Reynolds: 2056 books

A terrific companion to Gretchen Reynolds's New York Times bestseller *THE FIRST 20 MINUTES, *this Penguin Special features new material and a wealth of perscriptive insight for those looking to get in shape, stay in shape, or push themselves even farther.  The First 20 Minutes Personal Trainer offers...

Alex Karras was suspended indefinitely by National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle in April 1963. My e-book describes the NFL's investigation, which involved former FBI agents who worked for professional football. Was Rozelle correct in the indefinite suspension he extended to the Detroit...

Vincent Macri's body was found in the trunk of a convertible parked in the east Bronx on April 25, 1954. The investigation into the mobster's demise involved featherweight boxing champ Willie Pep. Fighting in Florida at the time, New York authorities had contacted Miami law enforcement about interviewing...

Ludovico Scarfiotti was a versatile Italian race driver, the nephew of a Fiat executive. He raced Formula 1, sports cars and was an especially talented hill climber in European competitions. Known to his friends as Lulu, his family were in the Italian cement business. Ludovico's most famous triumph...

Eugenio Castellotti was the most promising driver in Italy when he died at 26 while testing a Ferrari for the upcoming Sebring International Race in Florida. His fatal injury occurred at the Autodrome Circuit near Modena, Italy. Like his mentor and friend, Alberto Ascari, Castellotti died while testing...

Giorgio Scarlatti was a successful Italian race driver from Rome, Italy. Beginning in 1950 he competed in many competitions of great importance like the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia. Over time he came to be appreciated as a dependable driver. In 1957 Stirling Moss moved to the Vanwall team. Scarlatti...

Ray Impelletiere was one of the super tall heavyweight boxers to come along in the early 1930s. Perhaps the best known amongst them was Italian Primo Carnera who became Heavyweight Champion of the World. Impelletiere, a graduate of Peekskill High School in Westchester County, New York, was managed...

Masanori Murakami was the first native born Japanese pitcher in Major League Baseball. His story is one that pitted a Major League team against the best team in western Japan, the Nankai Hawks. Nankai and the San Francisco Giants vied for the services of Murakami between 1964-1966. At stake was a...

Aufbruch zum Jupiter Bei einem schrecklichen Unfall verlor Commander Howard Falcon einst beinahe sein Leben, nur die hochentwickelte Technologie seiner Zeit konnte ihn damals retten. Nun macht er sich – halb Mensch, halb Maschine – auf eine atemberaubende Reise in die Zukunft, eine Reise...

This book explores how children engage with sex and sexuality. Building on a conceptual and legal grounding in sexuality studies and the new sociology of childhood, the authors debate the age of consent, teenage pregnany, sexual diversity, sexualisation, sex education and sexual literacy, paedophilia,...

The long-awaited birth of Alicira’s daughter is happening while an unknown number of the Seven Crowned Gods wait to meet her. What do the Gods want with this child, and what fate will she have? Is Alicira’s daughter bearing Alicira’s magic or that of her cursed father Zauril? Only the Gods know.

Andre Pilette was a versatile and exciting driver who competed in sports car and grand prix racing from 1951 until the mid 1960s. His father before him raced at Indianapolis and Andre's son, Teddy, competed in Formula 5000 races. Andre Pilette drove for the Gordini Team in Formula 1 events throughout...

Masten Gregory was not your average race car driver. Slightly built, wearing spectacles that were highly magnified, he looked more like an academic than a racer. Yet he was successful in a various forms of racing from sports cars, to Indy, to Formula One. A native of Kansas, his father owned a life...

Phelan and Reynolds' book is for anyone who needs to evaluate arguments and interpret evidence. It deals with the most fundamental aspects of academic study: * the ability to reason with ideas and evidence * to formulate arguments effectively * to appreciate the interplay between ideas and evidence...