The Cape Cod League is the premier amateur baseball league in the United States, and this book presents stories of the people, places, and players who have made it great.If someone told you an amateur baseball league had produced 18 future major leaguers, it might seem impressive. But over 1,800 alumni of the Cape Cod Baseball League have landed in the major leagues. The "Cape League," as it is locally known, is far from the only collegiate summer baseball league-over 80 now operat...

The author and professional coach teaches readers to find greater happiness through gratitude in this book of personal stories and practical advice.Before he became a successful author and professional coach, Mike Robbins was a professional baseball player. But at twenty-three years old, he suffered an injury that ended his promising career as a pitcher. Instead of quitting, Mike took stock of the good things in his life and began a new path....

Mike Kinney shouldn’t be alive today.When his truck slammed into a telephone pole and burst into flames, the seventeen-year-old became pinned in the driver seat. Moments before the vehicle was consumed by fire, Mike was pulled from the burning wreckage of twisted metal as his body burned. After his guitar was incinerated in the blaze, Pete Townsend from The Who, a musical inspiration, sent him a new guitar, offering, “This is the Phoenix.”In the wake of his Phoenix moment o...

An actionable blueprint for transformational business journeysLeading transformation in teams, businesses, and organizations is complex, and leaders are expected to know how to do it. This book provides the clear thinking required to navigate this challenge.In Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations for Business Transformation renowned growth and strategy leader Richard Hawkes delivers a simple and powerful framework that any team can apply to ...

The Cricket World Cup in 2019 was the first to be held in England for 20 years and expectations were high. It did not disappoint. Over six weeks and 48 matches it showcased the best that the one-day game has to offer, with compelling individual performances and spellbinding matches – all culminating in England's unforgettable victory over New Zealand in the final. The Times England's World Cup gives you a chance to relive the drama as it happened with the best of ...

If you suffer from ailments your doctors can't seem to diagnose or help—mysterious rashes, unpredictable digestive problems, debilitating headaches, mood and energy swings, constant tiredness—nerve compression is the likely cause. Sugar Crush exposes the shocking truth about how a diet high in sugar, processed carbohydrates, and wheat compresses and damages the peripheral nerves of the body.Over the years, Dr. Richard Jacoby has treated thousands of patients with periphera...

Bloomsbury presents Shakespeare's House by Richard Schoch, read by Mike Read.'****[A] page-turning story' - Laurie Maguire, Times Literary Supplement'A terrific addition to the Shakespeare library ... eye-opening.' - Michael Billington, Country LifeRichard's Schoch's compelling history of Shakespeare's birthplace reveals the value we place on the building and on the man himself.In ...

A fast-paced, raucous ride across America with four joke-slinging entertainers who know how to party and put on a great show. Get a lighthearted look at life on the road and the high-spirited experience of being Irish in America.

Change the history that pupils learn at Key Stage 3. Reframe familiar topics, discover forgotten stories and amplify unheard voices.Through an evocative, story-based approach, this ground-breaking course brings together historical scholarship and enquiry, presenting a truly diverse, inclusive and ambitious history curriculum.This is the history we owe to our pupils. This is the past for today and tomorrow.- A strong chronological spine

In November 1916, just a few years after Federation and while Australia was at war in Europe, Hazel Hood, the beautiful 18-year-old daughter of a Riverina grazier, went to a local dance and never came home. Her mysterious disappearance caused a sensation in the district around the pioneer settlement of Wakool Crossing, near the Victoria–New South Wales border.The mystery further intensified when, a week later, Hazel’s body — still clothed in her white party dress — was recovered fr...

Children are hungry – but not for their dinner.A man trapped inside the body of an android.Jack the Ripper’s true identity finally revealed.How Burke and Hare started their grave-robbing business.The story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.A photographer who develops his skills in quite the wrong way.The tragic death of King Arthur at Camelot.A taxidermist who oversteps the mark.Death gives infamous exec...

JOINT WINNER OF THE 2002 NED KELLY AWARD FOR TRUE CRIME NON-FICTIONCOMMENDED FOR THE 2003 NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARDRonald Joseph Ryan was hanged in Melbourne on 3 February 1967, following his conviction for the shooting murder of a prison warder during a daring escape from the maximum-security Pentridge prison thirteen months before.The decision of the Victorian government in December 1966 to proceed with Ryan’s death sentence sparke...