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As They See ‘em : Travels In The Land Of Umpires

  • As They See 'em : Travels In The Land Of Umpires
  • Attribution

    by Bruce Weber
  • Publication Details

    Book, Scribner, 2009
  • Description

    Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Bruce Weber, a New York Times reporter, not only interviewed dozens of professional umpires but entered their world, trained to become an umpire, and then spent a season working games from Little League to big league spring training. In addition to professional umpires, Weber spoke to current and former players including Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Tom Glavine, Barry Zito, Paul Lo Duca, Kenny Lofton, Ron Darling, and Robin Yount, as well as former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent, Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, and many others in the professional game. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  GV876 .W44 2009  AVAILABLE

A Treasury Of Great American Scandals : Tantalizing True Tales Of Historic Misbehavior By The Founding Fathers And Others Who Let Freedom Swing

A Treasury Of Foolishly Forgotten Americans : Pirates, Skinflints, Patriots, And Other Colorful Characters Stuck In The Footnotes Of History

Falcon Fever : A Falconer In The Twenty-first Century

Listening Is An Act Of Love : A Celebration Of American Life From The StoryCorps Project

Booknotes : On American Character

Presidential Courage : Brave Leaders And How They Changed America, 1789-1989

Imperfect Presidents : Tales Of Misadventure And Triumph

Journeys For Freedom : A New Look At America’s Story

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President Adams’ Alligator And Other White House Pets

Victory Or Death! : Stories Of The American Revolution

The President’s House : A First Daughter Shares The History And Secrets Of The World’s Most Famous Home

  • The President's House : A First Daughter Shares The  History And Secrets Of The World's Most Famous Home
  • Attribution

    Margaret Truman
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Ballantine Books, 2003
  • Description

    As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and exhausting?but it is certainly never dull. In The President?s House, Margaret Truman takes us behind the scenes, into the deepest recesses and onto the airiest balconies, as she reveals what it feels like to live in the White House. From the basement swarming with reporters to the Situation Room crammed with sophisticated technology to the Oval Office where the president receives the world?s leaders, the White House is a beehive of relentless activity, deal-making, intrigue, gossip, and of course history in the making. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  F204.W5 T76 2003  AVAILABLE

When Race Becomes Real : Black And White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories

In Search Of Tiger Woods : A Journey Through Golf With Tiger Woods

  • In Search Of Tiger Woods : A Journey Through Golf With  Tiger Woods
  • Attribution

    Tom Callahan
  • Publication Details

    Book, 1st ed, Crown, 2003
  • Description

    Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. During those years, Callahan covered Woods at all the Majors, including the Masters, the U.S. Open, and the British Open, culminating in Tiger?s heart-stopping race to make history by clinching the string of Majors affectionately nicknamed the Tiger Slam. Along the way, Tom Callahan hears from everyone who is anyone in the world of Tiger Woods, including Phil Mickelson, Jack Nicklaus, David Duval, Butch Harmon, Ernie Els, and, of course, Tiger?s rather ubiquitous mother and father. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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     (LOWER LEVEL)  GV964.W66 C35 2003  AVAILABLE