Books written by Ray Robinson
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EBOOK: Purchasing to Improve Health Systems Performance
Berwick, D.M. (2001) Not again! Preventing errors lies in redesign, not exhortation. British Medical Journal, 322: 247–248. Burgers, J.S. et al. (2003) Characteristics of high quality guidelines: evaluation of 86 clinical guidelines ...
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Oh, Baby, I Love It!
Then , with one out , Tim Flannery drilled a hard single to center field , where Lenny Dykstra , playing unusually shallow , pounced on it and made a good throw home to the waiting John Gibbons . John's a real hard - nosed guy , and he ...
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Matty: An American Hero: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
was that Waddell, often rated by Mack as the greatest pitcher he ever managed, was forced to sit out the Series. ... Mack even accused Waddell of malingering. Rube's response was that he'd been pitching in pain for almost a month.
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Electricity
This novel of a thirty-year-old epileptic woman and her estranged family is “mesmerizing . . . and unexpectedly tender” (Jim Crace, author of Harvest).
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Famous Last Words, Fond Farewells, Deathbed Diatribes, and Exclamations Upon Expiration
Compiles farewell utterances from such notables as Douglas Fairbanks, Thomas Edison, John Maynard Keynes, Eugene O'Neill, Huey Long, Malcolm X, Indira Gandhi, and Conrad Hilton.
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Matty: An American Hero - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
Chapter Three 24– Christian Scholarship and the Rules of the Academic Game Stanley Fish, the enfant terrible of postmodernism, provides one of the most provocative critiques of the proposal for liberal inclusiveness to be extended to ...
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Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
Ray Robinson re-creates the life of this legendary ballplayer and also provides an insightful look at baseball, including all the great players of that era: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and more.
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American Original: A Life of Will Rogers
An engaging, anecdotal portrait of the American humorist, entertainer, and political and social commentator follows the life of Will Rogers from his childhood in Oklahoma until his tragic death, describing his role as a "cowboy philosopher" ...
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High and Tight: Hank Greenberg Confronts Anti-Semitism in Baseball
Hank Greenberg was seventy-five when he died in 1986. On the hundredth anniversary of his birth (he was born January 1, 1912), Ray Robinson remembers the man, the player, and the prejudice he overcame.
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Pennants & Pinstripes: The New York Yankees, 1903-2002
Celebrates the most unforgettable moments and players in the one hundred year history of the Bronx Bombers.
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American Original: A Life of Will Rogers
... grass to grow on your lawns," Will chided. On November 8, FDR won by an overwhelming margin. In the electoral college, he topped Hoover by 472 to 59; in the popular balloting, FDR ran ahead by over 7 million 232 & AMERICAN ORIGINAL.
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The Economics of Social Problems
The Economics of Social Problems
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Rockne of Notre Dame: The Making of a Football Legend
One of football's most innovative motivators is highlighted in this balanced account--"a solid portrait of one of football's most solid figures" ("The New York Times Book Review"). 19 halftones.
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Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
Chronicles Gehrig's rise from poverty to fame in professional baseball, his remarkable record-breaking career, his happy marriage, and his courage in facing an untimely death from ALS
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Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
A portrait of an American sports icon traces the life of New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig, describes the highlights of his career, and looks at baseball during the Depression years. Reprint.
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Greats of the Game: The Players, Games, Teams, and Managers That Made Baseball History
A lavishly photographed survey of some of the past century's most outstanding baseball athletes, teams, managers, games, and personalities features provocative text by the author of Iron Horse, in a volume complemented by rare archive ...
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Who Owns Our Bodies?: Making Moral Choices in Health Care
His book, The Invisible Hospital and the Secret Garden: an insider's commentary on the NHS reforms, is published jointly by Radcliffe Medical Press and the Institute of Health Services Management. He is also the author of a major study ...
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Yankee Stadium: Drama, Glamor, and Glory
Yankee Stadium: Drama, Glamor, and Glory
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Electricity
Confusion in her eyes that says it all, She's lost control. And she's clinging to the nearest passer by, She's lost control. And she gave away the secrets of her past, And said I've lost control again. And a voice that told her when and ...
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Pound for Pound
From the author of the bestselling "Brotherman" comes the first and only biography of boxing genius Sugar Ray Robinson, considered by many to be pound-for-pound the best American boxer ever.