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  • Joe Cronin

    A Life in Baseball

    by Mark Armour ...
    From the sandlots of San Francisco to the power centers of baseball, this book tells the story of Joe Cronin, one of twentieth-century baseball’s major players, both on the field and off.For most of his playing career, Cronin (1906–84) was the best shortstop in baseball. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956, he was a manager by the age of twenty-six and a general manager at forty-one. He was the ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis

    The Red Sox of the 1950s

    by Mark Armour, Bill Nowlin ...
    Series series The SABR Digital Library
    Americans in the 1950s found new ways of enjoying themselves, from the rapid proliferation of television sets into every home, to the dawn of a new age of popular music, rock and roll, symbolized by a charismatic crooner named Elvis Presley. Baseball's place in American culture was still paramount, though the competition was gaining.In Boston, the baseball landscape changed dramatically in 1953 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Intentional Balk

    Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating

    by Daniel Levitt, Mark Armour ...
    From the moment of its inception, the quintessentially American sport of baseball has included cheating. Sometimes that rule-skirting is embraced as ingenious hijinks; other times, reviled as an unforgivable trespass. But what exactly is the difference? Why is skipping bases less egregious than signing underage players? Is sign-stealing evidence of ingenuity, or does it fundamentally change the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Violence, Restorative Justice, and Forgiveness

    Dyadic Forgiveness and Energy Shifts in Restorative Justice Dialogue

    by Marilyn Armour, Mark S. Umbreit ...
    A groundbreaking book founded on extensive original research, designed to determine how restorative dialogue works, and the role of forgiveness within it.The research involved interviews with 20 victims who went through a Victim Offender Dialogue (used in crimes of severe violence), and documents how the shifts in energy during the course of their dialogue moves the toxicity associated with the ... Read more

    $73.79 USD

  • Paths to Glory

    by Daniel R. Levitt; Mark L. Armour ...
    An essential experience of being a baseball fan is the hopeful anticipation of seeing the hometown nine make a run at winning the World Series. In Paths to Glory, Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt review how teams build themselves up into winners. What makes a winning team like the 1900 Brooklyn Superbas or the 1917 White Sox or the 1997 Florida Marlins? And how are these teams different? What ... Read more

    $18.95 USD

  • Restorative Justice Dialogue

    An Essential Guide for Research and Practice

    by Mark Umbreit, PhD, Marilyn Peterson Armour, PhD ...
    "Although Restorative Justice Dialogue is not a long text, it is an impressive achievement. Each chapter is rich in content, as Umbreit and Armour blend theory, practice, empirical research, and case studies to discuss a range of topics from specific models of restorative justice to the role of facilitators in restorative justice dialogue."--PsycCRITIQUES"Restorative Justice Dialogue presents a ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

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  • Ahead of the Curve

    Inside the Baseball Revolution

    by Brian Kenny ...
    “A delight for baseball lovers” (Kirkus Reviews) and “one of the most significant baseball books of the year” (Bob Costas) Ahead of the Curve uses stories from baseball’s present and past to examine why we sometimes choose ignorance over information, and how tradition can trump logic.Forget batting average. Kill the “Win.” Say goodbye to starting pitchers. And please, please stop bunting. MLB ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey

    Nobility

    by Fritz Knapp ...
    As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, "Branch Rickey & Jackie Robinson: Nobility" discusses the struggles and triumphs of Branch Rickey's and Jackie Robinson's lives. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach, and uses that person's story to help the reader achieve that virtue for him or herself.What emerges after reading ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Full Count

    Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball

    by Jeff Blair ...
    From one of Canada's top baseball writers and radio hosts: a retrospective of the Toronto Blue Jays on the 20th anniversary of Joe Carter's World Series-winning home run--and a look ahead to what promises to be their most successful season since. A must-have for all Blue Jays fans, and a great read for Toronto and Canadian sports fans in general.In Full Count, Jeff Blair takes us back to the days ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Little Book of Restorative Justice

    Revised and Updated

    by Howard Zehr ...
    Series series Justice and Peacebuilding
    Howard Zehr is the father of Restorative Justice and is known worldwide for his pioneering work in transforming understandings of justice. Here he proposes workable principles and practices for making Restorative Justice possible in this revised and updated edition of his bestselling, seminal book on the movement. (The original edition has sold more than 110,000 copies.)Restorative Justice, with ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Solid Fool's Gold

    by Bill James ...
    Since he first began publishing his Baseball Abstracts in the 1980s, Bill James has constantly challenged conventional wisdom by asking simple questions like, "Is that really true?" or "What if we looked at the question this way?" He has sparked a virtual revolution in the way the game of baseball is understood and played, from how players are evaluated or positioned to whether or not they should ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Profession and Practice of Adult Education

    An Introduction

    by Sharan B. Merriam, Ralph G. Brockett ...
    The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring.--Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, ... Read more

    $40.00 USD