Lefty O`Doul: Baseball`s Forgotten Ambassador, Dennis Snelling
Автор: Geyte, Els Van Snelling, Rhona Название: Reading for ielts: ielts 5-6+ (b1+) ISBN: 0008367507 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008367503 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2111.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Автор: Snelling Dennis Название: Lefty O`Doul: Baseball`s Forgotten Ambassador ISBN: 0803290969 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803290969 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From San Francisco to the Ginza in Tokyo, Lefty O’Doul relates the untold story of one of baseball’s greatest hitters, most colorful characters, and the unofficial father of professional baseball in Japan. Lefty O’Doul (1897–1969) began his career on the sandlots of San Francisco and was drafted by the Yankees as a pitcher. Although an arm injury and his refusal to give up the mound clouded his first four years, he converted into an outfielder. After four Minor League seasons he returned to the Major Leagues to become one of the game’s most prolific power hitters, retiring with the fourth-highest lifetime batting average in Major League history. A self-taught “scientific” hitter, O’Doul then became the game’s preeminent hitting instructor, counting Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams among his top disciples.
In 1931 O’Doul traveled to Japan with an All-Star team and later convinced Babe Ruth to headline a 1934 tour. By helping to establish the professional game in Japan, he paved the way for Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, and Hideki Matsui to play in the American Major Leagues. O’Doul’s finest moment came in 1949 when General Douglas MacArthur asked him to bring a baseball team to Japan, a tour that MacArthur later praised as one of the greatest diplomatic efforts in U.S. history. O’Doul became one the most successful managers in the Pacific Coast League and was instrumental in spreading baseball’s growth and popularity in Japan. He is still beloved in Japan, where in 2002 he was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. This edition features a new epilogue by the author.
Автор: Snelling Lauraine Название: Half Finished ISBN: 1478920076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478920076 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In bestselling author Lauraine Snelling`s new novel, a group of women realize that life is full of half-finished relationships and projects. However, they discover that the outcome is not as important as the journey.
Автор: Snelling Lauraine Название: A Season of Grace ISBN: 0764218980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764218989 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Though her first few months in America were difficult, Nilda Carlson`s life now resembles the images that filled her dreams in Norway. But when she spots the man from her terrifying past in town, she worries her new life, and hope for love, is crashing down around her. Did danger follow her across the Atlantic?
Автор: Snelling Lauraine Название: A Breath of Hope ISBN: 076423062X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764230622 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4552.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Nilda Carlson has been trying to save enough money to go to America for months, so when a letter from Einar and Gerd Strand arrives, offering to pay her ticket, she jumps at the chance. Her younger brother Ivar accompanies her, and they can't wait to join their brother Rune and his family in the northern forests of Minnesota. Signe and Rune Carlson are thrilled to welcome Nilda and Ivar to America, but life on the farm remains a struggle. Though Gerd has softened and grown to love the Carlson family, Einar is still harsh and unforgiving, obsessed solely with felling as many trees as possible. Rune is trying to build a new home for his wife and children, but Einar refuses to help and forbids anyone from the nearby community from stepping foot on his land. What dark secret must lie in his past to have caused him to isolate himself--and anyone living under his roof--in this way? When a tragedy lays the truth bare, the Carlsons and Strands will have to come together like never before and become a true family.
Автор: Snelling Lauraine Название: A Breath of Hope ISBN: 0764218972 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780764218972 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3104.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Though Aunt Gerd has softened towards them, Uncle Einar remains a harsh landlord as two more Carlsons, Nilda and Ivar, join Signe and Rune at the farm in Minnesota. When tragedy lays a dark secret bare, the Carlsons and Strands will have to come together and become a true family.
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