Mike Blake

"I look just like the girls next door... if you happen to live next door to an amusement park." -Dolly PartonPacked with wonderful witticisms and apposite affirmations, Humorous Quotations is full of great advice and light relief to suit every occasion. Hear from Hollywood stars, politicians, musicians and more in this handy pocket book. Dip into its pages and marvel at the sheer originality of the human mind. Including wisecracks from:• Robin Williams• Barack Obama• Ricky Gervais • Cher• Winston Churchill And many more!

In the summer of 1962, the peripatetic and irrepressible Pete Gill was hired on a whim to coach basketball at tiny Ireland High School. There he would accomplish, against enormous odds, one of the great small-town feats in Indiana basketball history. With no starters taller than 5'10", few wins were predicted for the Spuds. Yet, after inflicting brutal preseason conditioning, employing a variety of unconventional motivational tactics, and overcoming fierce opposition, Gill molded the Spuds into a winning team that brought home the town's first and only sectional and regional titles. Relying on narrative strategies of creative nonfiction rather than strict historical rendering, Mike Roos brings to life a colorful and varied cast of characters and provides a compelling account of their struggles, wide-ranging emotions, and triumphs throughout the season.

'This is well-written and lavishly illustrated with photographs and memorabilia. A must for the Addicks addict in your life.' - Andrew Baker, The Daily Telegraph