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The National League dominated American baseball until in 1901 two men, Charles Comisky and Ban Johnson, launched the rival American League to challenge that supremacy. "The Arrival Of The American League: Ban Johnson And The 1901 Challenge to national League Monopoly" by baseball historian Warren N. Wilbert is the definitive history of the circumstances, events, and personalities that brought about the creation of a new professional baseball league. A fascinating and informative read, "The Arrival Of The American League" is a critically important contribution to the history of American baseball and a highly recommended core addition to any personal, academic, or community library Sports History reference collection. McFarland & Company is a premier publisher of baseball history books and a complete listing of their baseball history titles can be found on their website at www.mcfarlandpub.com

This is an excellent book and very well worth the investment. I highly recommend it.

This is an excellent tool for the Amateur Radio Operator or for the ARRL Official. We need to know the rules to properly operate and this book helps with that. Covers everything you need to know to operate within the law.

Carla Ackley, KD7JGJ, ARRL Official Observer (OO) Southwest Division (AZ).

This new Fifth Edition of The ARRL Satellite Anthology brings you the best articles on the current (and future!) amateur spacecraft from QST, The AMSAT Journal, the World Wide Web and other sources.
This edition also includes recent satellite columns from RadCom, Radio ZS and Amateur Radio (Australia).

With several new amateur satellites now in orbit, and more in the planning stages, you'll want to "read all about them"-and this book is the best way to do just that.

Chapters cover:

History/ Introduction
Phase 3D and AMSAT-OSCAR 1
Radio Sputnik (RS)
Microsats
University Small Satellite Projects
Mir/Space Shuttle/International Space Station
Future Satellites
"Amateur Satellites" and Other Satellite Columns
Software/Tracking/Suppliers

Whether you're an experienced satellite communicator or you're just getting started, you'll enjoy the wide variety of articles this book provides.

If you spend enough time using this guide to review all the questions, the CORRECT answers, you will pass. I used mainly this book for my study. I created some flash cards on some tougher items in the material. I did a lot of on-line practice exams, just search on "amateur extra practice exam" There are many sites. I really did not use the actual Extra ARRL book, even though I did buy one. This Q&A guide can get you a new ticket.

This was a great read for indiviudals looking to be amateur radio operators. I was expecting more nudity. I thought they would illustrate a lot of their theory with porn-like photos. I was wrong. I didn't really see a lot of skin in this book. I still read it, it just wasn't as enjoyable as it could of been. Overall, it's a good technical book, but some nice pics would have made it a great book!

Co-written by Madelyn Freundlich (Policy Director for Children's Rights, Inc. - New York) and Sarah Gerstenzang (Policy Associate for Children's Rights, Inc. - New York), An Assessment Of The Privatization Of Child Welfare Services: Challenges And Successes is a status report on the last six years' worth of privatized child welfare systems among American state governments; the varying levels of success with these policies; and based on the data, offers keen observations on what privatization can and cannot do to help children in need. Six illustrative case studies set in six different states, help document the points made in an overall treatise that strives to solidly answer the question: What does privatization truly mean for child welfare? An Assessment Of The Privatization Of Child Welfare Services is a seminal contribution, and should be mandatory reading for all child welfare advocates and policy makers.

I've cooked most everything in this book, and haven't found a dud yet. For true southerners like myself, or anyone just interested in the culture ... the traditional (Sawmill Gravy or Strawberry-Pretzel Salad) and the nouveau (Scalloped Pineapple or Chastain Chicken )are well represented here!

It seems as though everyone goes through a period of questioning their spirituality in life, and for me it started shortly after college. This book is perfect for anyone going through a similar situation. Gregory Huth addresses some of the paradoxes in the bible I have always felt needed further explanation, and he does it in a manner that does not contradict or offend people of various religious backgrounds. In fact, he highly stresses the importance of looking past religion into the deeper aspects of being spiritual and I couldn't agree more. After reading the book I feel more secure in my personal spirituality and can more fully appreciate the different spiritualities of those around me. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone who considers themselves even remotely spiritual and especially to those who are searching for the answers to some of the questions that cannot be answered by simply attending church.

Books about sports stars can be dated in two ways. BBF (Before Ball Four) and ABF (After Ball Four). Before this book came out, sports stars were mythologized in print and the books had a cardboard-style sameness to them. According to the BBF books baseball stars such as Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams did nothing but pull for their team and engage in some occasional boyish antics. In other words, heroes through and through.
The reality was quite different, Babe Ruth was an incorrigible woman chaser, heavy drinker and was verbally cruel to people. There is the classic story of a group of baseball writers playing a game of cards on a train taking the Yankees on a road trip. A naked woman followed by an equally naked Ruth ran past them. One writer remarked, "It is a good thing I didn't see that because otherwise I would have to write about it." Mickey Mantle was a heavy drinker; he often played so heavily hung over that he had trouble keeping his eyes open. Williams was not a team player, he was at times an indifferent fielder and he refused to enlarge the strike zone by even an inch in order to drive in a run that would tie or win a game. There is a classic story that he once hit a home run that got his team back in the game. However, rather than accepting the accolades of his teammates, he sat in the dugout cussing himself for swinging at a pitch that was a ball.
Bouton's book changed all that. He described the players as human, with all their faults. In the early sixties Bouton had one of the best fastballs in the game, his pitching helped propel the Yankees to the American league pennant and some argued that in 1964, he was the best pitcher in baseball. However, in 1965 he hurt his arm and could no longer throw the heat. In 1969, he made a semi-comeback throwing the knuckleball for the expansion Seattle Pilots. Even on a marginal team he was at best a marginal player. This book is a combination of his actions with the Pilots as well as a reflection of his time with the Yankees. Therefore, it is easy to detect a strain of bitterness at the loss of the glory days of the 1964 Yankees. Nevertheless, while many people have decried the book, no one has ever come forward to disprove his statements about the escapades of the players. Many drank heavily and took drugs, most were sexually promiscuous, and at times they were contemptuous of the fans.
Since "Ball Four" came out, the books about sports stars have been more honest. This, in my opinion, is good for the fans, the games and even the players. The nation has become much more knowledgeable and realistic in how it views heroes. It would have been impossible to continue the artificial presentations of the people who so fascinate us when they play for pay.