Taking a Shot

Author: Jaci Burton
Publisher: Headline Eternal
ISBN: 9781472215451
Category : Love stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
If you want to score, you have to get in the game. The last thing Jenna Riley needs is more sports in her life. While her brothers are off being athletic superstars, she's stuck running the family's sports bar, whether she likes it or not. Then in walks pro hockey stud Tyler Anderson. As much as Jenna would like to go to the boards with him, she's vowed to never fall for a jock - even one as hot as Ty. Ty, intrigued by the beautiful bar owner, becomes a regular. He senses that Jenna wants to do something more with her life. And as he gains her trust, the passion between them grows, as does Ty's insistence that Jenna should start living for herself.

Take the Shot

Author: Susan White
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1922419141
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 588

Book Description
Bug has a secret. Actually, he has a lot of secrets ... NUMBER ONE: he’s formed a basketball team at his new school based on a giant lie. NUMBER TWO: his parents don’t know he’s playing basketball again. NUMBER THREE: his new team-mates have no idea he isn’t allowed to play, and they definitely don’t know why. Bug will do ANYTHING to keep his secrets, keep his new team and keep his life from falling apart. Because no one can know THE BIGGEST SECRET OF ALL ... Bug risks his life every time he steps out onto the basketball court.

Taking His Shot

Author: Kendall Ryan
Publisher: Kendall Ryan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253

Book Description
A hot new standalone in the series that's been called "A total, utter must read." - Book Fanatic She says she doesn’t date players. She swears up and down that she’ll never handle my stick. We’ll see about that, sweetheart. When I win the pleasure of Harper’s company at a charity auction, I get exactly one date—one shot to win over the gorgeous and feisty brunette. Game on. I play hard, and I love a challenge. But just when I think I’ve finally carved out my shot . . . a huge secret implodes around us, threatening everything we’ve built. What to expect: A hunky, determined hockey player. A hard-to-win-over heroine. Exposed secrets, steamy good times, and a male-only romance book club. Yes! Note: This is the final book in the Hot Jocks series, but each book is about a new couple and can be read as a complete standalone.

Taking the Shot

Author: Michael Kruse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884532986
Category : Basketball
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
The basketball team from Davidson College captivated the country in the 2008 NCAA tournament. It was more than just a Cinderella story. There was a coach who preached balance and family, a boy-faced superstar shooter who wrote scripture on his sneakers and a gritty, smiling point guard who went from being little-used to leading the nation in assists. It all led to a singular moment.In Taking the Shot, Michael Kruse, a Davidson grad and a staff writer at the St. Petersburg Times, tells the tale of hope, trust and togetherness. This is the story of that moment, and why it meant so much to so many.From the book: "It wasn't a feeling of imminent victory. What it was was an overwhelming feeling of opportunity. The chance. We can win this. It was, for some alums, particularly for those who had been boys during the Lefty years of the 1960s, something like a reawakening of the possibility of national success. Two days after that, late in the second half of the comeback against Georgetown, one fan turned to his left and looked down his row in Raleigh and saw a white-haired alum with a single tear running down his cheek and then turned back to his young son and asked him to please watch this game close."

Take Your Best Shot

Author: John Coy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312373325
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191

Book Description
Four friends in middle school face challenges both on and off the basketball court with issues that affect their families, friendships, school, and sports.

Every Shot Counts

Author: Mark Broadie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698138597
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Columbia Business School professor Mark Broadie’s paradigm-shifting approach that uses statistics and golf analytics to transform the game. Mark Broadie is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game of golf. What does it take to drop ten strokes from your golf score? What part of Tiger Woods’ game makes him a winner? Traditional golf stats can't answer these questions. Broadie, a professor at Columbia Business School, helped the PGA Tour develop its cutting-edge strokes gained putting stat. In this eye-opening new book, Broadie uses analytics from the financial world to uncover the secrets of the game of golf. He crunches mountains of data to show both professional and amateur golfers how to make better decisions on the course. This eagerly awaited resource is for any player who wants to understand the pros, improve golf skills, and make every shot count.

Film Directing Shot by Shot

Author: Steven Douglas Katz
Publisher: Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN: 9780941188104
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
An instant classic since its debut in 1991, Film Directing: Shot By Shot and its famous blue cover is one of the most well-known books on directing in the business, and is a favorite of professional directors as an on-set quick reference guide.

How to Drink

Author: Vincent Obsopoeus
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691192146
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 317

Book Description
A spirited new translation of a forgotten classic, shot through with timeless wisdom Is there an art to drinking alcohol? Can drinking ever be a virtue? The Renaissance humanist and neoclassical poet Vincent Obsopoeus (ca. 1498–1539) thought so. In the winelands of sixteenth-century Germany, he witnessed the birth of a poisonous new culture of bingeing, hazing, peer pressure, and competitive drinking. Alarmed, and inspired by the Roman poet Ovid's Art of Love, he wrote The Art of Drinking (De Arte Bibendi) (1536), a how-to manual for drinking with pleasure and discrimination. In How to Drink, Michael Fontaine offers the first proper English translation of Obsopoeus's text, rendering his poetry into spirited, contemporary prose and uncorking a forgotten classic that will appeal to drinkers of all kinds and (legal) ages. Arguing that moderation, not abstinence, is the key to lasting sobriety, and that drinking can be a virtue if it is done with rules and limits, Obsopoeus teaches us how to manage our drinking, how to win friends at social gatherings, and how to give a proper toast. But he also says that drinking to excess on occasion is okay—and he even tells us how to win drinking games, citing extensive personal experience. Complete with the original Latin on facing pages, this sparkling work is as intoxicating today as when it was first published.

A Shot at Normal

Author: Marisa Reichardt
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374380961
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
Marisa Reichardt's A Shot at Normal is a powerful and timely novel about justice, agency, family, and taking your shot, even when it seems impossible. Dr. Villapando told me to get a good attorney. He wasn't serious. But I am. I'm going to sue my parents. Juniper Jade's parents are hippies. They didn’t attend the first Woodstock, but they were there for the second one. The Jade family lives an all-organic homeschool lifestyle that means no plastics, no cell phones, and no vaccines. It isn’t exactly normal, but it’s the only thing Juniper has ever known. She doesn’t agree with her parents on everything, but she knows that to be in this family, you've got to stick to the rules. That is, until the unthinkable happens. Juniper contracts the measles and unknowingly passes the disease along, with tragic consequences. She is shell-shocked. Juniper knows she is responsible and feels simultaneously helpless and furious at her parents, and herself. Now, with the help of Nico, the boy who works at the library and loves movies and may just be more than a friend, Juniper comes to a decision: she is going to get vaccinated. Her parents refuse so Juniper arms herself with a lawyer and prepares for battle. But is waging war for her autonomy worth losing her family? How much is Juniper willing to risk for a shot at normal?

Your Baby's Best Shot

Author: Stacy Mintzer Herlihy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144221578X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
In this practical guide to vaccination of infants for parents, the authors cover such topics as vaccine ingredients, how vaccines work, what can happen when populations don't vaccinate their children, and the controversies surrounding supposed links to autism, allergies, and asthma.