Books with author Thomas Wright

The instant New York Times bestseller!From one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports."Wright Thompson's stories are so full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail that I sometimes thinks he's working my side of the street - the world of fiction." - John GrishamThere is only one Wright Thompson. He is, as they say, famous if you know who he is: his work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN (and it's not even close) and has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series ten times, and he counts John Grisham and Richard Ford among his ardent admirers (see back of book). But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is a book about a cattle drive. Wright Thompson figures people out. He jimmies the lock to the furnaces inside the people he profiles and does an analysis of the fuel that fires their ambition. Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, he strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts.

The instant New York Times bestseller!From one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports."Wright Thompson's stories are so full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail that I sometimes thinks he's working my side of the street - the world of fiction." - John GrishamThere is only one Wright Thompson. He is, as they say, famous if you know who he is: his work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN (and it's not even close) and has been anthologized in the Best American Sports Writing series ten times, and he counts John Grisham and Richard Ford among his ardent admirers (see back of book). But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove is a book about a cattle drive. Wright Thompson figures people out. He jimmies the lock to the furnaces inside the people he profiles and does an analysis of the fuel that fires their ambition. Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Pat Riley or Urban Meyer, he strips the away the self-serving myths and fantasies to reveal his characters in full. There are fascinating common denominators: it may not be the case that every single great performer or coach had a complex relationship with his father, but it can sure seem that way. And there is much marvelous local knowledge: about specific sports, and times and places, and people. Ludicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, The Cost of These Dreams is an ode to the reporter's art, and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts.

After a dishonorable discharge from the military on trumped-up charges, all Ben wanted to do was stay under the radar and be left alone. Someone with his talents and training is not soon forgotten or left alone. Ten months of peace and quiet are about to come to an end, starting with a bar fight and a visit from a special operations officer with orders to bring him back into the fold. He swore he would never go back but when the opportunity came knocking in the form of a beautiful commanding officer he didn't think twice about signing up. With a slight twist, this time he would do things his way. Friend or foe they are all the same to him.**Warning** This book contains adult situations, violence to aliens and humans alike and foul language.**Revision** 8/03/2015 to correct grammar and spelling errors.

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"A History of Caricature and Grotesque in Literature and Art" by Thomas Wright. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

This is a complete and updated (last updated May 1, 2020) handbook of countries, capitals and flags of the world! This is a great learning resource! An ideal, useful and informative gift for children of any age! A perfect gift for travelers and geography lovers! Greetings, dear friends! My name is Thomas. I am a geography teacher. I have long noticed that children show the greatest interest in my lessons when we study different countries of the world and their flags. I remember when I was a child a small book with multi-coloured flags of different countries of the world fell into my hands. I was fascinated by various beautiful and colourful flags that belonged to many different countries, with the existence of which I wasn’t even familiar. Perhaps, it was that book that influenced my future destiny, because I devoted my life to geography)So, back to my lessons... Trying to make my lessons the most interesting, useful and memorable for the children, I decided to create a special, not large handbook that would contain all the most important geographical facts. I chose only the most essential facts and definite highlights from a huge variety of them! I systematized all the information that every person must know in order to consider himself erudite and to avoid silly and ridiculous mistakes. And, of course, I structured the information about all the countries of our planet! This information is presented in a logical form, separately for each continent, in an easy order to remember. And most importantly, I added what children love the most – the multi-coloured FLAGS of each country. I ordered a print of 10 copies only and handed the books out to the certain children in a class who showed the greatest efforts in studying my subject. It was just a gift that was supposed to encourage children to study geography better. But the children liked the book so much that I decided to start publishing my handbook since a huge number of parents began to ask for this book for their children. Now anyone can buy my handbook, and I am pleased to know that a huge number of children study the most important geographical facts from my handbook. I also gave my handbook as a birthday present to all the friends of mine, and they studied it with great pleasure as well. So this is a gift of general-purpose for any person, including you! That is because, for example, do you know how many countries are in Africa? What is the capital of Cambodia? What is the area of the Vatican? What is the flag of Uruguay? Do not worry, you will find the answers to these questions, as well as many captivating things in my handbook! Order your copy as soon as possible and you won’t regret it! Thank you for your custom! Sincerely yours, Thomas!

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