David King

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Dr. Michael Kendall, head scientist for a research project for a new energy invention, is abducted by a UFO that contains time travelers whose mission is to save Micheal, his project, and protect the good universe. During the course of this journey, they tell their stories and that of the time vessel the Light Bridge. Please come and enjoy this witty,hopeful journey into the future and beyond and join the adventure of "The Time Travelers."

Describes the thirty-year quest of Olof Rudbeck, a seventeenth-century explorer, adventurer, and Renaissance man to locate a long-lost civilization that he believed once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

In short episodic chapters, Kayser and King create a history of this storied minor league, providing a broad picture of the shifting character of baseball operations over the past century or so. Portrayed are the many and varied and often colorful owners, managers, and players who did so much to give this league a powerful place in Texas culture. Accompanying the text are dozens of B&W photos, dating to the founding of the league, and an appendix of baseball statistics, essential information for the true aficionado. With nine teams in states from Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma, the Texas League has brought America's favorite sport to local fans for more than 100 summers. This book chronicles those games, their players, and will delight the legions of diehard fans of teams like the San Antonio Missions or El Paso Diablos or the Midland Rock Hounds who devotedly cheer loudly and boo lustily.

From the first ""Play ball!"" of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to ""root, root, root for the home team."" In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David King hits the highlights - athletic and human - that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. He tells about the team that left Austin on a road trip and never returned - deciding to make San Antonio its home base instead; about San Antonio's first two black Texas League players, whose story was less dramatic but no less difficult than Jackie Robinson's; about Harry Ables, the ""freak of nature"" who holds the league's oldest single-season record, 310 strikeouts in 1910; and about the longest scoreless game in professional baseball history, the 25-inning duel against the Jackson Mets at V. J. Keefe Field in 1988. King not only tells the stories that have driven the nation's fascination with baseball but also gives box scores and baseball statistics. Through losing seasons and the 2002 Texas League Championship alike, his stories and stats will occupy fans waiting for the next ump to call ""Steeerike three!

From the first ""Play ball!"" of each spring through the hot days of summer, minor-league teams across the nation give local fans a chance to relax and enjoy the national pastime, to preview tomorrow's stars, and to ""root, root, root for the home team."" In this story of professional baseball in the Alamo City from 1888 to the present, San Antonio Express-News sportswriter David King hits the highlights - athletic and human - that have filled the city's diamonds for 115 years. He tells about the team that left Austin on a road trip and never returned - deciding to make San Antonio its home base instead; about San Antonio's first two black Texas League players, whose story was less dramatic but no less difficult than Jackie Robinson's; about Harry Ables, the ""freak of nature"" who holds the league's oldest single-season record, 310 strikeouts in 1910; and about the longest scoreless game in professional baseball history, the 25-inning duel against the Jackson Mets at V. J. Keefe Field in 1988. King not only tells the stories that have driven the nation's fascination with baseball but also gives box scores and baseball statistics. Through losing seasons and the 2002 Texas League Championship alike, his stories and stats will occupy fans waiting for the next ump to call ""Steeerike three!

Two remarkable Iranian world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran. Mecca is at the centre and a highly sophisticated longitude and latitude grid enables the user to determine the direction and distance to Mecca for anywhere in the world between Andalusia and China. Prior to the discovery of these maps it was thought that such cartographic grids were conceived in Europe ca. 1910. This richly-illustrated book presents an overview of the ways in which Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction towards Mecca (qibla) and then describes the two world-maps in detail. The author shows that the geographical data derives from a 15th-century Central Asian source and that the mathematics underlying the grid was developed in 9th-century Baghdad.

Simon & Schuster's Two-Minute Crosswords Volume Five, created by one of the country's top puzzle constructors, these compact puzzles--each nine squares by nine squares--will challenge even the most demanding solvers. In this compact volume you'll find 95 puzzles, each a tiny gem of cleverly constructed word play that will soon have you addicted--it's impossible to do just one!

Simon & Schuster's Two-Minute Crosswords Volume Four, created by one of the country's top puzzle constructors, these compact puzzles--each nine squares by nine squares--will challenge even the most demanding solvers. In this compact volume you'll find 95 puzzles, each a tiny gem of cleverly constructed word play that will soon have you addicted--it's impossible to do just one!

Simon & Schuster's Two-Minute Crosswords Volume Three, created by one of the country's top puzzle constructors, these compact puzzles--each nine squares by nine squares--will challenge even the most demanding solvers. In this compact volume you'll find 95 puzzles, each a tiny gem of cleverly constructed word play that will soon have you addicted--it's impossible to do just one!

Simon & Schuster's Two-Minute Crosswords Volume Two, created by one of the country's top puzzle constructors, these compact puzzles--each nine squares by nine squares--will challenge even the most demanding solvers. In this compact volume you'll find 95 puzzles, each a tiny gem of cleverly constructed word play that will soon have you addicted--it's impossible to do just one!

Simon & Schuster's Two-Minute Crosswords Volume One, created by one of the country's top puzzle constructors, these compact puzzles--each nine squares by nine squares--will challenge even the most demanding solvers. Puzzle veterans and newcomers alike will enjoy this totally new format in crosswords: 95 miniature crossword puzzles in a pocket-sized book.