In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
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This new collection is filled with heartwarming and entertaining anecdotes by grateful children, all in praise of the amazing woman who encourages them, supports them, and most importantly, loves them. These stories will brighten any mother's day, and show her that the kids were ...
"Scotland's rich literary tradition is a product of its unique culture and landscape, as well as of its long history of inclusion and resistance to the United Kingdom. Scottish literature includes masterpieces in three languages - English, Scots and Gaelic - and global perspectiv...
In the year 2035, a dream auditor working for an all-seeing surveillance state meets a lifelong dreamer who remains resolutely analog, protecting her unconscious from corporate overreach with VHS tapes and homemade headgear. During this routine audit, he winds up on a surreal and...
"Certain tales stick in our memories and remain timeless as the years march on-and they shine like never before in this compilation from Reader's Digest. Our editors have carefully selected narratives readers have adored throughout the past century; humorous slices of life in dec...
"Whether blessed by family fortunes or their own endeavors in 1880s America, nine wealthy young women are learning that money comes with its own set of troubles. Should they choose to marry, what men can they trust to love them for themselves instead of their bank accounts? Will ...
Widowed when her husband was killed two years ago in a special ops mission in Syria, Dr. Rachel Hunt based in Germany, returns stateside with her twin teenage offspring, Chloe and Matthew, to live with her father, Rick Davis. All three need to make the adjustments to civilian lif...
More than two dozen timeless favorites from the Reader's Digest archives.From everyday heroes to larger-than-life characters, small moments to historic events, the unforgettable stories in Reader's Digest come alive as never before in this keepsake book. Our editors have combed t...
Stylish crime-solving couple Tommy and Tuppence Beresford ply their trade as proprietors of Blunt's Detective Agency.
In 1943, a washed-up ballplayer is hired to coach in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while the male pros are at war. Reluctant at first, he finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his team. Based on a true story.
"This amazing journal of journeys takes us around the world and beyond. Water, from Viking voyages to Amazonian adventures... Land ...from Saharan sands to the wild, wild West... Ice and snow ...from Arctic ice to snowy summits... Man and machine ...from fearless fliers to lunar ...
Andersen's classic fairy tale retold from different points of view by twenty-three celebrities and depicted by twenty-three illustrators.
Johnny Vermillion and the Prairie Rose Repertory Company bring culture to hardscrabble towns like Purgatory, Diablo and Spunk. The rustlers stop rustlin' and the six-shooters stop shootin' when there's a little Shakespeare to appreciate. But don't turn your back on these thespian...
You probably hate giving presentations. You probably hate listening to them too. Why? Because most business presentations are too long, too detailed, too boring...and submerged under a blizzard of PowerPoint. But the single most important presentational tool known to man isn't a ...