The Baseball Reader: Favorites from the Fireside Books of Baseball

Sports & Outdoors

Einstein, Charles

Baseball

McGraw=Hill

Discusses diction, usage, and grammar, looks at how the English language is changing, and offers a glossary of frequently misused words

How to Communicate: The Manning, Selvage and Lee Guide to Clear Writing and Speech

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

The New Baseball Reader

Of all sports, none has inspired more great writing than baseball. And the best of this writing--penned by a stellar lineup of major-league authors and players--appears here in this wonderfully abundant anthology from the editor of the classic Fireside Books of Baseball.

Penguin??Books

Willie's Time: A Memoir(View amazon detail page)ASIN: 0140158405

Willie's Time: A Memoir

From the back half a million in winnings, a 747 jet, five terrorist hijackers, and an unscheduled trip to the middle east--That's the way it worked out for Harry. He had perfected a system to win $500,000. at blackjack. And it worked. Harry figured he was on his way to Paradise--except for the wild coincidence of being on the hijacked plane. He'd planned it so perfectly. The money. The faked suicide. The new mistress. He was headed straight to a whole new life. Now it looked as though he was headed straight for a corner of hell...The Blackjack Hijack--A heart-stopping novel of suspense and adventure and everything you ever wanted to know about the game of blackjack.

The blackjack hijack

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Random House]

A captivating, in-depth look at the life of Willie Mays, one of America's greatest ballplayers and icons. With the flat-out speed and easy grace of Willie chasing a drive to deep center, Einstein deftly replays some of the most dramatic moments Mays spent on the field and offers a compelling look into Mays the man.

Willie's time: A memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

J.B.Lippincott

Willie's Time: A Memoir of Another America

BERKLEY

From the back cover: half a million in winnings, a 747 jet, five terrorist hijackers, and an unscheduled trip to the middle east--That's the way it worked out for Harry. He had perfected a system to win $500,000. at blackjack. And it worked. Harry figured he was on his way to Paradise--except for the wild coincidence of being on the hijacked plane. He'd planned it so perfectly. The money. The faked suicide. The new mistress. He was headed straight to a whole new life. Now it looked as though he was headed straight for a corner of hell...The Blackjack Hijack--A heart-stopping novel of suspense and adventure and everything you ever wanted to know about the game of blackjack.

The Blackjack Hijack

Freewich, CT Fawcett Crest 1976

1989, hardcover reprint edition, Bonanza / Random House, NY. 361 pages. Charles Einstein is an expert on gambling; writes terrific novels; and between 1966 and 1968, produced 3 wonderful volumes of baseball fact and fiction. There were 3 volumes of the Fireside books, and here is a compendium of the best of those 3 volumes, with some new contributions. Here is: Al Stump, with a great piece on Ty Cobb; Grantland Rice, on the death of Babe Ruth; Bob Feller, on throwing the slider; Richard Donovan, on Satchel Paige and how to stay young; James P. Dawson, on Lou Gehrig's last ball game; and many other great pieces. If you've never read this book, this is one of the best of its kind ever assembled; really well done.

Baseball Reader

Random House Value Publishing

An anthology of seventy fiction and non-fiction pieces on baseball includes Robert Creamer on Babe Ruth, John Lardner on Bobo Newsome, and other works by Roger Angell, Zane Grey, Garrison Keillor, and William Kennedy

Viking Adult

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The Baseball Reader: Favorites from the Fireside Books of Baseball

How to Communicate: The Manning, Selvage and Lee Guide to Clear Writing and Speech

The New Baseball Reader

Willie's Time: A Memoir

The blackjack hijack

Willie's time: A memoir

Willie's Time: A Memoir of Another America

The Blackjack Hijack

Baseball Reader

The New Baseball Reader