Tag: Players

New Players on the World Stage Chinese Provinces and Indian States


Free Download William Antholis, "New Players on the World Stage: Chinese Provinces and Indian States"
English | 2013 | ASIN: B0BL8WYJQX | EPUB | pages: 32 | 0.2 mb
India and China are home to one-third of humanity. In both nations, local and regional leaders outside of New Delhi and Beijing play an increasingly important role in policy decisions. So how do developments in Indian states and Chinese provinces affect the actions of both countries on the world stage? In 2012, author William Antholis set out to understand India and China from the inside out. With his wife and two daughters he embarked upon a five-month odyssey through 20 states or provinces in the two Asian giants. They interviewed national and local political leaders, met with corporate executives, journalists, academics, diplomats, religious leaders, teachers, farmers, slum dwellers, and-not just inevitably but usefully-waiters and taxi drivers. If you enjoy this essay, you may enjoy William Antholis’s book on the same topic-Inside Out, India and China: Local Politics Go Global THE BROOKINGS ESSAY: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars. The Brookings Essay is a multi-platform product aimed to engage readers in open dialogue and debate. The views expressed, however, are solely those of the author. Available in ebook only.

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New Players, New Game The Impact of Emerging Economies on Global Governance


Free Download Sijbren de Jong, "New Players, New Game?: The Impact of Emerging Economies on Global Governance "
English | ISBN: 9089645489 | 2013 | 175 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The first decade of the 21st century has been a period of rapid eco¬nomic growth in many large emerging economies, especially China. While Western economies are weighed down by debt and austerity measures, many emerging economies are in much better fiscal shape.

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Base Ball Founders The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game


Free Download Peter Morris, "Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game"
English | ISBN: 0786474300 | 2013 | 340 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
This book completes the series of histories of the clubs and players responsible for making baseball the national pastime that began with Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 (McFarland 2011). Forty clubs and hundreds of pioneer players from the first hotbeds of New York City, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts are profiled by leading experts on baseball’s early years. The subjects include legendary clubs such as the Knickerbockers of New York, the Eckfords and Atlantics of Brooklyn, the Athletics of Philadelphia, and Harvard’s first baseball clubs, and fabled players like Jim Creighton, Dickey Pearce, and Daniel Adams, but space is also given to less well remembered clubs such as the Champion Club of Jersey City and the Cummaquids of Barnstable, Massachusetts. What united all of these founders of the game was that their love of baseball during its earliest years helped to make it the national pastime.

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The Raiders Encyclopedia All Players, Coaches, Games and More through 2009-2010


Free Download Richard J. Shmelter, "The Raiders Encyclopedia: All Players, Coaches, Games and More through 2009-2010"
English | ISBN: 0786448342 | 2011 | 333 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This is the definitive reference work on the NFL’s Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Part I is a season-by-season review, covering each game and player from every campaign. Part II includes a complete all-time roster of players and coaches, with biographical information, along with information on all draft picks, schedules, and individual awards and honors. Part III covers the characters, from executives to cheerleaders, who made the Raiders one of the most colorful organizations in professional sports, and details the franchise’s historic stadiums and uniforms.

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The All-America Football Conference Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946-1949


Free Download Kenneth R. Crippen, "The All-America Football Conference: Players, Coaches, Records, Games and Awards, 1946-1949"
English | ISBN: 1476670951 | 2018 | 368 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The All-America Football Conference and the National Football League battled for supremacy from 1946 through 1949. In the end, the players from the AAFC, as well as three teams, were brought into the NFL. Through extensive research, the Professional Football Researchers Association (PFRA) has corrected the statistics and coaching records, selected offensive and defensive All-Pro Teams for all four seasons and an All-Conference team, and provided brief biographies and scouting reports for the members of the All-Conference Team.

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Profiles in Polo The Players Who Changed the Game


Free Download Horace A. Laffaye, "Profiles in Polo: The Players Who Changed the Game"
English | ISBN: 1476662738 | 2015 | 312 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This book, with contributions from many of the world’s leading polo journalists, profiles more than 30 of the most influential polo players from history. The players covered were selected for inclusion based on their overall impact on the game rather than their prowess on the field, although many covered are considered all-time greats. Each chapter covers an individual player, including early pioneers, those who played during the "golden era" (the years between World War I and World War II), superstars, game-changers, and great contemporaries. The book includes numerous photographs and a foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

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Major League Baseball Players of 1884 A Biographical Dictionary


Free Download Paul Batesel, "Major League Baseball Players of 1884: A Biographical Dictionary"
English | ISBN: 0786459050 | 2010 | 251 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This work presents biographical and career sketches of each of the 637 participants in the 1884 Major League Baseball season. It also includes more than 100 photographs and 110 charts of the players’ performances on National Association, National League, American Association, Union Association, Players League and American League clubs, and one age chart and one mortality chart.

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The Players’ Coach From Bradshaw to Manning, Brady, and Beyond


Free Download The Players’ Coach: From Bradshaw to Manning, Brady, and Beyond by Tom Moore, Rick Stroud
English | September 3, 2024 | ISBN: 163576985X | True EPUB | 248 pages | 6.4 MB
From Chuck Noll’s Steelers to the Peyton Manning-era Colts through Tom Brady and the Buccaneers, legendary NFL coach Tom Moore recalls his nearly 50-year role in the evolution of football and the keys to player-centric coaching.

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