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  • Waite Hoyt

    A Biography of the Yankees' Schoolboy Wonder

    by William A. Cook ...
    Waite Hoyt was much more than a baseball player. A multi-faceted, sometimes troubled man, Hoyt was a vaudevillian, a mortician, a writer, a painter, and (of course) a Hall of Fame pitcher. He was also an alcoholic who overcame his demons and became one of the first players to make the transition to the announcer's booth. His teammates and managers were among the all-time greats, but he'll always ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877

    The Taint of Gambling at the Dawn of the National League

    by William A. Cook ...
    By the mid-1870s, gambling in baseball threatened the public's confidence in the sport and its very existence as a professional enterprise. Recognizing this, Chicago owner William A. Hulbert and seven of his colleagues formed the National League, dedicating it to such high-minded ideals as preventing contract jumping and, most importantly, eliminating gambling from the sport.Hulbert's new league ... Read more

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  • Bibb Falk

    The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe

    by William A. Cook ...
    Born in Austin, Texas, in 1899, Bibb August Falk was the classic stereotype of a Texan, standing six feet. He brimmed with confidence and played the game of baseball with swagger. He played three years of varsity football and baseball at the University of Texas before being signed by the Chicago White Sox following graduation in 1920. Falk reported to the Sox that summer without having played a ... Read more

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  • Johnny Temple

    All-Star Second Baseman

    by William A. Cook ...
    Cincinnati Reds leadoff hitter Johnny Temple batted over .300 three times between 1954 and 1959. A tobacco chewing and tough-talking hustler, he had a fiery disposition on the field, which led many sportswriters, teammates and opposing players to refer to him as a throwback to baseball's early days--an Eddie Stanky or Enos Slaughter type who would challenge anyone to a fight. He and Milwaukee ... Read more

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  • I’M Gaining on You

    All Things Work Together for Good

    by William A. Cook ...
    We have all heard the expression used about a cat having nine lives, but the individual in this book is beginning to gain on that cat. His life is a series of experiences that cover a broad range and leave you asking yourself, How can this possibly be? But believe me, it is all true. The Lord has indeed worked many miracles in this mans life that almost seem hard to imagine. ... Read more

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  • The Complete Plotto - trade

    by William Wallace Cook ...
    Series Book 15 - Really Simple Writing & Publishing
    How to Write A Novel Every WeekThe trick is in coming up with enough plots.A wildly prolific, early 20th century pulp writer, William Wallace Cook was a writing machine. At times he did indeed regularly turn out a full novel every week, for weeks at a time.While he set the bar for pulp fiction, he was also passionate about the process of writing itself. Keeping notes on index cards, he was able to ... Read more

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  • Mastering Plotto

    by William Wallace Cook ...
    Series Book 14 - Really Simple Writing & Publishing
    How to Write A Novel Each WeekThe trick is in coming up with enough plots.A wildly prolific, early 20th century pulp writer, William Wallace Cook was a writing machine.While he set the bar for pulp fiction, he was also passionate about the process of writing itself. Keeping notes on index cards, he was able to distill the process of plotting down to a simple, but thorough manual, Plotto.Alfred ... Read more

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  • The Fiction Factory

    Enriched edition. Being the experience of a writer who, for twenty-two years, has kept a story-mill grinding successfully

    by William Wallace Cook, Levi Calloway ...
    In 'The Fiction Factory,' William Wallace Cook presents a captivating exploration of the mechanics of writing and storytelling, set against the backdrop of the early 20th-century publishing industry. Written in a straightforward and engaging style, Cook demystifies the creative process, revealing the systematic methods by which authors can produce compelling narratives. The work is a confluence of ... Read more

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  • Victory over the Enemy

    by William F. Cook III, Chuck Lawless ...
    Although spiritual warfare is a recurring theme in Scripture, it is difficult to find balanced, evangelical treatments of this topic. Drawing on their extensive expertise on this subject, as presented in their previous B&H volume Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture, Cook and Lawless aim to equip everyday Christians to understand what Scripture teaches about spiritual warfare and how ... Read more

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  • African American Writers & Classical Tradition

    by William W. Cook, James Tatum ...
    Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, William W. Cook and James Tatum here argue that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as ... Read more

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  • Woman in the Waves

    by William J. Cook ...
    Series Book 2 - Driftwood Mysteries
    Professor Peter Bristol's obsessively-ordered life is turned upside down in a heartbeat, when he witnesses a young woman in a bridal gown swept out to sea.But was she real, or just the product of unresolved grief for his late wife? As Peter embarks on a mission to find the answers, he uncovers a plot of murder and deception that runs deep.Soon, he realizes that the woman in the waves was only the ... Read more

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  • An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour

    Suggested by the death of Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

    by William Cooke ...
    In "An Address to British Females on the Moral Management of Pregnancy and Labour," William Cooke offers a comprehensive examination of the social, ethical, and physiological aspects concerning expectant mothers in early 19th-century Britain. His engaging prose marries a didactic tone with compassionate guidance, encapsulating the prevailing moral and cultural attitudes towards motherhood during a ... Read more

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