Books with author Roberta Peters

Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues. During one at-bat this talented slugger lined a ball so hard that the rightfielder was able to play it off the top of the fence and throw Christobel Torrienti out at first base. The scout liked what he saw, but was disappointed in the player's appearance. "He was a light brown," recalled one of Torrienti's teammates, "and would have gone up to the major leagues, but he had real rough hair." Such was life behind the color line, the unofficial boundary that prevented hundreds of star-quality athletes from playing big-league baseball.When Only the Ball Was White was first published in 1970, Satchel Paige had not yet been inducted into the Hall of Fame and there was a general ignorance even among sports enthusiasts of the rich tradition of the Negro Leagues. Few knew that during the 1930s and '40s outstanding black teams were playing regularly in Yankee Stadium and Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. And names like Cool Papa Bell, Rube Foster, Judy Johnson, Biz Mackey, and Buck Leonard would bring no flash of smiling recognition to the fan's face, even though many of these men could easily have played alongside Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Hack Wilson, Lou Gehrig--and shattered their records in the process. Many baseball pundits now believe, for example, that had Josh Gibson played in the major leagues, he would have surpassed Babe Ruth's 714 home runs before Hank Aaron had even hit his first. And the great Dizzy Dean acknowledged that the best pitcher he had ever seen was not Lefty Grove or Carl Hubbell, but rather "old Satchel Paige, that big lanky colored boy."In Only the Ball Was White, Robert Peterson tells the forgotten story of these excluded ballplayers, and gives them the recognition they were so long denied. Reconstructing the old Negro Leagues from contemporary sports publications, accounts of games in the black press, and through interviews with the men who actually played the game, Peterson brings to life the fascinating period that stretched from shortly after the Civil War to the signing of Jackie Robinson in 1947. We watch as the New York Black Yankees and the Philadelphia Crawfords take the field, look on as the East-West All-Star lineups are announced, and listen as the players themselves tell of the struggle and glory that was black baseball. In addition to these vivid accounts, Peterson includes yearly Negro League standings and an all-time register of players and officials, making the book a treasure trove of baseball information and lore.A monumental and poignant book, Only the Ball Was White reminds us that what was often considered the "Golden Age" of baseball was also the era of Jim Crow. It is a book that must be read by anyone hoping not only to understand the story of baseball, but the story of America.

“Quarterback Development” takes a look at the X&O’s behind four NFL offenses that had successful 2016 seasons. The book focuses on the play designs each team used, with over 50 diagrams included that show plays against multiple coverages and blitzes. The book explains how each play gives the quarterback an answer for what the defense presents. Whether it is the Cowboys use of play action, the Titans creativity to defeat modern pattern match zone checks, the Falcons maximizing the use of an option route, or the Patriots game plan specific double moves, this book will give the reader a fresh look at successful NFL offensive schemes.

Dear Mystic Meadow… opens another letter seeking advice from the online psychic. On the other side of the screen, Gypsea Lanson lives illegally with her disabled mother in a trailer park commanding a lake view. She applied for this gig out of boredom, only to ace every question on the web company's psychic test. Fate or not, she gets the job at the right time, because her old workplace becomes the scene of a crime—and Gypsea's a suspected accessory! The common sense with which she approaches her clients' problems can only do so much for Gypsea herself, regarded suspiciously by her neighbors and haunted by the fallout of the shooting. She finds solace in Joseph Fowler, or at least with half of him. When he's gentle and loving, Joseph makes her feel valued, safe, even hopeful for the future. But Joseph has another side, and while Gypsea keeps her psychic job a secret to appease his Christian conscience, he's keeping secrets from her, too. Their exposure shatters Gypsea's vision for her life, and she must start anew her search for faith, love, and maybe even a career as a psychic. WARNING: This story contains graphic nature and adult content. Reader discretion is advised.

Imagine going through life with a name like “Big Bad Wolf.” No matter what you do, people expect you to act like your name suggests. As you can expect, this wolf grew up to be the meanest, grumpiest wolf ever. In a word, he was BAD. In two words, he was BIG BAD.This heavily researched, and completely accurate book illustrates the sequence of events that resulted in the terrorizing of three little pigs: Peabody, Herbert, and Mayfield Pig.Is it a tragic tale not for the faint of heart, or a really funny bedtime story suitable for small children? You decide.

Two sisters. Two worlds.Meet Laurie and Helen Everett.They’re identical twin sisters living in the year 2176. They’re mirror images of each other. Laurie’s a genius. Helen’s a problem child. Laurie uses a wheelchair. Helen’s a track star.They fight. They compete. They hate each other. They love each other. Y’know—typical sisters.But Laurie has a secret. She escapes her life by visiting the Darknet, a virtual reality that’s as big as the solar system. There, she’s a superstar at the sport of Omegaball, a deadly mashup of football, basketball, and Mega Man.Laurie’s world changes when two men approach her with promises of a better life. One is Glenn Booker, an executive with the Chicago Dreadnoughts Omegaball team here in the real world. The other is the mysterious hacktivist Mr. Chalk, chief architect of the Darknet. Glenn wants to draft her. Mr. Chalk wants her to join his personal army.Laurie must decide whether she wants to live in the real world or the Darknet, all while Helen tracks her every move, and Mr. Chalk plots his own sinister agenda.Packed with action, suspense, humor, and a healthy dose of pop culture, Omegaball is the second novel from Robert J. Peterson.

The book concentrates on the following topics: The different varieties of language to be found in everyday West Indian society Differences in outstanding features of individual West Indian territories Information about the historical sources of West Indian English The difficulties of representing a predominantly oral culture in writing The orthography used to represent spoken language Various features of technology adopted by West Indians in methods of communication Language and the supernatural - an additional, new section The development of language education policy Some aspects of practice in teaching and learning in West Indian schools

Two sisters. Two worlds.Meet Laurie and Helen Everett.They’re identical twin sisters living in the year 2176. They’re mirror images of each other. Laurie’s a genius. Helen’s a problem child. Laurie uses a wheelchair. Helen’s a track star.They fight. They compete. They hate each other. They love each other. Y’know—typical sisters.But Laurie has a secret. She escapes her life by visiting the Darknet, a virtual reality that’s as big as the solar system. There, she’s a superstar at the sport of Omegaball, a deadly mashup of football, basketball, and Mega Man.Laurie’s world changes when two men approach her with promises of a better life. One is Glenn Booker, an executive with the Chicago Dreadnoughts Omegaball team here in the real world. The other is the mysterious hacktivist Mr. Chalk, chief architect of the Darknet. Glenn wants to draft her. Mr. Chalk wants her to join his personal army.Laurie must decide whether she wants to live in the real world or the Darknet, all while Helen tracks her every move, and Mr. Chalk plots his own sinister agenda.Packed with action, suspense, humor, and a healthy dose of pop culture, Omegaball is the second novel from Robert J. Peterson.

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