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Download or read book Eternal Love written by Linda Fausnet and published by Linda Fausnet. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two lonely hearts, destined to be together. But only one of them is still beating… Rebekah Jennings doesn’t believe she deserves everlasting peace and happiness. Since her death in 1762, she’s spent the last two hundred and fifty empty years people-watching in historic Williamsburg and drowning in sorrow and regret. She cannot help falling in love with the tourist town’s carpenter, Gregory, whose woodworking skill rivals the men from her own time. Adoring him from afar, she never planned on revealing herself to him. But when his life is in danger she shows herself to save him. Gregory longs for a family of his own, but he can’t bear another broken marriage. So when a gorgeous colonial spirit saves his life, he thinks she’s just an out-of-reach beautiful vision. And although he adores her company, he believes the greatest gift he can offer is to help her move on to the next realm. Though she’s grateful for his kindness, Rebekah knows she can never atone for the dark secret she carries. And as each day passes, Gregory falls harder for a woman he can’t touch. Will the two unfortunate souls find a way to entwine at last? Eternal Love is the first book in the heartfelt Williamsburg Ghost paranormal romance series, a follow-up to the Gettysburg Ghost series. If you like sweet storytelling, passion that spans the ages, and historically reverent settings, you’ll adore Linda Fausnet’s inspirational happily-ever-after.

Download or read book Mookie written by Mookie Wilson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH NEW UPDATES FOR THIS EDITION! They said it was the “Curse of the Bambino.” They said “the bad guys won.” Now, for the first time in trade paperback, one of baseball’s all-time good guys, New York Mets legend Mookie Wilson, tells his side of the story—from the ground ball through Bill Buckner’s legs that capped the miraculous 1986 World Series Game Six rally against the Boston Red Sox to the rise and fall of a team that boasted such outsize personalities as Darryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra, and Davey Johnson. Growing up in rural South Carolina in the 1960s, Mookie took to heart the lessons of his father, a diligent sharecropper who believed in the abiding power of faith—and taught his son the game that would change his life. When Mookie landed in Shea Stadium in 1980, the Mets were a perennial cellar-dweller overshadowed by the crosstown Yankees. But inspired by Mookie’s legendary hustle, they would soon become the toast of New York. And even when their off-field antics—made famous by a contingency of the team called “the Scum Bunch”—eclipsed their on-field successes, Mookie stayed above the fray. In 1986, the Mets were a juggernaut, winning 108 games during the regular season and edging the Houston Astros for the National League pennant following a grueling 16-inning Game Six classic. In the World Series against Boston, in an epic at-bat that led to the Buckner error, Mookie would ignite a fire under the Mets, helping to force a Game Seven. New York would win to become World Champions. In an era when role models in sports were hard to come by, some tarnished by their own hubris and greed, Mookie Wilson remained the exception: a man of humility and honor when it mattered the most. WITH A FOREWORD BY KEITH HERNANDEZ

Download or read book written by Ryan Cuff and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basketball Blood is a series of short motivational stories relating to the game of basketball and life.

Download or read book Brett: His Own Story written by and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this newly revised edition, Brett Hull tells his own story and shares his troubles and triumphs. Through all the pressure and controversy that comes with being an NHL great, he strives to stay on top of his game and to maintain an easygoing attitude.

Download or read book "Ee-Yah" written by Jack Smiles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball player and manager Hugh Ambrose Jennings was the kind of colorful personality who inspired nicknames. Sportswriters called him "Ee-yah" for his famous coaching box cry and "Hustling Hughey" for his style of play. But to the nearly 100 other men from northeast Pennsylvania who followed Jennings from the coal mines to the major leagues, he was known as "Big Daddy," not for his physical stature but for his iconic status to men desperate to escape the mines. The son of an immigrant coal miner from Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings himself became a miner at the ripe old age of 11 or 12. He eventually became a mule driver, earning $1.10 per day and dreaming of getting $5 per day for playing baseball on Saturday afternoons. From the rough-and-tumble world of semi-pro baseball to the major leagues, Jennings was driven to succeed and fearless in his pursuit of his dream. He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1894 and went on to become manager of the Detroit Tigers during Ty Cobb's heyday. Jennings' story is emblematic of how the national pastime and the American dream came together for a generation of ballplayers in the early 20th century.

Download or read book McGoorty written by Robert Byrne and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2004-03-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadway Books Library of Larceny Luc Sante, General Editor McGoorty is master billiards writer Robert Byrne’s racy account of the life of Danny McGoorty, a billiards champion of that bygone era when cue artists were often scam artists and pool rooms were held to be dens of iniquity. Hustler and hobo, womanizer and fashion plate, McGoorty was at once eyewitness to Capone’s Chicago and the feats of greats like Willie Hoppe and Willie Mosconi. In an all-American voice at once sarcastic, profane, humorous, and chock full of colorful lingo, he relates his colorful and seedy life and times with a unique style and brio.

Download or read book Playing With Fire written by Theo Fleury and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home. Dark personal issues began to surface, and drinking, drugs, gambling, and girls ultimately derailed a career that had him destined for the Hall of Fame. Fleury shares all in this raw, captivating, and honest look at the previously untold story of one the game's greatest heroes.