Leagues Books

Play Ball!: The Story Of Little League Baseball is a comprehensive and profusely illustrated history of a quintessentially American approach to organized recreation for children. Beginning with its debut in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1939 when Carl Stotz, once having agreed to a game of catch with his nephews who were to young to play organized baseball ended up a year later with having created company a business community sponsored, three-team league baseball team for kids. The first official Little League game was played at Park Point in Williamsport on June 6, 1939, launching an organized team sport phenomenon that continues down to the present day. Play Ball! discusses such historically relevant issues as racial and gender equity (devoting an entire chapter to the struggle for girls to participate in the organization) and Carl Stotz split with Little League that still divides the community of Williamsport where it all began. The informative text is enhanced with appendices that include the winners of all Little League Baseball and Softball World Series; a year-by-year history of Little League; countries in Little League; as well as lists and pictures of some of the famous people who played the game as children. Play Ball! is very highly recommended and informative reading for all Little League fans!

This has got to be the best Junior League Cookbook I have, and I have so many Junior League Cookbooks! I truly am Impressed with this one! I actually waited to purchase this book because I hadn't seen it up close, and since there were no reviews on it, I hesitated...WOW! I am so glad I decided to take a chance on this one! First of all, it is one of the most Beautiful Cookbooks ever! The pictures are so inviting and amazing and the cover alone makes me want to go eat as much fresh fruits and vegetables as I can possibly eat! I love EVERYTHING about this book! The Categories Include Lunches and Brunches, Tailgates, Barbecues and Potlucks, Weeknight and Busy Weekend Recipes, Lite and Casual Summer Dishes, Rancher's Favorites, Southwest Traditions, Fun For Kids of all Ages, Recipes for Romancing, Hors d'oeuvre and Holiday Party Specialties, A Taste of Valley Chefs. The design was very well done and the categories are color coordinated and very functional and easy to find. Now... I really appreciate when the reviewer is so kind as to list a variety of recipes that I might find in the cookbook that I am considering, and I'm quite sure it is important to others and especially since this is the 1st review on this cookbook, I feel the need to make sure I cover enough to make everyone realize how they need to have this Gem of a Cookbook!
Some of the recipes that you will find in this book are as follows:
Citrus Punch, Minted Vodka Lemonade, Amaretto Fruit Dip, Panko-Crusted Crab Cake Bites with Dijon Remoulade, Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce, Five-Layer Quiche, Green Chile and Chorizo Breakfast Strata, Asparagus Salad with Walnut Oil Vinaigrette, French Potato Salad, Shrimp Salad, Cherry Streusel Coffee Cake, Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti, Berry Creme Fraiche Scones with Lemon Glaze, Amaretto French Toast, Sticky Buns, Lemon Creme Brule, Chocolate Coffee Bean Cheesecake, Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Mai Tai, Game Day Sangria, Tamari Roasted Almonds, Stuffed Mushrooms, Artichoke and Blue Cheese Dip, Wine Baked Turkey and Wild Rice Salad, Shrimp Mango and Black Bean Salad, Green Chili Corn Casserole, Blue Cheese-Stuffed Hamburgers, Enchilada Bake, Shrimp Fettuccini, Earthquake Cake, Kahlua Cake, Banana Peanut Butter and Chocolate Smoothies, Tropical Blend Smoothie, Very Berry Smoothie, Crab Chowder, Spring Minestrone, Tortellini Salad, Pacific Rim Seafood Salad, Crisp Rosemary Roasted Potatoes, Cheddar Cheese Biscuits, Sesame Ginger Beef Stir-Fry, Chicken Pesto Pan Pizza, Three Cheese Manicotti, Seafood Pasta, Ricotta Cake Italiana, Blueberry Angel Food Cake, Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps, Salmon in Orange and White Wine Marinade, Tortellini with Spinach Walnut Pesto, Strawberry Ice Cream Cake, Coconut Lemon Bars, Summer Fruit Crisp, Chipotle Black Bean Dip, Papago Peak White Bean and Turkey Chili, Black Bean Sausage and Hominy Stew, Corn Bread and Cheddar Casserole, Chipotle Macaroni and Cheese, Southwest-Style Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Green Chile Pepper Jack Cheeseburgers, Roast Pork Tenderloin with Three Mushroom Sauce, Ranchers Spaghetti, Linguini with Chicken and Garlic, Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding, Southwest Brownies, Prickly Pear Margaritas, Bisbee Guacamole Black Bean and Poblano Nachos, Corn Tortillas, Flour Tortillas, Flan, Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes, Raspberry Waffles, Apple Dumplings, Toffee Crunch Candy, Frozen Peach Champagne Cocktail, Smoked Alaskan Salmon Bruschetta, Molten Chocolate Cake, Coconut Cream Pie, Strawberries Romanoff, Creamy Hot Chocolate, Festive Arugula Salad with Oranges Pomegranate Seeds and Goat Cheese, Cornish Game Hens with Apple Plum Stuffing, Eggnog Ice Cream, Almond Roca, Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake, Bacardi Rum Cake, Alaskan King Crab and Avacado Salad with Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise, Chicken Tortilla Soup, and Tiramisu. These are just a few of the enticing, mouth-watering recipes in this hardback book of 240 pages, there are so many more recipes that you will find in Pomegranates & Prickly Pears Junior League Cookbook of Phoenix. I am absolutely Thrilled with this book and plan to buy more copies as very special gifts! You absolutely can't go wrong with this one!

Grab a box of Kleenex before reading this little book because it will tug at your heart. This book makes a great gift for a Little League coach, team mom, or player. Truly a sweet book!

If you are a faith healer or just someone interested in the practice of healing, this book is for YOU. It is marvelously rich in insight, Scriptural support, and Principle. Jeffery was a natural healer and shares his Truth on every page. This book is not for the faint-hearted or the weak-minded. Spiritual Mind Practitioners will gain even deeper insight through a careful study of its 199 pages. There's even a brief but powerful biography of the man, lending an air of realism to every word he says. This is one book you will enjoy reading again and again as you progress into Higher Consciousness and healing.

I own hundreds of cookbooks, and I like to cook. The recipes in this volume and in the first volume, called A Private Collection, are delicious and reliable. The instructions are easy to follow and the results impressive in appearance and flavor. If you need a few recipes to cook when you really want to impress someone, use these cook books. You won't fail.

This cook book, published in 1980, contains a multitude of excellent recipes for entertaining or groups (as well as smaller scale ones, but entertaining is the stated purpose of the collection). Personal favorites include the Coriander Chicken Salad (Chinese Chicken Salad), the EXCELLENT banana bread, and the flawless Gazpacho (a very fresh, tomatoey recipe, not creamy like some). Highly recommended.

After you purchase this product, leaf through the pages. You'll find some well known and some obscure facts about some of the NHL's greatest goalies of all-time.

For instance, did you know that current Anaheim Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere uses a straw when he drinks from his water bottle during a game? I'll bet you didn't know that Ron Low of the then expansion Washington Capitals was responsible for allowing the most goals in one NHL season. Where were you on December 2, 1950 when Al Rollins and Turk Broda of the Toronto Maple Leafs became the first NHL goalies to share a shutout in one game for their team?

If you're a trivia junkie like me, this book is for you.

This cookbook is fantastic! I loved my Mom's as I was growing up and now I use it for those Southern specialties! A cookbook for every southern cook!

Here is another great finals win by the Pies in 1990.I went to the entire finals series that year.In fact i have not missed a final in Melbourne of Collingwood since the 1984 Preliminary final.There has been some interstate finals i have missed.This game was played at Waverly,which is no longer an AFL football ground.In 1990 the league changed its name from the VFL to The AFL.We had a nerve wracking draw the previous week,West Coast kicked a point at the end to level the scores.But this week was to be a different story when we kicked 8 goals to 2 in the first quarter.A further 4 goals to 2 in the second quarter gave us a huge 49 point lead at half time.West Coast tried to come back in the 3rd to narrow it to 30 points.But 5 goals to none in the final quarter gave us a 59 point win.That saw us play Essendon the following week,we gave them a bath.

I cannot say enough good things about this book! Peter J. Pecora and Fotena A. Zirps are two people who are always at the forefront of the child and family service quality improvement field and this book is no exception. Quality Improvement and Evaluation in Child and Family Services : Managing into the Next Century covers a lot of territory, but it is easy to understand and full of information. It is like taking a course on quality improvement that covers a little bit of everything step by step. It is informative and groundbreaking enough for the seasoned qi professional, and simple enough for people in child and family services who are new to quality improvement. It would also be a good book for executive staff who are trying to become familiar with the quality improvement process and understand how it can work in their agency. Besides focusing on child and family services, the book describes what corporate sector quality improvement is doing and how to connect it to child and family services. People are always borrowing my copy and many people who borrowed it, ended up buying their own copy.