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In THE DEVIL WEARS PINSTRIPES, Jim Caple, ESPN.com’s "designated Yankee hater," takes on the rabid fans of baseball’s 26-time World Champions, and offers a decidedly different slant on the New York Yankees --- the losers of 13 World Series. Caple delivers his send-up of the evil empire with scathing irony, laying waste to all things Yankees. A creative and unauthorized timeline pokes fun at the organization’s trades, its legendary vanity, and its near-lethal stadium food. Die-hard Yankee haters and the fans of all other baseball teams are sure to appreciate this hilariously provocative diatribe.

The Kaufmans have always considered themselves a normal happy family. But then they receive a phone call in the middle of the night that their son has been killed in a “freak” road accident. From this moment, the bonds tying them together begin to unravel, and things only get worse when the killer is released from prison early. Curtis packs his car up and takes his daughter on a journey to set things right.

Do pinstripes get you peeved? Do you wish the "House That Ruth Built" would get condemned? Are you convinced that George Steinbrenner is in league with Lucifer? Then this is the book for you! Let's face it, Yankees-haters have two favorite teams: their team, and whatever team is playing against the Yankees that day. Now, the Bronx Bomber bashers have their own handbook that shows how anyone, anywhere, of any age, can hate the Yankees like a pro in no time! Full of fun facts and anecdotes from around the league-as well as helpful, easy-to-follow rituals, chants, and keys to helping every non-Yankee fan focus their rage, disappointment, and burning jealousy from opening day right up until the Yanks walk away with yet another completely undeserved World Series Championship!

GREATS OF THE GAME fondly contributes to the nostalgic appeal of the national pastime by celebrating the game's greatest players, teams, managers, games and colorful personalities.
 

As a young girl, Molly Anderson couldn't help crushing on Dylan Black, who only had eyes for her older sister. When things didn't work out between them, he said goodbye to Molly as well, promising that one day they would have an adventure of their own. When Molly walks back into his life, grown up and gorgeous, he decides to take her away for some no strings attached fun.

Ever wonder what it would be like to go back in time to have a conversation with a legend? IT'S ONLY ME: The Ted Williams We Hardly Knew allows readers to experience the baseball great’s views and personality through the immediacy of recorded conversations and personal stories. Author John Underwood has collected the most powerful and poignant moments from his previously unreleased archive of discussions with Williams to set the record straight on a misunderstood icon. This book and its audio CD companion paint a sensitive and nuanced portrait of an American icon, one that reveals a side of Williams’ character and personality never before glimpsed by the American public. It’s Ted Williams at his most unguarded.

It starts as an ordinary day in an ordinary town, at an ordinary air show. But when one of the planes crashes, killing and injuring dozens, a 13-year-old named Ava is discovered healing her best friend, Wash. Her secret gift is now known to the entire world, and Ava is thrust into the spotlight. But at what cost does this gift come, and how much will Ava have to sacrifice to save the one she loves most?

Emma Sharpe joins her grandfather Wendell Sharpe, a world-renowned art detective, in the search for a serial art thief who has eluded them for a decade. The first heist occurred in Ireland, where an ancient cross was stolen, and now the thief leaves a replica after each crime to remind them of their failure. But when the replica turns up on the body of a dead woman, Emma must now face questions about her relationship with her fiance, while tracking the most ruthless killer she has ever encountered.

When Eva Gouel moves to Paris from the countryside, she is full of ambition and dreams of stardom. Though young and inexperienced, she manages to find work as a costumer at the famous Moulin Rouge, and it is here that she first catches the attention of Pablo Picasso, a rising star in the art world. Picasso sets his sights on Eva, and Eva can't help but be drawn into his web. But what starts as a torrid affair soon evolves into what will become the first great love of Picasso's life.

Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend --- the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears his name. But as this definitive new biography makes clear, Gehrig’s life was more complicated --- and, perhaps, even more heroic --- than anyone really knew. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Jonathan Eig’s LUCKIEST MAN shows us one of the greatest baseball players of all time as we’ve never seen him before.