books about: collegiate (occasionally schembechler illustrated)

books about: collegiate

books:

Clique #9, The: Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique Series)

25 reviews
Lisi Harrison

Poppy, 2008

Petty, Superficial yet oh so addidictive
This review isn't just made for the Clique series but to all the Poppy books. I prefer reading Poppy novels than reading The Da Vinci Code or Angels & Demons (which are so serious for my taste). I'am a straight guy and I'm proud to say that I love these kind of books. Now let's get back to the Clique. Honestly, Bratfest at Tiffany's is the only Clique book I bought so far and it wasn't really ...

Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich

53 reviews
Mark Kriegel

Free Press, 2008

A Better Rock
Along with countless other boys from the 1970s, I wore floppy hair and droopy socks as a nod to Pistol Pete Maravich. But even with my socks pulled down, Maravich was never my favorite basketball player. What he represented was coolness. Maravich was an unrepentant showboat and gunner whose teams generally lost. But he had a trump card to cover these sins that America accepted, Pistol Pete was ...

Urban's Way: Urban Meyer, the Florida Gators, and His Plan to Win

4 reviews
Buddy Martin

Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Victory, on the Field of Life
This is not one of those typical chronicles of a special season that delves about as deep as speeches at a booster club confab. Author Buddy Martin - in this authorized biography - delves into the life of Urban Meyer and produces an excellent exploration into what may have appeared to be an open-field scamper from the mid-level head coaching ranks to leading one of the most storied programs in ...

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

149 reviews
Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton, 2006

This is not just a sports book
First to give you full disclosure I'm a University of Georgia (UGA)Ball Fan. In the South "Ball" means just one thing, football. Does your son play ball has only one meaning, unless you are a Tech fan, then it could mean basketball, but those guys still carry slide rules. I bought this book because I thought it was a "sports story". I was wrong. It is an incredible human interest story, ...

The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Sooner Football

6 reviews
Jim Fletcher

Regnery Publishing, 2008

Great compilation of Sooner football history
Wow!! This is a book for not only EVERY Sooner football fan, but EVERY college football fan! Fletcher takes us back to the beginning of the program and makes it exciting from the outset. The interviews with the legends are phenomenal and the little tidbits of history throughout were a wonderful addition. If you are intrigued as to how a football dynasty is created and stories from behind the ...

Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph

25 reviews
C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker

Crown, 2008

Heart Warming & Inspirational!
This book was absolutely fantastic. I'm not really into sports but have enjoyed basketball from time to time. Though, I've never really been into college basketball and didn't even know who C. Vivian Stringer was before the Imus incident, I was able to gain a tremendous insight into the life of a strong, confident, and resilient woman and the women she lends a hand in raising. To learn all that ...

War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest

12 reviews
Michael Rosenberg

Grand Central Publishing, 2008

Those Who Stay Will Be Champions
The story of sports is not in a vacuum and Michael Rosenberg does an outstanding job in delving into a pair of coaches in one of the college gridiron's most bitter rivalries during a tumultuous time in American history. Woody Hayes of Ohio State - who was a student of military history - and Bo Schembechler - once an assistant to Hayes at OSU - started the "10-Year War" in 1968, with both teams ...

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Red Kivar Binding with Jacket)

80 reviews
Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, 2003

Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary
It pays to buy the 'real thing' and not paperbacks and school district and college 'throw aways' whose versions of the English langage were okay fifty years ago but, not now? Amazon has it for more than a affordable price and the finished product will last till you've forgotten how to read?

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated Cover) (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ...

66 reviews
Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster, 2003

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Delivery was excellent and on time. Only problem I have is that days after I purchased this 11th Edition, the 12th Editon comes out. Still a great book and worth the price.

Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book

1 review
Editors of Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated, 2008

Another wonderful coffee table book from Sports Illustrated
Great gift idea for the college football fan in your life. Some wonderful new essays by SI staff to go along with many classic SI articles, and, of course, dozens and dozens of terrific photos. I read this book in just a few hours, and enjoyed every minute of it. Can't wait for what I hope will be a book on college basketball. All the recent SI books, such as the ones on pro baseball, pro ...

Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory

13 reviews
Mickey Rapkin

Gotham, 2008

Beelzebubs, Divisi & Hullabahoos -- behind the scenes
I often wondered what became of some of the guys in my college's a cappella group -- they seemed to be so consumed by the activity, allowing it to dominate & define their entire college experience, oblivious to classes and grades and similar trivialities. How I underestimated the commitment -- for the members of the three groups featured in this book -- the Tufts Beelzebubs, the UVA Hullabahoos, ...

Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success

19 reviews
Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola

Business Plus, 2007

Not just for basketball fans
A great book, even if you're not a Duke fan! A perfect choice for busy people because it can be read a few minutes a day (or in one sitting if you're so inclined). Each short chapter describes a word which is important to success, not just on the basketball court, but in any endeavor. What elevates the book above the ordinary are the real-life situations and examples Coach K uses to illustrate ...

Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography

23 reviews
Lou Holtz

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

Wins, Losses and Lessons
Great Book...If you're a Lou Holtz fan, a college football fan or if you're a fan of a great story on How to be successful in life....read Wins, Losses and Lesson's an autobiography about Lou Holtz.

The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Longhorn Football

2 reviews
Geoff Ketchum

Regnery Publishing, 2008

Excellent Read!
Great book! Bought extra as a gift and will probably buy more! Geoff Ketchum brings excellent insight and knowledge of UT Football history into print!

50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport

7 reviews
Bob Boyles, Paul Guido

Skyhorse Publishing, 2007

A must-have reference that trounces ESPN
Fifty Years of College Football is a little-known giant of a book that blows away the competition like the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. Fifty Years even has a bonus...it actually chronicles 54 football seasons of all the important college teams, and does it in an amazingly detailed style. It supplies information on the top 70 football programs that can be found in very few books of this ...

To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally ...

33 reviews
Will Blythe

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

I was laughing out loud as my husband read...
My husband is from North Carolina (and grad) and like Will, he and his Dad shared their love for the Heels over the years...I had never grown up as a basketball fan, but after meeting Marty I learned to watch college ball and respect the month of March. I really knew I was in trouble when the first year living under the same roof, NC won the championship and he ran screaming around our house as ...

The Real All Americans

3 reviews
Sally Jenkins

Broadway, 2008

Come for the football. Stay for the history.
As a guy rule of thumb, when your wife says "I think you should read this book about football", it's a good idea to listen to her. My wife started recommending this book after the first chapter, and I was happy when she finally turned it over to me. Sally Jenkins' "The Real All Americans" is by turns fascinating, entertaining, and moving. Anyone who has ever played football is likely to ...

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus

14 reviews

Merriam-Webster, 1994

A good investment
This thesaurus is very helpful. You will be able to find the word you're looking for about 8-9 times out of 10, which is not bad at all. I am an English major and therefore use my thesaurus quite often and I give it a thumbs up. The price is reasonable. The look is professional. It's a great buy!

Always Alabama: A History of Crimson Tide Football

3 reviews
Don Wade

Fireside, 2006

One of My Favorite Alabama Books
I open all Alabama football books with a skeptical eye. There have been too many poorly done books on the subject. But "Always Alabama" is well done and the best combination of storytelling and pictures I've seen. I was shocked by how many interviews the author did and the fresh perspectives -- even talking to players from the losing Sugar Bowl Penn State team. He added a nice twist by talking to ...

Rose Bowl Dreams: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Football

8 reviews
Adam Jones

Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Can I get an Amen?
Where else can you mix Shakespeare and football, Bloody Caesars and longnecks, playbooks and hymnals? Adam Jones weaves a lyrical tapestry out of what is essentially many large men fighting over a pigskin, and you don't even notice when the action moves from the kitchen to the stadium to the church and back again. That God is a pretty funny guy, too.