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Miko Kings is set in Indian Territory's queen city, Ada, Oklahoma, during the baseball fever of 1907, but moves back and forth from 1969 during the Vietnam War to present-day Ada. The story focuses on an Indian baseball team but brings a new understanding to the term "America's favorite pastime." For tribes in Indian Territory, baseball was an extension of a sport they'd been playing for centuries before their forced removal to Indian Territory. In...
2) The Inkwell
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An unlikely souvenir from the American Revolution becomes the unusual focal point of a spur-of-the-moment fly-fishing trip. The coveted relic, an inkwell, spirals from a casual topic of conversation into a wondrous curiosity, a reason for family introspection and a backdrop for a lifelong struggle with faith.
Fly fishing is the shared and spirited high ground for four long-time friends. Their playful banter about those differences runs throughout...
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The modern-day odyssey of a father and son who are held together by a single thread: Football Club Barcelona. 'Why have you come back?' Fifteen-year-old Albert calmly faces his father, Jaume, who left his family four years ago. Back in his son's bedroom, surrounded by the blue and scarlet colors of Barcelona's soccer team, Jaume offers to take Albert to the 2006 Champions League final in Paris, where FC Barcelona will face the fearsome Arsenal team....
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"Le grand tournoi" nous offre un regard intemporel sur les grandes compétitions internationales de football et bon nombre de problématiques rencontrées à travers le voyage d'un protagoniste antillais. Dès son départ de son île natale pour rejoindre un centre de formation, son talent naturel se révèle. Cependant, il est hanté par des déchirures intimes. La question centrale demeure : parviendra-t-il, malgré tout, à conquérir le trophée...
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Davis Sterling, scion of Houston's leading newspaper family, was enjoying the playboy life until his father challenges him to make something of himself. Always a talented writer, his rebellious streak leads him to sports writing, a craft without the status in the 1940s that it has today, and one he, knew would drive his farther crazy. With the help of the Houston Star's elevator man, he finds a team worth covering. But, he never thought it would lead...
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"Un biathlète dans le viseur" est structuré en neuf parties de courts chapitres, créant un rythme rapide. L'histoire suit le capitaine Mérignac, un Bordelais qui découvre le monde du biathlon en menant une enquête en Haute-Savoie. Le lecteur explore à travers lui la montagne, le ski nordique, et la vie au Grand-Bornand, centrée autour de la coupe du monde de biathlon. L'intrigue, riche en culture savoyarde et paysages montagnards, s'étend...
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It is 1989, and Jim Keating has hit absolute rock bottom. He's lost his wife to cancer, his house to bankruptcy, and his job as a college basketball coach to what many outsiders believed to be a racially insensitive career-ending decision. He has also just about lost his mind, having slipped into a bout of serious depression. Attempting to pick up the pieces and start life over, Jim returns home to Worcester and rents a small apartment.
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