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Father's Day: A Journey Into the Mind and Heart of My ...

Father's Day: A Journey Into the Mind and Heart of My ...

H. G. Bissinger

Ultimately, this is a mesmerizing story about how we can all be better. David Sheff, author of "Beautiful Boy" Buzz Bissinger has given completely of himself in this moving book about his son, Zach, who was born too small, too soon.
Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My ...

Father's Day: A Journey into the Mind and Heart of My ...

Buzz Bissinger

We come to see Zach as he truly is: patient, fearless, perceptive, kind—a man of excellent character. This e-book features a teaser chapter from Bissinger’s story of strategy, heart, and baseball, THREE NIGHTS IN AUGUST.
The Classic Mantle

The Classic Mantle

Buzz Bissinger

In The Classic Mantle, acclaimed sportswriter Buzz Bissinger tells the story of Mickey Mantle’s unforgettable career.
A Prayer for the City

A Prayer for the City

Buzz Bissinger

It is also the story of citizens in crisis: a woman fighting ceaselessly to give her great-grandchildren a better life, a father of six who may lose his job at the Navy Shipyard, and a policy analyst whose experiences as a crime victim ...
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside ...

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside ...

Buzz Bissinger

Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball's quintessential form, the three-game series.
After Friday Night Lights: When the Games Ended, Real Life ...

After Friday Night Lights: When the Games Ended, Real Life ...

Buzz Bissinger

" Their story encompasses the realities of race and class in America. And reveals with heartbreaking accuracy how men rise again after their dreams are broken. It is a must-read for fans of the book, the movie, and the television series.
Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, ...

Fathers & Sons & Sports: Great Writing by Buzz Bissinger, ...

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Whether the stories take place on a diamond, a court, a gridiron, a fairway, or a chessboard, they’re all about the same subject: fatherhood, one of the world’s most intriguing sports. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H G Bissinger

Friday Night Lights is one of the best books about sport ever written. It is the story of how dreams and reality collide, at once glorious and immensely sad.
The Riddles of Human Society

The Riddles of Human Society

Conrad L. Kanagy

H. G. Bissinger, Friday Night Lights (New York: HarperCollins, 1990). Dona Schwartz, Contesting the Super Bowl (New York: Routledge, 1998). Frederick Winslow Taylor became famous for his efforts to increase the productivity of workers ...
Well Versed: Biblical Answers to Today's Tough Issues

Well Versed: Biblical Answers to Today's Tough Issues

James L. Garlow

Buzz Bissinger, “Caitlyn Jenner: The Full Story,” Vanity Fair, June 25, 2015, http:// www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie- leibovitz. Christopher Rosen, “Caitlyn Jenner Will Receive Arthur Ashe Award for  ...

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