Books with author John Joseph

Celebrate 100 years of John Carter of Mars with this all-new collection of original stories and art!Readers of all ages have read and loved Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series since the first book, A Princess of Mars, was published in 1912. Now, in time for the 100th anniversary of that seminal work, comes an anthology of original stories featuring John Carter of Mars in brand-new adventures. Collected by veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams, this anthology features stories from titans of literature such as Peter S. Beagle and Garth Nix and original art from Mark Zug, Charles Vess, and many more—plus an introduction by Tamora Pierce and a glossary of Mars by Richard A. Lupoff.Illustrations are by prominent artists Meinert Hansen, Charles Vess, John Picacio, and more.Don’t miss Mars Trilogy, the companion bind-up of three classic John Carter of Mars stories!This book has not been prepared, approved, licensed, or authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. or any other entity associated with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.

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This baseball manual was published in 1914 to teach the basics of the game to boys. A must read for any baseball fan. Contains thirty-two illustrations from photographs of big leage stars in actual play. ............................................................................... Contents: I. The Catcher II. The Pitcher Style of Delivery III. The Pitcher Control and the Curve and Fast Balls IV. The Pitcher, the Slow Ball, the Spitter, Freak Deliveries and Fielding the Position V. First Base VI. Second Base VII. The Shortstop VIII. Third Base IX. The Outfield X. Batting XI. Base Running ............................................................................... From the book's Foreword: In spite of the popular belief that ball players are born and not made, many are manufactured, or perhaps developed is a better word. In this series of lesson talks on the various positions on a ball club, I shall try to instruct my readers the same as I do the young fellows who go South to Marlin, Texas, for their Spring practice with the Giants. Only, I shall go into more detail, endeavoring to show the boy or the young man how he can become a good ball player if he has the physical ability. By physical ability I mean a certain litheness of body, combined with speed. Besides the physique, a good ball player must have nerve and grit, more than the average person suspects is nec- essary for the game. Nerve, speed, and litheness can all be developed if the reader will conscientiously, systematically and patiently cultivate these qualities as he plays the game. I do not predict that the boy or young man who reads and studies this series of lessons will develop into a Big Leaguer, because there is room for only so many Big League ball players, and none but the best can fill these places. Only a few lawyers or phy- sicians or men in any profession make big money, and they are the top nothcers in their trades, the same as the Big Leaguer is in baseball. But I do say that the boy or the young man who studies these articles carefully and heeds the advice which I shall give will be a better ball player than if he had not. I also say that, if he intends to make baseball his profession, he has a better chance of getting into the major leagues by studying these lessons than he would have scrambling along under no instruction at all or under merely local and scattered tuition. Besides the educational angle, these lessons should stimulate the boy or the youth to play baseball. It should make him healthier and fitter to fight life's battles. He will be benefited by the exercise and will get more enjoyment out of the game if he plays it well. If a reaser has no intention of playing pro- fessional baseball, these lessons should induce him to lead an outdoor life, in which he will get lots of red blood into his veins. My purpose in giving this course of instruction is to get out a sensible and plain book on how to play the various positions in baseball with the idea that perhaps it will develop the American boys and make them better men. It is not my intention to try to make professional ball players, although, as I have said, the boy or the young man with that ambition will be benefited by this course of instruction. Base- ball develops the boy and makes him manly. It gives him qualities which he will need later along in life, including health and grit, or "fight", as ball players say. There never was a good ball player or good citizen, for that matter, who was a quitter. It is my intention to devote at least one lesson to each position, besides taking up batting, base running, training, and general team work, and try to make my points clear with photographs of major league players in action.

[Edited by John Joseph Adams][Read by ]Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence . . . the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon . . . these are our guides through the Wastelands. From the Book of Revelation to ''The Road Warrior'', from ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' to ''The Road'', storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. Gathering together the best postapocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction - including George R. R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King - ''Wastelands'' explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders. ''Wastelands'' delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre's core.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

[Edited by John Joseph Adams][Read by ]Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence . . . the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon . . . these are our guides through the Wastelands. From the Book of Revelation to ''The Road Warrior'', from ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' to ''The Road'', storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. Gathering together the best postapocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction - including George R. R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King - ''Wastelands'' explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon. Whether the end of the world comes through nuclear war, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm, these are tales of survivors, in some cases struggling to rebuild the society that was, in others, merely surviving, scrounging for food in depopulated ruins and defending themselves against monsters, mutants, and marauders. ''Wastelands'' delves into this bleak landscape, uncovering the raw human emotion and heart-pounding thrills at the genre's core.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.