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This is the first biography of Bill Swish Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and baseballs top slugger during the World War II era. Only days out of college in 1936, Nicholson went straight to the majors, putting in a brief appearance for Connie Macks Philadelphia As before he was optioned to the minors. His contract eventually purchased by the Cubs, Nicholson spent 10 years on the North Side of Chicago, where he would claim National League home run and RBI titles twice, earn spots on five National League All-Star teams, and play a pivotal role on the pennant-winning club of 1945. After Nicholson was traded to the Phillies, amid the dissenting cries of Cubs fans, he helped the 1950 Whiz Kids to the National League title with two dramatic pinch-hit home runs. This balanced, carefully researched biography covers Nicholsons life early and late, thoroughly describes his legendary feats of slugging, and gauges his accomplishments in light of the era in which played.

This is a companion volume to the authors 2021 travel reminiscence, A PLAY OF INFINITE FORMS. Although Tom Weil didnt consult his Journal before writing that book, many of the entries include themes, ideas and conclusions contained in the reminiscence. In that way the two books are related, but at the same time quite distinct. While A PLAY OF INFINITE FORMS deals with the authors wide-ranging travels over the last half century, the Journal consists of home-based thoughts over the same 50-year period on a wide range of topics rather than on places.The good-natured and often humorous book covers a vast variety of stimulating observations and ideas-some of them rather eccentric or even quirky-which will inspire readers to view the world in novel ways. Those who read the piquant and quite digestible food-for-thought served in A FORM OF INFINITE PLAY will perceive their way of being with new perspectives, many of which occurred to the author when he was doing hand-stands and saw things upside down. From the usual and the visible Weil extracts some unusual, subtle and less obvious conclusions.

There are two kinds of classic car buffs: those who have restored an old car, and those who want to. For anyone who has looked at a rusty heap in a field and seen only the gleaming new machine it once was, the urge is powerful, but also intimidating. Restoration can be a difficult, expensive, and--especially for the novice--mysterious undertaking. Dave Floyd, an enthusiast with a lifelong love for the great cars on the road in his youth, is one who answered the call. In this book he traces every step of restoring a long-neglected 1948 Chrysler New Yorker to its original glory, all on a real-world budget and in the spare hours left by a full-time job. Every task, every discovery, every obstacle, every triumph and frustration comes through in a detailed account that is part diary, part practical guide, part love story. Told with great charm, his story is inspiring to any prospective old-car hobbyist, and a special treat for Chrysler devotees.

Alex North (1910-1991) was one of Americas most renowned film composers. His musical scores enhanced more than 60 major motion pictures--A Streetcar Named Desire, Cleopatra and Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf among them. He had 15 Oscar nominations, and received the Lifetime Achievement Oscar. This book begins with his early life in Pennsylvania, and moves through his studies at Juilliard and in Russia and Mexico, his early experiences in modern dance, documentaries, and theater, and his major work in film. The book also offers analyses of Norths musical scores for Streetcar, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzis Honor. Appendices include a bibliography, a filmography, a listing of other North compositions, a discography, and a listing of awards.

We live within the bountiful confines of nature. We live our lives as embodied souls. Our cultures are wound full of stories and myths.This book offers you a unique and tantalising worldview, exploring these ideas with colourful and expressive words and pictures.

This is the true story of my two-year journey to escape Vietnam, seven years after the end of the Vietnam War. At just nine years old, I was a naive village boy, knowing little beyond the only home I had ever known. Along with 27 others including my father and older sister I set sail on a small, overcrowded fishing boat, embarking on a perilous voyage that would ultimately lead me to America. The journey was marked by immense hardship, uncertainty, and sacrifice.Our family was torn apart. My mother and two younger siblings remained in Vietnam, separated from us for 15 long years before we were finally reunited. The pain of that separation shaped me in ways I could never have imagined. Though I did not endure it alone, I learned to transform hardship into resilience, using each challenge as a stepping stone toward a better future. Along the way, strangers some of whom I will never forget offered help in ways I could never have expected.My father s courageous decision to flee with my sister and me was driven by hope a belief in the promise of greater opportunities and a brighter future. But even after reaching America, our struggles were far from over. We battled language barriers, cultural isolation, and economic hardship, fighting to rebuild our lives from nothing. And after years of longing, we finally pieced our family back together.I invite you to join me on this journey a story of perseverance, hope, and the unbreakable human spirit. Through these pages, I seek to honor the voices of the countless Vietnamese boat people who perished at sea, never reaching their destination.In sharing my experiences, I hope to inspire others to keep moving forward, to grow stronger with each challenge, and to uplift those who can no longer speak for themselves. No matter the obstacles, we must press on, turning pain into purpose and hardship into hope.

Journey to Freedom is the compelling true story of a family s quest for prosperity across three continents. First, as refugees from Indonesia, an island chain in Southeast Asia, to Holland, a tiny country on the continent of Europe, and finally as immigrants to the United States, a world power country in North America. These exceptional people, made strong by the horrors they survived during Indonesia s War for Independence, passionate by their optimism and fearlessness to create new beginnings, were the backbone of my Dutch-Indonesian family and the significant influence of my childhood and identity as an adult.Journey to Freedom is a tribute to my mother and grandmother whose sacrifices and bravery gave my sister and me resilience, determination, and the best of everything in life.Although the dates may sometimes not be historically accurate, the experiences are true, and consequently, the deep emotion with which I composed these chapters was genuine and gut-wrenchingly heartfelt.

Todas las familias guardan secretos.Algunas los olvidan. Otras los transmiten sin querer.Una hija decide mirar más allá del silencio familiar y abrir una caja de zapatos llena de papeles, cartas, fotos y recuerdos. En esa caja se esconde una historia marcada por el abandono, las decisiones dificiles y el intento de amar mejor que una generacion atras.La caja de zapatos no es una biografia ni una novela. Es un rompecabezas intimo que reconstruye una historia real. Una travesia que nos invita a mirar lo que heredamos sin darnos cuenta, a interrumpir mandatos invisibles y a resignificar el amor sin idealizarlo.No para acusar.No para justificar.Sino para comprender. O simplemente, soltar.Y, al hacerlo, quizas tambien mirar la nuestra.¿Y si lo que callaron tus abuelos aun vive en tu manera de amar?¿Y si sanar no es olvidar, sino animarse a entender?Las heridas se heredan.Pero tambien cuando alguien se atreve a mirarlas, pueden transformarse.

This book is quite a tough read. Because the reality of caring full-time for your loved one and seeing them go downhill over a number of years with a terminal illness is quite a tough thing to do. But thankfully there are funny incidences that do occur; otherwise, I am not sure one would survive!But despite the trauma, tears, tiredness, and tedium of what becomes routine for everyday life, the experience does bring you both closer together. It is also peppered with so many acts of kindness, help and goodwill from friends, family and medical staff.And most importantly are the carers whom you invite reluctantly at first into your home. Initially they know nothing about you, nor you about them, yet they are prepared to share this journey with you to the very end.

Der Autor wurde in Sudafrika geboren und wuchs dort auf. Er absolvierte seine medizinische Ausbildung und erwarb sein Diplom an der University of Witwatersrand (Wits). Anschlieend praktizierte er 45 Jahre lang in den USA als Internist, leitete eine Mukoviszidose-Klinik, eine Tuberkulose-Klinik und eine Klinik fur Bergarbeiter und fuhrte zudem eine Privatpraxis.Sein ehrenamtliches Engagement fuhrte ihn unter anderem an das Kibogora-Krankenhaus in Ruanda.Zu seinen personlichen Interessen zahlen Wildtierfotografie, Ornithologie sowie Tennisunterricht fur seine Kinder und Enkelkinder.Vor dem Hintergrund des Apartheid-Zeitalters in Sudafrika bietet diese eindrucksvolle Memoirenliteratur eine zutiefst personliche Reise durch eine Kindheit, die von Privilegien gepragt und zugleich vom Schatten der Ungerechtigkeit uberschattet war.Norman Nathan teilt intime und oft erschutternde Erinnerungen an seine Kindheit in Johannesburg der 1950er- und 1960er-Jahre - von idyllischen Szenen in den Vororten und Abenteuern auf dem Schulhof bis hin zum Zeugewerden brutaler Akte rassistischer Gewalt und dem Leben in einer durch Gesetze und Vorurteile geteilten Gesellschaft.Durch lebendiges Erzahlen stellt Nathan die Menschen vor, die seine fruhe Lebenszeit pragten - afrikanische Betreuungspersonen, Familienmitglieder und Schulkameraden - und schildert zugleich die harten Realitaten des Militardienstes, das politische Erwachen und den langsamen Verlust der Unschuld.Mit Momenten voller Humor, Trauer und Hoffnung ist Apartheid - Sudafrikanische Erinnerungen sowohl eine personliche Coming-of-Age-Geschichte als auch ein einzigartiges historisches Dokument.Perfekt fur Leserinnen und Leser von Memoiren, Geschichtswerken und sozialkritischer Literatur beleuchtet dieses Buch die menschlichen Kosten der Apartheid und den stillen Mut jener, die sie uberlebten.

Pepper Martin, the Wild Horse of the Osage, is most famous for having dominated the October 1931 World Series--stealing bases, sliding on his chest, making diving catches, and driving in runs. He also captivated many Americans in the Depression Era with his homegrown honesty and love of pranks. To many, he epitomized the very spirit of baseball. This biography follows Martins rise from Oklahoma farmboy, buying his first glove with money from a paper route, to being one of Americas most successful and beloved professionals. It closes with an account of his coaching career in Florida and his death in 1965, a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and a loving grandfather. The work includes accounts of important games and intimate glimpses of his romance with his wife and the arrivals of his daughters. Information is drawn from research on the careers of key players and managers from the Cardinals, back issues of periodicals, and interviews with Don Gutterridge, Martins teammate.

Paul Bern, known throughout the movie business as Hollywoods Father Confessor, earned a reputation for being a loyal and supportive friend and for becoming one of MGMs most respected and creative directors. After his death, though, he was said to have grown so depressed and despondent over his own apparent sexual inadequacies that he committed suicide, and he would be denounced for attempting to rape his new bride Jean Harlow. In this biography, the author uncovers startling new facts and argues that MGM knew the real story of Berns death--that an estranged, mentally ill common-law wife murdered him. MGM understood that the earlier spouse rendered Berns marriage to Harlow, its fastest-rising star, ambiguous if not bigamous, so the studio staged a suicide and embarked on a very public tarnishing of his memory. Included are 93 rare photos, many lost for decades, along with three appendices examining the handwriting on an alleged suicide note and Berns will and estate.

Still broadcasting today, the worlds first radio station was invented by Charles Herrold in 1909 in San Jose, California. His accomplishment was first documented in a notarized statement written by him and published in the Electro-Importing Companys 1910 catalog: We have given wireless phone concerts to amateur wireless men throughout the Santa Clara Valley. Being the first to broadcast radio entertainment and information to a mass audience puts him at the forefront of modern day mass communication. This biography of Charles Herrold focuses on how he used primitive technology to get on the air. Today it is a 50,000-watt station (KCBS, in San Francisco). The authors describe Herrolds story as one of early triumph and final failure, the story of an everyman, an individual who was an innovator but never received recognition for his work and, as a result, died penniless. His most important work was done between 1912 and 1917, and following World War I, he received a license and operated station KQW for several years before running out of money. Herrold then worked as a radio time salesman, an audiovisual technician for a high school, and a janitor at a local naval facility, still telling anyone who would listen to him that he was the father of radio. The authors also consider some other early inventors, and the directions that their work took.

Sophie Tucker appeared in only seven American stage musicals and appeared only twice on Broadway but, then, it was difficult to cast her in a show. A buxom and ebullient performer, she--and her audiences--quickly found that playing herself was most effective. This is a biography of a vaudeville and cabaret performer who saw herself as one of the first liberated women and one of the last red hot mamas. It tells the story of her birth as her mother traveled to Boston from Russia, her childhood in Boston, and her first public performance at Polis Vaudeville Theatre at the age of 13. It also tells the story of her troubled marriage to Louis Tuck and the birth of their son, her meeting with Willie Howard, a vaudeville veteran who encouraged her to go to New York and pursue a stage career, her discovery by Flo Ziegfeld (of the Ziegfeld Follies), and her rise to headliner status under the guidance of her agent William Morris. She was best known for appearing on stage with just a piano player, and openly discussing her life and Jewish upbringing.

It has been said that sport is the great leveler, that on the playing field everyone is of equal status. Through the years, however, few institutions have better embodied Americas ideals and prejudices than baseball. Jackie Robinsons debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers marked the first time an African American participated in a major league contest in the 20th century, and his abilities verified what many had believed all along--that African Americans could compete with white players and excel. The experiences and important contributions of six African American baseball players from the 1900s to the present day are presented in this work. The players are Andrew Rube Foster, perhaps the most important figure in black baseball during the first quarter of the 20th century; Satchel Paige, whose talent quickly became known in organized baseball and was built into a near mythical figure by an enchanted press; Larry Doby, who took the field with the Cleveland Indians three months after Jackie Robinson appeared with the Dodgers; Curt Flood, remembered less for the exceptional player he was than for challenging baseballs reserve clause; Dave Parker, the first black player to make a million dollars a year but also a prominent witness to the Pittsburgh drug trial; and Barry Bonds, known for his clashes with fans and the media but most recently revered for his MVP season in 2002 and record-breaking 73 home runs in 2001.

I just did it, and I probably made more mistakes than the average person who makes a first film. I didnt really have any help, and I wouldnt take any help. I had to do it on my own. Once I made my first film I considered myself a film-maker. I lost all interest in the theater and never went back--Monte Hellman In 1970, an LA Times headline described Monte Hellman as Hollywoods best kept secret. More than thirty years later, Hellman and his work are still secrets, his genius recognized only by a small but passionate group of admirers. This book is both a biography of Hellman and a critical study of his films, which include The Shooting, Two-Lane Blacktop and Ride in the Whirlwind. It also covers films to which Hellman has contributed as an editor, actor and producer, as well as those on which he has worked, in various capacities, without onscreen credit, such as Shatter and Robocop. Attention is focused on the hallmarks of Hellmans work, including his dominant themes and obsessive characters, and all the films are subjected to close stylistic analysis.

This is a study of the life and times of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicity and their companions, all martyred at Carthage in A.D. 203. Unlike most early Christian saints, whose lives are often shrouded in legend and myth, Perpetua left an authentic prison diary, later completed by an anonymous eyewitness to her execution, that is now considered a classic of Christian, Latin and feminist literature. Perpetua was also unusual in that she was wealthy, educated, married, and a young mother. The book includes the first English translations of French archaeological scholarship covering the discovery of the martyrs tombs.

Jack Coombs rose to deadball-era stardom as the ace of Connie Macks Athletics, winners of back-to-back world championships in 1910 and 1911. One of the few players of his day to have graduated from college, Coombs debuted for the Athletics in 1906, fresh from Colby College. Within a few years, he was one of the best and best-known pitchers in baseball, leading the majors in victories in consecutive seasons. But then in 1913 Coombs contracted typhoid fever, a disease that cost the right-hander two seasons at the peak of his career. And while he battled his way back, pitching well in his comeback season of 1915 and then leading the Brooklyn Robins to the World Series in 1916, he was never again the dominant pitcher he had been. Coombs went on to a long career as a coach for Duke University, and wrote one of the most highly regarded instructional books on baseball ever published.

With a grandfather who drove a horse car in 1900 and who later had a 25-year career as a chauffeur for a wealthy family, Nelson Bolan has a unique viewpoint about the automotive industry during the first half of the 20th century. In later years, Bolan began his own car acquisitions. His first, a 1929 Chevrolet, was purchased for $100 in celebration of his brothers safe return from World War II and his own high school graduation. It had an outside gasoline gauge, and if the driver forgot to read the gauge before getting into the drivers seat, he had no way of knowing how much fuel he had. (Chevrolet made the change to dashboard gauges in 1930.) The car also had actual wooden floor boards, which were removed and reinstalled easily when servicing was necessary. This automotive memoir includes a chapter for each of Bolans first forty cars, including photographs of the actual vehicles where possible. Most were well aged at the time of purchase; the earliest was a 1917 Dodge Brothers. A nostalgic but factual recollection of each car in the order it was acquired, the book includes interesting information about each model and Bolans mechanical adventures from the 1940s to the 1990s.

A powerful account of a journey that proves This Girl Can.A yearning for space and silence; for air in the lungs; for purpose - the simplicity of a defined mission - had banished doubt and fear and driven me to climb on my bike. And as I pedalled up the country, venturing far beyond my comfort zone in every sense, I found within me untapped reserves of determination, singlemindedness, and pure joy that spurred me on further. I saw the truth in the saying that you only know what youre capable of when youre pushed beyond your limits.Are you braver than you think?Thats the question Claire Davies began asking herself as she cycled from Lands End to John OGroats, ill-prepared, unsupported and alone.At a mid-life low point, craving space and time to think, or not to think, Claire decided that a long bicycle ride was what she needed. Setting off for Scotland just a few weeks later, on a bike named Trixie, guided by a gadget called Guillaume, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for.It turned out to be a journey not only to better physical fitness and mental health, but also to empowerment and self-discovery, partly through the eyes of the people she met along the way.On one level, this book is a travelogue, a day-by-day account of an iconic British journey, to be enjoyed as much by those with real aspirations of cycling from Lands End to John OGroats as by armchair cycle tourers.But the challenges Claire faced on the ride, and her personal reflections from the saddle, will also serve as inspiration for anyone who needs coaxing out of their comfort zone, or is simply seeking a spot of vicarious adventure.