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The leader as communicator : strategies and tactics to build loyalty, focus effort, and spark creativity by Mai, Robert P.

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Framing the Margins : the Social Logic of Postmodern Culture. by Harper, Phillip Brian

Table of Contents: “…POSTMODERN NARRATIVE/BIOGRAPHICAL IMPERATIVE; Identifying a Postmodernist Canon -- Donald Barthelme's Unspeakable Subject; Robert Coover and Metafictional Baseball; Multiplicity and Uncertainty in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49; Maxine Hong Kingston's Postmodern Life Story; CODA: CATEGORICAL COLLAPSE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF COMMITMENT -- NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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How the Weather Was by Kahn, Roger

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The biographical dictionary of Iowa

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Irving Howe : a Life of Passionate Dissent. by Sorin, Gerald

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Culture in Mind : Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning. by Shore, Bradd

Table of Contents: “…Foreword, Jerome Bruner -- I: THE PROBLEM OF CULTURE IN MIND -- Introduction -- 1 The Psychic Unity Muddle -- 2 Rethinking Culture as Models -- II: THE COGNITIVE LANDSCAPE OF MODERNITY -- 3 Mind Games: Cognitive Baseball -- 4 Playing with Rules: Sport at the Borderlands of Time and Space -- 5 Interior Furnishings: Scenes from an American Foundational Schema -- 6 Technological Trends: The Neuromantic Frame of Mind -- III: RETHINKING "PRIMITIVE CLASSIFICATION" -- 7 Totem as Practically Reason: Rationality Reconsidered -- 8 Kwakiutl Animal Symbolism: Food for Thought -- IV: DREAMTIME LEARNING -- 9 Dreamtime Learning, Inside-Out: The Narrative of the Wawilak Sisters -- 10 Dreamtime Learning, Outside-In: Murngin Age-Grading Rites -- V: THE PROBLEM OF MULTIPLE MODELS -- 11 Tropic Landscapes: Alternative Spatial Models in Samoan Culture -- 12 When Models Collide: Cultural Origins of Ambivalence -- VI: CULTURE IN MIND -- 13 Culture and the Problem of Meaning -- 14 Analogical Transfer and the Work of Culture -- Epilogue: The Ethnographic Mind -- Bibliography -- Index -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.…”
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The Brain-Body Connection

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Duelling idiots and other probability puzzlers by Nahin, Paul J.

Table of Contents: “…When Human Flesh Begins to Fail; 7. Baseball Again, and Mortal Flesh, Too; 8. Ball Madness; 9. …”
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Race and transnationalism in the Americas

Table of Contents: “…The false promises of Mestizaje and Indigenismo in postrevolutionary Mexico / Stephen Lewis -- Creating false analogies : race and drug wars 1930s to 1950s / Elaine Carey -- Baseball and the categorization of race in Venezuela / David M.K. …”
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Life in a black community : striving for equal citizenship in Annapolis, Maryland, 1902-1952 by Jopling, Hannah, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Publisher's Note; I; Chapter One: Encounter, A Baseball Game, 1902; Chapter Two: Bird's-Eye View, 1902-1905; Chapter Three: Struggles, 1902-1905; Chapter Four: Own Worlds, 1902-1905; II; Chapter Five: Encounter, A Hanging, 1917-1919; Chapter Six: Bird's-Eye View, 1905-1919; Chapter Seven: Struggles, 1905-1919; Chapter Eight: Own Worlds, 1905-1919; III; Chapter Nine: Encounter, A Lawsuit, 1938-1940; Chapter Ten: Bird's-Eye View, 1919-1940; Chapter Eleven: Struggles, 1919-1940; Chapter Twelve: Own Worlds, 1919-1940; IV…”
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Women, media and sport : challenging gender values

Table of Contents: “…Granitz -- Double fault : Renee Richards and the construction and naturalization of difference / Susan Birrell, Cheryl L. Cole -- Baseball and the social construction of gender / Karlene Ferrante -- Global games, entertainment and leisure : women as TV spectators / Anne Cooper-Chen -- From the feminine mystique to the female physique : uncovering the archetype of Artemis in sport / Pamela J. …”
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Best Movie Scenes : 549 Memorable Bank Robberies, Car Chases, Duels, Haircuts, Job Interviews, Swearing Scenes, Window Scenes and Others, by Topic. by Levine, Sanford

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; Accountant; Adoption; Alien Termination; Ant; Arithmetic; Baby; Bad Teachers; Ballet; Balloon; Ballpoint Pen; Bank Robbery; Bar Room; Baseball; Bathtub; Beach House; Bicycle; Bird; Blackmail; Body in Car Trunk; Brain Tumor; Briefcase; Bus Stop; Business Card; Button; Car Chase; Card; Cat; Cemetery; Christmas Card; Cigar; Cigarette Case; Cliff Jumping; Clock; Cooking; Cutlery; Dentist; Disappearances; Dueling; Elevator; False Teeth; Feather; Fishing; Flower; Fluttering Drapes; Food Mushing; Funny Walk; Greed; Haircut; Handcuff; Hanging; Heart Attack.…”
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Labored relations : law, politics, and the NLRB--a memoir by Gould, William B., IV

Table of Contents: “…: The Law and Politics of Labor Policy in the First Hundred Days -- Tribute to Jack Sheinkman -- Baseball and the Sultan of Swat: The Curse of the Bambino -- A Tale of Two Centrist Countries: Taft-Hartley, the Thatcher Reforms 1997, and All That -- PresidentÌs Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Presented to William R. …”
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Native athletes in sport and society : a reader

Table of Contents: “…: George Howard Johnson's life in baseball / Jeffrey Powers-Beck -- The forgotten Irish Indian : ethnicity, class, and football in the life of Tommy Yarr / William J. …”
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The states

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Beautiful minds. Episode 1, Memory masters

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Unforgettable Ohioans : Thirteen Mavericks Who Made History on Their Own Terms. by McNutt, Randy

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Playing while white : privilege and power on and off the field by Leonard, David J. (David Jason), 1973-

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Multiliteracies : beyond text and the written word

Table of Contents: “…Sharpe -- The language of dance / Jennifer Diptee -- Interpreting body language: the original literacy / Amanda P. Goodwin -- Baseball signs: visual literacy at play / Miriam Lipsky -- Order of magnitude literacy / Sheree T. …”
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Golf in America by Kirsch, George B.

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¡Muy Pop! : conversations on Latino popular culture by Stavans, Ilan

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Athletes who indulge their dark side : sex, drugs, and cover-ups by Teitelbaum, Stanley H.

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Social capital

Table of Contents: “…-- Land Regularization Framework: A Hidden Social Capital in Formalizing Informal Settlements in Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Role of Social Capital in Homogeneous Societies: Review of Recent Research in Japan -- Social Interaction Effect on Interleague Play Attendance: The Case of the Japan Professional Baseball League; Status, Formation and Function of Social Capital in Participatory Forest Management Setting: Examples from Bangladeshi Ethnic Communities -- CVC as Knowledge Broker Mediator and Interventionist with A "Bird's Eye View" -- A Dynamic Social Network Perspective -- Socialize the Innovation in Your Business Model through Social Capital Creation.…”
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Nationalism in Asia A History Since 1945. by Kingston, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…-- Democratization -- Odd State Out -- Democratization and Nationalism -- One-Party Rule -- Chapter 6 Sports Nationalism -- Cricket -- World Baseball Classic -- East Asian Olympics -- Olympic Redemption and Nation Branding -- World Cup 2002 -- Commonwealth Games 2010 -- Part III Shackles of the Past -- Chapter 7 Chosen and Unchosen Traumas -- China -- India -- Japan -- South Korea -- Indonesia -- Chapter 8 Museums and Memorials -- India -- Indonesia -- China -- Japan…”
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Golf in America by Kirsch, George B.

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Criss-Cross Mo Chara. by Mac Lochlainn, Gearóid

Table of Contents: “…Change; Change; The Searchers; Penelope's Dead; Sráidcheol; They're playin baseball, it's gettin better ... ; Acht na Gaeilge; Heat; Ragged an' Dirty Too; 2. …”
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Literary Cincinnati : the missing chapter by Brown, Dale Patrick

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Story Writing in a Nursing Home : a Patchwork of Memories. by John, Martha A.

Table of Contents: “…The Dance of a LifetimeThe Age of Invention; The House on 21st Street in Arlington; Memories on Baseball; A Terrifying Experience; Old Buildings Jog Memories; A Heartbreaking Experience; November Night; V.E. …”
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Biographical Memoirs. by Staff, National Academy of Sciences

Table of Contents: “…Biographical Memoirs -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS -- PERSONAL HISTORY -- PROFESSIONAL HISTORY -- LATER YEARS -- NOTES -- SELECTED HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SOIL SCIENCE -- NAVIGATION -- AERODYNAMICS -- STRATOSPHERIC EXPLORATION -- WAR RESEARCH -- BASEBALL TRAJECTORIES -- LIQUIDS UNDER TENSION -- ROGER WILLIAM BROWN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PHILIP PACY COHEN -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BERNARD DAVID DAVIS…”
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The beaver bites back? : American popular culture in Canada

Table of Contents: “…MacAloon -- Whose national pastime? Baseball in Canadian popular culture / Robert Knight Barney -- Ambivalence at the fifty-five-yard line : transformation and resistance in Canadian football / Robert A. …”
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Latino/a Popular Culture. by Habell-Pall'an, Michelle

Table of Contents: “…13 Performing Multiple Identities: Guillermo Gómez-PeÃ"a and His Dangerous Border CrossingsSports -- 14 Learning Americaâ€?s Other Game: Baseball, Race, and the Study of Latinos -- 15 FÃðtbol Nation: U.S. …”
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Sports medicine and rehabilitation a sport-specific approach

Table of Contents: “…Prahlow -- Performance-enhancing sports supplements / Jeff Fields and John L. Turner -- Baseball injuries / Lance A. Rettig and Mark Ritter -- Racket sports injuries / Neeru Jayanthi and Jay V. …”
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Caste the origins of our discontents by Wilkerson, Isabel

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Contemporary collecting : objects, practices, and the fate of things

Table of Contents: “…Collecting and Identity, Personal and Political -- From the Attic to the Mallpark : A Collection's Transition from Private to Public in a New Professional Baseball Stadium / Stephen A. Andon -- Collecting "History in the Making" : The Privatization of Propaganda in National Socialist Cigarette Cards / Mechtild Widrich -- "The record of a life" : Nation and Narrative in Victorian Women's Collections / Terri Baker -- Part 4. …”
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Who's Bigger? : Where Historical Figures Really Rank. by Skiena, Steven

Table of Contents: “…; Electoral History; Decline and Fall; 6 The baseball hall of fame; Performance and Posterity; The Electoral Record; The Glory of Their Times; Who's In?…”
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New Jersey for kids by Sarver, Patrick

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