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Seeds and Trees: A children's book about the power of words
- ASIN: B07DH86HFL
- Manufacturer: The Treasured Tree Digital
Words are powerful. They can hurt or they can heal.It’s time to tell a special tale that will warm the hearts of readers of all ages. Seeds and Trees revels in the power of words. It explores their effects on feelings and emotions. And it does so through the journey of two different seeds.In Seeds and Trees, discover a young prince who gathers se... [Read More]
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The Natural
- ASIN: 0374502005
- ISBN: 0374502005
- Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
- Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The classical novel (and basis for the acclaimed film) now in a new editionIntroduction by Kevin BakerThe Natural, Bernard Malamud's first novel, published in 1952, is also the first―and some would say still the best―novel ever written about baseball. In it Malamud, usually appreciated for his unerring portrayals of postwar Jewish life, took on... [Read More]
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Last Days of Summer
- ASIN: 0061564818
- ISBN: 0061564818
- Brand: Kluger, Steve
- Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks
Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a p... [Read More]
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Moe Berg: The Spy Behind Home Plate (Jps Young Biography)
- ASIN: 0827606206
- ISBN: 0827606206
- Manufacturer: The Jewish Publication Society
Ages 9 and up.In the race against Nazi Germany to develop the atomic bomb, who would have suspected that a major league baseball player would take a pivotal role? That very man was Moe Berg—masterful catcher, fluent in nine languages, an Ivy League scholar, an attorney, and a secret agent. Moe Berg’s exciting life of mystery and intrigue is sur... [Read More]
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Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life
- ASIN: 0803211244
- ISBN: 0803211244
- Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
In descriptions of athletes, the word “hero” is bandied about and liberally attached to players with outstanding statistics and championship rings. Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life is the story of a man who epitomized heroism in its truest meaning, holding values and personal interactions to be of utmost importance throughout his life—on the d... [Read More]
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The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players
- ASIN: 0061558435
- ISBN: 0061558435
- Manufacturer: Harper
From the icons of the game to the players who got their big break but never quite broke through, The Baseball Talmud provides a wonderful historical narration of Major League Jewish Baseball in America. All the stats, the facts, the stories, and the (often unheralded) glory.The Baseball Talmud reveals that there is far more to Jewish baseball than ... [Read More]
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want To Be One (Jewish Lives)
- ASIN: 0300136609
- ISBN: 0300136609
- Manufacturer: Yale University Press
The remarkable life story of the first Jewish superstar athlete, by New York Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky One of the reasons baseball fans so love the sport is that it involves certain physical acts of beauty. And one of the most beautiful sights in the history of baseball was Hank Greenberg's swing. His calmly poised body seemed to hav... [Read More]
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Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
- ASIN: 1892049236
- ISBN: 1892049236
- Brand: Brand: Triumph Books
- Manufacturer: Triumph Books
This autobiography of Hank Greenberg tells of one of the most dynamic and inspiring stories in the history of baseball. The son of Eastern European parents, he rose from the streets of New York to rank among the greatest home-run hitters of the game, and became the first Jewish player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Along the way he challenged B... [Read More]
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Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King
- ASIN: 1585364657
- ISBN: 1585364657
- Brand: Sleeping Bear Press
- Manufacturer: Sleeping Bear Press
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Breaking Rockefeller: The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire
- ASIN: B014QKIF06
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empire Marcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and posses... [Read More]
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Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes
- ASIN: 0451235762
- ISBN: 0451235762
- Manufacturer: NAL
Baseball in the 1930s was more than a national pastime; it was a cultural touchstone that galvanized communities and gave a struggling country its heroes despite the woes of the Depression. Hank Greenberg, one of the most exciting sluggers in baseball history, gave the people of Detroit a reason to be proud.But America was facing more than economic... [Read More]
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The Fixer, The Natural, The Assistant (All Three Novels, Complete and Unabridged)
- ASIN: 156731001X
- ISBN: 156731001X
- Brand: Brand: Fine Communications
- Manufacturer: Fine Communications
1992 1st edition hardcover
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Studs Lonigan: Young Lonigan / The young manhood of Studs Lonigan / Judgment day
- ASIN: 1931082553
- ISBN: 1931082553
- Brand: Brand: Library of America
- Manufacturer: Library of America
This Library of America volume contains one of the masterpieces of American naturalism and a major influence on generations of American novelists, James T. Farrell’s Studs Lonigan trilogy. Farrell follows the hopes and dissipations of its remarkable main character through the turbulent years of World War I, the Roaring Twenties, and the Great D... [Read More]
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Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League
- ASIN: 0803234724
- ISBN: 0803234724
- Brand: Brand: University of Nebraska Press
- Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
It was the first (and last) season of professional baseball in Israel. Aaron Pribble, twenty-seven, had been out of Minor League Baseball for three years while he pursued a career in education when, at his coach’s suggestion, he tried out for the newly formed Israel Baseball League (IBL). Of Jewish descent (not a requirement, but definitely a pl... [Read More]
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You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
- ASIN: 0375837388
- ISBN: 0375837388
- Brand: Winter, Jonah/ Carrilho, Andre (ILT)
- Manufacturer: Schwartz & Wade
In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells us what made Sandy Koufax such an amazing baseball player. We learn that the beginning of his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers was rocky, that he was shy with his teammates, and experienced discrimination as one of the only Jews in the game. We hear that he actually quit, only to return th... [Read More]
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Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography
- ASIN: 0786424141
- ISBN: 0786424141
- Brand: Brand: McFarland n Company, Inc., Publishers
- Manufacturer: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
In the view of contemporary players and sportswriters, Chicago Cub Johnny Kling was one of the greatest catchers of all time. A strong batter, Kling was even better behind the plate, where his strong arm, quick reactions, and even his chatter harried the opposition. He was by all accounts an indispensable part of Cubs teams that won four National L... [Read More]
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Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg
- ASIN: 0802789978
- ISBN: 0802789978
- Manufacturer: Walker Childrens
Meet one of America's earliest Jewish-American heroes.The 1930s were a time when "outsiders" were not welcome in Major League Baseball. Henry Benjamin Greenberg began as one of those outsiders, but went on to become one of baseball's greatest right-handed batters.Hammerin' Hank dominated baseball from 1933 to 1948 and was eventually inducted into t... [Read More]
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Jews And Baseball: Volume I: Entering the American Mainstream, 1871-1948
- ASIN: 0786428287
- ISBN: 0786428287
- Brand: Brand: McFarland
- Manufacturer: McFarland
Long before Hank Greenberg earned recognition as baseball's greatest Jewish player, Jews had developed a unique, and very close, relationship with the American pastime. In the late nineteenth century, as both the American Jewish population and baseball's popularity grew rapidly, baseball became an avenue by which Jewish immigrants could assimilate ... [Read More]
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The House of Moses All-Stars: A Novel
- ASIN: 160980371X
- ISBN: 160980371X
- Brand: Brand: Seven Stories Press
- Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
A New York Times Notable BookHere is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, The House of Moses All-Stars is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ... [Read More]
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No Blood, No Foul: A Novel
- ASIN: 1583228284
- ISBN: 1583228284
- Brand: Brand: Seven Stories Press
- Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a... [Read More]
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