Bobby Stanton (8 results)

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed by Hallman, Stanton and Ukrop. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked in DJ. Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Authors.

Magazine. The May 4, 2008, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine with: the composer Tan Dun and his mix of Chinese traditions and Western music by Ian Buruma with a portrait by Lee Friedlander; treating urban violence like an infectious disease with a 'violence interruption' program by Alex Kotlowitz with photographs by Reuben Cox; how the publisher Louise Hay unified psychics, mind-healers, angel therapists and positive thinkers of all varieties into a self-help spirituality empire by Mark Oppenheimer; Roger Lowenstein on the coming retirement crisis; interview with Bobby Valentine; interview with Andrew Stanton; Mike Judge, Idiocracy, and a satirical brand crossing over to reality by Rob Walker; Bill James and basketball; fashion portfolio by Raymond Meier; Low Moon comic strip, chapter 11, by Jason; photograph by David Levinthal; and much more. Staple-bound magazine; 106 pages; color and b&w reproductions throughout; 9.5 x 11.5 inches. Condition: Fine magazine with a hint of handling. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.…

Condition: acceptable.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | In historic fashion, local governments, local businesses, and thousands of citizens from Chesterfield, Henrico, and Richmond, Virginia, started coming together in 1984 to build quickly what was recognized as one of the finest baseball parks in America. Born out of crisis, the community-wide effort to build the regions sparkling jewel, The Diamond, showed what could happen with regional cooperation, a public-private partnership, and grassroots support of the citizenry. The miracle was conceived in the late spring of 1983, agreed upon in the spring of 1984, designed during the summer, and constructed from the end of one season to the next in less than eight months! The Diamond opened on April 17, 1985. It was a miracle! How did it happen, and what can we learn about vision and teamwork from this miracle on the Boulevard? Celebrate with the authors how The Diamond has made a lasting impact on our quality of life, bringing us together to share the game of baseball and to create life-long memories. Please enjoy and take justifiable pride in our miracle on the Boulevard.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shhhh! R.J. Stanton, the writer of the novel, POed: Post Office, A View From Below is talking with the novel's main character, Bo Morgan. Let's listen in: Bo: Nobody's going to read this book.RJ: You have to have faith, Bo. There's room for our stuff out there.Bo: Yeah, well, you work at the post office for a while and see where your faith ends up. All they want is books by Amy Tan.or J.K. Rowling. People are sick of hearing white guys whine about their lives.RJ: Not true. They'll want to read about how you tried to do something. How you became a supervisor so you could try to beat an environment that is unlike any other. How you thought you could make a difference. You were the R.P. McMurphy of the post office.Bo: No I wasn't. I didn't win. McMurphy won. He changed people's lives. I lost. RJ: You know and I know those crazy bastards lives went right back to the way they were a week after McMurphy got his lobotomy. Your story is more realistic. They only life you saved was your own-a modern day hero.You chose yourself over the machine. You won. Your brains weren't whipped into mush. You would have died a metaphorical death if you stayed.Bo: Ahh. I get it. That's the point of your book.RJ: Yes-the literary importance.Bo: Hmmm. I wouldn't get to high on yourself there, RJ; everybody is going to think it's just a satire. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…