books about: grandstand     books:       Roadside Baseball: The Locations of America's Baseball Landmarks Chris Epting Santa Monica Press, 2009 Capturing such quintessentially American pastimes as baseball and road trips in one fascinating work, this updated and expanded guide chronicles more than 500 important events in baseball history with detailed descriptions of the event and information on each location. Packed with historical data, trivia, photographs, and baseball lore, entries include the birthplaces of baseball legends, ballparks, museums and halls of fame, final resting ...             Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Ballantine Reader's Circle) Laura Hillenbrand Ballantine Books, 2002 Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile ...             Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies Richard Eng For Dummies, 2005 How to enjoy a day at the races-and bet to win! The last two years have seen a record number of Americans tune in for climatic Triple Crown races featuring Smarty Jones and Funny Cide; in 2004, television viewership jumped a whopping 61 percent over the record set in 2003, and the Belmont Stakes race itself drew a record crowd of more than 120,000! This easy-to-understand guide shows first-time visitors to the track how to enjoy the sport of ...             Sports Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots Bill Frakes Peachpit Press, 2013 In Sports Photography: From Snapshots to Great Shots , author and sports photographer Bill Frakes shows you how to capture the key elements of sports photographs–motion and emotion, style and scene, place and purpose–whether you’re at a baseball tournament, a track meet, or a professional football game. Starting with the basics of equipment, camera settings, and exposure, Bill covers the fundamental techniques of sports ...             The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made ... Edward Achorn PublicAffairs, 2013 Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base¬ball when he risked his life’s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important—and funniest—figures in the game’s history. Von der Ahe picked up the team for one reason—to sell more beer. Then he helped gather a group of ragtag professional clubs together to create a maverick new ...             Citizen 13660 Miné Okubo University of Washington Press, 1983 Mine Okubo was one of 110,000 people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of them American citizens -- who were rounded up into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660 , her memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, was first published in 1946, then reissued by University of Washington Press in 1983 with a new Preface by the author. With 197 pen-and-ink illustrations, and poignantly written text, the ...             Dick Francis's Bloodline Felix Francis Putnam Adult, 2012 When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument—and it’s the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony ...             The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit Michael Cannell Twelve, 2011 @font-face { font-family: "Times"; }@font-face { font-family: "Geneva"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: black; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } In THE LIMIT, Michael Cannell tells the enthralling story of Phil Hill-a lowly California mechanic who would become the first American-born driver to win the Grand Prix-and, on the fiftieth anniversary ...             101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out Josh Pahigian Lyons Press, 2010 Now in paperback, the book that provides profiles of 101 ballpark attractions, museum exhibits, statues, plaques, gravesites, shrines, bars, restaurants, and pop culture landmarks that reflect the game’s rich history and quirky lore.              Sweet Hereafter: A Novel Russell Banks Harper Perennial, 1997 In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?             Churchill Downs (KY): America's Most Historic Racetrack (Landmarks) Kimberly Gatto History Press, 2010 In the late eighteenth century in the bustling city streets of Louisville began a tradition of thoroughbred racing that has transcended centuries. Follow Kimberly Gatto as she chronicles the history of the world s most famous racing venue as it revolutionized the Sport of Kings and created the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Clark Handicap races. Fans will enjoy the tales of various horses, from the early triumph of Ten Broeck over Mollie ...             The Home Run Mystery (The Boxcar Children Special #14) Gertrude Chandler Warner, Charles Tang Albert Whitman & Company, 2000 While visiting Pikesville, New York, the Boxcar Children join the exciting last games of the season in a strange old ballpark. The Pikesville Half Moons are playing the Eagles, but the Eagles seem to be hitting far too many home runs.             Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield Ed Hotaling McGraw-Hill, 2004 "One of the most extraordinary stories in sports history is also one of its least known. Jimmy Winkfield was a gifted jockey and a remarkably intrepid man, and his life was a singular adventure. His is a story of persistence, hardship, and triumph, and it should be long remembered."—Laura Hillenbrand, author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend "In the entire sweep of American sports, from the days of a roistering John L. Sullivan in the ...             Take Me Out to the Ballpark Revised and Updated: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present ... Josh Leventhal Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2011 Finally available in paperback, the New York Times bestseller is now completely revised and updated. Take Me Out to the Ballpark is the fans' favorite guide to everything you'd ever want to know about Major League ballparks, from Fenway to AT&T Park and every green diamond in between. Originally published more than ten years ago, this long-awaited paperback edition has been completely updated. Every ballpark built by spring 2011 is here, ...             Wonder's First Race (Thoroughbred Series #3) Joanna Campbell HarperCollins, 1991 Is Wonder's racing career over before it begins? Against all odds, Ashleigh Griffen's favorite racehorse, Wonder, has come through training with flying colors. Now Ashleigh and Wonder's trainer, Charlie, are putting everything they have into getting Wonder ready for the biggest race of her career: The Kentucky Derby. Then disaster strikes. Brad Townsend, the son of Wonder's owner, insists on working Wonder one icy winter day. As Ashleigh and ...             Blood and Smoke: A True Tale of Mystery, Mayhem and the Birth of the Indy 500 Charles Leerhsen Simon & Schuster, 2012 Forty cars lined up for the first Indianapolis 500. We are still waiting to find out who won. The Indy 500 was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men risked life and limb by driving automobiles at the astonishing speed of 75 miles per hour with no seat belts, hard helmets, or roll bars. When the Indianapolis Speedway opened in 1909, seven people were killed, some of ...             Del Mar: Where the Turf Meets the Surf (CA) Hank Wesch The History Press, 2011 For nearly seventy-five years, summertime at Del Mar Racetrack has been a place for fun and entertainment--a place, as Eddie Read said, "where nobody's in a hurry but the horses." Since its founding by Bing Crosby and his Hollywood friends in 1937, Del Mar has hosted some of thoroughbred racing's finest, from dancing Zenyatta and scrappy Seabiscuit to San Diego's own Hall of Famers Best Pal and Azeri. In this collection of vignettes, celebrated ...             Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today Steve Johnson MVP Books, 2008 Open this book and explore the life and times of one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports, the Chicago Cubs. Pairing historical black-and-white images with contemporary photographs of the modern game, Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today celebrates more than a century of ups and downs in the history of the team and its legions of rabid fans. The book examines the ballparks, the teams, the players, and the colorful ...             Fifty-Nine in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the Greatest Season a Pitcher Ever Had Edward Achorn Smithsonian, 2010 In 1884, Providence Grays pitcher Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn won an astounding fifty-nine games—more than anyone in major-league history ever had before, or has since. He then went on to win all three games of baseball's first World Series. Fifty-nine in '84 tells the dramatic story not only of that amazing feat of grit but also of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War—a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the ...             India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (A Madam of Espionage Mystery) Carol K. Carr Berkley Trade, 2013 In Victorian London, India Black has all the attributes a high-class madam needs to run a successful brothel--wit, beauty, and an ability to lie with a smile. Luckily for Her Majesty's Government, all these talents also make her a first-rate spy... India Black, full-time madam and occasional secret agent, is feeling restless, when one of Disraeli's men calls on her to meet the prime minister--alone. Even though all her previous meetings have ...              search for books american, ballantine, ballpark, barehanded, barkeeps, baseball, bloodline, children, churchill, espionage, featuring, fifty-nine, greatest, hereafter, historic, illustrated, immigrants, incredible, journey, landmarks, locations, photography, racetrack, radbourn, roadside, seabiscuit, snapshots, thoroughbred, winkfield, yesterday books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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