"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the world's most amazing stadiums while explaining the engineering behind their creation. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--

"A visual and sentimental tour through the fields of dreams that have shaped our baseball memories." --

The ultimate history of American ballparks and also one of the most entertaining histories of the game itself. Fulfills the wildest dreams of baseball fans everywhere, traveling through space and time in a vast, entertaining volume putting us in a field box at every big-league park in the pastime's history. Going from the temples of baseball's sweetly mythic past to the urban, unorthodox sites of the present like Camden Yards and PNC Park. Chronicling...

Introduces readers to eight well-known college football stadiums in various locations across the United States. Includes glossary.

Learn how local and federal law enforcement officials team up to keep hundreds of thousands of people safe during football's biggest game of the year.

Go on a guided tour of a stadium and find out lots of neat facts. Meet people who work for the ballclub and see how thousands of fans can gather, have fun, and cheer for their team at a baseball stadium.

"The American sports stadium, for all its raucous glory, is an overlooked centerpiece--a veritable temple--of our national culture. A hallowed ground for communal worship, this is where history is made on grass, artificial turf, hardwood, and even ice; where nostalgia flows as freely as ten-dollar beers; where everything thrills, from exploding fireworks to grinning cheerleaders. In The Arena...intrepid sportswriter Rafi Kohan crisscrosses the country,...

Shauna. Charlotte. Mildred. Three schoolgirl sleuths. Jack. Linton. Sonny. Three schoolboy investigators. Tackleford. One mid-sized city with a history of countless mysteries. Is there enough room at Griswalds Grammar School for two groups of kid detectives? There better be, because once these kids have set their sights on solving a mystery there's nothing that can derail them. Nothing, except maybe gossip, classwork, new football player cards, torment...

AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, is one of the newest and most advanced football stadiums in the country. Engineering AT&T Stadiumdiscusses how the structure was designed, how workers brought the blueprints to life, and how the stadium combines art and architecture to create an exciting experience for fans. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of...

The Indianapolis Indians have been one of America's premier minor-league franchises for decades under the leadership of Max Schumacher. "Extra Innings" reveals the many unforgettable players and moments of Schumacher's career with the Indianapolis Indians, which began in 1957. It includes the stories behind familiar names such as Harmon Killebrew, Dave DeBusschere, George Foster, Dave Concepcion, Pedro Borbón, and both Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr., Howard...