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The Elements of Style (2 Volume Set)

384 reviews
William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, ...

National Braille Press, Inc., 2000

a concise review of grammar rules, extremely useful!
William Strunk's book "The Elements of Style" was recommended to me by an American friend, whose linguistic abilities I value very high. I ordered the book immediately and was surprised, when it arrived, by how thin it was. It turned out to be a compendium, which would best be memorized (I am not joking!). This American English writing style guide was written in 1918, but has not aged at all. The ...

The Perfect Game: America Looks at Baseball

2 reviews
Elizabeth V. Warren

Harry N. Abrams, 2003

A Delightful Book
I don't usually buy "art" books, but as a baseball fan I couldn't resist this one. I'm glad that I didn't, since I don't remember when I had so much fun with a book. Page after page surprised, entertained, and informed me. I don't know which I enjoyed more, the illustrations or the text. One intriquing aspect of the book is the way in which it ties the changing folk art and ephemera of ...

Let Me Finish

10 reviews
Roger Angell

Harcourt, 2006

A Pleasure to Read
I look forward to reading this again and again to enjoy Angell's flowing and immaculate use of language and to visit again and again with his friends and family.

Late Innings

3 reviews
Roger Angell

Simon & Schuster, 1982

Brilliant
Without a doubt, the best book on baseball I have ever written - insightful, funny - an all around gem.

5 Seasons

7 reviews
Roger angell

Simon & Schuster, 1977

How much we've lost
This is a depressing book. Not because its subject is depressing; we're not talking about the Ukranian famine of 1932 here. No, this is a "You are there" book written at the end of baseball as we knew it. We weren't aware of that at the time, though we could see that things were changing. But we thought, and were repeatedly assured, that the changes would work themselves out. However, if you're ...

Game Time: A Baseball Companion

10 reviews
Roger Angell

Harvest Books, 2004

The ultimate fan
When it comes to baseball, the mind is unreliable and selective in what it remembers. Games and seasons blend into to one another and most second basemen or relief pitchers fade from view forever soon after they leave the diamond for good. Old teams and players live on only as lines of statistics in massive baseball encyclopedias or deep historical databases. Lost, too, are the millions of ...

Selected Shorts: Baseball (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story)

2 reviews
W. P. Kinsella, T. Coraghessan Boyle, ...

Symphony Space, 2006

wonderful stories of baseball and americana!
What more can I say but excellent! I encourage any fan of baseball but more generally, those interested in American history and culture, to purchase this CD collection. It's insightful, humorous, and informative about America's pastime.

Selected Shorts, Volume IV: Short Stories Recorded Live at Symphony Space: Selected Shorts Celebrates Baseball

2 reviews
Roger Angell et al.

Listening Library, 1991

great presentation of baseball writing
First, IGNORE the title shown by Amazon.com. The real title of this set of tape recordings is "Selected Shorts Celebrates Baseball." While the title shown, "spaceball," seems to evoke the 21st century, the baseball short stories read in this tape actually give a great feel for baseball during the 20th century. The set of stories are introduced with great insight and humor by Roger Angell ...

The Summer Game

8 reviews
Roger Angell

Ballantine Books, 1984

The Bard of Baseball
Pure chance -- and luck -- brought me to Roger Angell's books. I was shopping for baseball titles as gifts, and clicked on Summer Game in the search results. First, I am a literature student, who loves good writing. Second, I am a huge baseball fan. Third, I'm a girl. On the basis of previous reviews, I purchased Summer Game and Five Seasons, for me AND for my step-father. From the very ...

Here is New York

19 reviews
E.B. White

Little Bookroom, 2000

A Love Letter to New York City
HERE IS NEW YORK is a truly spectacular 1948 essay that originally appeared in Holiday magazine. Written by E.B. White and named one of the ten best books ever written about New York, this is a quick read that will leave you years later savoring White's timeless observations. Writing in a hotel room during a sweltering heat wave, White takes the reader through the essence of New York City and ...

55 Short Stories From The New Yorker (1940 to 1950)
Roger Angell, S. N. Behrman, ...

Simon and Schuster, 1966

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55 Short Stories From the New Yorker (1940 to 1950)
Roger Angell, S.N. Behrman

Simons & Schuster, 1965

A Twenty-fifth anniversary volume of stories that have appeared in the magazine during the past decade 1940-1950

A Pitcher's Story: Innings with David Cone

16 reviews
Roger Angell

Grand Central Publishing, 2002

brought back memories about a great pitcher
I've been a fan of David Cone since I was a little kid growing up in New York as a Met's fan. Even as my team started to unravel after 1986 and 1988, Cone was stellar, leading the league in strikeouts and being the one constant quality player that the team had. When he was traded out of New York I still tried to follow his career and was happy when he returned to New York, even as a Yankee. It ...

Nothing But You: Love Stories From The New Yorker

8 reviews
New Yorker Magazine

The Modern Library, 1998

Terrific overall
The New Yorker publishes great writers, and great writers are worth reading. This collection, by focusing on a single theme, shows us familiar names often writing on an unfamiliar topic (love), which is always intriguing if occasionally disappointing. The quality of the stories varies but is usually quite high.

Baseball
Walter Iooss, Roger Angell

Harry N Abrams, 1984

Color photographs of great moments and great players of the past twenty years in baseball, accompanied by an essay on the sport and the photographer.

Once More Around the Park

2 reviews
Roger Angell

Random House Value Publishing, 1992

the pinnacle
I have been fortunate enough to share a love of baseball and a particular interest in the Mets and the Red Sox with Roger Angell, though I've not followed him into his current infatuation with the Yankees. As a result, I've not only read all of his books, his name is also one of the few whose appearance in The New Yorker's Table of Contents suffices by itself to get me to buy the magazine. ...

Late Innings

1 review
Roger Angell

Fireside, 1992

Wonderful Prose, but Dated
Roger Angell is a wonderful writer, perhaps the most gifted writer in recent decades to approach the game of baseball in a serious way. The chapters here fully support his reputation. But, despite the fact that this book is a 1992 reprint, it will be a tough and largely academic read for all but the most hard-core baseball or Angell fans. It chronicles the 1977-1981 seasons: an era of Reggie ...

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