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Excerpt: ... up on the subject of skill in pitching, were told that the primary elements of strategic work in the "box" included: "First, to deceive the eye of the batsman in regard to the character of the delivery of the ball, as to its being fast or slow. Second, to deceive his judgment in reference to the direction of the ball when pitched to him, as to its being high or low, or where he wants it. Third, to watch the batsman closely so as t...

Königin, Mutter, Geliebte - eine Frau, die dem Sturm trotzt und alle Herzen erobertEngland 1154. Alienor von Aquitanien wird an der Seite ihres Mannes Henry zur Königin gekrönt. Eigentlich sollte sie glücklich sein, doch die Rolle, die sie nun einnehmen soll, entspricht nicht ihren Vorstellungen. Sie will nicht nur ein Kind nach dem anderen zur Welt bringen. Sie will regieren, herrschen! Als sich Henry auch noch einer jüngeren Frau zuwendet un...

Die ergreifende Geschichte von Alienor von Aquitanien findet ihren triumphalen Abschluss.England, 1176. Alienor von Aquitanien, die Königin von England, wird noch immer von ihrem Mann, König Henry, gefangen gehalten - doch obwohl er ihr ihre Kinder und ihr Geburtsrecht nahm - aufgeben wird sie nie! Erst Henrys Tod beendet ihre Gefangenschaft. Sie kehrt zurück an den Hof und muss feststellen, dass Henry in ihrer Abwesenheit gefährliche Konkurre...

Augustine was arguably the greatest early Christian philosopher. His teachings had a profound effect on Medieval scholarship, Renaissance humanism, and the religious controversies of both the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. Here, Henry Chadwick places Augustine in his philosophical and religious context and traces the history of his influence on Western thought, both within and beyond the Christian tradition. A handy account to one of...

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Not Angels but Anglicans traces the history and development of Christianity in Britain from Roman times through twenty often turbulent centuries. Learned, yet accessible, witty in style and attractively illustrated throughout, this is popular history at its best. When the earlier editions were in print, 9/11 had not happened, Iraq had not been invaded, Rowan Williams was not yet Archbishop of Canterbury.No-one could have foreseen the escalatio...

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Excerpt from The Art of Batting and Base Running: Containing Instructive Chapters on Scientific Batting, Placing the Ball, Base Hits and Earned Runs, the Right Form for Hitting, Playing Points on the Pitcher, the Proper Swing of the Bat, Facing for Position, the Correct Position in Batting, the True Crit This revised work on Batting and Base Running will be found to be greatly improved over the separate books on the same subject of 1885. Espe...

Excerpt from The Art of Pitching and Fielding The revised edition of "The Art of Pitching and the Art of Fielding, " forming a part of Spalding's Library of Athletic Sports for 1886, contains a new departure alike in the form of publication and in the extent of the ground covered by the books. The new edition of the hand-books combines the works on pitching and fielding together in one volume of over two hundred pages, and the books on battin...

Excerpt from The Reliable Book of Outdoor Games: Containing Official Rules for Playing Base Ball, Foot Ball, Cricket, Lacrosse, Tennis, Croquet, Etc Sec. 7. An error shall be given in the seventh column fer each misplay which allows the striker or base runner to make one or more bases when perfect play would have insured his being put out, except that wild pitches, bases on balls, bases on the batsman being struck by a pitched ball or case of...

Excerpt from Far From the Stone Streets: Poems Sleighing Here are we nestled, warm and snug, Within the cutter's perfumed rug, And swiftly o'er the light road skim Toward the hills that far and dim Lie on the cold horizon's rim. Away, away! the snow is white, The air is clear, the moon is bright. To backward glance the village spires, Tipped with their pale up-pointing fires, Fade as a holy thought expires. Away! tonight our company T...

Excerpt from The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-Book of Games of the Play-Ground, the Parlor, and the Field, Adapted Especially for American Youth The experience of the last half century of our American progress in refined civilization has conclusively shown that physical culture must keep pace with mental education, if the latter is to be carried to the point of perfection. There are, of course, extremes in this respe...

Excerpt from How to Play Base Ball Henry Chadwick, the veteran journalist, upon whom the honored sobriquet of "Father of Base Ball" rests so happily and well, appears in portraiture, and so well preserved is his physical manhood that his sixty-three years rest lightly upon his well timed life. Since the age of thirteen he has resided in Brooklyn, New York, and is an honored member of the distinguished Society of old Brooklynites. He entered u...

Excerpt from The Game of Lawn Bowls as Played Under the Code of Rules of the Scottish Bowling Association, of Glasgow, Scotland The rapidity with which we Americans are rivaling our British friends in their love of national sports and pastimes, especially in the arena of sports which men and women of leisure, and'of education and refinement can take part, alike as participants as well as spectators, is remarkable. The fact is. We are just rus...

Excerpt from The Art of Base Ball Batting The great sale following the publication of No. 1 of Spalding's Hand Book Series on "The Art of Pitching, " has led to the prompt issue of No. 2 of the series, which is a companion work on "The Art of Batting, " in which are presented interesting chapters on what may be termed the science of the art, which are accompanied by explanatory diagrams, and engravings illustrative of the different positions ...