True and false : heresy and common sense for the actor by Mamet, David

Table of Contents: “…To the actor -- Some thoughts -- Ancestor worship -- A generation that would like to stay in school -- Scholarship -- Find your mark -- I'm on the corner -- Business is business -- Auditions -- Paint by numbers -- "Work" -- Oral interpretation -- Helping the play -- Acceptance -- The rehearsal process -- The play and the scene -- Emotions -- Action -- Guilt -- Concentration -- Talent -- Habit -- The designated hitter -- Performance and character -- The villain and the hero -- Acting "as if" -- "They once walked among us" -- Eleven o'clock always comes -- Meritocracy.…”


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These guns for hire

Table of Contents: “…Rose -- Seize your future / Jeff Abbott -- Bat-head speed / Reed Farrel Coleman -- Everybody wins / Lisa Mannetti -- Keller's designated hitter / Lawrence Block -- Pet project / Robert W. …”


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Family ties. The fourth season

Table of Contents: “…Family ties vacation -- The real thing : part 1 -- The real thing : part 2 -- Mr. Wrong -- Designated hitter -- Don't go changin' -- The old college try -- My tutor -- Mr. …”


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Sports Illustrated baseball's greatest

Table of Contents: “…Seeing the bigger picture -- Best first basemen -- Best second basemen -- Best third basemen -- Best shortstops -- Best catchers -- Best leftfielders -- Best centerfielders -- Best rightfielders -- Best righthanded pitchers -- Best lefthanded pitchers -- Best relief pitchers -- Best managers -- Best games -- Best ballparks -- Best franchises -- Best designated hitters -- Best sluggers -- Best base runners -- Best defensive players -- Best of the rest. …”


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Sports Illustrated baseball's greatest

Table of Contents: “…Seeing the bigger picture -- Best first basemen -- Best second basemen -- Best third basemen -- Best shortstops -- Best catchers -- Best leftfielders -- Best centerfielders -- Best rightfielders -- Best righthanded pitchers -- Best lefthanded pitchers -- Best relief pitchers -- Best managers -- Best games -- Best ballparks -- Best franchises -- Best designated hitters -- Best sluggers -- Best base runners -- Best defensive players -- Best of the rest. …”


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Family ties. The fourth season

Table of Contents: “…Family ties vacation ; The real thing (part 1) ; The real thing (part 2) ; Special features: Episodic promos for The real thing (parts 1 and 2) -- disc 2. Mr. Wrong ; Designated hitter ; Don't go changin' ; The old college try ; My tutor ; Mr. …”


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Enough rope : collected stories by Block, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…. -- Like a bug on a windshield -- Like a dog in the street -- The most unusual snatch -- Nothing short of highway robbery -- One thousand dollars a week -- Passport in order -- Someday I'll plant more walnut trees -- Some days you get the bear -- Something to remember you by -- Some things a man must do -- Sometimes they bite -- Strangers on a handball court -- That kind of day -- This crazy business of ours -- The Tulsa experience -- Weekend guests -- When this man dies -- With a smile for the ending -- You could call it blackmail -- Death of the Mallory Queen -- As dark as Christmas gets -- The Ehrengraf defense -- The Ehrengraf presumption -- The Ehrengraf experience -- The Ehrengraf appointment -- The Ehrengraf riposte -- The Ehrengraf obligation -- The Ehrengraf alternative -- The Ehrengraf nostrum -- The Ehrengraf affirmation -- The Ehrengraf reverse -- Like a thief in the night -- The burglar who dropped in on Elvis -- The burglar who smelled smoke -- Answers to soldier -- Keller's therapy -- Keller on the spot -- Keller's horoscope -- Keller's designated hitter -- Out the window -- A candle for the big lady -- By the dawn's early light -- Batman's helpers -- The merciful angel of death -- The night and the music -- Looking for David -- Let's get lost -- A moment of wrong thinking -- Almost perfect -- Headaches and bad dreams -- Hit the ball, drag Fred -- How far it could go -- In for a penny -- Like a bone in the throat -- Points -- Sweet little hands -- Terrible Tommy Terhune -- Three in the side pocket -- It took you long enough -- You can't lose.…”


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These guns for hire : a killer anthology

Table of Contents: “…Rose -- Seize your future / Jeff Abbott -- Bat-head speed / Reed Farrel Coleman -- Everybody wins / Lisa Mannetti -- Keller's designated hitter / Lawrence Block -- Pet project / Robert W. …”


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Strike four : the evolution of baseball by Hershberger, Richard

Table of Contents: “…The pitcher's mound -- 34. The designated hitter -- 35. Video replay review -- 36. The future.…”


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Enough rope : collected stories by Block, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…. -- Like a bug on a windshield -- Like a dog in the street -- Most unusual snatch --Nothing short of highway robbery -- One thousand dollars a word -- Passport in order -- Someday I'll plant more walnut trees -- Some days you get the bear -- Something to remember you by -- Some things a man must do -- Sometimes they bite -- Strangers on a handball court -- That kind of a day -- This crazy business of ours -- Tulsa experience -- Weekend guests -- When this man dies -- With a smile for the ending -- You could call it blackmail -- CHIP HARRISON: Death of the Mallory Queen -- As dark as Christmas gets -- MARTIN EHRENGRAF: Ehrengraf defense -- Ehrengraf presumption -- Ehrengraf experience -- Ehrengraf appointment -- Ehrengraf riposte -- Ehrengraf obligation -- Ehrengraf alternative -- Ehrengraf Nostrum -- Ehrengraf affirmation -- Ehrengraf reverse -- BERNIE RHODENBARR: Like a thief in the night -- Burglar who dropped in on Elvis -- Burglar who smelled smoke -- KELLER: Answers to soldier -- Keller's therapy -- Keller on the spot -- Keller's horoscope -- Keller's designated hitter -- MATTHEW SCUDDER: Out the window -- Candle for the bag lady -- By the dawn's early light -- Batman's helpers -- Merciful Angel of Death -- Night and the music -- Looking for David -- Let's get lost -- Moment of wrong thinking -- NEW STORIES: Almost perfect -- Headaches and bad dreams -- Hit the ball, drag Fred -- How far it could go -- In for a penny -- Like a bone in the throat -- Points -- Sweet little hands -- Terrible Tommy Terhune -- Three in the side pocket -- You don't even feel it -- TWO OLD STORIES: It took you long enough -- You can't lose.…”


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Enough rope : collected stories by Block, Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…. -- Like a bug on a windshield -- Like a dog in the street -- Most unusual snatch --Nothing short of highway robbery -- One thousand dollars a word -- Passport in order -- Someday I'll plant more walnut trees -- Some days you get the bear -- Something to remember you by -- Some things a man must do -- Sometimes they bite -- Strangers on a handball court -- That kind of a day -- This crazy business of ours -- Tulsa experience -- Weekend guests -- When this man dies -- With a smile for the ending -- You could call it blackmail -- CHIP HARRISON: Death of the Mallory Queen -- As dark as Christmas gets -- MARTIN EHRENGRAF: Ehrengraf defense -- Ehrengraf presumption -- Ehrengraf experience -- Ehrengraf appointment -- Ehrengraf riposte -- Ehrengraf obligation -- Ehrengraf alternative -- Ehrengraf Nostrum -- Ehrengraf affirmation -- Ehrengraf reverse -- BERNIE RHODENBARR: Like a thief in the night -- Burglar who dropped in on Elvis -- Burglar who smelled smoke -- KELLER: Answers to soldier -- Keller's therapy -- Keller on the spot -- Keller's horoscope -- Keller's designated hitter -- MATTHEW SCUDDER: Out the window -- Candle for the bag lady -- By the dawn's early light -- Batman's helpers -- Merciful Angel of Death -- Night and the music -- Looking for David -- Let's get lost -- Moment of wrong thinking -- NEW STORIES: Almost perfect -- Headaches and bad dreams -- Hit the ball, drag Fred -- How far it could go -- In for a penny -- Like a bone in the throat -- Points -- Sweet little hands -- Terrible Tommy Terhune -- Three in the side pocket -- You don't even feel it -- TWO OLD STORIES: It took you long enough -- You can't lose.…”


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Family ties. The fourth season

Table of Contents: “…Family ties vacation -- The real thing (part 1) -- The real thing (part 2) -- Special features: Episodic promos for The real thing (parts 1 and 2) -- Disc 2. Mr. Wrong -- Designated hitter -- Don't go changin' -- The old college try -- My tutor -- Mr. …”


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A damn near perfect game : reclaiming America's pastime by Kelly, Joe, 1988-, Bradford, Rob, 1969-

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Family ties. Season 4

Table of Contents: “…Family ties vacation ; The real thing (part 1) ; The real thing (part 2) ; Special features: Episodic promos for The real thing (parts 1 and 2) -- disc 2. Mr. Wrong ; Designated hitter ; Don't go changin' ; The old college try ; My tutor ; Mr. …”


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Family ties. The fourth season

Table of Contents: “…Family ties vacation ; The real thing (part 1) ; The real thing (part 2) ; Special features: Episodic promos for The real thing (parts 1 and 2) -- disc 2. Mr. Wrong ; Designated hitter ; Don't go changin' ; The old college try ; My tutor ; Mr. …”


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The bedtrick : tales of sex and masquerade by Doniger, Wendy

Table of Contents: “…. -- Approach five: Theology, or When God has lipstick on his collar. -- Designated hitters. -- Approach six: Law, or Loopholes in the penal code. -- Color, class, and clout. -- Approach seven: Weapons of the weak. -- Cross-cultural cross-dressing. -- Approach eight: Queer theory and the theater of deception. -- Incest. -- Approach nine: Sexual rhetoric. -- Real sex and fantastic sex. -- Approach ten: Structuralism. -- Conclusion: Carnal ignorance and carnal knowledge. -- Appendix: Bedtricks in Stith Thompson's Motif-index.…”


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Where nobody knows your name : life in the minor leagues of baseball by Feinstein, John

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Middle innings : a documentary history of baseball, 1900-1948

Table of Contents: “…The age of Ruth: -- Yankees sign Babe Ruth (1920) -- "Freak deliveries" regulated (1920) -- On accusations of a fixed World Series (1920) -- Gehrig Homers in high school championship game (1920) -- On Ray Chapman (1920) -- Indians make baseball history in World Series (1920) -- "Wireless fans" enjoy historic game (1920) -- Landis is the "Supreme Ruler" (1920) -- Orioles win twenty-seventh straight International League game (1921) -- Ruth suspended, fined by Landis (1921) -- President Harding attends Army-Navy game (1922) -- "Casual comment" on baseball antitrust case (1922) -- Ban Johnson awards Cobb third .400 season (1922) -- Joe McGinnity, 52, throws shutout (1923) -- "Nondiscrimination" in baseball (1923) -- Negro National League is chartered (1924) -- National League celebrates "Golden Jubilee" (1926) -- Cobb, Speaker named in gambling scandal (1926) -- Ruth breaks own home run record (1927) -- Radio pioneer Graham McNamee critiqued (1927) -- No hitter in Negro World Series (1927) -- Margaret Gisolo, baseball star (1928) -- NL president suggests designated hitter (1929) -- Disaster in Yankee Stadium (1929).…”


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So you think you know baseball? : a fan's guide to the official rules by Meltzer, Peter E., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…-- Not having both feet in the batter's box -- Hitter switching sides during an at bat/ambidextrous pitcher -- Using illegal bat -- Getting hit by pitch -- Dropped/trapped third strike -- Whether all bases are touched on a home run -- Ball getting caught in ivy or bouncing over fence -- Designated hitter -- 6. The runner -- Running the bases in order -- Two runners on a base/abandoning the base path -- Moving beyond a protected base -- Ball hitting runner -- Passing runner on base paths -- Overrunning first and then heading elsewhere -- Leaving the base without tagging/fourth-out appeal -- Appeals of running violations -- Missing or retouching a base -- Return to a missed base after following runner has scored -- Effect of failing to touch a base -- Ball hitting runner or umpire -- 7. …”


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Baseball : inning 9 1970-1994, home

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