Gilles Renaud

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Facing Ted Williams: Players from the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived

| FICTION, Mar 07, 2013

Essential for baseball fanatics, this should also be perused by fans of all ages.

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The First Jews in North America: The Extraordinary Story of the Hart Family, 1760–1860

Denis Vaugeois | NONFICTION, Mar 01, 2013

A significant contribution to our understanding of this period from the perspective of a family espousing a minority faith. Non-French-reading students of Canadian, Jewish, and North American social history will be rewarded in choosing this book.

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The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych

Doug Wilson | NONFICTION, Feb 15, 2013

Highly recommended for all libraries wishing to offer readers a few hours of fun and frivolity and to serious fans an explanation of the mania that last engulfed the National Pastime in a worthwhile way.

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Baseball

Pete Williams | REVIEWS+, Feb 01, 2011

Baseball writer Williams presents a how-to book, generously illustrated, that will serve both as a beautiful coffee-table work for fans interested in seeing gorgeous action shots of star players and as a definitive guide to skills acquisition and enhancement for players and coaches...

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The Captain

Ian O'Connor | REVIEWS+, Feb 01, 2011

This objective and unauthorized book is the most complete account yet of this signal player's life and career, which has brought him five World Series rings...

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The Greatest Game Ever Pitched

Jim Kaplan | REVIEWS+, Feb 01, 2011

On July 2, 1963, the Milwaukee Braves met the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park, with Warren Spahn, who dominated pitching in the 1950s, facing Juan Marichal, who would dominate in the 1960s (together with Bob Gibson)...

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The Physics of Pitching

Len Solesky | REVIEWS+, Feb 01, 2011

A welcome title for any youth baseball coach or player, this pitching how-to guide illustrates each important step or movement in the successful delivery of the horsehide and instructs ably on injury avoidance, preparation (both physical and mental), and health and medicine, with an especially useful concluding chapter on "Choosing Your Post High School Path...