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Long Shot: A Comeback Kids Novel (Comeback Kids)
Pedro Morales has always been content helping others look great. The epitome of a point guard, he plays the game to set up his teammates—Ned, in particular, the star forward on the receiving end of Pedro’s pinpoint passes. Pedro wants to make his father proud, and so he runs for class president. Yet doing so means going one-on-one against Ned, easily the most popular boy in school. And Pedro learns the hard way that being a good teammate doesn’t mean that others will return the favor. Now Pedro wants to win more than ever—but this time, it’s for himself..
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Not by a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track
The great myth of horse racing is that the game is the regal and royal Sport of Kings. It isn't. Not by a long shot. Anyone who doubts this need look no further than Suffolk Downs, a once-proud racecourse graced in its glory years by boisterous throngs and champions such as Seabiscuit Now the blue-collar East Boston track is one of many that have fallen on hard times. These days "Sufferin' Downs" is where grizzled Thoroughbreds come to end their careers, hopeful young jockeys aspire against daunting odds to begin them, and diehard fans cheer, curse and gamble on the entire fascinating spectacle. These bit players are not just cogs of a single, struggling horse track. They are the unseen supporting cast for a $15 billion betting industry. In fifteen years as a racing reporter and press box personality, T.D. Thornton gained access to remote corners of racetrack life off limits to the general public. He got to know the raucously Runyonesque characters and the quirky personalities of the horses; he learned the tricks of the trade from trainers, owners, and jockeys; he witnessed the tragedies and small triumphs of racing lives lived below the radar. One recent season, he finally decided to write it all down. Not by a Long Shot is a deeply textured portrait of an industry where even the best in the business lose 75 percent of the time. .
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Long Shot for Paul (Matt Christopher Sports Classics)
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Lay-Ups and Long Shots
In the tradition of Sports Shorts (2005), Darby Creek has another serving of sports-related short stories Purely fiction, these stories tell the tales of athletes in a variety of sports, including track, football, martial arts, Ping Pong, and dirt bike riding. The characters face obstacles to overcome such things as being overweight, being over-confident, and being impatient. Reluctant readers will enjoy these short pieces, each with a memorable character and a relatable problem..
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Faith in a Long Shot (Thoroughbred #57)
Will it be victory – or tragedy – when Triple Crown fever hits the Thoroughbred series? When Image comes in second in the Florida Derby, Melanie and Jazz decide to enter her in the Kentucky Derby. Image has proven she has what it takes to win against colts. But competition will be tough. Image will be running against Wonder's Star, Gratis, and Celtic Mist. Will the race to win the Derby be Star's greatest success? Ages 8+ .
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Tin Cup Dreams: A Long Shot Makes It on the PGA Tour
Now available in paperback, Tin Cup Dreams is the remarkable odyssey of self-taught golfer Esteban Toledo, a former boxer who overcame poverty and the wrong side of the tracks to make it through Q School and a make-or-break season on the PGA Tour. With uncommon grit and determination, Toledo finally triumphs after a 12 year quest that took him to the depths of despair. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives a rare behind-the-scenes look at the PGA Tour while keeping readers on the edge of their seats with his chronicle of Toledo's struggles. Traditionally, golf was a dreamer's path to glory. Tin Cup Dreams shows that it still is..
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Miracles, Shockers, and Long Shots: The Greatest Sports Upsets of All Time
From fond memory or through the film Miracle most Americans know about the stunning upset of the Soviet Union by the underdog U.S.A hockey team at the 1980 Olympics--engagingly retold in this book--but after this most unlikely of achievements, what do the authors consider to be the top twenty sports upsets of all time? Their answers in this entertaining volume will surprise some, perhaps appear obvious to others, but will no doubt prove to be fodder for bar-room arguments and spirited debate over sports talk radio. Ranking the miracle at Lake Placid in 1980 as the hands-down greatest sports upset ever, the authors go on to describe nineteen others whose ranking may prove to be more controversial..
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The Long Shot (Stephen Leather Thrillers)
Cole Howard of the FBI knows he has only days to prevent the audacious assassination—but he doesn’t know who the target is, or where the marksmen will strike. Former SAS sergeant Mike Cramer is also on the trail, infiltrating the Irish community in New York as he tracks down Mary Hennessy, the ruthless killer who tore his life apart. Unless Cramer and Howard agree to cooperate, the world will witness the most spectacular terrorist coup of all time. .
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Long Shot for Rosinante
The Campbell Award Winning Author and Novel! If you love hard SF and stories of real possible futures that lie just around the corner, you'll love this book. A deteriorating political situation on Earth makes the asteroid habitat of Rosinante an attractive haven for an odd assortment of refugees. There is the dissident faction of the North American navy, fleeing court-martial, which becomes Rosinante's defensive force There's Skashkash, the twenty-first century AI, who designs a new religion for space, with no awareness of the probable explosive consequences. There is the Japanese Space Navy, assigned to bring Rosinante back under control. And, in the midst of it all, there's Charles Cantrell, the habitat's project manager, who finds himself forced into playing international politics for Rosinante's survival. As Dani Sweig writes in Belated Reviews #25, "The story elements come early, fast, and furious. Gilliland's quirky mix of eccentric characters, cynical power politics, and old-style hard sf engineering-in-space works. This trilogy is fun to read. Gilliland's novels are about people who, mostly through accident of circumstance, find themselves holding a tiger by the tail, with a choice of hanging on or being eaten." .
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Golf Slow Motion Picture Swing Secrets of Effortless Long Shots
New formula for effortlessly reaching any greens in regulationThis book answers the single most important question in golf, which is how very long shots can be produced from seemingly effortless swings. Every golfer has experienced the phenomenon of hitting very long shots with seemingly easy and effortless swings on rare occasions. If it is known how these long and effortless shots can be repeated, golf will become much less difficult. Using slow motion picture sequences of champions, the exact key factors used by champions to create the most efficient swing for maximum distances are identified. By presenting for the first time simple distance generating formulas, the book shows how relatively little energy is needed to produce long shots. A new way is presented to precisely feel clubhead speed to increase it. These explain why champions can hit so far with balance and seemingly modest effort..
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