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"Golf is not a game, it's a punishment." -David Feherty "If you're
one of those people who think golf is a religion, prepare for some
seriously funny blasphemy." --Troon McAllister, author of The Green
Somewhere in Ireland, A Village is Missing an Idiot is a collection
of Feherty's most popular Golf Magazine columns, intermingled with
his most outrageous work from Golfonline.com. As an added bonus,
readers will be treated to some notorious pieces from his work at
the British publication Golf Monthly. Edited by and with a running
commentary by Feherty, and accompanied by some of the priceless
letters to the editor from readers across the country and around
the globe complaining about Feherty's perversity, Somewhere in
Ireland is the perfect Father's Day gift for the crankiest duffer
in every family.
A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the
greatest team in NFL history, as their city was crumbling around
them.
In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In
that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city,
went into massive decline, putting 150,000 steelworkers out of
work. And then the unthinkable happened: The Pittsburgh Steelers,
perennial also-rans in the NFL, rose up to become the most feared
team in the league, winning four Super Bowls in six years and
lifting the spirits of a city on the brink.
In "The Ones Who Hit the Hardest," Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne
trace the rise of the Steelers amidst the backdrop of the fading
city they fought for, bringing to life characters such as: Art
Rooney, the owner of the team so beloved by Pittsburgh that he was
known simply as "The Chief"; Chuck Noll, the headstrong coach who
used the ethos of steelworkers to motivate his players; and Jack
Lambert, the linebacker whose snarling, toothless grin embodied the
Pittsburgh defense. Thoroughly researched and grippingly written,
"The Ones Who Hit the Hardest" is a stirring tribute to a city, a
team, and an era.
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Story Grid 101 (Paperback)
Shawn Coyne; Edited by Leslie Watts, Shelley Sperry
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R448
R364
Discovery Miles 3 640
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The Threshing (Paperback)
Tim Grahl; Edited by Shawn Coyne
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Discovery Miles 4 000
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"Feherty is at his self-effacing best." -- Los Angeles Times "Golf
is not a game, it's a punishment." -- David Feherty The New York
Times bestselling author of A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH and SOMEWHERE IN
IRELAND, A VILLAGE IS MISSING AN IDIOT, returns with a singular
assortment of ribald observations on golf, life, and how best to
not take any of it seriously. "First Joyce, then Yeats, now
Feherty. The tradition of Irish literary excellence continues, but
with this difference: of the three, only Feherty is funny." --
Steven Pressfield, author of THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE and THE WAR
OF ART
"Major Jim Gant, a man seen by many of us as the 'perfect
insurgent, '--an inspiring, gifted, courageous leader... -- GENERAL
DAVID H. PETRAEUS (U.S. Army, Ret.) THE PAPER THAT ROCKED OSAMA BIN
LADEN Team members during the May 2, 2011 U.S. military raid that
killed Osama Bin Laden seized piles of Al Qaeda intelligence. One
piece of evidence found in Bin Laden's personal sleeping quarters
was an English language copy of Jim Gant's One Tribe at a Time. It
contained notes in the margins consistent with others identified as
written by Osama Bin Laden. A directive from Osama Bin Laden to his
intelligence chief was also discovered. It identified Jim Gant by
name as an impediment to Al Qaeda's operational objectives for
eastern Afghanistan. Bin Laden ordered that Gant be assassinated. "
One Tribe at a Time] was hugely important...at a time when I was
looking for ideas on Afghanistan... Gant] was the first to write it
down, in a very coherent fashion, very readable, very encouraging
frankly...and there is enormous power in that." --General David H.
Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.) quoted in American Spartan: The Promise,
The Mission, and The Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Gant by
Ann Scott Tyson
"This is a work of genius, a metaphor-studded treasure chest,
filled with wisdom for anyone willing to go look. I've already
ordered ten copies." -- SETH GODIN, bestselling author of THE
ICARUS DECEPTION --"Fun and insightful lessons from a man who's
lived life on his terms." -- KAMAL RAVIKANT, bestselling author of
LOVE YOURSELF LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT HAVE YOU EVER: --Wished
you were someone else? --Struggled to fit in with the crowd at
school, at work, at the local American Legion Post? --Said
something hurtful to your beloved for no apparent reason?
--Regretted the choices you've made to stay safe and secure? I'M
NOT FOR EVERYONE. NEITHER ARE YOU. Is a highly concentrated,
straight-to-the-bloodstream three part collection of axioms
designed to help you to discover your singular inner style and to
best express it in all of your personal and professional
relationships. Without apology. Written down as "notes to myself"
over the course of eight decades plus as a dancer/advertising
superstar/performer/playwright/author, David Leddick teaches us
that how you see yourself is how others see you So find your own
style and express it as freely as you would a work of art.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Forget all that Zen stuff--Here's the
Golf Book the Golf World Really Needs...In David Feherty, we've
found at last not only a true Renaissance man but also a writer
with the guts to address the important themes of the 21st century.
In A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH, the operatic singer turned golf pro turned
witty golf commentator turns into a golf novelist and discusses the
world's most vital issues -- flatulence; alcohol consumption in
vast quantities; male genitalia getting whacked, bitten, lanced,
and shot; and more flatulence...The overly serious world of golf
writing needed a good gut-buster, and Feherty has supplied it."
--Sports Illustrated "First Joyce, then Yeats, now Feherty. The
tradition of Irish literary excellence continues, but with this
difference: of the three, only Feherty is funny. At once ribald,
hilarious, esoteric, moving, and profound, David Feherty's A NASTY
BIT OF ROUGH shares this quality with other original works of
genius: only he could have produced it. Pick this book up. If you
don't laugh out loud at least once in every chapter, I will
personally confiscate your splatter guard niblick. --Steven
Pressfield, author of THE LEGEND of BAGGER VANCE "Golf's equivalent
of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, with a cast of outlandishly eccentric
duffers. If you're one of those people who think golf is a
religion, prepare for some seriously funny blasphemy. A NASTY BIT
OF ROUGH is the book S.J. Perelman would have written had he known
anything about golf...and if he'd been taking steroids. Feherty's
outrageous characters dance off the page." --Troon McAllister,
author of THE GREEN "I didn't know Dad could write." --Rory
Feherty, age 8 "A NASTY BIT OF ROUGH is a pure delight, as I
suspected it would be since the delightful David Feherty wrote
it...Every golf nut will love this book." --Dan Jenkins P.G.
Wodehouse meets Judd Apatow in the most hilarious and outrageous
Golf Entertainment wince CADDYSHACK. Fans of FEHERTY on The Golf
Channel are in for a real treat (or punishment depending upon their
temperament). Meet a character only David Feherty could create,
Major General (Ret.) Sir Richard Gussett, his riotous imaginary
uncle who presides over "Scrought's Wood," the world's most
cantankerous golf club. In this first volume of his misadventures,
Gussett sets his sights on the most prestigious prize in golf, the
petrified middle finger of St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland.
Gussett must motivate his merry band of members through battles
with incontinence, single malt Scotch, peculiar handicaps, and a
litany of other unmentionable afflictions in order to seize the
finger in a "friendly" competition with their ancient rivals, the
dreaded and notorious McGregor clan. Feherty's fanatical fan base
will rejoice, the driving range addicted will tee off, the USGA
will have "no comment," and anyone who loves the game or knows
someone who does will be unable to resist Feherty's storytelling
and golfing gravitas.
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