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Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland, 1st Edition (Irreverent)

Travel

Gullo, Jim

FITZGERALD

Balliett

United States

Frommers

The moving story of how a father and his young son recaptured their love of baseball—a winning testament to why the game matters and how it can still bring us together in spite of itself
In recent years something hasn’t been quite right with baseball. Ask Jim Gullo: he’ll tell you even a seven-year-old kid knows it. In December 2007, just as Jim’s young son Joe was beginning to develop a true passion for the game, the bombshell news of players’ steroid use made it clear that America’s pastime wasn’t what it claimed to be. Suddenly, Jim found himself struggling to answer questions from Joe that had nothing to do with batting averages or World Series champions: “What aresteroids? Who was using them? Wasn’t it cheating? Why weren’t the players who got caught suspended or punished by baseball?”
While Jim searched for the right words and Major League Baseball dithered, Joe took matters into his own hands: he removed the players who had been named as likely drug users from his prized baseball card collection and created a cheaters pile. Then he created a different category of suspected “juicers” to keep an eye on. He took these players’ posters—even the poster of his favorite slugger, Manny Ramirez—down from his bedroom walls. The steroid scandal had clearly hit home.
Rather than wait for an official explanation and apology from Major League Baseball that would never materialize, Jim and Joe set out to find their own answers. They traveled the country from coast to coast, from Spring Training contests to major and minor league games—speaking with players, prospects, and managers while tracking down the legends and ghosts of baseball’s golden age. And one day they discovered an aging but dedicated prospect who would become not only a true role model for Joe, but also the unlikely inspiration to lure both father and son back to the game they loved.
By turns humorous, heartbreaking, and inspiring, Trading Manny tells the story of their journey back to baseball—how along the way Joe traded his idol Manny for a more worthy hero, and Jim discovered something invaluable about being a father.

Trading Manny: How a Father and Son Learned to Love Baseball Again

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Da Capo Press

Only a Comedy Keeper can save laughter at its source In this novel for serious class clowns, 12-year old Josh Markowitz must travel back to 1908 to convince an unruly family of very funny brothers to fulfill their comic destinies. It starts when Josh, the Class Clown of Patton Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon gets in trouble (again) for being a little bit too funny in school. The detention he receives threatens to ruin his baseball season. His friends Omar, Amy and the fabulous, fake English exchange student Elizabeth Walcot Woolcott all sympathize, but the evil Stevie San Pedro thinks Josh deserves his punishment. Josh goes to the old magic shop on the wrong side of town where an ageless clown named Slivers makes Josh a deal: Convince some old friends of his to become comedians, and Slivers will get him out of detention. The friends are the famous Marx Brothers - Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo and Zeppo -- long before they would begin their careers as comedians and movie stars, and they need a kick-start from history. As a Comedy Keeper, Josh must convince the funny brothers to take up comedy, or be forever lost to history. Without a boost from him, Slivers explains, there would never be Marx Brothers movies, and without that there would be no Saturday Night Live, Jerry Seinfeld or Simpsons. The future of comedy depends on Josh Josh activates The Great Wandini - a magical fortune-telling machine that can send people careening through time, and he is transported to the streets of New York City in 1908, where he is befriended by none other than Julius, Arthur and Leonard Marx . . . the brothers who would one day become famous. But only if Josh succeeds The brothers Marx don't even know they're comedians yet; they have a singing act in vaudeville theaters with their mother, Minnie, and have no intention of changing it. But after witnessing much hilarity between the brothers at their cramped apartment, Josh convinces them that their future lies in comedy. To convince Minnie to change the act, Josh will have to go onstage and start the comedy ball rolling. Meanwhile, in the present, Josh's friends try to figure out how and why he disappeared and have some adventures of their own in Slivers' Magic Shop and with the Great Wandini. Through a magical interface with the old New York Evening Standard newspaper, they can "text" Slivers to find and rescue Josh from the past. Before that happens, though, and before he can return to his own time, Josh is nabbed by an evil "bull" - a corrupt policeman who conscripts children into slave labor in the textile mills of upstate New York. Josh is dragged away to the Oneida Textile Mills and what looks like a life of hard labor. But the Marx Brothers intercede in a very funny way - by pretending that Julius is "the African Explorer," Adolph and Leonard are natives, and they need a boy to take back to the dark continent. Josh is rescued, but the brothers still aren't sure about him until Josh reveals that he was sent by Frank "Slivers" Oakley, a real clown who was the toast of Broadway in the early years of the 20th century. The Marx Brothers finally believe his story and agree to fulfill their destinies as comics. With Josh in tow, they head to Coney Island in time to perform, bring the house down with jokes and antics, and set the brothers on the course of becoming famous. "The Comedy Keeper" is many things: A rollicking, funny, fast tale, a tribute to classic comedy, a historical novel with period detail of 1908 New York City, and an introduction for young readers to the Marx Brothers, with authentic details of their lives and careers. Best read with a hard-boiled egg. Um...better make that six hard-boiled eggs. "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's much too dark to read." - Julius "Groucho" Marx

The Comedy Keeper

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

Yam Hill Publishing

Your insider’s guide to the best places and prices 
Enjoy the best of Seattle &amp; the Northwest Whether you want to walk around Seattle’s famous Waterfront, eat your way through Pike Place Market, hike in Olympic National Park, or stroll through charming towns on the Olympic Peninsula, the Northwest is a terrific vacation spot. But where to begin? Relax! This friendly guide shows you the way. Discover: <ul>
<li>Down-to-earth trip-planning advice</li> <li>What you shouldn’t miss – and what you can skip</li> <li>The best restaurants and hotels for every budget</li> <li>Lots of detailed maps</li> </ul>

Seattle & the Olympic Peninsula For Dummies (Dummies Travel)

For Dummies

This all-new guide offers honest, down-to-earth coverage of the urban pleasures and splendid natural assets of Seattle and Portland. We'll give you the lowdown on the best of the cities, from Seattle's Bumbershoot arts festival to Portland's rose gardens. Our authors have scoured the city for the best restaurants, and they'll steer you to the top quintessential Northwestern treats, from salmon to cappuccino to Northwest wines. The guide also boasts tours designed for different needs and interests, such as Seattle in Three Days, Seattle for Nature Lovers, Seattle for Coffee and Snack Lovers, Seattle for the Tragically Hip, and Exploring Beyond Seattle: Three Dandy Day Trips. With tips on how to plan your trip, descriptions of accommodations for a range of budgets and tastes, and even a guide to Northwest lingo, Seattle &amp; Portland for Dummies is the only guide you'll need for a fabulous trip to these cities!

Seattle & Portland For Dummies? (Dummies Travel)

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world. For the lowdown on the two hottest destinations in the Pacific Northwest, look no further than Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland. Want to know where the locals go for coffee? Where to find the Portland grade school that serves great pizza and beer? Want the skinny on dressing down to fit in with the "Aggressively Plain" Northwest fashion scene? You'll discover the best way to distinguish tourists from locals in Seattle, and what makes Portland a shopping mecca (no sales tax). Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland give you all that, plus the hottest travel tips and recommendations for both cities.

Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Seattle & Portland (Irreverent Guides)

It's that time of year again for Ray Jensen, a middle-aged bureaucrat who lives in a small, New York town. The anniversary of his father's untimely passing always brings up feelings of grief, guilt and looming mortality for Ray. But this year is different: Ray's son Daniel has stumbled upon the Fountain of Youth, an elixir made from wine grapes that might keep you alive forever. Fountain of Youth takes on issues of mortality, grieving and loss as it touches you with its simple humanity.

Fountain of Youth: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Literary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Even before she became the only Presidential First Lady to run for, and win elected office, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton had a remarkable career as a lawyer and activist. Love her or hate her, she has set a new standard for women in politics.

The Importance Of Series - Hillary Rodham Clinton

Biographies

Lucent Books

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