From Bob Cullen-coauthor with Dr. Bob Rotella of Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect -- comes a wise, warm, and hilarious novel. In this unforgettable story, the secret fundamentals of golf, friendship, competition, and the inscrutable relationships between fathers and sons all combine to form an extraordinary tale.
Bobby Jobe is a gifted golfer whose swing is much better than his attitude. Leading a major tournament in the final round, he gets distracted as usual -- and chokes, blowing his lead. Also as usual, he blames his caddy, Greyhound Mote, who stomps off the course: Greyhound is loyal, but Bobby's gone just one insult too far.
Shortly thereafter, as he's leaving the golf club, Greyhound spots Bobby obsessively practicing the shot that earlier lost him the tournament. Overhead, the clouds of an approaching thunderstorm roil, and as Greyhound watches, lightning strikes -- and both of their lives are changed forever. Months later Greyhound has retreated to his small hometown, where he helps his mother run a shabby but proud nine-hole golf course. All he knows of Bobby since their last bitter farewell in a hospital room is that he has been permanently blinded. What he doesn't know is that an extraordinary woman has come into Bobby's life, determined to save him by convincing him he can still play competitive golf. And she believes that Greyhound is the person to help him do it. Full of great golf lore and tremendous wisdom about what it means to be human, A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe is the kind of novel that people don't just read. They fall in love with it and carry it in their hearts forever.

A Mulligan for Bobby Jobe: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Cullen, Robert

Humor & Satire

Harper

Bobby Jobe is a pro golfer whose swing is better than his attitude. When he bogies the last four holes and blows his lead in a major tournament -- again -- he berates his caddy, Henry "Greyhound" Mote. Jobe loses both Greyhound, who walks off the course, and the game. And before the day is out, he'll lose his eyesight to a lightning strike and his future in golf -- unless he can do what no one has ever done blind: make a comeback. Bob Cullen's funny and wise story, full of PGA lore, perfectly captures the mysterious and irresistible nature of the game of golf, not to mention, love, friendship, and life.

United States

Harper-perennial

Rhetoric for a Multicultural America is a unique book that puts writing instruction into cultural context so that the diversity of America is always in the foreground. Issues of multiculturalism that have concerned writing instructors for the past two decades are covered in a practical and accessible manner. The tone and subject matter of the book are consistently sensitive to the experience of traditional and nontraditional readers alike. This is also the only book to provide readers with a brief critical history of the rhetorical tradition that created composition classes. In addition to its unique focus, Rhetoric for a Multicultural America covers the essential information writers need to produce their best work. It offers sound, proven advice on planning, writing, and revising essays. What distinguishes this book from others is that these ideas are always presented in a multicultural context. For example, critical thinking about how language works is illustrated with a discussion of free speech and hate speech; Burke's pentad is presented not only as a tool for invention, but specifically as a device to help readers generate ideas about race, class, and gender; an introduction to stylistic devices begins with a discussion of the African American trope called signifyin'. For readers interested in writing instruction for a multicultural America.

Rhetoric for a Multicultural America

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Longman

Rereading America Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing

Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing

Colombo, Gary

Lisle, Bonnie (Editors)

Words, Language & Grammar

Bedford/St.Martins

Rereading America

Lisle, Bonnie

St Martins Pr

Rereading America 7e & St. Martin's Workbook 6e

Runciman,Lex

Bedford/St.Martin's

Rereading America has remained the most widely adopted book of its kind because of its unique approach to the issue of cultural diversity. Unlike other multicultural composition readers that settle for representing the plurality of American voices and cultures, Rereading America encourages students to grapple with the real differences in perspectives that arise in our complex society. With extensive editorial apparatus that puts readings from the mainstream into conversation with readings from the margins, Rereading America provokes students to explore the foundations and contradictions of our dominant cultural myths.

The St. Martins Guide to Writing 6e and Rereading America 5e

Axelrod, Rise B.

Cooper, Charles R.

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