Gods, Gloves, Popups, & Ponies
Paperback – August 15th, 2012
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One mother with a teenage boy said “Gods, Gloves, Popups, and Ponies” was like a manual for her son! Baseball dazzles us with its complexity and beauty but also for its ability to mirror so much of the human spirit. The ups and downs of the game along with its style and grace have forever been a source of inspiration to baseball fans and especially to the young people of this country. Gods, Gloves, Popups, and Ponies explores the effect baseball can have on the development of a young man’s path to manhood. It is first about how a young man discovers what it means to be awakened from the fog of his adolescent life in his life-changing summer chasing the Pony League title in 1975. It then brings the story to the present moment as we learn how baseball can help shape a young man’s character as the young boy is now a coach and we are taken through a season with the high school-baseball players he helps guide and direct. Through his many years allowing the game of baseball to mold and define his character the author brings to us a rare look at just how powerful the lessons found on the field can be to the creation of outstanding young men.
Gods, Gloves, Popups, & Ponies
Paperback – August 15th, 2012
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One mother with a teenage boy said “Gods, Gloves, Popups, and Ponies” was like a manual for her son! Baseball dazzles us with its complexity and beauty but also for its ability to mirror so much of the human spirit. The ups and downs of the game along with its style and grace have forever been a source of inspiration to baseball fans and especially to the young people of this country. Gods, Gloves, Popups, and Ponies explores the effect baseball can have on the development of a young man’s path to manhood. It is first about how a young man discovers what it means to be awakened from the fog of his adolescent life in his life-changing summer chasing the Pony League title in 1975. It then brings the story to the present moment as we learn how baseball can help shape a young man’s character as the young boy is now a coach and we are taken through a season with the high school-baseball players he helps guide and direct. Through his many years allowing the game of baseball to mold and define his character the author brings to us a rare look at just how powerful the lessons found on the field can be to the creation of outstanding young men.
High Summits
Hardcover – October 4th, 2013
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A Rich and Compelling History of Mountaineering ….At Your Fingertips. High Summits is the result of over 30 years of research into the fascinating world of international mountaineering. An essential guide to mountaineering history, this year-by-year account spans all seven continents and dates from 450 B.C. through 2011. In it you’ll find everything from the monumental to the hard-to-find-trivia including:
- The most significant 370 Peak First Ascents as well as over 600 other types of first ascents on mountain faces and ridges.
- 345 detailed listings of major advancements in mountaineering gear, clothing, and climbing equipment.
- 171 references to the development of various climbing techniques on snow, rock, and ice.
- 58 hand-drawn maps and 57 carefully chosen photographs to accompany over 2,800 climbing events around the world.
- Appendices that include 17 unique mountain summit collections and the author’s ten most significant events in mountaineering history. Taken from expedition accounts, biographies and autobiographies, climbing journals and diaries, mountaineering museums, magazines and newspapers, films, documentaries, newsletters, and interviews,
High Summits is one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. A must-have reference book for anyone interested in mountaineering, from the aficionado and weekend climber to anyone who just likes to read about the majesty and allure of climbing the most significant peaks in the world.
“Wolfe’s meticulous compilation of this much mountaineering history and lore into one volume is simply a stunning achievement that makes for an invaluable reference as well as an entertaining read.” Walter R. Borneman Historian and co-author of 100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers “Fred Wolfe’s exhaustive research teases out the details of mountaineering’s entire, worldwide history. High Summits is a reference I will always keep handy.” Phil Powers Executive Director American Alpine Club
High Summits
Hardcover – October 4th, 2013
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A Rich and Compelling History of Mountaineering ….At Your Fingertips. High Summits is the result of over 30 years of research into the fascinating world of international mountaineering. An essential guide to mountaineering history, this year-by-year account spans all seven continents and dates from 450 B.C. through 2011. In it you’ll find everything from the monumental to the hard-to-find-trivia including:
- The most significant 370 Peak First Ascents as well as over 600 other types of first ascents on mountain faces and ridges.
- 345 detailed listings of major advancements in mountaineering gear, clothing, and climbing equipment.
- 171 references to the development of various climbing techniques on snow, rock, and ice.
- 58 hand-drawn maps and 57 carefully chosen photographs to accompany over 2,800 climbing events around the world.
- Appendices that include 17 unique mountain summit collections and the author’s ten most significant events in mountaineering history. Taken from expedition accounts, biographies and autobiographies, climbing journals and diaries, mountaineering museums, magazines and newspapers, films, documentaries, newsletters, and interviews,
High Summits is one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind. A must-have reference book for anyone interested in mountaineering, from the aficionado and weekend climber to anyone who just likes to read about the majesty and allure of climbing the most significant peaks in the world.
“Wolfe’s meticulous compilation of this much mountaineering history and lore into one volume is simply a stunning achievement that makes for an invaluable reference as well as an entertaining read.” Walter R. Borneman Historian and co-author of 100 Years Up High: Colorado Mountains and Mountaineers “Fred Wolfe’s exhaustive research teases out the details of mountaineering’s entire, worldwide history. High Summits is a reference I will always keep handy.” Phil Powers Executive Director American Alpine Club
Racing Altitude
Paperback – September 1st, 2014
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The Red Zinger Bicycle Classic, the Coors International Bicycle Classic, and now the USA Pro Cycling Challenge have defined Colorado as one of the most majestic venues for bicycle racing. From Western Colorado to the Front Range in Denver, Boulder, Golden, and Fort Collins, with all the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains in between, nowhere else in the United States will cyclists find such intense beauty and challenge.
Racing Altitude: The Birth of a Epic Bike Race is about the intensity and drama of racing in the Rockies. Born out of one photographer’s love of bike racing, it would take you to places on the race routes you may not have seen on TV or in other publications. You will also get up-close and personal to the riders and what they think about racing altitude in the Rockies. The USA Pro Challenge has become one of the most exciting races in the world to racers and spectators alike!
Racing Altitude is 90 pages of full color photos and quotes from mostly personal interviews the photographer had with the riders about the USA Pro Challenge bike race in the Colorado Rockies. It’s printed on high quality 80# Gloss Paper so each photo pops off the page. As one previewer said “It’s like you’re there, at the race”.
Racing Altitude
UPDF Ebook – September 1st, 2014
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The Red Zinger Bicycle Classic, the Coors International Bicycle Classic, and now the USA Pro Cycling Challenge have defined Colorado as one of the most majestic venues for bicycle racing. From Western Colorado to the Front Range in Denver, Boulder, Golden, and Fort Collins, with all the awe-inspiring Rocky Mountains in between, nowhere else in the United States will cyclists find such intense beauty and challenge.
Racing Altitude: The Birth of a Epic Bike Race is about the intensity and drama of racing in the Rockies. Born out of one photographer’s love of bike racing, it would take you to places on the race routes you may not have seen on TV or in other publications. You will also get up-close and personal to the riders and what they think about racing altitude in the Rockies. The USA Pro Challenge has become one of the most exciting races in the world to racers and spectators alike!
Racing Altitude is 90 pages of full color photos and quotes from mostly personal interviews the photographer had with the riders about the USA Pro Challenge bike race in the Colorado Rockies. It’s printed on high quality 80# Gloss Paper so each photo pops off the page. As one previewer said “It’s like you’re there, at the race”.
Surviving the Second Tier
Paperback RELEASE date – January 18th, 2022
[maxbutton id="1" text="Ebook | $8.95" url="/product/surviving-the-second-tier-ebook/"] [maxbutton id="2" text="Paperback | $19.95" url=#"]“Sicily “Sis” Jones is the only undefeated college athlete in the Amateur Fighting Association (AFA),
but her spotless record is running her life. She’s living on pennies and nursing a debilitating injury. Her teammates have their share of struggles, too. Striker fights to support his struggling family. Rip has a secret. Cal harbors a grudge.
Topping it off is their cut-throat coach who pushes them beyond their limits for the sake of his own career.
It’s a new order in the world of college athletics. After a financial crisis, the AFA had to salvage its profits. Fighting became the only sport, a brilliant and violent solution to the economic collapse. But at what cost to the athletes?
Sis and her teammates have made it through nearly four years together at their little second-tier university. But all bets are off when the AFA puts Sis against one of her own. Will the Association survive the aftermath?”
The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters
Paperback – Aug 18th, 2020
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The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters
Small College Football captures The Heart of Football, the joy, the passion, the heartache … It is life.
Small college football is everyone from anywhere working to become a team. How this mission impacts the players and coaches striving to achieve it is more important today than ever before.
In The Heart of Football-players tell you why they play, coaches tell you why they coach, and everyone involved in the game tells you why they love football so much.
The Heart of Football: Why the Small College Game Matters
UPDF Ebook – Aug 18th, 2020
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Small College Football captures The Heart of Football, the joy, the passion, the heartache … It is life.
Small college football is everyone from anywhere working to become a team. How this mission impacts the players and coaches striving to achieve it is more important today than ever before.
In The Heart of Football-players tell you why they play, coaches tell you why they coach, and everyone involved in the game tells you why they love football so much.
