The 30 Great Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time: Ranking Sports' Most Notorious Fixes, Cover-ups and Scandals

In this book, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliot Kalb examines the most notorious conspiracies in sports history--in baseball and football, the NBA and the NHL, the racetrack and the prize ring, and beyond. Separating myth from fact, Kalb attempts to determine which of these long-held conspiracy theories hold water, and which ones fall flat under scrutiny. He thoroughly evaluates conspiracies like the possible fixing of Super Bowl III, Sonny Liston throwing his fights with Muhammad Ali, and why Michael Jordan retired from basketball the first time. In this updated addition, he also includes sections on Spygate, questioning whether or not the Patriots had footage of the Rams walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI; the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, which Riggs may have thrown; and the controversy surrounding Roger Clemens, who has never failed a drug test, yet seems destined to be hanged with the steroids rope.
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Eternal Life, A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell

A best-selling author and controversial bishop continues to challenge traditional Christian theology with his thoughts on one of the most profound issues of all: God and life after death.
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Pushcart Prize XXXIV 2010: Best of the Small Presses

An annual volume brings together the expertise of more than 200 contributing editors and collects more than 60 top-selected stories, essays and poems from dozens of small magazines and presses.
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The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again

Argues that the current economic model for the support of news gathering and dissemination is no longer viable, but that professional journalism is so important for a democracy that government subsidies are necessary to preserve it. Check Catalog

Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

A humorous look at serious issues explores the reemerging German culture that the Nazis buried and almost ruined, in a book full of curiosities, odd food, castles, sausage advertisements, Wagner, mad princes, fairy tales and much more. By the author of The Man Who Saved Britain.
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New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2009

As this annual anthology of short stories approaches its quarter-century mark of publication, it becomes increasingly evident that America's South has become a more diverse environment, no longer a society of rigid demarcations where one group dominates all others. Michael Knight tells a grim tale about a husband out to confront violently his straying wife and her lover. In one of the longer selections, Rahul Mehta writes of a young man returning to his West Virginia home with his male partner in tow to visit a dying grandfather, a devout Hindu. A young woman from New Orleans becomes a welder in a selection from Katherine Karlin. Kelly Cherry delves into the mind of a sensitive young man discovering that his beloved grandfather had spent time as a Hitler Youth. Taken together, these stories portray an evolving face for Southern letters.
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The Field Guide to Fields: Hidden Treasures of Meadows, Prairies, and Pastures

An authoritative yet informal guide to the role played by fields in the modern landscape--their history, natural history and folklore--includes 300 color illustrations and practical information on sheep-shearing, drying wild herbs, flora and fauna and much more.
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