In the summer of 1962, the peripatetic and irrepressible Pete Gill was hired on a whim to coach basketball at tiny Ireland High School. There he would accomplish, against enormous odds, one of the great small-town feats in Indiana basketball history. With no starters taller than 5’10", few wins were predicted for the Spuds. Yet, after inflicting brutal preseason conditioning, employing a variety of unconventional motivational tactics, and overcoming fierce opposition, Gill molded the Spuds into a winning team that brought home the town’s first and only sectional and regional titles. Relying on narrative strategies of creative nonfiction rather than strict historical rendering, Mike Roos brings to life a colorful and varied cast of characters and provides a compelling account of their struggles, wide-ranging emotions, and triumphs throughout the season.

One Small Town, One Crazy Coach: The Ireland Spuds and the 1963 Indiana High School Basketball Season

History

Curnutt, Kirk

Reynolds, Jerry

Roos, Mike

Blake, Mike

May, Chris

LEWIS, Michael

Butcher, Jack

Buse, Don

Dean, Joe

Americas

Quarry Books

They are the Jerrollites, an alien race with a long history of ruthless conquest. They target a planet, brutally overwhelm its inhabitants, and pillage its resources before moving onto their next target. This time, they’re targeting Earth. Former military intelligence officer Mark Hunter is pulled back into service for one more mission: determine when and how the Jerrollites will attack. Hunter’s quite capable of completing his dangerous assignment, but his superiors sent him too late. With Earth’s defenses reduced to a single starship, Hunter and the crew of the Hercules devise a desperate plan to save what’s left of their planet. An untested weapon lies hidden behind the Pentagon’s walls—a weapon capable of destroying the Jerrollite home world with a single shot. To succeed, the Hercules must return to Earth, retrieve the weapon from the occupied world, and fight through Jerrollite forces to their home planet. It’s a last-ditch effort to save what’s left of humanity. Or at least exact some measure of vengeance for the loss of Earth. A tale of resolve and revenge against overwhelming odds, Gravity’s Hammer explores what might happen should humanity ever find itself outgunned and outmanned.

Gravitys Hammer

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Jerry Reynolds

Reynolds Remembers: 20 Years with the Sacramento Kings

Jerry Reynolds was country before country was cool. He also was part of the Sacramento Kings before that was cool. The Kings are celebrating their 20th season in California's capital, and Jerry has been there from the start. Quietly, he has been instrumental in the team's growth from a shoestring operation that couldn't compete to a model NBA franchise that is always on the short list of title contenders. He has been a first-hand witness of the league's evolution from Bird and Magic, to Jordan, to LeBron and Yao Ming. Jerry Reynolds has been a human Swiss Army Knife?serving the Kings as a scout, assistant coach, head coach, player personnel director, general manager, and television analyst. Because he has held so many positions in the Kings' front office the last two decades, Jerry has a unique perspective on how the Kings have evolved. For those who've been on the Kings bandwagon only the last few years, it wasn?t always C-Webb, Peja, and Bibby.

Drysdale, Don

Napear, Grant

Biographies & Memoirs

Sports Pub

Jerry Reynolds was country before country was cool. He also was part of the Sacramento Kings before that was cool. 2015 marks the team’s 30th season in California’s capital, and Jerry has been there from the start. Quietly, he has been instrumental in the team’s growth from a shoestring operation that couldn’t compete to a model NBA franchise that is always on the short list of title contenders. He has been a firsthand witness of the league’s evolution, from Bird and Magic, to Jordan, to LeBron and Yao Ming. Jerry Reynolds has been a human Swiss Army knife, serving the Kings as a scout, assistant coach, head coach, player personnel director, general manager, and television analyst. Because he has held so many positions in the Kings’ front office the last two decades, Jerry has a unique perspective on how the Kings have evolved, and he offers that perspective in Tales from the Sacramento Kings Locker Room. For those who’ve been on the Kings bandwagon only the last decade, it wasn’t always C-Webb, Peja, and Bibby. In this reissue of Reynolds Remembers, Jerry recounts the hollow feeling of putting a CBA-quality lineup on the floor for an exhibition game against the Lakers: set for the tip-off, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and . . . Randy Allen? He remembers being left to explain the Kings’ latest defeat to the media while Bill Russell snuck out the side door. But there were victories, too. He also still has a spark in his eye from trading draft rights to Billy Owens for superstar Mitch Richmond. Whether the Kings were stuck in the mud or winning 50-plus games, Jerry Reynolds remained the samecolorful, outspoken, engaging, and insightful. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Tales from the Sacramento Kings Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Kings Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team)

Sports Publishing

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