Baseball"s Greatest Series: Yankees, Mariners, and the 1995 Matchup That Changed History

Baseball’s Greatest Series: Yankees, Mariners, and the 1995 Matchup That Changed History
Language: English | EPUB / MOBI | ISBN-10: 0813546621 | 2010 | 352 pages | 0.4 MB / 0.6 MB

Baseball’s Greatest Series details what many believe to be the most exciting postseason series in baseball history: the 1995 Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.

This division series was not simply about two teams playing five postseason games. It was about Ken Griffey Jr., Lou Piniella, Buck Showalter, Gene Michael, Jim Leyritz, Randy Johnson, Wade Boggs, Tony Fernandez, Pat Kelly, Dion James, Darryl Strawberryùand many others who changed the course of baseball history . . .

A team playing to keep baseball alive in the Pacific Northwest

A manager who was literally managing for his job

A New York sports icon who for one week reminded everybody of the dominating player he had been a decade earlier

Chris Donnelly’s replay of this entire season reminds readers that it was a time when grown men cried their eyes out after defeat, and others, just a few hundred feet away, poured beer and champagne over one another while 57,000 people in Seattle’s Kingdome celebrated. Five games they were. Five games that reminded people, after the devastating players’ strike in 1994, how great a game baseball is because comebacks are always possible, no matter how great the obstacles may seem.

From Don Mattingly’s only postseason home run, which caused a near riot, to Edgar Martinez’s legendary eleventh inning series-clinching double, Donnelly chronicles the earlier struggles of both teams during the 1980s, their mid-1990s resurgence, all five heart-stopping games of the series, and the dramatic and long-lasting effects of Seattle’s victory. Simply stated, Baseball’s Greatest Series hits a home run.

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Breaking Down Breaking Bad: Unpeeling the Layers of Television"s Greatest Drama

Breaking Down Breaking Bad: Unpeeling the Layers of Television’s Greatest Drama
Language: English | EPUB | ISBN-10: 1493729993 | 2013 | 102 pages | 0.2 MB

Few television shows have won critical acclaim on the level of Breaking Bad, perhaps because few series are as worth deep examination as Breaking Bad. Something about Walter White’s struggle with his inner demons resonated with us. The idea that his foray into meth production was not merely a dalliance with darkness, but was actually a full-blown awakening intrigued us. And most of all, the idea that we came to have no respect for the protagonist of our favorite show utterly fascinated us. We couldn’t look away. Breaking Down Breaking Bad attempts to poke into the dark corners of Walter White’s mind, explore the traits that make this show special, and revels in the joy of what is arguably the best drama ever to appear on television. In doing so, it peels back the layers of what makes characters like Jesse Pinkman tick, explores why we were so drawn to characters like Gus Fring and Mike Ehrmantraut, and relives some of the greatest moments of this already legendary series. Because the show may be gone, but the conversation about it certainly isn’t.

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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain"s Greatest Frigate Captain

Stephen Taylor, “Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain’s Greatest Frigate Captain”

ISBN: 0393071642, 0393347060 | 2012 | EPUB | 368 pages | 11 MB

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest British frigate captain in the age of sail. Left fatherless at age eight, with a penniless mother and five siblings, Pellew fought his way from the very bottom of the navy to fleet command. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet he had a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, and he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, leading from the front in the style of his contemporary Nelson, did not expect to survive.

Pellew’s humanity, fondness for subordinates, and blind love for his family, and the warmth and intimacy of his letters, make him a hugely engaging figure. Stephen Taylor gives him at last the biography he deserves.

How History"s Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away With It (Repost)

Benerson Little – How History’s Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away With It
Fair Winds Press | 2011 | ISBN: 1592334431, 9781592334438 | English | 272 pages | PDF | 125.78 MB

The Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500-1800.

Not simple retellings of the tried and true stories of buccaneers on the high seas, this book focuses on how pirating tactics of the 1500s through 1800s to give the reader a view of how pirates functioned through history. Readers will follow eighteen of the most famous pirates in detail as they raid major ships and pillage coastal villages. Readers will learn how the pirates approached such invasions and how they managed to elude authorities and sometimes whole navies. With archival images gathered from around the world.

Each chapter is a stand-alone story about a famous buccaneer and follows them moment by moment on a specific attack as an example of their greater techniques and tactics for plundering. Readers will follow the characters in live action and trace their movements in real time; a recreation of the action based on the historic information available.

A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History"s Greatest Traveler

A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest Traveler by Jason Roberts
English | 2007 | ISBN: 0007161263 | 432 pages | EPUB | 0,7 MB

He was known simply as the Blind Traveler – a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became “one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored,” triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured – until now.

A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history’s most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler’s uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.