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The Comeback (Paperback)
Hercules Editing and Consulting; Illustrated by Marina Shipova; Joe Corso
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Billy is one of the best pitchers in baseball, but he suddenly
finds that his best is no longer good enough. After pitching a
perfect game last year, Billy Wagner retired from baseball, but the
Mets lured him back by offering him a fortune to pitch for one more
season hoping he'd lead them to the World Series. Billy wants to
finish this season on a high note - but something he didn't expect
may prevent that from happening. This is a story of friendship and
courage, and the realization that when you lost something you
always took for granted, you can still reach deep down inside of
yourself and find something greater to replace it with.
Now, all in one complete book, Joe Corso's ENGINE 24: FIRE STORIES
BOOKS 1, 2, AND 3, including the AWARD-WINNING FIRE STORIES: BOX
598 ENGINE 24: FIRE STORIES BOOKS 1, 2, AND 3 chronicles the career
of Joe D'Albert, aka author Joe Corso, as a New York City
firefighter. In this exciting compilation of fire stories, Corso
details the triumphs and tragedies of his comrades-in-arms as they
bravely battle some of the most dangerous fires in the history of
the city. He tells of real life heroes and of lifelong friendships
formed, as well as some of the turmoil that existed in New York
City during his time with the department. Follow Corso through the
60s and 70s, and to the present day, from race riots to 9/11, when
actual flames of unrest were doused by the bravest people in recent
American history.
In the next installment of the Marching With Caesar(r) saga, Titus
Pullus has died peacefully in his sleep after retiring as Camp
Prefect and achieving his goal of being elevated to the equestrian
order. However, Augustus has decreed that his status will not be
inherited by his adopted son and heir, Gaius Porcinus.
Consequently, Porcinus is still in the ranks of the Legions where
he marches with Tiberius Claudius Nero and his brother Drusus to
quell the first of what will be a period of rebellions that mark
the beginning of the career of the man who will become the second
Emperor of Rome. Meanwhile, Gaius' son and Pullus' namesake Titus
faces his own challenges as he learns what it means to be the
grandson of a legend.
This is the Second Edition of the bestselling Marching With
Caesar(r)-Conquest of Gaul. Marching With Caesar-Conquest of Gaul
is a first-person narrative, written in the form of a memoir as
dictated to a scribe of Titus Pullus, Legionary, Optio, First Spear
Centurion of Caesar's 6th and 10th Legion. The memoir is written
three years after his retirement as Camp Prefect, when Titus is 61
years old. Starting with the first volume in the series, Marching
With Caesar(r)-Birth of the 10th Legion Titus, along with his
boyhood friend Vibius Domitius, have joined the 10th Legion in the
draft of 61 BC, when Gaius Julius Caesar is the governor of Spain.
Titus and Vibius endure the harsh training, and participate in
their first campaign, the suppression of a rebellion by the
Lusitani tribes of Hispania. With this campaign completed, the 10th
Legion is marched to Narbo Martius, their new permanent home. Three
years after joining the legions, the 10th is called on again, this
time to be part of the subjugation of Gaul, one of the greatest
feats of arms in any period of history. During the subsequent
campaigns, the 10th cements its reputation as Caesar's most favored
and trusted legion, and is involved in most of the major actions
during this period. This second book of a completed series closes
with Caesar crossing the Rubicon, and the 10th preparing to march
to war, this time against fellow Romans. Critical praise for
Marching With Caesar-Conquest of Gaul: "Fans of Roman historical
fiction- or military fiction just in general- shouldn't miss what
looks to be one heck of a series." -The Historical Novel Soc
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