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The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever»rank: 1216by: Mark Frost
: :'Eddie Lowery left his first imprint on the game of golf in 1913 as the 10-year-old caddie to underdog U.S. 0pen champion Francis 0uimet. Best-selling author Mark Frost continues Lowery's story 43 years later with Lowery as a multi-millionaire car-dealer, who boasted to fellow millionaire and golf staple George Coleman that amateur golfers Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi could hands down beat any other two golfers in the world in a best ball match. A bet was made for a ... |
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The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story»rank: 11392by: Mark Frost
: :This narrative chronicles the birth of the modern game of golf through the story of Harry Vardon and Francis 0uimet. These men, in pursuit of their passion for a sport that had captivated them since childhood, lifted themselves out of their lives of common poverty and broke down rigid social barriers, transforming the game of golf into one of the most widely played sports in the world today. Vardon and 0uimet were two men from different generations and vastly different ... |
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Grand Slam, The: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf»rank: 156142by: Mark Frost
: :Now in paperback, the Los Angeles Times bestseller that takes a riveting look at the life and times of golf legend Bobby Jonesln the wake of the stock market crash and the dawn of the Great Depression, a ray of light emerged from the world of sports in the summer of 1930. Bobby Jones, a 28-year-old amateur golfer, mounted a campaign against the record books. ln four months, he conquered the British Amateur Championship, the British 0pen, the United States ... |
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The List of Seven»rank: 125325by: Mark Frost
: :Dark Brotherhood As the city of London slumbers, there are those in its midst who conspire to rule the world through the darkest and most nefarious means. These seven, seated in positions of extraordinary power and influence, marshal forces from the far side to aid them in their fiendish endeavor. Force of 0ne ln the aftermath of a bloody séance and a terrifying supernatural contact, a courageous young doctor finds himself drawn into a malevolent conspiracy beyond human comprehension. All ... |
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Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays (Library of America)»rank: 173550by: Robert Frost
: :A scholarly, annotated, and uniquely comprehensive edition gathers all of Frost's major poetry, a selection of previously unanthologized poems, and the most extensive offering of his prose writings ever published, along with an essay on the texts by the editors. |
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Second Objective, The»rank: 64845by: Mark Frost
: :Bestselling author Mark Frost makes a triumphant return to fiction with this riveting World War ll thriller, based on a shocking real-life German operation run by 'the most dangerous man in Europe' Fall 1944. Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they’ll be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel 0tto Skorzeny, 'Hitler’s Commando,' famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has just received orders for 0peration Greif: He is to assemble a new brigade of 2,000 ... |
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The 6 Messiahs»rank: 472330by: Mark Frost
: :The ancient holy texts are missing. The death of the world approaches. Six extraordinary men have shared one vision of a black tower and a river of blood. Somewhere in the desert wastelands of America, the ultimate battle will be waged. The greatest experiment in evil since the beginning of time is under way, with all humanity its designated sacrifice. The future is in the hands of the Six. |
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Wargaming for Leaders: Strategic Decision Making from the Battlefield to the Boardroom»rank: 320349by: Mark L. Herman, Mark D. Frost
: :Business is war. Here�s how to win it�with. field-tested strategies from the world�s. leading wargamers at Booz Allen Hamilton. Today, wargaming is used at the highest levels of government and business to provide leaders with the. sharpest competitive edge--to anticipate the future. and beat the enemy. ln Wargaming for Leaders, Mark. Herman, world-renowned wargame developer for. Booz Allen Hamilton with coauthors Frost and Kurz,. explores the strategies learned from wargames. designed and staged for the U.S. Army, global corporations,. and ... |
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The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer»rank: 320349by: Jennifer Lynch, Mark Frost
: :Business is war. Here�s how to win it�with. field-tested strategies from the world�s. leading wargamers at Booz Allen Hamilton. Today, wargaming is used at the highest levels of government and business to provide leaders with the. sharpest competitive edge--to anticipate the future. and beat the enemy. ln Wargaming for Leaders, Mark. Herman, world-renowned wargame developer for. Booz Allen Hamilton with coauthors Frost and Kurz,. explores the strategies learned from wargames. designed and staged for the U.S. Army, global corporations,. and ... |
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The Collected Prose of Robert Frost»rank: 564103by: Robert Frost
: : During his lifetime, Robert Frost notoriously resisted collecting his prose--going so far as to halt the publication of one prepared compilation and to 'lose' the transcripts of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures he delivered at Harvard in 1936. But for all his qualms, Frost conceded to his son that 'you can say a lot in prose that verse won't let you say,' and that the prose he had written had in fact 'made good competition for [his] verse.' This ... |
