The End of Baseball
A Novel
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Paul Boehmer
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Peter Schilling
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In Peter Schilling's wonderful novel, the extraordinary baseball season of 1944 comes vividly to life. Bill Veeck, the maverick promoter, returned from Guadalcanal with a leg missing and $500 to his name, has hustled his way into buying the Philadelphia Athletics. Hungry for a pennant, young Veeck jettisons the team's white players and secretly recruits the legendary stars of the Negro Leagues, fielding a club that will go down in baseball annals as one of the greatest ever to play the game. Here are the behind-the-scenes adventures that bring this dream to reality, and a cast of characters only history's pen could create. The End of Baseball is the most rollicking, free-spirited baseball story in years, the unvarnished truth of that incredible season and the men who lived it.
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Playing With the Enemy
- A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams
- De: Gary Moore
- Narrado por: Toby Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 40
In 1940, at just 15 years old, small-town baseball star Gene Moore was signed to the Brooklyn Dodgers, who saw in him the potential to become one of the great catchers of all time. Before that could happen, though, WWII intervened. Gene's story, a surprising paean to the power and humanity of a game, is told here by his son, a first-time author who exhibits the confidence and pacing of a pro.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Inspirational Story
- De Lynn en 10-08-13
De: Gary Moore
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Lost Boy
- De: Tim Green
- Narrado por: Tim Green
- Duración: 7 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 35
It's always been just Ryder and his mom. But on the way home from Ryder's baseball practice, everything comes to a halt. An accident sends his mom to the hospital, and now she is fighting for her life. So Ryder goes on a search to find his father, determined to help pay for the expensive operation to save his mother's life. But with only a signed baseball and a letter as his clues, and the help of his next-door neighbor and a New York City firefighter, will everything fall into place in time, or will Ryder become a lost boy forever?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story!!!
- De Nina Queen en 09-23-21
De: Tim Green
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The Bad Guys Won
- A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a New York Uniform - and Maybe the Best
- De: Jeff Pearlman
- Narrado por: Jeff Pearlman
- Duración: 10 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
It was 1986, and the New York Mets won 108 regular-season games and the World Series, capturing the hearts (and other assorted body parts) of fans everywhere. But their greatness on the field was nearly eclipsed by how bad they were off it. Led by the indomitable Keith Hernandez and the young dynamic duo of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, along with the gallant Scum Bunch, the Amazin's left a wide trail of wreckage in their wake-hotel rooms, charter planes, a bar in Houston, and most famously Bill Buckner and the hated Boston Red Sox.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Maybe 3.5
- De Lifeisshort en 02-15-22
De: Jeff Pearlman
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Football Genius
- De: Tim Green
- Narrado por: Tim Green
- Duración: 5 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 95
When Tory White's mom gets a job with the Atlanta Falcons, Tory demonstrates his uncanny ability to call football plays before they happen. With Troy's genius, the Falcons could be unstoppable-- if only the coaches would take him seriously!
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5 out of 5 stars
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pretty engrossing
- De Pournima Navalkele en 01-20-24
De: Tim Green
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Paper Lion
- Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback
- De: George Plimpton, Nicholas Dawidoff - foreword
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
George Plimpton was perhaps best known for Paper Lion, the book that set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experiences in talking his way into training camp with the Detroit Lions, practicing with the team, and taking snaps behind center. His breezy style captures the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks that pervade when 60 high-strung guys live together in close quarters, and a host of football rites and rituals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still great, after all these years!
- De D. Lichtenstein en 06-15-17
De: George Plimpton, y otros
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Mexican WhiteBoy
- De: Matt de la Pena
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 191
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 166
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 167
Danny's tall and skinny. Even though he's not "built", his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce that any college scout would sign him on the spot. Ninety-five-mile-an-hour fastball, but the boy's not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound, he loses it. Ball ends up so far out of the strike zone it's laughable. But at his private school, they don't expect much else from him. Danny's brown. Half-Mexican brown....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where does a Mexican whiteboy fit in?
- De Thin Lizzy en 03-19-21
De: Matt de la Pena
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Superheroes
- De: Peter S. Beagle, Daryl Gregory, James Patrick Kelly, y otros
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman, Joe Barrett, Christina Delaine, y otros
- Duración: 17 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 148
Modern gods and goddesses, remote, revered - and like the pantheon of heroes and heroines of ancient myth - possessing great power tempered with flaws. Now, find within this anthology great tales by gifted and award-winning authors who move superheroes from the four-color panels of comic books to the fantastic pages of fiction, stories that will remind anyone who ever wanted to wear a cape or don a cowl of the extraordinary powers of the imagination!
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretentious tired old concepts
- De BookofJoy en 12-29-14
De: Peter S. Beagle, y otros
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Just a Guy
- Notes from a Blue Collar Life
- De: Bill Engvall, Alan Eisenstock
- Narrado por: Bill Engvall
- Duración: 5 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 632
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 492
Blue Collar Comedy star Bill Engvall is just a guy. He's been one his whole life. He can't help it; he was born that way. And that makes him an expert on the subject. For the record, here's the official definition of a guy: a person who doesn't think before he speaks. He can't. He's not that deep. Because a guy has only three basic needs: eating, sleeping, and sex. That's it. Just a Guy chronicles a lifetime in pursuit of those needs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Man Behind The Signs
- De Christopher en 12-07-07
De: Bill Engvall, y otros
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The Talisman
- De: Stephen King, Peter Straub
- Narrado por: Frank Muller
- Duración: 28 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16,676
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 13,539
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 13,500
On a brisk autumn day, a 13-year-old boy stands on the shores of the gray Atlantic, near a silent amusement park and a fading ocean resort called the Alhambra. The past has driven Jack Sawyer here: His father is gone, his mother is dying, and the world no longer makes sense. But for Jack everything is about to change. For he has been chosen to make a journey back across America - and into another realm. One of the most influential and heralded works of fantasy ever written, The Talisman is an extraordinary novel of loyalty, awakening, terror, and mystery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Still Good
- De Bill S. en 03-24-10
De: Stephen King, y otros
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Carrying Albert Home
- The Somewhat True Story of a Woman, a Husband, and Her Alligator
- De: Homer Hickam
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 10 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the father of the author) were high school classmates in the West Virginia coalfields, graduating just as the Great Depression began. When Homer asked for her hand, Elsie instead headed to Orlando, where she sparked with a dancing actor named Buddy Ebsen (yes, that Buddy Ebsen). But when Buddy headed for New York, Elsie's dreams of a life with him were crushed, and eventually she found herself back in the coalfields, married to Homer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely Delightful!!
- De Sharon en 03-01-16
De: Homer Hickam
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Molina
- The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty
- De: Bengie Molina, Joan Ryan
- Narrado por: Henry Leyva
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 87
A baseball rules book. A tape measure. A lottery ticket. These were in the pocket of Bengie Molina's father when he died of a heart attack on the rutted Little League field in his Puerto Rican barrio. The items serve as thematic guideposts in Molina's beautiful memoir about his father, who, through baseball, taught his three sons about loyalty, humility, courage, and the true meaning of success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A book about life
- De P. Griswold en 06-11-15
De: Bengie Molina, y otros
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Open
- An Autobiography
- De: Andre Agassi
- Narrado por: Erik Davies
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,886
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,588
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,571
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just an Incredible Story!
- De Patrick en 12-13-09
De: Andre Agassi
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X
- A Novel
- De: Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon
- Narrado por: Dion Graham, Ilyasah Shabazz
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 74
Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's nothing but a pack of lies - after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well written
- De jeff en 06-29-15
De: Ilyasah Shabazz, y otros
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The White Boy Shuffle
- A Novel
- De: Paul Beatty
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
Paul Beatty's hilarious and scathing debut novel, The White Boy Shuffle, is about Gunnar Kaufman, an awkward, black surfer bum who is moved by his mother from Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles. There, he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighborhood outcast to basketball superstar, and eventually to reluctant messiah of a "divided, downtrodden people".
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5 out of 5 stars
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So beautiful
- De mp en 06-15-18
De: Paul Beatty
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The Fireballer
- A Novel
- De: Mark Stevens
- Narrado por: Shea Taylor
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 95
Frank Ryder is unstoppable on the baseball field—his pitches arrive faster than a batter can swing, giving his opponents no chance. He’s being heralded as a game-changing pitcher. But within the maelstrom of press, adulation, and wild speculation, Frank is a man alone. Haunted by a tragic incident from years past, he yearns to be the best but cannot reconcile the guilt he carries with the man everyone believes him to be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just Wonderful
- De Mars en 01-05-23
De: Mark Stevens
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POP
- De: Gordon Korman
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
- Duración: 6 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
When Marcus moves to a new town, he doesn't have any friends. While practicing football for impending tryouts, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with former NFL star Charlie Popovich, nicknamed "The King of Pop". Charlie is a charismatic prankster, and the best football player Marcus has ever seen. But when his behavior starts getting more and more erratic, Marcus learns a secret: Charlie is suffering from early onset Alzheimer's from the concussions he sustained while playing professional football.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Missing chapter 15
- De Mimuna en 11-17-17
De: Gordon Korman