113 Results for : feinstein
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Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life In the Minor Leagues of Baseball , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 695min
From the acclaimed number one best-selling author...a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball.“No one grows up playing baseball pretending that they’re pitching or hitting in Triple-A.” (Chris Schwinden, Triple-A pitcher)“If you don’t like it here, do a better job.” (Ron Johnson, Triple-A manager)John Feinstein gave readers an unprecedented view of the PGA Tour in A Good Walk Spoiled. He opened the door to an NCAA basketball locker room in his explosive best seller A Season on the Brink. Now, turning his eye to our national pastime, sports journalist John Feinstein explores the colorful and mysterious world of minor-league baseball - a gateway through which all major-league players pass in their careers...hoping never to return. Baseball’s minor leagues are a paradox. For some players, the minors are a glorious launching pad toward years of fame and fortune; for others, a crash-landing pad when injury or poor play forces a big leaguer back to a life of obscure ballparks and cramped buses instead of Fenway Park and plush charter planes. Focusing exclusively on the Triple-A level, one step beneath Major League Baseball, Feinstein introduces listeners to nine unique men: three pitchers, three position players, two managers, and an umpire. Through their compelling stories, Feinstein pulls back the veil on a league that is chock-full of gifted baseball players, managers, and umpires who are all one moment away from getting called up - or back - to the majors. The stories are hard to believe: a first-round draft pick and pitching ace who rocketed to major-league success before finding himself suddenly out of the game, hatching a presumptuous plan to get one more shot at the mound; a home run-hitting former World Series hero who lived the dream, then bounced among six teams before facing the prospects of an unceremonious end to his career; a big-league All-Star who, in the span of five months ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003761/bk_rand_003761_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics: Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson, Book 6 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 415min
Best-selling sportswriter and Edgar Award winner John Feinstein is back with another sports mystery featuring Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson—this one set at the summer Olympics in London. In this book, Susan Carol isn't a reporter—she's an Olympian, competing as a swimmer at her first Olympic games. Stevie is both proud and envious of her athletic prowess. And he's worried by the agents and sponsors and media all wanting to get up close and personal with Susan Carol. But the more disturbing question becomes—how far might they go to ensure that America's newest Olympic darling wins gold? Sports novels abound, but Feinstein's books are all stars. They combine sports action, high-stakes mysteries, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of big-time sporting events. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Josh Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004242/bk_adbl_004242_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Open: Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black, Hörbuch, Digital, 213min
Tiger Woods has called the U.S. Open "the most difficult national championship." With Open, John Feinstein goes behind the scenes to tell for the first time the full story of how the 2002 U.S. Open Championship came into being - how a public course was transformed into one of the most difficult and surprising in the tournament's history, and how the greatest golfers in the world rose to its almost insurmountable challenges. The 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, in Bethpage, New York, was the first time in history that golf's greatest championship has been help at a true public golf course. Open is the full drama of that championship, from the moment that officials first considered holding it there until the last putt rolled in at dusk on Sunday. Along the way John Feinstein reveals the full glory of golf as it's never been explored before. He digs deep to find out what it really takes to make golf's most famous event worthy of the champions who compete in it. He tells the remarkable story of the artisans who transformed the Black from a downtrodden and rough-around-the-edges public course to one that top pros hailed as "unbelievable" and "the toughest par-70 I've ever played in my life." He also tracks the drama of the masters who battled for the supremacy at the Black - Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia, Nick Faldo, Phil Mickelson, Jeff Maggert - to show how true champions respond to the toughest conditions. Language: English. Narrator: John Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000296/bk_time_000296_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Game Changers: A Benchwarmers Novel
Trouble is about to tip off for Jeff and Andi's sixth-grade basketball teams in Game Changers, a standalone second book in the middle-grade Benchwarmers series by #1 New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein. After a controversial season playing on the boys' soccer team, Andi Carillo is ready to kick butt and take names on the girls' basketball team. Jeff Michaels, her best friend, is raring to drop his benchwarmer status from soccer and play a leading role on the boys' basketball squad. But between a coach's coded racism and a teammate's endless sabotage, neither Andi nor Jeff is in for a layup of a season. To make matters worse, the local media smells more than one juicy story. Will Andi and Jeff be able to power through and find a way to help both their teams rebound? From sportswriting legend John Feinstein comes this fast-paced novel about two friends who are willing to risk it all to change the game-on and off the court.- Shop: buecher
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The First Major: The Inside Story of the 2016 Ryder Cup , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 690min
From the number one New York Times best-selling author of A Good Walk Spoiled, a dramatic chronicle of the bitterly fought 2016 Ryder Cup pitting a US team out for revenge against the Europeans determined to keep the cup out of American hands. Coming into 2016, the Americans had lost an astounding six out of the last seven Ryder Cup matches, and tensions were running high for the showdown that took place in October 2016 in Hazeltine, Minnesota, just days after American legend Arnold Palmer had died. What resulted was one of the most raucous and heated three days in the cup's long history. Award-winning author John Feinstein takes listeners behind the scenes, providing an inside view of the dramatic stories as they unfolded: veteran Phil Mickelson's two-year roller coaster as he upended the American preparation process and helped assemble a superb team; superstar Rory McIlroy becoming the clear-cut emotional leader of the European team and his reasons for wanting to beat the US team so badly this time around; the raucous matches between McIlroy and American Patrick Reed - resulting in both incredible golf and several moments that threatened to come to blows; the return of Tiger Woods not as a player but an assistant captain and his obsession with helping the US win - which was never the case when he was playing. John Feinstein's classic best seller, A Good Walk Spoiled, set the bar for golf books. Now Feinstein provides his unique take on the Ryder Cup, which has clearly become golf's most intense and emotional event...it's 'first Major'. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005377/bk_rand_005377_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Foul Trouble , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 499min
Best-selling sports writer John Feinstein exposes the big money and backroom deals that pervade college basketball recruiting in this fast-break novel. Terrell Jamerson is the number one high school basketball player in the country. His team is poised to win the states. He’s got top colleges lined up to offer him scholarships, and press coverage at every game. Everyone says he could play in the NBA tomorrow. He’s living the dream, right? Danny Wilcox would tell you a different story. Danny is Terrell’s best friend and teammate, and a top prospect himself. But he sees that not all of the people buzzing around Terrell have his best interests at heart. The sneaker guys, the money managers, the college boosters - they all say they just want to help. But their kind of help comes with strings attached, and could get Terrell investigated by the NCAA.... These friends will have to learn to play hardball - both on and off the court - if they want to win the recruiting game. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/005606/bk_brll_005606_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 324min
Best-selling writer John Feinstein is back with another exciting sports-mystery, this one set behind the scenes at the storied Army-Navy football game. Teen sportswriters Stevie Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson are thrilled to be covering "America's Game". The Black Knights of Army and the Midshipmen of Navy have met on the football field since 1890, and it's a rivalry like no other, filled with tradition. But this year, the match-up is also filled with intrigue. For weeks, Stevie and Susan Carol have been spending time at Annapolis and West Point, getting to know the player and coaches. And the secret service agents. Since the president will be attending the game, security will, of course, be tighter than tight. As the game draws nearer, Stevie and Susan Carol can tell that the agents are getting tenser. But as usual, when Stevie and Susan Carol cover a big event - nothing is quite as it seems, and the coaches aren't the only ones calling plays.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Feinstein. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001211/bk_lili_001211_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Der begeisterte Geist: Karo und Blaumann 3, Hörbuch, Digital, 119min
Auf Burg Feinstein spukt‘s! Das glaubt zumindest Blaumann, superklug, adelig und Expertin für asiatische Kampfkunst und Automotoren. Also packt Karo, der wohl karierteste Detektiv aller Zeiten, seinen karierten Koffer und beginnt zu ermitteln. Ein kniffliger Fall: Mit Geistern kann es Karo ja aufnehmen, aber was tut man gegen heiratswütige, halbwahnsinnige Erfinder, knipswütige Fotografen und explosionswütige Dackel? Sehr merkwürdig, das Ganze! Abgedreht, witzig, schräg - eben typisch Karo und Blaumann... deutsch. Jens Wawrczeck. https://samples.audible.de/bk/lino/000139/bk_lino_000139_sample.mp3.- Shop: Audible
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Der begeisterte Geist: Karo und Blaumann 3
Auf Burg Feinstein spukt‘s! Das glaubt zumindest Blaumann, superklug, adelig und Expertin für asiatische Kampfkunst und Automotoren. Also packt Karo, der wohl karierteste Detektiv aller Zeiten, seinen karierten Koffer und beginnt zu ermitteln. Ein kniffliger Fall: Mit Geistern kann es Karo ja aufnehmen, aber was tut man gegen heiratswütige, halbwahnsinnige Erfinder, knipswütige Fotografen und explosionswütige Dackel? Sehr merkwürdig, das Ganze! Abgedreht, witzig, schräg - eben typisch Karo und Blaumann...- Shop: Audible
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Die Ethologie der Hunde (eBook, PDF)
Coppinger und Feinstein betrachten Hunde in diesem Grundlagenwerk mit dem unbestechlichen und unsentimentalen Blick der Wissenschaft und arbeiten anhand vieler Beispiele aus ihrer jahrzehntelangen Feldforschung und aus verschiedenen Perspektiven klar heraus, dass Verhalten genau wie körperliche Form evolutionäre Grundlagen besitzt und von den gleichen Mechanismen geprägt wird. Weit davon entfernt, Hunde als unintelligente und gefühllose Wesen abzutun, legen sie den Fokus ganz einfach auf wissenschaftliche Tatsachen, die vor lauter verständlicher Begeisterung über den "besten Freund des Menschen" oft zu kurz kommen. Am Ende wird klar: Wer zumindest ansatzweise die Mechanismen versteht, warum Hunde sich so verhalten müssen, wie sie es tun und was sie sprichwörtlich "ticken" lässt, wird sie ab sofort nicht mit geringerer, sondern mit noch höherer Wertschätzung und größerem Verständnis betrachten - denn nichts ist so unendlich komplex und wunderbar wie das Leben selbst. "Coppinger und Feinstein decken auf, wie das Hundeverhalten biologische Grundlagen und Grenzen hat und wie es von Genetik, Umwelt und den Folgen des Verhaltens selbst beeinflusst wird. Wenn Sie wirklich mehr über das Verhalten von Tieren und insbesondere Hunden wissen möchten, dann ist dies das richtige Buch für Sie. Seien Sie darauf vorbereitet, sich auf eine Herausforderung einzulassen, aber eine Menge zu lernen." (Robert Bailey, Tiertrainer) "Wenn Sie nur Zeit für ein Buch über Hundeverhalten haben, dann empfehle ich dieses." (Dr. Udo Gansloßer)- Shop: buecher
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