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Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich
Mark Kriegel
Free Press, 2008
A Better Rock
Along with countless other boys from the 1970s, I wore floppy hair and droopy socks as a nod to Pistol Pete Maravich. But even with my socks pulled down, Maravich was never my favorite basketball player. What he represented was coolness. Maravich was an unrepentant ...
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Urban's Way: Urban Meyer, the Florida Gators, and His Plan to Win
Buddy Martin
Thomas Dunne Books, 2008
Victory, on the Field of Life
This is not one of those typical chronicles of a special season that delves about as deep as speeches at a booster club confab.
Author Buddy Martin - in this authorized biography - delves into the life of Urban Meyer and produces an excellent exploration into what ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Red Kivar Binding with Jacket)
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, 2003
Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary
It pays to buy the 'real thing' and not paperbacks
and school district and college 'throw aways' whose
versions of the English langage were okay fifty years
ago but, not now? Amazon has it for more than a affordable
price and the finished product will last till ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (Laminated Cover) (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ...
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, 2003
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
Delivery was excellent and on time. Only problem I have is that days after I purchased this 11th Edition, the 12th Editon comes out. Still a great book and worth the price.
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Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book
Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated, 2008
A trip down memory lane
The pictures were fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed taking a trip down memory lane in college football. It brought back memories of college football as I remember it back in the 40s and 50s when I was growing up.
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Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker
Crown, 2008
Excellent Reading!
There are 2 things I absolutely HATED about this book...I hated having to put it down, and I hated when I finished it! Vivian Stringer's story is truly an example of courage in the midst of challenges. It's not just for sports fans. Anyone can be inspired by it.
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Clique #9, The: Bratfest at Tiffany's (Clique Series)
Lisi Harrison
Poppy, 2008
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I LOVE these books! In my opinion, this is the best book in the whole series. This book takes place the fall at the beginning of the Pretty Committee's 8th grade school year, AFTER the Summer Collection books take place. Bratfest at Tiffany's was released first, so I ...
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The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Sooner Football
Jim Fletcher
Regnery Publishing, 2008
Great compilation of Sooner football history
Wow!! This is a book for not only EVERY Sooner football fan, but EVERY college football fan! Fletcher takes us back to the beginning of the program and makes it exciting from the outset. The interviews with the legends are phenomenal and the little tidbits of ...
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War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest
Michael Rosenberg
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Great Football Story, Along with Social History
War As They Knew It is an ingeniously created look at the intense rivalry between Ohio State coach Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler in a time of political unrest. Set in a world of political scandals and the Vietnam War, this book is an excellent narrative of the two ...
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Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography
Lou Holtz
Harper Paperbacks, 2007
Wins, Losses and Lessons
Great Book...If you're a Lou Holtz fan, a college football fan or if you're a fan of a great story on How to be successful in life....read Wins, Losses and Lesson's an autobiography about Lou Holtz.
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Echoes of Oklahoma Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
Mark Stallard
Triumph Books, 2007
Great Oklahoma resource
No doubt about it. This book is a winner. Easy to read. I think its part of a series of college football teams. If you are an OU fan, I suggest you buy it. If you have a fan in the family of Bob Stoops or Barry Switzer, then you really need to buy it. I also suggest ...
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The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Longhorn Football
Geoff Ketchum
Regnery Publishing, 2008
Excellent Read!
Great book! Bought extra as a gift and will probably buy more! Geoff Ketchum brings excellent insight and knowledge of UT Football history into print!
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50 Years of College Football: A Modern History of America's Most Colorful Sport
Bob Boyles, Paul Guido
Skyhorse Publishing, 2007
A must-have reference that trounces ESPN
Fifty Years of College Football is a little-known giant of a book that blows away the competition like the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. Fifty Years even has a bonus...it actually chronicles 54 football seasons of all the important college teams, and does it in ...
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To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally ...
Will Blythe
Harper Paperbacks, 2007
I was laughing out loud as my husband read...
My husband is from North Carolina (and grad) and like Will, he and his Dad shared their love for the Heels over the years...I had never grown up as a basketball fan, but after meeting Marty I learned to watch college ball and respect the month of March. I really knew ...
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The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Michael Lewis
W. W. Norton, 2006
POWERFUL
In left tackle terms this book was a pancake. I can't believe it took me so long to buy this book and read it. During the past year I have passed this book over on numerous occasion instead choosing a number of different titles including "Meat Market". If anyone is out ...
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