Excellent condition 
 Demonstration of the usefullness of math in the external world.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The language of mathimatics

David Flannery

Sarah Flannery

An adventure in cryptography, puzzles, math

A Mathematical Journey

Originally published in England and cowritten with her father, "In Code" is "a wonderfully moving story about the thrill of the mathematical chase" ("Nature") and "a paean to intellectual adventure" ("Times Educational Supplement"). A memoir in mathematics, it is all about how a girl next door became an award-winning mathematician. photo insert.

In Code

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Small tear on front cover.Intermediate to advanced bridge play.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Play of the Blackwood

Daniel Okrent

Eplanation of the dynamic and the facets of baseball

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Nine Innings

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Excellent condition. 100 years of Brooklyn Baseball

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Superstars and Screwballs 

John Krich

Good condition, history of the Latin third world of baseball 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Travels Through the Pan-American Pastime

From baseball to politics, the author of the highly acclaimed and surprising classic Music In Every Room offers a provocative inside look at how baseball is played, Latin American style.

El Beisbol

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Michael Guillen

Excellent condition, equations that changed the world 

The Power and Poetry of Mathematics

A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations. As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor at Harvard University, Dr. Michael Guillen has earned the respect of millions as a clear and entertaining guide to the exhilarating world of science and mathematics. Now Dr. Guillen unravels the equations that have led to the inventions and events that characterize the modern world, one of which -- Albert Einstein's famous energy equation, E=mc2 -- enabled the creation of the nuclear bomb. Also revealed are the mathematical foundations for the moon landing, airplane travel, the electric generator -- and even life itself. Praised by Publishers Weekly as "a wholly accessible, beautifully written exploration of the potent mathematical imagination," and named a Best Nonfiction Book of 1995, the stories behind The Five Equations That Changed the World, as told by Dr. Guillen, are not only chronicles of science, but also gripping dramas of jealousy, fame, war, and discovery.

Five Equations That Changed the World

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Roger Kahn

Excellent condition. Baseball seen from the pitchers mound

Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound

Provides a look at baseball from the pitcher's point of view, examining the psychological contest between the pitcher and a batter and the techniques and tactics of some of the game's finest pitchers, past and present.

The Head Game

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John L. Casti

John Casti

Excellent condition, great theories on math and why it matters 

Math

Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics-and Why They Matter

Five Golden Rules

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David Berlinski

Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things possible and in doing so finds a correspondence between real numbers and the real world is the subject of this dazzling book by a writer of extraordinary clarity and stylistic brio. Even as he initiates us into the mysteries of real numbers, functions, and limits, Berlinski explores the furthest implications of his subject, revealing how the calculus reconciles the precision of numbers with the fluidity of the changing universe.



"An odd and tantalizing book by a writer who takes immense pleasure in this great mathematical tool, and tries to create it in others."--New York Times Book Review

A Tour of the Calculus

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Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin, and the Yankees' Miraculous Finish In 1978

On the morning of October 2, 1978, the World Champion NewYork Yankees found themselves tied for first place with the Boston Red Sox. That day these rousing ball clubs would meet at Fenway Park. Both had won ninety-nine games. Only one would win one hundred. The Yankees should have been reaching for their golf clubs-they had feuded until they were fourteen games out of first place. Then their fortunes turned, and they capped one of the most thrilling comebacks in baseball history by defeating the Red Sox that October afternoon in a game that many still remember as the greatest ever played. Transporting us into the midst of this unforgettable team, Roger Kahn weaves the first in-depth account of the legendary season of '78 and reaffirms his standing as our nation's master storyteller of baseball.


October Men

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Good condition, baseball , jewish history

The Greatest Teams of All Time

Baseball Dynasties 

Peter Levine

Sport and the American Jewish Experience

In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success.From settlement houses and street corners, to Madison Square and Fenway Park, their experiences recall a time when Jewish males dominated sports like boxing and basketball, helping to smash stereotypes about Jewish weakness while instilling American Jews with a fierce pride in their strength andability in the face of Nazi aggression, domestic anti-Semitism, and economic depression. Full of marvelous stories, anecdotes, and personalities, Ellis Island to Ebbets Field enhances our understanding of the Jewish-American experience as well as the struggles of other American minoritygroups.

Ellis Island to Ebbets Field

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Todd Fuller

The (Baseball) Life of Mose YellowHorse

"Mose YellowHorse's 1920 fastball traveled "in the neighborhood of ninety-five miles an hour," and Todd Fuller's bio of YellowHorse is a similarly powerhouse affair. Avid and loving in the tribute it pays to this too-neglected American original, but willing to distinguish Mose the myth from the everyday Mose the man, this deeply researched and widely encompassing journey through baseball, politics, poetry, prose, stats, tribal life, and comic strip shenanigans is surely Fuller's equivalent of having all the bases loaded."--Albert Goldbarth Mose YellowHorse (1898-1964), a Skidi Pawnee, played professional baseball for nearly a decade, most notably with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1921 and '22. Aside from his baseball achievements, YellowHorse, as a boy, traveled with and performed in Pawnee Bill's Wild West show, later served in the Army during World War I, and also appeared as a character in Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip. After his death, he earned induction into both the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame. His baseball glove remains on permanent display at the Baeball Hall of Fame and Museum. Using a structural pattern based on an old-time Pawnee Indian storytelling session, many voices and perspectives collaborate to form a multi-faceted recreation of Mose YellowHorse's life. Poetry, oral histories (from tribal elders), critical essays, letters, cartoons, photographs, and newspaper accounts are all included as a way of focusing on cross-cultural tensions. Todd Fuller teaches Creative Writing and Literature at Drake University. In 1999 he completed his Ph.D. in Creative Writing and Native American literatures from Oklahoma State University, where he researched this book for eight years, with the help of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. The author is donating half of his royalties to establish the Mose YellowHorse Higher Education Endowment.

60 Feet Six Inches and Other Distances from Home

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Larry R. Gerlach

Conversations with Umpires

The philosopher Jacques Barzun thought that "whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." And whoever wants to know baseball had better learn about umpires. As Larry Gerlach points out in The Men in Blue, these arbiters transform competitive chaos into organized sport. They make it possible to "play ball," but nobody loves them. Considering the abuse meted out by fans and players, why would any sane person want to be an umpire? Many reasons emerge in conversations with a dozen former major league arbiters. While nobody loves them, they love the game. Gerlach has elicited entertaining stories from these figures under fire--about their lonely travels, their dealings with umpire baiters, battles for unionization, breaking through the color line, and much more. From Beans Reardon, who came up to the National League in 1926, to Ed Sudol, who retired in 1977, here is a witty and telling portrait of baseball from the boisterous Golden Age to the Jet Age of Instant Replay.

The Men in Blue

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Harold Parrott

A wry look at a side of the game the fan seldom sees - yhe the front office

A Wry Look at a Side of the Game the Fan Seldom Sees - The Front Office

The Lords of Baseball

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Marvin Miller

Studs Terkel

Bill James

The Inside Story of Baseball's New Deal

A Whole Different Ball Game

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Tim McCarver

Danny Peary

Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro

Tim Mccarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans

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Bill O'Neal

A Century of Baseball

The Texas League

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Lou Alpert

The book is in great shape. There's a hand written name on the front of the first page.

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