"Buffalo, Home of the Braves" chronicles the Buffalo's meteoric rise as a National Basketball Association franchise that played in Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium (the Aud) from 1970-78. This 216 page limited edition book features 250 vintage color and black and white photos along with interviews with key players (Bob McAdoo, Randy Smith, Ernie DiGregorio), coach Dr. Jack Ramsay, team founder and owner Paul Snyder, and team play by play announcer Van Miller. The Buffalo Braves made history with their up tempo style of play, three NBA Rookies of the Year, and consecutive scoring titles by a young and emerging Bob McAdoo. The book tells the story of a team of immense promise that would ultimately be squandered by an impatient ownership but supported by appreciative fans that rocked Buffalo's Aud. The team's identity is closely tied to Randy Smith a seventh round draft pick from Buffalo State who turned a courtesy training camp invitation into a record setting NBA iron man career. "Buffalo, Home of the Braves" is out of print and available in limited numbers

Buffalo, Home of the Braves, Limited Edition

Sports & Outdoors

Tim Wendel

Basketball

Sun Bear Press

Night on Manitou Island

Castro's Curveball (Library Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

As the B-29 bombers began to pound Tokyo and most of the other major Japanese cities to rubble, the Japanese military became desperate to find a way to once again instill fear in its enemies. Out of such efforts was born the greatest secret of WWII the fire balloon. One woman, Yoshi, camouflaging her identity, is sent to uncover these delicate but deadly creations. Assembled from paper by schoolchildren and women in the waning years of the war, the Japanese fire balloons were launched from fields near Tokyo and Kyoto. They often reached the U.S. mainland in just three days and two nights. Armed with incendiary bombs, the balloons original goal was to ignite forest fires throughout the western states, which they did at an alarming rate. Wendel s research at the National Archives and the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., reveals that the balloons touched down in the U.S. more than 300 times from 1944 to 1945. 
 The balloons proved to be a better weapon than the Imperial Army ever knew. One sailed as far east as Michigan. At one point, the Japanese high command considered replacing the incendiary bombs with nerve and gas warfare. But it never came to that largely because of the U.S. military s ability to keep a secret.

Red Rain

Contemporary

The Writer's Lair Books

Alex Varney has difficulty keeping his temper in check. No matter how hard he tries he's always in trouble, especially at the hockey rink. Then Alex's grandfather comes to stay with the family. Grandpa Brozek brings along his "Magic Radio," which Alex soon discovers enables the listener to go back in time. Together Alex and his grandfather travel back to the world of old-time hockey, where they meet the legendary Stan Mikita, a hockey star who also has trouble keeping his temper

My Man Stan

Children's Books

Stan Mikita (Foreword)

Arbutus Press

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