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ISBN: 978-1-59824-798-5
Edition: Paperback, 195 Pages
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
This is a true story about a boy whose life revolved
around God and basketball. Matt Espinoza aka “Noza”
was taught about the game of basketball at a very young
age. During that time he faced many obstacles, the most
difficult one being that he lost his mom to brain cancer
when he was nine years old. His dad raised him and his
brother and continued developing them for basketball.
Other challenges would confront Matt. He was dealing
with a blood platelet condition he had not grown out
of yet. Matt had a love for the game of basketball but
his body was not developing as fast as most kids. In his
younger years things were going great. But when he got
to Jr. High other kids seem to be passing him up and he
was struggling for playing time. Matt would always tag
along with his older brother, Jake, but always found
himself watching and not playing. When Matt was a
freshman and a sophomore he almost didn’t make McNary
High School’s basketball team. His dad speaks of the
challenges and lessons learned in this amazing story.
Matt was always trying to keep up with his older brother
Jake. They would eventually battle it out in a college
basketball game. This is an inspirational, encouraging,
and an amazing story of a young man that believed in
himself and was not going to be denied. Matt set goals
for himself and he worked hard to reach those goals.
His attitude of never giving up, and having faith paid
off big time.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-516-5
Edition: Paperback, 422 Pages
Publication Date: May 16, 2007
The only multi-million dollar bass fishing tournament in
the world brought Stan Bones back to the Grand Lake of
the Cherokees in northeast Oklahoma. He worked in the
area one summer while he was in college fifteen years
earlier, but had not been back since. He came back to
familiarize himself with the lake and increase his
chances to win the major money in the biggest bass
tournament in the world.
Many things changed in the lives of the people he knew
so long ago. The people who once opened their hearts and
homes to a brash young college student welcomed him back
again. His old friends helped him deal with the demons
that haunted his heart for the past two years and he
helped them protect their way of life in the rural area.
Ride along with Stan Bones and his fishing partner as
they demonstrate their profound personal prowess in
piscatorial pursuits along the trail to “The Bass Bum’s
Bonanza!”
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-486-1
Edition: Paperback, 196 Pages
Publication Date: May 15, 2007
Picture yourself clad in your favorite bathing suit
relaxing on a sleek sailing yacht anchored in crystal
clear water off white sandy beaches. Cool drink in hand,
you’re soaking up the brilliant sunshine, trying not to
awaken from this impossible dream. An impossible dream??
Not at all!!
A former couple from Endwell, New York not only had this
dream but actually lived it.
Dorothy and Richard Kiegler lived aboard and cruised the
Caribbean aboard their sailing Trimaran the “Malo Folau”
for over seven years.
This fascinating memoir tells their story and includes
original poetry by Richard Kiegler.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-508-0
Edition: Paperback, 84 Pages
Publication Date: April 3,2007
This book takes a humorous look at the game of golf.
Everything from equipment to the rules are explored and
exploited. Your golf game may not improve significantly,
but your attitude may be altered for the better. Golf
is a game for life, but is not a game of life or death.
Laugh and enjoy yourself, your golfing partners and the
wonderful game of golf. I invite you to join me on this
journey from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-503-5
Edition: Paperback, 284 Pages
Publication Date: March 13,2007
If you baseball fans out there have ever wondered who
the best players, who are the best teams, and what were
the best pennants races, wonder no more. I’ve done all
the work for you as I, the world’s biggest baseball fan,
give you my humbled opinion of the best and worst in
baseball history. I rank the best and worst teams, the
most lopsided trades, and the best players at every
position in the history of baseball. See why baseball is
still the best sport.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-458-8
Edition: Paperback, 174 Pages
Publication Date: March 14, 2007
The goal of this book is to provide an overview of the
college recruiting process by sharing knowledge that has
helped me to secure NCAA Division I athletic scholarships
for both of my sons, one in tennis and one in track and
field.
Collegiate recruiting is a business and a big business.
The University of Texas’ athletic ticket sales for the
2004-2005 academic year was $33,507,576. The football
recruiting budget for the average Mid-American
Conference (MAC) University is $90,000. For example, the
Georgia Bulldogs spent $500,000 on football recruiting
for its 2004 class.
It will behoove any athlete to approach collegiate
athletic recruiting as a business person. This book will
explore several business gambits and teach strategies
that will facilitate the achievement of your dream, an
athletic scholarship
- Learn how to negotiate from a position of power like a business person, rather than a high school athlete.
- Learn how to be noticed by coaches.
- Learn how to objectify your college visits and evaluations with a ranking system.
- Learn what questions to ask while on campus visits.
- Learn the academic requirements needed for athletic recruitment.
- Learn where to find federally mandated crime statistics for individual universities.
- Learn the advantages and disadvantages of early versus late recruiting dates.
- Learn why red shirting can cost an athlete as much as $73,000.
- Learn negotiation skills that facilitate opportunities.
- Learn why you should not select a university solely on the basis of the coaching staff.
- Learn how to do a self evaluation to identify your positioning in the recruiting market place.
You do not have to be a blue chip athlete to secure a
scholarship. With the proper knowledge you can create
your own opportunities.
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ISBN: 978-1-59824-459-5
Edition: Paperback, 172 Pages
Publication Date: March 8, 2007
The Adventures and Misadventures of Juan Loco
is a collection of stories about the excitement, and
sometimes the danger, of hunting – by a man who has
hunted all over the United States (including Alaska),
Canada, New Zealand and Africa. This book is filled with
tales reflecting a love of the sport and the environment,
flavoring by large doses of humor. Any hunter would
surely enjoy and relate to the adventures and
misadventures as much as the author did living them.
The adventures also contain humorous stories about the
author’s youth; including tipping over outhouses on
Halloween and his father’s burning of the outhouse!
Here are some excerpts:
“Uncle Bill took off his hunting coat and began to root
around in the back. He pulled out the small thermos he
had placed there and began to try and wipe the rabbit
hair off the cup…the more he wiped, the more blood and
hair he smeared around…the rabbit hair and blood gave
the cup the look of some devils chalice being offered up
after a sacrifice. “Here you go boy,” said Uncle Bill as
he handed me the cup.
“Crisscrossing the valley to head for the next waterhole
to try and head off the elephants…we came upon a small
family dwelling of mud huts…naked and dirty children
were in a constant game of hide and seek or pelted the
chickens with dirt clods. As Rory began to ask the
elders about elephants, I began to hand out bright,
yellow butterscotch candies to the kids…. I feel a tug
on my pants and one boy is holding out a piece of
colored string. His gift to me is all he has in the
world…I am humbled by the magnitude of his gesture.”
“The roar of the lioness came from ten yards to my rear
and the sound of it raised the hair on my neck and
vibrated my entire body. I could hear the brush as it
slid along her body and her claws rattling on the rocks
as she came. She was close, so very close. I vainly spun
knowing the shot would be measured in inches and one
shot was all there would be time for.”
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ISBN: 1-59824-404-3
Edition: Paperback, 238 Pages
Publication Date: December 8, 2006
Josh Stanton is a distance runner. When he was young, he
tortured himself mercilessly on the track and, even
though his goal of making an Olympic team always seemed
just out of reach, he struggled to maximize his
potential. While racing, every second was precious and
no sacrifice was too large. The training paid off and,
in his early twenty’s, Josh ran hundreds of races from
the mile to the marathon, consistently improving and
winning.
Then, at age 23 it was over. During a routine track
workout, a nagging achilles problem escalated into a
career ending injury. Knowing his best performances were
behind him, he reluctantly retired from racing and tried
to bury his dreams.
20 years later, by chance, Josh stumbles into the fringe
sport of ultra-marathoning and rekindles his lost
passion for running. After a few years of learning the
ropes, he enters the Hellgate endurance run, a 66-mile
trail race in the Virginia Mountains. Unable to come up
with the performance he expects, Josh is compelled to
answer a simple question. Why is he here? At age 43,
Josh has to re-evaluate his motivation for running. Can
he run for the pure joy of it, or is he to be forever
tortured by the lost glory of his past. He has to search
his soul to find answers to the questions that have
haunted him ever since he started his comeback.
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ISBN: 1-59824-358-6
Edition: Paperback, 177 Pages
Publication Date: October 4, 2006
The 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York
Mets has arrived and with this momentous occasion comes
a flood of wonderful memories. Resurrected by Daniel J.
Erickson with the sole intention of adding a dash of joy
for everyone who feasts upon his offering.
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ISBN: 978-1-60862-638-0
Edition: Paperback, 190 Pages
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2016
This is the story of Harry Kahn, also known as Bobbie
Ray or Soldier Ray. His life began in 1903, the year
Soldier Ray was born on a ship coming to America from
Finland. During his fascinating life he became the
welterweight champion of the Armed Forces – not just
once, but twice. After leaving the US Army he did what
many boxers did in those days, he went to work for the
Mob. There are a lot of stories that need to be told and
this is one of them.
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