College football is a sport of rivalries—and no two teams were ever more perfectly matched than the Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In Perfect Rivals, award-winning sportswriter Jeff Carroll takes us inside the locker rooms and onto the gridiron, as two storied programs with very different cultures battle for national supremacy, school pride, and the soul of the game itself. Beginning with the Hurricanes’ nationally televised 58–7 pasting of the Irish at the Orange Bowl in November 1985, the two teams faced each other five times over a six-year span. The last three of those games had national championship implications, as a resurgent Notre Dame sought to reclaim its historic preeminence against a faster, mouthier, more talented Miami squad notorious for trash-talking opponents, stalking out of pregame buffets, and wearing military fatigues on the team plane. The games were marked by heartbreaking finishes, disputed plays, and nasty onfield brawls. Adding fuel to the fire was a controversial slogan created by a Notre Dame student and picked up by the press—“Catholics vs. Convicts”—which served to heighten the cultural (and, some would say, racial) tension between the opposing schools. Carroll’s fast-paced, up-close-and-personal narrative centers on a handful of colorful characters on both sides of the rivalry: the coaches, from dapper Jimmy Johnson to punctilious Lou Holtz, and the players, including Miami’s Steve Walsh, a quiet Midwesterner and one-time Holtz recruit who defied the freewheeling Miami stereotype, and devout Baptist Tony Rice, only the second black quarterback in Notre Dame history, who defined the rivalry and decided the contests. Filled with you-are-there depictions of game action and insights drawn from Carroll’s unfettered access to many of the major figures involved, Perfect Rivals is a vivid re-creation of one of the most entertaining eras in the history of college football.

Perfect Rivals: Notre Dame, Miami, and the Battle for the Soul of College Football

Sports & Outdoors

Carroll, Jeff

Football (American)

ESPN

In the history of sports, few comeback stories compare to that of Edgar Charles Rice better known as "Sam." Away from home, trying out for a low-level minor league team, Sam Rice received a telegram on an April morning that would turn his world upside down: his wife, mother, both of his children and two younger siblings had been killed by a tornado. A few days later, his father died from injuries suffered in the tornado, as well. By the time he reached the major leagues three years later with the Washington Senators, Rice apparently had buried his past deep inside. He never spoke of the tragedy publicly while embarking on a career in which he would amass 2,987 base hits, 13 hits short of one of baseball's most hallowed milestones. In this moving biography, Jeff Carroll explores the great achievement and tragedy of a Hall of Fame outfielder and Washington Senators favorite.

Sam Rice: A Biography of the Washington Senators Hall of Famer

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

McFarland

The world of Science Fiction is so expansive that once I stepped into this world I wanted to write about everything. In this book I chose some of my favorite areas under the Sci-fi umbrella to write stories in Revisionist History, Robots, Gargoyles, Demons, Horror, Time Travel, Space Travel, Futurism, Pirates, Werewolves and Military Sci-fi. This book is written with the Hip Hop generation in mind because they are the future and Sci-fi fuels the imagination. Sci-fi pushes the imagination and makes people dream. Many young people have so much drama in their lives they only think about the happenings of today’s world. They rarely think or dream about the future or enjoy the escapism that Sci-fi provides. If you can dream it you can achieve it and I wonder if you don’t dream what will you achieve? The stories in this collection are: Nightmare on Halloween Camp: follows the story of Maurice and Eni from Thug Angel Rebirth of a Gargoyle. In this story Maurice has to transform into his gargoyle form in order to rescue Eni (his daughter) from a demonic entity. The Screaming: tells the story of a werewolf who has learned to control his transitions through a strict vegetarian lifestyle. When gang violence erupts in the community surrounding the college he works at, things go horrible wrong. The Voyage of the Blackstar: is the first part of a series of stories following a group of African pirates as they wage war on European slave traders and they lay claim to the Caribbean. Escape From Hell, American Gangstress: This is a hardcore version Harriet Tubman’s story. In this story Harriet finds a family in the woods as they escape slavery. The Church of God and Space: This follows a group of church missionaries as they go on their first journey. After experiencing everything that can go wrong in their travel through space they have a rude awakening when they reach they destination planet. The Programmable Man: In the future everyone has robot for security. However when a program is developed that can turn these security robots into the ultimate love machines people find out love is a very strong emotion. A Robot’s Nightmare: by Malcolm Carroll: A robot is sent into battle and his report changes the course of the war. Interview of a Monster: This is an up close and personal look at a slave who is the top barnyard bareknuckle fighter. A story of courage and pride, of love and pain, of hope and fear, and of the promise of a better world. Tired of Dying: Just a couple of guys surviving a zombie apocalypse who have a different take on life. Ass kicking Time: When you have the to ability to travel through time you realize there is time to do different things. There is time to love and time to hate, to make people feel good and time to feel pain. The Girl from Negro Mountain: This story follows Destiny who survived the tragic death of her parents. Now on her way to a group home she learns the supernatural powers that protected her on Negro Mountain may not have been exclusive to the mountain.

Sci-Fi Streetz: The Book of Hip Hop Sci-fi stories

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Hip Hop Comix N Flix

Two lovers are reunited by the storm of the century.. Just when New Yorkers were given a wakeup call into the realities of Global Warming by way of Hurricane Sandy, Harlem becomes host to yet another one of Mother Nature’s catastrophic lessons. There was an inactive fault line under the village of Harlem. When this fracture in the bedrock of Harlem’s famed 125th street becomes active, all of Harlem begins to shake as New York experiences a category 8 earthquake. Young television audience producer Kenny thinks he is prepared for everything Murphy’s Law can throw at him. With the help of his roommate, Ant, he manages to generate a packed audience to the Apollo Theater despite the hurricane forecast.. He is full of confidence when he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Deidra, who left him to travel along with a rapper as a glorified manager. Still in all he was having a good day, but not in his wildest dreams would he think that he and his team of audience coordinators and friends would have to navigate crevasses the length of city blocks, collapsing buildings and lawless streets. It will take all of his skills to help them escape being buried under the rubble of this world famous concrete jungle.

The Harlem Shake

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Being Texan: Celebrating A State Of Mind

BEING TEXAN is a collection of over 100 stories about people. Whoever they were, wherever they came from and whenever they arrived makes little difference. They all contributed something toward making Texas what it is today - good, bad or indifferent. They all are a part of the much larger story of Texas history, just as you are contributing your part of the story today. It is designed not only for the enjoyment of the casual reader who simply likes a good story but also as a supplement for use in classroom settings and for home schoolers. The stories are arranged chronologically so that, in sequence, they illustrate many topics found in a standard textbook. Each story also illustrates a variety of the "Essential Elements" for the teaching of Texas history and geography at the 7th grade level and advanced Texas studies at the 9th through 12th grade levels, as required by the Texas Education Agency. No one story can cover all of the Essential Elements, but, together, all of them are covered many times over. BEING TEXAN, like Texas, is a "State of Mind" reminding us that we are one with those who came before.

History

Americas

AuthorHouse

GET READY FOR MORE ZOMBIE CHILLS!\nAs the zombie menace continues within the Mississippi region of the United States, MISSISSIPPI ZOMBIE 3 brings you a tale of a heist gone wrong, commerce in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, zombie infected dogs, and so much more.\nSo dive back into the third installment of the zombie walking dead anthology series with SIX new tales and be prepared for some killer stories.

Mississippi Zombie - Volume 3

Comics & Graphic Novels

Carberry, Paul

Golden, Bradley

Breau, Peter

Roberts, Marcus

Graphic Novels

Caliber Comics

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