Ascend Books imprint: 29 books
Reed All about It
Driven to Be a Jayhawk
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Of all the wonderful players who have worn the crimson and blue for the University of Kansas basketball program through the years, only one can claim to ge the "winningest" Jayhawk of all—Tyrel Reed. Reed, who concluded his playing career in March 2011, has written a new book that chronicles...
Let's Go Yankees!
An Unforgettable Trip to the Ballpark
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
In Let's Go Yankees!, Poppy the Dog takes the subway with his grand-pups, Cammie and Oscar, to Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. It's the first baseball game for the grand-pups and they discover just how much fun it can be cheering for baseball's most famous team. Poppy has loved the Yankees since his...
by Art Stewart, George Brett, Sam Mellinger
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The heart and soul of Kansas City's major league baseball franchise is a 5-foot-6 and impeccably dressed man you probably haven't heard of. You don't know the Royals history and successes until you know him. His name is Art Stewart and he hepled bring Bo Jackson to the Royals on a hunch. He once signed...
by Leigh Ann Walker
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Leigh Ann Walker's efforts to learn about her deceased father began in earnest five years ago, but really, the journey started in 1971 when Verlon “Rube” Walker died. He was the third base coach for the Chicago Cubs when he died of leukemia at just 42 years old. Leigh Ann was 3. It was a loss...
One Man's Dream
My Town, My Team, My Time
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
When the Kansas City Royals appeared in the 1985 World Series, manager Dick Howser had to make a difficult, and controversial, call. Because the series started in the National League city of St. Louis, there would be no designated hitter, which meant that Hal McRae would be delegated to the role of...
by Marv Levy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
When does the End Zone Justify the Means?The Los Angeles Leopards and the Portland Pioneers are on a collision course toward the Super Bowl Championship. One team is led by a take-no-prisoners head coach; the other by a cerebral, slow-and-steady coach who has been thrust into the spotlight because...
Many Happy Returns
The Story of Henry Bloch, America’s Tax Man
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Does the very thought of preparing your own taxes give you a headache? Get to know the man who is responsible for helping more than 20 million taxpayers with this dreaded annual burden. Many Happy Returns tells the compelling story of the unlikely American hero through Henry's son Tom, who worked...
Inside the Park
Running the Base Path of Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Willie Wilson played baseball with the mentality of a football player—a grimace, on his face. Totally unprepared for the spotlight of being in the major leagues, Wilson experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, sometimes unable to tell them apart. He helped lead the Kansas City Royals...
Building The Perfect Star
Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Today, it is inconceivable for a professional or even small college sports team to go without a coach designated to enhancing conditioning, strength training, and overall performance. But someone had to be first. In 1976, the Dallas Cowboys and Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry hired...
by Dick Vitale
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
For more than 30 years, Dick Vitale has been synonymous with the best in college basketball. His enthusiasm, knowledge, unique turn of a phrase and passion have set the bar for the best in hoops coverage. Dick Vitale has seen it all. For the college basketball fan, these are some of the touchstones...
Trust Your Next Shot
A Guide to a Life of Joy
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
Meadowlark Lemon illustrates the determination it took to overcome poverty, racial prejudice, and many other roadblocks that would have sidelined most any other person. Meadowlark, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003, delivers loving reminiscences of his youth, hilarious stories...
Tigers vs. Jayhawks
From the Civil War to the Battle for No.1
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Missouri and Kansas went from unranked at the start of the 2007 college football season to playing for No. 1 in the country on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, so no wonder Brent Musburger chose his words carefully as he addressed a national television audience moments before kickoff of the rivals’...
Relentless
From Redshirt to the Rock of the Jayhawks
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Every team has at least one. That one player who’s called on to make something happen. Throughout his career on the University of Kansas basketball team, Travis Releford was that guy. So much so, in fact, that on Senior Night 2013, head coach Bill Self told the Allen Fieldhouse crowd that Releford...
by Herb Adderley, Dave Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses or the problems of modern society.—Vince Lombardi. Winning was not the only thing. Something more important than winning football games occurred during the Lombardi Dynasty. Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers ushered...