This comprehensive reference work captures the essence of baseball during its early years, offering a wealth of facts, statistics, and photographs. It provides in-depth analysis that highlights the sport's development and significance, making it an essential resource for fans and historians alike.
The classic 19th century base ball narrative features Earl “Ducker” Draves, a fictional yet all-too-real young player who recounts his remarkable 1884 base ball season and his whirlwind rookie campaign in Cincinnati. Early Dreams is crammed with insightful comments on base ball's pioneers, box scores, and Draves’ surprising reactions to the drinking, gambling, and whoring activities that were central to early base ball. Early Dreams manages to cover nearly every nuance of the era, including evolving game strategy, financial squabbles, and racism--all against a backdrop of the rough-and-tumble milieu of the 19th century brand of ball. Nemec’s book draws favorable comparisons to Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al. Cover illustration by Todd Mueller.
Set in a small Midwestern town during the mid-1950s, the novel follows Ben Farkas, a young boy grappling with the profound loss of his father. The story unfolds over a tumultuous year marked by the Cleveland Browns' heartbreaking NFL title game loss, capturing Ben's journey through anguish, confusion, and eventual triumph. With exceptional writing and deep compassion for its protagonist, the narrative offers a poignant exploration of youth's struggles amid the complex social and moral landscape of the era, reminiscent of literary greats like Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
Yankee fan? Red Sox fan? Dodger fan? Do you think you know everything about baseball from the Black Sox to the White Sox? Then test yourself . Every era of is represented from Cap Anson to Mike Trout, Cy Young to Clayton Kershaw, Ty Cobb to Jose Altuve, Babe Ruth to Giancarlo Stanton. Match wits with the father of baseball trivia, David Nemec, a ten-time national champion as he presents more than 200 baseball stumpers that are artfully designed to test the depth of the reader’s knowledge about the game since 1871, including. Who is the most recent major leaguer to compile 100 or more hits, 20 or more complete games, and 20 or more decisions in the same season? No, the answer is not who you think! Who is the only pitcher to hurl a minimum of 5,000 career innings and surrender fewer hits per 9 innings than Walter Johnson? What team had a record of 52–62 when the strike shut down the 1994 season but was on track to qualify for postseason play with the lowest winning percentage ever by a division or league first-place finisher? Incredible Baseball Trivia is the ultimate test for knowledgeable baseball fans!
Milostný, detektivní i erotický thriller Zajatec představ začíná tam, kde řada podobně strhujících knih končí – ve vězení. Právě tam se sugestivní antihrdina Paul Raber setkává se svou femme fatale – krásnou, tajemnou, ale i poněkud psychicky vyšinutou básnířkou Seenou Schainovou. Paul je sociopat neschopný navazovat normální společenské vztahy; beznadějně vězí v barvotiskových představách pocházejících z dob jeho dětství, a na život přitom hledí bezcitně a vypočítavě, jako by to byla pouhá šachová partie. Z autorského čtení v rámci vězeňského terapeutického programu se stane osudové setkání, jehož naplnění je Paul posléze schopen obětovat všechny své vyhlídky a na cestě za svým snem se nezastavit takřka před ničím. Vztah plný lásky a něžnosti, ale také chladného kalkulování, lží i vzájemné krutosti nakonec poměrně surově ohledává existenciální otázku, co vlastně znamená naplnění vztahu mezi mužem a ženou… Kombinace osudové lásky, erotiky, poezie, vězeňské tematiky a nejtemnějších lidských pudů v Nemcově podání upomene na díla světové literatury typu Haruki Murakamiho či v postavě Seeny a jejích textů prokletou básnířku Sylvii Plathovou, aniž by si s nimi jakkoliv zadala.
