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    An Unexpected Friend , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 24min
    Bobby had a great imagination. He built a tree house he stuffed with imaginary friends, a rocket ship he launched to the moon and a go-cart he raced at the Daytona 500. But he was a lonely nine year old who needed a friend. He was the short kid in the neighborhood and everyone picked on him. He loved to play sandlot baseball but was seldom invited. Today, however, a surprise awaited him. Not only did he get to play ball but he also discovered a best friend in the most unlikeliest place. A friend who would forever change his life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Jordan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/004703/bk_acx0_004703_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Christmas on Mill Street: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 198min
    Take A Christmas Story and mix in The Sandlot and you'll get Joseph Walker's charming holiday novel, Christmas on Mill Street. It's 1962, and young Sam Andrews just moved to Utah from Arizona. A tall, overweight, semi-clumsy outsider, he's still trying to fit in with the neighborhood boys. When discussion about sledding down the infamous Mill Street begins, Sam pipes in and says he'll do it. The problem is, he has seen snow only in pictures and has never ridden a sled. And to top it all off, Mill Street is practically a vertical drop, with two deadly curves. A rider going too fast would shoot right off Mill Street and into the Kimballs' thorn-filled pyracantha bushes. But there's no turning back now. Listeners will laugh out loud at the adventures and many poignant lessons leading up to Christmas Day and Sam's eventual duel with Mill Street. Christmas on Mill Street is a delightful and inspirational family gift for the holiday season. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joe Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/008250/bk_blak_008250_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    My Name Was Mickey Mantle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 457min
    For boys and girls growing up playing baseball in the 50s and 60s, one player stood out above all others - Mickey Mantle.  Millions of kids copied his batting stance, ran the bases like he did, and pretended to be him on the sandlot, schoolyards, and Little League fields all across the country. But for one young boy that fantasy went far beyond just pretending and believing - convincing himself that indeed, he was, Mickey Mantle.  My Name Was Mickey Mantle is a coming-of-age story highlighting the naivety of youth, the trials and tribulations in growing up, and the realization that our bigger-than-life heroes may not be heroes at all. With far-reaching implications spread over 50 years, My Name Was Mickey Mantle takes the listener on an engaging and sometimes unbelievable journey from the sandlots of Binghamton, New York, and ending on the hallowed grounds of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marlin May. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/116359/bk_acx0_116359_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Finding the Worm (Twerp Sequel) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 421min
    The New York Post praised Twerp as “reminiscent of The Perks of Being a Wallflower”. Finding the Worm is a sequel that stands on its own - an unforgettable coming-of-age story about life, loss, and friendship. Perfect for fans of The Sandlot and listeners who love books by Jennifer L. Holm, Andrew Clements, and Rebecca Stead. It’s not a test unless you can fail....Trouble always seems to find 13-year-old Julian Twerski. First it was a bullying incident, and now he’s been accused of vandalizing a painting. The principal doesn’t want to suspend him again, so instead, he asks Julian to write a 200-word essay on good citizenship. Julian writes 200 no’s instead, and so begins an epic struggle between Julian and his principal. Being falsely accused is bad enough, but outside of school, Julian’s dealing with even bigger issues. His friend Quentin has been really sick. How can life be fair when the nicest guy in your group has cancer? Julian’s faith and friendships are put to the test...and the stakes have never been higher. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Everette Plen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001796/bk_lili_001796_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Good Enough to Dream , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 722min
    Roger Kahn's first major league hit was a grand slam: The Boys of Summer, his runaway best seller that immortalized the 1950s Brooklyn Dodgers. Now Kahn does the same for players whose moment in the sun has not yet arrived. Good Enough to Dream is the story of his year as owner of the Class A, very minor league, Utica Blue Sox. Most of the Blue Sox will never make it to the majors, but they all share the dream that links the small child in the sandlot with the bonus baby who has just smacked one out of the stadium. It's a dream Kahn learned from his father, and in the course of a season, passes on to his daughter - hours of practice for a moment of poetry; a hard living but a touch of legend. Good Enough to Dream presents baseball unadorned, a game still sweet enough to lure grown men to leagues where first-class transportation is an old school bus and the infield is likely to be the consistency of thick soup. It is a funny and poignant story of one season and one special team that will make us hesitate before we ever call anything "bush league" again. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Allan Robertson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009612/bk_adbl_009612_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 885min
    Of all the sports played across the globe, none has more curses, superstitions, or supernatural events like baseball, America's national pastime. While some of these can easily be explained, there are just as many that cannot. Field of Fantasies delves right into that superstition with short stories written by several key authors about baseball and the supernatural. Whether it's a frozen curveball, a robot pitcher, or fantasy outcomes (the Cubs winning the World Series!), these terrific stories are ones that fans of science fiction will enjoy, while fans of baseball will find strangely believable. Included in this wonderful anthology are stories from such prolific authors as: Stephen King, Jack Kerouac, Karen Joy Fowler, Rod Serling, W. P. Kinsella, and many more! Never has a book combined the incredible events of baseball and science fiction like Field of Fantasies does. Whether you're a sport or science fiction fan, these stories will appeal not only to your fandom, but also to your appreciation and acceptance of the unknown taking place on the baseball diamond. If you've ever held a bat or glove in your hand (or just watched the game on TV), you'll be enthralled by these terrific tales that range from the sandlot to the sold-out stadium. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot, Aaron Abano, Eric Pollins, Christine Marshall, Norman Dietz, Corey Gagne, Christopher Price, William Dufris. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/021082/bk_adbl_021082_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Delta Fragments: The Recollections of a Sharecropper’s Son , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 394min
    The son of black sharecroppers, John Oliver Hodges attended segregated schools in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the 1950s and '60s, worked in plantation cotton fields, and eventually left the region to earn multiple degrees and become a tenured university professor. Both poignant and thought provoking, Delta Fragments is Hodges’ autobiographical journey back to the land of his birth. Brimming with vivid memories of family life, childhood friendships, the quest for knowledge, and the often brutal injustices of the Jim Crow South, it also offers an insightful meditation on the present state of race relations in America. Hodges has structured the book as a series of brief but revealing vignettes grouped into two main sections. In part 1, “Learning”, he introduces us to the town of Greenwood and to his parents, sister, and myriad aunts, uncles, cousins, teachers, and schoolmates. He tells stories of growing up on a plantation, dancing in smoky juke joints, playing sandlot football and baseball, journeying to the West Coast as a 19-year-old to meet the biological father he never knew while growing up, and leaving family and friends to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta. In part 2, “Reflecting”, he connects his firsthand experience with broader themes: the civil rights movement, Delta blues, black folkways, gambling in Mississippi, the vital role of religion in the African American community, and the perplexing problems of poverty, crime, and an underfunded educational system that still challenge black and white citizens of the Delta.The book is published by The University of Tennessee Press. Audiobook will be published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Wayne M. Lane. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/156020/bk_acx0_156020_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story: A Blind Broadcaster's Story of Overcoming Life's Greatest Obstacles , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 421min
    Soon to be a major motion picture, Seeing Home: The Ed Lucas Story is the incredible true tale of a beloved Emmy-winning blind broadcaster who refused to let his disability prevent him from overcoming many challenging obstacles and achieving his dreams. In 1951, when he was only 12 years old, Ed Lucas was hit between the eyes by a baseball during a sandlot game in Jersey City. He lost his sight forever. To cheer him up, his mother wrote letters to baseball superstars of the day, explaining her son's condition. Soon Ed was invited into their clubhouses and dugouts, and the players and coaches personally made him feel at home. Despite the warm reception he got from his heroes, Ed was told repeatedly by others that he would never be able to accomplish anything worthwhile because of his limitations. But Hall-of-Famer Phil Rizzuto became Ed's mentor and encouraged him to pursue his passion - broadcasting. Ed then overcame hundreds of barriers, big and small, to become a pioneer - the first blind person covering baseball on a regular basis, a career he has successfully continued for six decades. Ed may have lost his sight, but he never lost his faith, which got him through many pitfalls and dark days. When Ed's two sons were very young, his wife walked out and left him to raise them all by himself, which he did. Six years later, Ed's ex-wife returned and sued him for full custody, saying that a blind man shouldn't have her kids. The judge agreed, tearing Ed's sons away from their father's loving home. Ed fought the heartbreaking decision with appeals all the way up to the highest level of the court system. Eventually he prevailed, marking the very first time in US history that a disabled person was awarded custody over a nondisabled spouse. Even in his later years, Ed is still enjoying a remarkably blessed life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Lucas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/007055/bk_sans_007055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Twerp , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 322min
    It's not like I meant for him to get hurt....Julian Twerski isn't a bully. He's just made a big mistake. So when he returns to school after a weeklong suspension, his English teacher offers him a deal: If he keeps a journal and writes about the terrible incident that got him and his friends suspended, he can get out of writing a report on Shakespeare. Julian jumps at the chance. And so begins his account of life in sixth grade - blowing up homemade fireworks, writing a love letter for his best friend (with disastrous results), and worrying whether he's still the fastest kid in school. Lurking in the background, though, is the one story he can't bring himself to tell, the one story his teacher most wants to hear.Inspired by Mark Goldblatt's own childhood growing up in 1960s Queens, Twerp shines with humor and heart. This remarkably powerful story will have readers laughing and crying right along with these flawed but unforgettable characters.Praise for Twerp:A Bankstreet Best Book of the YearA Junior Library Guild Selection A Summer Top 10 Kids’ Indie Next List PickA Sunshine State Award Finalist“Reminiscent of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.... You don’t have to be a twerp to read this book.” (New York Post)“A vivid, absorbing story about one boy’s misadventure, heartache, and hope for himself.”( (Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me)“Mark Goldblatt is an amazingly wonderful writer.” (Chris Grabenstein, New York Times best-selling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library)“[Fans of] Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid who have matured beyond the scope and gravity of that series will find a kindred spirit in Julian.” (School Library Journal)“Reminiscent of movies like The Sandlot.... Well-written and funny.” (The Advocate)“Alternately poignant and comi ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Everette Plen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001607/bk_lili_001607_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Sandlot Stats
    Sandlot Stats - Learning Statistics with Baseball: ab 68.99 €
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