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Gorgeous George" Sisler, a left-handed first baseman, began his major-league baseball career in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns. During his fifteen years in the majors, he played with such baseball luminaries as Ty Cobb (who once called Sisler "the nearest thing to a perfect ball-player"), Babe Ruth, and Rogers Hornsby. He was considered by these stars of the sport to be their equal, and Branch Rickey, one of baseball's foremost innovators and talent scouts, wrote in 1922 that Sisler was "the greatest player that ever lived." During his illustrious career he was a 340 hitter, twice achieving the rare feat of hitting more than .400. His 257 hits in 1920 is still the record for the "modern" era. Considered by many to be one of the game's most skillful first basemen, he was the first at his position to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Yet unlike many of his peers who became household names, Sisler has faded from baseball's collective consciousness. Now in The Sizzler, this "legendary player without a legend" gets the treatment he deserves. Rick Huhn presents the story of one of baseball's least appreciated players and studies why his status became so diminished. Huhn argues that the answer lies somewhere amid the tenor of Sisler's times, his own character and demeanor, the kinds of individuals who are chosen as our sports heroes, and the complex definition of fame itself. In a society obsessed with exposing the underbellies of its heroes, Sisler's lack of a dark side may explain why less has been written about him than others. Although Sisler was a shy, serious sort who often shunned publicity, his story is filled with its own share of controversy and drama, beginningwith a lengthy struggle among major league moguls for his contractual rights--a battle that helped change the structure of organized baseball forever--to a job-threatening eye disorder he developed during the peak of his career and popularity. By including excerpts from Sisler's unpublished memoir, as well as references to the national and international events that took place during his heyday, Huhn reveals the full picture of this family man who overcame great obstacles, stood on high principles, and left his mark on a game he affected in a positive way for fifty-eight years..
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Two books in one with a total of 38 themes and 230 activities to choose from for both summer and after-school programs. In SUMMER SIZZLERS find 19 themes with more than 125 activities for summer programs MAGIC MONDAYS has more than 105 activities with 19 themes, designed for the hours after school. Try fun activities like Create a Commercial and Ice Cube Painting, Walking on Eggshells and Career Charades. NOT meant as a program guide; this is an activities book only..
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HER LIFE GAVE "OFFICE SLAVE" NEW MEANING!

The beautiful but haughty Ellen Sanchez thought she could get away with embezzling from Jack Sawyer, the powerful CEO of Sawyer Metalworking When she was caught, she said she-d do "anything" to avoid going to jail. Anything turned out to be a new position for Ellen: Company slut. Jack began to break her down slowly, using her to win new contracts for his firm and reward employees. After months of pleasing everyone on command, Ellen began to lose her identity until she found she didn-t mind being their "Office Slave." Another red-hot tale of bondage and submission from the pen of J.W. McKenna, author of the popular "Out of Control" series of sexy short stories. This is his first full-length novel for Renaissance E-Books.

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The Toy is the story of a young woman, Gina, who is kidnapped by two men: one a romantic, the other a sadist. Gordon and Frank use the terrified girl for their pleasure, keeping her prisoner in a room full of mirrors While Gordon introduces Gina to the whip, the cane and the rope, Frank introduces her to the kiss and a sexual awakening that leaves her hungry for more. Gradually Gina changes from a frightened girl to a fully sexual woman. Boundaries blur between consensual and nonconsensual, between pleasure and pain, between control and love. .
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EROTIC SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

Steamy Distant Planets, Sensual Resorts and Fantastically Flustering Sorcerer's Towers are only a few of the amazing places the stories in Tabitha Bradley's New Erotica Anthology, "Ravished!" will take readers. Ravished! Is a collection twelve of erotic tales set on other worlds and other realms, by the author of Arcadia: A Novel of an Eden at Bay. These unique works are, in the author's words, "written the way I think erotic SF and fantasy ought to be written -- with intensity, passion and exquisite sexual tension. The sexual content is hot and extremely erotic, exploring subjects like submission and dominance, seduction, bondage, pain, the use of force and psychological torture." Several tales feature strong heroines having encounters with heroes with more than a dash of villainy in them. The first two stories, Turnabout is Fair Play and Fugue present one of Bradley's most beloved characters, Alena, who is that rarity in her rather misogynistic culture, a strong, independent woman leader. Faced with the infuriatingly enigmatic but very sexy Joshua Wetfire, who is singularly unimpressed by her position or her haughtier, she finds herself reluctantly responding to his dark charisma. Avarair Interlude is fantasy erotica with the very traditional elves and wizards. You will also meet Morgen, a very pretty, very sexy young thief who finds herself getting a lot more than she bargained for on one adventure into a ruined tower. The Adventures of Tamara Sable bring together four stories set in the author's Dirandan Chronicles universe about a sexy young Dirandan smuggler. In That Which I Desire, the young Larune Irisa Latham finds herself facing her worst enemy, the pirate Renwyk Derian, who just happens to be entirely too sexy and dominating for her to resist. Ravishment is one of the author's personal favorites. The young, sweetly sensual, Rubenesque housemaid, Aurora Katran, finds herself facing Duke Gareth Janassi, an impossibly powerful and very dangerous man who has been obsessed with her for years, a man she has secretly been longing for herself, though it takes this confrontation for her to realize the truth. If you love good SF and Fantasy as well as well-written and intelligent erotica, "Ravished!" will leave you breathless and yearning for fabulous worlds and fabulous lovemaking! Cover art: Susan Waelder

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Long banned in the U. S., The Romance of Lust is the first-person story of Charlie Roberts, the most famous hero of the Victorian sexual underground, In Volume I, Charlie began his amorous career at an early age, initiated by a married lady who was visiting his mother. Charlie soon seduced the maids, while allowing himself to be seduced by his two successive governesses and successfully passing himself off as a virgin. In Volume II, Charlie's amorous adventures begin in earnest. With almost super-human endurance he goes on to explore his taste for intricate tableaux ensembles, to indulge his penchant for fancy complications, and even to form a secret society. Spankings, floggings, and other Victorian predelictions highlight the story. An eye-opening look at the twisted paths eros takes when a society goes too far in repressing the sex drive..
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Sequel to #1 Besteller -Office Slave!-. J. W. McKenna continues the arousing story of Jack Sawyer and his sex slave, Ellen. Two years after agreeing to pay off her embezzlement debt with sex, El remains at Sawyer Manufacturing, servicing clients and employees. The debt has been paid in full - but by now, she's come to enjoy the constant attention and stimulation. But an angry co-worker blows the whistle on Jack. He is arrested and Ellen is set to be the start witness for the prosecution. Soon the whole city is abuzz with the sordid story. However, the tough female prosecutor didn't count on El's unusual affection for Jack or her naturally submissive nature. The case takes a surprising turn that stuns everyone involved. Don't miss this red-hot sequel from the pen of J.W. McKenna., author of more than a dozen erotic books.

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