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Upon further review : the greatest what-ifs in sports history / by Pesca, Mike,editor.(CARDINAL)417366;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289) and index."From Mike Pesca, host of the popular Slate podcast The Gist, comes the greatest sports minds imagining how the world would change if a play, trade, injury, or referee's call had just gone the other way. No announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the Pennant, The Giants Lose The Pennant!" Such moments are indelibly etched upon the mind of every sports fan. Or rather, they would be, had they happened. Sports are notoriously games of inches, and when we conjure the thought of certain athletes - like Bill Buckner or Scott Norwood - we can't help but apply a mental tape measure to the highlight reels of our minds. Players, coaches, and of course fans, obsess on the play when they ask, "What if?" Upon Further Review is the first book to answer that question. Upon Further Review is a book of counterfactual sporting scenarios. In its pages the reader will find expertly reported histories, where one small event is flipped on its head, and the resulting ripples are carefully documented, the likes of ... What if the U.S. Boycotted Hitler's Olympics? What if Bobby Riggs beat Billie Jean King? What if Bucky Dent popped out at the foot of the Green Monster? What if Drew Bledsoe never got hurt? Upon Further Review takes classic arguments conducted over pints in a pub and places them in the hands of dozens of writers, athletes, and historians. From turning points that every sports fan rues or celebrates, to the forgotten would-be inflection points that defined sports, Upon Further Review answers age old questions, and settles the score, even if the score bounced off the crossbar"--1200LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subjects: Counterfactual histories.; Anecdotes.; Young adult literature.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Young adult literature.; Sports; Sports;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 13
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La gran pesca : un cuento sobre Robot y Rico / by Suen, Anastasia.(CARDINAL)343747; Laughead, Mike,illustrator.(CARDINAL)495094;
Robot and Rico are off to the beach to go fishing--what will they catch?Robot y Rico van a la playa a pescar--que pescaran?Accelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fishing stories.; Fiction.; Readers (Publications); Robots; Spanish language materials; Autómata; Pesca;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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La pesca de Nessa / by Luenn, Nancy.(CARDINAL)317855; Ada, Alma Flor.(CARDINAL)317928; Waldman, Neil,illustrator.(CARDINAL)720913;
A young Inuit girl goes fishing with her grandmother. When her grandmother becomes ill, Nessa must keep the fish and her grandmother safe.
Subjects: Fiction.; Eskimos; Fishing stories; Indians of North America; Spanish language materials; Esquimales;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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La pesca de Nessa / by Luenn, Nancy.(CARDINAL)317855; Waldman, Neil.(CARDINAL)720913;
A young Inuit girl goes fishing with her grandmother. When her grandmother becomes ill, Nessa must keep the fish and her grandmother safe.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Children's stories, Spanish.; Fiction.; Eskimos; Eskimos; Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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La pesca de Nessa / by Luenn, Nancy.(CARDINAL)317855; Waldman, Neil.(CARDINAL)720913;
Una chica joven de Inuit va de pesca con su abuela. Cu{ndo su abuela llega a ser enferma, Nessa debe mantener el pez y su caja fuerte de abuela.
Subjects: Fiction.; Eskimos; Los esquimales.; Indians of North America; Los indios de norteamerica.; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Robert goes fishing = Roberto Va De Pesca / by Puig Zaldívar, Raquel.(CARDINAL)386462; Smith Rubiera, Saundra,illustrator.(CARDINAL)386463;
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Subjects: Fiction.; Fishing stories.; Play; Spanish language materials;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Los melops a la pesca del tesoro / Tomi Ungerer. by Ungerer, Tomi,1931-2019.(CARDINAL)151437;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Salmon fishing in The Yemen [videorecording] / by Torday, Paul,1946-Salmon fishing in the Yemen.; BBC Films.(CARDINAL)342864; CBS Films.(CARDINAL)340339; Davis Films (Firm)(CARDINAL)346629; Kudos Pictures (Firm); Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)340129; Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)(CARDINAL)340342; Lionsgate (Firm); Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)(CARDINAL)282399; Webster, Paul,1952 Sept. 19-producer.; Hallström, Lasse.director.(CARDINAL)785722; Beaufoy, Simon.screenwriter.(CARDINAL)847024; Blunt, Emily.actor.(CARDINAL)784786; McGregor, Ewan,1971-actor.(CARDINAL)532509; Scott-Thomas, Kristin,1960-actor.(CARDINAL)807380; Waked, Amr.actor.(CARDINAL)561158; Marianelli, Dario.composer (expression)(CARDINAL)422850; UK Film Council.(CARDINAL)544875; Marianelli, Dario.composer.(CARDINAL)422850;
Original music by Dario Marianelli ; director of photography, Terry Stacey ; editor, Lisa Gunning.Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Amr Waked, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Catherine Steadman, Tom Mison, Rachael Stirling.A visionary Sheikh believes his passion for the peaceful pastime of salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert, who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches onto it as a 'good will' story. Now this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and sexual content, and brief language.DVD ; region 1 ; widescreen (2.40:1) ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Comedy films.; Film adaptations.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction films.; Torday, Paul, 1946-; Salmon fishing; Fisheries; Bureaucracy; Pesca de salmón; Pesqueras; Burocracia;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 17
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Blood diamond [videorecording] / by Zwick, Edward,film director.(CARDINAL)360192; Leavitt, Charles,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)552510; Gorfil, Gillian,film producer.; DiCaprio, Leonardo,actor.(CARDINAL)381363; Hounsou, Djimon,1964-actor.(CARDINAL)799623; Connelly, Jennifer,actor.(CARDINAL)815087; Kuypers, Kagiso,actor.; Vosloo, Arnold,actor.(CARDINAL)847682; Coleman, Antony,actor.; Mbhena, Benu,actor.; Lukola, Anointing,actor.; Harewood, David,actor.; Wallace, Basil,actor.; Mistry, Jimi,1973-actor.; Howard, James Newton,composer.(CARDINAL)354392; Herskovitz, Marshall.(CARDINAL)847795; King, Graham,1961-(CARDINAL)787011; Mitchell, C. Gaby.(CARDINAL)481693; Roodt, Darrell.; Weinstein, Paula.; Bedford Falls Productions (Firm); Initial Entertainment Group.(CARDINAL)848217; Spring Creek Productions.; Virtual Studios.; Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ); Warner Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218485;
Director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Ngila Dickson ; production designer, Dan Weil ; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould ; visual effects supervisor, Jeffrey A. Okun.Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers, Arnold Vosloo, Antony Coleman, Benu Mabhena, Anoiting Lukola, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Jimi Mistry.Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.MPAA rating: R; for strong violence and language.DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Action and adventure films.; Adventure films.; Feature films.; Suspense films.; War films.; Diamonds; Draft; Feature films.; Fishers; Smugglers; Diamantes; Pesca;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 30
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Losers : dispatches from the other side of the scoreboard / by Pilon, Mary,editor.(CARDINAL)406065; Thomas, Louisa,edito.r.(CARDINAL)503406;
Introduction / Mary Pilon and Louisa Thomas -- The sporting house / Charles Bock -- Yankees strike / Bob Sullivan -- Banderillero / Barry Newman -- An Athens odyssey skips the medal mark : sailing out of a square story / Kevin Hall -- The peanut vendor and the curse / Samuel Graham Felsen -- That loser LeBron / Ryan O'Hanlon -- Two white kids from New York kicking ass / Brian Platzer -- Too lucky in love / Joshua Prager -- If you can't beat 'em / Louisa Hall -- The great Wimbledon FC heist / Ryan Bailey -- The 1908 Olympic marathon / Arthur Conan Doyle -- Requiem for the Ivory Coast : the anatomy of Greece's last-minute penalty / Rowan Ricardo Phillips -- The "Dewey defeats Truman of sports / James Andrew Miller -- Chasing Ashton Eaton : an unintended pursuit of the world's greatest athlete that no one has heard of / Jeremy Taiwo, as told to Stefanie Loh -- Galiyeva-ed / Carla Correa -- The Kyrgios enigma / Louisa Thomas -- Tomato can blues / Mary Pilon -- Washington Generals win! / Matt Nissenbaum -- Theguy wearing a hat / Andrew Lehren -- Losing on purpose / Mike Pesca -- Larry and the ball / Abby ellin -- The loser / Gay Talese."Twenty-two notable writers-including Bob Sullivan, Abby Ellin, Mike Pesca, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Louisa Hall, and Gay Talese-examine the untold stories of the losers, and in doing so reveal something raw and significant about what it means to be human"--
Subjects: Athletes; Defeat (Psychology); Failure (Psychology); Sports;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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